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VOL. cxxxn. No. 26.
Whole Number 3457.

DETROIT. MlCl‘L, SATURDAY. JUNE 26. 1909.

75 CENTS A YEAR
$1.50 THREE YEAR

 

FARM NOTES.

The Summer Fallow.

I would like some advice in regard to
sod ground for wheat. I have about 41/2
acres of meadow which has been mowed
twice. I want to know if it is advisable
to summer-fallow and sow to Wheat this
fall? If so, what time should it be
plowed? I want to seed with the wheat.
The soil is sand loam.

Antrim Co. HENRY MCGUIRE.

The summer fallow is again coming
into favor in some sections of the state.
owing to the better price which wheat
has been bringing in recent years. The
recent boom in the wheat market, and
the probability that the new crop will
bring a 25 per cent better price than
wheat has brot in recent years, will
further stimulate the farmers of the state
to grow more wheat, and many of them
will adopt the summer fallow method as
the most certain of results. Then the
extremely wet and backward spring has
made it imposflble for a good many
farmers to get in the area of spring crops
which they had planned to plant, and
these will naturally turn to the summer
fallow as a means of maintaining the
crop rotation and getting the land seeded
again in its regular order. So a good
many farmers will, like the inquirer,
find it expedient to plow sod ground for
wheattthis 'year~"wl10* have not been in the
habit of doing so in recent years.

\Vhere the summer fallow is used as
a preparation for the wheat crop the
land should be plowed sufficiently early
so as to insure the conservation of a
maximum of soil moisture. This is on}
of the chief advantages of the/summer
fallow over the other usual methods of

preparing the land for wheat. Another
advantage is the killing of the chds
which may infest the field so treated.

But perhaps the principal rcason that
summer fallow wheat yiclds bcttcr than
that sown with less preparation of the
soil is the fact that the frequent and
thoro tillage, given to the sunnner fallow
not only prcparcs an excellent seed bed
for the wheat, but it also liberates and
makes available a large percentage of the
plant food contained in the, surface soil,
so that it may be appropriatcd and used
by the \vhcat plants. All of thcsc rea-
sons why wheat does better on the sum-
mer fallow are also reasons why the
summer fallow should be plowcd as early
in the season as possiblc, and given fro—
qucnt and thoro cultivation thruout the
summer. If it pays to summer fallow
for wheat at all it pays to do it well. I:
the plowing can be done lit-fore the hay-
and harvesting season, so much the bot-
tcr, and in any cvan it should be done
before the bcginning of the summer
drouth in order to sccurc the benefits
from this systcln of wheat culture as
enumerated above.

\Vhile summer fallowing can undoubt—
edly be profitably practiced under spccidl
conditions, some of which are enumerated
above, yet it is not at all ccrtain that
upon the average farm this method of
wheat culture should be followed as a
regular practice. It is expensive, in that
the preparation of the soil and the, grown
ing of the crop monopolizes the soil for
practically two years. The cultivatiox
of the summer fallow exhaust: the humus
in the soil to practically the same cxtcnt
as would the cultivation of a growing
crop which would bring a return from
the land while it is being prepared for
the wheat crop. Where the area of land
is limited the question arises as to

, Whether this is more profitable than tak-

ing the extra crop from the. soil, and
fertilizing liberally to make up for the
additional plant food which is extracted
from it. It is the writer’s opinion that
if we get plenty of humus into the soil
and employ a short crop rotation, that

 

‘application of

under average conditions the latter policy
is the best one for Michigan farmers to
follow. The Wheat crop can hardly be
made sufficiently profitable, even with
comparatively high prices, to make it a
special crop on the average farm and
devote two years to its production. 01'
course, under special conditions such as
have ‘been' enumerated it may prove prof-
itable, but as a general practice we be-
lieve it to be of doubtful able to the
Michigan farmer under present condi-
tions. It will generally pay either to
use a. cultivated crop as a preparation
for wheat, and make up for the greatcr
drain on the soil by supplementary fcr-
tilization.

How to Tell What the Soil Needs.
How can I tell whether my land needs
lime, and what kind is best to use?
Branch Co. SUBSCRIBER.
The best way to tell what the Soil
needs is to put the question directlv to
the soil. The usual way of testing the
soil for acidity is to place a sheet of blue
litmus paper, which can be secured at
any drug store, in contact with moist soil
for a few hours. If the paper changes
to a reddish color upon such contact it
is an indication that the soil is acid and
would be benefited by lime. Extensive
trials of this test which have recently
been made at an eastern experiment sta—
tion however, seem to indicate that it
is not always dependable in regard to the
soil‘s need of lime for special crops. But

also maintained by some authorities that
the content of magnesia in the soil must
be properly balanced by its content of
lime for best results, hence care, should
be taken not to apply lime which is too
high in its content of magnesia, especially
too frequently.

,However, it is quite impossible to give
a general answer to an inquiry of this
kind that is applicable to a special case.
In fact, there is no sure way of telling
what a soil needs other than by experi—
ments conducted upon the soil itself. A
few years ago agricultural chemists be—
lieved that an analysis of the soil to
determine what elements of plant food
were lacking and the supplying of these
by special fcrtilization would solve the,
problem of soil fertility and maximum
crops. But while the theory was fine i‘.
(lid not work well in practice, for the
reason that the chemist could not tell
what part of the actual plant food con-
tained in the soil was in an available
Condition for the use of growing plants.
Today many of our foremost scientists
maintain that the average soil contains
enough of the elements of fertility to last
for many years, some of them almost
indefinitely, provided they are made avail-
abale for the use of the plants. One
means to this end is thoro cultivation;
another is an intelligent crop rotation;
another is the maintaining of the soil
humus at a high point, which will insure
a good mechani‘al condition of the. soil;

 

 

 

Home of S. B. Hartman, Nottawa Valley Fruit Farm, Calhoun County, Mich.
it" a portion of a field is treated with lime

and the results are carct‘ully noted in
comparison with those secured from the
unlimcd portions of the llt‘lll, the results
can be dcpcndcd upon. \thre the stil
fails to grow clover, or where all other
lncans to got alfalfa established have
l'ailcd, it is a good indication that lime
is needed. ()r where the soil has gotten
into a poor mechanical condition it may
be benefited by the application of lime to
almost as great an cxtcnt as tho applied
for the eorrcction of acidity. (*Iay soils
are opened and made more friable by the
lime. For such soils :1
caustic lime should be used. the commer-
cial hydrated lime being thc form most
often advised, applied at the rate of
1,000 to 2,000 lbs. per acre. Sandy soils
are. I‘Clidcrcd more compact and retentlvm
of moisture by the application of lime,
but a smaller quantity should be used.
probably not more than half the amount
needed by clay soils. Air slacked lime
or even ground limestone are said to give
excellent results on these soils where
an acid (rendition is not present. It is

another is the Implication of lime or other
indirect fertilizers, and still anothcr is
applying manurcs and fcl‘lilich's which
contain actual plant food. but which also
have thc power to liberate plant food
already in the soil thru the chemical
action set up or thru the stimulus which
they give to bcnclicial soil bacteria.
“'hat we actually know about soil fer-
tility would make a very small book in
comparison with what we do not know.
Also, what may be true of one soil may
not apply to another at all. hence the
necessity of experimenting with our own
soils and under our own conditions in
order to learn what kind of treatmct will
prove beneficial to them.

The. Michigan expcriment station is
conducting field trials and co-operative
experiments this year along many lines,
and the results may lead to a general
answer to the questions relating to soil
fertility upon our different soils, but the
specific case will still need a, special solu-
tion, hence the need of the individual
farmer studying these questions for him-
self and experimenting in a small way

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upon his own soil to learn if the, general
principles which may be thus evolved
are applicable to his conditions.
CONCRETE QUESTIONS.
Using Lumpy Cement.

I would be pleased to know thru The
Farmer if there is any way in which
Portland cement can be treated to make
it serviceable after it has become hard
in the cloth sacks. l have a quantity on
hand that has become very lumpy,

Eaton Co. FRANK \VELLS.

Portland cement, when it has “set”
or hardened so as to make a solid cake
in the sack, is hopeless; but in event it‘
is simply “lumpy" these lumps may be
crushed as fine as possible and the
cement used for work which does not
have to bear any great strain——also the
use of about one-fourth more of this
cement than usual is advised as it will
be found impossible to crush with ordi-
nary means to the illlcllt‘Ss‘ as it came
from the mill, which giVeS it the advant-
age over natural cement, as only by
evenly coating each particle. of the ag-
gregate and binding them together in one
solid mass is strength in concrete work
secured.

I have used cement that was partially
“lumpy” in such work as did not require
a fine finish or bear a great strain, with
success, but as there is no treatment,
other than to crush the lumps, its use is
not to be recommended as it cannot be
depended upon.

Cement Blocks for Barn Foundation.

I am going to raise my barn and make
a lulscnlclll and am going to use cement
blocks on ihroc sides “'11le l want to
know is, if Ninch commit blocks are heavy
enough. in my opinion it seems so, and
the contractor that will do the work says
so. lf they are heavy enough it will save
lots of malt-rial. and gravel costs me
3‘! Cw )icr ji‘ll‘vi

.\lI1::l\'I-go:~ t‘o .I ll t'l..x.\li.l£l?.

For a barn of ordinary farm size the
use of 8 inch (in width) concrcte blocks
is pcrt'cclly safe, if the blocks are care-y
fully made of a mixture of one part Port-
land ccnlcnt to tch or six parts of pit
run gravel. ’l‘his gravel must have ncarly
('Vt'n proportions of sand inixcd with the
gravel at: the ratio of about one-half as
much clean sharp sand as it shows gravel
chis will fill all voids and cnablc a.
(‘Hllcl‘ctc block to be made that will have
the llt't"cs.<:ll‘_\‘ density and strcngth.

(“oncri-lc of this mixture at one month
old has a compiwssivo strength of 1,001)
lbs. per inch with a tensile
strcngth of 3”” lbs. per square inch, so
if the wall is nol reinforced with iron

Sllllilll'

rods laterally it should not bc loaded
beyond the tensile slrcnclh. In case it
is practical to reini‘oice with one—half

inch iron rods laid in cach second course
of blocks it would llli‘l'ljls‘tt the tensile
r‘ll‘t*ll,L’,’lll (pulling apart force) so it Would
cmial the compressive strcngth (crush-
ing forcc) and so bcar a load of 1,000 lbs.
per squaro inch. “'hclhcr this is neces-
sary must be determined by the size of
the barn.

Another point is the building of a se-
cure footing for your wall so there will
be no danger of“ settling and cracking
same; this can be easily determined as
to size by the fact that three tons per
square foot of footing is a safe load in
modcratcly dry clay soil or clean dry
sand; in soft clay 1/2 tons per square
foot; gravely soil about seven tons to the
square foot while with quicksands three-
quarters of a ton to the square foot 15
a safe load.

To get the greatest strength the footing~
course should be stepped up or battered
up so as to distribute the load over the
entire footing course. This footing may
be laid so that the top edge of same will
be even with floor of basement and thus
save space.

I have emphasized the value of a se-

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. cure footing or foundation for your base-
ment wall for the reason that many
masons and contractors pay but slight
attention to this most important point
and then if the wall fails, they lay the
blame upon the blocks as a convenient
excuse, when the entire fault lies in the
fact that they failed to provide a. secure
foundation or footing upon which to place
the wall, and thus avoid all settling.
Wayne Co. A. A. HOUGHTON.

WET WEATHER.

 

Another hard rain just as we were
about to venture on our low corn field
with a cultivator. No doubt this expe-
rience is common to many of us. It
certainly seems as if we were doomed
to have graSsy and weedy cornfields. This
year we have an upland lot and a lot
on the creek bottom planted to corn. We
got both pieces planted during the fair
weather about the middle of May. Two
days later rains came and we have not
been able to get on the low piece yet.
We tried it once but the horses would
go into the bottom of the furrow and
we gave it up. By utilizing all the time
that the ground was half-way dry enough
to work we have cultivated the high piece
three times and have it in fairly good
condition. We have also managed to
harrow a field we are getting ready for
potatoes about once between each rain_.
Have had it fitted twice and will have
to do it at least once more before plant-
ing We are following the proper theory
to preserve moisture and it would seem
as if there ought to be enough stored
up to last all summer. We are getting
the potatoes nearly all treated and cut
and hope to hustle them in as soon as the
ground is fit again.

I think that as soon as the ground dries
off a little on top we will go into that low
piece of corn with hoes and hoe and pull
the weeds around the hills. This will
give the corn a little lead and when the
soil is dried out enough to cultivate we
will try to get the grass out of the rows,
putting on thistle shovels if necessary.
It is too bad we did not havo corn on
this field last year, but we may get dry
weather yet.

“The wet weather has allowedflfarmcrs
t :do a good many odd jobs, so the time
is not lost. It has been a fine time to
set fence posts and repair fences or to

do grading or haul dirt‘on‘ ’ifiglr‘ground.“

Weeds have. grown fast but they pull
easy and dock can be spudded out easily,
Much building and repairing is also being
done.

W'heat is looking fine, tho smut is re-
ported in some fields. Clover looks fair,
where there was a good patch, but it
has not made the growth it should have
this spring, probably due to the weaken-
ing of the plant by the excessive drought
last fall. Many meadows will not cut a
ton to the acre. Oats are making a fair
growth, but look rather yellow on low
spots.

Calhoun Co. S. B. H

 

SAVlNG TIMOTHY SEED.

 

As the hay crop promises to be abund-
ant this year it is up to the farmer to
dispose of it to the best advantage. It
has been the practice in this section tr-
luile a large part of the timothy crop and
sell it either before winter or immediately
after haying. While this method brings
quick returns and is a very convenient
way of farming there are some points not
particularly in its favor. To begin with,
it requires considerable teaming, often
over bad roads when perhaps other work
is pressing, and in view of the rather
low price of hay for the past year I am
inclined to think that the business is
being overdone. The crop is a very ex-
haustive one; hence the expenses of main-
taining fertility is considerable.

A better way, apparently, would be to
save more seed. This usually brings a
good price and insures the grower or
'having seed of his own instead of running
the risk of buying seed so liable to be
impure. Of course, the hulled seed wil!
need a thoro cleaning before it is sown,
but there are now so many moderate
priced fanning mills in reach of the
farmer that do the work equal to most of
the elevators that he need not hesitate
to undertake the work himself.

\Vhen timothy is left to ripen for secd
it can stand until the other hay is out.
Do not make the mistake. of cutting too
soon: many fields are out before the heads
are fairly ripened. causing seed to shrive‘»,
besides it does not hull so well. Cut with
the binder the same as for grain.

The saving of timothy seed does not
spoil the hay for commercial purposes,

THE ,MICHIGAN 'FARMER.

it goes as second grade and when rightly
cared for finds a ready” market. A friend
of" the writer had a six acre field from
which he saved the seed. It yielded. five
bushels t0't‘he acre of clean seed which
sold in the market at $2.00 per bushel,
while the hulled hay yielding one and a
half ton to the acre, sold for $8 a ton
in the stack, making the gross receipts
of the field $22 an acre. This, considering
the amount of labor involved, gives a
better showing than grain crops ordi-
narily do.

Ohio. H. E. WHITE.

 

THE FARM WATER SUPPLY.

 

How to obtain abundance of pure water
and convenience in supplying it to the
stook and for household purposes are
important farm problems. Since the days
of the sweep or the Windlass with its
“old oaken bucket," the farm water sup-
ply has been in a state of transition.
Their successor, the wooden pump,
seemed for years the acme of perfection;
now, it too, is following them to the
scrap heap. Changing conditions in agri-
culture have decreed that more live stock
be kept. Good business methods demand
that the cost of labor be reduced. Hence
the desire for a cheap, workable me-
chanical power to take the place of the
expensive, and laborious man power. The.
observation of sanitary principles is no
less important. Wells that gave excellent
water when first put down have gradu-
ally become impure by contamination
from manure about the barns and from
cesspools not sufficiently removed from
dwellings. As a direct result, the health,
and even the lives of both man and beast
is at stake.

One good well with sufficient capacity
to meet all requirements of the farm is
better than the common way of having
two. It should be located at a safe dis-
tance from the house and barn or any
other possible source of contamination.
Brick or stone up to within eight or ten
feet of the top, and from that point to
one foot above the surface with good con.
crcte made from the best Portland ce-
ment, closing in the top with a tight
cover. This will prevent surface water
or vermin passing into the well.' Instead
of watering the stock here,” which would;~
in time ‘give'an {insanitary condition to
the surrounding sof'l, have the water
p‘umped with a Windmill hhd forced ’to a:
place where it will be convenient to give
them access to it. For any reasonable
distance or height this power will prove
very satisfactory.

Living springs are usually found along
the lower portions of hillside, and if pure,
and likely to remain so, will generally
be the best source of supply. When of
sufficient volume there is nothing better
than a hydraulic ram to do the pumping.
It will force the water to a long distance
and raise it to a considerable height, the
limit, of course, depending on the fall
of the spring. In some cases the gasoline
engine may be the more suitable power
depending on the quantity of water
needed.

In connection with a water system of
this kind there should be a tank in order
to assure a full supply at all 'times. If
there is a hill convenient to, and higher
than the buildings into which the water
is to be finally required, it will make an
ideal place for the storage tank. T0
guard against frost it should be placed in
the ground in the form of a cement cis-
tern and covered to keep out vermin.
Failing an eminence of this kind, which
will probably be the case in a majority
of instances, it can be constructed of gal-
vanized steel, wood, or concrete, and
erected on a tower at some high point
or placed in the buildings. If the former
plan is adopted it will necessitate some
protection of the standpinpc against
frost. A good plan is to dig what is
known as a “dry Well" and have the pipe
pass up thru this to the tank. Then box
it up with matched lumber, allowing
about six inches of clear space. There
should be four coverings of lumber with
a one-inch dead air space separating
them and several plies of building paper
between each covering, the whole extend—
ing from the bottom of the tank to the
top of the dry well. By this means the
warmer temperature below the surface
is conveyed up into the casing around
the pipe supplying sufi‘icient heat to keep
the water inside from freezing. Hy-
drants should be placed in the stables
and it will be no 'small convenience to
have watering places provided in the
fields where stock run.

There are several other uses for such
a system that should not be overlooked.
Many steps will be saved if means are
provided for pumping the} household sup—

”roadsides and in old pastures.

ply directly into the kitchen. Have hy-’

drants placed in the garden and on the

lawn; a little irrigation is sadly needed

at times and will amply repay the slight
trouble involved. At threshing time, too,

,it is very desirable to have plenty of

water at hand. A little planning will
suggest the necessary arrangements for
covering this point. In some sections of
the country, good water is hard to find
on each farm. In such instances, a num-
ber of farmers would do well to co-op-
erate and install a system that would
insure them an abundance of pure water
at all times besides saving them the
back-aching exercise of running the pump
handle. ‘ .

Canada. J. HUGH MCKENNEY.

BLUE GRASS.

 

Herewith I send a specimen of what
is known here as June grass and I am
anxious to know whether it is known by
any other name. I think it is listed in
seed catalogs as Kentucky Blue Grass.
This grass thrives in this sandy soil,
makes good pasture and is fine hay if
out early, being ready about the same
time as red clover. I think a mixture of
this, orchard grass and clover would be
a good combination for this section.

Oceana Co. W. N

Fifty to sixty years ago, the grass you
send was called by the people of New
England and New York, blue grass—a
name to which it was well entitled, on
account of its dark blue color. It came
from Europe to America. After a time,
the people of Kentucky, regardless of
names used elsewhere, began to call our
June grass by the name of blue grass,
and by degrees the people of the north
began to call June grass, Kentucky blue
grass. At present there is some confu-
sion in the minds of many farmers or
the north as to the distinction between
the two grasses. To make matters worse,
within a comparatively short time, the
grass under discussion has been called
Canadian blue grass.

Flat—stemmed poa, Canadian blue grass,
the blue grass of New England is Poa
compressa; .lune grass, the blue grass of
Kentucky, Kentucky blue grass, is P03.
pratcn-sis.

June grass is our best grass for lawns,
and is common almost anywhere along
Unless
the. soil is Very rich, the crop is light
The quality for pastures ‘is excellent. The
specimen enclosed, flowers about the time
of timothy; the hay is extremely heavy
and nutritious for its bulk; on the ground
it is rathcr short and thin and gums the
knives which cut it. W. J. BEAL.

 

“Little drops of water, little grains of
sand”—under certain conditions start
little gullies. Cure these before they get
to be big ones. by dropping in small brush
with the tops pointing up-stream. These
will arrest the silt as it washes down and
automatically fill the washouts. Even
good-sized gullies can be leveled up by
this simple process. Be sure the
branches are placed with their butts
down—stream, otherwise little good will
be accomplished.

Hundreds of exact tests have been made
by the Department of Agriculture and the
State Experiment_Stations to show the
value of the legume as a fertilizer. In
addition to adding nitrogen to the soil,
it supplies humus and improves the me-
-chanical texture. These two features
are also accomplished by plowing under
or feeding such green crops as rye, buck-
wheat, etc., but these crops put nothing
back into the soil that they have not
taken out of it.

SELL GOODS
to farmers direct from manufacturer on
remarkable free trial plan. Goods are bet-
ter. Profits are better. If you can furnish
team and wagon and give bond, address
KKK Medicine Company, Keokuk, Iowa.
Dept. E.

 

Ask Your Dealer About This.

The matter of roofing for house and
buildings is one of the most serious
questions the farmer of today has to con-
sider. Shingles are going higher all the
time; while the quality seems to he gets
ting worse every year. Of all the pre-
pared roofings. none has been more con-
fidently offered to the consumer than
Rex Flintkote. Roofing. which has been
so highly recommended in our columns
by dealers of the best standing in this
state and neighboring states. J. A. &
\V. Bird & Co... the manufacturers or
this roofing, refer our readers to their
respective dealers as to the quality and
service of this roofing and are well con-
tent to abide by their candid opinions,
knowing that the reliability of “Rex
Flintkote" and their own reputation are
known to the trade everywhere. We ad-
vise sending for samples of “Rex Flint-
kote" Roofing to J. A. & W. Bird & Co.,
No. 60 India— Street, Boston, Mass, and
post themselves on the quality and ser-
vice of this roofing. We have never
heard anything but praise of it.

' ‘-

JUNE 26, 119,99. '

Lightning Need Be 3 Danger No, \More.

Nature has no danger that threatens
property as lmuch as lightninge—unless
proper precautions are taken tor guard
against it. Millions of dollars worth of
grain, stock and buildings have .been
burned by it every year. W. Shinn.
the wizard of lightning, of Lincoln, Ne—
braska, whose copper cable lightning rods
were already so widely noted for per-
fectly protecting farm and city buildings
and barns has invented, fully tested and
applied for patent on the telephone light—
ning arrestor. Thus by means or these
two devices of his there need be no more
danger from the lightning’s stroke,
whether you- have ’phone connection or
not. The Shinn Lightning Arrestor,
which is automatic, gives absolute protec-
tlon. It is guaranteed by Mr. Shinn.
With this device attached to a ’phone it
is impossible to be hurt or even shocked
tho talking over the wire during a storm.
The telephone can’t “burn out.” The
scientific copper cable lightning rod also
manufactured by Mr. Shinn has the
highest endorsement of scientific men,
colleges, farm paper editions and insur—
ance experts. Insurance companies rec-
ommend a discount of 10 to 20 per cent
on the rates on farm buildings fitted with
this rod. Mr. Shinn has written a very
interesting book, “Lightning and How to
Control It." Your dealer in your own
locality will supply you with it free or it
wrll be sent to you without charge direct
from the factory if you write W. C.
Shinn, 128 16th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska,
for it. This book tells all about lightning
and the law-s of nature in regard to it—
how houses and barns take fire, how
people and stock are killed and why water
during, stoves and iron beds are very
dangerous during thunder and lightning
storms.

 

State Colleges and Farmers All Endorse
Humane Horse Collars.

Don’t use cruel "Sweat—Pads" and old-
style, misfit collars which only make your
horses’ shoulders worse. Just try these
collars, no risk to you, fit any horse, no
pressure on shoulder-blade or bones
where sores come—no pressure top or on
windpipe~45 sq. in. pulling surface on
each shoulder, properly distributed, while
there is only 10 sq. in. on other collars.
Read two endorsements here below out
of thOUSands received by the makers.
University of Illinois, Urbana, 111., May

22, 1909.

We have used a pair of your Humane
Collars for a year and a half with ex-
cellent results—Yours very truly, (signed)
R. C. Obrecht, Associate in Horse Hus—
bandry.

Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, 0.,

May 14, 1909.

Your collars I have been using for sin.

or eight weeks on a team that always
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our teams. Yours respectfully, (signed)
A. N, Shaw, 101 Wood street.

Over 4,500 harness dealers carry Whip—
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THE HORSE STABLE.

 

I have taken out the inside of my horse
barn, and will put in cement floors. Do
you think it necessary to put down planks
for the horses to stand on? A150,. what
is the best kind of manger in which to
feed hay and grain, and how wide should

the stalls be?
Jackson Co. 0. S. LUDLOW.

No planking is needed on a cement
floor for horses. In fact, the floor is
much more sanitary and satisfactory in
every way without the planking. The
writer has used a cement floor with per-

ct satisfaction. \Vith the use of plenty
of bedding and some good absorbent in
the stable, there is little of the rank
ammonia smell which is unavoidable
where a plank floor is used and has
become soaked and foul with the liquid
excreta of the horses. It takes little it
any more bedding to make the horses

comfortable on a cement floor than on a.
plank floor. They need a good bed when
stabled on either kind of a floor, and ll.
takes little more straw to provide them
a good bed than it does to bed them
scantily, where a little care is taken in
cleaning the stables to save the straw.
Of course, where plenty of straw is avail-
able it is desirable to use as much as
possible as an absorbent in the stables,
but it is always profitable to use suffi-
cient to absorb all of the liquid manure,
and this will insure a‘ good bed for the
horses to lie on, which is almost as great
a factor in keeping them in good condi-
tion as is a proper ration when they are
at hard work.

The best way to feed hay and grain
to horses is from a feeding floor or alley
in front of the mange-rs. Where this
form of construction is possible the inan-
ger should be about two feed wide, inside
measurement, at the top and about eight-
een inches at the bottom, and about two
feet deep, and with a feed box for grain
built in one end. The manger and feel
box should be constructed of plank and
have the top edge protected with band
iron. 'The stalls should be at least five
feet wide, and wider for large horses, if
space will permit. It is also advisable to
have at least one. box stall in the horse
barn if practicable, as it will often prove
a great convenience and is sometimes
almost a necessity.

COTTONSEED MEAL FOR HORSES.

 

Some time ago I read an article in The
Farmer, written by Mr. Lillie, in regard
to feeding cottonseed meal to horses. I
cannot find the article again. How much
do you advise feeding to horses? \Ve
are out of feed and have to buy, and
corn and oats are rather expensive. If
you do not use it What would you ad-
vise for a grain ration for horses with
mixed hay?

Gcncsee CO. FRED HALL.

I have never fed any great amount of
cottonseed meal to horses. altho l lltl\';_:
some, and had good rcsults in what I did
feed. It is quite highy recommended in
Henry’s feeds and feeding for work
horses, and you can feed as high as two
or three pounds a day with good results,
but I would not think of feeding catlnll—
seed meal alone to horses. It wants to
be mixed with wheat bran, or corn meal
or with ground corn and oats, or some—
thing of that sort. If you are feeding
corn and oats to your horses, you could
reduce the amount of corn and oats
fed and substitute a part of it with cot-
tonseed meal. I would not feed over two
pounds of cottonseed meal a day, cer—
tainly not to begin with. You will find
that cottonseed meal is a strong food
and that your horses can do a lot of
work when fed a portion of their ration
with cottonseed meal. If you do not
wish to buy the corn and oats, you can
mix cottonseed meal with wheat bran
and feed it in that way. After gradually
increasing the amount of cottonseed
meal, you can feed as high as three or
four pounds a day with good results. At
the present time we are fer-ding to our
work horses, ear corn and wheat bran.
”While wheat bran is too high in price,
yet I think a little of it mixed with the
corn is a spendid thing. It is very rare
that you have a horse get off his feed it
you feed him a quart and a half or two
quarts of wheat bran at a feed. You
can then give him what car corn he, will
eat up clean three times a day without
any bad effects, and I know of no ration
that will give horses better power of
endurance and keep them in flesh when
working hard, than this ration. (Torn and
oats ground together make a most ex
cellent ration for work horses. This can
be varied by mixing in a little wheat

 

THE 'MICHIGAN' FARMER. 4 ' (a)

bran or a little cottonseed meal; but it
is a. good ration alone, especially if you
have hay with some clover in it.

COLON C. LILLIE.

NODULAR DISEASE.

 

 

In The Farmer of May 29, on page 580,
it is stated that a sheep-dip is a remedy,
or rather preventive for nodular disease.
Do you think that correct; or do the para-
sites get into the body of thru the mouth?
If the latter way is the grass infested
with the germs?

Allegan Co. W. E. THOMPSON.

