The Only Weekly Agricultural, Herticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.





VOL. CX_Lll. No. 10. i

Whole'Numbcr 3773.





 





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1914.





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50 CENTS A YEAR

82 FOR 5 YEARS.





Long Life Policies for Farm Equipment.





ROM now until the first of May

F extends a time during which ev-

ery owner of farm machinery

can make some money. Work spent

in repairing equipment, painting, oil-

ing harness, looking over machines

for repairs, now, will save breakages,

time and money during the busy sea-

sons .of next year. The small shop

is one of the most profitable build-

ings onthe farm. An assortment of

bolts, nuts, washers, rivets: wood-

screws, wire and leather, saves hours

of time spent in‘hunting the farm ov-

er when breakages of any kind occur.

The application‘of Poor Richard’s “A

stitch in time saves nine,” to the re-

pairing of farm equipment will return

greater dividends of profit to the farm

owner, for the amount of time and

money; invested, than any other oper-,

ation he goes through.- And it can

be dene now. Work is slack and time

plentiful. '-

In this day and age success in farm-

ing has come to depend largely upon

the use and proper management of

machinery. It has become a question

of the greatest possible economy in

time and labor. Economical manage-

ment of these tools is not only to get

the most efficient usage in the field

but to_ lengthen thein period of good

use as far as possible, and reduce the

cost of maintenance as low as pos-

sible._ To do this it is necessary to

have at-_least a few repair tools, ma‘

terials and facilities for keeping the

machinery in repair and good work-

ing order. ,



It has become the exception rather

than the rule, tosee machinery of

any kind, plows, drags or cultivators,

left in the field or unhoused during

the winter months. Never does it oc-

cur o'n'”Well' managed farms. Tools

should be placed in a shed all of the

time when not in actual service, as

the effect of the scorching sun and

summer rains is often nearly as in-

jurious t0 the working efficiency of a

machine as are snow, sleet, and ice.





The tool house or shed conveniently

located near the horSe barn, is as

easy’a place to leave a cultivator as

out beside the fence or in the corner

of the field.



. Upon nearly every farm can be fit-

ted up an out-building or shed where

repair work can be done. Have it so

that it can be kept warm or little pro-

gress will be made. A small stove to

heat water upon and warm the place,

is a necessity. Repair work will look

good to boys and hired men on a cold,

blizzardy day if they can work in





vention of breakages in the field.

Once each year, or more. often, if de-

sired, all harness should be taken en-

tirely apart and thoroughly washed

and scrubbed in hot water. After dry-

ing upon a wire or other convenient

support, oil it well with a mixture of

neatsfoot oil and lampblack. Repair

all weak spots with new leather and

good rivets or thread, paint the hames

and the appearance of the old harness

will be surprising. It will be softer,

stronger and safer for a few hours’

work, and it will be better looking.





 





 





Power in the Farm Shop is Desirable for Running the Emery Wheels and





Grindstones, and may be





warmth and comfort. Otherwise the

cleaning, painting and such work will

be deserted for the kitchen stove.

Work upon harness, cleaning and

painting the drags, plows, eveners,

whiffletrees, etc., should be planned

for the cold days. At warmer times

look over the binder, mower and oth-

er machinery to find out their condi-

tion.



Keeping the harness in good repair

will often prevent a runaway, or. at

least, save lost time through the pre-





Used for Outside Purposes.

Prosperous appearance counts

much, even on a farm.

There is no question as to the prof-

it in giving all tillage tools, such as

plows, drags, cultivators and harrows,

a coat of paint every year or two.

There is nothing to wear out about

these tools except the steel teeth,

shoes and points, which can easily be

replaced. If the other parts are kept

from rusting out the life of such ex-

pensive and absolutely necessary im-

plements can be made very long. The





for.





painting and repair of wagons and

buggies is just as necessary although

they are more often taken care of

through the pride of the owner in

their appearance.



Some time during the winter or

early spring the binder, mower, hay-

loader, rake, corn binder, and other

machines should be given a careful

examination. They should be taken

to a light place and thoroughly swept

and cleaned off, for after a summer's

work and winter’s storage they are

usually well covered with dirt and

dust. With a wire clean out the oil

holes and cups, and cleanse well with

kerosene oil. Next all wearing parts

should be carefully gone over and ex-

amined as to the near or actual need

of repairs. If any are necessary, they

should be ordered immediately and

either be placed on the machine or

kept in readiness for any break that

may occur. Many farmers consider

it profitable, when buying a machine

of any kind, to get several extra parts

that are most liable to wear out or

break. Time is the important feature

when working a machine to its full

capacity in a busy time. If repairs

are not at hand and anything goes

wrong it not only places the machine

out of commission but often means

that men and horses have to be idle

and sometimes crops are greatly dam-

aged.



The material to be kept on hand for

repairs varies, of course, with the

size of the farm. It is advisable to

keep, on the ordinary farm, an extra

ax handle, hammer handle, hoe and

rake handle, fork handle, shovel han-

dle, singletrees and doubletrees, and

even a wagon tongue. It is good prac-

tice to save every small piece of good

wood that has possibilities for repair

material and store it in some dry loft

or other convenient place.



For bolting wood and iron together

the round headed or carriage bolt can

best be used, and the regular machine

bolt for joining two iron pieces. The





 





The “Mortality Rate" is High With Farm Equipment, the Long Life of which





Is not' Insured by Proper





 





 





Storage and Needed Repairs.
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the Hayes Four-Wheel. Every kernel

planted exactly the same depth—every

hill in perfect check—an even stand—

surer germination and quicker growth

—no missing hills, no bare spots in your

fields; such conditions will mean more

corn for you, better earn, more money.





This planter is

(guaranteed. It must

beallweclaimandall

you expect. 170,000

users verify that

Hayes Four-Wheels

regulate depth of

planting to the frac-

tion ofan inc/z. Corn

all comes up at the

same time, allows earlier cultivation. an

earlier harvest, a better quality and bigger

quantity.



Hayes Four-Wheels guarantee rarer

germination and quicker growth. Wheels

pack the dirt around the corn to hold the

moisture and leave a ridge of loose soil on

top. Ridge over corn prevents washouts

in hilly fields and gives greater surface for

sun's heat.





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Fertilizer or Cow Pea

Attachments, Stub

Runners or Discs





’nayes Wheel





Corn Planter





THE MICHIGAN FA'R‘MER





You can have the benefits of better

planting and vastly better crops with





Covers wlzere all ordinary open wheels fail——

even in wet and sticky ground. Guaranteed

not to clog. Short coupled, light draft and

turns in shortest space; Check: with absolute

accuracy, regardless of team’s speed. Cross

rows straighter than the way you drive.





The Hayes Drop never misses a hill. Simple.

reliable and most efficient. Fewer parts, less

breakage and delays. Has no clutch to miss

and give trouble. Never cracks or grinds the seed.



Will drop accurately

any size or shape ker-

nel. No bare spots in

Hayes planted fields.

No replanting neces-

sary. Increased yields

soon pay for it. Corn



' growers are never dis-

appointed with the

Hayes Never- Fall

Drop.



Thousands in use

for years with practically no repair expense

and every one giving time-saving, money-making

service. No complicated parts to get out of fix.

Strong construction practically exempt from

breakage. N o expensive and aggravating delays

in the busy planting season. Easy and simple

to operate andrcan be trusted to unskilled help.





1,500 dealers. Ask your dealer or let us

prove how this planter prevents corn field

waste and increases corn yields. Don’t make

a mistake. Buy the planter that guarantee:

resu ts.





Learn the experiences of farmers who have

increased their yields by big margins with the

use of the Hayes—who have finished planting

earlier—who have begun cultivation earlier.

Every Hayes user will tell you the work

is easierefaster— better: the results

more satisfactory—more profitable. So

much depends on the work of the planter

that a farmer cannot afiord to get

anything less than the best service.

‘ Free book“AC"of PlanterFacts tells



all about the Hayes. Write for it

today—a postal. or if you wish, a

letter, asking any questions on plant-

ing problems.





Hayes Pump 8. Planter Co.





 

 





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Mr. L. L. Lawrence, Decatur. Mich., and his Tractor.





You are soon going to commence your spring work. Won’t. it be a little discouraging to tell

your help to go easy with the horses? Won‘t you feel a little blue when you see your horses stand-

ing still and the time rapidly passing that. should be given to the preparing of your seed bed? These

conditions may prevent you from planting as many acres as you would like to this spring. It has

happened in days gone by, and it. can happen again. _



Wouldn't you feel better if you had a tractor that you could push hard from daylight to dark.

that would enable you to plow the ground when it. ought to and as you would have it plowed.

Then, too, you could hitch on to an eight section harrow and hnrrow 40 to 60 acres a day. By this

system you could handle your work as you would like to have it done. ' _



You have thought of a tractor for doing this work and may have questioned its merits. Let

us tell you about the BATES ALL STEEL OIL TRACTOR, . .



First, it is ALL STEEL and only weighs one-half as much as other tractors. You can drive this

light tractor on soft ground in the spring of the year and it will not mire.



With the BATES PLOW CARRIAGE you can back into the corners and plow the entire field

without the aid of horses. It won't. cost you much for fuel. as we burn KEROSENE. This may

seem to you nice to print. READ Ol'li PROPOSITION:





We will furnish you a tractor using kerosene as fuel. place It on your farm——

plow up hill and down—In stony llelds. or In any place where you can precli-

cslly plow with horses. and guarantee to do the work as good as can be done

in any other way, with one man, before asking one dollar of your money. Who

are taking the chances? We are not. as we sold tractors this we! all of last year.





 





We have a great many tractors operating in Michigan and we would be gladto send you the

names of these men and let you discuss the matter With them directly. They Will tell you what





the BATES TRACTOR will do.

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prevent damage to eggs. nudes



truck. fruits or live stock on road to



market. Make an wagon a spring wagon. Soon



save cost—produce rings bigger prices—wagon



Lasts longer—horses benefited. "Thousands in nu.

My wagon rides like Into" says one user.





HAD! lllE HIEST All") 8PM"!

principle-seine can-warm: high-quality steel

in H Bolster Springs on in finest automobile

springs. n resiliency, durability and appearance they

mot possibly be excelled. The Standard Springs

of America since 1889. Get a pairs: your dea-

leis. If not at dealer's write us. Insiston Hap

, vey’s. 40 sizes-fit anywngon-susmn any load ‘

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supply of carriage bolts should con-

tain-five to. ten each 'of 1/,x2, 14x3, 1,4,

x4 in.; %x2, %x3, ‘%x4, and %x6 in.;

1/2x11/2, 1/;X2, %x4, and 1A916. One or

two each of léxS, 1/3x10, and 1/_)x12 in.

Of the square headed machine bolts

8. fair supply would be: Ten each of

%x2, and %x4; sexy/2, 1/;x2, 1/;x3, 1/;

x4, and 1/_»x6 in.; %x2 and 5/{;x4 in.

One or two each of the following

should be included: 1/_.x8, 1/,;x10; 5/8

x6, %x8, and 5Agx10 in.; %x3, 4, 5 6

and 8 in., and %x10, 12 and 14 in.



To replace lost nuts 25 each of 1,4,

%, 1/3, 5/8 and 1%, in. sizes should be

had. .



For use with bolts and rivets, 1 lb.

each of 174 and %-in. washers should

be included, and 2 lbs. each of the 1/3

and %-in. 'sizes. '



A few rivets and knives for mowers

and reapers should be kept on hand;

also a few wood screws of 34, 1, 11A),

1%, 2 and 21/2 inch lengths.



Having purchased such an assort-

ment of repair equipment, do not have

several places for its storage. Choose

one convenient place. Label different

sizes and tools and see that they are

kept in their places.



Nearly every farmer does and

should believe in the liberal use of

oil and grease. These lubricators are

much cheaper than new machinery.

They not only increase the efficiency

of any machine, but greatly lessen

the power required in using it.



A list of suggestions to be placed

in the toolhouse for general reading,

might well include the following:



Keep all tools clean and free from

rust, and all edged tools sharp.



Keep materials and tools in their

proper places, to be accessible on

short notice.



Oil is cheaper than steel.



Repairs cost less than accidents.



Purchase tools most frequently and

urgently required.



Montcalm Co. A. M. BERRIDGE.

THE ROOFING PROBLEM.





The problem of selecting roofing

material is becoming an increasingly

perplexing one for the average farm-

er. The quality of shingles available

for roofing purposes has deteriorated

so rapidly in recent years that Mich-

igan shingles may properly be con-

sidered a roofing material of doubtful

economy, while the price of better

grades of shingles cut on the sea-

board or in the extreme south, is al-

most prohibitive. For this reason

alone, it is the part of wisdom for

the farmer Who is building new build-

ings or re-roofing old buildings to very

carefully consider this problem of

roofing material before undertaking

such construction or repairs.



There are a great variety of roofing

materials on the market, some of

which. possess many advantages, but

on permanent buildings it pays to use

a good quality of roofing material, and

here only the better grades of pre-

pared roofings should be used. Some

of the prepared roofings possess pe-

culiar advantages, among which not

the least important is their fire-resist-

The large number of

fires caused by the ignition of wood-

en shingles has recently led the Na-

tional Fire Protection Association, of

Boston, to issue literature on this

subect, in which readers are urged to

use non-combustible roof coverings,

which include some of the better pre-

pared roofings as well as steel roof-

ing. For temporary buildings, sheds,

etc., the cheaper brands of prepared

roofings are more suitable, and may

often give the most economic service

to the user. Often, also, a. portion of

a roof needs repairing to make it last

until the balance of the roof also

needs renewing, as, where additions

have been made, or portions of a

building have been more recently

roofed than other portions. Here also

the cheaper grades of prepared roof-

ing may be profitably used, as tem-

porary repairs can be more cheaply





 





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_But to. one who » has given. any

thought to the roofing problem, it be-

comes very apparent that it will be

profitable to devote considerable time

and study to'this proposition before

deciding what type or kind of mate-

rial to use, and as a means of arriv-

ing at anything like an intelligent

conclusion in the matter, the first ac-

tion taken should be to send for cat-

alogs published by the various man-

ufacturers of good roofing, and care-

fully study them to ascertain the var-

ious points of superiority claimed for

these different types of roofing, and

gather first-hand information with re-

gard to the economic service given

by such materials. This will enable

the prospective purchaser to get the

most for his money, and is a much

better proposition than to keep on

laying unsatisfactory shingle roofing

simply because this has been the

general custom in one’s neighborhood.

The wise selection of roofing mate-

rials, either for new construction or

repair work, means the saving of dole

lars as well as annoyance, both of

which will beasource of satisfaction.

Oakland Co. A. R. FARMER.





FARM NOTES.





How Much Lime Per Acre?





We are preparing a field for alfal-

fa. Sofl is a sandy loam, in a fair

state of fertilization and slightly

aCld. How much hydrated lime per

acre should be evenly spread on such

a field to put it in best condition for

the development of the alfalfa plant?

How much finely pulverized raw rock

if that were used, instead of hydrat-





ed lime?



Antrim Co. R. E. M.



The writer has used four to five

hundred pounds of hydrated lime per

acre with very good results so far as

the immediate effect in correcting soil

acidity is concerned. As compared

with an application of two tons of

ground limestone per acre, the im-

mediate results have been as good

with the small application of hydrat-

ed lime. Unquestionably, however,

the larger application of ground lime-

stone will give more lasting results,

and this form of lime is generally

considered preferable, since it can

have no possible‘injurious effect upon

the soil to which it is applied. The

amount of lime required to correct

soil acidity varies, however, on dif-

ferent soils. In some localities farm-

ers have found that larger applica-

tions than two tons per acre gave

very much better results, and this

amount is probably about the mini-

mum application which would be re-

quired upon a soil such as is de-

scribed in this inquiry.

Sowing Sweet Clover to lnoculate for



Alfalfa.





Would it be a profitable proposition

to sow sweet clover as a preparation

for alfalfa?



Kent Co. SUBSCRIBER.





You can just as well sow the al-

falfa as to sow the sweet clover, be

cause if your soil is not inoculated

with the bacteria which live on sweet

clover and also on alfalfa, then it

would take your sweet clover some

time to become inoculated. It would

after a while, but you couldn’t get a

quick growth of sweet clover any bet-

ter than you could get a. quick growth

of alfalfa without the inoculation.

Where sweet clover has grown in

some place for a number of years the

soil becomes inoculated with the nitri-

fying bacteria. Then when you take

some of this soil and mix in the

ground where you seed your alfalfa

you inoculate the soil. But if you

have no sweet clover bacteria the

sweet clover will not make a vigorous

growth from the start, neither will al-

falfa, consequently you might just as

well sow alfalfa to prepare the land

as to sow the sweet clover. Many

people are now mixing alfalfa with

the common red clover seed and sow-

ing it every time. Some of this al-

falfa will live. After it lives for a.

short time the ground will become in-

oculated and then the alfalfa makes a

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THE TORRENS LAND TITLE SYS-

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Experience Under Torrens System.



In conclusion of this discussion, it

is thought it would be interesting and

instructive to give some testimony as

to how the Torrens System has work-

ed where it has been tried. For this

purpose the following extracts are

printed from an address by Mr. Jus-

tice Charles T. Davis, of the Massa-

chusetts Land Court, given before the

New York Bar Association, January

24, 1908:



“The land registration act of Mas-

sachusetts has been made intention-

ally as little expensive as can be. In

the country counties it does cost more

to have a title registered than to pro-

ceed under the old system, but in the

metropolitan district it costs, as a

rule, rather less. There are, conse-

quently, very few petitions for regis-

tration in the country counties. Most

of our work lies in the metropolitan

district. I do not think, however, that

this is due to the matter of expense.

I think it is due to the fact that most

country titles are still readily market-

able under the recording system. *

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“So far as the profession is con-

cerned, the act at first met with very

bitter and hostile opposition from

quite a large portion of our convey-

ancing bar. I think that, today, how-

ever, this opposition has been not only





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





much less, that the fee that can be

charged is larger in proportion to the

work done).



“Another and still more formidable

difficulty has been that of entire in-

difference on the part of the general

public. In addition there are many

purely theoretical objections. Gentle-

men, I could think of endless theoreti-

cal objections to land registration be-

sides those suggested and very well

and fairly stated by Mr. Pegram. The

only thing I can say in regard to

them, however, is that as a practical

matter of fact they do not exist, they

do not happen. Land registration with

us is cheap. Land registration with

us is workable. * * * I do not be-

lieve in a compulsory act. I should

be exceedingly sorry to see ours made

compulsory in any respect. An act

which forces nothing ‘upon either an

unwilling citizen or an unwilling pub-

lic, which simply supplies a remedy

for existing and admitted evils to

those who desire it, and which grows

only in proportion to the public de-

mand for it, practically paying its own

u ay, and eventually effecting a large

and very real saving in the enormous

and rapidly increasing expense of the

present recording system, is free from

a large, if not the greater, portion of





the objections which have ever been '





urged against the adoption of the

Torrens System in general. * * *



“And, finally, a title once estab~

lished remains established, both as to





 





 





Farm Life is More Attractive to the Farm Boy when the Wood is Sawed

in this Way.