Nodular disease gets its name from the
appearance of the intestines of sheep
suffering from this form of bowel para-
site. These nodules are caused by c.
worm about the size of an ordinary
stomach worm. It is not the full grown
matured worm that produces the dis-
ease, but its embryo. Either the egg
or embryo itself is taken in along with
the food or water and on meeting with
the heat and moisture of the body it
passes on and makes its way into the
wall of the bowel; there it becomes en-
cysted, setting up an irritation which
produces the nodules. Upon reaching a
certain stage of development the embryo
returns from the nodule into the intestine
and here completes its development into
a sexually mature worm, which no doubt
produces eggs. Now these eggs pass out
of the intestines along with the excre-
ment, under favorable conditions, develop
embryos which, in turn, are taken in by
sheep and go thru the same cycle, or

   

 

process of development such as I have
mentioned. ‘ ‘.

Now, it is well to understand that old;
sheep are the ones which are affected“
with this disease most. A yearling may}
show some symptoms of infection; be-l
sides, younger lambs often have a few
nodules, but not in sufficient numbers.
as a general rule, to interfere very much
with their health. It is not always an
easy matter to distinguish the difference
between the symptoms of nodular disease
and other ailments; however, the symp—.
toms usually present themselves during!
the winter months or early spring. The
writer has been very much astonished
when visiting different slaughter houses,
and especially those in Cleveland and
Chicago, to find that very few sheep that
are slaughtered seem to be entirely free
from this ailment, but strange to say
the few nodules that many of them
have on the bowels could not have inter-
fered but very little with their health,
for if they had the sheep would not have
thrived so well. I have no hesitation in
stating that this disease extends all over
this country and Canada and I am told
that sheep are not troubled with nodular
disease in either Australia or Germany.
These small tumors on the intestines
are filled with a greenish cheesy sub-
stance and when the bowel is pretty
thoroly covered with them they appear
to become calcified, that is, so ixnpreg-'
natcd with lime salts, that they feel al-E
most like stones. I‘Vhen this condition;
exists digestion is so interfered with thatl
the animal soon dies from weakness. ,

Nodular disease is a hard one to cure,‘i
in fact, it is not possible to cure it at all
after it has once become established.
Prevention is about all that can be done.
liwcs seem to affect their lambs only
thru the medium of the pasture; there-
fore. it is good judgment to never allow
the lambs to run on infected pastures.
This disease does not appear to arise
spontaneously. Now, regarding treat—
ment, I am told by competent veterinar-
ians and intelligent observing, shccp rais-
i-rs, that the best results follow givin",
a teaspoonful of gasoline in either two
ounces of sweet milk, or two ounces of
sweet oil, one dose a Week for three
weeks. Some practitiom-rs and sheep
raiscrs lelieve that one dose is stiflici01it—.
I differ with them. Or give from two to
31/2 ounces of a.one per cent solution of
coal tar creosote. This is made by ad-
ding one part creosote to 09 parts water
and should be given one dose a week for
three weeks. Now then, if the. sheep
suffers from stomach worms this treat-
ment will help them. The cheaper grades
of coal tar disinfectant are not active
enough to do much good. unless the treat-
ment is followed up. In my practice I
have found fully as good results by giv.
in;r sulfate iron and comomn salt, giving
it to them daily in their feed. The dose
of sulfate iron is from 15 to 25 or 30
grains and I prefer to use it finely pow~
dercd in order that it may be mixed
thoroly with the ground feed, fed to the
sheep. I very often add ground gentian
and ginger. I

In conclusion, let me say that lambs are[
much more apt to become unthrffty the:
result of stomach worms, than from

 

 

 

 

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nodular disease; therefore, I have no
doubt that Mr. Reynolds found fairly
good results by using the coal tar prep-
arations internally in the treatment of
stomach worms, but I am equally Sllf‘r:
that he will find poor results from any
remedy in the treatment of nodular dis-
ease when in the advanced stages.
Ohio. W. C. Fun.

TU BERCU LOSIS IN HOGS.

 

Reports gathered from the various
meat-packing centers of this country
show tuberculosis of hogs to be on the
increase and causing heavier loss to raiser
and packer alike than any other disease.

Statistics show that a. year ago there
were over 56,000,000 hogs in this country
and their value at that time was over
$339,000,000. Federal inspection at the
abattoirs of the country show 2 per cent
of the hogs Slaughtered to be affected
with tuberculosis. Reports from Europe
show a far more widespread infection
that runs as high as 5.5 to 7.5 per cent.

The small amount of money required to
start in the hog raising business and the
quick returns on the amount invested
make it an attractive field for operations.
Hogs will make greater gains on less
feed than almost any other live stool:
and at the same time utilize profitably
waste food products of every variety if
properly prcparcd. As tuberculosis of
hogs is chiefly contracted thru feeding.
the significance of the latter feature is
obvious.

Hogs from Arkansas, Oklahoma. and
Tcxas are remarkably free from tubercu-
losis, due to the methods of caring for
them, or rather the lack of carc. They
are not restricted to feed lots, where dis—
case is commonly found, but roam over
large areas to shift for themselves. No
prolonged feeding is pructiccd in narrow
limits, but from birth to maturity they
are pasturcd on alfalfa, oats, corn. rope,
and peanuts. Hogs raised in the forest
regions of Hungary are likewise rarely
al‘tfcctcd with tuberculosis. In striking
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three cities in one of the leading daily
states Where there are a large number
of co-opcrntive creamerics and the raw
skimmed milk is fed. Sumplcs from two
of these crcamerics were injeclcd into
guinea pigs and in one instance virulent
tubercle bacilli were recovered.

Buyers for packing houses are learning
from bitter expericnce to avoid sections
of certain states, and two firms will not
buy hogs from one state known to be
badly infected. In fact, many of the
smaller packers in the central west buy
subject to post-mortcn inspection as a
measure of self-protection.

An investigation carried on by the
bureau of animal industry in a certain
section of the middle west consisted of
tagging hogs hauled to market in wagons.
Of 3,420 animals taggcd it was learned
that all of the infected stock came from
less than 6 per cent of the farms.

It is known beyond doubt that the ma-
jority of tuberculous hogs are produced
by the following causes:

1. Feeding raw milk and slime from
crcamcrics.

2. Fol-ding hand-separated milk from
tuberculous cows.

3. Fol-ding bchind tuberculous cattle.
4. Fccding tuberculous carcasses.

5. Fccding slaughterhouse offal.

The dungcr in fccding hogs bchind tu-
berculous cultlc lies in the Net that such
cuitlc (liSchall'gc enormous numbers of
tubcrculosis g"crms in their fcccS.

Sooner or lutci' the packer will buy
subject to post-mortcm examination. as
some are now doing with certain classes
of female cattle. Then the hog raiser
who persists in fattening with tubercu-
lous material will be made to feel the
cost of his indifference or lack of knowl—
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tion of its animals will be condemned and
the price lixcd accordingly, with the
result that thc czircful l)l'l‘(‘(l(‘l' suffers
With the cnrclcss one. This is not (-qui-
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to post-mortcm rcsults the painstaking
and intclligcnt miscr will receive more
than he docs now and the ignorant or
indifferent lu'clder will got lcss, whicn
is more ncarly a fair dcul for all con-
cerned.

 

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Word comes from Wyoming that plenty
of rain has fallcn on the ranges and grass
is luxuriant at last after the cold, back-
ward spring. Cattle are doing well, and
Wyoming ranchmcn expect to market a
good number of fat cattle in the autumn,

 

but grasg got such a late start that mark—
eting will be much later than usual.

   

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.“

Stock came thru the winter thin, sheep,
as well as cattle. Good reports are also
received from Colorado. where Warm
weather has prevailed since the first of
March, and grass has made a good
growth. Cattle there are on the summer
range, and are fattening satisfactorily.
Range cattle are still a factor in the
market, of course, altho the cattle output
is diminishing every year owing to the
rapid settling 11p of the ranges. In the
future plenty of cattle will be raised on
the former ranges, but they will be bred
and fed by. farmers.

The dearness of beef continues to
check its consumption nearly everywhere,
and anywhere near normal supplies of
cattle cause quick breaks in prices. Much
less prime beef suffices to supply trade
requirements than in recent years, and
there is a proportionately greater sale
for the lower-priced cuts, but these also
have advanced with the others, and
rounds of beef cost in the rtail markets
within 2 cents a pound as much as porter
house steaks cost several years ago.
People are asking as a rule for small
cuts of beef in place of the heavier cuts.
Complaints are general
markets are making excessive profits on
beef. thereby seriously curtailing con—
sumption, but there is no remedy.

A feature of the Chicago cattle market
is the large runs of yearlings showing
up in recent weeks. The demand for
these times runs strongly on young fat
bceves, and the tendchy is for yearlings
of the better class to sell much closer to
the prices of long-fed beeves than in
former years. Only a short time Since a
consignment; of prime yearling steers was
sold at $7.05 per 100 pounds. They were
Illinois horned Herefords that tipped the
scales at 800 pounds, there being 24 head
in the lot. Another noteworthy sale
made just before the slump in butcher
stock was that of 75 Illinois 732-pound
heifers at $7. Such a season of high
prices for fat heifers was never seen be—
fore, sales at $6.25fi‘6.80 and even h‘gher
having been numerous. Producing “baby
becf' is deservedly popular, as it requires
but a comparatively short period of feed-
ing, while profits are much greater than
those received by most farmers who feed
a long time and market heavy cattle.

The United States government has been
prosecuting the railroads vigorously to
compel them to observe the twenty-eight-
hour law in shipments of live stock. and
the roads are taking steps to aid in
complying with the law. To this end they
are now engaged in the construction of'u
series of small stockyards at junction
points in the suburbs of Chicago. where
cattle and hogs may be unloaded. fed and
watered before being rcshipped to eastern
citics, and also before being taken to the
stock yards in Chicago. A fine of $100 is
provided by the federal law for allowing
cattc to remain in the cars for over 28
hours without being fcd or watered, but
the time may be extended by agreement
with the shipper. Shipments of cattle
from the Missouri River are moved on a
33-hour schedule, and delays result in
violation of the law.

Many stockmcn have been making haste
to get their fat hczivy bceves marketed,
realizing from past experience that with
the appcarance of hot weather buyers
discriminate sharply against them and
favor the handy weight kind. Besides,
owners know that it is expensive to ltccp
on feeding high-priced corn. Heavy
steers have already had their usual early
summer dcclinc, with a fair call for choice
long—fed lots, but the worst decline by
far has been in grassy cows. Butchcr
stock had bccn selling at. unusually high
figurcs for scvcml wccks, and prices had
to bc rcudjustcd, with so many Texas
grass cattle appearing in Missouri River
markets. Thcrc has been a great widen-
ing out in priccs bctwecn grassy and
dry—lot stcci‘s and butcher stock, some-
thing that was casy to foresee. It is a.
good plan before marketing cattle off
grass to place them in a dry lot and feed
them corn, outs and hay for two or three
days. By this simple method their
shrinkage in transit to market will be
matci'iully lcsscncd, and besides their ap-
pearance will be made more attractive.

Ohio has bccn pulling in the largest
ncrcngc of corn in yours, farmers having
been impelled to do so by the high prices
‘ihat have been paid for a long period and
n bclicf that Com will ncvci‘ be cheap
again. 'l‘hcy are also following this
coul‘sc owing to the scarcity of stock
cattle. and all ovcl‘ the state old sod
ground has bcon plowcd up for corn. A
mcmbcr of a prominent Chicago live stock
commission firm, himself a cnttlc scller,
who rcccntly.visitcd Ohio, found vcry
fcw fat cattle in the state, the greater
part having bccu shippcd to New York
and exported. He said that with the
exception of a bunch of 140 head, he did
not know of any large number west of
Columbus. Similar conditions are re-
ported in other states in the middle west,
and coitlcmen necd have no fear about
the future for well fattencd bccvcs. No
largo nmrkctings are expected during
June and July, and there is every reason
to look for high prices for consignments
that, are grind and fat. Kansas and Ne-
braska are still furnishing the Chicago
and othcr wcslcrn markets with a large
share of the bcst heavy cattle, and it is
NOW expected that the future supply of
such bccvcs will come from those states.
Texas is mm'kcting fu'i' numbers of cat-
tle that have been fcd mcul cake on
grass, and distillcry—fcd cattle arc mark-
cted frccly, rcccnt prices being regal-(led
as extrcmcly good, It is understood that
about 75,000 cattle were fcd in the dis-
tilleries in Illinois and Kentucky this
year. and the greater part will be mar-
keted in .Iunc. Lost your the market was
at its best in June. and the distillery
feeders, who generally guess right. expect
to see the same condition of things this
month. Dccidedly fcwcr grass cattle are
ready than in recent years, owing to
the long drought in New Mexico and
Texas, and fewer cattle by far will reach
the Missouri River markets from that
region in June and July than last year.

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CLEVELAND OHIO.

Advice thru 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 some one else.

Cribber.—I have a five—year-old horse
that catches the stall with his upper
teeth and then pulls, uttering a noise.
He has been this way for the past four
months and is gradually getting worse.
What can be done for him? A. 11. M.,
St. Clair, Mien—You will find this ques-
tion answered in this paper.

Cataract—I would like to know if you
think there is any remedy for a mare that
has been blind for about nine months.
I am told her blindness is the result of
periodic ophthaliuia. The spots on the
pupil are irregular in Shape and do not
cover the whole eye. A. S Mt. Clemens,
Mich—I am sorry to inform you that
there is no remedy for cataract in horses;
therefore, you had better leave the eyes
alone.

Shoulder Sprain—I have a valuable
horse that is quite lame in right fore
shoulder; the muscles are quite swecnied.
llavc applied a blister. but he seems to
be gradually getting worse. The blister
l applied has considerable iodine in it~—-
it appears to hurt him to move the foot
forward. M. S. 1)., Concord, Mich—Prep—
arations of iodine should never be used
in the treatment of swecny or atrophy of
the parts. You had better apply ccrate
of cantharidcs or any of the liquid blis-
tcrs that are advertised in this paper.

Cow Holds up MilleflI have a good cow
that will only let down about one—half
the milk she should. Do you believe that
she has been milked by a woman before.
1 hot her, or would that have anything
to do with it? llave the kindness lo tell
me how to manage her? S. l’. M., Ross,
Mich—It very often makes a great differ—
ence when a man milks a cow, if she has
always been Used to be milkrd by a
woman: however, it is only a question of
time when she will become accustomed
to the change. 'i‘lierefore, I bel‘t-ve you
had better insist on milking llcl' yourself.

Obstructed 'l‘eat.—I wish you would
send me a milking tube 31/; ins-hes long
for I nave. a cow that has one obstructed
teat. This obstruction is up near the

‘ udder. 'Have applied iodine ointment, R.

B..E;, Howard, MielL—Give your cow 1
(fifty-tide potassium at a dose in feed

itwiee dr day and continue applying the,

iodin‘e’cintment. Each time before you
use the, milking tube boil it thoroly for
ten minutes or soak it in a solution of
(arbolic acid, 1 oz. to a quart of water.

Diarrhoea in Chickens—(“an you tell me
what ails my chickens? They look real
good, but about every six weeks they
purge, growing very weak, besides get-
ting very dirty behind. \V' V. A.. Grant,
Mien—it is possible that your fowls suffer
from diarrhoea following constipation.
this being an effort of nature to relieve
thcm. (Jive each one of them a small
teaspoonful castor oil. one dose only and
mix some ground ginger and a small
quantity of powdered cinnamon in their
iced: besides, dissolve a little coppei‘as
in their drinking water, not more than
1 dr. to a quart.

(‘rib Biting—I am anxious to know
what can be done for a five—year-old mart:
that cribs. and I would also like to know
if anything can be done for a horse that
had a bad attack of pink eye and went
blind? C. \V. F., Pittsford, l\licli.—-Crib
biting is a vice that a horse seldom gets
rid of. If she sucks: wind. buckle a strap
around her neck, this will prevent an
passing into stomach. \Vhen loss of vis—
ion follows scvere attacks of influenza.
causing total blindness, the eyes can
ncver be restorcd to a normal condition.
if ymi stable your five—ycar—old marc that
cribs. remove all objects that she is iii—
chncd to bite. and feed off the floor. out
of a shallow feed box with oval corners.

l’loarer.—~I have been a rcadcr of the
M. for a long time and have gotten
valuable information from your depart—
mcnt concerning the treatment of live
stock. Now, I would like to know what
to do for a mare that is apparently pcr-
i‘cctly healthy, with a glitltl appetite, but
seems to be badly wind broken; when we.
try to work her she soon gets out of
brcath. but we are pretty certain it is
not heaves. \Vhat had i bettcr do for
hcr'? A. B,, llillsdalc, I‘ll('ll.'"’l am in!
cliucd to believe that your mare sull‘crs
from paralysis of the vocal chords or a
stricture of larynx, causing her to choke,
when exerted. if she has hcaves she will
show it by expelling the air with a double
sort of action of muscles, especially those
of the flank; besides, she will have a dry
hacking cough. A surgi‘al operation will
perhaps relieve your mare. If she is a
roarcr. 'l‘he vocal chords should be re—
moved or a traechotomy tube can be put
in wind pipe and let her wear it con-
stantly. Your Veterinarian can no doubt
perform this operations as it is quite
simple.

Septic Poison—I have a colt two “‘(‘f‘kq
old that is very stiff in its joints. PC,
pccially “msc of hind legs. I am obliged
to help him up most of the time. \thn
this colt was born it was badly swollen at
navel, there has been a leak of a \vatery
substance ever since, but the swel-
ling has gone down some. this last
Week. Last week was Very hot and
the colt got a drink of milk while
the. mare was very warm. The stiffness
dates from the day after this drink of
hot milk. What can I do for it? \V. E.

THE 'MICHIGAN FARMER. .5, 657

P., Brown City, Mich.—I am inclined to
believe that your colt suffers from septic
infection, the result of an inflamed sup«
purative navel. Had you treated the
navel with antisepties ‘he would have es-
caped this rheumatic affection of the
joints. Give 2 grs. quinine and 5 grs.
sodium salicylate at a dose three times a
day and apply equal parts spirits cam-
phor, extract of witch hazel and alcohol
to sore joints twice a day.

Horse Slobbers.—I have a horse that
slobbers when he eats grain and lets
some food fall out of his mouth. Have
had his teeth filled twice—I am inclined
to believe that his nippers are long;
however, he seems to crack his corn all
right. He is thin and refuses to lay on
flesh. E. T., Stony Ridge, ()hio.——llis
mouth should be looked into quite care~
fully; there is perhaps a point or obnor
mal growth of some tooth that is causing
all this trouble. The front teeth seldolii:
interfere much with mastication. Better
have your veterinarian look again at his
mouth; also give 1/2 oz. ground gentian,
1/4: oz. ground ginger and 1 oz. powdered
charcoal at a dose two or three times a
day for three weeks.

Malignant Distemper.——I have a filly
that has been sick for the past four
weeks. She had been ailing for some
time, suffering from what I thot‘to be
distemper. On May 20111, I called our
local Yet. and he thot it a case of dis-
temper. Iler limbs and lower portion of
body has been swollen, but this dropsicai
trouble appears to have left her. Some
days she appears to be quite bright, but
other times quite dull and dumpish. Have
been giving her medicine that the doctor
prescribed and feedingr her linseed meal
to keep her bowels open. She has shown
very little signs of getting better yet,
but I wish to get your advise telling me
what to do. (‘. (i. F, New Boston,
Mich.——If the dropsical swelling under
belly and brisket fluctuates, puncture it
in several places with a small pen knife,
but be sure that it is clean. Dip the
knife in one part carbolic acid and thirty
parts water or else boil the lillltlt‘llh
water for live or ten minutes before using
it. (live the, colt 1/; oz. fluid extract gen-
tian 1,9 oz. fluid extract cinehona, 1 (li‘.
tr. nux vomica and 3 drs. Fowler’s solu—
tion at a dose three times a. day. Also
give a ccsSci'tsDoolit‘ul of powdered nitrate
potash at a dose once a day. This treat—
mcnt should be kept up until a recovery
takes place.

Indigestion—I have a valuable Jersey
licifcl'rlilne months old that is quite thin
and does not have much appetite. She
usually drinks milk, eats a little grass——
she is inclined to nibble at the bark of
trees; chew on a. dead limb, etc. In fore
part of winter she was lousy, but seem—
ingly got rid of them. After the 11cc.
\Vci‘c gone she would stand around, and
lit s with head at side. \\'e fed Separator
milk, oats, hay, cnsiluge and oat straw,
etc. Ilcr bow'els Seem to be in about the
right condition for the amount she eats.
\Vould like to know what to do for her.
I). 1’. 1c, Kalkaska, l\lich.—Your licifcr
suffers from indigestion and acidity of
stomach. (live her 1 oz. of bicarbonate
soda, 1. oz. powdered charcoal and 1/3 oz.
ground ginger at a dose in a quart of
water as a drench two or three times a
day.

Inflamed I'ddt‘r—eliidigcstion.~-l have a
cow that came fresh last March; she
had udder trouble shortly at'tcr calving:
l succccdcd in reducing the inflammation
in a few days and she seemed to be all
right. Some three weeks ago her milk
flow seemed to almost cease and the milk
appeared to be of pOor quality. In a few
days she increased in milk flow, but a
portion of the ud'der remained caked and
the milk from this diseased quarter seems
to be thin and water}: She discharges
some, from the eyes and is coughing. l
have applied kerosene and lard and am
giving a teaspoonful of gentian twice 1
day. tl‘x. \V, IL, Stanton, 1\lich.~—lf tlu.
inflammation has pretty much subsided.
which l presume it has. you will get fairlv
raced results by applying iodine ointment
rnwc a (l‘l‘.'. Also give 1 oz. hypo-sulflte
:4 nla cncc a day and enough cpsoni salts
or grass to keep hcr bowels fairly active.
it is Well to keep in mind that a great
many cows bruise their udders while,
stepping over fences or logs or out of
ditches, or by being booked by other
cattle. Many other tiiucs cows suffer
from lltlt‘ltl‘ltll infection: in these cases
the uddcr should be thoroly washed out
with antiseptic solution, such as a 2 per
cent solution of carbolic acid or one to
loot) solution of bichloridc. mercury, 01‘
one to 1.th solution of permanganate
potash and warm water.

Puncturcd l'ddcruef have a mare that
fouled on May ltiih; some three days later
I iliScoYci‘cd .‘l small hole ill llic back part
of udder; out of this hole she leaked
milk: a few days latcr a bloody looking
substance dropped out: now it discharges
a stringy looking substance about the
color of milk. 1 do not know how this
hole was made. unless she, run the fork
in it. i kept the fork in a cubbv hole,
behind her and when I Went she had!
this down behind her. At first her bag}
was swollen quite badly; both teats are
all right, but back part of bag seems tol
remain hard. 'l‘hi same morning I no-|
:lf‘t‘d she had a swelling on jaw, but this
munch is not very hard. \Vliat had I
better" do for it'.’ F. M., Billings, Mich—.1
Iain inclined to believe that your suppou
sitions _are right. The udder must have
been either punctured or bruised; now
.Voir should make an effort to heal it as,
rapidly as possible, inject game p(.,.nxmp_ .
lilitll'thucn into wound twice a dav; ten‘
minutes later fill the sore with borne acid,

Short 'l‘ail~\Vart.——I have a three—year—
old. filly that has a very short tail. The
hi1“: does “0t élllllt'ill‘ 1O grow as rapidly
as it should the tail Seems 1193:1113.-
enough and is quite bushy. Is there.
any hope of it being long again: if so
tell me the remedy. This same colt has
a wart on left fore leg below elbow.
T ”milled some medicine that I obtained,
of our Vet. but it failed to remove it. 1:

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have since been applying castor oil. Can
you tell me how to remove the wart? C.-
E L., Addison, Mich.-—~If your filly is
healthy, She needs no medicine.
end off every hair of her tail, apply one
part bichloride mercury and 1,000 parts
water to scalp of tail every day. If the
wart has not a constricted neck you had
better remove it by the knife. Or if you
hesitate to cut it out,’ apply one part
chromic acid and three parts water: or
opply some terchloride of antimony cnce
a day. In my practice and at my hos-
pital I invariably cut them out and apply
eqaul parts iodoform, borac acid and
tannic acid, or after they are cut out
apply one part carbolic acid and 15 parts
water—or sometimes applying Monsell's
solution, which will stop bleeding.

Bruised Udder.—We have a cow that
has been apparently all right until a few
days ago. Since then she has given
bloody milk from one quarter of her ud-
der. Blood comes only during the latter
part of milking. V’Vhat can be done for
this ailment? H. P. P., Molinc, Mich.—:
it is well to keep in mind that cows which
give bloody milk have usually injured
their udder in some way. Perhaps by
stepping over logs, rail fences, into stables
out of ditches or being kicked by horses
or hooked by other cattle. Put 1,4 lb.
acetate lead and one pint tincture arnica.
in a gallon of water and apply to udder
twice daily. She should be milked care-
fully, especially the latter part.

Actinimycosis.—-Have a 3-year-old
heifer that has half a dozen lumps on
back part of udder ranging in size from
a small egg to three inches long by two
or more inches wide. They came when
she had her first calf. Had her second
calf a month ago and the lumps are
larger. Treated them with iodine for a.
long time, but Without benefit. Within
the past week a lump has appeared on
under side of jaw, the bone is enlarged
the size of a butternut. Kindly make a
diagnosis and prescribe treatment. H. T.
11., Topinabee, Mich—I am inclined to
believe that your heifer suffers from
gcncralized actinymicosis and has no
v.ilue as a dairy cow. After using the
iodine to bunches on udder they should
have receded. You might try blistering
jaw and bunches with 1 part red iodide
mercury and 4 parts lord and give her
2 drs. iodide potassium at a dose in feed
twice a day for ten days or two weeks
and if her case does not yield to treat-
inciit you may consider her czisc a ser—
ious one. However, it is barely possible
that thc swr'cllings you spcak of arc cu—
lnrgcd lymphatic glands and if so they
will perhaps disappear if they are not
tuberculai‘.

.Hliouldcr chcny.~I have a 3—year-old
colt that is sweenicd in left shoulder—
he is not lame. Have been applying a
liquid blister, but I would like to know
if this is the proper thing to do and about
how long shall I kccp up thc treatment?
1?, ll. 3., l'loward- City, 1\lich.~iYou had
lii‘etlci‘ continue blistering the atrophicd
portion of shoulder lightly once a weck
Until the musclcs grow to their normal
size. A sivecnied horse that is not lame
will iinprovc liiol‘c rapidly when exer-
ciscd; bcsidcs hc should be fed some
oats twice a day; this is muscle—making
food.

Pigs Have Rickets.—l have a, spring
litter of pigs that huvc not done well.
Have fed thcm stock food with thcir feed,
but they appear to bc getting Weak in
their legs. especially their hind partsg—
they wobble around considci‘ulde. “’0
are all very fond of the M. l“. K. \V.,
Shcrwood, Mich. Your pigs arc not Iioing
fed a balanced ration. il‘hcy necd a little
more bone making food. perhaps a little.
more sunlight and out—door c.\'crcisc. lie
surc that tlicy have some gi'ccn clover
or grass, also some ground oats. and add
a little air sliickcd limo to tlicir food
night and morning. linb tlicir back with
equal parts turpentinc, aqua ammonia
and Scht oil every day or two.

Chronic. Stocking—l hot at 13-3'ea1-—01d
horse lust wintcr that had bccn uscd in
tlic city for driving pili'poscs and cvcr
sncc l have had llllll both hind lcgs
stock badly whciichi‘ lie is allowed to
stand in the barn over night or chr Sun—
day. I am inclined to bclicvc that his
kidneys are out of sorts. J. M. 1).. Al-
bion, MichsiAs you arc unablc to turn
him on grass his chances of a i‘ccovci'v
are not as grcat as if you could lct him
run in pasiurc. (live l/u. oz. powdcrcd
nitrate potash, 1,4; oz. powdered sulfate,
iron and V: oz. ground gcnifan at a dose.
in feed night and morning for one week;
ilicn discontinuc giving tlic nitralc potash,
but (junlilluc giving him the sulfate iron
and gcntinii for two wccks and an occas—
ional dosc of powdcrcd rosin, not less
than 1/5 oz. at a dose. Bandage his legs
in cotton two hours after you are thi'u
driving him.

Indigestion—l have a cow that is fre-
quently attacked with bloat. Have been
obliged to use a irocar to let out gas.
W'liat had I bcttcr give her to correct
this ailment”? \N’. C... Downington, Mich.
~Givc your cow l/J“. oz. salicylic acid and
one oz. powdered charcoal at a dose ill
i‘ccd night and morning. It is very likely
that she is inclined to eat too much;
therefore, 1 suggest that you dict lici.
\thncvcr she is affcctcd with an attack
of this kind and you do not tap her, give
11,-.1- 3 oz. doses aromatic spirits ammonia
in a pint or two of cold water every hour
until relief comes; besides, give her 1%
lbs. cpsom salts and one oz. ground gin—
gcr in three pints watcr to purge her.

Navel Leaking—Acidity of Stomach.—~
l have a colt 10 days old that has lcuked
at the navel ever since it was born. The
navel was quite badly SWollcn soon after
birth. The colt seems to be. growing
fairly wcll. My cattle are inclined to eat
pieces of boards and sticks and gnaw at
rubbish. J. V. 13., Applegate, Mich.——
\thncvcr a colt leaks at the navel they
should be attended to right away. ThD
swelling should be fomented with hot
water and apply Monsell's solution of
iron to the navel two or three times a
day, or by diSSOlving one oz. sugar of

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lead in a pint of water will very often
act pretty well. In bad cases I have
often found it necessary to perform a

Ophthalmia.—I have a fine buck that
has sore eyes; both eyes are affected, one
a little worse than the other. One of my
ewes was affected with sore eyes a short
time ago; she almost lost her vision be-
fore she died. R. C. C., Hetherton, Mich.
—Your Sheep suffers from ophthalmia.
Put one grain protargol and one grain
sulfate atropfa in 1 oz. distilled water
and apply to eyes twice a. day, also blow
a little calomel into eyes once a day. F0-
menting the eyes with hot water will do
them good. Also give five grains iodide
potassium at a dose twice a day. The
bowels should be kept open and the sheep
kept in a shaded place.

surgical operation. If the remedies I have
suggested fail you had better call a vet-
erinary and have him stitch the opening.
Your cattle suffer from acidity of the
stomach. Give them plenty of salt, bak-
ing soda and powdered wood charcoal in
their feed two or three times a day and
they will discontinue eating rubbish.

Actinymicosis—(Lump Jaw).~——I have a
bull that has a lump on jaw; this bunch
appeared about three months ago and
lately it broke open. Now there is a
sloughing sore two inches in diameter.
What can be done for him? F. T. 0..
Holland, Mich—Apply peroxide—hydrogen
to sore once a day; ten minutes later
apply tincture iodine. Give 1 dl‘. iodide
potassium at a dose in feed night and
morning.

Dainty Feeder.—I have a mare that 1
bot last Winter which was quite fleshy
at that time. Now she is very thin. I
have never been able to get her to eat
grain. I drive her on the cream wagon
three days a week and balance of time
she does light work on the farm. C. F.,
St. Louis, Mich—It is possible that her
teeth need floating; the outer edges or
upper rows may need filing and inside
of lower grinder teeth. Don‘t allow any
one to file off too much of the teeth. Also
give 1,42 oz. fluid extract gentian, 1,5 oz.
fluid extract cinchona and 1 dr. fluid ex-
tract nux vomica at a dose in feed two
or three times a day. '

Chronic Grease fleet—My 6~year-old
mare has a ridge on the back of each
hind leg between fetlock and hock joint.
both legs stock some. Have been using
kerosene and cod liver oil, equal parts.
on scabs: also using a. lead and zinc wash.
V\'. A. H., Redford. Mich.~——App1y one
part oxide of zinc and two parts vasc-
linc to sorc on logs once a day; also apply
onc part salicylic acid and four parts lard
twice a day.

infected Udder.——~Cow freshened May
H111. and was attacked with milk fever.
Cave lici' oxygen treatment; she recov-
ered from the milk fever. but gives wat-
cry milk in two quarters. Cow is in
pasture. What can be done to get milk
instcad of water? .1. F. 0., Saginaw,
Miclr—Irrigate diseased quarters of ud-
dcr, using one part carbolic acid to 99
parts distilled water. Gently hand rub
affected quarters twice daily. Give, 1,3
oz. powdered nitrate potash at a dose 1
fccd twice a day.

’l‘ongue Loller.~—I have a mule that
hangs his tongue out when working.
\‘l'lizit can be done to correct this habit?
(.7. F. L., Freesoil, Mich;—~lf he carries
the tongue over the bit, by using one
with a spoon on it you will correct this
habit, other-wise you will have to use a
nose strap, buckling it around both upper
and lower jaw to keep it closed while he
\vorks.

Fibrous 'l‘uinor.—I have, a heifer two
ycars old that has a large. hard lump on
shonldcr which causes some lameness,
othcrwise she is doing well. J. D. M.—
Apply tincture iodine to bunch once a
day and if it does not reduce, cut into

it and you will perhaps find some. pus

incascd iii a fibrous wall. Thcse are
('illll‘d cold abscesscs. Or it is possible
the whole bunch could be cut out without
any risk.

Blindness in Chickens—Roup.——Can you
gch me any information in regard to
blindness among chickcs ranging from
(up! to five weeks old'bSome of them were
raised with brooders, others by hen. No
olhcr indications of disease, except the
eycs. Quite a number of my chicks have
dicd lately. Their fccd consists of baked
corn meal with milk and wheat. J. M.,
Stanton, Mich—I am inclincd to believe
that » 1ur chickens suffer from roup. All
those that arc badly discascd should be
killed and burned. Your chickcn coop
should be thoroly disinfcctcd and separate
all affected {owls from the Wcll ones.
This separation should be thoro, or you
will fail in stamping out this disease for

it must be understood that it is highly
contagious. Both well and suspicious

cases should bc kept in a dry, wcll ven—
tilated coop. i‘rcc from drafts. Give. each
sick fowl a tablespoonful of castor oil
and put a teaspoonful of carbolic acid in
a pint of watcr. shake thoroly and inject
:i small quantity into slit of the roof of
mouth daily. Also dust at little finely
powdcrcd borac acid into eyes once a
day. Yt‘u should use whitewash freely
about your coops and sprinkle the ground
with one part curbolic acid and titty parts
water. Or use coal tar disinfectants
freely. making the solution one to thirty
of water.

Grass—fed sheep from Washington,
Texas and other states where stock is
pastiircd on the range have begun to
:irirvc in Chicago. and corn—fed stock has
had a great fall. Spring lambs are as high
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FOR SALE—Sixteen Collie Dogs. either sex
and different ages. at farmere’
prices. Plymouth Kennels, R. 1. Plymouth. Mich.

Fen SALE—One pair nice four year old horses.
well broken. One palrexceptlonally
nlce, bright buy four year old driven. Well trained
for woman to drive. One pair bright buy three
yen old mares. stnndnrd bred. Address
J. W. SLATER. Traverse City. Mich.

MARKS. A matched team of young mnrea, weight
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BllllillliIS’ DllliC'l'IllY.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS.

Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD
1T0 83836. one of the best sons of PRINCE [TO
50000. um Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit
and Grand Rnplda Fain of 1907 and 1908. Herd con-
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1 ABERDEEN ANGUS bull. 1 Polled Durlum
herd bull closely related to World’s Champion. and
one yearling bull left. Freight 3nd car fare to buyers.
CLOVER BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. Mich,

FOR SALE- Registered Guernsey bull 4
years old. to avoid Inbreeding.
Address JOHN KOBMANN. R. 1. Greenfield. Mich.

nolsTEle—A fine registered bull of excellent
breeding and individuality. 17 mos.
old for $100. I. M. SHORMAN. Fowlervllle. Mich.

'- I" BULL —One 14 mo., son of chem
"o STE pion mllch cow of M1011
Sire. Blr Jollle Johanna. No. 86604. One 20 mo., very
flnelndlvldual, largely white. '1‘wo3mo. old. BCIU-
tles and worth the money. These must be sold by
June mm. L. E. CONN ELL. Fayette. Fulton 00.. O.

' ' ‘ HICKORY GROVE STOCK
HOISIIIII'FIIINIIIS. FARM. Owen TnftJ’roprletor.
R. 1. Oak Grove. Lelv. 00.. Mlchlsnn. Bell phone

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TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.

Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-
bining in themselves the blood of cows which now
hold and have in the past held World's Records for
milk and butter-fat at fair prices.

McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.

BOIHDMMI STOCK FIRM '

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JACKSON. mom I Holstein Battle.
Has more Imported Holstein-Frieslnn Cows
than any farm In the Middle West. Registered
BULL CALVEB of the most fashionable breeding. 30
fine, registered. Duroc Jersey sows due to furrow soon.

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EAVY MILKING snonrfionns—Cm spin
a few females. Good ‘ notes "man! man.
_J. B. HUMMEL. an.~MlCh. (Citizens Phoze.)

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Inent of Era-clue. Farm llllt be sold. manna.

Snorthorn cows and heifers. mostly Young Phyulus.
Young Marys and Lavinia. with two or three Scotch
crosses. and a high class herd of P. C. swine are in the
offering. Come Ind see them end you will beaurprlud
at the prices made. P. P. POPE, Mt. Plenum. Mich.

- nanrmm). MICE.
1.3.0IIUIISE STUCK “Ill. No bun. to. sale.

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ERDENHEMI FARM

SHROPSHIRES

. EDWIN S. GEORGE, Owner.
Rams and Ewes for Sale.

WRITE FOR PRICES TO

ROBERT GROVES. Shepherd.
R. F. D. No. 3. Ponllnc. Mich.

SHIIOPSHIIIE HILL STOCK FAIII.

Will make special prices for thirty Anya. on ewes
from 1 to 3 years old, all bred to Imported Cooper,
and Mnnsell runs to lamb in March and April. 1150
on very choice emlnmbs, ml: is to make room for an
importation that is going to arrive this spring.

L. S. DURHAM 5580118. Concord. Michigan.

GO INTO SHEEP RAISING

Bay of Michigan's Largest Breeder of good sheep.
Romeyn C. Parsons. Grand Ledge, Mich.

COTSWOLDSd Lincoln Sheep. rams a ram lambs
ewes & ewe lambs of the Belt Types. home Ind
imported. L. B. Kuney. Adi-inn. Mlch.. Phone 131.

 

 

 

 

 

AMBOUILLET—Flock founded 1802 with 40 ewes
selected from one hundred registered owes of the
best breeding possible. J. 0. A. COOK.Morrloo.Mlch.

Hoes.
FOR SALE, 2.000 PIGS,

6 to 8 weeks old. at 02.50 to $3 each: any breed.
Will shl by expresl and give your money's worth.
UTILI ATION 00.. Grand Rnplda. Mich.

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CROFT FA . nnw.

A FEW FALL GILTS bred for fnll ferrowlng,
also choice lot of spring pigs bred by Kim:
A. A. PATTULLO. Deckervllle. Mich.

—SPBING PIGS,
BERKSHIRES Sll‘Bd by gong of
Premier Longfellow and Masterpiece. the world's
champions. C. D. WOODBUBY. Lansing. Mich.

I —Brel to PRIME
Berkshire Brod Saws. moon mu m.
ON DUKE for Full furrow, It prices that will sell
them. Two good young boars left. Rather thnn
have public sale we will save the expense and ve
you the difference. but they have gbt In W'q k.
Hupp Farm. G. C. Hupp, Man. BlrmlnghmMich.

ADAMS BROS. IMPROVED CHESTER WHI'I'ESthchfloldchh,

won more premium- in '08 than any other hard inllchignn
Stock all ngel for ulc. Prin winning W. Orplngton, W. Leg-
horn and Bufl' Rock one, 81 par 15. Slim-thorn bull- & heifers

IMPROVED CIIESIEII WINES—““5r 5°“ brad

for early fall furrow,
one full hour. also March Apr. furrow ready to ship.
W. 0. W1 LEON. Okemoa, Mich. (Both Phones)

IMPROVED IHIESIEII WHIIES A ‘5“ '°‘ 0’ “Wins

- plga.elthersex,far-
rowed in March and April. Price $10. Satisfaction
gunrantted. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvllle. Mich.

' an n a D . B.
nunoc JERSEY SWINE. was. as. ..
for 15. J. H. BANGEABT. Lansing. Mich.

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CAREY U. EDMONDS. Bum... lch.

DUROC Jersey of size and quality. 40 Bonn ready
for service. 50 sown It Farmer: Prices. Satin-
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O I. C.'s Boers (knows nllaold. I have a fine lot of
. young pigs that will soon be ready to ship.
A. NEWMAN. Route No. 1. Mariette. Mich.

9 —ALL AGE. Thirty sown bred
00 l. C S for spring furrow. Shipped
H. H. JUMP. Munlth. Mich.

 

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Boers ready for service. Spring pics by
0' I. C' grandson of World’s Grand Champion.
Glonwood stock Farm, Zeolnnd. l|chigsn. R. 6. Phone 94.

 

 

 

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ERSEY Bull Calf born Feb. 9. ’09, first calf of n
heifer whose dam gave 7344 lbs. of milk in ’08.
Blre's Dam’s record 10.060 lbs. in 105." months.
THE MURILAY-WATEBMAN 00.. Ann Arbor. Mich.

O O
Llllle Farmstead Jerseys.
We have some splendid bull calves for sale from
one to six months old. They are from cows with
records of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last year.
Write for description and prices.
OLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.

 

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St. Lambert JersoAys, d...f’“§.’ii.‘é°co.3.’.°§i
heifers. L. R. KUNEY, drian. Mlch.. Bell Phone.
RED Pom» BULL . astigmatism
sows. John Berner d: Son. Grand Ledge. Michigan.
MARS’I‘ON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.
T. F. MARSTON. Bay City. Michigan.
Ln St. La bert . Y
CHOlCE JERSEYS‘ Itolcieof elm?! sex! will]:
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O l C swine very prolific. My herd ls
- ° 0 headed with a grand Ion of Jackson
Chief. the world's Champion and Grand Champion.
the greatest O. I. C. bong in the world. also a Grand
son of Tuteay second. the world champion now.

Place your order now for spring pigs.
A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Don. Mich.

WEANLINGIPlga and bred Sow: at bargains to
quick buyers. from large-styled. prolific Poland—
ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Mich.

POLAIID-GHIIIAS“%".°‘S§J%‘§§€ 323?? ”2.2%
young Sou-x bred; right prices. Write today.
L. W. Barnes dz Son. Byron. (Shinwnasee Co.) Mich.

—o. I. C. B f '
FOR SALE 07‘ an ”2:: snowed Oct. 5.

good one, rice
I525. O. I. C. Pigs furrowed Feb. 24. eltherpsex.
price 38. Registered In buyer's name.
J. R. INSKEEP. Holly. Mich.

Poland-Ghinas. 31103.... 3"" .pring

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Boers ready for service $15.00: Gilts bred for fut [an

 

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DAIRY BREEDS AND BREEDING.—ll.
Similarity and Variation.

The most important law which governs
hereditary transmission is that of simi-
larity. It is by virtue of this law that
the peculiar type, qualities and tempera-
ment of the parents, whether good, bad
or indifferent, are transmitted to their
offspring. Similarity is one of the most
certain laws of nature. for within certain
limits progeny always resemble their
parents. Similarity maintains constancy
of species by repeating in the offspring
the instincts and character of the, parents
and never those of another species.

This law has enabled us to establish
distinct breeds that are of uniform type,
quality and temperament, but many
breeders who are stuck in the one rut
of similarity, or uniformity, have neg-
lected to take advantage of another im-
portant law Of breeding (variation) and
have failed to improve the productive
qualities of their cattle.

The principal end in breeding dairy
cattle is the production Of dairy prmlucts
and We are making a mistake when We
sacrifice the individual merits of our
breeding animals for fancy points and
similar markings. It is not necessary
for me to reflect upon any breed of dairy
cattle, for the same rule applies to all.
The Jersey breeder who breeds for color
of the hair, horns, tongue and switch at
the expense of the dairy qualities of his
cows is injuring the vitality and milk-
giving qualities of the breed. When we
speak of the production of dairy pro—
ducts we must also consider the calf as
one of the prOducts of the dairy, for the
cow should be capable of producing a.
good, vigorous calf as well as milk. It
seems to me that our leading breeds of
dairy cattle have reached a stage 0‘.’
development at which we should not be
afraid to sacrifice certain fancy points
and color markings in order to produce
animals that would give larger profits
at theypail.

HI‘hL'ci'rder that they might obtain unl-
formit'y of color, size, form and charac-
teristic markings in their herds, many
of the breeders of pure-bred dairy cattle
have neglected to take advantage of the
law of variation in order that they might
improve the dairy qualities of their cat-
tle. It sometimes happens that an ani-
mal is unlike either parent in color, mark-
ings and appearance, but it may possess
some qualities greatly superior to either.
This animal should not be discarded for
the reason that it does not. possess the
markings required by the set standard of
the herd. This law of variation has
played an important part in the improve-
ment of dairy cattle, and we are rash
if we reject a creative force in the shape
of a sire or dam, discovered under what-
ever circumstances, which promises to
bring about the results we are seeking.

Breeders of dairy cattle speak of select-
ing sires and dams that have strongly
inherited tcndcncics to breed true to one
type and transmit the inherited tenden-
cies of the breed to their descendants.
but if we. have no variation in our herds,
if all of the animals \vere of one type,
temperament and capacity, and had been
bred in this manner tliru many gencra~
Hons until the variation had ecased,
there would be no more benefits from
seltction than there would be from try-
ing 10 select the most valuable dime or
dollar from the money of the llnited
States. Variation is the only means for
making changes which can be brot into
permanent improvements.

New. :Is variation is the only means of
improving a herd of dairy cattle, we can
readily understand why a herd of uni:
form cattle which varies, least is hardest
to improve. For example, let us tinder-
take the work of improving some breed
of wild animals that, thru the habits of
inbreeding for year after year, had so
intensified its blood lines that the vari'1~
tion, if there were any, would be so slight
that we could scarcely detect it, IVe
would find it practically impossible to
bring about any improvement.

Variations continually appear in breed»
ing, and yet the average breeder (who is
stuck in the rut of the idea of uniformity)
lets these golden opportunities to improve
the productive qualities of his cattle pass
without taking advantage of them. He
does not realize that every man who has
made a lasting fame as a breeder of do-
mestic animals did so by seizing upon and

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER'.

holding in his herd some new and valu-
able variation.

Another feature about this laW of varia-
tion is the fact that there is an affinity
between variations—that is, the blood of
a marked variation has an affinity for
and will stimulate the blood of another
variation and cause the progeny to dc-
velop into unusually superior (or occas-
ionally inferior) individuals. While it
must not be denied that multiplying these
variations often results in producing ani-
mals that must be discarded, the result-
ing individuals more than pay the loss
on the inferior ones. DO .nOt understand
me as advocating promiscuous breeding.
or keeping scalawags as breeders, yet I
do believe that while we are raising a
uniform herd we should try to multiply
variations to such an extent that we will
have outstanding animals with which to
improve our herds. “'e should not make
an idol of uniformity.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

CHANGING TH E PASTURE.

We are making a practice this summer
of changing the cows from one pasture
to another. Some claim that the cow:
do better and that the pasture does bet-
ter if it is possible to do this. I do not
know whether this is so or not. I think
there is. a chance for argument on the
question. When cows are turned into a
fresh pasture the first thing they do is to
tramp all over it, trying to see what they
can find, and I suppose for other pur-
poses which they might be able to tell
but which we cannot determine. At any
rate, about the first thing they do when
turned into a fresh pasture is to tramp
over the whole thing. In doing this they
destroy much of the fresh grass, tramp
it into the ground and soil it so that they
cannot eat it. In a pasture which they
occupy regularly every day they do not
do this so much. On the other ham
when you keep them in one pasture fm
two weeks let us say, then shut them out
and put them in another pasture, the
grass has a chance to recuperate and
make a growth which is very appetizing
and which I think is relished more by
the cows than is the case where they are
in the same pasture every Single day.
My opinion is that this practice is of
more value to the pasture than it is to
the cows.

 

PRESENT PRICES FOR BUTTER.

 

.IVith Elgin quoted at ZGI/Jc in the
middle of June, and with butter selling
on the new Call Board in Minnesota at
270 f. o. b. shipping station or the cream-
ery, commission men are wondering what
the final outcome will be. Every butter
man you see asks your opinion about
the present prices for dairy products.
One ,.- will tell you that. in his Opinion,
butter, in going into storage at so high
a price, will have to sell at such an ex-
orbitant price next winter that people
are going to turn it down and go to eating
oleo. The consumption of 0100 will there-
fore be greatly increased. Another man
will tell you that people who are putting
27c butter into cold storage are going to
lose a lot of money and go broke next
winter. And so they are all at sea; but
some of them are buying the butter and
paying good money for it, and they, who-
ever they are, have faith in the future 0f
the dairy market, believing that they will
certainly come out all right and make
some money or they wouldn‘t invest their
good money in it at this time.

Butter certainly is higher than usual at
this time of the year, but we must rc-
nieinber that the population of this coun-
try is increasing rapidly and the pro-
duction of butter is decreasing. There
is a great demand, and it will be greatci
in the future than it has been in the
past. The prices of feed for dairy cows
are greatly exorbitant, compared with
what they were a few years ago. Labor
is hard to get on the farm and it is high
priced. ()thrw farm products are sellin:
for licllv‘l‘ prices than they used to. All
these in no way help to increase the
production of butter. but rather decrease
it. \Vhere the farmer is bothered to get
good reliable help to run a dairy, if he
can raise wheat and sell it for $1 to
$1.25 per bu., he doesn‘t I

1 . love to run a
(airy.

It is the same way with corn. If
he can riise corn and sell it for 75c to 90c
per bu. he doesn't have to feed it to live
stock. He can sell it direct and make
money. The case was different a few
years ago.

Then, again, the dairymcn of this coun-
try arc culling out their poor cows. Never
before was there such an interest taken
in this question of culling out unprofitable
cows. Now, while these

 

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The Gaming Universal Use of J

. DE LAVAL
CREAM

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The same economical considerations which have already
brought about the practically universal use of creamery and
factory sizes of DE LAVAL Cream Separators are absolute-
ly certain to accomplish the same result in the use of farm
and dairy sizes of such machines within the next five years.
This is no mere advertising claim but the simple statement
of a conclusion based on the logic of facts as positive as to
outcome as the solution of a mathematical problem.

The same considerations of greater capacity; closer sep-
aration, particularly under hard conditions; better quality of
cream and butter; more economical operation, and greater
durability are bound to ultimately accomplish the same re-
sult in the use of small as of large sizes of cream separators.

But naturally it requires longer and is vastly more of
an undertaking to educate the 2,500,000 present and pros-
pective American users of farm sizes of separators as to the
importance of separator differences than the 12,000 users of
creamery separators. Naturally it is more diflicult to make
a user appreciate a difference of $50 a year in results than a
difference of $1,500, even though the difference of $50 may
relatively mean more to the user than the difference of $1,500.

Again, the users of factory or creamery sizes of separa-
tors have so much better sources ofinformation. The use of
the separator is a business with them. The results are known
from day to day and year to year, and what one user accom-
plishes is readily comparablewith the results of another. On
the other hand, the great majority of users of farm and dairy
sizes of separators know little of separators and cannot easily
determine whether their results are as good as they should
be or might be better under other circumstances. But the
problem is bound to finally work out in the same way.

The DE LAVAL factory separator was, invented 31
years ago and commenced to come into creamery use 28
years ago. Within a few years the original patents began
to expire. 15 years ago there were a dozen makes of power
cream separators 0n the market. Today the use of DE
LAVAL factory machines exceeds 08% and is almost
literally universal. It has been so for five years. NO effort
is longer made to sell any other make of power separator.

The DE LAVAL hand separator was invented 23 years
ago and commenced to come into farm use about 20 years
ago. As the earlier patents expired there were more than 30
makes of such machines on the market five years ago. Today
there are less than a dozen and not more than five which
have a sale worth counting at all. Each year the number
decreases and their sales become fewer and more difficult.

What is true in America in this way is true in even
greater degree elsewhere throughout the world. In many
countries the sale of DE LAVAL machines is now almost
universal. Dollars-and—cents differences in product mean
more there than to Ameri “an farmers. The sale of cheap
“mail order” separators has not been attempted elsewhere, and
would—be competing manufacturers and dealers have never
been so unscrupulous in making the unjustified “claims”
that so many American buyers have accepted as facts.

It makes an AVERAGE DIFFERENCE ()F FIFTY
DOLLARS A. YEAR whether the farm user of a separator
uses the DE LAVAL or some other kind. It will make
that difference this year and go on making it until 21 DE
LAVAL is used. A DE LAVAL catalog helps to explain
this and is to be had for the asking, as well as an Improved
DE LAVAL machine for practical demonstration of it to
any intendingseparator buyer.

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cows were of no benefit to the farmer so
far as profit is concerned, they did pro-
duce some butter and that butter went
to help feed the people on this product.
When those unprofitable cows are turned
into bologna sausage they no longer pro-
duce anything and it tends to make a
shortage in butter. The farmer is mak-
ing money in two directions. He is get-
ting rid of the unprofitable cows, and he
is taking their product off the market,

'which tends to make a better market

for him. Now the result of all this is
that the demand for butter is increasing.
while the‘production of butter is ,de-
creasing, and I cannot see but what the
future for dairy products looks brightci
than it ever did before. I believe that :1“
the butter now going into cold storage at
261742 and 27c per lb. will find a ready
market at a sufficient advance to give
the man who puts his money into it
now good interest on his money and
something besides next winter, because
people must and will have butter. 01'
course, there will be an increase in the
consumption of oleo. This cannot be
prevented, because there isn't enough
butter at the present time to go around,
and we cannot object to the increased

really is. If people know what they are

eating, there isn’t any objection.

METAL VS. WOOD FOR A VENTILAT-
ING SHAFT.

 

I am enlarging my cow barn, and in
the work the ventilating flue will have
to be rebuilt. The present shaft is made
of galvanized iron, and I believe is 14
inches in dinmcter. It has occurred to
me that a shaft made of wood would be
preferable, for the reason that wood is
not as good a conductor of heat as iron,
that the column of air in the shaft built
of wood would not be affected as much
by the Outside utmosphcrc {is in ‘0110 01'
iron. I see that the M. A. C. horse born
is piov-idcii with sluct iron vcnlilaiors.
A shaft of iron I think would be more
easily built and put in place. but whcther
it would be as efficient is wimt I want
to know. I 0:111sz the iron flue now in
use to be groundcd with a copper wire
to protect the burn from lightning, as
otherwise I thot it would act like :1 light-
ning rod without any connection with the
ground. \‘Vill you plcnse give me your
opinion as to the relative, merits of metal
.‘md \vorul 21s material for :1 vmililnling
shufi: {1111] also whether the plan of hay-
i111.r 1L. shaft on each side of the building
connecting togcthcr {it the cupolu has

provml Sillisfuclol‘y.

Bcrricn Co. A. C. R013.

I think M1: Roe has exactly the cor-
rcct idea about the \'cnlil;1lillg shaft.
“'ood is :1 better material for it to be
constructed of than metul, :111.. for the
very unison which he givcs. The mziiicl‘
of expense might loud one to choose the
metal, but pcrsonully, I would prefer one
cousti‘uclcil of wood. I l1:1vc policed in
visiting :1 number of stables where metal
vcniilziliug shafts are used. that moisture
condenses to u cousidcmblc extent upon
this metal and drips (l(l\\'ll into the burn.
111 the wood shuft in my born this never
occurs. some vvutiluliu}: shuns are made
of wood on thc outside 11nd then lined
with metal. This Inukcs it better than
all metal, because the air in the shaft
would be luyltcl‘ pi‘oicclcd :qulillst the
outside. The metal on the ins'dc makes
1111“ shaft nir light. which, of course, is
:1 vci'y essential thing; but the shaft 0:111
in» Hindu :1i1‘ light by «loublc booming if,
pulling tni'rcd pnpcr lwiwccn, and thcn
it is better than :1 metal—lined shaft, or
one made culircly of mciul. If the shaft
is mctul liuml, or made entirely of mciul,
i think it ought to be grounded with :1
('nplli'l‘ wire, for the reason ihzit Mr. Rec
tiles in his: letter.

\‘l‘ith regard to two vruitilating shafts
1111 opposilc $111115 of 111“ burn, the theory
is not correct. 01111 vcniiluliug shaft is
both-1' ihun two for the very same reason
that one good chimney in a room is better
than two. If oflcn occurs, where there
are two chimni-ys in the some room, that
a current of cold air will pass down one
chimnnv into ihe room, and it would do
the same thing in n burn where there
were two ventilating shafts. For this
reason one should be careful about get-
ting the vculilntinf: shaft too large. If
it is too lnl‘g‘c you are liable to have :1
current 0f cold air come down on one
side of the shaft while the warm air is
going up on the other side. This is en-
tirely done away with if your shaft is of
the right proportions. I do not think it
makes Very much difference in what, part
of the barn 'ihe shaft is locutcd, but
one shaft will give better results in gen-
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There is :1 lot of significance in the
fact that thc l1igl1cst.priced lands in
E111‘ope———in the Netherlands and in the
island of Jersey—are used for dairy
farms.

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hand she holds the lower end of the bowl.
Tubular bowl is easily cleaned 1n 1 to 3 minutes.

'The lower picture shows 52 disks used inside one of the many
"bucket bowl” machines which disgusted farmers and their over-

worked wives are discarding for Tubulars. The maker attempts
to sell it by saying it can be “washed as one piece.” Tubular
' popularity has greatly decreased his sales, and he has commenced
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These pictures tell their own

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Sharples Dairy Tubular Cream
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out. On the little finger of her
left hand is the only piece used
inside the bowl. In the same
The entire Dairy

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More About Liver Trouble.