 





 





largely reduced, but almost eliminat-

ed. There are still one or two lead-

ing firms of conveyances who are

strenuous in their opposition to land

registration; but, on the whole, the

change of sentiment in so short a

time has been quite surprising. ‘1‘ *



“It is a popular fallacy that a lay-

man can take a registered certificate

of title and deal with it with perfect

safety. He cannot. Counsel do not,

it is true, have anywhere near as

much work to do, and they incur no-

where near as much responsibility;

but they have to deal with the im—

portant phases of the matter immedi-

ately before them. A deed has to be

properly drawn, instruments of trust

carefully considered, a mortgage tran-

saction has to be properly attended

to, and the matters excepted from the

certificate of title looked up before

the title is passed into the registry of

deeds. The elaborate labor of going

over and over the same cld ground

and the same old title, which I sup-

pose only those of us who have suf-

fered under it can appreciate, and

which has formed the chief cause of

expense and annoyance, both to the

profession and to our clients, has,

however, been eliminated, and, on the

whole, the compensation which can

fairly and properly be charged for

passing a registered title is as a net

result larger than under the old sys-

tem. * * *' (That is, the work

that must be done and the responsi-

bility that must be assumed are so





record and as to boundaries. If any

question arises, it arises at once, and

is adjudicated at once. No re-exami-

nation of a registered title is ever

made. The owner of a tract of regis-

tered land, after having found a pur-

chaser, can place a mortgage for him,

pass all the papers, and have the pur-

chase money in his pocket, all within

twenty-four hours. This is the testi-

mony of dealers who have handled

hundreds of registered lots. Where a

transaction happens to involve a very

large sum of money, this saving of

time and interest is a matter of very

real importance. * *



“The growth of new business has

thus far shown a moderate but ab-

solutely steady increase, both in the

number of applications filed, and in

the assessed valuation of the prop-

erty registered. In 1899 it was $626,-

000; in 1902, $1,991,000; in 1907, $3,-





 





 





 





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Tires that did not require setting





in thirty years -on a Studebaker





AFTER thirty-six years of constant use Mr. William H. Horton.

of Nineveh, N. Y., writes that his Studebaker farm wagon

is as good as ever.



The wheels of Mr. Horton's wagon were run for thirty years

without setting a tire. Mr. Horton writes:





“I have a Studebaker wagon purchased in 1877. The wagon now

bears the original number'and name of dealer; No. 33,435. Sold

by Daniel Mann, Cobleskill. This wagon has had constant use

since date of purchase and the wheels were run 30 years without

setting a tire. The wagon is in good. condition today.”





WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THIS?





The fact that Mr. Horton used his Stude- therein lies the reason why the Studebaker

baker wagon for thirty years without setting wagons run so easily and last so long.

a tire means that the wheels were properly The fact that the wheel material is pro-

built. Its hubs. spokes and felloes were al perly seasoned. dipped in oil and built in the

made of the best materials. Studebaker way is the reason why Stude—

Anyone could have bought them and baker's tires stay on for thirty years and often

built them into a wheel, but Studebaker times longer.

not only build of the best, but they season You will be making a good investment

their materials properly. and then combine when you buy a Studebaker wagon, a Stude-

these materials in a scientific manner so as to baker Buggy—or Studebaker Harness. They

distribute the strain over the entire wheel and are the best you can buy—and outlast others.





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SOIL AND FERTILIZER QUES-

TIONS.





 





Wood Ashes for Muck Ground.





1 have 15 acres of muck that as yet

has not paid for the labor put upon

it; it will grow straw, that is oat

straw, in abundance, but no oats;

neither will it raise good corn. Last

summer I worked this ground all

summer and got the marsh grass

thoroughly subdued, and now it is

in good shape for some kind of crop.

What kind of a crop could I sow or

plant on this ground that I would

stand at least a fair chance to get

pay for my labor. I have saved about

two tons of ashes. Would these ashes

take the place of potash and if so

what amount should I sow to the

acre? I covered this ground with

barnyard manure last summer; would

this muck take the place of barnyard

manure if spread ‘on upland? Some

of it is quite a heavy clay soil, but

somewhat run dOWn. I have marl

that will analyze 95 per cent on this

same muck ground. How much of this

marl should I spread .to the acre to

take the place of lime? Any infor-

mation given along this line will be

greatly appreciated.



Barry Co. D. W. G.





Muck soils differ very much the

same as other soils; that is, no two

fields of muck are alike. One may be

woefully deficient in 'potash and an-

other may need phosphoric acid more

than it does potash. Most all. muck

soils when they are first reclaimed

need available nitrogen because, while

they contain a large amount of inert

nitrogen in the form of organic mat-

ter this is not available plant food,

and a liberal amount of available

nitrogen is very beneficial. This muck

land which has been water-soaked

and perhaps is sour, does not contain

nitrifying bacteria. Stable manure

not only supplies a little available

phosphoric acid and potash but it

supplies bacteria which go to work

at once to render this inert nitrogen

available. Cultivating it during the

summer time is undoubtedly a splen-

did thing, and the elements will un-

doubtedly render some of the plant

food available that was inert before.



The fact that this land will produce

an abundance of oat straw goes to

show that it. has a. considerable

amount of available potash, because

potash is what stiffens straw. On the

other hand, the fact that the heads do

not fill and produce grain indicates a

lack of prosphoric acid, because 'phos-

phoric acid goes to produce the grain

or seed of plants. My idea would be

that this particular soil needs phos-

phoric acid quite as much, if not

more, than it does potash. Most all

muck lands, especiallylwhen new, are

benefited by an application of lime.

Lime not only sWeetens the soil that





MARCH 7, 1914.





is acid, but it also tends to break

down the organic matter and make

the plant food available. For quick

results caustic lime is more valuable

than either marl or ground limestone,

but marl or ground limestone will ac-

complish the same? purpose, giving it

a little bit more time. Marl is just as

good a form of carbonate of lime as

you can get. There is no danger of

putting on too much marl on raw

muck land.



I don’t know .of any better crops to

plant on this field than corn and oats.

Give the soil an application of wood

ashes, which contain lime and phos-

phoric acid and potash, and I am sure

you will have good results. A ton of

wood ashes tO‘the acre would be none

too much. This probably will supply

enough lime and enough potash to

produce your crop, but not a sufficient

amount of phosphoric acid, because

wood ashes contain only about one

per cent of phosphoric and five per

cent of potash, and 32 per cent of

lime. I would recommend that you

make a careful experiment to find out

just what your soil needs. Make a

godd liberal application of ashes on a

portion of the field; make an appli<

cation of potash on another, an appli.

cation of phosphoric acid on another,

a combination of phosphoric acid and

potash on another, and then marl on

another strip. If the field was mine

I would have faith enough so that on

the balance, or the major-portion of

the field, I would use phosphoric acid

and potash fertilizer, say a fertilizer

containing 10 per cent of phosphoric

acid and five to eight per cent potash.





Of course, this muck soil drawn on

a clay soil will do the clay soil some

good because it furnishes organic

matter, but the expense of hauling it

would be considerable. You can get

the organic matter on the clay soil

cheaper by raising some crop on the

clay soil and plowing it under, which

will do more good than the muck.

Commercial Fertilizer for Sugar Beets.





What is the best formula of com-

mercial fertilizer to use in raising

sugar beets, and do you consider it

advisable to sow the fertilizer on the

ground and work it in the soil before

drilling the beet seed, or would you

deem it better to drill the fertilizer

just in the rows with the seed?



Tuscola Co. I. M. L.





The consensus of judgment of chem-

ists, as well as farmers, is that sugar

beets not only want a good supply of

available nitrogen and phosphoricacid

but they also need a good supply of

available potash. The beets, in fact,

may be said to be gross fe‘euc’rs of

potash. Heavy land containing a good

per cent of clay is richerhxin potash

than a sandy loam that contains less

clay. Consequently a fertilizer for a

rich heavy clay loam wouid not need

to be as rich in potash as on a lighter

soil, and this should be taken into

consideration. Probably a fertilizer

approximating a formula of 2:824,

that is two per cent ammonia, eight

per cent phosphoric acid, and four per

cent potash, would be sufficient for a

good clay loam, but on the other

hand, a lighter soil would probably,

in order to get a better development

of the beets, need a fertilizer contain-

ing say two per cent ammonia, eight

per cent phosphoric acid, and 10 per

cent potash, or a formula containing

somewhere near these proportions of

the three plant foods.



If the land is comparatively rich

and only a small amount of fertilizer

is used, just enough to give the beets

a start, then this should be applied in

the drill with the beets; 200 lbs. to

the acre is probably all that ought to

be sown with the drill. If you use too

much, especially of a fertilizer that

is rich in potash, it is liable to injure

the germination of the seed. On poor

land where heavy applications are

used, say 500 to 1000 lbs. of fertilizer

per acre, then at least three-fourths

of the fertilizer ought ta"be- put on

broadcast with a drill before theseed

is sown, and the balance of it put in

with the seed at the time of sowing.



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SOIL FERTILITY.



I am not the only person who can

see that the soil is losing its fertility.

The reason for this loss seems to be

quite plain, but it does not appear so

plain how we are going to stop that

loss and get the soil back to a. more

fertile condition. I learned years ago

that humus in the soil is better than

money in the bank. We could all get

rich were it not for this constant

drain on the fertility of the soil.



I claim the farmers are not as

blameworthy as it might appear with-

out a close examination. We have

had to meet unusual, and unexpected





conditions. It is safe to say that two-





thirds of our seasons of late years

have been dry enough to kill our

young clover. The loss of a clover

seeding means a great deal to a farm-

er. It is discouraging. He feels that

his farm is set back several degrees

in the scale of fertility. It affects the

whole farm. It interferes with the

rotation of crops. Land which he in-





tended for meadow land, has to be





plowed up and put into some other

crop. It makes an extra amount of

work when he is not expecting it. We

can get along very well when we can

save two out of three of our clover

crops, but when the order is reversed

and we lose two out of three of our

clover crops it is quite a different

proposition. It is quite natural for us

when we lose a seeding of clover

through lack of moisture, to think

that. the next season will be damper

and to go ahead and throw away a

lot more of seed. There have been

many fortunes in clover seed thrown

away, even in this county. We have

about come to the conclusion that ev-

ery farmer must study out this mat-

ter in his own way. Farmers are get-

ting thoroughly aroused as to the

condition of things, and we look for

good results.



It is an old saying that all signs

fail in a dry time,” and I think that

saying applies to clover seeding. I

know of one sandy land farmer who

has been seeding his farm to timothy

for several years. He explains his

action by saying that he rather have

timothy than nothing. Last fall 1 ex-1

perimented in a way that I never

tried before. I fitted up oat stubble

in good shape for wheat; then about

the last of August I sowed a full seed-

ing of both timothy and clover with-

out the wheat, and now I am waiting

for results. I feel safe to predict a

good c"and of timothy but I would not

dare to predict a good seeding of clo—

ver. However, I have the satisfac-

tion of believing that I shall not have

to plow up the ground in the spring.



I keep my farm stocked to its ful-

lest capacity. I practically feed up

everything raised on the farm. Even

the wheat is fed to the chickens, still

I feel the need of green manure to

plow under. New ifI get a good stand

of clover next season on my experi-

mental plot I have not decided just

what I shall do with it. I know very

well that I ought to plow it under.

My action, however, will depend

largely on conditions at haying time.



Should the season be very dry and

there is a prospect of having to pay

$15 to $20 per ton for hay to feed

stock, I shall probably cut it for hay.

Several times I have met with good

success by sowing clover seed and

wheat seed at the same time in the

fall, but I have also met with as

many failures. A top-dressing of ma-

nure will save a clover seeding unless

the season is very dry, but it is not

always easy to get the manure.



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ers. Most feed dealers and druggista

sell it. in 50c and $1.00 packages.

Write for free copy of our book “Cow

Diseases."





Dairy Associatlon Co.

Lyndonvllle, th.





SAVNHL'JEBSE





All the winter long, the troubled owner of

a lame horse reads our advertisements. Then,

day after day slips awa , while he talks, la-

ments, listens, takes a vice and hesitating

—FAILS T0 ACT-till the Springtime in

on him and his horse is not yet able to work.

Meantime the thrifty, prosperous, resolute

man, reads, considers the evidence carefully

——Decides Promptly—and his horse is work





ing in, say, ten days to two weeks. That’s

exactly what happens every winter.





‘We Originated the treatment of horses by

mail—Under Si ed Contract to Return

Money if Reme y Fails—and every minute

of every day for Eighteen Years our advice

and treatments havebeen on the way wherever

mails go and horses are. Our charges are

moderate. Spring work is near; Write.





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Dr st- everywhere sell Savo-tho-florse WITH

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FEEDING MOLASSES





Every farmer should have a barrel of

Empire Feeding Molasses and feed it to every

animal at the rate of one pound of molasses to ten

pounds of feed. A barrel weighs 700 pounds and

supplies a digestive ferment which will increase

the digestibility of 7,000 pounds of grain. buy or

roughage. More than this. it makes poor roughage

as palatable as the choicest clover hay. This in-

creased value is secured without one penny of ex-

pense. because the molasses in itself. contains a

food value greater than its cost. This feed is en-

dorsed by the highest authorities and is now used

by many big feeders. The price is $7 .00 per barrel.

(56 gallons) f. o. b. Pennsylvania Factory. Order a

barrel today. If you are not satisfied after feeding

half of it. tell us so and we will refund your



.00. Write Wattles do Company. Sole Distributors.



x 13 Litchtield. Michigan.





FOR SALE

3 Black Percheron Stallions





one five years old. wei ht 1800. one 12 years old,

weighs 1900 and one year ing. All recorded in P. 8,

of A. All Brilliant bred and good ones. Addres.





A, C. MARTIN, R. 2. Stunt on, Mich.





F s I A percheron colt. comingfi years old. File

or ac isregisteredandAmerioanborn.ooal~blaok

with white star in forehead. He is all right.



ARTHUR CHANT. R. 12. Merlebeaoh. Michigan.





FOR SALE—2 Registered Pereheron Stallions.

1 black. 1 gray. 3years old. Both

sound and “lie foal getter-s. Pricedt totioguick sale.

th b u res my a on .

u "in 5’. L'iivnneien. o. .3. Howell. monies-i.





THE MICHIGAN. FARMER





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PREVENTION OF NAVEL ILL 0F

COLTS.





 





This disease is also known as joint

ill, omphalo phlebitis, septic arthritis

of sucklings, and pyoseptcemia of

the newly born.



The many requests for information

received by the Dept. of Agriculture

regarding this ailment of newly born

colts indicate that it exists in many

localities. The unfavorable outlook

after the appearance of the disease,

together with the fact that the dis-

ease when present requires the atten-

tion of a veterinarian, demands that

the breeder should concern himself

with its prevention.



This disease is caused by a micro-

organism, and several bacteria have

been suspected of being responsible

for this malady. Every one of the

suspected organisms is found abund-

antly in manure and objects contam-

inated 'with manure. The infective

material gains entrance into the colt

through the open umbilical cord as a

result of its coming in contact with

litter, floors, or discharges from its

dam contaminated by one of the or-

ganisms which cause the trouble.

There are cases on record where the

infection has taken place before birth

and while some investigators claim

this method to be the principal mode

of infection, still the prophylactic

measures adopted to guard against

the infection through the navel cord

have given good results in a large

number of cases. Since infection be

fore birth can not be controlled satis-

factorily, we are justified, for all

practical purposes in preventing nav-

el ill by guarding against the infec-

tion through the cord at birth or soon

afterwards.



Cleanliness of stables where preg-

nant mares are kept must be insisted

upon. This is especially necessary

where outbreaks of navel ill have

been known to exist. Mares in the

last stages of gestation should be

placed in a box-stall which has pre-

viously been cleaned and disinfected.

The bedding'should be frequently re-

newed, and the external genitals and

neighboring tissues should be kept

clean and disinfected with a two per

cent solution of carbolic acid or one

per cent liquor cresolis composltus,

or any other reliable disinfecting

agent. Operations for opening ab-

scesses and removal of afterbirths

from cows should not be executed in

the immediate vicinity of mares in an

advanced stage of pregnancy.





The foal when dropped should be

placed on clean bedding. In any event

the cord of the foal should be washed

in a disinfectant solution and tied at

about one and one-half inches from

the navel with a band or string which

has previously been soaked in a dis‘

infectant solution. The navel cord is

then severed about one-half inch be-

low the band with a sharp pair of

scissors and again disinfected. The

ligature should, however, not be tight-

ened until pulsation of the vessels in

the cord has ceased. The stump of

the cord is then painted with a strong

carbolic acid solution, tincture of io~

dine, or a mixture of equal parts of

tincture of iodine and glycerin. The

stump should be washed daily with

a disinfectant and either painted with

iodine mixture or carbolic acid, or

dusted with some reliable antiseptic

healing powder. The parchment-like

dried stump may be cut off after five

days and the navel wannd washed

with a disinfectant solution and dust-

ed With powder until healed.





The cases of navel ill resulting

from infection before birth can not

well be guarded against.





 





 





 





those mares which are advanced in





 





 





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By keeping





pregnancy in good physical condition

the fetus will be expelled immediate-

ly upon the opening of the uterine

cavity.



Once the infection of the navel cord

has set in, the cord should not be

ligated, but should be washed in a

disinfectant solution and a veterinar-

ian called for the subsequent treat-

ment.





THE PROFIT IN PORK PRODUC-

TION.





.- .





Very few farmers who produce pork





 





as a side line and do not make a -





specialty of this line of production on

their farms have any great knowledge

as to the cost of production or. the

profit derived from this department

of their farm business. Occasionally,

however, a man feeds hogs as a spe.

cialty, in which event he is much

more apt to keep an accurate ac-

count of costs and profits. The expe-

rience of such feeders is therefore of

value to the farmer who does not

make this line of production a suffi-

ciently important factor in his busi-

ness to make it seem profitable to

keep an accurate account of costs and

profits. ,



In this connection the experience

of Mr. Chas. Booraem, of Hillsdale

county, is of peculiar interest, inas-

much as he conducted quite an exten-

sive feeding business last year, pur-

chasing all the feed which they con-

sumed and feeding the hogs on a con-

tract which provided that the feeder

should receive seven cents per pound

for the gains made. The hogs fed

were the culls from those purchasd

by the local shippers, and were taken

over and fed on this contract until

they were in condition to market to

good advantage.



In all, 447 hogs were fed during

five months, the total of gains made

being 22,500 lbs., which at seven cents

per pound represented a gross income

of $1,575. The feeds used were com,

middlings and feeding molasses, the

value of the feeds consumed being as

follows: Corn, $225.53; middlings,

$610.30; molassess, $90.40, or a total

cost of $926.23, leaving a gross profit

above cost of feeding of $648.77. In

this case the cost of gains made was

approximately 4.12 cents per pound,

which may be considered as a very

economical gain in View of the fact

that the hogs fed were the culls of

those purchased for shipment, and

the further fact that the feeding was

done in dry yard instead of on for-

age. Mr. Booraem expresses the be

lief that the feeds used were an ideal

combination, and is a firm believer in

the idea that molasses is a profitable

feed to use with grains in feeding

hogs for profitable pork production.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





There have been Montana wheat—fed

hogs on ”the Chicago market recently,

and they sold well, being good and

fat.