Some weeks ago we referred to the
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this season, stating that it is due to
heavy feeding of starchy foods during
the |winter, accompanied, perhaps. by
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INQUIRIES.

tions. The hens emerge from the heavy
laying season with constitutions weak-
ened and more or less undermined be-

cause of improper feeding and lack of
exercise. If they are given free range
early and the grain ration is reduced or
entirely out off, as is customary upon
many farms when spring opens, they
may never show any bad effects from the
conditions under which they lived and
worked during the winter. But in many
cases the change in conditions comes too
late. The liver, the organ most quickly
affected by lack of exercise and overfecd-
ing, has become diseased and altho, under
changed conditions, the hens may appear
healthy and continue to lay for some
time the disease gradually develops and
the fowls decline in health.

A number of inquiries are at hand de-
scribing flocks which are in just the con-
dition described above. In every in-
stance, with one exception, the owners
state that the winter ration was mainly
corn, altho the hens now have the run
of the farm. In the case noted as the
exception the winter ration was princi-
pally barley—a grain that is practically
as dangerous as corn when fed to excess,
since the constituents of the two grains
are about the same.

The fowls described by the inquirers
have no doubt been ailing for some time
but the early symptoms passed unno-
ticed. The first indications of trouble
are a general sluggishness and a rufliing
or standing out of the feathers on the
neck and head. Gradually the comb and
head change color, usually becoming
bluish ‘or dark purplish. Then a constant
and very persistent diarrhoea sets in and
in the later stages of the disease lame-
rress‘.in one leg generally develops. Vthn
1...,5 stage has been reached death is not
long delayed and a post-mortem will show
the liver much enlarged and mottled and
warty in appearance.

XVell informed poultrymen question
whether it pays to give treatment for
this disease. Certain it is that nothing
can be done for fowls in which the dis-
case has progressed to the later stages.
A treatment often prescribed for fowls
showing the first symptoms of this trouble
is that of giving sulphate of soda (Glau-
bcr‘s salts) once a chk, using about 1
lb. to 100 fowls, dissolved and given in
soft food. Those that have passed the
first stage had better be destroyed and,
where the winter feeding is known to
have been at fault, it would probably be
advisable to dispose of all the hens that
comprised the winter flock, as all are
apt to be more or less affected and,
while they may linger ’thruout the sum-
mer, they are not likely to prove profit-
able, nor can they be considered good
material for next winter’s laying flock.
Neither would it be safe to take a chance
on using any of those fowls for breeding

stock next spring.

After the “hopeless cases” have been
dcstroyctl and all the “suspccicd” mem-
bcrs of the flock have been wccdcd out

and either rcmcdied or disposed of, the
quarters which they occupied should be
clcancd up thoroly.

Feeding Skim-Milk to Poultry.

Is it true that skim-milk, fed to pen]-
try liberally, for a long time, will cause
their death?

Lenawce (To. P. H. DO\VLING.

\Ve cannot say whether it is possible
to kill chickens by feeding them skiin-
milk indefinitely but we do not believe
it is. It is likely that good results would
not be obtained from feeding Skim—milk
in large quantities for a long time to the
exclusion of all other feeds, but common
sense would no doubt prevent any man
from feeding his flock upon one feed cv—
clusively for an indefinite period. Data
upon the feeding of skim-milk to poultry
are not plentiful but tests made by a few
of the experiment stations have (lclnons
strated that it can be used advantage—
ously in almost any poultry ration. The.
lndiana station secured excellent results
from feeding it to young growing chick»
ens, both when given in connection with
an otherwise well balanced ration and
when used with the green stuff and siuh
other food as chickens would naturally

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THE MICHIGAN. FARMER-

get upon the range. At the Ontario sta-
tion grain mixtures moistened with skim-
milk were found much more effective
than those moistened with water. This
station has also used skim-milk as a.
drink for poultry in place of water, find.-
ing it far superior to water and reporting
that it may be safely used in unlimited
quantities for this purpose. It has also
been utilized to a considerable extent by
practical poultrymen in compounding bal-
anced rations for laying hens, it being
found that where skim-milk is plentiful
and cheap it can be made to largely take
the place of meat scrap or other forms
of animal food now considered so essen—
tial to a good laying ration. .

Chickens Have Gapes.

My chickens are taken with gaping;
they open their mouths to breathe and
shake their heads as tho something was
in .the throat. It seems hard work for
them to breathe. Have lost three or four.

Charlevoix Co. G.

Your chickens
which was described
June 5. The gasping
breathing is caused by the presence of
small worms in the windpipe. They are
generally not fatal to mature fowls as
they have the strength to overcome the
trouble. Growing chicks, however, are
apt to succumb after a time unless some«-
thing is done to relieve them. Several
methods of treating are described in the
article referred, to which we might add
one reported in an earlier issue of this
paper to the effect that an English poul—
tryman reports good results from sub-
jecting affected chicks to the fumes of
carbolic acid. His method is to place
the chicks in a basket over a pail con-
taining carbolic acid. Then by dropping
a hot brick into the pail the acid is
volatized and the fumes given off. The
breathing of the fumes is supposed to do
the work. Should you decide to try this
treatment we shall be glad to have you
report results.

have gapes, a trouble.-
in The Farmer of
and difficulty in

 

GROWING BUCKWHEAT FOR HONEY.

 

In most clover and basswood sections
there is little for the bees to gather after
these cease to yield. Where asters, gol-
denrods and “stick-tights” abound, the
flow from them commences along the
latter part of August. There are many
locations where there is practically noth-
ing to gather, unless it is honey dew, and
I don't hanker after that kind of honey,
after the cessation of the white clover
and bassWood flow. If this long honey
dearth can, in a measure, be reduced it
is a great thing for the bees and their
keeper. Enough to live on may be gath—
crcd, or even sufficient for winter stores.

It has not yet been found to pay to
provide artificial bee pasturage unless it
yields other profits. Plants that will do
this are clover, buckwheat, alfalfa and
others.

The one of these best suited to fill the
honey dearth after basswood is buck-
wheat. It is a profitable crop to grow
even if its honey yielding qualities are
not considered, as its cultivation by non-
bcckecping farmers testifies.

As shown by statistics, buckwheat is
one of the crops the area of which is de-
creasing. But the price per bushel re-
mains vcry steady. In this state, as well
as in Michigan, considerable light, sandy
land is being farmed. Here ryc. is one of
the main crops for such soil. Buckwheat
grows about as well and the yields per
acre are larger, and, I thi for a series
of years the price pcr bushel is as high
if not higher. And I find that buckwheat
is better fitted to practice green manur-
ing with.

I have given some reasons for having
buckwheat in the crop rotation and will

say something of its cultivation. It
works niccly in rotation with ryc. Let

us say a ryc crop has been takcn from a
certain field. If the soil is light (the
kind that is used for buckwheat growing
here), I sow right among the stubble
without plowing. If the rye is sown
early enough, some rape. and turnip seed
can be, mixcd with it. The reason for
this will be explained later. I like to sow
as soon aftcr the field is clear as pos-
sible. The rye will grow more and fur-
nish more fall pasturagc. Yes, I pasture
stock on it during October. It helps the
milk flow and saves hay. To increase
the amount of green feed is one reason
why some rape seed is mixed with the
rye.

The following
pasturcd on

spring sheep can be
the rye, but don’t overdo
the matter. Ithn the rye commences to
head out is the right time to plow it
under. Don’t wait until time to sow the
buckwheat before plowing. Buckwheat
does better on a settled seed bed. If the

rye is turned under at least two weeks
before ready to sow the buckwheat, the
soil will compact nicely if worked. Three
peeks per acre is used broadcast; a little

less if drilled. I rather think drilling is
preferable.
Now, I will tell why some rape and

turnip seed is to be mixed with the rye.
Both plants, when in bloom, are eagerly
visited by the bees. They come into
bloom the last of May or the first of
.Iune, according to_the season. At this
time the fruit tree bloom is about over
and there are few other flowers for the
bees to work on until white clover opens.

The buckwheat can be cut with a self-
binder. The soil will be in a loose,
pliable condition, and I don't think any-
thing can be gained by plowing it. If
you have a disc harrow, work over the
buckwheat stubble. Then broadcast or
drill in rye. The rye is to be harvested
the following season. It can, of course,
be turned under and buckwheat grown
again.

In from six to eight weeks after sow-
ing the buckwheat will commence to
bloom. As the honey is dark colored, the
crop must be sown late enough so the
white honey may not be discolored. Any-
way, as soon as bees begin to work on
buckwheat all white honey should be re-
moved to prevent its discoloration,

If any buckwheat honcy is stored in
the sections, try to sell it direct to con-
sumers. Owing to the belief that all
dark colored honeys are inferior in qual-
ity, it does not sell We” to retailers.
Good, well ripened buckwheat honey.
however, has a smack of its own, and
a taste is easily acquired for it.

Seedsmen have lauded to the skies the
New Japanese buckwheat. This variety
really is inferior to the Silvcrhull, both
as to yield of grain and honey. It is
now less grown than formerly. Silver-
hull is the variety to grow. Millers, too,
prefer it to the Japanese as it is said
to make more flour per given quantity of
kernels.

Buckwheat is sometimes sown in corn
at the last cultivation. This gives the
bees something to work on. I don't like
it, the, for as some of the seed ripcns
a volunteer crop will come up among the
spring sown grain. Such plants bloom
while the bees are working on white
clover and if this buckwhcat also is vis-
itcd the honey will have an amber tinge
It does not sell so readily then.

Wisconsin. F. A. STROHSCHEIN.

APICULTURAL NOTES.

 

 

In practicing “shaken” swarming, which
was recently dcscribcd in these columns,
the combs from which the bees are
brushed or shaken may be used to

strengthen othcr colonies or left to makc
ncw colonics; in the last case the supcr~
iluous (nu-cu cclls must be cut out in
eight to tcn days, unlcss somc were al—
ready started when thc coinl) was l‘c-
moved from the parent hive, when it
must be done sooner. 'l‘hc queen is, of
course, left in the hive, and will, with the
bccs left her. proceed at once to rebuild
and rcfurnish her old home. All thot oi
swarming will be iorgottcn until the new
brood chambcr is crowded with brood and
larvae. I‘sually this will not be until
aficr the honey flow is over and swarm—
ing is naturally at an end for the season.
For comb honey production this mcthOIl
is prci‘crablc to natural swarming. as the
greater number of bccs will enable build—
ing and lmncv gathering to progrcss more
rapidlv. 'l‘hc reason why it cannot be
practiccd year after year is because the
queens will, aficr one or two seasons he-
come old and lcss prolific. and must bc
supcrscdcd. Ry this process there is no
good timc for supcrccdurc.

The bcginncr is usually
about handling bees.
hives to the best advantage. and fre—
quently lcavcs the work undone rather
than to undcrtakc it. This is when he
fails to makc a succcss of it. and it will
be as well to ncvcr begin. unlcss he in—

very timid
manipulating the

tends to musicr ii. The beginner should
ncvcr undcriakc to haudlc bccs without
a good bcc smokcr, and this article he

should not fail to procure at the time he
gcts his bees, or previous to it. 'l‘lu
smoker is the secret of mastcrship. and
no one can fail if it is used properly. It
requires but a little practice to allay fill

fears he has ever had of the inside of
a beehive.
it is not an uncommon thing that a

colony of bc-s in proper shape, costing

ten dollars in early spring, store more
than double their price in honey alone
the. first season. It depends upon the

season, and also upon the location. .as to
the honey producing qualities of the
same, but it is exceptional in almost any
locality, that bccs do not double in
profits.

 

Money in Minnesota.

If deposits in banks are an indication
of the prosperity of a state, then hurrah
for Minnesota. Bank deposits have in-
creased over 17 per cent in a year. This
increase is not confined to any section
of the, state. \Vith a few exceptions there
has been an incrcasc in every county.
Bank deposits and bank clearings are
always taken as an indication of good
business and prosperity,

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If you feed right you will feel right for
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about my health for I began to suffer
after each meal no matter how little I
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“I lost my appetite and the very
thought of food grew distasteful, with
the result that I was not nourished and
got weak and thin.

“My home cares were very heavy,
for besides a large family of my own
I have also to look out for an aged
mother. There was no one to shoulder
my _household burdens, and come
what might, I must bear them, and
this thought nearly drove me frantic
when I realized that my health was
breaking down.

“I read an article in the paper about
some one with trouble just like mine
being cured on Grape-Nuts food and
acting on this suggcstion I gave Grape-
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the right thing.

“My uncomfortable feelings in stem-
ach and brain disappeared as if by
magic and in an incredibly short space

of time I was again myself. Since
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weight through a summer of hard

work and realize I am a. very different
woman, all due to the splendid food,
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CURRENT COMMENT.

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In a recent special

The Proposed message to Congress
Corporation Tax. President Taft defi-

nitely advocated the
passage of a bill providing for the levying
of a tax of two per cent on the not earn--
ings of corporations doing an interstate
business, and urging an amendment of
the constitution before an income- tax
measure is passed. It is said that this
phase of the mcssage was prepared after
a full meeting of the cabinet in which the
delicate lcgal phases of the proposition
were carefully considered, in the light
of the supreme court decision bearing
upon it. The president plainly stated
that the power to tax incomes is one that
the government ought to have, and that
an amendment to the constitution is the
proper course for the full establishment
of such power, in view of the dictum of
the court regarding the act of that char-
acter previously passed. He points out
that in View of the litigation sure to
arise if an income tax provision is enact—
ed at once, no revenue would be received
from it until the case has been rcvicwcd
in the courts, and that as a majority or
the people of the country are apparently
in favor of an income tax there should be
,no trouble in getting the approval of
three fourths of the states to such a con-
stitutional amendment. In the meantime
he is informed that a tax of two per
cent on the net earnings of corporations
would produce a revenue of not less than
$25,000,000, which he regards as “an ex-
cise tax upon the privilege of doing busi—
11655 as an artificial entity and of freedom
from a general partnership liability en—
joyed by those who own stock.” Another
merit is mentioned in the message advo—
cating this tax. in that it involves the
federal supervision of the accounts of cor-
porations doing an interstate business,
thus giving the government a knowledge
of the transactions of such corporations
and their profits and preventing an abuse
of corporatc power,

As might be expected objections have
been advanced against the plan, in that
the tax would be difficult to collcct', as
corporations would find a way to reduce
net earnings: that it would prove an in-
direct tax upon the consumer; that the
tariff bill as framed would produce suffi—
cient revenue without further taxation
provisions; that it would indefinitely post-

" THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

pone the' consideration of a' direct income
tax, etc. Preparations ha‘ve, however.
been made for the introduction of a bill,
or an amendment to the tariff bill, incor-
porating the provisions advocated in the
President's message, and all indications
seem to point to the passage of a corpora-
tion tax provision in accordance with
his recommendations, altho there is talk
of a compromise fixing the tax at one per
cent instead of two. Whatever the out-
come it is apparent that the introduction
of this feature will prolong the discus-
sions of Congress at the special session
for days if not Weeks, but in the mean-
time it is reported that Senate leaders
have agreed that the tariff schedules
'will be finally fixed before other tax leg-
islation is taken up. There seems to be
a general feeling that in the final c0m~
promise substantial reductions will be
made in some of the schedules, in which
case it may be necessary to provide for
an increase in the rBVcnue, from other
sources, which this plan is calculated to
accomplish. The outcome will be watched
with interest by the people of the coun-
try, since it will be reading into our
national law a new principle of taxation
for national purposes.
The movement on foot
Oleo Tax Safe. by the packing interests
of the country to have
the tax on colored oleomargarine re-
moved or reduced, was commented upon
in these columns several months ago.
At that time the statement was made
upon good authority that a bill contain—
ing such a provision would be introduced
at the special session of congress, in
order that the people of the country
might becomc familiar with such pending
legislation bct‘ore the regular session of
Congrcss, in case it was not thot possible
or expedient to pass the bill at the special
session. Apparently, however, the propo-
sition appcah-d to Secretary of the Treas—
ury McVeagh for the apparent reason
that it would increase the government
rcccipts from this smu‘cc to so reduce the
tax as to greatly increase the consump—
tion of the product. Accordingly it was
recently reported that he had in prepara—
tion a bill providing for a reduction of
the tax from ten ccnts to two cents pct
pound. Pursuant to this report Rep.
Tawney, of Minnesota, and other influ-
ential members l‘cprcscnting districts in
which dairying is a large industry. inter-
ccdcd with the president to have the
matter held up for the prcsent and latcr,
upon conference -with the finance com-
mittee 0f the Senate in which it was
made clear that a light would be precipi-
tated in the House which would greatly
prolong the session, it is reported that
an agreement was reached that no such
bill would be reportcd at 'this session of
Congress, in case it should be introduced,
which does not now seem likely.

This hcading off of the contemplated
legislation is a matter for sincere con-
gratulation to the agricultural interests
of the country, of which dairying is so
important a branch. The increased pros-
perity of this industry in Michigan as
well as in the country_at large within
recent years, makes this outcome par~
ticularly satisfactory to the agricultural
intcrcsts of our own state. Certainly the
farmers of the country would protest in
no uncertain terms against any action
which would strike at the foundation of
this great industry, and we do not believe
that the Congress would be dcaf to their
appeal. However, it is much more satis-
factory to have the matter disposed of
without a contest which would stir the
whole country.

The establishment of

A National a consular or diplo-
Consular School. matic school at Wash-

ington, which was an~
pounced in our 11(‘VVS columns last week.
is a move which will attract little public
noticc, but which may be fraught with
good results for the future. The idea
has long prevailed that trained men
should bc available for the consular ser-
vice in i'orcign countrics since men who
are well fitted by special training could be
of much more aid to our citizens in for-
eign countrics and scrvc us bcttcr in the
still more important work of extending
the markct for American products in all
parts of the world. While there are very
many ablo inch in -tlic, consular service
at tho prcscnt timc. yct many of our
forcign rcprcscntativcs are not trainci
to the scrvicc as they should be. We
educate our army officers at Vl’est Point
and our naval officers at Anapolis, and
the feats of our army and navy in recent
years demonstrates the value of such
training. Without doubt it is equally as
important that we should “train our sol-
diers of commerce for the warfare 01

trade, in a. governmental school estab-
lished especially for this purpose." This
is certainly a. step in. the right direction,
for with the educating of men for posi-
tions in our foreign. offices will come an
elevation of the services performed by
those offices, which in time will insure a.
better consular service thruout the world,
and a consequent growth and develop-
ment of American trade with foreign
lands which will be reflected in an in-
creased prosperity of our nation.
The extent ‘of the
The Rat Nuisance. damage done by the
much despised
brown rat would be represented by an
array of figures which would astonish
not only the conservative reader, but as
well the few people who, by reason of
more than ordinary affliction from this
nuisance, are more appreciative of the
capabilities of this rodent in the way of
destroying property and doing even more
serious damage. We Americans have
been too busy trying to increase our pro-
duction along various lines to note, much
less stop, this small (1’) leak. As a con-
sequence we have no reliable estimates
touching the damage done by rats in this
country, but the occasional experience or
almost every individual and the frequent
reports from sections where this pest is
for a time particularly prevalent would
indicate that the destruction by rats is
no less startling in this country, than
in some of the older countries, where gen-
eral and official recognition has been
taken of the depredations of this pest.

Here, again, as in many other economic
undertakings, especially of an agricul-
tural nature, the people of the little coun—
try of Denmark have forged ahead or
us. The first Campaign on record to be
organized against rats originated in Don-
mark, and was organized thru the ‘ei’forts
of one Emil Zuschlag, a civil engineer.
This local movement grew into an inter-
national society for the destruction of
rats, embracing Denmark, Sweden, Sax?
ony and other countries, the influence
of which has aircady resulted in increased
activity in the fighting of rats in the
countries covered by the society. But
perhaps the greatest lesson to be drawn
from this source is contained in the rec-
ord of the extermination work actually
done. In order to accomplish the de—
struction of rats a small bounty, ranging
from 1%, to 21/3 cents for each rat, is paid
for their destruction, appropriations being
made by the Danish Parliament to all
the various municipalities in paying for
this work of destruction. General su-
pervision of the work is in the hands of
the above mentioned society, and from
the reports received Mr. Zuschlag rc-
ccntly reported that during the first year
under the Danish law appropriating pub-
lic funds for this purpose, ending July 1,
19054, 1.14l,293 rats were destroyed. As :1
basis for figuring the enormous saving
from the destruction of this vast number
of rats, it might be mentioned that from
early investigations of the society, which
has been in existence nearly a decade, it
was estimated that in one year 100.000
rats would commit dcprcdations upon
property amounting to $94,370.

The Danish Society for Rat Extermina-
tion has a membership of over 2,000 of
the leading citizens of the Kingdom, and
has enlisted the support of loading mcn
thruout Europe. The spreading influ-
ence of this society has been recently
manifested in the organization in Eng-
land of tho Incorporated Society for the
Destruction of Vermin. The objects of
attack of this society, include not only
rats, but mice, sparrows, ticks, fleas,
mosquitos and flies. However, the im-
mediate activitics of the society are to
be directed against the brown rat, of
which the society‘s experts believe there
are 40,000,000 in the United Kingdom. Fur-
ther interesting estimates prepared by
the society are contained in a report
recently received by the department of
Commerce and Labor from Consul Max-
well Blake, containing an extract from a
Scotch newspaper on the destruction
caused by rats, as brot out by a deputa—
tion from the Incorporatcd Society for
the Destruction of Vermin. Headcd by
Sir James Crichton Browne and the Duke
of Redford, they waited upon Lord Car—
rington at the offices of the board of agri-
culture to urge him to appoint a com-
mission to inquire into the subject of the
dcstruction causcd to crops by rats. The
extract which was recently forwarded to
us by our Washington correspondent
reads:

The deputation pointcd out the enor-
mous damage done by rats. which
amounts on a most moderate computa-
tion, to 15,000,000 pounds (or $75,000,000)
per annum in Great Britain. This is
arrived at by allowing only one rat net

JUNE 26. 1909.

cultivated acre of land. Assuming that
each rat does damage to theextent of
one far-thing per day, this works out on
the'_40,000,000 acres of land at the figure
mentioned. Sir James lCrichton Browne
incidentally stated that-,2,000,000 people
died of plague in India, and said it had
been proved that the rat was the chief
cause of the spread of infection. It was
also stated that the expenditure on rat
poisons in the United Kingdom amounts
to 250,000 pounds ($1,250,000) per annum.
which is considered many times more
than would be required properly to ex-
terminate the vermin if the campaign
were systematically conducted. '

StatistiCS of rat destruction in Sweden
and other countries are almost as start-
ling, and contribute to the fund of in-
formation touching the possible control
of this pest in an interesting way. The
bounty paid for the destruction of rats
in the city of Stockholm was only about
half that paid in the city of Copenhagen
during the early years of the work of
destruction, and from the reports of the
number of rats destroyed it appears that
it averages about 100,000 per year in this
city during the past seven years, thus
showing that under a moderate stimulus
toward destruction, the rate of increase
of the pests almost if not quite keeps
pace with their destruction.

While no statistiCS or reliable estimates
are available touching the prevalence of
this pest or the work of destruction wroL
by it in this country, it seems reasonable
that in the more thickly populated por-
tions of the country at least, the dam-
age would at least approach the estimates
given above for European countries. At-
lcast many of us who have had expe-
rience with the destructive habits of
rats can readily believe that a single rat
may destroy and damage property to
the value of a dollar in a single year,
especially when we consider not only the
damage done to edible grains in the field,
the barn or the granary, to fruits vege-
tables and other odibles in the cellars,
and to buildings by gnawing thru walls
and burrowing under foundations, to say-
nothing of the carrying of disease
germs, the setting of fires thru the agcncy
of matches, etc. ”Whether the policy of
extermination adopted in the thickly pop-
ulated countries of Europe is practicable
for this country at present is a matter
of doubt, but the influence of their ex-
ample in an educational way is Without
doubt a beneficial one. The problelrpl-‘has
already attracted the attention of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, and a
bulletin entitled the Brown Rat in the
United States has recently been pub-
lished by the Biological Survey of that
department, to which we are indebted
for many of the facts noted above. In
this bulletin is summarized the important
aids in limiting the number of rats and
lessening the losses from their dcpreda-
tions, some of which are applicable to
country and some to city conditions. Of
the former, perhaps the more important
are the protection of hawks and owls,
and some of the smallcr'predatory ani—
mals, such as Skunks and weasels, which
are the natural enemies of rats; care in
the construction of buildings so as to
make them rat proof; the early threshing
and marketing or storing of grain in rat-
proof warehouses; the keeping of effect—
ive rat dogs and cats: the cleaning up of
litter, about the buildings, etc.

Various suggestions are offered for the
making of buildings rat proof, but the
basis of the best construction is the con-
crete foundation and floor, which makes
it impossible for the rodents to enter the
building at that point. Then by the use
of rat proof screens in the walls of gran-
aries, corncribs, etc., and by a proper
protection of all receptacles in which
grain is stored, such as feed bins, the
local infestation can be greatly lesscncd
by reducing the supply of feed. The cel~
lar windOWs should also be provided with
scrccns, and the pests persistently fought
whenever and whercvcr they make their
appearance. Perhaps there is no solution
for the problem in the crowded cities,
except by organized and systematic effort
such as is being directed against the pest
in the countries of the old world as noted
above, but by the use of every available
moans, thcy can generally be kept fairly
well under subjection about the farm.
But this requires persistence, and any
neglect is sure to be followed by a rapid
increase of the posts. Sometimes. too.
there seems to be a general neighborhood
invasion of rats. In such cases the rat
hunt may profitably be resorted to as a
means of reducing their numbers. The
bulletin above noted states that in the
fall of 1866 a rat hunt was organized at
New Burlington, 0., in which sides were
chosen, and each of the two sides killed
ovcr‘ 8,000 rats. the beaten party serving
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thus combining pleasure with profitable
business in the way of partially ridding
the community of rats. In the editor’s
home community, a farmer killed several
hundred rats during the proceSS of build-
ing over his barns, over fifty being shot
in one day, which illustrates the need of
reducing the rat nuisance in some in-'
stances. But probably the best remedy
is prevention, by making the cellars and
granaries rat proof, compelling the pests
to seek other pastures, which will help
to make the problem a municipal, rather
than an agricultural one.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

Foreign.

Manila learned the first of last week
that a mutiny of the native constabulary
had occurred in Mindanao Islands on June
4. Gov \‘Valker had rallied the few Am-
ericans and others in a barricaded church
where they withstood an attack until re-
cnforcements came when the rebels es-
caped into the mountains.

The British Radium Institute, founded
recently by the generosity of two titled
Englishmen, has given an order for seven
grams and a half of radium, which will
cost $150,000. At this rate this rare and
precious substance is worth something
more than $9,000,000 a pound.

The Brazilian government is now plan-
ning for the building of a. huge drydock
to accommodate her merchant vessels,
and more particularly for the new battle-
ships of the Dreadnaught type now being
built for her in Great Britain. The dock
is to be built at Rio de Janeiro.

Three new cholera hospitals have been
opened in St. Petersburg to accommodate
the increasing number of patients. There
are eight hospitals now open to victims
of the disease.

Lucien Napoleon Bonaparte Wyse, to
whom Colombia granted the original con—
cession for a Panama canal in 1878, died
June 15. Wyse ceded his concession to
the late Count Ferdinand de Lesseps,
promoter of the ship canals of Suez, Cor-
inth, and Panama.

The report is out, tho not taken ser—
iously, that Spain will prefer a claim
against Cuba for the recovery of money
expended by Spain in Cuba. before Cuba
attained independence. The Spanish
government has informed the United
States as well as Cuba that it wishes to
discuss the matter. The contention is
that Cuba should bear a part of the
Spanish colonial debt. The sum involved
is about $300,000,000.

National.

Pittsburg manufacturers suffered fire
losses aggregating $100,000 when the plant

 

,of the Michigan Furniture Co. and sev-

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cral smaller factories burned Monday
night.
Prof. George Burman Foster, of the

University of Chicago, whose denial of
the divinity of Christ in a recent book
has stirred Chicago Baptists to a high
pitch of resentment, was dropped from
the Baptist Minister's Conference after
a stormy session of that body held in
Chicago, June 21. '

The Wright brothers, of aeroplane fame,
are in “'ashington for the purpose of
making some tests arranged for by the
government. Their contract calls for two
tests to be made at Fort Myer before
June 28—one for distance, a flight of five
miles straightaway and return, with one
passenger; the other a speed flight of at
least one hour, with a passenger, at a
minimum rate of thirty-six miles an hour.
The contract calls for a recompense to
the inventors of $25,000 for the success-
ful meeting of all the tests. For every
mile per hour attained above forty they
will receive $2,500 additional up to forty-
four miles.

A trolley collision on the South Shore
line near Chesterton, Ind., last Saturday
night, resulted in the death of 10 persons
and the injury of 40 others. Four of the
dead were Michigan business men. Fail-
ure to obey orders on the part of one of
the motormen is the cause assigned.

The jury in the case of Patrick Cal-
houn, the millionaire president of the
street railway system of San Francisco,
whose five months’ trial on the charge of
bribery ended last Friday. was unable to
agree after 24 hours’ deliberation, and
was discharged. The jury stood 10 for
acquittal and two for conviction. Prose—
cutor Heney announces that Calhoun will
be brot to trial on another of the numer-

ous indictments against him without
delay.
President Taft and family will spend

the summer at Beverly, Mass, taking up
their residence there about July 4.