Iowa and Minnesota flocks of fed

lambs have shown up on the Chicago

market in large numbers recently,

and supplies came in on some days so

liberally as to cause a good deal of

surprise to dealers who had supposed

these states had marketed the greater

part of their flocks. It begins to look

as though more lambs went into feed-

ing districts in the two states last au-

tumn than was at first supposed. Col-

orado and Idaho have contributed a

good many lambs on some days, these

being marketed usually in big bunches

while many hay-fed lambs from Mon-

tana and Idaho furnished the class

much sought after by sheepmen in

search of feeders.‘ The marketing of

matured sheep this winter has been

so light as a rule as to render them

almost immune to the declines in

prices so often seen in lambs. - '





 





 





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HEWO

BELGIANS

They Are Here!





H. & H. Wolf, importers of Belgian

Horses exclusively, advise old and

prospective patrons that their new 1913

importation is now in their barns. It

is in all respects by far the most se-

lect lot of horses of this breed that

have ever been stabled in their barns.

Big, weighty, typey drafters of quality

all through, that challenge comparison

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of mares, too. Get our terms and Guar-

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Hewo Stock Farm

Wabash, Indiana

More'than a quarter century

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JNo. CRAWFORD”





Horse Importer,

Byron, Mich.





70 Head for Sale





Percheron, Hackney and

Clydesdale Stallions.

Also Some Flne Percheron &. Hackney Mares





with foal. Now gentlemen I am

going to sell. Be sure to get my

price before you buy.





JACKS and MULES





Raise mules and get rich.

18 Jack and Mule farms un-

der one management. where

can be seen 420 head fine .

lar e Jacks. Jennys a n d

Mu es. 14 to 17 hands high.



ood ones. took guaran-

teed. Write for p r l c e s

today. Address

KREKLER'B JACK FARM



West Elkton. Ohio.

Branch barns. Clinton. Ind.





l8 Percheron Stallions





2 to 4 ears old. blacks. Also youn mares.

3 00 to $600 DURING MAB H.





A. A. PALMER & SONS.

BELDING. MIC". 1% Miles from Orleans.





PERCHERONS “'0 1.... 10 h. m...

stallions. Br mates

and young stock. Prioes_to sell. All registered. Pioneer

Stock Farm. John Schlpper. Fillmore Center. Mich





SOME fine {can registered Clydesdale Stallions



for Sale rein to 4 years old. In the sprin some



will make ton horses with lots of quality on good



action. Must be sold before the first of April.

F. A. PETZ. Capac. Michigan.





Having Sold My Farm I have for sale or exchange for



other stock. 1 registered Percheron stallion coming

4 years old that wil make a ton horse. an 1 Allen-ton

trotting stallion 8 years old. weight 1100, both work

single and double. J. J. DOWNER. Denton. Mirh.





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m .

always welooggs' F. {fwxsi‘ng 3'30? relight“. iii???





OR SALE—3 Egret-o cross Stallions. 3 to? . old.

of breedln an indiv dual merit oombin . me

or write. H. . Peters. Burton. Mich. 3.1!. 8a.. Elsie
MARCH 7, 1914.





é‘ii‘ECONOMYlN PRODUCTION OF

PORK-





 





(Continued from last week).



Address delivered by. H. G. Krum,

Secretary of the American Yorkshire

Club, before the Michigan Improved

Live Stock Breeders’ and Feeders’

Association. .



In growing our pigs we have gener-

ally had clover pasture for them to

run on. Placing them on it soon after

birth, or perhaps they would first

have some rye for early pasture. We

generally have either oats and peas

or rape for the middle of the summer

when clover is growing slowly. If for

any reason the clover failed we would

fill in the ration with rape.



We are just getting some alfalfa

pasture started and find it gives even

better results than clover. From birth

until early corn is ready to harvest

the pigs have all the pasture they

want, but little grain. The grain ra-

tion probably never exceeds three or

four pounds for every 100 pounds of

pig. Following the summer pasture

we allow the pigs to harvest all they

need of the corn crop until they are

ready to market. While on the corn

they either have the run of an ad-

joining pasture or the corn lot is sow-

ed with rape at the last cultivation.

In this way our spring pigs require

very little care and almost no hous«

ing. They use but little grain and

most of what they do get, they pick,





Pounds grain





 





, I





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





At the Wisconsin Experiment Sta-‘

tion we find that an acre of rape re-

placed $21.24 worth of grain, and at

the Ohio Experiment Station we find

that an acre of rape replaced $4897

worth of grain. '



On a western Illinois farm we find

good corn land produced clover that

yielded 400 pounds of pork, or at six

cents per pound, $24.00.





Thus we find that land devoted to

growing pasture plants for hogs gives

a good return for a small outlay of

labor. Although we have not given

many reports of the value of alfalfa

every experiment station and every

individual who has tried it, admits it

to be the best hog forage known.

Rape and medium red clover are about

equal for second place. Rape is es-

pecially valuable as an emergency

crop. Oats and peas rank well up to

rape but in most locations the seed

is rather expensive. If one has not

alfalfa, rye is of value for early spring

and late fall pasture. More care must

be used in pasturing alfalfa for it will

not stand close cropping. It is better

to out two crops of hay from the pas-

ture than to try to make the hogs eat

it clean.



Now to compare the results obtain-

ed from feeding forage to those from

feeding in the dry lot, I have compiled

the following data from some Mis-

souri experiments:





Value of pork





Pounds gain produced per bu.





Kind of forage. per 1b. gain. per bu. corn fed. corn fed on

forage; at 6c.

Bluegrass ...... . . . . . 4.50 12.4 $0.76

Alfalfa ............... . . . 3.07 18.2 1.09

Clover .......... . . . . 2.95 18.9 1.13

Rape .................. . 2.74 20.4 1.22

Rape and oats ........... 3.60 15.5 .93

Rape, oats, clover and

others ................ 2.47 22.6 1.36

Average ................ 3.18 18.4 1.10





 





husk and grind themselves. Growing

pigs in this way we have produced

them for as little as two and a half

cents per pound and never have they

cost over four cents. Some seasons

the cost runs up on account of the

shortage of pasture or some other

outside cost. I am convinced that if

a man has all the alfalfa pasture he

needs and uses the proper kind of

pigs, etc., he can produce pork from

two and a half to three cents per

pound. Of course, that means ever-

lasting care and attention to the little

details.



One benefit of growing pork in this

way is that the pork is of better qual-

ity. This is especially true of bacon

type hogs. By the way, the bacon

type hog is especially adapted to

make good use of forage crops for

they are active in disposition and

good foragers.



In common farm practice one does

not always keep a detailed record of

results, so although we have given

you the final results of our method of

feeding as above, I am obliged to re-

sort to reports of the experiment sta-

tions for more detailed study of this

question. The following table gives

the results of some experiments at

the Missouri Station on the value of

forage for growing pigs:





Dry Lot Feeding.



Five experiments on good rations:

5.11 lbs. grain per pound of gain; 11.0

lbs. gains per bushel corn fed; 0.66

value of pork produced per bushel of

corn fed on forage.



From this data we find that the

average return per bushel of corn fed

when fed to hogs grazing on forage

crops was $1.10 while the average re

turn per bushel of corn fed in the dry

lot was only 66 cents.





 





Everybody believes in high prices

for finished hogs at this time, and the

only difference of opinion is as to how

much higher the market will go be-

fore the upward movement cul-

minates. The prevailing tendency of

stock feeders owning hogs is to send

them to market just as fast as they

become matured, and this seems the

right course to follow, provided ship-

ments are not made at a time when

prices happen to be declining. How-

ever, niost owners are careful to avoid

glutted markets so far as possible at

least, and it has been the almost in-

variable rule in recent weeks that the

markets received greatly reduced sup-

plies of hogs after bad breaks. Nat-

urally, the big packers in Chicago and

elsewhere are not favorably disposed

to putting prices higher, and as a pro-

test they have held back frequently

and allowed more than 14,000 hogs to

be carried over in the Chicago stock

yards to the following day. Specu-

lators are playing an important part





 





One acre alfalfa

One acre clover

One acre rape



One acre bluegrass

One acre sorghum

One acre rye





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

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Pounds Pork Value at Value at

Produced. Sc. 0.

591.8 35.51 41.42

567.7 34.05 39.73

392.8 23.57 27.50

324.6 19.47 22.71

275.0 16.50 19.25

211.7 12.70 14.85





 





 





These experiments were made on

poor land; land that was only averag-

ing 32 bushels of corn to the acre.

You will notice that alfalfa heads the

list with a production of nearly 600

pounds. Also notice the returns per

acre, which is certainly good for the

quality of the land. In the same kind

of an experiment at the Iowa Station

on rich land that was producing 50

bushels Of corn to the acre, we find

alfalfa producing $97.09’net per acre

with pork at six cents per pound. At

the same station clover produced

$64.55 net per acre, timothy and blue-

grass only netted $31.85 per acre.





most of the time, and while their bus-

mess is necessarily a very uncertain

one, yet of late they have struck it

r1ght much oftener than wrong. Of

course, they have been counting on a

generous eastern shipping demand in

the Chicago market, and this has sel-

dom failed them, shippers purchasing

on some dasy more than half of the

day’s receipts. Seldom in past years

have hogs of all descriptions, from

the very choicest down to the com-

monest, sold so high as of late. The

single exceptional year was 1910, hogs

selling up to $9.70 per 100 lbs. in the

middle of February of that year.

Hogs are coming to market well fat-

tened and at last prime light weights

are selling nearly as high as the best

heavy weights, instead of going at

their former discount.





 





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Pulling on one rein.

Lugging on the bit.

Lunging and plunging.

Refusing to stand.

Refusing to back.





Bulking





Afrai of automobiles.

Afraid of robes.



Afraid of clothes on line.

Afraid of cars.



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STR EAK ED BUTTER.





 





Am making butter from 10 Jersey

cows and have trouble with the but:

ter being streaked or mottled. Can

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Have tried many things to overcome

it but have failed to accomplish re-

sults desired.



Wayne Co. E. D.



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A PERSISTENT MILKER.





 





I have a cow, bred May 15, which

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once a day. Hex bag now is so large

she can’t lie down, and so full Imilk—

ed out about eight quarts, and it_is

still full. It does not seem feverish

and is not caked. Some experienced

dairy men tell me to keep on milking

her. She is in good condition. Feed

ensilag e, bean fodder, oil meal. When

ought t’she to be f1esh?



Allegan Co. F'. W.



Where one has a persistent milker

and does not succeed in drying her

up four or six weeks before it is time

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way to do is to feed her well and to

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not be good the last few days but you

can throw it away. If you attempt to

dry her off after she commences to

make bag for the new freshening, it

may get caked and injured. The saf-

est way is to keep her milked out

clean. If this cow was bred May 15

she would be due to freshen again

about February 25, or 282 days, which

is the period of gestation for cows.





TWELVE POUNDS OF COOKED

BEANS FOR COWS.





Kindly tell me or not whether I am

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ing six cows each 12 lbs._of cooked

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B. .





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PROPER AMOUNT OF LIGHT FOR

A cow STABLE. '





 





I am going into the dairy business

and expect to put my barn on a base-

ment. The barn is 30x64 ft. I should

like to know how much light the cows

will require. Some figure that four

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and food law?

Lapeer Co. H. W. R.





Four square feet of glass or window

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stable a Window four feet square

would not be a sufficient amount of

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and through the roof, and reach up

above the peak of the barn. It works

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and how you can run this into a silo

and get a chimney draft is more than

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cows and keep the horse manure from

heating. This will take less bedding.



It is all right to use one end of this

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SILAGE FOR SUMMER FEEDING.





 





 





Can I improve this ration? I feed

silage, having plenty of corn ears in,

in the morning, following with a feed

of oat straw, then at noon bean

straw, and silage and oat straw again

at night. For grain I give two quarts

of wheat bran, eight to ten quarts of

oat chop, and one to one and a half

pounds of cottonseed meal per cow

per day, the amount of the latter de-

pending upon the size of the cow and

the amount of milk she gives. Ishall

have some silage left and will not

have over half enough pasture this

summer. Could I feed silage in the

morning, let the COWS on pasture till

three o’clock in the afternoon, then

yard them, feed silage at night and

keep them up till morning? Should

I feed grain in connection with the

silage in summer? If so, what grain

would you recommend? Would it_be

better to cover up the silage durlng

the period of best pasture, allow the

cows to eat all they will of it, then

when it gets a little short begin using

the silage, or had I better save the

pasture by feeding the silage right

along?



Huron Co. H. S. T.



The ration being fed is a good one.

There is no particular need to feed

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unless you substitute gluten feed for

a part of the cottonseed meal. Some.

times a variation in the feed causes





the cows to eat better, but if they are





THE MICHIGAN. FARMER





eating the ration well, gluten feed is

no better than cottonseed meal in bal-

ancing up a ration.



I practice on my own farm the same

system that you suggest in your let-

ter; that is, we haven’t pasture

enough for the .cows the entire sea-

son, so we feed silage and grain the

year around, and also clover hay if

they will eat it. We keep the cows

up every night the year around and

feed them corn silage and grain.

Sometimes when the feed grows lux-

uriantly we cut out the silage for a

time but most always they will eat

one good feed of silage every day,

and they will always eat a little grain.

Clover hay is not eaten very well if

there is plenty of pasture, but just as

soon as the pasture begins to shorten

or dry up a little bit then they will

eat a feed of clover hay as well as a

feed of corn silage.



I think it is more economical where

one is short of pasture to feed a little

grain all the while than it is to con-

fine the cows entirely to the pasture

While it lasts, then they have to de-

pend almost entirely on the dry feed

and the corn silage. When they are

on the pasture you Will have to feed

more grain later on to keep them up.

Where one is short of pasture it is a

good plan to keep the cows in the

barn nights. You save almost enough

manure to pay for the stabling. You

also save in labor as it is quite a job

to go out in the pasture every morn-

ing and get the cows rid put them

in the barn. Regai‘ ‘ g the manure,

it is scattered about the pasture, usu-

ally in places Where it is little need-

ed, and where it does but little good

when the cows are kept there entire-

ly. If they are kept in the barn you

can save this manure and put it on

the poor places of the farm Where it

will do the most good.





CEMENT FOR COW STABLE.





 





Would like to have information in

regard to cementing a barn for cows.

1 am going to use-steel stanchions

and want to make room for two rows

of stanchions across barn.



Berrien Co. J. A.





By all means use cement for the

floor of the cow stable. There isn’t

any other material today. that is as

practical. Wood doesn’t last but a

little while and wood is not sanitary.

It will absorb the liquid manure and

after a time give off offensive odors

that cannot be done away with. But

cement is perfectly impervious and

can be kept in a sanitary condition.

Make the gutters of cement. Make

them water-tight. Also make the

mangers of cement, the feeding alley,

in fact, have the entire floor, includ-

ing the gutter and the mangers, of

cement. You can then keep the man-

gers in a sanitary condition. They

can then be washed out if it is neces-

sary to do this. At present prices of

good lumber cement is cheaper.





ROUGHAGE LACKS PROTEIN.





 





We have corn silage, shredded fod—

der, oat straw, and millet. Would

like to know in what proportion to

feed to young cattle and sheep; also

what grain ration to feed milch cows.



Wexford Co. >



All of these foods mentioned are de-

ficient in protein. Alfalfa or clover

would help out the ration very much,

but as you haven’t got these feeds it

would be cheaper to buy a little grain

to balance the ration than it would to

buy either of these hays, and you can

balance the ration by feeding a little

grain that is rich in protein in con-

nection with them, and I would sug—

gest gluten feed or Wheat bran or a

little cottonseed meal. There would

be no particular use in trying to give

the proportion that each one of these

kinds of roughage should be fed. The

cattle should have all of them that

they will eat up clean, but then the

ration would be unbalanced, so you





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Planting Eureka Corn is as good as an in-

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Mention the Michigan Farmer





THE MICHIGAN FA’R‘MER





CAN THE RATION BE IMPROVED?





 





Am feeding my cows clover hay

and oat straw, and for grain I fee

two parts oats, one part wheat, one

part barley, one part rye. Please tell

me if I can improve this by feeding

beet pulp, oil meal or cottonseed meal.

The chop feed I don’t have to buy; I

raise that on my own place.



Wisconsin. A. K. B.





Clover hay is the only food in the

ration that is as rich in protein as the

cow’s ration should be. All the rest

are deficient in protein, therefore I

would recommend two pounds per

day of cottonseed meal for each cow

and the balance of the ration as it is

now being fed. Since there is no suc-

culent food I believe it would be a.

good plan to feed dried beet pulp, two

or three pounds per cow per day, but

before it is fed moisten it four or five

hours so that it will assume some-

thing like the succulency of the beet

pulp before it is dried. Then for the

balance of the grain ration I would

feed the same chops composed of two

parts of oats, one part of wheat, one

part of barley and one part of rye. Or

you could cut out the wheat, the bar-

ley and the rye 'and put beet pulp in

the place of it.





FEED ONLY TWO POUNDS COT-

TONSEED MEAL PER DAY.





 





Please give me a balanced ration of

the following grains: Oats, cob meal

and cottonseed meal, and for rough-

age, corn silage, mixed hay, clover

and timothy (about two-thirds clo-

ver). Cows came fresh in Septem-

ber. Have been feeding four parts

ground oats, two parts cottonseed and

feeding one pound of grain a day for

every pound of butter~fat produced in

a week. I have not been able to keep

a steady flow of milk. Cows look

well. .I give these cows good care,

water twice each day, have the water

warmed and have fed cornstalks and

bean pods once each day, all they

would clean up, also about 40 lbs. of

corn silage.



Midland Co. St'nscmBER.





I would not want to feed a grain

ration one-third cottonseed meal. It

is a very concentrated food. I have

an idea that you are probably feed-

ing more protein than there is any

need of. You can cheapen your ra-

tion by cutting out part of this. If

you will confine your cows to two

pounds of cottonseed meal a day and

make up the balance of the ration

equal parts of ground oats and corn

and cob meal, I believe you will get

just as good results and it certainly

will be cheaper. If. these cows are

kept in a stable where the tempera-

ture does not change too much with

the weather, that is, it is so that you

can control the temperature reason-

ably, I do not see why they will not

give a good even flow of milk. They

ought to do well. On the other hand,

if the stable is not warmly built and

the temperature of your stable

changes with. the weather, the cows

will not give a uniform flow of milk.





INFORMATION THAT MEANS DOL-

LARS.





 





You may be surprised to know the

amount of butter-fat in the milk your

cows produce. Some of your cows

may be unusually good ones for

yielding butter-fat, while others may

not produce enough to pay for their

keep. We can inform you on these

matters if you will send samples of

milk from each cow to be tested by

our free service to subscribers.





[Have the milk thoroughly mixed.





when taking the sample. This may

be done by pouring the milk from one

pail'or can to another three or four

times. The sample is then taken im-

mediately and from this sample a

four-ounce wide-mouthed bottle is fill-

ed, corked tightly, enclosed in amail-

ing case and sent to the Michigan

Farmer Laboratories, 674 Woodward

avenue, Detroit, Where the milk will

be tested and a report made to the

sender. A sample of the cream sold

to your buyer may also be tested

which will enable you to know if the

purchaser is giving you propertests.



In case you do not have.a suitable

bottle and mailing case request same

of the Michigan Farmer offices, De-

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MARCH 7, 1914.





   





Thick Cream

The advantages of thick cream over thin cream are

many and very important.





   

 





Thick cream contains less milk, consequently. less soaring

elements and therefore will keep sweet longer.



Thick cream is less in bulk and therefore more easily an

cheaply transported. '



Thick cream causes 'less loss of butter fat in churning.



Thick cream leaves a greater quantity of the skim milk at

home to feed to calves and pigs.



Thick cream brings a higher price—many creameries give

from two to five cents more per pound for but-

tcr fat from thick cream than from thin cream.





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January 8th, l9l4, the





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THE MICHIGAN FAR'MER:





 





 





EXPERIMENTS.





(Continued from last week).

The Great Need of a Chemical Analy-

sis of Each Ration.



The advisability of submitting ex-

perimental rations to a chemical an-

alysis is clearly indcated by a study

of the variability in the composition

of feedstuffs. In the case of grain,

this variability is negligible, appar-

ently, as far as the energy value of

the feed is concerned, but it is con-

siderable and often extreme in the

case of the moisture, protein, and ash

content. With roughages, inspection

of analytical data would indicate an

even greater variability than with

grains, apparently involving even the

energy value. In the case of com-

mercial concentrates, variation of the

protein content is often quite com-

parable to that in grains, though in

the most highly nitrogenous concen-

trates, such as blood meal with a pro-

tein guarantee of 80 per cent, the

percentage variability is less evident.



The detailed study undertaken in

Bulletin 165, of the variability of the

gains in weight of farm animals kept

under more or less uniform experi—

mental conditions, has indicated cer-

tain general recommendations, more

especially as regards the best manner

of interpreting the experimental data

obtained and of publishing the results

and conclusions for the guidance of

the agricultural community.



In formulating the conclusions of

feeding experiments, the necessity of

keeping in mind the possibility that

several of the specific experimental

conditions may seriously limit the ap-

plcability of the results of the inves-

tigation should not be lost sight of.

Thus, Ration A may be superior to

Ration B under some, but not all,

conditions. The possibility, if not the

probability, exists that if the consti-

tuents of Ration A are not up to a

certain standard, the reverse relation

may hold; hence the necessity of a

chemical analysis of the rations

used in order that one may know

the actual conditions under which the

experimental conclusions may reason-

ably be applied. It is not sufficient

simply to enumerate the individual

feeds of which the rations are con-

stituted and the proportions in which

they enter into the rations. Neither

is an exhaustive and repeated chemi—

cal analysis of ration either necessary

or especially advantageous. In fact,

if a fairly complete analysis of feeds

be made at the beginning of the exper-

iment and substantially the same

feeds be used throughout the subse-

quent feeding period, it may be nec‘

essary to run only moisture deter-

minations on the feeds from time to

time during the experiment. If the

variation in the moisture content of

feeds is not appreciable during stor-

age, even the repetition of moisture

determinations will be unnecessary.

However, an ordinary analysis should

be made of each new supply of feed

from a sample fairly representative

of the entire supply.



Other conditions than the composi-

tion of rations may limit the applica-

bility of conclusions. The manner in

which the feeds 'are given to the an-

imal, e. g., whether they are given

ad libitum or in restricted quantities,

may determine to some extent the

relative merits of the rations. . The

breed or type of animals experiment-

ed upon may be still another limiting

factor. The age. or condition of the

animals may be still other limiting





 





factors. Such considerations as these, .





which are associated with greater or”

less degree of probability, should re-





 





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IN INT ER PR ETI N G FEEDING feeding experiments, and the asser-





tion that a given experiment indicates

a superiority of one ration over an-

other should be made only in close

connection with a brief statement of

the more important experimental con-

ditions.



A Word of Caution in Accepting Ex-



perimental Results.



The results of feeding experiments

should be published, not only with

the idea of describing a particular in-

vestigation, but also with the idea of

determining, in so far as such a de~

termination is possible, whether a

reasonable probability exists that the

practical live stock farmer will actu-

ally benefit by applying the results of

the investigation to his own live stock.

If no such probability exists, the farm-

er should be specifically warned. The

elaborate analysis necessary for an-

swering such a question will very

probably not be appreciated by the

majority of the readers of experiment

station bulletins, but this is no excuse

for not using such analytical methods

at the expense of accuracy in the

formulation of conclusions and recom-

mendations. As a matter of fact, the

analysis undertaken need constitute

no part of the bulletin published, the

purpose of such analysis being pri-

marily simply to check or rectify con-

clusions.



RELATION OF SHAPE OF EAR TO

YIELD OF CORN.





 





The superintendent of the Texas

substation at Temple, after a careful

study of the relation of shape of ear

to yield of corn, concludes that slight-

ly tapering parent ears give the high-

est yield. This is in accord with the

results of experiments at the Ohio

Experiment Station, in which ex-

tremely tapering ears gave slightly

higher results than cylindrical ears.

High yields were assocated with com-

paratively smooth kernels of slightly

more than average depth and of me-

dium horniness. The yield increased

With an increase in the total weight

of the ear as determined by slight in-

crease in length, amount of grain, and

rather marked increase in weight of

cob.



In experiments at the Ohio and Ne-

braska experiment stations it was

found that the highest yields were

obtained with medium to medium

long ears. Poorly filled butts and tips

were more frequently associated with

high yields than well filled, but high

yields were more frequently associa-

ted with well-filled butts than with

well-filled tips. “The old score card

placed much emphasis on good filling

of butts and tips, but for several years

past investigators have been getting

away from this idea. It has been

found that these characters, when

highly developed, are usually so de-

veloped at the expense of more val-

uable characters, such as yield, con-

stitution, etc.” There appeared to be

no relation between yield and shell-

ing percentage and circumference and

width of thickness of kernel.





CATALOG NOTICES.





 





The 1914 catalog of the George A.

Sweet Nursery, Dansville, N. Y., is a

52 page booklet, illustrated with many

half-tone engravings showing fruit

produced from the many varieties and

kinds of fruit trees sold by this com-

pany, also showng ornamental trees,

plants, etc.





The 1914 Year Book of W. N. Scarff,

New Carlyle, Ohio, is a 40 page cat-

alog describing and illustrating the

goods offered by this company, which

has 100 acres of land devoted to nur-

sery,‘ fruit and farm seed'production.

A- 32 page seed annual is also sent

upon request by the same firm.





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Consider These Facts

In Buying Your Tires!





You can save 43% by deciding now to buy Ajax tires.

They are the first and only standard tires to carry a definite

written guarantee of 5,000 miles. For the past nine years

this pledge of Ajax quality has been in force and fulfilled.





The life of most standard tires, as verbally implied, is

3,500 miles—or 1,500 miles less than the guaranteed-in-

writing Ajax 5,000 miles. Thus you save from $4.00 to

$20.00 (according to size) on every Ajax tire you buy. You

don't make this saving because they are cheaper —— but be-

cause Ajax are tires of higher quality. Ajax are the best

tires in the world. '





Decide now to equip your car with Ajax tires—all four

wheels. There’s an Ajax dealer close at hand. Remember!

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DETROIT, MARCH 7, 1914.





 





 





 





LEGAL QUESTIONS - ANSWERED.





 





For the accommodation of our sub-

scribers, we have arranged with Mr.

Allan Campbell, a competent attorney,

to answer legal inquiries for our sub-

scribers. For this service a fee of 25

cents for each question will be charg-

ed to insure that only questions of

importance will be asked. This will

bring a personal letter of advice from

the attorney, to whom the questions

are referred. Address Legal Depart-

ment, Michigan Farmer, Detroit, Mich.





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Several inquiries

Road Districts and have been recent-

Road Work. 1y received with





regard to the

present status of the road law relat-

ing to road districts and road work.

Some of the inquirers want to know

if a township can go back to the old

road system and elect several “path-

masters,” doing away with the pres-

ent “overseers,” as they are denomi-

nated in the law.



In 1907 the 01d labor tax for high-

way purposes was repealed by the

Legislature and a money tax substi-

tuted therefor. This act provided for

separate appropriations for road re-

pair and highway improvement. This

law limited the number of road dis-

tricts in each organized township to

one, and provided for the election of

an overseer of highways at the town-

ship meeting.



In 1909, when the general road law

was revised, it was provided that the

highway commissioner, acting with

the township board, might divide the

township into one or more road dis-

tricts in each surveyed township, in

each of which districts an overseer

of highways should be elected.



In 1913 the law was again amended

in some minor details, still leaving it

with the highway commissioner to

divide the township into road dis<

tricts as he may deem convenient,

acting with the township board in

any township which has been organ-

ized more than fifteen years. This

law provides that the overseers of

highways shall be elected at the town-

ship meeting by viva voce vote, or in

such other manner as the meeting

may direct, one overseer of highways

for each road district, limiting the

right to vote for such officer to the

residents in the road district, or elec-

tors of the township having taxable

property in the district. .



Thus at the present time the over-

seers or pathmasters, as they Were

formerly termed, will be elected as

they were under the old highway law,

while the appropriations made will be





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T'H— E M 15c H I G AN ~.,-F~.A_.» RM an .





the same as formerly, under the new





law, thus giving the residents of each ,





road district the choice of their own

overseer of highways and in this way

more local control of the work’ of

highway improvement. '





A recent decision

Public Sentiment of the United

and the Law. States Supreme

Court will have an

important bearing on the future in-

terpretation and administration of the

so-called pure food law. In the case

at issue, the government, under the

interpretation which has previously

been given the law by the officials

charged with its administration,

claimed the right to condemn an arti-

cle of food when a “poisonous and

deleterious substance” had been ad-

ded. This right was contested by the

litigant, and the court, in an opinion

handed down by Justice Day, ruled

that it is necessary to prove not only

that the addition is a harmful and

deleterious substance, but that enough

of it has been added to cause actual

harm to health.



Undoubtedly public sentiment will

demand the early amendment of the

law which will make it as stringent in

application as it was before this final

interpretation was rendered by the

court of last resort. It has been well

said that no law can be properly

enforced which is not backed by pub-

lic sentiment. It is just as true that

public sentiment, once aroused, is a

most effective agent in securing the

kind of legislation which the public

demands. Public sentiment is un-

doubtedly in harmony with the broad

interpretation which has heretofore

been given this law, and is quite cer-

tain to find an early expression of

sufficient force to bring about its

amendment in this important par-

ticular. -

In this issue will

Farmers and the be found the last

Torrens System. of five special ar-



ticles on the Tor-

rens Land Title System, written es-

pecially for the Michigan Farmer by

a disinterested author who is an au-

thority on the law of land titles and

conveyances, as noted in the issue

in which the first of these articles

was published. As previously noted,

the reason for publishing this series

of articles at this time was an appar-

ent lack of a thorough understanding

of the system, as well as the short-

comings of the system now in vogue

in this state, by Michigan Farmer

readers. A careful reading of the

articles on this subset which have

appeared in this and the four preced‘

ing issues will make the proposition

clear to every reader, which is most

desirable since the proposition of

adopting the Torrens system is cer-

tain to remain a live issue in Mich-

igan and to become a subject of pro-

posed legislation in future sessions

of the Legislature, as it has frequent-

ly been in the past.



Since this is a proposition of direct

interest to the majority of farmers,

we suggest that the papers containing

these articles be preserved for future

reference, to the. end that the reader

nay be in a position,to use his in-

fluence intelligently and wisely when

the adoption of the Torrens system

becomes the subject of legislative dis‘

cussicn and deliberation. It would

also be well to bring this proposition

up for discussion in local Grange and-

Farmers’ Club meetings, and, indeed,

in any gathering of farmers in which

general discussion of current topics

is in order. Both of the organiza-

tions above mentioned have time and

again indorsed the proposition of

adopting the Torrens system in Mich-

igan’, and a bill having that object in

view was first introduced in the Mich-

igan Legislature by a leader in the

last mentioned organization. Public

sentiment, however, had , not been





sufficiently developed or crystallized





at that time so that any general in-

terest in the proposition was devel-

oped. When the proposition again





comes before the. Legislature the

farmers Of the state should be pre-

pared to make their influence felt in

the matter and the adoption of the

suggestions above offered will. place

them in a position to accomplish that

desirable end. -





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town or city will be, misspelled, or

the firm name will be written and no

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National.





An effort is being made to simplify

and facilitate the administration of

justice in the federal courts. Last

Friday a delegation of noted lawyers

headed by former President Taft ap-

peared before the judiciary commit-

tee of the lower House of Congress,

impressing the need of a change.



Eminent educators are urging upon

Congress the desirability of creating

a university at Washington to be un-

der the control of the federal govern-

ment. A bill is now in Congress pro-

viding for such an institution, and

hearings on the measure are being

held.



The eastern states were visited by

the worst gale it has experienced

since 1888. For the first time in its

history, the weather bureau at New

York city notified steamship compa-

nies that no vessel would be allowed

to leave port, owing to the threaten-

ing nature of the storm. Five per-

sons were killed or frozen to death

during the storm at different places.

Scores of trains were unable to pro-

ceed to their destinations. Fully nine

inches of snow fell in New York

state, and the temperature dropped

to a. few degrees above zero. In places

the velocity of the wind reached 80

miles per hour. g



A committee of the lower House of

Congress selected to investigate the

shipping business on the Great Lakes

report that the trunk line railroads

absolutely control the package freight

business, that three-fourths of the

bulk freight business is handled by

ships in a combination, and that the

United States Steel Corporation is in

a position to dominate the bulk

freight business. The committee rec-

ommends that in such cities as De-

troit, Buffalo and Chicago, where the

railroads control the dock properties,

the government should refuse to aid

in improving such harbors.



Foreign. ‘



Our relations with Mexico are still

critical. General Villa has notified

the United States government of his

refusal to allow the examination of

the body of W. S. Benton, the British

rancher who was executed when he





went to protest against rebel depre-'





dations on his ranch. While this no-

tice may cause delay, it probably will

not change the plan of the govern-

ment at Washington of sending a

commission to investigate into the de-

tails of the execution. Gen. Villa, in

making the above refusal states that

matters of a diplomatic character

must hereafter be taken to Gen. Car-

ranza. Should the latter refuse to

permit the commissioners to make an

investigation under his authority, a

crisis will probably result. This ac-

tion of the rebels will have a decid-

edly unfavorable effect upon their re-

lations with this country in that it

places the United States in an em-

barrassing position with Great Brit-

ain and other European countries.



The 40,000 French miners who re-

cently went on strike as a. protest

against features of the workers’. pen-

sion bill, have gone back to work.



The new kingdom of Albania be-

came reality on March 1. Prince.

William of Wied has been named

monarchoby order of the powers. Im-

mediately after‘his'as’cension to the

throne, a rebellion broke out in Epi-

rus and the inhabitants of that dis-

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HE big trees of California were

T stately, fluted columns, with



their soft, fibrous bark, raising

{Fair green tops to the stars a thou-

sand years before Caesar conquered

Gaul, and, at that, have never been

known to die of old age. Nothing but

a mountain forest-fire or a flash of

lightning is able to lay them low, save

the saw and axe in the hands of man.

From one of these big trees one could

cut 1,000,000 feet of timber—one—inch

boards, twelve inches in width—

enough to cover the entire hull of the

majestic and mighty steamer “Mau-

retania.”



These big trees are to be found in

their greatest glory in Yosemite Na-

tional Park, where nature and Uncle

Sam go hand in hand in preserving

them for coming generations’ study

and inspiration. They grow all through

the Sierra Nevadas at an elevation of

about 4,000 feet. The bark is the col-

or of cinnamon and is soft and

fibrous. So much so, that the Indians

of the region are able to make some

very nifty little articles for the dress-





ing-room for the eastern tourists

whose eager coins purchase these

trinkets.



The redwoods of California. are





known far and wide as the great cy-

press-like forest of the United States,

being of the Sequoia variety, the orig-

inal name of the Cherokee Indians.

Two thousand acres of this Variety

are to be found on the slopes of the

Coast Range in Oregon along the

banks of the Chetoo River. This

acreage occupies a strip of land vary-

ing from 10 to 30 miles in width, and

traversing the range from the Oregon

line to the Bay of Monterey. South

of the Chetoo River a continuous red-

wood belt starts, and increases its

width from 10 miles, at Del Norte

county, to 18 or 20 miles, and remains

unbroken to southern Humboldt coun-

ty. Here a break exists, while in





Facts About the Big Trees of C





 





By EARLE WILLIAM GAGE.





'Mendocina county the belt becomes





dense again, widening out to nearly

30 miles. South of this county the

trees grow in isolated patches as far

south as the Santa Lucia Mountains.



The redwood attains a greater

height than any other American tree,

while in girth and age it is exceeded

by the big trees of the Sierras. On

the slopes 225 feet is about the maxi-

mum. height and 10 feet its greatest

diameter, while on the flat-country

region, under better conditions, it at—

tains a height of 350 feet, with a. di~

ameter of 20 feet, while some of the

giants of the species have been

known to exceed this.



The redwoods come under the di—

rect commercial line of lumbering.

The greater majority of the trees fell

are from 400 to 800 years of age. Af-

ter the trees have passed the age of

500 years they usually begin to die

down from the top and to fall off in

growth. The oldest tree scientifically

examined by the United States De-

partment of Forestry, was found to

have begun life as early as 531 A. D.



The lumbering of redwood was in-

stituted as a commercial venture in

1850, and has steadily increased since

with the growing market demands

and growth of transportation facili-

ties which were not to be had in the

earlier days of the venture. The use

of the wood is mostly confined to the

state of California, the greatest de-

mands coming from the southern

counties. Occasionally a cargo is sent

across the Pacific to our Oriental

neighbors, but it is rarely sent to the

Far East on account of the high cost

in duty and transportation. It has,

hovewer, even at home, failed to





prove a business venture giving forth

extravagant profits to the lumbering

Several hundred thousand

already been cut over,





operators.

acres have





with a large acreage yet to he fell.

A large portion of the land where the

forests formerly stood are the richest

and most profitable fruit and farm~

ing lands of the state of California,

and stupendous crops are produced

on what is termed “redwood lands.”

It seems that the cones that have

been falling for these hundreds of

years has formed a richness that man

cannot duplicate with artificial means

which means‘in turn, that these lands

are in great demand at a high price.