The sixty-sixth national conference of
Charities and Correction was held last
week at Buffalo with nearly 2,000 dele—
gater registered from every section of
the country and many visitors interested
in the work. After the reading and dis-
cussion of many papers on many subjects
the conference voted unanimously for
Miss Jane Adams, of Chicago, as its next
president to succeed E. P. Bicknell, of
Washington.

The state of Illinois, under its inheri-
tance tax law, receives approximately
$184,000 from the estate of the late Nel—
son Morris, of Chicago. This is the largest
tax of the kind yet collected by the. state.

Geo. B. Dovcy, president of the Boston
National League base ball organization,
died suddenly on a train near Xenia, 0.,
last Friday. He was buried in lis home
city of Philadelphia on Tuesday.

The Illinois supreme court has declared
the recently enacted primary election law
of that state unconstitutional. This law
was framed at a special session of the
legislature called especially for the pur-
pose immediately after a former primary
statute had suffered the same fate.

The Convention of the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Work-
ers at Pittsburg last week, decided that
the 10,000 skilled workers employed 1n
the works ,of the American Sheet and
Tianate Company, a steel trust subsidi-

“new trial.

THE ' MICHIGAN FARMER.

ary, should quit work on the 30th of
June, when the “open shop” order of the
company goes into effect.

Charles W, Morse, the New York
banker and promoter, who was convicted
and sentenced to prison for irregular acts
on the eve of the panic of 1907, has pre-
vailed upon the court to accept bail and
let him free, pending his appeal for a
The amount of the bail was
fixed at $125,000.

Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, the wealthy New
York society woman, has returned from
England a convinced advocate of woman
suffrage, and has let it be known that she
would take an active part in financing the
coming campaign for that cause.

The trial of the separation suit of Mrs.
Howard Gould at New York has been
replete with data showing the extrava-
gant notions of women of her class, and
has given to the public some idea of
the income of the Gould heirs. In sup-
port of her contention of non-support,
Mrs. Gould gave to the court an itemized
list of her ordinary living expenses be-
fore her husband left her. This showed
that she rcquired $40,000 a year for
clothes alone, and that she wore two or
three gowns each day, costing from $300
to $600 each. She rarely wore one a
second time. Her servants, automobiles,
house rent, etc., brot the total up to
$120,000. The court threw out the claim
of non-support, and likewise the charge
of cruelty. George Gould, brother of
Howard, testified that the estate of Jay
Gould, the father, had amounted to some
$80,000,000, and that it had never been
divided, the will having provided that the
children should have equal shares of the
proceeds as long as they lived. Howard’s
income averaged over $700,000 a year.

The national horticultural congress,
organized a year ago, will hold its second
annual meeting at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
November 15 to 20. The last meeting
was composed of men of national reputa—
tion from 21 states. This meeting will
be important to the fruit industry
of the country. A large auditorium.
where 5.000 people can be accommodated,
has been secured for the sessions.

Reports from California indicate that
the honey crop of that state will be light.
Unseasonably cool weather followed by
extreme heat is said to be responsible.

State.

Roland Rich, of Day City, accused of
murdering his grandmother a few weeks
ago, has finally been bound over to the
circuit court for trial at the October
term,

The State Live Stock Sanitary Com-
mission, after investigation of an out-

break of rabies in the vicinity of Adrian,
has issued a quarantine proclamation in

relation to the dogs of the county. The
proclamation declares that all dogs in
Lcnawee county Shall be immediately

chained or muzzled in a manner
satisfactory to the sheriff, who is made
responsible for the enforcement of the
regulations. It also empowers any citizen
to kill any dog found unchaincd or un—
muzzled.

The freight steamer Eber Ward, which
met with an accident and sank in the
Straits of Mackinaw very early in the
spring, has been located by at Milwaukee
vessel. The steamer lies in 138 feet of
water. Its cargo, at the time of the
accident, consisted of 57,000 bu. of corn.
\Vhile the recovery of a cargo from such
a greate depth is extremely difficult, it
is believed that about two-thirds of the
cargo will be recovered, about 14,000 bu.
having already been pumped out.

The recent damage to the locks in the
Canadian canal at the 500 has been re-
paired and the canal is once more open
to navigation, the first vessel passing thru
on Monday of this week,

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

Branch County.-May furnished some
fine weather for farm work, but was
rather dry and cold until the last week
since which time it has been too wet for
anything but waterfowl. Corn mostly
planted late in May and farmers growling
because it‘s so wet they cannot cultivate,
Oats looking well. What hay there is is
now doing well, but the crop will be a
very light one. The crop of cutworms is
ahead of all records and with wet cold
weather to aid them corn will suffer
badly. Fruit prospects good. Amount
of live stock and grain in farmers‘ hands
is far below normal.

Livingston Co., June 14.-—Farmers as a
rule, are about two weeks behind with
their work owing to the backward sea-
son. There is considerable ground yet to
be plowed for beans, there being probably
not more than 25 per cent of the crop
planted at this date. Oats are coming
on fine and wheat has not looked better
in years. The prospects are good for
a good crop of hay and while everything
else is about two weeks late haying will
likely be with us as early as usual. New
seeding never looked better. It is almost
impossible to get help at any price and
many farmers realizing this are investing
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unchanged.
Allegan Co., June 20.——Rain and cold

have retarded farm work considerably.
Corn is not all planted yet while most
of it is up and being cultivated, but we
think it will be very few pieces that will
show the “knee high the fourth of July.”
A large acreage of potatoes is being put
in. Haying has begun and work is being
bunched. Wheat. oats, barley and speltz
are looking good and the hay crop will
be good. Apples will not be over half a
crop, while the prospect for other fruits
is quite good. Stock of all kinds looking
well. There has been a great demand for
dairy cows this season. We have not
seen a young turkey this year and it
looks as tho they will be very scarce and
high at Thanksgiving time. The season
has been a very hard one for bees. very
little honey or increase yet. The follow-
ing prices are paid at Allegan for produce:
Potatoes, 50@60c: beans, $2.50@3; wool,
22@30c; butter, 18@23c; eggs, 18c; wheat,
$1.45@1.50; oats, 57@600; corn, 75@800.

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From June 25 to July 4 there will be
plenty of work in evidence, as some of
the crops will require working now pre—
paratory to laying by. Early potatoes
and tomatoes should be at this stage
and in some cases even now they will be
beyond profitable working. Very little
can be safely done with either crop when
once the vines have begun to lop over;
so there is little time to lose in doing
whatever is to be done. This, however,
does not preclude the destruction of any
large weeds that may show up, as getting
rid of them is always in order; but mulch-
ing or culture of any kind close to the
rows will be done at much risk.

As to the culture of other cops that
should go on just as frequently as pos-
sible, as good returns for the labor ex-
pended are sure to follow. This fact I
have never seen more clearly demon-
strated than during the present season.
Some beets that were sown quite early
got sorely neglected, chiefly on account
of the wet condition of the soil, with the
result that very little growth was made.
I took them in hand one day, and with a
steel rake went over the rows, occasion-
ally a plant was uprooted, but in general
no harm was done and in the following
four or five days more growth was made
than in all the previous time since sow-
ing. Usually, with all such plants I use
a steel rake or hand weeder and begin
the work before the plants are up and
thus destroy the germinating weed seeds
and also leave the ground in the best
possible shape for the quick action of the
sun and wind.

As to the hand weeder, one can easily
be made to fit any hand cultivator and
the amount of labor saving when judi-
ciously used is astonishing. Take a strip
of board one inch by three and any length
desired, from 12 to 30 inches, which is
about as long as can be worked to ad-
vantage. Drive a row of 10d or 20d wire
nails near one edge of the board three
inches apart. Drive another row on op—
posite edge, same distance apart, but so
set that they will break joints. Remove
the teeth from the cultivator and bolt or
wire the rake to the bottom and work
the same as when the teeth are attached.
It can be used with safety either before
or after the plants are up and the amount
of work that can be done will be sur-
prising.

Some of the Late Root Crops.

Sowing of the late rutabagas is nOW in
order up to the last date above men-
tioned. Upon good soil and with proper
cultivation they will make ample growth
by late autumn. (f‘lay, if in good condi-
tion, is preferable to the sand or sand
loam soils as they are less disturbed by
the maggots. The best preventives for
this trouble either with “bagas” or turnips
is geod soil and thoro cultivation, but in
all cases work the soil from, rather than
to, the hill. Keep the ground clean and
well stirred, but kccp it away from the
bulbs so that thcy practically grow on top
of the ground rather than be buried in
the ground andthcrc will be little danger
from the maggots. 'l‘hcy will not work
above ground and the less space they
have below the surface the less damage
they do.

Late carrots and beets, if sown at these
dates, will be timely, and good culture
will bring them to good size for market
purposes and the quality will be better
than if sown too early. (lood sandy loam
is best for these crops, but lacking this,
take the best available and substitute
ideal I‘n'cparation and culture and soc
what the effect will be. For the former,
deep plowing and cultivation previous to
sowing is essential. For the latter, ex—
cept it be for the longer half long sorts,
shallow plowing is better. Either crop
will assimilate large quantities of fer-
tilizer, and well rotted stable manure is
best. Avoid strong, green manure, as
scabby, inferior roots are liable to be the
result.

Late summer radishes, as also those
for fall and winter use, r in be sown at
any time now. There are several good
varieties which nearly all the secdsmcn
list, and any above home or market use
will always come in play for feed at any
time they happen to be available.

The pea vines, either late or early, will
make good feed if well cared for when
the peas are taken off. If not otherwise
available they will make good compost
and are better thus cared for than to lie
around in the way.

Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.

,TI-IE ‘ MiCHIGAN FARMER. ‘

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Will you please tell me thru your paper
the name of a small worm that is killing
my early cabbage and cauliflower. They
are from 14 to 1,9, inch in length, are
white and resemble a maggot quite a bit.
They work on the roots, also burrow
from the heart of the plant downward
into the stalk. There are as many as
six in some plants. The plants were
raised in the hotbed, and transplanted
early. The first I noticed their being
attacked, the plant turned yellow and
wilted. On pulling them up the roots and
core seem to be partially decayed and
full of worms. Any information you can
give me concerning this will be appre-
elated.

Ottawa Co. WADE HEKEB,

These plants are being troubled with
root maggot. The maggot is the larva of
a dark gray fly having three black lines
on the thorax and another along the ab-
domen. The fly puts in her first appear-
ance in April and soon deposits her eggs.
These hatch and the larvas described by
our correspondent, are the result. They
rwork in the roots and the heart of the
stock of the plant. There has been much
damage from them and zany remedies
have been suggested. The very fact that
there are many remedies indicates that
any particular one is likely not to be
effective under all circumstances. If one
thing fails, recourse should be taken to
another. All the remedies are preven-
tive. Where the number of plants are
few they can be covered with a tent of
cheesecloth. This prevents the fly getting
to the plants. Another method that can
be used on larger areas is to place tarred
paper about the base of the stems. This
also prevents the flies from depositing
their eggs. Where large numbers of
tarred pieces are required a specially
shaped gouge is used to cut the papers
with a hole at the center and a slit from
this hole to the circumference. Lift
one side of the cut piece above the other
and pass the slit by the stem of a plant
till the stem is in the center when the
side can be pushed back to its former
position. Injections of’carbon bisulphide
in the soil are also held to be effective.
Carbolic acid emulsion is used with good
results. This last mixture is made by
adding one pound of soap to a gallon of
boiling water and then a pint of crude
carbolic acid. The mixture is then di-
lutcd with 30 parts of water and poured
about the plants.

 

SOME PUMPKINS.

 

I wonder why it is that so few farmers
now—a—days raise any pumpkins, except
a few of a certain variety for pie ma
terial, and these they usually plant in the
garden. In boyhood days, when we plant-
cd corn by hand, covering it with a hoe,
father always mixed a plentiful supply
of pumpkin seeds (the big, yellow field
variety), with the corn, and planned to
have a pumpkin seed in every second or
third hill. Other farmers went over the
ground after the corn was up, and
“stuck” a pumpkin seed in every second
bill. I remember that the vines pre—
vented late cultivation, but that was not
thot so important a matter as it is today,
and indeed it was not, for the country
was new, the soil full of humus, and
drouths were unusual. In late summer
and early fall, when the pastures were
short, we began to feed the pumpkins
and I well remember how fond of them
all kinds of stock was, and tiny
increased the flow of milk, and made the
butter :1 golden yellow, for that was be-
fore the days of butter color, except such
as nature had provided.

The lll'lt'Sl. of the pumpkins were se-
lccicd and taken to tllf’ house cellar, and
later they were made into delicious pies,
even tho they were only the common yel—
low ficld pumpkin. “'0 seldom see any
pumpkins now days, and it seems to me
that the real, old-fashioned pumpkin pie
will soon become one of the “lost arts.”
There are few more toothsome articles
made than a geod old-fashioned pump-
kin pie, rich with creamy milk, and fla—
vored with blended spices. A “V” shaped
piece fl '7] a round tin, or a “square”
from the oblong tin, rich, golden brown,
and an inch thick was a most satisfying
article to get next to.

01‘ course, we do not want the pump-
kins in our corn fields now, for the vines
would be a nuisance with our riding cul—
tivators, and our late cultivation to con—
serve, moisture, but why not plant a few
by themselves or with a piece of early
sweet corn that is to be cut and fed out.
leaving tV~ ground clear for the ripening
of the pumpkins. I am sure all our stock
would appreciate them. and the art of
making real pumpkin pies might be re-
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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more
consequence than the farm, and should be
first improved."

 

THE JULY PROGRAMS.

State Lecturer’rz Suggestions for First
, Meeting.

“The people 'wili sustain no better
schools and have no better education
than they personally see the need of.”—
Horace Mann. .
.The Annual School Meeting. (occurs
July 12, 1909).-—1, duties of members 01
school boards: (a) itemized reports at
school .meeting; (b) report of care .of
school premises and property. 2, duties
of sc'hool patrons: (a) what taxes must
be voted by the people? (b) what repairs
or improvements are needed? (c) how
may the Patrons assist in making a bet-
ter school? 3, appointment of school Vis-
iting committee (to report in October).

Forage Crops—1, what crops shall we
grow for summer forage? 2, when should
a cow have forage to supplement pasture;

By what means may we improve on our
usual celebration of the Fourth?

Lists of 10 handy, but somewhat un-
common, labor-savers in the home, by
five women, each to exhibit at least one
of the articles named in her list.

 

OUR NEW GRANGES.
ll.—-As Leaders of Social Life.

While I have been trying to point out
the opportunities for the Grange to as-
sume the direction and lead in the social
life of its neighborhood, there comes to
my desk the following concrete account
of What one Grange has actually ac-
complished along this very line. I want
you all to read it and ponder it well:

“If one wishes to see what the Grange
can do in .-the social, intellectual and
moral elevation of neighborhood life, let
him study the work of —m~ Grange.
This neighborhood possessed no ideals
higher than a cock or dog fight, enter-
tainment, and did not meet together so—
cially as families. Mr. and Mrs.
moved in; there was no hall in which to
hold meetings. and these people had a
Grange organized and its meetings held
in the top of their house, up where the
birds. nest. The meetings Were entbu
siastic and social and the young folks
came in; soon a comfortable hall was
built, and the Grange hall is the social
center of that community."

The recreative life of any community
will drift—it will not lend itself. Are
wein the Granges strong enough, are we
men‘ and women enough, to put thot .and
love enough into it to transform the social
life in our neighborhood into a real, 01‘-
ganizcd, growing thing? It is not easy
to do this. I do not advise you to try it
unless you are in earnest to work out
a strong social uplift thru your Grange
organization. hit I do believe that hav-
ing the Grange take the active lead in
many communities for strong. wholesome
social life is one of the greatest needs
just. now. Our new Grangcs have no
greater mission right in front of them
than to do this,

The summer months present social op-
portunities that few lranges, new or old.
rarely begin to appreciate. It is a social
life along mostly undeveloped lines, those
of outdoor sports and sociability. The
Grange rally itself has not begun to be
what it may become in the social power
of the Grange. That and the occasional
Grange lawn “social" are about the only
outdoor social events of our Grange cal-
cndar. and their possibilities are largely
undiscovered.

\\'hat are, some of the ways in which
the social life of a neighborhood may
be developed? To begin with, we do not
make nearly as much as we might of
music in the Grange. We ought to have
great joyful “sings" Out of song books
of various kinds‘Grange, patriotic. col~
loge, etc. W'e ought to use instrumental
music in more ways: everyone who has
an instrument that can be carried should
be encouraged to bring it to Grange so-
cials. An orchestra might be formed in
almost any neighborhood—crude and
simple at first it might be, but serving
a: a start to bind people together in
wholesome recreation. Choirs, quartets,
whistling clubs, etc., may be organized
in the Grange. Games, dialogs, panto~
mimes. plays and degree work afford
physical as Well as mental exercise, while
dancing (which is sometimes that to be
the only available recreation). can hardly
be said to be more than physical. Make
the Grange the happiest place of all the
week in one way and another and our
young people will grow strong of moral
fiber and virile in habits.

Grange strength lies largely in the fact
that it brings all ages and all condi-
tions of taste into action together. Each
needs the others, and in no one thing is
the need so urgent as along the social
line. JENNIE BUELL.

 

 

  

,THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

POMONA MEETINGS.

Huron County.

Huron Co. Pomona was entertained by
East Huron Grange, Thursday, June 3.
East Huron is a young Grange but has
some hustling and energetic members
who are enthusiastic in Grange work.
After partaking of the very excellent
dinner provided by the sisters of East
Huron Grange, the meeting was called
to order and the question of holding the
annual August rally was discussed. It
was decided to hold a picnic, and comv
mittees were appointed to make arrange-
ments.

The literary program was then taken
up. On the first question, “Value of
Ritualistic Work," the general opinion
was that the value of such work depends
wholly upon the way in which it is given.
Mrs. P. Lincoln presented a splendid
paper on “What can we individually do
to improve the morals of a community?"
She urged the necessity of right living in
the home, with one standard of morality
for both parents and children. “The
criminal of the twentieth century,” was
generally discussed, the following being
brot out: Since the beginning of the
world, criminal characters have stood out
prominently. Crime comes in waves. also
reforms, and now in the beginning of the
twentieth century among the greatest
criminals are the men who have been
elected to positions of trust and then
betrayed the trust. Bro. Fred Hargreaves
gave a good talk on “Opportunities for
growth and service on the farm." He
spoke of the opportunities for growth in
the Grange and Farmers’ Club. Also
that opportunities for growth in the coun-
try were far better than in the city and
that success depends largely upon the
individual.

The evening program consisted of music
and recitations. Next meeting will be
held in October.—Mrs. Laura Hunt, P0-
mona Lecturer.

Western Pomona.

\Vcstern (Ottawa C0.) Pomona Grange
held its last regular meeting with Nunica
Grange. Nunica is one of the new
Grangcs of the county and the interest
manifested by its members and their
desire to learn, Show that they are. alive
to the work. A short business session
was held in the forenoon and at the after-
noon session the program prepared by the
lecturer was taken up.

The response to the roll call. ”From
what book or paper that you have read
during the past year have you received
the most good?" showed that the mem-
bers were largely readers of farm papers
and from them they received the most
good. A well prepared paper read by
Mrs. Jackson on “The Farmers' Vaca-
tion,” was followed by a short discussion
the general opinion being that farmers
should take a vacation and there were
various suggestions as to how and when.

Colon C. Lillie next gave a talk (in
"What do farmers most need, smaller
farms, more labor, Or a better agricul-
tural education?" He thot there was no
question but that all ncedcd a better
education; no one has enough. In regard
to other divisions of the subject it de—
pended largely upon the man, but he
that that no one farms as Well as he.
might; that most farmers are trying to
work more land than they can work Well.
If they had smaller farms or would cm"
ploy more labor they could secure better
results and greater profits.

By request the initiator-y work of The
first degree was given by a set of oilieers
selected from the members present which
closed the. exercises for the afternoon.

The evening session was public and
quite a number who are not members
Were present. The first subject; present—
ed was “The. Duty of the Farmer to
licautit'y his Roadside." This was opcned
by Mr. Gleason and others followed in
the discussion, all of whom thot that
farmers should keep their roadsidcs look—
ing as Well as possible. Miss Myrtle
Brown read a carefully prepared essay on
the subject. “Social Life as it is and as
it might be."

N. 1’, Hull. master of the State. Grange,
was present, during the afternoon and
in the evening closed the exercises with
an able address. The next meeting will
be held with 'l‘allmadgc Grange in
August.

AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

lngham Co. Adds T.wo. At the meet-
ing of lngham Pomona held at Dansville,
June it), reports were received from two
newly organized (Ranges ill that county
“one at. VVebberville with 40 members
and the other at Vantown with 30 mem-
)l‘l‘S.

Ogontz Grange.——Stalc Deputy John
Vi'ildc was taken ill while working in the
Ilppcr Peninsula during the fore part of
May, but after a short vacation has re—
turned to Delta Co. where he organized
a. Grange a't ()gontz, June 11, with the
following officers: Master, Andrew John—
ston: overseer, John Granholm: lec-
turer, Tillie. Johnston; steward. Henry
lianscy: assistant steward, Oscar VVe—
berg: lady assistant steward. Betty Gran—
holm; chaplain. Agnes Johnston;- treas-
urer. Hans Hanson; secretary, Oscar Nel-
son; gatekeeper, Emcdy Cardinal; Ceres
Nora Dandey: Pomona, Sofia Nelson"
Flora, Lizzie Constantino. ’

Grand Traverse Patrons discussed pat.
ent medicines, recipes for housecleaning
and the character of the home reading
at_their last meeting. The concensus of
opinion was that the fewer patent medi—
cines used in the home the better; that
the best recipe for house cleaning is to
start cleaning and keep cleaning until
the job is completed: that there should
be an abundance of good reading in the
home, and that a child of three is not
too young to have reading matter. The
next meeting of this Grange will be en-
tirely given over to the children. At
noon there will be a dinner for the little
folks and in the afternoon a program of
recitations and songs. The hall will be
made bright with flowers for the occa-
sion.

 

 

 

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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-
TION OF FARMERS CLUBS.

President—A. L. Chandler, Owosso.

Vice-President—Mrs. Clara L. French,
Pompeii.

Secretary—Mrs. W. L. Cheney, Mason.

Treasurer—D. K. Hanna. Caro.

Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,
Owosso.

Directors—D. M. Beekwith, Howell; D.
M. Garner, Davisburg; T. B. Halladay,
Norvell; E. Hallock, Almont; B. A
Holden, ‘.Vixom; Wm. Marks,
Haven.

Address all correspondence relative to
the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.
L. Cheney, Mason, Mich.

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Associationai Motto.—
The skillful hand, with cultured mind,
is the farmer’s most valuable asset.

 

Associational Sentiment.—
The farmer; he garners from the soil
the primal wealth of nations.

 

CLUB HISTORY.

The Lenox and Chesterfield Farmers'
Club, of Macomb County.

“The Farmers' Club a Factor in Farm
Life.” The question originally proposed
was, “Does this club meet the require-
ments expected of such an organization‘."
This leads us to ask. “What is a farmers’
club, its duties, and its relation to the
public?" “'0 cannot vouch for what
other farmer clubs do; but the Lenox an‘l
Chesterfield Farmers“ Club is a wide open
institution for the benefit and advance-
ment of farmers' interests. it seeks bv
open discussion the best methods of
farming, the preparation of the soil, the
depth of plowing, the planting thereof,
and the better methods of harvesting
Not only are the better methods of rais—
ing of crops discussed, but farming for
profit is taken into account, whether
under uhderetaoinhrdluetaoiarisffit':jarc
under present conditions it is better to
engage in raising grain. the rearing of
stock, the dairy, or any other field of
farming industry.

Moreover. this organization is a family
union of farmers and of other occupa-
tions. The mothers, the sons. and (lauglh
tors are there, and the mothers add more
than ‘If to its value and entertainment.
The meeting is opened with prayer in-
voking divine aid in its dti‘lilu-ratfons, and
is conducted according to parliamentary
usage.

To interest the young people music and
retdtations are included in the program.
This is the definition of the farmers”
club. Ilo the programs met-t the require-
ments‘? Are they up—to-(laic and the
themes pertinent? If not. it is open for
improvements, and L',I:lrl to luar sugges-
tions to aid its usefulness.

The culinary department is cared for
by the ladies who prepare an exception-
ally line dinner at a nominal cost.

This club was organized t"enty-sevcn
years ago, and monthly meetings have
been held, eXcepling July and August.
with staireely an intermission «luring three
It began in a small. humble way.
A few neighbor farms-rs in Imnox wl-re
wont to gather and talk over farming

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operations. Finally they (lei-iilwd to meet
on a certain «lay and named Friday for
such meet. In time the wives of these
farmers suggested that they at» too and

prepare dinner. This was agreed to, and

a farmers' club was organizvd. Fnrvn
topic; only were for discussion, and the
name given was the Leno): Farmers‘
Club.

The names of some of the founders
were: llenry lmwell. Charles- \‘x'oodrul'l',
James (flaggetl. Sil-lillt‘ll t‘lzigg’ett. Abbott
Vanllorn, Asa Blanchard, (‘orneliin Bald-
win, \\'illium l“. lidmunds, and \Villiam
Burleigh. At its reorganization a few
scars ago it took the name of the llcnlx
and Chesterfield Farnners‘ (L‘lub. Slate
that event the young people have been
interested and the programs have lwcu
enlargml to include music. readings. and
rccitations. The month of June has been
set: apart solely for their exercises and a
strawberry dinner. and the December
meet for an oyster dinner and election of
officers.

The good points claimed for the club
are benefits gained in farm work by the
experience and opinion of its members,
the knowledge gained by conducting the
meetings according to parliamentary,
manner, and not the least, the social
relations that exist on such occasions.
There is a social equality that is not al—
ways evident elsewhere. The aim is to
benefit all, be they farmers, laborers. or
any honorable walk in life.

'Now, if there is any better method

  

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of conducting its affairs, improving its

.usefulness, or to the community, in its
several memberships, for to live better,
easier, happier lives, then we are open
to conviction.—Warren Parker.

 

Summer Picnics.—The first of the
Farmers' Club picnics for the season will
be found noted in the Club Discussion
column of this issug Others will be an—
nounced as they are reported. Reports
of the picnic meetings will be welcomed.

 

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

The Thornapple Farmers’ Club held
their June meeting at the pleasant farm
home of Mr. and Mrs. David Benewa on
Thursday afternoon. June 3. The at-
tendance was excellent considering the
busy season of the year and the meeting
was enjoyed by all. It was voted for the
Farmers’ Club and the Ladies’ Literary
Club of the prairie to celebrate July l
with a basket picnic in Aaron Adam‘s
grove on Saturday. July 3. It was de-
cided to secure a speaker from the Mich-
igan Agricultural college and to have a
literary program. good music and games.
It was also voted to make the invitation
general and to charge adults 15c each to
help pay the necessary expenses.

Committee was then appointed and the
program of the day taken up. After the
program was over. some excellent rc-
freshments were served, after which the
company dispersed. all agreeing that, they
had spent a very pleasant afternoon.

Will Name Farms.~—At Hillview farm,
the pretty home of Mr, and Mrs. A. J.
Bush, occurred the June meeting of the
Ellington—Abner Farmers’ Club on VVcd-
nesday the 9th. A glance over the sur-
rounding country reveals many beauties
of nature, the picturesque landscape and
broad, well tilled acres of fellow crafts-
men. which give Mr. Bush the vantage
over his neighbors. for from no other
point in either Ellington or Almer is such
a charming panorama presented which.
as Pm-t Reilly says: "No painter has the
coloring to mock." President Turner an-
nounced the opening of an excellent pro—

r_ram which utilized all the available
tune. “Machinery. its use and abuse,”
was .1 theme done full justice by the

gentlemen. “\Yhat name: shall we be—
slow on our farm borne?” found many
prepared to baptise their home with
names both suggestful and appropriate.

Remembrances fer Aged Member.—
'l‘he suggestion to l‘l‘lll'llllwl‘ Mrs. Eliza.
MeCrea with a card or other expression
of appreciation on her With birthday an-
niversary. which occurred June 14, liltl!i_
was adopted and she was accordingly
showered. not alone with cards. but bou—
qnuts, booklets and many other gifts
from the ladies of the club and other
friends. -

This is but another instance of show—
ing the good influence of club work
among; farmers. Several pleasant musi-
cal numbers were rendered ere supper
was announced. over which Mrs, Nathan
George presided.