Probably nowhere in the world is

greater experience demanded of the

woodsman than in the matter of lum-

bering. Great skill is needed that the

trunk may fall precisely where the

woodsman desires that it shall lie,

and he must take great care that it

is not split or in any manner broken

by the heavy concussion, to prevent

which a bed is smoothed and properly





prepared for the oncoming fall. A

great platform is then constructed,





wholly surrounding the big tree, six

to eight feet above the base of the

tree. \Vith a saw an undercut is

made through the trunk, not quite to

the center, and from the opposite side

a crosscut is sawed, ending a foot or

so above the undercut, thus leaving

a foot of solid lumber between. When

the exact place where the tree is to

fall has been selected, the choppers

ascend the platform and with their

axes hew out an angular-shaped piece

having the undercut as a base. \Vhen

this has been cut the second or cross-

cut is wedged till the. tree topples ov-

er and falls to the ground, the solid

section of the trunk, not pierced by

the cuts, supporting the tree till the

center of gravity has bccn passed,

and then the mighty frame falls on

its prepared bed almost intact. The

noise which these towering Iiionstcrs

of the forest make when they fall is





 





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Showing

Beautifully Shaped Top of Species.

not to be compared to the stampede





Scene in Man'posa Grove,





of a drove of elephants. Men who

have traveled far and wide, heard al

sorts of noises, claim that the noise

which a falling redwood makes is not

comparable to anything they ever

heard. The falling monster advises

people five and eight miles distant

that it has become food for the saw-

mills. The lumberman start opera-

tions at the edge of the “clearing,”

working their way into the density of

the forest. This is the only method

that could be pursued without the

loss of large numbers of the other big

trees.



After the trees have been “down-

ed,” the next operation is performed

by the “ringers” and “peelers.” Ev-

ery 12 to 14 feet, as required by the

needs for which the lumber is to be

used, a rim,r is cut around the bark,

and afterward the peelcrs, with crow-

bars and wedges, peel the bark from

the prostrate monster. Finally all the

trees are stripped of their covering,

and become surrounded with an im-

mense accumulation of debris, con-

sisting of pieces of bark and branches,





which must be removed previous to





sawing the trunks into suitable

lengths for conveyance to the mill.

The ground is cleared by fire, precau-

tion being taken first to plug up the

“splits” in the trunk with clay so that
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the fire may not reach'the interior of

the tree. A foggy day is chosen, with

the atmosphere still, that no blowing

winds may fan the flames to uncon-

querable lengths. Fire is started and

in a short period of time is burning

with a. fierce heat that quickly re-

duces the piles of bark and brush to

heaps of ashes, leaving an unobstruct-

ed field for the action of removal of

the 'timber which has been scarcely

charred by the intense heat to which

it has been subjected.



The trunks are sawed as they lie,

into stated lengths, and then follows

the arduous task of conveying the

enormously heavy sections to the rail-

road. Temporary skidways are laid

and roads capable of heavy loads con-

structed. Powerful chutes down which

the logs pass have been planed, and

on these, guided by the skillful lum-

berjacks, the unwieldy logs reach

their destination. The work of load-

ing the logs on trains is performed by

donkey engines which haul the logs to

the top of the steep banks and into

seemingly impossible situations.



Redwoods, in the northern flat

country region yield about 150,000

feet of lumber per acre, while about

Humboldt Bay the yield will average

from 50,000 to 75,000 feet per acre:

while on slopes such as found in So-

noma county the average cut is 20,000

to 30,000 feet the acre.



The normal redwood is “clear” for

100 feet from the ground. That is, no

limbs grow along the trunk of the

tree 100 feet from the ground. This

is of the, normal, well-shaped tree, al-

though the redwood has among its





family some of the most peculiar

shapes of any variety of American

tree. The roots strike downward at a





sharp angle. and are so very large

and so numerous as to form a com-

pact mass of wood, in shape like an

inverted funnel.



While other trecs have their death-

ly pests, the redwood stands supreme-

ly powerful against all pests of the

common variety. The wind can scarce-

1y uproot these trees, insects seem to

do little harm, while fungi seldom af~





fect it. Even fire, the greatest enemy

of an other trees, though it may oc-

casionally kill whole patches of young

redwood, is unable to penetrate the

fire-proof sheathing of the shaggy-

barked‘ old redwoods, with which they

protect themselves. A large acreage

of redwoods in Santa Cruz county

has been reserved as a National Park

by the government.



The real big trees of California are





the Sequoia of the gigantea variety,

already mentioned. These are to be

found along the western slope of the

Sierras, usually at an elevation of

4,000 to 6,500 feet. This tree and its

cousin, the gigantea, are evergreens,

both bearing cones two or three

inches in length. The latter tree is

at the head of the family in age and

size. There are specimens which tow-

er 400 feet to the sky, while one is

said to even exceed this, while the

majority of the forest monsters meas-

ure from 70 to 90 feet around their

trunks. The largest, recently discov-

ered, has a base circumference of 109

feet.



These trees, in affect, are not mere

poles or slender shafts as is the Eu-

calyptus of the forests of Australia,

but proportionate and symmetrical in

girth and height. The bark varies

from 11 to 40 inches in thickness, be-

ing of a bright cinnamon color, soft

and fibrous, while the real beauty of

the tree is enhanced by the flutings,

which traverse the trunk from basic

to apex. The age of the big trees has

furnished plenty of scope for friendly

controversy between various scien-

tists, whose estimates vary from the

beginning of the Christian era to a

period ante-dating the Christian era

by 4,000 years. David Starr Jordan,

President of Leland Stanford Junior

'[Fnivcrsity has placed the age of

these trees at 7,000 years.



Regardless of these varying opin-

ions, the one great undisputed fact

remains, that these big trees stand in

California today in all their perfect

majesty, being the oldest living things

in all the world.





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N0. 923 Valerian Street—Part I.





By J. deQ. DONEHOO.





HAT particular ten-dollar bill



had, as it slipped through his



fingers, a queer appearance to

Radway, the money expert of the

Railway National. Not that it gave

evidence of being spurious: the most

cursory glance proved to him its gen-

uine character. But it had been al-

tered. doctored—v-changed in some

way, as was at once apparent to one

as familiar with paper currency as

he was.



Close inspection showed that the

peculiar feature about this note con-

sisted of three rows of faint, almost

microscopic characters, which ran

across the upper part of its face.

Vx'ith the aid of a glass the young

man soon read them, as follows:



“Hqt iqfu ucmg tkucwg c rqqt

qtrjcp iktn fgvckpgf cickpuv jgt yknu

cv pkpg vygpvavjtgg xcngtkcpuvtggv.

C hqtvag cyckvu ng qu yjq yknn

ucxg 0g. Dwv fqpv vgnn ngraneg.

Vjcv qunf uqun yxgtavjkpi cpf

rtqdcdna ecwug 0a fgcvj. qukug.”



“I wonder what in the deuce they

mean?” Radway asked himself. “I’ll

look into this thing this evening and

see what I can make of it. Some

counterfeiting or other nefarious

scheme may be in this.”



True to his word, Radway, a most

methodical and unromantic young

gentleman, got the bank-note out in

his room after supper that evening.

Although he claimed no skill in the

art of cryptography, it took him but

a few minutes to decide that this se-

cret writing was of the simplest char-

acter and required no intricate key

for its deciphering.



It used nearly all the letters of the

Roman alhpabet, and the proportions

seemed to indicate that each of them





 





regularly represented some vowel or





consonant. Since, now, “g” was off-

cncst repeated, it might tentatively be

inferred that it took the place of “e,”

which occurs most frequently in Eng-

lish. Again, since “0” alone appeared

entirely by itself, evidently forming

a word, it might be assumed that it

stood for “a” or “i,” or, by a remote

possibility, for “0.” Radway next re-

called the fact that “c” was, in regu-

lar order, second after “a,” just as

“g” was second after “c.” He leaped

at once to the conclusion, and a cor-

rect one, that this was the key to the

cryptogram. He applied the principle;

and this is the message he read, sub-

stituting for each character of the in-

scription the one that stands second

before it in usual sequence:



For God’s sake rescue a. poor or-

phan girl detained against her will at

nine twenty-three Valerian street. A

fortune awaits the one who will save

me. But don’t tell the police. That

would spoil everything and probably

cause my death—Eloise.





““"911, of all the games,” exclaimed

Radway. “A practical joke, or pos-

sibly a trap laid for rubes and easy

marks. But they don’t catch Robert

J. Radway, of the Railway National.

And yet—Eloise. A mighty pretty

name, that—suggests a romance.

Might not there be something in it,

after all?”



For some little time the young

man thus soliloquized, as he continued

to gaze oh that message. The result,

though for a time in doubt apparent-

ly, was inevitble.. Suddenly slipping

into his pocket a revolver, he started

out. “I’ll take a look at the place, at

least,” he muttered.



The search for Valerian street was

long and notexciting. Few had ever

heard of it, and it proved to be, not





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in the slums, azs-Radway had'feared, ‘





but it was, instead a. very short

thoroughfare extending for only two

blocks in one of the most exclusively

fashionable parts of the city. It was

lined all the way with massive brown-

stone and brick mansions, each set

back in its own yard. One of the

largest and most imposing of these

was No."923, situated at the corner of

an intersecting alley, almost wide

enough to be itself called a street,

which a sign designated as Trafalgar

Way.



The amateur'detective spent no less

than two hours watching the house;

but in all this time nothing occurred.

no one entering or leaving it. All the

blinds were closely drawn, though it

could plainly be seen that every part

of it was well lighted Within. There

was no question as to the fact that

it was occupied.



But about eleven o’clock the young

man’s curiosity was aroused to the

highest pitch. The idea that the mes-

sage might be a joke or the lure of

some swindler had come to seem to

him preposterous. There was genu‘

ine mystery~the air of tragedy——

here. The watcher could sense it in

the very atmosphere of this exclusive

yet lonely neighborhood. But what

should he do? To ring-the bell—~to

enter unbiddenwthese were measures

to which his courage did not reach.

Should he not by so doing invite dis-

aster to himself-perhaps to the un-

fortunate Eloisc, according to the

tenor of the note? He was absolutely

undecided as to his next movement

when suddenly a blind was raised in

one of the rooms in the third story.



A form became visible—«that of a

very beautiful young girl. Radway

could see her quite distinctly as she

stood in the strong electric light that

flooded theroom. There was no ques-

tion but what she had observed him

and understood his mission. Quickly

she raised the window made a ges-

ture to him, and threw some small

object in-his directionf As suddenly

she closed the window and blind, and

disappeared.



Eagerly the young man leaped for-

ward to look for this object. In a

moment he found it as it lay near his

feet, for it was quite conspicuous. A

massive gold breastpin, with old-fash-

ioned. cameo setting, was stuck

through a bit of paper folded up into

a billet not more than two inches

square. He hastened down the street

before he dared to open this, for he

felt that he must run no further risk

of being observed by other inmates of

the house.



Under an arc-light on a side street,

two blocks distant, Radway first dar—

cd to stop and open the note. He was

so excited that his fingers fairly trem-

bled as he did so, and he found that

something had been hastily scribbled

with a lead pencil on a sheet of sty-

lish stantionery bearing the mono-

gram, “E. L.” It read as follows:





Am in the greatest danger. Try to

open the back basement door at mid-

night and let me out. For God’s sake

don’t fail—Eloise Landis.





For a few moments the young man

nervously paced the Sidewalk. Now

at last was be thoroughly convinced

that there was no joke or trick con-

cerned in the message on the banks

note; it was a serious matter. But

should he, Robert J. Radway, bank

clerk, deliberately turn his hand to

house-breaking—technical burglary,

even to rescue a distressed damsel?

Yet if he did not, what was the alter-

native? Should he suffer this fair

girl to be destroyed? Should he call

in the police, a measure, as she had

assured him, that meant precisely the

same thing for her?



“No: by the eternal powers. I’ll

fight it out,” he finally ejaculated, af-

ter a. hard inward struggle.

it, if I lose my job—my life, for it.”



But how should he attempt to get

into the house? Burglary is not a

profession to be taken up extempore;

and the attempt, it made at all, was



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Bob’s Contract.





BY GEO. E. WALSH.

T’S a good job, my boy, and you’ve





well earned the money. I’ll give



you the job of cleaning the side-

walk off every time it snows, for the

same price.



Bob had shovelled snow hard for an

hour, cleaning the sidewalk carefully,

and in reward for his work he was

handed a quarter; but Mr. Enderby’s

words of praise pleased him the most.



“Thank you, Mr. Enderby. I think

I’ll take your offer. I’ll remember it,

and come around after every snow

storm.”



Bob was working that winter after

school, and before school, and on Sat

urdays and holidays to make money

for a special purpose. He thought

now with happiness of the contract

he had made with Mr. Enderby.



“I; hope it will snow a lot this win-

ter,” he said, looking up at the sky.

Then he stopped and looked up at the

row of houses. “I wonder if I couldn’t

get the contract to do all the sidewalk

along here. I’ll canvas every house,

showing them what I did for Mr. En-

derby.”



Bob was so successful in this that

he stood appalled at the contracts he

had made. He now had ten different

sidewalks to clean of snow every time

it stormed. He thought of his hour

of hard work just finished and won-

dered if he hadn’t contracted for more

than he could do.



“I’ll get some of the boys to help

me,” he reflected finally as the eas~

iest way out of the difficulty.



But that night he worried a little.

He liked to keep his word, and he was

almost ready to cancel some of his

contracts by morning. Fortunately,

however, he happened to walk through

the park on his way to school, and

what he saw caused him to stop and

think. It was a big snow plow drawn

by a team of horses.



“Now that’s my idea!” he exclaim-

ed. “I’ll do it tonight.”



It didn’t snow again for a week, and

Bob had ample time to work at his

new idea after school hours. At the

end of that time he had built a pretty

good snow plow, using old boards,

which he nailed together in the form

of a triangle, with the sharp, pointed

nose armed with tin. When this af-

fair was finished in the backyard it

was a pretty formidable affair, too

large and heavy for a single boy to

haul. But Bob had no intention of

pulling it alone.



“Bill,” he said to his chum, “I’ll give

you ten cents .an hour to help me

drag my snow plow after every‘ snow

storm. I want a double team of four

boys, or six boys if the snow is deep.

You can take turns riding the plow

every ten minutes. Will you do it?”



Bill promptly responded and agreed

to get the other boys. They looked

over the snow plow and pronounced

it a dandy. Two days later it snowed

hard. Bright and early in the morn-

ing Bob was up and had his boys at

work.



They ran the big snow plow along

the walks in front of the whole row

of houses. It swept the sidewalks al-

most clean, but Bob followed with a

shovel and broom. The four boys

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greatest fun in the world, and they

were being paid for it. Each one took

his turn guiding the plow and stand-

ing on it for a ride to keep it down in

the snow.



In two hours they had the whole

block cleaned and it still lacked half

an hour of school time. Bob had sav-

ed up enough money to pay them off.

Four boys working two hours a day

meant 80 cents. When he had paid

them Bob hurried off to school.



After school he presented his bills

to the owners of the ten houses, and

collected for his morning’s work

$2.50. “That’s pretty good,” he mus-

ed, “one dollar and seventy cents. If

I keep that up all winter I’ll have

enough money for my purpose.”



Bob had really been paid for his

idea more than for his hard work. He

had found a way to make others help

him so that they were paid for having

fun. Altogether it was a profitable

transaction. It was so simple that he

wondered why some of the other boys

hadn’t thought of it.



Bob had five light snow storms to

contend with that winter, and one

very severe one when his snow plow

wouldn’t work. Then he had to hire

the boys to shovel for him,"and paid

them twenty-five cents an hour. He

didn’t make anything on that snow

storm, but that was a part of the un-

derstanding. He could afford to give

his morning’s work for nothing be-

cause of the big profits he m e on

the light storms. That is the Way in

most business enterprises. You may

lose on one contract or break even,

but the average is made good when

your profits are counted for the less

difficult jobs. Bob was learning an

important principle of contract work,

and it was to his credit that he lived

up to his agreement, and cheerfully

paid the boys all he received for clear-

ing of the snow after that one big

storm.





WITH THE SAW AND HAMMER.





BY w. TRUB.



Years ago boys hunted squirrels,

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rooms are set apart for the boys.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER,





tions it is to be made.

tion of the quality of the different

kinds of lumber will show the varie-

ties that are best suited for the man-

ufacture of n~desk or other furniture.

At the furniture stores in town be

perhaps can get an idea. of how the

surface is prepared and varnished.



If the problem arising in connection

with the construction of a piece of

furniture like this are worked out it

not ‘only will provide the manufactur-

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make that particular piece, but will

suggest a method of getting help on

any problem of construction, whether

it be with the hammer and saw or





fl with metal-working tools.





A boy's room containing some of

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light to the traveler who is interested

in boys, and usually is a. source of

pleasure to the boy’s parents. The

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and desires to put his thoughts to-

gether in some kind of structure,

while the boy's parents are usually





concerned in the things the boy

makes. except occasionally when the

operations requires the use of tools





that are wanted elsewhere, or gets

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BY A. S. CODY.





Though winter is dreary there are

things that. are cheery and keep hope

alive when our fingers are numb, and

the days that are brightest and care

presses lightest are the days when

the soedsmen’s big catalogs come.

Though winter, the wizard, may send

a fierce blizzard, or Just a plain snow-

storm, with snow to our knees, while

north winds are blowing in fancy

we're sowing our gardens to lettuce

and onions and peas. While our toes

we are toasting green corn- we are

or “plunking” ripe melons,

with cores coral red; or" baking pota-

toes, or slicing tomatoes-the prize

ones that through every catalog’s

spread. We are shelling green peas,

such as no one e’er sees except in a

catalog's pages, I fear. They are big

as our bunions, or small pickle onions

”—1 never saw any at all like them

here. Ah, me, who can measure the

feeling of pleasure we get from the

catalogs, blooming in spring. As the

fire grows warmer our dream as a

farmer grows big as Jack's beanstalk.

\Ve envy no king while these catalogs,

splendid, show us all that men did in

making Dame Nature conform to their

will. So through winter’s dull hours

we sniff phantom flowers and a Bar-

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DR. DOWNY—TREE SURGEON.





 





BY ORlN E. "HOOKER.



In certain communities it is possi-

ble to secure the services of a so-

called tree surgeon who will trim,

prune, spray, fill up cvities and other-

wise restore one’s tree to a healthy

and prosperous condition. A man who

values his trees and who has not the

time to attend to such matters him-

self usually considers the services of

such an expert well worth what he

charges.



There is another tree surgeon that





examines every tree on the farm with





great regularity and who charges not

a cent for his labors. His name is

Dr. Downy—cf the well known wood-

pecker famin—and it behooves every

farmer to at least have a passing ac-

quaintance with him.



Dr. Downy is a diminutive fellow in

a. trim black and white suit. He wears

a little red cap on the crown of his

head and is usually so quiet that his





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hears him tapping vigorously upon

trunk or limb of some orchard tree——

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Dr. Downy is one of» the most ef-

fective destroyers of the orchardlst's

arch enemy. the codling moth. He

searches out and attacks this pest in

its pupal chamber where it has se-

creted itself so thoroughly under the

bark scales as scarcely to be discov-

ered by human eyes.



Not only does he spend the fall and

winter giving his professional atten-

tion to these secreted pupae of this

and other orchard pests, but in sum-

mer he has also been observed in the

act of extracting the larva of the cod-

llng moth from young apples. This

he does by giving his attention to the

fruit before the grub has had time to

work far into the apple from the

calyx where the egg was deposited.

His long flexible tongue permits him

to extract it without injury to the

hum—«other than that already done

by the g1 ub



DI Downy is essentially the friend

of the farmer~servlng him without.

charge and doing his work well. In-

asmuch as he does not migrate in

winter his professional attention to

the trees of orchard and farm is giv-

en continuously throughout the year.





No. 923 VALERIAN STREET.





(Continued fiom page 270).





scheduled to be in less than an hour.

The young men know nothing about

be kind of fastenings that secured the

door referred to in the note. He

cudgelled his brain for some sugges-

tion that might help him out. Sud-

dently an inspiration came to him—-

Abner Holtgreve.



Iiadway rushed for a downtown car

and quickly boarded it. A few min-

utes later he got off before the shop

of a locksmith, with whom he had

previously had some dealings on be-

half of the bank.



Vigorous pounding on the door soon

aroused Holtgreve, who, with his fam-

ly, ocupied the rooms above his shop.

In night attire he came down, let the

young man in, and in response to his

trumped up story of how the bank

had immediate occasion for opening a

ock, the construction of which could

not at all be described, prepared a

large selection of skeleton keys, giv-

ing many directions as to how to use

them. Seizing these, Radway darted

off and caught the first car going in

the direction of Valerian street. It

was just five minutes of twelve when

he huIriedly slunk along.r Trafalgal

Way, in the rear of the house at

No. 923.



The back yard was enclosed by a

massive iron fence which the young

man without difiiculty scaled; then

he cautiously made his way to the

basement entrance. For a moment

he crouched downhere and listened.

There was no sound, nor was there

any evidence of light within. Soon

he took out his keys and began, with

beating heart, to fit them into the

lock. Good! This one at last slowly

turned, the door yielded—it opened.



Radway suddenly drew back, for

just at this instant he heard an in-

side door open. As he reached for

his revolver a slight figure in dark

attire hurried towards him, exclaim-

ing in excited whispers, “It is I,

Eloise. Oh, I’m so thankful you came.

But quick! We must get out of this

at once. In a few moments they are

sure to discover my absence. They

will ransack the house and find out

where I escaped.”



The young man instantly seized the

girl’s arm, and, returning the revels

ver to his pocket, with rapid, reassur-

ing words, uttered in a low under-

tone, led her toward the iron fence.



“Over this now,” he panted, “and

you will be safe. I shall get to the

top first and help you 111). Don’t be

afraid—”



Before Radway had finished the

sentence—before he had gotten to the

top of the fence, or could reach for

the revolver to defend himself—he was

seized from behind with a mighty

Another assailant had taken
MARCH 7. 1914.





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hold of the girl, who tried to scream,

but was at once gagged with a hand-

kerchief. Nolselessiy as cats had two

men emerged from the open door

which the fleeing couple had left, and

so pounced upon them.



“A case of housebrcaklng and at-

tempted abduction for you, my fine

fellow." snarled the man who held

Radway by a grip from which that

startled individual was powerless to

free himscli’. “Wc’ll attend to your

case. Come on.”



Railway made no rcsltancc; it was

useless. He saw the girl, now appar-

ently almost unconscious, also led

along by the othcr man, who was

swarihy~~~a forcigncr, cvldcnily. 'l‘hc

one who had charge of thc party was

portly and past middle ago, but he

seemed agile and as strong as an ox.



None of the most pleasant were the

young man's reflections.

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ing up a choice vacancy in thc Rail-

way National Bank. if not also storm

in tho penitentiary.



in a minute or two the whole party





parlor—won thc first, floor. The swarihy

man pluccd the girl, who had now rc-

vlvcd from hcr swoon and was softly





conducicd Railway to a chair, whcrc

ho watchcd him closcly, although cur-

iously cnough ho ncglccicd to scar-ch

him for conccalcd weapons. Noxi. thc





than twenty cnicrcd. The (elderly in-

dividuul at oncc addrcsscd his un-

known prisoncr.



“Of coursc you know who I arc——

Eloise's uncle, licnry Landis. Who

you arc, I neither know nor carc, cx-

ccpt that you arc some fortune-hunt-

er who has managed to get acquaint-

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has tried tonight to abduct hcr. You

are now absolu‘tcly and unrcscrvcdly

in my power, and there is no use in

mincing words. She knows me, prob:

ably you do also, by reputation. I am





ceivcd by. myself or family. The law,

if I should hand you over to it,might

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penitentiary, for breaking into my

housc and attcmpting to kidnap my

minor word. I think that your offense

mcrits nothing loss than death. I

shall have no scruplcs, then, about

inflicting that penalty upon you, if

this girl does not see fit to save you,

her lover, by promptly consenting to

that marriage with her cousin Ed-

ward which I have long urged upon

her, and which hcr deceased father

most of all desired.”

(Part II in next week's issue).





TO A TUFTED TlTMOUSE.





 





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A TRIP THROUGH BELGIUM.





We have learned from our histories

the debt the United States owes to

the little country of Belgium, how

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to see just how easily folks in par-

ticular, and the world in general,

could get along without me after I

slipped away. No matter where I

lived or What work I had to do, I

could go away and stay for weeks or

months, and nothing slipped a cog.

Everyone went on eating and drinking

and sleeping just as heartily as if I

was around, and someone else picked

up the work I had been doing, and got

through with it someway, even though

I might think they weren’t doing it

half so well. It has bothered me

dreadfully all my life, that feeling that

I was on the “LOId High Execution-

er’s little list of people who never

would be missed”



I’ve always wanted to do something

so big that I would be missed. You

all know that feeling. For years I

planned what I could do, but never

got far with it. Just recently I sud-

denly awoke to the fact that for some

time I’ve had the opportunity to do

the big thing, and it has been so small

and unobtrusive a thing that I never

thought of it in the light of the Great

Opportunity. It came to me all of a

sudden one day when I got to think-

ing how much I’d miss my mother

When the Call comes. She’s been here

so long, always right where she was

needed and never making any fuss

about it, that when I got to trying to

imagine what it would mean not to

reach out and find her there, I had to

stop thinking. Then all of a sudden

I thought that for seven years I’ve

had the same opportunity to do a

work that no one else could do just as

well as I could, and I’d quite failed to

live up to my opportunity.



For after all, no matter how poorly

we do it, if we are trying to do it the

best we can, no one else can do our

job of mothering our own children

quite so well as we can. For who else

is there that can know them so well?

Someone else might handle them more

deftly, might feed them more wisely

and discipline them more judiciously,

but they couldn’t mother them so well.

For we have borne them. We know

all about their little peculiarities of

mind, speech and temper. We could

tell, if we would, just when and where

a lack of self-control on our own part

gave them a certain trait of character

which is not lovely, and we should be

generous and patient with them be-

cause we know. We know from which

ancestor they get this trait and that,

and if we will, we can nip in their in-

fancy habits which will warp the lat-

er life if allowed to grow. We love

them as no one else could, and they

unconsciously, love us better than

they do anyone else, no matter if that

other person has had more care of

them than we have had ourselves.

Say what you will, there is a bond be—

tween mother and child which could

never exist between a stranger and

the child, no matter what the other

might'do to take the mother’s place.



Here is a work ready to the hand

of the most unknown mother, a work

which shall keep her name alive in

some hearts years after she has fold-

ed her hands for the last time. Even

when her own children have passed

on, her memory will still live, for do

we not all have spells of musing over

the women who were our grandmoth-

ers and great-grandmothers and great-





 





great-grandmothers, thanking them si-

lently for the good work they did with

the children who were our progeni‘

tors? It’s such a simple, unobtrusive

sort of work is it any wonder women

so often overlook it when they are

looking for The Great Work which is

to keep their memory green? Writing

a book or being a prima donna or

leading the suffragettes, is so much

more noisy and exciting that these

things often succeed in making us

deaf to that other greater work which

is right at our doors. But who re-

members the novelists and singers of

even 25 years ago? No one, unless it.





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is their own descendants. So that

their memory is kept alive not by the

thing which they thought was great,

but by the work which they looked

upon only as a hindrance to greater

things.



Being a mother is a great thing for

the woman who wants to live forever

in some heart. Being a daughter ora

wife can not compare with it. Your

mother will remember you while she

lives, but your brothers and sisters

are living in their own families and

forget you before a decade has pass-

ed. Your husband forgets and finds

happiness with another wife. But your

children never forget, “if you have

lived and you have loved” ,as you

should. DEBORAH.





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Raising House Plants from Seeds.

By PEARLE WHITE MCCOWAN.





 





ERHAPS one of the most fasci-



nating things the flower lover



can do is to raise her own plants,

even those of the commoner varieties.

It takes some patience, but one is re.

warded by the interesting pastime of

watching each tiny seedlet develop

and grow, besides having the satisfy-

ing knowledge that they are of one’s

own raising, to say nothing of the va-

rieties thus procured and the bright

unlooked for little surprises that of-

ten develop.



Many seed houses carry seeds of

geraniums, primroses, abutilons, be-

gonias, carnations, clyclamens, and

Lantanas, at reasonable prices, to say

nothing of those rarer varieties, ferns

and palms.



To prepare the soil for seed plant-

ing sift. through a screen and bake

well in the oven to kill all weed seeds,

for the amateur will find it difficult to

detect the little plants if mixed with

a growth of weeds, especially if un-

familiar with their eai‘ly appearance.



The finer seeds, especially, do best

if first sown in shallow boxes and lat-

er transplanted to their permanent

quarters. Before their planting the

soil should be pressed firmly down in-

to the pots or boxes. A good rule to

follow in the sewing is to cover all

seeds to twice the depth of their

thickness. For instance, a seed one-

eighth of an inch thick would need to

be covered with a quarter of an inch

of soil.



However, the very fine seeds do not

really need to be covered at all. Some

mix them with a little find sand, place

the whole in a salt shaker, and scat-

ter seeds and sand together over the

surface of the soil. Others prefer

merely to scatter the seeds about up-

on the surface and lay over them a

piece of thick cloth which is kept

constantly damp until the tiny plants

begin to appear. The cloth is then

removed and they are given light and

air. However, they are very tender

at this stage, and susceptible to cold

or direct heat, also to moisture or

drouth. Therefore one must needs be

very careful. If kept too wet the lit-

tle plants will soon succumb to the

dainping’off process, or if too dry they

will simply wither away. Only one’s

own good judgment can tell when the

happy medium is reached.



The watering, too, will need to be

done very carefully that the soil may

not be dashed up and the tiny seed-

lings washed out. Perhaps the best

way is to use a brush broom, gently

pressing out a portion of the water

against the side of the dish contain-





ing it and carefully shaking the re-'





mainder over the little plants much

as one would sprinkle clothes.



When three or four leaves have ap-

peared the tiny plantlings can be lift-

ed on the tip of a knife and trans-

planted to their especial quarters, al.

ways of course disturbing them as lit-

tle as needs be and leaving as much

soil as possible about their roots.



Of the geraniums there are two par-

ticular classes known to florists. The

Zonales, from which come both double

and single varieties in all the lovely

common and uncommon shades and

colorings. They are all very easily

grown from seeds and the amateur

will probably find them on the whole

the most satisfactory of any window

plants. The pelagoniums, or Lady

Washington varieties, are not so de-

pendable. They are of less easy cul-

ture and their blossoming periods are





much shorter, but they are wonder— ‘





fully beautiful when one does succeed

with them.



Perhaps next to the geraniums the

bright little primroses repay one’s Ia-

bor best. It is sometimes a. little

difficult to get a seeding, but when

once started they are of the easiest

culture, only requiring that they be

not kept too warm. The brave little

oxalis that is so constant With its

cheerful little clusters of pink and

white blossoms can also be grown

from seed.



The time of germination required

for the different kinds of seeds will

vary from ten days for the geraniums

and oxalis to 20 or even 25 for some

of the varieties mentioned.



All of the kinds suggested are of

sufficiently easy culture to be under-

taken even by the amateur if she but

have patience and a genuine love for

flowers. And if she have very, very

much patience she may even, with a

reasonable hope of success, try the

raising of palms and ferns and callas

from seeds.



Of course, these latter are.of slow-

er growth and germination, and the

larger and harder seeds will need to

be soaked for several hours in warm

water. Indeed, it is sometimes wise

to slightly file one side of those seeds

that are very hard, espescially if they

be as large as a pea or larger. The

time required for the germination of

any of these last mentioned is from

20 to 30 days.





Ambitious:—I have looked through

every book of quotations in the De-

troit public library. but can not find

the quotation you give. Am inclined

to believe it is simply a folk saying,

and no one knows the author.





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





THE ART OF RESTING.





 





BY TOMMIE BAKER.





“Woman's work is never done,” is

an age-old saying that doubtless ap-

plies to the modern housewife quite

as well as to her predecessor. But to

be busy all the time is far preferable

to being idle, for idleness is the moth-

er of discontent. I wonder, in the

midst of so much to do, how many

good women succeed in carrying on

their work so systematically as to

preserve their mental and physical

poise day in and day out, free from

nagging and petty quarrels.



The one grave hindrance to health

and happiness comes in the form of

the great American Disease—worry.

Its blighting effects are almost too

numerous to_mention. It impairs ap-

petite, disturbs sleep, makes respira-

tion irregular, spoils digestion, irri-

tates disposition, warps character,

weakens mind, stimulates disease and

saps bodily strength. Men and wo-

men vainly imagine it is work that is

killing them, whereas, they are con-

stantly charging themselves with the

mental poison of worry. It is not

work that uses up the vitality but in-

creasing worry, often over more

trifles, that makes everything seem

dead wrong and brings one to the

borderland of nervous collapse.



Normal Work invigorates, creates a

Wholesome desire for food; brings

dreamless sleep; aids digestion;

sweetens disposition; forms charac-

ter; wards off disease and satisfies

both body and mind. If amid pressing

duties one would call a halt for a few

minutes each day for quiet rest the

work would go on and the physical

and mental vigor be preserved to

good old age. Take five minutes, if

no more, and instead of sitting in a

chair, lie down, close the tired eyes

and completely relax overstrained

muscles. In this way a weary brain

and aching limbs will be reinforced

much more effectively than in a sit-

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nating embroidering, crocheting or

any pretty needle-work with the more

laborious tasks of the household. The

method takes the mind from drudgery

and sets it to creating beautiful de-

signs so gratifying to the artistic

sense.



A certain industrious lady was told

to rest after eatin, so she formed the

habit of memorizing a portion of

some favorite poem in the 20 minutes

just after her noon-day meals. It is

needless to say her friends found her

optimism good to behold.



If American womanhood could be

made to know how much of beauty,

sweetness of disposition and general

attractiveness of personality depends

upon good health, and health in turn,

to simply resting a little every day,

there would be formed a habit for

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HOME QUERIES.





 





Household Editorc~What sort of

hats will be worn this summer?—B.

M., Dundee.





It is a little early, to say what the

summer hats Will be. The spring hats

which are now in are all small, turn-

ed up at the side and trimmed with

stiff bows and high side effects. They

are of fine straw or of straw and silk

combined, straw crown and silk brim.

These hats will be worn from now

until late April and May, when the

summer chapeaux will be ready.





Household Editor: —How do you

blanch rice?~——Cook





Put the rice into cold water in the

proportion of one cup of rice to a

quart of water, and let boil five

minutes after boiling begins. Then

pour off the boiling water, wash the

rice and drain through a. fine sieve.





 





MARCH 7, 1914.





M. E. G.:—-To make the everlasting

yeast, take two cups of potato water;

six teaspoons of sugar and put in

can with cover. Keep warm until

light, which will be about four days.

I set mine on top of furnace. Never

put salt in starter. I always take out

my starter, and put salt in flour when

ready to set bread. —Mrs. J. H. B.





Household Editor. —Will you please

ask through your Home Queries if

someone will kindly give samples of

tatting and direction for making clo-

verleaf tatting and any other makes?

The butterfly and sample that were

in Michigan Farmer a few weeks ago

were fine. Thanks. —Mrs. E. D.





Household Editorz—I saw an in-

quiry in the Home Queries a few

weeks ago of What to do for pancakes

which would not bake, and having had

the same trouble thought I would give

my experience. I found a remedy in

an old cook book and it works like a

charm. Put about two tablespoons of

common cooking molasses in your cake

batter when you stir it up, or if you

should forget, it can be added in the

morning before cooking, They will be

a lovely golden brown and much light-

er than before. Hope this will help

the lady asking, as it did me. The

amount of molasses is so small that

you can not taste it.—Mrs. F. J. R.



Household Editorz—I noticed in

your paper a request for a recipe for

can or witch yeast. I make mine as

follows: At noon use the mashed

potato and water, as when starting

bread, but not nearly so much. When

at the proper temperature add one

teaspoon of salt, two tablespoonfuls

of sugar and a softened yeast cake.

Let stand at least 24 hours to fer-

ment, when it is ready for use. It

improves with age, and should smell

a little of hops. To keep it prime, it

should be used oftener than once a.

week and keep it in a cool place.—

Mrs. A. W. G.





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The Farmre’s Furnace!





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PLYMOUTH GRANGE NOTES.



Plymouth Grange installed their

officers for the ensuing year on Jan-

uary 15, James Brighton, of Wyan-

dotte, assisted by J. W. Mellow, of

Plymouth, being the installing ofli-

cers. The work was very beauti-

fully and impressively done, especial-

ly when the new and the retiring

Masters met and clasped hands.

while the Grange sang “The Tie that

Binds.”



James Handford, the retiring Mas-

ter, has held the office for three years

and would have been the choice of the

Grange again but he felt that he

could not accept the office for anoth-

er year. Mr. Howard Braun, a very

worthy young man, was the new

choice, being elected and installed

master at this meeting. Mr. Hanford

greeted the new master and gave a

very pleasing retiring speech, which

showed the place he has in his heart

for the Grange.



The Plymouth Grange has been

flourishing during the past two years,

applications for membership being

handed in at nearly every meeting. It

has 223 members in good standing, 3.

good orchestra, with Mr. Will Har-

mon as leader, and a fine degree team

with another being drilled to be ready

to assist the regular team when nec-

essary. The regular team, which con-

sists entirely of ladies, exemplified

the third and fourth degrees at Rom-

ulus in December, and at Ypsilanti in

January.



The second Friday of each month

we have a Grange social so that the

patrons can get better acquainted.

The Grange is getting so large that

it is hard to give the social side

enough time at the regular meetings.

These social gatherings was the idea

of Mrs. Paul Bennett. The evenings

are spent in visiting, playing games,

and dancing. This furnishes enter-

tainment for our large membership of

young folks and also enjoyment for

the older members—Mrs. Rose E.

Tillotson, Cor.





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Stony Creek Grange, Washtenaw

county, has received 21 new and eight

re-instated members since the begin-

ning of the year. This is one of the

oldest Granges in the state, No. 51.





A good number of people helped

Leonidas Grange, No. 266, St. Joe

eph county, celebrate its fortieth

birthday with a dinner and a pro-

gram, February 13. Four charter

members were present.



Antrim County Pomona Grange met

with Helena Grange at Alden, Wed-

nesday, February 18. Grangers from

nearly all parts of the county arrived

in time for the picnic dinner furnish-

ed by Helena Grange. Grange was

held in the fourth degree in the af-

ternoon. Three numbers on the pro-

gram during this session are worthy

of especial mention. They were: “The





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CLUB HISTORIES.





 





Pine Lake Club, of Barry County.





The Pine Lake Farmers’ Club

which has gained for itself a wide

reputation in these parts, had its be-

ginning the evening of December 16,

1913. When a representation of the

people of the Pine Lake neighbor

hood met at the home of R. W. Petti-

john and were organized into a Club

whose main, object is to promote an

ambition among our farmers thal

more beneficial results in agriculture

may be secured.