The July meeting will be held in the
McCrea grove and the gentlemen will
)i:‘<‘<i<le, even to the smallest detail.—
Mrs. W. L. “'righl. (“o Sec,

Michigan Good Enough. ., l.cnawec-ills-—
dleH l’wrmers' l‘lnb was nicely entertained
at the pleasant homu- ot‘ Mr. and Mrs
lmvid ll. “final, assisted by Air. and
Mrs. George Miller. June It), lflllfl. The
S'u‘ll-iy was mlllml in [nulul‘ by the formal.
ill-m and appropriately olwnetl with music.
“Farming in Nebraska as compared with
Michigan." Was the Sillljncl assigned to
Mr. ll. ‘x'. linker. on the yearly program.
Mr. linker having bet-n a resident and
.1 farmer of the former state Int a few
years ago was prcparcd to handle
his subject. lle said when a young man
and just out of school in his home in the.
east. hr- i'mk llot'uee tlzw-eiv's' advice if)
go v'r-st. and went to northeastern Ne—
braska llld was soon 'llllmllliwl superin—
tendent of schools, which gave him ample
opportunity to understand the farming
conditions w-hcrc his \x‘yu'k was. He
spoke of alfalfa, corn. oats. and wheat.
soil temperature. cattle, hogs and sheep,
as well as the minor products. including
sand burrs and other natural nuisances.
The state boasts of one of the largest.
pint-h orchurll< in the world. but he said
one :ll‘l‘v of ground here was worth two
there. Many question< were asked and
answered. The president thot Horace
(lreelev meant prhio or Michigan when
he said, “Young man. go west,"

General Topics.~~.‘\lr. Oren tl‘llarow on
gcm-ral subjects of the day. offered a
few suggestions. "irst. that a part, at
least. of the money received from riil-
road< and other corporations now up-
portioned to St'llOiil di<lricts for the pur-
pose of paying teat-hers. be n<ed to hire
professors to give free lectures in the
various districts. \Yould advocate an
income tax and an inheritance tax, also
a specific tax on iron ore and copper ore
exported from the state. He, believed
the common school svslcm as carried
out in practice is for less practical and
efficient than previous to the adoption
of the grading system. As the new road
law permits the election of four overseers
instead of one. as; now. would advocato
the election of four. as no one or two
men would properly study and look after
the seventy—two miles of road in the
township. This paper was well discussed
and the concensus of opinion ’as that
the ones talking prosperity were the
politicians.

After the rendering of an (‘\.'cellent
program a hearty vote of thanks was
given the hosts and hostesses. and all
who helped to make the meeting a suc-
cess. The chair appointed 0. E. Clark
and Mr, Frank Jennings to secure the
grounds at Devil’s Lake for the annual
picnic to be held Thursday. August 12.
Adjourned after singing “Blest Re the
Tic that Binds.”—Harriet \Veed, Sec.
Pro. Tem.

  


 

 

 

 

 

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”MARKETS "1

MMMJ
'DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

June 23, 1909.
Grain and Seeds.

Wheat.——'1‘he bearish feeling, noted a
week ago, brot a marked decline in cash
quotations before the close of the week
but the July and September options held
up remarkably well. \Vhilc the. closing
prices Tuesday were the lowest in some
weeks there was an unmistakable under-
current of strength earlier in the day.
This was due largely to one feature of
the present peculiar situation—the report—
ed inability of New York exporters to
secure the grain with which to fill foreign
orders. This is taken to mean a reluc-
tance to sell on the part of growers in
sections where the crop has already been
haivosted. Added to this are reports of
excessively wet weather in states now
harvesting the crop, and toiiflieting state-
ments 114111'ding conditions in Kansas, 11
state which is just now It ce1v1ng consid-
erable attention, them be 11g a variance
of 20,000, 000 bu. in the \1'Iiious estimates
of the state‘s production. The world‘s
visible supply shows a decrease of 2,500.-
000 bu. for the week. One year ago the
price paid for No. 2 red wheat in this
market was 90c per bu. Quotations for

the past week are:

No.2 No.1 No.3

Red. \\ lute Red. July. Sept.
Thurs. ....1.49 1.151 1.46 1.163,1 1.1014,:
Fri, ...... 1.43 1.48 1.41”) 1.1534 1.0932,,

 

 

Sat. ...... 1.41 1.47 1.4-4 1.141,, 1.09

l\10n ..... 1.45 1.43 l.4'_‘ 1.151., 1.101},
’l‘ues, 1. 44 1.44 1.41 1.131,, 1.101,;
“70d, . .1. 43 1.43 1.40 1.14 1.09%

Corn.—:'1‘ his grain followed wheat in
the decline of last week and, altho quo-
tations show a slight recovery. there is
an easier feeling in the market, due,
probably to the arrival of good corn
weather. One year ago the price was
7‘10 for No. 3 corn. Quotations are as

follows:
No. 3
No. 3 Yellow.
Thursday 76 77
Friday ....... 761/; 771/2
Saturday ................. 761/4 771.;
Monday .......... . ....... 761/2 771/2
Tuesday .................. 76 1.13 77142
\Vedncsday ............... 76 77

Oats—This market is also easier, the
interest in the cash grain declining as
the new crop nears maturity under what
are generally considered very favorable,
conditions. t‘ash values show a loss since
last \vcek but the September option is
fractionally higher. One year ago the
price for No. :1 white oats was 50c. Quo-
tations for the Week are

No. 3 \\hitc. Sept.

Thursday ................. 61 4:')
Friday ........ . .......... ('31 45
Saturday ................. 00 47)
NIonday ................... 601,5 451,2
'l'IIeSday .................. 60 «1311;:
\Vedncsday ............... 601,113 441/;

Beans.—~',l‘hcre is nothing doing in the
cash deal, even at a reduction of 5c from
last week‘s figures. liuycrs for October
beans are in the, market but there are no
sellers at the figures named. The fol-
lowing are nominal quotations for the
week:

Oct.
Thursday 52.05
Friday ..................... ‘ 2.07)
Saturday ‘ 2.05
Monday 2.05
'l‘ucsday 2.0')

 

\Vednesday ........ . ........ 2.50 2.05
Cloverseed.~'l‘his market shows no life
at present. No attention is given to
wash seed and a suflicicntly accurate line
on the new crop to make future deals
other than hazardous is as yet unobtain—
ablc. The following nominal figures are

quoted:
Oct. March.

'l‘hursday ...... $683 $7. 00
Friday ...... 0.33 7.00
Saturday ........ 6.87) 7.00
Monday ....... . ............ 6.85 7.00
Tuesday ................... 6147) 7.00
\thnesday 6.85 7.00

Rye; r’l‘his market is dull and steady.
'l‘ltc price is 1121: for cash No. 2, last
week's quotation

Visible Supply of Grain.
1‘his week. Last week.

\that ............... 12.011001) 13.115000
(Torn ..... . . . ........ 21,201,000 3,803,000
Hats ................. 0.7044100 t').93l.000
Rye ................. '17.”) 000 178,000
izll‘le ..... . ......... 1.1.1.4104) 805,000

Flour, Feed. Provisions, Etc.

Flour.il\larkct sttady at last week’s
advanced figures. Quotations are as fol-

lows:

("lcar ........ 16.70
Straight .......... 68')
Patent Michigan ...... ........... 7.10
Ordinary Patent ......... . ........... 6.95

Hay and Straw. .\ll gradts slightly
higher. t‘arlot prices on track are: No.
1 timothy, new, $14.7)061l1'1: No, 2 lim—
othy, $13.506r14; clover. mixed, 111136103710;
rye straw, $11; wheat and oat straw,
$9 ier ton,

Feed.~~Stt'1I1l,v. liran, $20 per ton:
coarse middlings, $30; fine middlings, $31;
cracked corn and coarse corn meal, $3160
32: corn 11nd oat chop, $30

Potatoes.——'l‘hc demand for new stock
is increasing daily and old potatoes are
pretty much neglected. Further reduc—
tions in Values have been found neces—
sary to keep old supplies Inoving. Good
stock is quoted at 5061‘601' per bu. New
potatoes from the south are quoted at
$ 25601.30 per bu.

Provisions.—Family pork, 312150602250;
mess pork, $20; light short clear. 82:0
heavy short clear, $22.50: pure lard. 121,.1':
bacon, 15c; shoulders, 101/2c; smoked
hams, 1315c picnic hams, 10c.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Buffet—‘Elglh dropped 11/;c on Monday
and a like decline on creamcry goods fol-

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

lowed in practically all markets. The
local market is easy. The following are
the quotations for the week: Extra.
creamery, butter, 25c; firsts, 24c; dairy,
20c; packing, 181,60 per lb,

Eggs.—The demand for eggs continues
firm. The offierings are large, however,
and prices are fractionally lower in con—
sequence. Extra fresh eggs, case count
and cases included are 110w quoted at
20140 per dozen.

Poultry.—Supplies continue to increase
and demand is not urgent. Prices lOWer
on most kinds. Quotations are: Hens,
12@13c; roosters, 961i10c; ducks, 146015c;
geese, 8609c; turkeys, 166017e; broilers,
2361'24c.

Cheese.——Michigan flats, new, 13c; York
state, 161/2c; limburger, fancy old, 17c;
new, 141'; schwcitzer, fancy old, 20@21c;-
brick cream, 15c per lb

Fruits and Vegetables.

Apples.—Market steady. Best grades
are quoted at $761'T.50 per bbl.

Onions—Bermudas, $1.50 per crate.

Strawberries.——Michigan berries- are
coming in liberally and prices have de—
clined rapidly this week. Michigan stock
quoted at $175613 per bu; foreign stock
75608th per 16-qt. case.

Gooseberries.—-Per bu, $3.

Cherries.—Sour, $3 per 24—q-t. case.

Vegetables—Green onions, 10c per doz;
radishes, 106112c per (102; 'cu'cumbers,
356150c per (102; lettuce, 50c per bu;
head lettuce, $2612 .25 per hamper; water-
cress, 20612 50 per doz; spinach, 50c per
bu; oyster plant, 40c per (102; asparagus,
31.506117?) per case; rhubarb, 4061150c per
doz; green peas, $1.25@1.50 per bu.

OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.

TVheat is off 9c. from last week’s qu'o—
tations, local millers now paying $1.45.
Corn is off 2c, Oats 1c. Other grains un-
changed. The creamery butter market
has declined 11/20, dairy butter unchanged.
Strawberries were king on the city mar-
ket and Dll((S had quite 11 wide range,
going,r from 900 to $1. -1') per case, with a
few extra fancy be1rics selling 11 little
higher. This week will probably see the
bulk of the strawberries marketed. tho
there will be plenty of berries next week.
l'lomc grown peas declined to 83611900.
Hothouse cucumbers are lower, fine stock
Selling at 35c per doz.

Quotations follow:

Grains:~\\'11c11t, $1.45; corn, 77c; oats;
601"; buckwheat, 60c per bu: rye. 800.

Beans—Machine screened, $2.25.

Buttcr.~13uying prices, Dairy, No. 1
186129c: creamery in tubs, 241/20; prints,
25c per 11).

t‘hcese. Michigan full cream is selling
at 1660161/2c per lb; brick, 17c; Swiss, 17c;
limburger,17c.

Eggs. —Case count, 196019/2c.

Potattw s V16061tific 1111 bu.

Michigan Strawberries—$1611.25 per 16-
qt. case.

Cattle.«~Cows, $2.506F4 per cwt; steers
and heifers, best quality, 3.911‘51/2c; dressed
mutton, 96/10c; dressed veal, 6@9c;
dressed beef. cows, 561'616c; steers and
heifers, 71116191312

Hogs—Dressed, 91/30.

Live Poult1'y.—Fowls, 1061110; roosters,
7618c; turkeys, 1861‘19c; broilers, ‘11,; t0
2 lbs., 2"6_1_’1')c; spring ducks, 156117c.

 

Ruttcr.——\chtcrn1 factory firsts, 21c;
creamery specials, 251261260
I'lggs.——l1'1'cgula1'.—\\'estern firsts to ex—
tras, 21199612213 seconds, 1911.61201- pcr doz.
I’oult1'y.#.\live. stcady. “'cstern chick-
cns, broilers, 23.". fowls, 1716116c: turkeys,
13:1'. liresscd, steady. “'cstcrn broilers,
18612211 fowls, 13154116151: per 11).
(irain._\\'hcat, No, 2 1'1-11, $1.47 per bu;
corn, No. 2, 84c; oats, mivd 601..c,
Potatoes—Per 180 lbs., 2.73603.

Chicago.

i‘th.at —No. red, 3145 11.' 1)?) July,
$1 14; Sc.pt, $
(‘ (1m ——No,
Sept, 6110.
H11ts._No .'1 white, :'71/)c; July,
nitrite; Sept., 431/)0.
Rutter.—~].asier.
dairies, 211(361231AZC
l'Iggs. ' under large supplies.
Firsts, 19c; prime firsts, 201,331' per doz.
Potatoes—Stet!dy. Carlots in bulk, 50
6165 c for good stock.

1,
.1.
, 743,;6:’1'S§.1c; July, 71340

Creamerics 21)°@21)C'
! 1

         

Elgin.
Rutter—Market firm at 25c per 1b, a
decline of ltg-c. Sales for the week

amounted to 1.090.700 lbs., as compared
with 003,600 lbs. for the previous week.

Boston.

Wool.~'l‘he inactivity noted last week
is still in evidence altho the high level of
values recently established is still being
maintained. the only exception applying
to ilt't't'c wools. New territory Wools are
selling as fast as they arrive. The fol—
lowing arc the prices for the leading do-
mestic grades Ohio 11nd Pennsylvania
ilecccs—XX,1;)611"GC X, 33613141}; No.
washed. 4061‘4l1: No. 2 washed. 407011112
unwashed, 2T6123c; unmcrchantablc, 3060
31c: half blood combing, 36c: 1‘11 blood
combing, 33c: quarter blood combing, .‘14
61:451': delainc washed, 4060-4lc: delaine
unwashed, 33673412 Michigan, “'isconsin
and New York fleeces—Fine unwashed.
2567‘26c; dclaine unwashed, 3160321'; half
blood unwashed, 356136c; three—cighths
blood unwashed, 3461'35c; quarter blood,
3361“? 40 Kentucky. Indiana 11nd Missouri
~"'llnee- eighths blood, 3560360; quarter
blood, 3660370.

 

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

June 21, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,
New York Central Stock Yards,
East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of sale stock here today as
follows: Cattle, 140 loads; hogs. 11,1)20;

sheep and lambs, 5,000; calves, 1,600.

 

The general cattle market was about
steady with last week on everything ex-
cept bulls, which were strong quarter
lower, and the common milkers and
springers sold about steady. We would
advise caution in buying the common
graSSy cattle as we look for them to sell
lower.

We quote: Best export steers, $67560
7.15; best 1,200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,
$6.50606.80; best 1,000 to 1,100‘Ib, do., $660
6.40; light butcher steers, $5.50605.75; best
fat cows, 34.75605; fair to good, $4@4.25;
trimmers. $2.50@3; best fat heifers, $5.75
606; light fat heifers. 34.50625 best feed»
ing steers, 800 to 900 lbs. $4. 50604.75;
700 to 750 lb. dehorned stockers, $491360
4.50; common stockers, $3. 50604; best fresh
cows and springers, $406050; medium, $20
61:40; common. $20 603

The hog iarltet opened weak to 5c
lower than Saturday s best time and closed
steady at the open. ng with all the good
hogs selling. Prospects look fair for the
near future.

\Vc quote: Medium and heavy, $8.256!)
8.35; mixed, $8,206,118.30; best yorkers, $8.10
618.30; light yorkers, $7.40@7.60; pigs,
' #11135; roughs, $7.10@7.15; Stags,
$7), )0616.

l‘he 111mb market today was active but
sheep were \"'e1_\ dull.

we quote. Spring lambs, $850609; fair
to good, $6618.25;cu11s, $5606; Skin culls,
$4604.50; yearlings, $7607 )5; wethers, $5.50
605.75; ewes, $4614. 50; cull Sheep, $2603.50;
best calves, $8618.25; fair to good, $6@
7.25; heavy, $460".

 
  

Chlcago.
.Iune 21, 1909.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Received today .1....18,000 40,000 17,000
Same day last year . .21, 772 36,128 8277
Received last week .37, 516 101,159 61,610
Same week 111st year. 68, 587 168, 909 87,054

At a special meeting of the Chicago
Live Stock Exchange it was voted to
c1'111y on business in live stock on Mon—
‘(11 1v, July: Independente Dav. The Kan—
sas City, Omaha and St. Joseph stock-
yards will be closed on that day for
business. In the Chicago market Monday
is far the biggest day for cattle, hogs
and sheep in the week.

(‘attle supplies continue to fall greatly
behind recent years in volume, but so
limited are the requilrements of the trade
that prices last week suffered further re-
ductions of 1.761251- for the rank and file
of the steers, and even the better class
developed weakness. Beef steers went
largely at $5.906r6.90, there being a.
greater percentage of grassy cattle. which
caught the decline the worst. Steers sold
at. $5617.25 for inferior to prime, distil-
lery—fed steers going at $6.40616.80 and
Texas fed stcers at $5.1561,'5.90. Texas
cattle are being marketed here and else-
where freely, and plenty of Texas grass—
fed range cattle are going to Missouri
River markets. These are used as a club
to depress grassy natives. hitchcr stock
of the better class advanced 11s much as
25c under smaller offerings and 11 good
demand. Cows and heifers sold at $3.30
617.10, some prime. yearling Hereford
heifers going at the top. (‘anncrs and
cutters sold as usual at $2603.25, with
bulls bringing $’".’)61;').,:')0 calves, $36177!)
and mileh cows 5"". 6158 per head. Stock-
(1s and ftt'(l(l‘S had 11 moderate outlet at
$3.20611').60, poor light stockers being the
hardest sellers

Today’s cattle trade was slow, prices
rul’ng weak to 561101' lower, with heavy
steers and cows poor sellers. The ad~
vent, of hot \veathcr has checked sales
of heavy bceves.

\Vhilc cattle are much quicker to de-
clinc than advance, the opposite has been
true of hogs for 11 long period, and it is
doubtful whether the limit of the ad-
vance in the latter has been reached yet,
some predictions having been made that
$9 hogs will be seen before September.
So far as cattle are concerned, the out-
look seems to be favorable for better
prices for choice lots Selling at $6.75 and
upward, and these, are expected to go
higher later on, as there is believed to
be 11 s'1hoit1ge, but the other des<rip-
tions me not e xpe< ted to do much, if any
be'xttn As for hogs, they are scarce
and txtraordinarily high, with not enough
coming to market to go around. At such
11 time it seems strange that so many
light hogs should be marketed. The re-
ccnt average weight of receipts is 219
lbs., compared with 219 lbs. 11 year ago
and 2:15 lbs, two years ago. Prices are
the highest in many years. Following
last Week‘s extram'dinarily s’mall sup-
plies, about 40,000 hogs came in today,
and the best lots went at steady prices,
packing hogs closing 50 lower. Ilogs
sold at $7. 25678.20 and stags at $7.70
618.20

The lamb market was lower last week,
and heavy ewes were poor sellers, as is
usual in June, but handy- -w11g11t sheep
were good sellers. with no lz'gu c supplies.
Aggregate receipts of sheep 11nd lambs
looked small as compared with those of a
year ago, with offerings of lambs greatly
predominating, and the receipts Were
largely made 1111 of southern springcrs
consigned from Louisville direct to the
loeal packers. No large numbers of nor-
thern range flocks showed up, but there
were fair supplies of Texas range sheep
that sold at 5531061150. Breeding ewes
are selling at $4. :161' .) 7). ’)y .luly good
receipts from n'oithc1n ranges are ex-
pected. The market today was steady,
with moderate Ieccipts and a fair de—
mand. the offerings (unbracing 11 train of
sheep from the Nevada range and a train
from California. Spring lambs went at
$5,511,619, clipped last year’s lambs at $4.50
608.50, ewes at $3605.25, wethers at $460
5.60, y 'arlings at $5@7 and rams at
$250604.

Horses have been marketed freely for
a week past, and by Wednesday prices
weakened except for animals of the bet-
ter class, big horses 11nd good chunks
being the best sellers. The time has
arrived for country shippers to use more
caution in buying and to discard inferior
horses. Fat extra heavy prime drafters
are in especially good request at $22560
325 per head. special orders having been
filled at $310@325 for delivery on the Pav

  

JUNE 26, 1909.

cific coast. Thin drafters sell slowly at
317060190 and up to'$210. Expressers hays
a fair sale at $150@200, and good drivers
are moving at $150@325 and IIJ‘pward.

LIVE STOCK N—OTES.

Chicago live stock commission firms
have been informing their country pat~
rons that they should buy grassy light
mixed hogs on a basis of from 406D60c
per 100 lbs. under prime shipping grades
of medium and heavy weights, as that is
the way they have been selling when
offered on the Chicago market. In point
of fac,t corn— fed hogs are actually worth
that v)rcmlum over grass- fed swine, and
it will not be in the least surprising if
this range should widen out to over $1
before the summer ends. With prime
hogs selling well above $8 at last, there
is great rejoicing on the part of the sol—
lers, and the “I told you so” sellers show
pardonable pride. “Billy" Sherivood,
widely known to the hog trade, predicted
as long ago as the 6th of last April that
Chicago would see $8 hogs by the 15th
of June, and the prediction.will be rea-
lized a few days in advance. Now the
talk is that further large advances are
in store, and Everett C. Brown has been
telling his country friends that they need
not be startled to see $9 hogs before
September 1. ‘Vhether hogs sell there or
not, they are bound to sell extremely high
on their merits, and stock feeders should
spare no efforts to make their hogs fat
and heavy. Weight is badly wanted,
there being a big demand for heavy
meats, as well as for lard, there being a
shortage of the latter at the present time
in the markets of the world. Farmers
need now have no hesitancy about feeding
high-priced corn to their healthy, growing
pigs, and it is a cinch that they will make
at least $1 a bushel on corn fed to hogs

 

marketed at 220 lbs. 11nd upward. The'

packers have been cutting up hogs at a
profit of at least $1 per hog, but they
are disposed to draw the line against thin
and grassy lots, and solid, heavy hogs
are decidedly in favor, with a certainty
of their remaining so for the remainder
of the packing season. The well known
hog shortage cannot be ignored, with a
reduced western packing since March 1
of around 500,000 hogs compared with the
same time last year, and the rapid de—
crease in the stocks of provisions is the
biggest kind of a bull factor. When June
opened the combined stocks of cut hog
meats, short rib sides and sweet pickled
hams were down to 396,685,000 lbs., 11
reduction of 62,038,000 lbs, as compared
with a year earlier, 11nd the decrease in
stocks of lard amounted to 55,000 tierces.
This reduction in stocks of provisions is
still going on steadily. in spite of their
great dcarness, for prices are still lower
than other meats.

In speaking of the recent cattle market
a veteran Chicago live stock commission
merchant remarked that never before in
the history of the. trade have the cattle
receipts fallen off to less than 38.000 head
in a week without a sharp advance in
prices, 11nd feeders all over the country
have been wondering why hogs can shoot
up to $8.20 per 100 lbs. and cattle sell
lower. Feeders of dry-lot cattle who are
in the. habit of seeing an advancing
market at this season of the year have
expressed disappointment, but conditions
are peculiar, with ruling prices for beef
so high as to greatly lessen its consump—
tion nearly everywhere. A noteworthy
feature of the market has been the good
market much of the time for fat corn-fed
cows and heifers, supplies of these having
been comparatively small. Nothing in
the least encouraging can be said of
grassy cattle, however. and they are much
more likely to rule still lower than at all
big 1111 as increased receipts of Texas

rang e g111ss- fed cattle at all the w 0.8101111

markets are having a depressing effect
'on the market for medium and low grade
native cattle. These natives on the
grass order have had a great decline, and
they are still weakening, with promise
of increased receipts 'of Texans, as well
as larger supplies of grass natives, while
A111, 11st will witness the vanguard of the
“esttrn range cattle,

I’rime feeder cattle in the Chicago
market are scarce and so dear as to ap—
pear dangerously high to average buyers,
and killers continue to buy many of the
heaviest feeder steers with killing qual—
ity. Feeder cattle at $ 2561:).61) per 100
lbs. fail to appeal to a majoiity of farm-
ers with good pasturage, but some 710:—
lb. stccrs that were purchased for $1.50
rccently looked worth the money to put
on grass, as, with a good corn crop the
coming all, they will bring considerably
more In ney, and cattle put on grass now
get the full benefit of a good summer
gain on grass. .1\ttractivc looking cattle
weighing 850 lbs. have been selling at
$4.75, but, of course. they are not what
Could be termed choice.

1.. Ten Eyck, 11 stock feeder of Ful—
ton county. Illinois. marketed at tho
("hicago stockyards recently a carload of
1.205—1b, steers at $6.05 per 100 lbs, They
made. him liberal profits, the cattle having
been bot last autunm from a neighbor
farmer at $4.25, their average weight
then having btcn 900 lbs. IIe pasturcd
them on blue grass and gave them plenty
of man stalks, and provided shed shelter
as 11 protection flom cold stormy weather
This sp1ing duiing a period of sixty days
a little coin was fed as well as cotton-
seed meal.

South Dakota farmers have been mar—
keting a great many horses in recent
years, and dealers in feeder horses for
selling to farmers in other states have
secured a. good many thin drafters in
that state. Recently. however, supplies
of such horses in South Dakota have be.-.
come, scarce, the greatly increased agri-
cultural operations in that growing state
resulting in a large home demand for
horses. This has diverted buying of
feeders to other quarters. and there is a
larger inquiry in the Chicago market.
Buyers of such animals are counting on
a large autumn demand for finished
dr'af‘te1s, the demand even now being
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JUNE 26.51909.
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
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

 

Thursday's Market.
June 24, 1909.
Cattle.

Receipts, 958. Market 1069150 lower
than last week. Common cow stuff very
dull and hard to sell. _

We quote: Dry-fed steers and heifers,
$550606; steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1,200,
$4.75@5.25; steers and heifers. 800 to
1,000, $425635; grass steers and heifers
that are fat, 800 to 1,000, $4.25@5; grass
steers and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700,
$4@4.40; choice fat cows, $4.25; good fat
cows, 553.75.423.90; common cows, 32.75633:
canners, $175692; choice heavy bulls, $4
604.25; fair to good bolognaS, bulls, $3.75
((03.85; stock bulls, $3.25@3.50; chowe
feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.25@4.75;
fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4694.25;
choice stockers, 500 to 700, $4694.50; fair

stockers, 500 to 700, 335069365; stock
heifers, $3623.50; milkers, large, young,
medium age, $40@45; common milkers,
$20@30.

Roe Com. Co. sold Regan 1 bull weigh-
ing 460 at $2, 4 butchers av 600 at $4, 2
d0 av 740 at $4, 1 do weighing 400 at
$3.25, 1 do weighing 520 at $4; to Ham-
mond, S. & CO. 2 cows av 1.150 at $3.50,
1 do weighing 970 at $3, 2 do av 885 at
$3, 1 bull weighing 1,000 at $3.7»: to Sul-
livan P. Co. 8 cows av 1.041 at $3.75; to
Bresnahan 1 cow weighing 810 at $2: to
Caplis 4 cows av 870 at $4, 4 do av 875 at
$4.50, 8 butchers av 781 at $4.75, 10 steers
av 993 at $5.50; to Kamman 14 do av 850
at $4.90; to Sullivan P. CO. 2 bulls av
1,085 at $3.75, 1 d0 weighing 1,060. at
3.50, 2 cows av 935 at $4, 1 do weigh-
ing 1,070 at $3.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.
3 steers av 1,000 at $6, 2 bulls av 1,115 at
$4, 3 cows av 1,066 at $4: to Bresnahan
1 bull weighing 1,070 at $3.50, ,1 cow
weighing 850 at $2.25, 3 do av 713 at
$2.25; to Webber 2 feeders av 710 at $4.50,
7 stockers av 664 at $4.25; to Rattkowsky
2 cows av 910 at $4; to Mich. B. Co. 10
butchers av 664 at $3.75, 1 cow weighing
1,200 at $4.50, 23 butchers av 900’at $5.25;
to Austin 3 steers av 980 at $4.25, 10
stockers av 581 at $3.60, 6 do av 508 at
$3.60, ,3 cows av 1,000 at $3, 1 do weigh-
ing 850 at $3; to Dombetke 4 butchers av
5172at ($3; to Goose 6.bulls av 480 at
$2175; ‘to Davenport 3 stockers av 603 at
$4, 5 feeders av 980 at $4.25, 1 cow weigh-
ing 1,040 at $3: to Hammond, S. & Co.
3 cows av 1.140 at $4, 2 bulls av 1,100
at $3.75, 42 steers av 960 at $5.25, 26 do
av 1,000 at $5.25; to Mich. B. Co. 19 do
av 855 at $5; to Davenport 19 stockcrs
av 683 at $4.25, 11 do av 680 at $4.15; to
Kamman 9 steers av 991 at $5.50, 10
butchers av 605 at $3.85; to Lacalt 4 do
av 907 at $4.80; to Bresnahan 2 steers
av 860 at $4.80, 6 do av 1.053 at $5.65.

Spiccr, M. & R. sold W'cbbcr 7 stockers
av 646 at $4.25, 2 do av 735 at $4.50, 1
do weighing 750 at $4.50, 8 do av 725 at
$4.25, 1 feeder wc‘ghing 830 at $4.25; to
Fry 1 bull weighing 740 at $3.50. 3 butch-
ers av 693 at $4.50, 8 do av 785 at $4.75,
3 do av 753 at $4.50: to Sullivan P. Co.
3 steers av 1,016 at $5.65, 1 cow weighing
950 at $2.50; to Broadcliff 1 bull weighing
1,450 at” $4.15; to Mich. R. Co. 4 do av
1,017 at $4, 1 do weighing 1,300 at $4, 2
do av 840 at $3.75; to Brcsnohan 2 can-
ncrs av 775 at $2, 2 cows av 900 at $2;
to Fry 1 cow weighing 920 at $3.50, 5
butchers av 688 at $4.50; to Fitzpatrick
Bros. 3 cows av 923 at $3.80, 3 cows av
976 at $4, 1 steer weighing 1,110 at $5.50,
1 cow weighing 930 at $2.50, 9 butchers
av 880 at $4.50, 2 do av 1,075 at $3.40;
to Thompson Bros. 4 steers av 975 at $5,
10 butchers av 725 at $4.25; to Lahoc 11
steers av 880 at $5, 6 do av 830 at $4.75;
to Strong 7 stockers av 792 at $4.40, 29
stockers av 700 at $4.50; to Hammond, S.
& Co. 23 cows av 940 at $3.50, 2 do av
1,065 at $3.75.