The regular meetings are held on

the first Friday of each month, but

special meetings are called during the

winter months, so we manage to get

together every two weeks. ‘



The secretary’s roll now boasts of

50 names of interested farmers and

more are being added at each meet-

ing. Although roads and weather have

been rather severe thus far, we have

had a good attendance. Of this a

goodly number are young people and

we are glad to notice the interest

they take in the discussions and the

readiness with which they respond

when called upon by the program

committee. It would be well to add

here that the women, too, are live

wires in this locality and not only are

they interested in the household top-

ics but take an active part in discus—

sions originated by the men.



A special day meeting was held on

February 21, at Maple Corners, the

home of Walter Brown. A bounteous

chicken-pie dinner was served at late

noon to 125 persons, after which

came a short business meeting, fol-

lowed by an excellent program of

music, recitations and papers for dis-

cussion, which proved to be instruc-

tive as well as entertaining. The

committe was unable to obtain a

speaker for this date it was voted to

hold another day meeting on March 14.



The jolly crowd disbanded in ample

time to reach their owu firesides be-

fore dusk, each agreeing that this had

been a day Well spent and telling the

good the Farmers’ Club was to ac-

complish for this locality in the near

future.



Organize New Club.



Thursday, February 12, 1914, a

number of farmers and their wives

met at the pleasant home of Mr. and

Mrs. B. P. Cowles and organized what

is to be known as Sherman Farmers’

Club, Isabella county. said Club to

meet on the first Thursday of each

month at 10:30 a. m. at the homes of

its different members. The object of





Torrens System of Lund’l‘ransfers,” by the organization is the social, moral,





C. S. Ginle, of Forest Home Grange;

“Our New Currency Laws,” by O. S.

Bloomer of Helena Grange, and “Gas-

oline Power on the Farm,” by Mrs.

P. Bearss, of Ellsworth Grange. A

fifth degree session was held from

6:00 to 7:30 p. m. The evening ses~

sion was open to the public. An il-

lustrated lecture was given by a rep-

resentative of the Western Michigan

Development Bureau.



Berlin Center Grange is active in

the endeavor to draw the people of

its community to something elevating

instead of degrading. In order to

carry out this plan, the young people

are putting forth their very best ef-

forts to make this Grange a success.

Through the leadership of our State

Master, John C. Ketcham, who is to

be with us some time in the near fu-

ture, we are planning to’ have a grand

rally at our hall. We are also pre-

paring a play which will be given in

the near future. A short time ago we

had a special meeting at which we

finished up the work of giving a class

of seven the first four degrees.





COMING EVENTS.





Eighth Annual Rural Progress Lec~

ture, with Lecturers’ Conference pre-

ceding, at Western Normal, Kalama-

zoo, March 13. All rural workers and

others interested are invited. Kala-

mazoo Pomona and Normal hosts.



Pomona Meetings.



Washtenaw Pomona, Ann Arbor,





 





 





March 10, at Y. M. C. A. Building.

Picnic dinner.





and financial improve-

ment of the community. The follow-

ing officers were elected: President,

B. P. Cowles; vice-president, Arthur

Fleming: secretary, Asa A. Smith:

treasurer, John Hibbard.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





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Discuss Practical Topics.——Hartland

Farmers’ Club was very pleasantly

entertained by Mr. and Mrs. C. M.

Parshall, February 7. Although the

day was cold the large house was

filled, there being over 100 to dinner,

after which the Club was called to

order by the president, W'm. Willson.

All regular business was taken care

of. Also reports of committees. Our

program was short on account of

some being absent. We were favored

with some good music by Mrs. Fred

McGraw and 135 Eflle McGrain. The

following qu stions were submitted

for discussion under the direction of

Wm. Youngs and Henry Huskinon:

“Which will give best results, ma-

nure drawn out in winter or sum-

mer?” “Which will get the best catch

of clov’er, to sow in spring on fall

crop or to sow with spring crop?”

“Which is cheaper to get, the first or

second 100 pounds of a. 200 pound

hog?” “How can we secure the most

grain per acre, by drilling or billed





corn ?” These questions were well

discussed and brought out good

thoughts. After more music, Club





adjourned to meet with Fred Huskin-

son and sister, Hattie Clements, in

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At a recent meeting of the North

Owosso Farmers’ Club, held at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. E; 0. Place, one

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the farmers of Shiawassee county, 3.

county fair or a public market place ?”

After thoroughly discussing the mat-

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ket place under proper regulations

would be of greater benefit.



Other towns are taking steps to-

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ter, poultry, fruit and vegetables can

be marketed through the parcel post

lor sent to a neighbor. Containers for

eggs are also being perfected and as

soon as manufacturers place them on

the markets, there will be an unusual

field opened for marketing eggs by

the postal route. Likewise articles

from town can be sent to the farms.



The cost per pound in what is call-

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for the first pound and half a cent for

each additional pound. The “local ter.

ritory” includes the region served by

either rural or city carriers. This

means that a package of 50 pounds

can be sent within this territory for

30 cents; a package 'of 25 pounds for

17 cents. This makes a cheap and

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products from the farm to the town,

or vice versa. In the first and second

zones, which cover a distance up to

about 150 miles, the charges are five

cents for the first pound and one cent

for each additional pound.



The next point is how to get the

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selling goods at cut prices with a view

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It is of interest to note what is be-

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to shop with the market basket, also

that it causes a rapid increase in the

number of fruit farms and truck

patches in the suburbs and vicinity.

The city of Memphis, Tenn, secured

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A commission appointed by Mayor

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papers. So many inquiries came in

that his own crop was soon gone and

he had to buy from his neighbors to

fill orders that kept coming. In this

way the nuts went right from the

trees to the consumer. The grower

got a better price and the consumer

got his nuts cheaper.



On many farms there are more veg-

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ed; still the extra amount may not be

sufficient to pay for a trip to town.

By means of the parcel post these ex-

tra vegetables and fruits can be made

up in small lots and sent to families

in town and both the producer and

consumer be benefited.



It is important, too, when sending

stuff to families in town to send only

the best. It is a good plan to adopt

some trade-mark; or better yet, name

the farm and put the farm name on

the product. The printed letterhead

is also an important factor. On it can

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the products that are for sale. When

a customer in town 01' a fellow farm-

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farm of a few acres ,by direct mar-

keting of eggs. Living on an electric

line within easy reach of the city of

Columbus, Mr. Brown markets all of

his eggs himself among special cus-

tomers. He has worked up a route

among families living in a limited

section and every week in winter and

three times a week in summer he

makes deliveries direct to these cus-

tomers. In two baskets he is able to

place 50 dozen eggs, and as he car-

ries these, the car fare is his only ex-

pense. The price per dozen varies

weekly according to market quota-

tions, but because of the quality of

his product, Mr. Brown usually real-

izes from five to eight cents a dozen

above the price paid by dealers.





WHAT IS THE TROUBLE WITH

BEAN PRICES?





 





Our readers are financially con-

cerned in the way bean quotations

have acted during the past fall and

winter. We shall publish an article

from the pen of Mr. McBride who

has had unusual opportunity to learn

of the inside workings of the market,

and in this article he describes some

seemingly underhanded operations

that vitally affect the farmer’s income

from this crop. The article appears

next week.





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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.





Northern Isabella and Southern

Clare Co.’s—Very cold and blustering

with about eight inches of snow on

the ground, but piled in heaps more

or less. We had a regular Florida

winter until about three weeks ago,

and since then it has made us think

of the Klondike. Not much work be-

ing done on the farm, more than the

chores. Some hay and beans being

sold. Most of the farmers that have

beans are holding for higher prices.

Lots of auction sales being held and

everything goes at good prices. Cows

bring from $50@85. Not many sugar

beets will be raised next year as the

farmers do not like new contracts.



Florida.



Volusia Co.—The recent heavy rains

made the roads almost impassible,

and creeks are full of water. On the

16th smug fires were on the program

to save the buds. The orange and

plum trees are in half bloom. All

‘small vegetables are doing nicely.

Celery is good except where drainage

is poor. Strawberries are in their

infancy.





 





New York.





Niagara Co.—Weather is clear and

cold, the thermometer dropping to 12

below zero. Farmers have ‘been har-

vesting ice, which is of good quality,

and from 12 to 14 inches thick. We

have not had much snow, and roads

have been fine. Autos have been run-





'ning all winter on country roads.





Wheat and rye have been partly cov-

ered with ice. All the produce is sold

except beans and cabbage. Beans are

off market. Cabbage has gone down

to $20 on account of shipments. But-

ter is only 20c per 1b., and it looks as

though it would go lower yet. Trim-

ming of trees is nearly done.



Columbia Co.—There is very little

doing among farmers. The ice crop

is pretty well harvested, and the qual-

ity good. Roads are good. There is

not much to market except a little

hay and straw. Oats and corn short,

about all being consumed on farms.

Rye looks well; there is no wheat

grown in .this country. Farming is

not well conducted, selling off and

returning but little has depleted the

soil of humus, and drouth such as

last summer, is ruinous. Tax delin-

quents were never so numerous, ow-

ing to shortage of crops. Potatoes

$1; butter 35c; eggs 34c.



Ohio.





Guernsey Co.——This is a good ice

season, and farmers are putting in a

supply. Roughage will be pretty well

cleaned up. Most fat hogs and cattle

are sold. Farmers are doing'chores,’

delivering milk and cutting and haul-

ing mine props. Hens were laying

well until this cold wave. Eggs 35c;

hay $10@15; wheat $1; corn 750. We

do not grow enough corn for home

consumption, but have much shipped

in. Roads are bad and rough. Mines

working pretty well in this Guernsey

valley.



Greene Co.—-—-We are having real

winter, with temperature around zero,

and six inches of snow. Wheat and

rye are in good condition. There is

some wheat and cloverseed still in

farmers’ hands. Some fat cattle are

being sold at $8@8.25 now at local

markets and some to be shipped.

Roads are good except where drifted.





 





TH-E MICHI





Farmers are ordering fertilizer for

spring through the County Improve-

ment Association, at a saving of from

$3@6 per ton. Our county agent is

a busy man. Some marl deposits in

the county located by him.



Hancock Co.—The weather is very

cold. A great deal of ice is being

harvested. We have not had much

snow this winter. Wheat and rye are

looking fine. Fat cattle and hogs are

selling around $8@8.50. Farmers are

marketing corn at 800 per cwt; wheat

92c; oats 37c; butter 250; eggs 280;

chickens 120 per lb. Good draft horses

are scarce and high in price. There

are not many farms changing hands

in this vicinity. All live stock is

coming through the winter in fine

shape. Farmers are well along with

their spring plowing, and roads are

in fine shape.



Coshocton Co.——We are having cold

weather, with five inches of snow.

Plowing was done during January.

Wheat looks the best in years. Some

Farmers are hauling manure and

building fence. Stock has wintered

well. Institutes are reported well at-

tended. Special interest is taken in

corn shows. Wheat 95c; corn 65c;

rye 60c; oats 400; hay $14; straw $6;

chickens 13c; turkeys 18c; ducks 120;

geese 150; eggs 300; butter 25c; me-

dium clover $8.50; alsike $12; timothy

$2.75; apples $1.20; hogs $7.75@8;

dressed hogs 10%0; veal $9.50. Corn

and hogs promise to go higher, but

wheat does not on account of the

bright prospects for 1914 crop.



Sandusky Co.—~—The recent cold

weather is thought to have damaged

wheat and seeding to some extent.

Farmers are busy putting up ice. The

roads are good. Hens have about quit

laying. Stock is about all sold except

some cattle to be finished on grass.

There is plenty of rough feed. Hay

$11@13; wheat 950; oats 37c; corn



800 per cwt; hogs $8.50; eggs 25c;

butter 250.



Union Co.—Have had cold weather

recently, the thermometer registering

zero on several mornings, with about

four or five inches of snow. Wheat

and rye are looking fine, but the

ground is slightly lifted by the frost.

Marketing is rather quiet, only a few

hogs and sheep going to market.

Hens are beginning to lay. Market-

ing is rather quiet. Hay, mixed, $9;

timothy $10; corn 65c; oats 35c;

wheat 93c; cloverseed $8 per bu; al-

sike $9; timothy seed $2; rye 57c;

eggs 280; butter-fat 32c; whole milk

$1.85 for four per cent milk.



Hancock Co.——We had a. severe cold

spell, which was hard on wheat and

rye, as there was no snow to cover

it. Much plowing was done during

the mild weather previous to this.

There is very little grain and stock

marketed. Farmers are busy feeding

stock, cutting wood and hauling ma-

manure. There will be many sales

before spring. Eggs 24c; butter 220;

hogs $8.50; wheat 93c; oats 37c; rye

550; hay $8@11; potatoes 750; chick-

ens 120.



Madison Co.—This month has been

very cold, with little snow, which is

unfavorable for the wheat, which is

no doubt damaged to some extent.

Very little corn is going to market.

Hogs and cattle continue high in

price; milch cows and springers sell-

ing highest we have known. Grade

two-year-old springs are selling up to

$90, and ordinary milch cows bring

from $90@100; choice grades $125;

some even higher. Prices for sheep

and lambs remain unchanged. The

site for the new State Farm Prison

which is to be located in this county,

and containing 1,500 acres, owned by

John Ellsworth, was condemned by

the state. The case was tried and

value of same was fixed by the jury

at $170 per acre, and the owner was

awarded $4,000 damages.



lndiana.



Tippicanoe Co.—-We are having a

real blizzard. Roads are drifted and

the street ears find it impossible to

run. Trains from all directions were

late on account of the storm. Farm-

ers are not marketing very much pro—

duce on account of the bad roads and

weather.

and corn is yet for sale among a few

farmers. Wheat and rye fields are

covered with about three feet of

snow. The feeding steers are not yet

ready for market while most of the

hogs have been marketed. Hogs are

selling at $8.40@8.80; timothy hay

$14; straw $6; eggs 27c; butter 23c;

old hens 10c.



Wisconsin.



Clark Co.—Not very much is done

now with the exception of chores, as

the month has been rather cold and

winter-like. We have about six inches

of snow and sleighing is good. ,New

seeding, winter wheat and rye looks

poor. Farmers have plenty of feed,

hay and silage and a large amount of

stock is kept over Winter. Hens are

laying and eggs going at 29c; butter

26c; potatoes 60c. Quite a lot of ice

is also being cut for summer use.



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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





March 3, 1914.



Wheat—Although wheat values

have lost a fraction during the week,

the market on Monday and Tuesday

showed a firmer tone. Dealers have

been counting on a bumper crop; ev-

ery condition has favored the grow-

ing plant and present prices have

been adjusted to meet this ideal

condition. Such a state of affairs

make it probable that changes will be

favorable to the bulls. So Monday

when it was reported that the sudden

shifting of the weather from one ex-

treme of temperature to another was

damaging the crop in different dis-

tricts the effect was immediate and

the trade showed a firmer tone. Sta-

tistics offered little help as primary

receipts were liberal, exports small

and American visible supply decreas-

ed less than a million bushels. One

year ago the price for No. 2 red

wheat was $1.071A». Quotations for

the week are:



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Red. White. May.





 





Wednesday ...... 99 98% 1.02334

Thursday ....... 99 98% 1.02%,

Friday .......... 98% 9814 1.02 1A

Saturday . . . .9855 98 102%,

Monday ......... 981/2 98 1.02

Tuesday ........ 98176 98 1.02





Chicago, (March 2).—No. 2 red

wheat 95%c; May 941,4c; July 89c.



Corn—The cold weather has stim-

ulated dealing in this grain and

brought values up a cent. The in-

crease in the visible supply was 832,-

000 bu. One year ago No. 3 corn was

quoted at 50c per bu. Quotations for

the week are:





No. 2 No. 2



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ......... 6 1,4 64 1,42

Thursday .......... 62 1,4" 64 1/2

Friday ............. 62 lyé 64 1,6

Saturday ........... 63 65

Monday ............ 63 65

Tuesday 63 65





Chicago, (March 2).——No. 2 corn,

66%0; May, 67%c; July, 671/8c.



Oats.—~Values have been fluctuat-

ing within narrow ranges. The sup-

ply decreased 588,000 bushels during

the week. One year ago the price for

standard oats was 34%0 per bu. Quo-

tations are:





. No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday ......... 42 41 1,4

Thursday ............ 42 41 1,6

Friday ............. 41 1,6 41

Saturday ........... 41 1,6 41

Monday ............ 41% 411/4,

Tuesday ........... 413/4 41 1,4,





Chicago, (March 2).——No. 2 white

oats, 421,40; May, 40340; July 403/80.



Beans.—With stocks increasing quo-

tations have declined and trade rules

easy. Local board of trade quotes im-

mediate and prompt shipments at

$1.83; March $1.85 per bu. Chicago

reports a quiet trade. Pea beans,

hand-picked, choice, are steady at $2;

common $1.75@1.85; red kidneys,

choice, $2.80.



Rye.—This cereal is steady. No. 2

is quoted at 670 per bu.



Barley.—At Chicago barley is quot-

ed at 52@70c per bu., while Milwau-

kee quotes the malting grades at

from -54@7lc.



Timothy.——Prime spot is lower at

$2.40 per bu.



Alfalfa.——Steady at $7.25 per bu.



Cloverseed.—~Market is fluctuating,

with prime spot and March higher at

$8.40 per bu; alsike at $10.40; Toledo

prime cash is quoted at $8.50 and

prime alsike at $10.45.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs. as follows: Best

patent $5.30; second $5; straight

$4.75; spring patent $5.10; rye flour

$4.40 per bbl.



Feed.——In 100—lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $27.50; coarse middlings

$27.50; fine middlings $29; cracked

corn $29; coarse corn meal $28; corn

and oat chop $25 per ton.



Hay.——Trade is easy with prices

steady. Carlots on track at Detroit

are: No. 1 timothy $14.50@15; stan-

dard $13.50@14; No. 2, $12@13; light

mixed, $1‘3.50@14; N0. 1 mixed $12.50

@13; No. 1 clover $12@12.50.



New York—Market steady. No. 1

timothy $20.50@21; No. 3 standard

$15@20; light clover mixed $18@19;

clover $17@18 per ton for large bales.



Chicago—Tone of this market is

somewhat improved. Choice timothy

is quoted at $17@18 per ton; No. 1

$15@15.50; No. 2, $12.50@13.50.



Straw.—-Steady. Rye $7.50@8; oat

straw $7@7.50; wheat straw $7@7.50

per ton.





Chicago—Rye straw is quotable

here at $7.50@8; oat straw $7@7.50;

wheat straw $6.50@7 per ton.





 





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Batten—Market steady with prices

unchanged. Extra cremery 300 per

lb; firsts 28c; dairy 21c; packing

stock ‘18c.



Chicago.~—Market is quiet, the de-

mand and receipts both being light.

The advance in price is slight. Extra

creamery 29%@30c; extra firsts 28@

29c; firsts 25%@271,éc; seconds 23@

241740; ladles 20@21c; packing stock

181/2@18%c per lb.



Elgin.—Market steady but quiet at

300 per lb.