Haley sold Brcsnahan 7 heifers av 546
at $3.85.

Allen sold same 6 do av 657 at $4.50.
5 do av 476 at $4.

VVatcrman sold same 1 bull weighing
1.600 at $4, 3 cows av 1,266 at $4, 2 do
av 385 at $2.25.

Haley sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow weigh—
ing 1,180 at $4.15, 1 bull Weighing 1,530
at $4.
Wagner sold same. 2 bulls av 1.,110 at
$3.75, 4 steers av 1,000 at $5.50. 2 do av
890 at $3.75, 2 cows av 1,000 at $3.

Haley sold same 3 COWS av 906 at $3.50,
1 do weighing 1,030 at $4, do do av 930
at $3.50.

Lovewell sold Davenport 2 COWS av 850
at $2.75.

Johnson sold Caplis 4 cows av 1,037 at
$3.70, 8 butchers av 807 at $4.70.

Torrey sold Marx 5 butchers av 800 at
$4 no.

Haley sold same 8 do av 963 at $5.20.

Johnson sold Regan 6 butchers av 676
at $3.90.

llalcy sold same 2 do av 475 at $3.35.

Robb sold same 2 do av 550 at $3.90.

Stephens sold Hammond, S. .
bulls av 935 at $3.75, 2 cow's av 1.235 at $4.

Lovcwell sold Fitzpatrick S cows av
886 at $4.

Weeks sold same 3 do av 1,000 at $3.60.

Robb sold Mich. B. Co. 4 steers av 817
at $5, 6 cows av 975 at $3.50.

Belheimer sold same 6'steers av 853
at $5, 2 cows av 1,085 at $4, 2 do av
975 at $3.50.

Sgiaer & Groft sold same 3 de av 846
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THE" MICHIGAN’ FARMER;

sold Rattkowsky 6 butchers
$4.50.

Veal Calves.

Receipts, 1,090. Market 25@350 higher
than last Thursday; quality better.

Best, $7@7.75; others, $4@6; milch cows
and springers, steady.

Bishop, . &.H. sold Parker, W. &
C0. 15 av 150 at $7.35, 7 av 155 at $5, 21
av 135 at $7, 10 av 151 at $5, 6 av 125 at
$5, 20 av 150 at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co.
8 av 145 at $7.25; to Thorburn 33 av 140
at $7.50, 19 av 145 at $7.50, 5 av 165 at
$7.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 2 av 145 at
$7.75, 2 av 110 at $6, 2 av 160 at $7.50.; to
Markowitz 31 av 150 at $7.60; to Sulhvan
P. Co. 20 av 150 at $7.65, 1 weighing 180
at $5.50, 17 av 150 at $7.65, 2 av 150
at $5.50.

Roe Com. Co, sold Newton B. Co. 10
av 128 at $5, 28 av 150 at $7.50; to Sul-
livan P. Co. 5 av 120 at $3, 5 av 125 at $5,
26 av 135 at $6.50. 0

Spicer, M. & R, sold Thorborn 15 av
145 at $7.50; to Brown 36 av 150 at $6.50,
17 av 140 at $7.25, 31 av 130 at $6.50;
to Newton B. Co. 2 av 175 at $7.50; to
Thorborn 18 av 155 at $7.50.

Terhuno sold Burnstine 8 av 130 at
6.60.

5 Stephens sold same 9 av 150 at $7.10.

Sandell & T. sold same 17 av 130’
at $6.75.

Mertz sold same 12 av 150 at $7.

Wilson sold Sullivan P. Co. 16 av 145
at $7.50. r

Kendall sold same 5 av 130 at $7.65, 21
av 150 at $7.65.

Cheney sold same 7 av 140 at $5, 20
av 155 at $7.50.

Duelle sold Hammond, S. & Co. 35 av
135 at $7.25.

Groff & S.
at $7.

Haley sold Mich. B. Co. 16 av 135 at $7.

Johnson sold same 12 av 140 at $7.10.

Haley sold Caplis 3 av 140 at $5, 11 av
165 at $7, 5 av 150 at $7.

Wagner sold Newton B. Co. 5 av 100
at $5, 21 av 150 at $7.

Morris sold McMillan 7 av 155 at $5,
25 av 150 at $7.50.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 1,280. Good stock steady; all
kinds of sheep very dull; old sheep not
wanted.

Terhune
av 745 at

sold Thompson 23 av 145

Best lambs, $7; fair to good lambs.
$6606.80; light to common lambs, $56116;

spring lambs, $8608.25; fair to good sheep,
$4604.25; culls and common, $2fut2.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, \V. &
Co. 7 sheep av 115 at $3, 15 do av 90 at
$3.50, 49 mixed av 70 at $5.50, 5 sheep av
120 at $3; to Newton B. Co. 25 lambs av
70 at $7; to Mich. B. Co. 10 sheep av 102
at $3, 10 do av 114 at $4.25; to Harland
21 spring lambs av 58 at $8.25; to Fitz-
patrick Bros. 9 do av 70 at $8, 18 do av
65 at $8, 19 lambs av 75 at $6, 9 shecp av
110 at $3.50, 18 spring lambs av 65 at
$8.25, 5 do av 60 at $8.25, 4 sheep av 100
at $4.50, 9 lambs av 78 at $7, 9 sheep
av 70 at $4.

Spicer, M, & R. sold Eschrich 7 sheep
av 100 at $2, 59 do av 70 at $3.50; to
Mich. B. Co. 30 mixed av 88 at $4.85, 20
sheep av 90 at $5.50, 54 mixed av 90 at

$5.15, 25 lambs av 80 at $6.85, 6 sheep
av 111 at $4. _
Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 1.3

lambs av 77 at $7, 6 do av 88 at $7.

Haley sold Sullivan P. Co. 11 sheep av
95 at $4, 55 lambs av 73 at $7.

Duelle sold same 7 sheep av 67 at $5.

Kendall sold same 13 spring lambs av
55 at $7.60.

Merritt sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 14 spring
lambs av 65 at .

Wilson sold same 10 sheep av 91 at
4 25

Haley sold same 43 do av 68 at $4.50.

Morse sold McMillan 2 sheep av 80 at
$5.50, 5 do av 100 at $3.50.

Johnson sold Thompson Bros. 26 sheep
av 110 at $3.

Wagner sold Newton B. Co.
av 120 at $3, 7 mixed av 88 at $5.

2 sheep

Hogs.

Receipts, 2,892. Market 25@35c lower
than last Thursday.

Range of prices: Light to good butch-
ers. $7./406177.60; pigs, $6.50@6.75; light
yorkers, $76117.25; stags, 1,4, off.

Bishop, B. & H .sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 281 my 160 at $7.50, 323 av 170 at
$7.55, 115 av 160 at $7.45, 29 av 150 at
$7.30, 117 av 150 at $7.40, 100 av 140 at
$7.25, 66 av 220 at $7.35, 41 av 130 at $7.10.

Sundry shippers sold same 49 av 180
at $7.35, 207 av 210 at $7.50, 46 av 200
at $7.60.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 79
av 175 at $7.50, 7 av 225 at $7.60, 90 av
210 at $7.65.

Sundry shippers sold same 31 av 150
at $7.55, 41 av 160 at $7.50.

Spiccr, M. & R. sold Parker, W. & CO.
135 av 195 at $7.60, 370 av 185 at $7.55,
140 av 160 at $7.40, 85 av 160 at $7.35.

Sundry shippers sold same 81 av 165 at
$7.3 , 41. av 190 at $7.40, 78 av 180 at
$7.45, 72 av 160 at $7.50, 67 av l at 37,51

 

Friday’s Market.
June 18, 1909.
Cattle.
The run of cattle on Friday was un-
usually light, there being but 236 head on

sale. They were sold early at steady
Thursday’s prices.
We quote: Dry-fed steers and heifers.

$6626.25: steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1.200,
347560525; steers and heifers. 800 to
1,000, $4604.75; grass steers and heifers
that are fat, 500 to 700, $4694.50; choice
fat cows, $4.25; good fat cows, 33.757274;
common cows, $3693.25; canners, $2@2.25:
choice heavy bulls, $4,604.25; fair to good
bolognas, bulls, $3.75@4; stock bulls, $3.50;
choice feeding steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.25
((24.75; fair feeding steers, 800 to 1,006,
$4624.25; choice stockers, 500 to 700, $4611
4.25: fair stockers, 500 to 700. $3.50@3.75;
stock heifers, $350624: milkers, large,
young, medium age, $40@45; common
milkers, $256930.

Spicer, M. & B. sold Cooper 11 feeders
av 720 at $4.30.

Same sold Mich. B. 00. 14 steers av
938 at $5.

Bishop. B, & H. sold Goose 9 cows av
740 at $2.85.

Same sold Bresnahan 2 cows av 880
at $2.25.
Sheep and Lambs.

The few sheep and lambs on sale brot
steady Thursday's prices. Drovers are
cautioned against buying common heavy
grassers as there is no market here for
this class and they will be sure to lose
money, no matter how cheap thev may

look in the Country.

Best lambs, $7; fair to good lambs,
356115.50; light to common lambs “@400;
spring lambs, $8@8.50; fair to good sheep,
$4604.50; culls and common, $2.50@3.25.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan 9 lambs
av 82 at $7, 7 sheep av 120 at $4.25.

Haley sold same 10 lambs av 70 at $5.50.

Bishop, B, & H. sold Mich. B. CO. 3
lambs av 83 at $6.75, 2 sheep av 140 at
$3.50, 16 do av 130 at $4.25, 18 lambs av
90 at $7.25.

Hogs.

The hog trade for good stock was 5‘@10c
higher than on Thursday, eight cents
ers, $775608; pigs, $6.75; light yorkers,
$761750; grasscrs, $7@7.50; stags V3 off.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 61 av 181 at $8, 33 av 160 at $7.75,
184 av 185 at $7.90, 104 av 175 at $7.50.

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

 

The rapid reduction in the stocks of
provisions is one of the principal strength-
ening influences in the hog market.
When June opened the stocks of provis-
ions in Chicago w" ehouses were down
to 134,812,956 pou'ds, compared with
142,352,680 pounds a month ago and 157,-
496.126 pounds a year ago. It is their
relative chcapncss as compared with
other meals that makes hog meats, both
fresh and cured, so popular with the peo-
ple. At the same time they are much
higher than in other years, and in Chi-
cago retail markets sliced cured ham
costs 25c per pound, with other meats
similarly high. Stocks of cut meats at
all leading western packing points de-
creased 22,000,000 pounds during May,
compared with a decrease of only 5,300,-
000 pounds in May 1908, and an increase
of 43,000,000 pounds in May, 1907. Sep-
tember pork has advanced to $20 per bar-
rel, the highest price in years, Swift &
Company and Armour & Company being
reported in control of the stocks.

The board of directors of the Inter.
national Live Stock Exposition are al-
ready making plans for making the ex—
hibition next fall the greatest and best
ever held. The cattle associations are
arranging to offer larger stuns for special
prizes, and more attention will be paid
to red polled cattle. Special prizes will
be offered by many individual breeders,
and feeder cattle will be brot into greater
prominence than in the past. All breeds
of sheep will be placed on the same foot-
ing, and there will be a new classification
of breeding hogs, while substantial
awards will be made for barrows. The
various horse associations will offer more
special prizes than ever before, and the
Clydesdale Association will almost double
its former appropriation. There will be
a two-weeks' show, but no exhibitor will
be compelled to kccp cattle. hogs or
sheep there after the end of the first
week.

One of the largest sheep commission
firms in the l'nited States announces that
present indications are for good prices
the coming season, as it is believed that
while thcrc will be :1 heavy supply of
sheep, the lamb supply will not be very
large. The firm informs its country pat-
rons that, from the best kntwvledgc in
its possession, and it has made careful
investigations all over the sheep—feeding
districts, prices for lambs will rule ma-
terially higher than last year. The high
price If the spring \\'001 clip is an im-
portant factor, and the wool market IS
looked upon as the pulse of the sheep
situation, high priced pelts and wool

creating a speculative demand. Every-
body wants to buy these commodities
when high, and for this reason good

pl‘iccs for the season now beginning are
expected. ”Gr-asset‘s" will soon show up
in the Chicago market, and already the

Missouri river markets have received
some consignments that sold at pretty
high pr'ccs. Texas and Arizona sheep
have sold as high as was cvcr known,

and a few trains brot higher prices than
cycr before. ’l‘hc quality of the Arizona
sheep is very good, while Texas sheep,
owing to the dry weather, are not very
good, but they have sold high, consider-
ing this, Southern spring lambs have
begun to be markctcd with some freedom,
and they will be coming for about sixty
days. After that fa‘rly good runs of
lambs from the west may be expected.
The early southern spring lambs are usu-
ally much poorer in quality than the
later offerings. Chicago packers have
been getting most of their spring lambs
from Louisvillc direct. The recent lamb
market has bccn extraordinarily high,
with prime wooled Colorado flocks selling
in the Chicago stockyords close to $10
pcr 100 pounds and primc clipped last
year’s lambs close to $9. Such a condi-
tion seldom seen, extremely little feed—
ing having been ione of late. Tllc wool
market is :wlive and excited, and re-
cently 240 per pound was paid at Miles
City, Montana. the high point of the year.
it is stated that much of the wooi west
of Pfit‘alcllu, Idaho, has been conlrxtvtcd
for at 17677200, being from 5@60 higher
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BY FRANCIS GALBREATH INGERSOLL.

Mr. Pike wanted a wife. The female
sex, not being an item included in stock
quotations, or the market fluctuations,
had no business ratings by which to judge
of their individual matrimonial value.

Mr. Pike, therefore, with the methodi-
cal methods ineulcated by several years’
clerkdom, made a systematic study of

“woman"—as she. appeared in “advice to-

young unmarried" publications replying
to anxious swains or despairing lovers.

Of the few young ladies whom he
had met in his rare hours of relaxation
from business, Miss Jessie Sanders
seemed the most promising upon whom to
test the correctness of said “anstvers to
correspondents.”

These latter, however, were so conflict-
ing that Mr. Pike was unable to fix upon
one solid peg upon which to hang the
matrimonial hat. Until-—

“By jinks!”-—slapping his knee—“I‘ve
found it; if she comes up to that, I‘ll
propose.”

He read again: “A wife‘s attire should
be immaculate at any hour of the day, no
matter what work in which she may be
engaged,” etc.

“That's sense,” he declared. “Tl/lore
is no more excuse for a woman to lo
untidy, than for a man to be Slovenly.
1 am sure”— here he surveyed his speck-
less vest and natty trousers complacently
——“there could be no avocation in whicn
1 could engage, and not be suitably and
creditably attired.” His periods Of 0b-
scrvation had so far been limited to eve-
ning functions, at which Miss Sanders
shone, immaculately resplendent. At the
Very next one they attended, her charms
so overbalanccd his caution that he pro-
posed and was accepted.

In the retirement of his room that night
his raptures were so overbalanced by his
sense of unbusiness-likc precipitancy,
that he determined to view the matter—7
and the young lady—in uncompromising
daylight and amid prosaic household sur-
roundings.

A suddenly projected party gave an
excuse for an unexpected morning call.

\Vith the assurance of an accepted
lover, he stopped, at about 8 a. in, un-
announced into the Sanders dining room.

(:reat Scott! That “his” Jessie? He
could only gaze speechless at the trans-
iorination ----- hair combed tightly back; a
“s:1111t"—~positively a smut—on her nose,
(:1 very small speck by the way): a
slripeless calico garment covering her
from throat to heel, and “looking like

a—a"——on1y he had always supposed
"they” were white and “only \yorn—cr—.
er"——- His thots trailed into an inco-

herent jumble. Ills blushes and his feet-
ings caused his precipitate retreat with
an unintelligible muinblc that Miss Jessie
was unable to translate.

That she was—barring the “smut”—
the personification of neatness, did not
impress itself upon him at all. lie could
not lift himself from the slough of (lo--
spend at the wreck of his heavi-nly vis-
ions of the future, and Miss Jessie saw
nothing of him for several weeks. She
puzzled over it in proud silence, until
the illness of his mother, housekeeper and
general t'aetotum for her son, and a rumor
of the absence of “hired help" gave her
an excuse for calling.

\Vith the freedom that obtains in a
small neighborhood, Miss Jessie entered
the house by the nearest—and back-—
way.

Ye gods! \Vhat an object met her
gaZe: A huge gingham apron, stranger
for many days to soap and water, on-
veloped Mr, I’ikc's manly form. A long
black smudge extended from brow to
thin; smears all over him; a sticky skillet
in one hand, and a rag—from its appear-
ance a part of the mop, but ignt'n‘antly
converted to higher uscsiiu the other,
he was too abject to be ludicrous.

it did not need a magician to tell that
Mr. Pike had been doing his masculine
best to fill the place of the much-needed
“help.” A stray bird had been dropping
bits for a while past that had given Miss
Jessie a key to the coldness of her
affianeed lover; and she promptly “rose
to the situation.”

“Well, Robert”——taking him all in with
one sweeping glance—“it seems there are
places where"-— but he cut her short
with such an abject repudiation of his
former sentiments that she had not the.
heart to heap any more coals upon his
repentant head.

HOME AND YOUTH:

“I think, Robert,” she mildly suggest-
ed, “if you will resign your present posi‘
tion and wash your face, the new ‘help'
will try to fill your place.”

Her scorn of his offer of the apron he
were completed his humiliation,

\Vhen she returned five minutes later,
with that same “shapeless” garment, and
proceeded to evolve dainty order out of
slovenly chaos, Mr. Pike would have
taken oath that a harp was the only
fitting accompaniment to that “angelic"
garment.

If Mrs, Robert Pike—nee Sanders—
should now appear in her kitchen a la,
chemise or in bloomers, Mr_ Pike would
affirm, and believe it too, that no woman
could attend to her household duties prop-
erly unless she Were attired in a gar-
ment of that identical cut.

LITTLE FARM FABLES.

BY AUNT QUILLIA.

Padfoot and Pilfer.

A family of mice—the Grayliugs—had
taken up their residence in a deserted
building. The house was a most desirable
one for a winter home, having been ce-
cupied the summer before by a smah
club of boys. I

These merry fellows, seemingly, had
not “ stood upon the order of their going,”
but e\idently had gotten out pell-mell,
leaving behind many a delicious morsel
in cupboard, box and jar, to say nothing
of numerous articles of cast-off clothing.
These last made the snuggest and warm-
est of nests, and the former, it need not
be said, afforded excellent opportunities
for foraging.

In Short, there was nothing to mar the
comfort of the family save a certain ele-
ment of discord which existed in the
unhappy nature of Pilfer.

He belonged to that class of individuals
whose personal rights seem to be the
only thing worth while in life, and, it
goes without saying, that those rights
Consisted in everything that he consid—
ered desirable. Furthermore, he was ex—
ceedingly alert and aggressive in main-
taining them.

Padfoot, on the other hand, was neither
selfish nor assertive, yet he was a bright
fellow possessed of more energy,
genec and conscience than any other
member of the household. However.
Pilfer, unable to comprehend his char—
acter, regarded him as decidedly stupid
and weak. “He is so easily imposed
upon,”
prefer him to any other member of the
family and shall continue to choose him
for a companion -111 my excursions.”

If there was a spot about the premises
where they were liable to encounter a
prowling cat, or if they chanced upon a
hole too small to admit Pilfer’s plump

body, Padfoot was readily persuaded it),

take the lead and pave the way for his
cowardly brother, whereupon, if no dan—
ger were met with, Pilfer came pomp~
ously after, claiming the best the place
afforded.

One night they came upon a box of
nuts in the attic which some boy, in the
confusion of departure, had quite for-
gotten. It was a strong box with no
visible opening save a small hole in one
corner.

Having
remarked:

carefully examined it, Pllff‘l'
“Now, Paddy, it is true that
this hole is a trifle small, and as I am
a little larger than yourself, I dare not
attempt an entrance until after you have.
tried it. I will remain behind, and if

you need it, will give you a push from-

without, then, if you succeed in getting
thru you can give me a pull from
within.”

After demurring for a few moments,
Padfoot‘s kindly nature asserted itselt
and he decided to make the trial. By a
strenuous effort he contrived to get about
a third of his body thru, but there he
stuck, so firmly \ycdgcd in that no strug-
gle on his own part nor help from Pilfcr
in the rear proved to be of any avail.
Many were the squeaks that rent the
midnight air; many the frantic kicks
that threw their queer, little, wavering
shadows on the moonlit floor.

Soon tiring of his useless boosting and
pushing from behind Pilfcr set out for
home, laughing till his plump sides shook
over what seemed to him a most comical
situation.

A little while before this unhappy ven-
ture. Grandpa Crayling had come to visit
the family. He was a quiet, thotful old
fellow, given to observation and consider—
able shrewd reflection.

Noting the absence of Padfoot the next
morning, and receiving no satisfaction
from his inquiries, he, after breakfast,
set out on a tour of investigation.

SFHE MICHIGAN .FARMER.

JUNE 26. 1909.

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ll“(guided by some mystericus instinct he
at once made for the attic and there
found the exhausted body of his favorite
dangling from the fatal hole.

Without comment he set to work and,
with .his teeth, which were still sound
and strong, he soon enlarged the opening.
and gently drew Padfoot to the floor.

Freed muscles, fresh air, and the feel—
ing of relief soon revived him, but no
sooner had he regained the power of
speech than he began to upbraid himself
and lament his unfortunate nature. “I
am so constituted,” said he, “that I cer-
tainly must appear weak and stupid to
others, and the worst of it all is, that that
is the estimate I put upon myself. New,
Pilfer is a great manager. He knows
how to take care of himself and get the
best of everything. His business instincts
are so sure, his mind so keen and his
will so strong, that altho he makes a.
good deal of discord, he controls every-
body and all seem to admire him. In-
deed, our parents laughingly call him the
family boss, whereas, if the truth were
known, I dare say they style me the
family booby. In fact, when I contem-
plate Pilfer’s bold, bright talents I wish
I had never been born.”

“Tut! tut! my child," said Grandpa
Grayiing. “Your views are quite distorted.
True, the noblest characteristics are
sometimes underrated. Without fear of
spoiling you I will say that you are
superior to all in the family. Conscience,
kindly feeling, and justice toward others
are sometimes mistaken for weakness,
but rest assured that neither the bright-
est nor strongest, but more often the
most selfish one is the family despot."

THE MULBERRY TREE.

BY ALONZO RICE.
The mulberry stands on the side of the
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With the fleecy clouds over it lazy and
still;

A silkworm of fancy now spins from its
leaves

A thread of gold tinsel while memory
weaves

A fabric as fine as those looms of the
East,

In hues like the ones of the gay Flower
Feast!

Below it, the river with lover—like arm

Enfolds the fair landscape with many a
charm;

The low- -bending willows that trail in the
tide,

And the silvery sy camores rising in pride;

In the leaf— checkered shade Weber the
honey bees sing,

Hark, a sweet invitation the lily bells
ring

To stop. for a moment and rest, but
for me

There is beauty alone in the mulberry
tree!

In the past, all the wonders‘its covert
possessed,

From the velvety leavcs to the well-

roundcd nest;

(if the robin that built on the sentinel
limb,

Where poised at the nightfall there trenr-
bled a hymn

Far richer than those of the sirens" fair
isle,

That tempted Ulysses to pause for a
While!

The woodpeckers throng where the red
berries drip

V‘Vith liquid as sweet as e‘er moistened
he lip

Of the. fond devotee where the tail lilies
grow

And the drops of rich B‘u1gund\ sparkle.
and flow!

N0 revel of midnight has dazzled the
head

That peeps from the covert 111 turban of
red;

A feast to the gods do the berrics bestow,

To the birds 111 the branches, the poet
below!

There the little sapsucker, with many a
dot

Has circled the trunk, and in each hidden
spot

The berries have dropped by the same
mystic spell

As the manna that once in the wilder-
ness fell!

To the. very first limbs where we clung
with one hand,

With a lift from a
easily land

Among them; then upward we went at
our case,

Close clasping the trunk with our hands
and' our knees;

And, thick fell the shower of fruit, pit-
a-pat,

Plump into the basket, or bri1:1d—bri1nmed
straw hat!

friend, we could

Like a palm in the desert, its branches
oft rise,

When the sand burns my feet and the
sun blinds my eyes.

Then I seek its cool shadow, and often

I seem . .
To see that fair city John saw 1n 111s
dream‘; . _
I sit by the fountain that flows by is
roo o,t

And drink the clear water and eat the
sweet fruit,

While the peace in its shadow that falls
over me

Is as calm as once rested on glad Galilee!

  

CARE OF LAMPS.

' - BY 0. E. HACHMAN.

While nothing will equal the soft,
steady glow of lamp light for reading
purposes, the lamp must be properly
cared for to give satisfactory results.
There is no reason for a lamp smoking 01
scenting the room with the unbearable
odor of kerosene. These few simple-
rules will prevent any unpleasant scent-
ing and smoking if adhered to: The
lamps should be cleaned each day and
the burners boiled every two weeks. The
wicks should never be trimmed with
shears, but wiped off with a soft cloth.
If the wick is trimmed with the shears
there are always jagged or uneven por-
tions left, which cause the flame to
flare and the lamp to smoke. The
charred portions of the wick should be
carefully wiped off each day, when a
steady symmetrical light will be obtained.
To boil the wicks is a wise precaution to
prevent them from smoking. Wicks
should be hot in bunches, placed in a
porcelain kettle, covered with strong
vinegar (bring the vinegar to a boil), and
set the kettle where it will keep warm
for a. few hours. Then drain out the
wicks, dry thoroly and keep away from
dust. Wicks thus treated will hardly
ever smoke. All the metal portions of
lamp burners should be boiled in strong
soda for ten minutes, rinsed and dried
in sun or on the stove. Never leave the
wicks turned up when the lamps are not
in use, for the oil will ooze out and run
down the base, creating not only an un-
pleasant odor, but making the lamps dis-
agreeable to handle. Never allow a light-
ed lamp to remain for any length of time
with the wick turned down, for it will
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MIXING FAT INTO DOUGH.

 

In experiments conducted at the Ont-
ario Agricultural College by Miss M. U.
Watson, it was found in the case of his—
cuits in which the shortening had been
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

into the flour, and by also mixing in the
melted shortening, that equally good re-
sults were obtained as regards outward
appearances and the way the dough had
risen, but on breaking the biscuits made
with melted butter they were found to
be of inferior texture and seemed very
tough, while in the biscuit in which the
butter .was rubbed into the dough the
texture was much better, more spongy
and quite tender. When these methods
of mixing in fat were tested with cookies
the samples were found to be very much
alike after baking, one being as good as
the other.

HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

 

 

I have discovered that hot milk is
much better than boiling water for re-
moving berry stains.

Beefsteak should not be salted until
done and ready to take from the skillet.
It should not be pounded or prodded with
a fork while turning as that allows the
juices to escape. M. A. P.

 

CANNING PEAS AND CORN.

I can every sort of vegetable, such as
string beans, asparagus, peas, etc., by
boiling in salted water until done, then
put them in glass cans while boiling hot
and screw down cover as tight as can be.
Set the cans in a dish and cover half way
up with boiling water and let them boil
hard until the cover bulges up a little
in the center. Take out..and if the covers
seem loose tighten them down.

For corn I always out from the cob and
pack in the glass jars raw. Screw down
covers tight enough to prevent water
from getting under and place cans in
cold water and let come to a boil. Boil
2 hours steady for pint cans and 3 hours
for quart cans.

For tomatoes I scald and peel and place
in jars raw and set cans in oven in drip-
ping pan with a small amount of water
in the pan. I put no water in the cans as
tomatoes make their own juice. Half
an hour is long enough in a but even. I
usually stew some on the range at the
same time to fill up any cans that are
not full enough. I canned 40 quarts of
tomatoes this way last year. Have 12
quarts on hand now. Every can kept
perfectly.

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INDEX

FOR VOL. XXX".
From January I to July l,1909.

 

 

Lr
Farm. for potatoes, seeding floors for the granary
After a heavy 111111— clover 011 sandy land. beets in the c1op 111—.
what then? ........518 1; destroying moles. 2; W10“ 413: gladinf-T
After the corn is in....5!1s rape {is a forage crop, Hie l1aIii\:11d,4li;
Alfalfa '17“; fertilizing new land, treating seed potatoes
an experiment with ...143 :35: managing :1 small I01 Will). eiadicatii 1g
experience in inocula- farm, 45: the managc- bLlehorn, fertilizing
ting soil for ........ 494 ment of muck sell, 69; lmtutoes, 437; land not
lime for .............. 33;; outs in the crop rota- ln‘Odueing well rape

or mammoth clover “383 tion, 71);

requisites for success nure in the
with .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 93:11 substitute for hay,
some thots on ........ 214 94;

ground,
d a 111 a g e
worms, 117;

success with late, sown 1139
with barley .......... 178
seed in lVIichigun .....:'1‘.!\'
Alsike clover ...........;1‘.l to

Artichokes, additional 118; graSSes for bot— ill‘CVcllt blight, 160;
pointers on ........ 4111‘ 111111 lands, making the line fence 111-01)-
Barn, good grain and concrete stable floors, lom, 471); the clay“;
stock ............... 26 soils for alfalfa, ll‘J; root borer, 4213; how to
Barnyard manure, les— should We apply limo cultivate the corn
sons from our Swiss to 0111' soils? how crop, liovv 111:1113- ker-
cousins on utiliza- lime is applied, l111\\' ncls per hill, i111; corn
tion of .............. 'Ill frequently applied. \‘s peas and oats, fer—
lean crop, prepare f11 C193 growing cowpeas with tiiizing potatoes, tip-
Beans, fertilizer formula _ corn, 173; making con« crop rotation and soil
for "1.! erete drain tile, alfalfa fertility, SIT; handling

lhst farm crop the. ...278 on hilly

Business end of f:'11111‘1ng. paring for a record nurc. buckliorn, de-
the ................. 3'72 crop of potatoes, lTl; stroying weevil, win-’
(‘ :1nada thistle business. ridding land of Can.:1d1 ier barley, 55:7; millet
get out of: .......... 414 tliislles, sol-din" 11,1111 as :1 forage crop,
Clay, treating hard, stubble with pasture 53X; sweet clover as :1
heavy for sugar crop, sugar becis in forage crop, handling
beets ............... 27 the crop rotation, 111an11notl1 clover for
Clearing land of soft seeding alfalfa with seed, preparing: potato
wood stumps ...... 7 wheat, 21:1; seeding ground for sugar beets,
(,‘lchr root—borers, ex- clover in rape, flax cul- 537; fertilizing pota-
perience with ...... 579 ture in Michigan, 314: toes. 553; fertilizing
(“ioverseed for future concrete foundation beans, does the 11111—
use ...... ‘ ........... 3 for barn. seeding we! nurc spreader pay?
Concrete bridges for land, 2246; cucumbei fertilizing worn ciav
country highways ..llS culture, hay, lo1':1g_c Soil. 577:7wild carrots,
(‘onveyances on the and grain crops, 27?; when to plant beans,
farm ............... 71 the bean crop, sow- 578; treating seed corn.
(‘1)111 p1obiems ......... 558 ing alfalfa seed with treating potatoes for
Cowpeas useful in build- clover, how should we scab. seeding low land,
ing up soil .......... 310 sow clover seed, 311:1; seeding a sandy hill.
Cow stable floor too fertilizing corn, crops 597: a short vs. :1 111119;
smooth ............. 351 and grass for swamp rotation, fertilizing
Disk harrow for new: land, 310: fail seeding potatoes. CUtWUI‘mS.
land ............... 214 of alfalfa, sowing rape. laying tile 1'11 muck
Do not be discouraged..518 with oats, 3411; the land. 617: catch crops
Elm lumber for lath and management of the in the rotation. work
plaster silo .......35.’5 woodlot, fertilizing po- of the season ......... 633
English sparrow, the. 26 tatoes, 382; seeding Farm production, an in-
Ensilage corn; red c1111.. 47 worn land to clover, crease. in .......... 3
Evergreen corn as for- sowing rape in wheat Farm work, planning .. 25
age crop ........... 41-1 or rye, seeding sandy Fence for pigs and
Farm account, keeping field, spring seeding to chickens ........... 471
a ................... s6 grasses, 382; preparing Fence rails, save the
Farm ideals .......... 2 for the corn crop, broken ............. 177
Farm management .. 95 cutting alfalfa the Fertilizer questions..71, 578
Farm Notes—Floats as first season, growing Fertilizers for rutaba-
an absorbent, fertilizer millet for hay, cement gas and mangeis...538

storing 1na- for

fertilizing corn.
success with .........55‘3 seeding stubble (1181.
how to lessen
from eul—

increase

ground, pre—

   
 

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Each of- the chief organs of
the body is a link in the
Chain of Life. A chain is
no stronger than its weak-
est link, the body no strong-
er than its weakest organ.
if there is a weakness of
stomach, liver or- lungs,
there is a weak link in the
chain of life which may
snap at any time. Often
this so-called “weakness"
is caused by lack of nutri-
tion, the result of weak-
ness or disease of the
stomach and other organs
of digestion and nutrition.
Diseases and weaknesses
of the stomach and its
_ allied organs are cured by
1 the use of Dr. Pierce’s
Golden Medical Discovery.
When the weak or diseased
stomach is cured, diseases
of other organs which
SEEM remote from the

stomach but which have
their origin In a diseased
condition of the stomach
and other organs of diges-
tion and
cured also.

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young farmer’s expe-
rience with ........ 470
Forage crops,
view of

Forest trees, experience
with transplanting..470

Forestry, an experiment

............

in practical ........ 82
Forestry questions ..... 26
Gasoline engine on the

farm ............ 46, 313

Grass, great difficulty in
getting catch of .. .151
for permanent pasture 32
6 4

Hungarian millet ......
Ice house on the farm 94
Is it profitable? ........ 70
Late spring and the
price of hay ...... 598
Light sandy soils, treat-
ment of ............. 350
Lillie farmstead notes,
............. 351, 415, 538
Managing a small farm
................... 121, 215
Manure, drawing out in
winter ............. 175
Manure problem, the ...310
Manure questions ...... 70
Manure spreader, expe-
rience with ........ 618

Maple sugar, making ..151
Maple sugar and syrup

making ........215. 247
Moon does not affect
crops ..............57S
Peas and oats, ques-
tions about ........ 438
as a grain crop ...... 383
Perillus claudus, more
about .............. 383
Permanent meadows and
pastuies ........... 177
Pickle cucumber grow—
ers’ festival ........ 634
Plant breeding, practi-
cal ............. 119,175
Plow, gang or two- bot— "
tom ................ 1.1010
Policy, frequent changes
in unprofitable .....
Potato bug, new enemy
of .............. 120, 177
Potato crop, our ........ 119
England‘s ............ 71
Potato questions ...... 216
Potatoes, dry for food. .578
fertilizers for ........ 579
for the general far-
mer ................ 618
Problems of the farmer,
some of the ........ 470

Rape sown in wheat and
rye, success with ..438
Road pointers ......... 120
Road question ...... 120, 579
Roadside improvement .416
Root crops, more 011 the

farm ............... 150
Round-up institute ....2415
Sand dune soil, reclaim-

ing a .............. 278

Season rushin the ....63'
1 g

Seed corn, testing t11e..246
Seeding sandy soil 70
Seeding to grass alone.313
Sparrow trap, a success-

ful ................. 150
Spring work, getting
ready for ...... 176, 382
Stable manure, what
part is used first
year ................ 350
Sugar beets, 21 or 28
inch 1ows .......... 178
Sugaring, at the close
of .................. 35?.
Swamp, (haining a black
ash ................ 634
The drainage .......... 439

"limber as a farm crop 94
\\ hit shall we do with
if’t

\\ l11t(l‘ r1epii1i11g.
\\'ircworms. afraid of ..350
\Vood supply, the ...... 46

for summer .......... 3

Live Stack.

Affinity of breeds on
cross brecding ..... 124

Animals, cruelty to '5
Artichokes for hog ra—
tion ................ 219
Beef rings, on organiz—
ing 217
Berkshire congress, the
American ..........356
Breed interests, promo-
tion of .........".85, 387

iirccrdcr and F c c d c 1‘
Pr:1blc11’1s.-~~'l‘he grain
ration for the breeding
flock, cowpeas as a
green forage for hogs.
4: the show sheep
controversy, 122: grain
consumed by fattening
steers, wet vs, dry
meal for pigs, 153;
silo for sheep, the
spring care of the
work horses. 180; care
of ewes and lambs,
217: fattening mature
hogs, the best ration
for fattening pigs, 280;
corn vs. corn-and-
eob meal, bean pods
for sheep, 384; raising
the calf. 417; turning
the stock to pasture,
a ration for breeding
ewes. a ration for
horses, 440; the ra-
tion for the farm team,
472; selecting a sire,
4971; summer forage
for the hogs, a ration
for the work horse,
519; there is no best
breed ................. 580

Roars. developing the ..581

Bovine tuberculosis and

its economic bearing 97

Calf, early treatment of.520

letting suck cow ...... 249
Cement hog house and

pens ................ 48

Colt, care of young ....559

Does fitting for exhibi—
tion injure sheep for
breeding? .......... 125

   

THE ‘ 'MIGHIGAN FARMER.‘.

Dog, 3. well trained
farm ........ 5
the farmer’s. ......... 218
Draft horses, importance
of 'size in .......... 21
Ensilage for breeding4
ewes ...............
Ewes, give old good1
care ............... 419
Flock, sorting the ...... 28
Foals, prepare for ...... 317
Foot-and-mouth quar-
antine, end of ...... 495
Grain for pigs ........ 582
to feed with skim-
milk to calves ...... 582
Hog pasture, peas and
oats for ............ 417
Hog trof, a handy ...... 28
Hogs, a ration for ...... 217
corn silage for .. ..... 317
experiment with .....599
few words about ..... 355
Horse is king, the ...... 28
Horse breeding, govern—
ment work in ...... 582
Horse raising on the
farm ............... 495
H01ses shoulder, ca1e4_a
.................. 4..
Horses, corn vs. oats fo1
work ............... 635

for Michigan better . 3.54
type for farmers to

raise ............... 153
Lambing season, prepare
for ................. 15
Lambs. good gains on
western ............ 179
low vitality in . . . . . . .384
rearing cosset ........ 472
unthrifty ............ 580

white scours among..355

Large litters, are they
desirable? ..........
Law of breeding, the. .317

Live stock meetings .30, 72

Inc stock notes, 7:1,99, 155,
181, 281, 319, 419, 47.5,
495, 521, 541, 560, 581,
582.

Mares and colts, winter-
ing ................

Meat consumption, in
leading countries 29

in the U. S. ........ 5
Mules, breeding. growing
and training . . . . . . . .599
Organization ........... 180
Pasture crops, supple-
mentary ............. 5 40

Pig record, a good, 29,122,
154, 219, 250.
Piggery, an tip—to—date..l79
Pigs, don’t have un-
thrifty ............. 635
management of young.580
ringing and castrat—

ing ................. 250
Pork from a bushel of
corn ............... 2S
Quarters for 301mg
lambs .............. 218
Sheai ing, early ....... .520
fav ors early ........ .560
She (p, abusing the .... .259
and their (aie ........ 249
another View 0 n
abuse ................ 316
bloat in .............. 619
change of iced f'oI 23
in flyt ime ’1'19
shearing ............. 384
showing at fairs ...... 49
ticks and ............. 441

Sheep feeding, economy
in ....................
Shecp pasture, the ....495
She -c p tic ks ............ 63.1
Silo foi basement bain. .582
Sin s lllii11(11( t. on pio-
iificacy ............2'1
Sonic theories cxplodcd.47.“1
Sows and pigs, feeding.619
Spring litter, getting
ready for .......... 417
State breed meetings
.................. 96, 122
Stock, ice water for . .. 29
Sticccss with pigs andr

lambs ............... 120
Swim deuloping 37mmr

lac-(ding ........ 119, 539

e:"11l3 matuiity in .....559

family line in herd ...179
market classes and

g‘l'lliics (11' .......... 4
Swine illtt dcrs (01'1-
grcss ............... 280

'l‘11be1'cult'1sis, i11c'~1t11sing
prcvalcncy of ani-

mal13‘)
Veal. the raising of ....599
\eal calf feeding the. 4.41
how to handle ......... 316
\eilcal\cs.f11ttcniug ..1‘116
\Varning, a .............540
“'here are we on Ycliti-
lation” ............. 181
Wool tying, stoiing and
grading ............. 280
Veterinary.
Abnormal heat ....560, 561.

Abortion ....... NS, 182. 418

Abscess, 141, 2:11, 2.92, 318,
418, 442, 474

Acidity of stomach. 6, .50,
2:0, 221, 282, 386, 413,

561.
Acute congestion .. . . . . .386
Acute indigestion ..39, 636
Acute rheumatism ..... 418
Anemic 986
Atrophy of 1nuscl<s.. .620
Azoturia ................ 636
llarbwirc (ut .......... 1:16
liarren cow, 318, 418, 520,

620.
Warren mare . . . . . .317. 600
Rig head ...............2ii3
Blind quarter .......... 442
Blocked quarter .... . . . .221
Blocked udder . . . . . . . . . .561
lildbd poison . . . . . . . . . .220
Bog spavin, 156 358, 418

442, 561.
Bone spavin . ......... 283
Brain trouble .. . . . . . . . .541
needing mares ....... 474
Bruised abdomen . . . . . . .560

heel ..................
hock ......... . ....... 442

shin 182

shoulder . . . . . . . ....... 418
udder ...... ..........443
Bunch in udder ........ 520
Bursa] swelling, 319, 496,
520.
Calf sucks cows ....... 282
will not suck ........ 283
Cancerous growth on
eye ................. 3S6
Castrating lambs and
calves .............251
Canker . . ............... 474
Catarrh ................ 636

Chronic cough ....19, 357
stocking .............. 6

Coffin joint lameness,
................ 221, 358

Colic ................... 282

Collar boil .............. 182

Colt has nose bleed ....358
Congested udder .474, 541
Congestion of lungs ....269
Conjunctivitis, .50, 220, 221
Constipation, 156 386, 561
Contagious abortion. .19, 39
Contracted hoofs ..282, 3.58

Contraction ............ 221
Cough. 99, 220, 221, 318, 386,
531.
Cow-pox ................ 541
Cow holds up milk 50
leaks milk ............ 636
urinates before milk-
ing ................. 62

teat has two openings62

Cracked heels 182, 221,358,

520, 560, 600
Cramps ............ 442, 520
Crippled chicks ........ 496
Curb ................... 318
Diabetes ................ 386
Dan rhoea ............. 418
Diseased tail .......... 520
tooth ................. 283
Dislocation of stifle
joint .............. 318
Displaced patella . . . . . .560

Distemper, 6, 85, 318, 442,
496, 600, 636.

Dog has worms ........ 182

vertigo ............... 591
Dropsical swelling ...... 359

udder ................ 39
Dropsy, 283, 431, 474, 600
Dry cough ............. . 86

cew ...... . ........... 561
Dysentery .............. 125
Dyspepsia ........... 39, 50
Eczema ....39 50, 282, 591

Enlarged gland, 319, 386, 531
hock ..................

kncc ............. 109, 269
shin .................. 283
ligament ............. 318
throat glands ......... 620

Enlargement inside of

hock ............... 418
Eversion of vagina .496
Excessive bowel action.125
Exostosis on thigh ...... 560
Fibrous bunch on fet—

100k ................
Fistula ..1‘8, 386, 561, 5.91
1' loor f01 cow stable . . . .220
Foot sm‘cncss . . . . . . . . .. 99
Fracture ............... 418
Fractured shoulder . . . . .220
Capes in chickens ..... 620
Gargct, 39. 85, 220, 358, 386,

520, 636

Gastric fever .......... 620
(licase hccl .............541
(1111113 .................. 418
Hard milking cows ..... 1:16
Heart disease .......... 109
Heifer does not come in
heat ................ 600
sticks out tongue ....2:58
with two teats grown

iogctllcr ............ 41
Hernia ........3.’19, 443, 636
Hock lameness ........ .2118
Horse sweats while rest-

ing 283
Impaction of bowels .. . .418
Imperfect teeth ........ 474
Inactive bowels ........220
Infected udder, 3.86, 541, 560,

636.

Indigestion, 6, .219. 50, 5
99, 109, .156, 182, 220,
:21, 282, 283, 31.3, .4719,
358, 386, 1:11, 11.12, 4:16,
561, 591, 600, 6.26.

Inflamed foot ..........282
Influenza ....109, 251, 474
Inflammation of heel ...‘th’
Injured spine .......... 620
teat .................. 125
tendon ................ 496
Inverted vagina ...... .220
Irritation of bowels .3 8
urinary organs ....... 620
generative organs .. . .620
Itch 282
Kickei ................. 443
Kidney disease ........ 99
Knee puncture ......... 141
sprungr ......251, :',161 636
Knuckling .........283, 600
Lame cow ............. 442
Laminiiis . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351’
Laryngitis ......... 182, 418
Lcucorrhoc: 1, 6, 3,86 442,
560.
Lice ........ 63,141 386, 591
Light milkcr ....... {57, 620
Liquid evacuations liom
bowels ............. 418
Liver disease ......511, 561
Looscness of bowels, 358,
418.
Loss of appetite, 6, 10.9, 3.59,
418. 496.
Ross of vision .......... 319
l' ux 1tio11 of stifle ......386
l1y111pl1angitis, 182, 220, 283,
118 3:19
Mammitis ......282, 358, 636

Mange, 6. 99, 141, 282, 520
Mangy condition of tail 29
Marc in heat regularly
but pregnant ......
injured whil e, fouling .443

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Malignant tumm ....... 182
Mare leaks milk ....... 474

poor milker ...... 182, 531
Mclanosis .........283, 443
Moon eyes .............. 319
Nasal catarrh ...... 63, 283

gleet .................. 319

polypus 3..86
Navicular disease, 221 443,
496 561
lameness . ........... 418
Nervousness ........... 443

Nodular disease .109 221
Obstruction of teat, 282,
318, 418, 474, 600.
OpagthOy of cornea, 19, 386,

Open joint ............. 386

Ophthalmia, 19, 85, 220, 221,
283, 541, 620.

Ozena ................ 99

Paragésis, 2,21 359, 474,520,

Partial. loss of power 50
Periodic ophthalmia, 6, 19

Pharyngitis ............ 636
Pigs not fed right ....359
Pin worms ............. 496
Pneumonia ............. 474
Poison ............... ...431
Pcrspires in stable .....418
too freely ............. 251
Quarter cracks ......... 386
Raising lambs on cow’s
milk ............ .. .386
Renal cholic ............ 39
lietgntgion of placenta, 109,
0

Rheumatism, 6, 358, 591,
620.

Rickets, 109, 156, 220, 442,
636.

Ringworm ...........,6 5
Ringbone ............... 600
Road puffs ............. 283
Roarer ............. 182,591
Scirrhus chord ........551
Scours, 156, 221,357,358,
418.
Scratches .............. 221
Seed wart .............. 474
Septic poison .......... 41
Shoulder lameness .,39 358
sweeney .............
Sluggish kidneys ....... 99
Snag in body .......... 182
Snagged ............... 50
Sore neck ............. 283
shoulder .............. 520
Sow has rheumatism . .591
Spasmodic colic ........ 251
Spasm of shoulder mus-
cles 591
of iar3'nx....50,99, 156
Spavin ................. 282
Spinal disease 220 251
meningitis ........... 358
Splint .......156, 220, 251
Splinter in mouth ...... 63
Sprained tendon ....... 496
Stringhalt . . . . . . . . . . . . .251
Sterile boar ............ 221
Stifie lameness ...357, 474
Stocking, 6, 99, 12.5, 221, 358.
Stomach staggers ...... 591
Stomach ............... 282
vertigo ...... 318, 561, 620
worms '120
Stricture .....283, 560, 620
Suppurating l31nphatic
glands ................
Surfeit ........ 85, 109, 2 11
Sweeney ................ 600
Swollen sheath ......... 283
Synovitis ............... 282
Tapeworm .............220
'l‘eat cut off ............ 418
'l‘eething ............... 50
Thick leg ...........358
Thoropin ..... 156,118, 418
Thrush, 50, 156, 442,474,
560.
Ticks .............. 125, 1.92
’I‘ongue loller ........... 418
Torpid kidne3 s, 6, i9, 109,
‘)
liver ................ . .283
'l‘ough milking cow ..... 99
'l‘uberculosis ........... 600
'l‘umor .................. 182
on tail ............... 636
I‘dder hemorrhages . . . .474
I’neven teeth .. . . . . . . .386
I'nthrifty colt .......... 474
Vaginal polypus ...'.220 561
\Varbles, 318, 357, 386, 431
\Varts . . . .99, 251, 496, 561
\Veak back, 39, 99, 156, 221
calf .................. 10 .9
heart action .... . .386, 636

ligaments ............ 125
\Veakncss. .109 141, 221,
496, (1211.

\Vcak shoulder, 282, 283,
318.
stomach 3'18
tendons .............. 318
“'ire cut ............... 442
\Vorms ................. 220
\\ oundcd teat ...... 50 221

Dairy,
Bang system of eradi—
cating tuberculosis .563
Barn, :1 proposed 11c\v..612

plans, criticism on ....422

remodeling old ....... 403
Buck wheat for cows.

ground ’121

jmiter, fishy flavor in..585

making gilt—edged ...202
questions about ...... 612
washing ............. 563
will not come ..... 65, 102
white specks in ......285

Butter—fat, docs feed in-
fluence the pchcnt
of .................. 65
Cement floors for cows.. 76
silo practical but cx-
pensive ............ 613

Churnmgs, cannot get
exhaustive ......... 77

Commercial starter . . . .512

Concentrates, lack of
phosphorus in ......284

Corn, does food \1iillO
deteriorate in s10 ..165

Corn meal with (0111
silage .............. ...

Cottonseed meal, feed-
ing 284

(‘UVe Itti
CUVVS ................
Cow a hard milking ..202
cost of keeping a year.337

cost of keeping a year
without pasture . . . .523

not doing well ........ 76

sell her for beef ...... 649

what is she worth ...564
Cow stable, arrangement

of .................. 157 '

system of ventilation
for ................. 146
Cow-testing associa-
tions, about organiz-
ing ................. 157
COWS, bean pods for ....202
best grain to buy for.554
do not give enough
milk ...... ’ ......... 201
doubling yield from
vs. halving number

of .................. 400
for supplying city

milk ............... 1 5
good ration for ...... . 32

good ration for good ..285
growing fodder for ..407
should freshen at what

time in fall'7 .......
six months record of

four good .......... 566
some more good ...... 650
udder affections in ...286
when to water ...... 146

Cows and calves at 1

Lillie Farmstead, \.
condition of ........ 406
Cream, bitter after three
or four days ......
experience with bit-
ter ................. 423
mixing warm with
cold .. .............. 563
secret of producing
good ................ 650

separator means in-
creased production .407
on the farm .......... 227
Creamery, results from.479
community, relation of.

, one to another ..... 32
Crop rotations for dairy
farm ...............
Daiiy breeds and breed-
ing ......... .
breeds of cows ..... . .361
calf, the ............. 553
cow, caring for in
summer ............ 513
developing a high
grade .............. 336

Dairy cows, tests with 613
value of high— produc-
ing ................... 47

Dairy farm, fertility of. 225
renting a ............. 287

Dairy feeding p1 oblems 21

Dairy feeds, nutritive

value of ............ 421

Dairy industry, growth

and development of.362

Dairy inspection, score—

card system of ..... 512
Dairy pointers .......... 4th
Dairy ration, cost of 2

Dairying, business prin—
ciples applied to ....464
example of intensive..261
relation of to soil fer—
tility ............... 29
vs. stock feeding . .462
Dairyme n' s meeting but-
ter and cheese at ..360
Ensilagc, sweet corn
for ................. 2
Value of .............. 336
vs. roots .............. 359
Fat content of milk, how
and why it varies... 3”.
Feeding queries ........ 479
Feeding question, a ....564

Grain, best to feed on
pasture ............. 650
for dry cows ...... 478

will it pay to buy for
cows? .............. 103

Grain ration, for cows
on pasture ......... 463

to go, with pasturc...554
with corn fodder, hay

and straw .......... 287
Grain to grass, changing
f10m ................ 359
Grains to buy .......... 158
Grand Rapids milk con—
test ................ 614
Herd, years weik of a
good ................ 337
Holstein, the type of
the ................. 407

Holstein Breeder's Assn,
additional 1cpo1t of.201
Man. his cow and her
care ............... 64
Miclr Dairymcn’s Assn,
dates and program
for ................. 158
25th annual
f

o ’_2 252
Milk, cost of p1odutmg 563
ice box for .......... 585
ptomainc pmsonmg
from ...............
pure, as a temperance
factor .............. 33

Milk and cream, getting

better for cream—
cries 583
Milk fever, prevention
of ................... 613
Model stall, the ........ 523
Molasses feeds, value of. .137
Monthly estimates vs.
actual daily Weights
of milk ............ 553
National dairy show
elects officers ...... 477
North Ottawa cow test—
ing assn., meeting
of ......... 478, 524, 623
Oakland Co. dairymen’s
assn., objects of ....3
Oil meal, will it pay to
buy? ............... 21 84

Peas and oats for cows. .210
{ape fo1 (ow pastuie..ll'1
Ration, a good liberal .. 77
ROots vs. silage for
cows ................ 340
Roughage, oat, pea. and
rye straw for ...... 15
Scours in calves . .563, 614
Separator, cleaning the. 478
value of ............. 20
Sepa1ato1s,p1a(tical val-
ue of cream ........ 359
S110, building a brick. .287
cement block vs. brick

details in constructing
a stave . ..... . ...... 360

JUNE 26, 1909.

development and- per-

fection of L ...... . 20
durability of wood. ..285
is it practical to build

a home- made . ..... 103
kind to build ...... .. 20
lath and plaster vs.

stave .......... . .410
plastering an old ..... 285

(“kegsztions about, 145, 564,
size of for 100 head of

stoek ............... 33
, stone vs. stave ....... 361
will it pay to build a. 565
Skim- milk, value of
sweet ............... 227
Soiling, and forage
crops .............. 513
as a supplement to
pasturing ........... 77
Stable floor, that
smooth ............. 478
Stable ventilation ...... 145
Stables, arranging the
cow ................ 408

Sweet corn, value of
picked for cows .. .585
Tubei cle bacilli in but-
ter ................. 406
Tuberculosis, eradicat-
ing bovine ...... .338
Ventilation
the ................. 254

'VVhy does dream test
vary? .............. 10

Year’s record from Mr.
Hurd ............... 423

Poultry and Bees.

Answers to inquiries
................. 235, 484
Apiary, locating the. .295
Apicultural notes ....... 32
Bee losses from back-
ward season ....... 569
Bees, getting out of box
hives ............... 484
qUestions about . .,234 445
Setting from cellar .295
Beekeeping for the ama-
teur ............... 100
helps for the beg in-

ner 320, 428, 528
Beeswax, rendering in

cold weather ....... 267
Black Javas, the ...... 235

Bronchitis in fowls ..165
Brood coop, a small that
has good points ....138

Capons, growing ........ 370
results with ........ 569
Chicks, feeding brooder. 589
growing ............. 528

handling and feeding
newlyb hatched

summer .............. 589
Chicken coop, a well
ventilated .......... 266

Chickens, care of young.320
how early may be had .138
Cleanliness most import-
ant in summer ....637
Crested white duck, the.138
Duck raising, hints on .. 78
successful method of.184
Ducks, experience with 234

Ducklings, rearing ..... 589
Egg-eating, to guard
against ............
Egg production, profit-
able, ...........
Egg? getting top prices
or ................. .
marketing ............ 569
to get fertile ......... 31

Eight-frame hives for
extracted honey .. . .371
Extracted honey, hints

on keeping ........
Feeding, trouble from

wrong ..........388
Flock, a paying ........ 23.5
Fowls, good quarters

for ................. 266

space required for ....428
Gapes, season favorable
to .................. 609
Good returns, how se—
cured ............... 2 6
Grain for layers, buying 31
Grain values. not fright-

cncd at ............ 609
Guinea fowl, the. .388, 414
Guinea hen, the ....... 266
Hatching and brooding,

why he prefers arti-

ficial ............... .51
Iienhouscs, c m e n t

floors for .......... 165
I-live bee. the .......... 51
Hive making, hints on

............. 78, 139, 185
House, for 50 or 60

hens ................ 484

narrow vs. wide . . . .484

Incubator and brooder
paid good money
chhorns, why popular.234
Lice, fight them now...609
keeping in check . 7
Liver trouble in hens ..529
Michigan poultry show.. 32
Michigan poultry shows,
dates for ...........
Poultry a housewife.

success with ....... 266
have 11 pl' 1c e for . . . .549
notes ................. 569

Poultry house, dampness
Ill ..................
Poultry house, observa-
tions on ........... 428
Poultry industry, mag-
nitude of .......... 621
Poultry mating ......... 294
I’oultry manure, utiliz-
ing ................. 5 .
Poult13 ration, succu-
lency in ............ 294
Poultry runs . . . . . . . . . . . .370
Poultry work, simplify—
ing the ............. 165
Profitable layers ........ 414
Queenlesss and weak c01-
onie .............. 234

Self- feeding trof for poul
try ................ 498
Setbacks, avoid in the
spring ............ 389
Shake swarming ....... 589
Sitting hen, lice on ....445

 

 

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