New York.—~‘—Market is firm but the

bad weather has prevented free trad-

ing. Prices on better grades from

1@1%c higher than last week. Quo-

tations: Creamery extras 311/2@32c;

firsts 28@31c; seconds 24@27c; pack-

ing stock 1995c per lb.



EggS.—~Cold snap has reduced the

movement of eggs and advanced the

price 56c. Current receipts of fresh

stock is quotable at 270 per dozen.



Chicago.—Cold weather has cur-

tailed trade, and holds market firm.

Many eggs arrive frozen. Prices are

10 higher. Miscellaneous lots, cases

included, 26@2634c, according to qual-

ity; ordinary firsts 26@261/;,c; firsts

26%@27c; frozen 18c.



New York.———A firm feeling prevails

and owing to light production it is

expected to continue. Many eggs are

frozen and have to be sold to disad-

vantage. No change in prices. Fresh

gathered extras 31@311/zc; extra

firsts 30%0; firsts 29%@3OC per doz.



Poultry.~Local market holds firm

on account of light receipts. Prices

and conditions unchanged. Live—

Springs 171,6@18c; hens 17@180;

turkeys 18@19c; geese 15@16c;

ducks 17@18c.



Chicago—«Conditions firm. Demand

good and receipts light. Springs are

léc higher. Quotations on live are:

Turkeys, good weight 170; others 120;

fowls, choice 160; spring chickens 13

@161/2c, according to quality; geese

10@14c, according to quality; ducks

160.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





AppleS.——Market firm with prices

higher. No. 1, $5@6; No. 2, $4@4.50

per bbl. Cold weather and snow has

caused a quiet feeling on the Chicago

market. Holders are firm and‘ not es-

pecially anxious to sell. Barrel stock

is quoted: No. 1 Jonathans $6@7;

Spies $5.50@6; Baldwins are $5.50@

5.75. In New York, Baldwins are sell-

ing from $5@5.50 with a few at $6.



Potatoes.——On account of the cold

weather trade is very light. Prices

are unchanged. Quotations: In bulk

58@60c per bu; in sacks 63@650 per

bu. for carlots. At Chicago owing to

increased receipts the market is easy.

The price has declined. Good Mich~

igan white stock is quoted at 60@650

per bu. In New York good Michigan

stock is selling for 76c per bu. in car

lots. Michigan offerings are heavier

than any other time this year.



Cabbage—Steady with prices high-

er. Good quality is quoted at $3@

3.25 per bbl. 'At Chicago the market

is liberally supplied. The price is

lower. Holland $1.50 per bbl.; $25

per ton. Red $2 per bbl. In New

York good stock of Danish or Holland

is selling at $22@25 per ton, while in

Cincinnati it sells for $33 per ton.



Onions.——The local market is steady

with prices advancing. Quoted at

$3.25@3.50 per sack for yellow and

$1.75 per crate for Spanish. At Chi-

cago the market is steady with prices

unchanged. Sacks 65@70 lbs., Mich-

igan- grown, sell at $1.75,.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The sale of potatoes at loading sta-

tions through the state during the

past two weeks has been steady and

in the aggregate has been large. The

price paid at Cadillac for several

days has been 460. News from Maine

of powdery scab and of threatened

drastic action by the government may

affect the Michigan market, for that

state is reported to have six million

bushels ready for shipment. An em-

bargo on seed stock from Maine,

would force southern states to look

to Michigan and other markets. Lo-

cal buyers are still bearish, however,

and say that nearly 75 per cent of

the crop is still in growers’ hands,

that Holland and Belgium have com-

plied with government regulations

and are now shipping in stock, and

that it looks like 25@300 potatoes

this spring. No change is noted in

the bean situation and $1.55 is the

ruling price for white pea and $2 for

red kidneys. The poultry market is

firm with live fowls worth 140; dress-

ed hogs are also higher, selling at

11c. Eggs are worth 24@25c; hay is

in good demand at $16@18.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS."





Buffalo. -

= ' .' March 2, 1914..

(Special Report of Dunning & Ste-

vens, New York Central Stock

Yards, East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as fol‘

lows: Cattle 160 cars; hogs 100 d. d.;

sheep and lambs 90 d. d.; calves 1000

head.



With 160 cars of cattle on the mar-

ket here today and a blinding snow

storm from midnight until this after-

noon, the cattle looked very bad, and

the market on all cattle weighing ov-

er 100 lbs. was fully 150 per cwt low-

er than lst week, and on the medium

and lower class, 15@25c per cwt.

lower than last week. At the close of

the market there were several loads

yet unsold and more reported to ar-





 





rive tonight, consequently the market '





closed weak with prospects barely

steady for the balance of the week.



Receipts of hogs today were liberal,

about 100 double decks. Demand was

just fair and prices were 5@100

lower from Saturday’s average; all

good grades selling at $9.15@9.20;

pigs generally 90 per lb; roughs $8.25

@850; stags $6.50@7.50. Late mar-

ket was extremely dull with fully 30

double decks going over unsold, pros-

pects are not very encouraging for

the next few days.



The market was active today on

handy lambs and sheep, but dull on

heavy lambs. Prices quarter, lower

than the close of last week. Choice

handy lambs selling mostly at $8.15.

Heavy lambs selling from $7.50@

7.75. We look for slow trade on

heavy lambs all the season. Most of

the orders calling for lambs weighing

from 75@83 lbs. Look for steady to

shade higher prices on lambs last of





week.



' We quote: Choice lambs, $8.10@

8.15; heavy do, $7.50@7.75; cull to

fair do, $6.50@8; yearlings, $6.50@

7.35; bucks, $4.50@4.75; handy ewes,

$5.75@6; heavy do, $5.50@5.75; weth-

ers, $6.25@6.60; cull sheep, $4@5;

veals, choice to extra, $11@11.50; fair

to good, $9.50@10.50; heavy calves

$5.50@8.





 





Chicago.

March 2, 1914.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today..20,000 40,000 38,000

Same day 1913..16,329 34,425 18,641

Last week ..... 49,981 151,576 135,131

Same w’k 1913..46,663 166,599 82,492



Cattle open this week with a mod-

erate Monday supply and a good gen-

eral demand at well

prices, choice beeves showing an up-

ward tendency. Hogs open at steady

prices, sales being mainly at $8.50@

8.65, with the extreme range $8.35@

8.70 and a few below $8.40. The late

market is slow, packers bidding much

lower prices for the better class.

Hogs received last week averaged in

weight 226 lbs., a gain within a week

of two pounds, the average for the

first week of the year having been

209 lbs. Sheep and lambs are slow

and look 10@15c lower.



Cattle sold extremely well during

the first half of last week, the cold

weather imparting increased life to

the demand for beef, and the general

market was strong and advancing,

even ordinary cattle moving upward

under good buying. The subsequent

trade was much less animated, a

sharp reaction on Thursday placing

values more or less lower, some kinds

of cattle selling at large reductions.

The bulk of the sales of steers for

the week took place at $7.90@9.15,

with choice to fancy heavy beeves

purchased at $9.10@9.75, the top

price showing another high record for

the season, as $9.65 was the top a

Week earlier.





from a few inferior steers that were

purchased as low as $6.85, while me-

dium steers sold at $8.10@8.50 and

good cattle at $8.60@9. Good to prime

yearlings were salable at $8.50@9.35,

with singularly few offered that were

good enough to go above $9. Killers

showed marked partiality for steers

that sold above $8.50, these being the

quickest to sell higher, and the deep

snow blockades on the western rail-

roads and tie-ups in some parts of

Iowa and Missouri cut the Wednes-

day cattle receipts down to 12,863

head, including extremely few choice

beeves. Butchering cows and heifers

had a good outlet up to Thursday at

$5.15@8.40, with a few head of fancy

yearling heifers’taken at

while canners went at $3.50@4.55,

cutters at $4.60@5.10 and bulls at

$5.50@7.65. Canners and cutters sold

at the highest prices in a long time,

and calves had a good demand at

higher values, going at $5@9 for

heavy lots and at $10@11.25 for de-

sirable light vealers. There was a





fair movement in stockers and feed-

ers, especially in the former, sales of

which took place at $5.75@7.65, while

heavy feeding steers brought $6.85@

Stock and





7.85, a few. going at $8.





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The commoner light»

weight steers went at $7@8, aside-





$8.50@9,'





feeding cows and heifers sold at $5.50

heavy stock

calves at $7.50@8.25. Milch cows

sold sparingly at $55@85 each.



Hogs fluctuated back and forth in

prices last week, as usual, with good

rallies as the receipts became small-

er, every hog being needed. Eastern

shippers wanted a good share of the

better class of hogs, and the best

light hogs sold nearly as high as the

best strong weights as a result of the

steadily decreasing percentage of light

hogs marketed. This is a season when

increasing average weights are usu-

ally witnessed, the average weight of

the receipts having been 232 lbs. a

year ago, 217 lbs. two years ago and

230 lbs. three years ago. There is at

present considerable discrimination

against fair to good big heavy packing

hogs, these being rejected from car

loads and sold on their merits, largely

recently at $8.25@8.40. Strength in

prices for hogs has come mainly

through outside competition furnish-

ed by eastern buyers. The week clos-

ed_ with hog sales at $8.35@8.70, pigs

gomg at $7@8.55 and stags at $8.75@

9.15. At the recent high time of the

season prime hogs brought $8.90.



Sheep and lambs, as well as fat

yearlings, sold extremely well last

week, the marked improved consump-

tion of mutton because of the cold

weather being responsible for the

good advances in prices at a time

when receipts were on a generous

scale from day to day. While buyers

discriminated against heavy lambs

they were urgent buyers of fat sheep

and yearlings, while demand ran

strong for good feeders at ruling stiff

prices. Colorado-fed lambs were more

numerous than heretofore and sold

briskly, whether choice or only fairly

fat. Receipts embraced a few thou-

sands of Montana hay-fed feeder

lambs that met with quick sales.

Lambs continued to make up by far

the greater part of the receipts, with

fair numbers of western and native

ewes and a few yearlings and weth-

ers. Lambs sold freely at $6.25@8.10

for culls to prime, yearlings at $6.25

@750, wethers at $5.75@6.50, ewes

at $4@6.50, bucks at $4@5.50 and

feeder lambs at $6.50@7.25. It was

qurte a novelty for prime heavy ewes

to sell on a level with the best

wethers. ~





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





(Continued from page 279).



Polk Co.——A great deal of logging

has been done since the snow came,

and some wood is being loaded on

cars at $4@4.50 for hard wood, and

$2.50@3 for soft wood. Rye and clo-

ver seem to be in good condition, as

they are well covered with snow.

Hogs Sc; beef 5@6c; oats 340; eggs

26c; potatoes 45c; milch cows at auc-

tion bring $70; brood sows $25@35;

farm horses bring $150@175; hay

$12. Farms are changing hands in

this neighborhood quite rapidly at

$100@150 'per acre, poorer lands un-

improved bring $50@75. The last two

weeks have been very cold, being

from 15 to 20 degrees below zero ev-

ery day.



Missouri. \



Warren Co.—We have had heavy

snows for this locality this month.

They have been the salvation of the

wheat and rye, which are looking

fine, though the weather has been ex-

tremely cold. The farmers have sold

their hogs and cattle pretty closely on

account of the scarcity of feed, but

Jersey cows at the sales are bringing

from $50@75. Hogs $8.40. A good

many young mules are being sold at

an average of $200. Butter 300; but-

ter-fat 300; eggs 25c. Roads have

been fine, enabling the farmers to

haul a great deal of wood which

brings $2.75 per cord and $1.50 per

'load for saWed wood. There are a

good many railroad ties made and a

good many mine props. The ties

bring 510 and the props from 7@100

according to size.



Polk Co.—February has been the

only winter month with heavy snow

fall. Snow has about all melted at

this time, leaving wheat and grass in

excellent condition. Mild winter

and good wheat pastures have reduc—

ed expense of feeding farm animals

to a minimum. Roads have been in

good condition until after the thaw,





but are heavy now. Timothy and clo-',





ver hay is selling for $17.50 a ton

and prairie ha)r $17. Corn and wheat





‘850; hens 12c; eggs 250; butter 20c;





40 per cent of land Winter and fall

pIOWed for corn. Large acreage of

new meadow.





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We would advise our readers not

to send butter, eggs or other pro-

ducts to Mrs. H. D. Hickey, 747 Law-

ton avenue, Detroit, unless remit—

tance is enclosed with order. Com-

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sihiipped to her are on file in this

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THIS IS THE LAST EDITION.

The first edition is sent to those who

have not expressed a desire for the

latest markets. The late market edi—

tion will be sent on request at any

time.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

. March 5, 1914.

Cattle.

Receipts, 1217. Market is slow at

Wednesday’s and last week’s prices.

We quote: Best steers and heifers

$8; steers and heifers, 1000 to 1200,

$7.25@7.50; do 800 to 1000, $6.50@7;

do that are fat, 500 to 700, $6@6.50;





 





 





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

$5.50@6; common do, $4.75@5.25;

canners, $3.75@4.25; choiCe heavy





bulls, $7; fair to good bolognas, bulls,

$6.25@6.50; stock bulls, $5.75@6;

choice feeding steers, 800 to 10.00,

$6.75@7; fair do, $6.25@6.50; ch01ce

stockers, 500 to 700, $6.25@6.50; fair

do, $5.75@6.25; stock heifers, $5@6;

milkers, large, young, medium age,

$70@90; common milkers, $45@55. .



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sutton 13

steers av 964 at $7.35, 9 do av 816 at

$7; to Rattkowsky 2 cows av 990 at

$5.25, 1 do wgh 1010 at $4.75; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 2 do av 815 at $4.25.

2 do av 1045 at $5.50, 4 heifers av 880

at $6.50, 1 steer wgh 1100 at $7.50, 6

butchers av 680 at $6.25, 6 do av 750

at $6.65, 7 steers av 1046 at $7.50; to

Mason B. Co. 12 do av 1005 at $7.25;

to Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 960 at

$6, 1 heifer wgh 750 at $6, 6steers av

950 at $7.40; to Hammond, S. & Co.

7 do av 750 at $7; to Newton B. Co.

7 do av 1094 .at $7.50, 1 do wgh 1120

at $7.50, 1 do wgh 740 at $6.75; to_

Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows av 1013 at

$5.50; to Bowersox 2 do av 1100 at

$5.90, 1 do wgh 940 at $5.10; to Brei-

tenbeck 4 do av 1057 at $5.35, 2 do av

1055 at $4.25, 2 do av 1630 at $4.50,

4 do av 800 at $5.50; to Ratner 2

steers av 1900 at $7.25; to Parker, W.

& Co. 3 cows av 927 at $4.50; to

Goose 3 heifers av 413 at $6; to Bres-

nahan 6 stockers av 445 at $6.25; to

Sutton 7' steers av 966 at $7.25; to

Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 925 at

$6.25, 1 do wgh 920 at $5.25, 5 steers

av 978 at $7.40, 13 do av 1012 at $7.50,

3 bulls av 1090 at $6.75, 4 cows av

1115 at $5.75, 3 do av 1133 at $5.75,

1 do wgh 1000 at $5. .



Lowenstein sold Mich. B. Co. 3

bulls av 857 at $6.25, 1 do wgh 2220





at. $7, 6 cows av 1136 at $6, 2 heifers"





av 700 at $6.75.





Youngs sold Sullivan P. Co. ‘5 steers , 3‘





av 814 at $7, 1 bull wgh 1210 at $7..



Lowenstein sold Kull 6 cows av 937

at $5.25.



Same sold Bresnahan 4 cows av

1035 at $4.60.



Veal Calves.



Receipts, 557. Market steady. Best

$11@11.50; others $8@10.50.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 6 av

135 at $11, 5 av 125 at $11.25, 1 wgh

240 at $7, 1 wgh 170 at $11.50, 4 av

140 at $11.25, 1 wgh 130 at $11, 1 wgh

190 at $11.50, 4 av 150 at $11.25, 5 av

125 at $11.50; to Burnstine 6 av 155

at $11.15; to Mich. B. Co. 1 wgh 150

at $11, 3 av 160 at $10, 3 av 140

at $11. .



Spicer & R. sold Rattkowsky 2 av

145 at $11; to Burnstine 3 av 150 at

$11.50; to Mich. B. Co. 5 av 145 at





$11, 6 av 150 at $11, 6 av 155 at $8; ‘





to Kull 7 av 140 at $11.

Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts, 5575. Market steady. Best

lambs $7.65@7.75; fair to good do,

$7.25@7.50; light to common lambs,

$6@7: yearlings, $7@7.25; fair to

good sheep, $5.25@5.75; culls and

common $3.50@4.



Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 4

sheep av 95 at $5.50, 6 do av 85 at $5,

26 do av 115 at $5.50, 18 do av 100 at

$5.50, 36 lambs av 80 at $7.50, 61 do

av 75 at $7.50, 6 do av 60 at $3, 15

yearlings av 90 at $6, 13 lambs av

65 at $7.50; to Young 7 sheep av 90

at $5.50; to Kull 13 sheep! av 90 at





$5.75.





Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 7

sheep av 100 at $4.75, 2 lambs av 65

at $7.50, 7 do av 55 at $7, 16 do av 80

at $7, 17 do av 58 at $7, 4 sheep av

140 at $5, 98 lambs av 70 at $7.60, 15

do av 60 at $6.50, 71 do av 75 at $7.60,

8 do av 65 at $7.25, 68 do av 82 at

$7.50, 24 sheep av 105 at $5.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P. Co. 217

lambs av 70 at $7.55; to Barlage 68

do av 60 at $7.



Hogs.



Receipts, 3997. None sold up to

noon; packers bidding $8.60.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &

$Cso£551510 av 190 at $860,275 av 170 at





Same sold Mich. B. Co. 226 av 200

at $8.65.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co.

150 av 190 at $8.60, 55 av 170 at $8.55.



Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. &





Co. 165 av 170 at $8.55, 182 av 190

at $8.60.



Spicer & R. sold same 270 av 190

at $8.60, 125 av 170 at $8.55.





 

 





 





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The method of raising your chick-

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yard, and year after year on_prac-

tically the same ground. This is a

serious mistake, and-.ought not to be

so generally practiced. We raise all

of our chickens, and we raise several

thousand on new ground each year,

at least never twice in succession on

the same piece of ground. In so do-

ing we have eliminated the greatest

cause of contagious diseases among

small and growing chickens.





To show you that our method

brings results, it might be interesting

to know that our early hatched pul-

lets, about 200, or a few less, aver-

aged better than 50 eggs 3. day early

in August and made big daily gains.



Now there is a. reason for the

above good work, and it can be ac-

counted for in no other way than that

they are kept under natural condi-

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A Practical Colony House.





but that the only way of raising

chickens at a profit is as near to na-

ture as possible.



Accompanying photo is of a colony

house in one of our chicken-growing

lots, which we find supplies ideal

chicken raising conditions. We have

raised over 2,500 chickens this year

under identically the same conditions,

and our total loss, after they were

placed in these houses, which was

when they were between eight and 12

weeks old, has been less than one per

cent. This further goes to prove that

their care, feed and housing condi-

tions must be ideal.



All of these houses have a rear

Window, which is always open, and in

addition to the opening in the door,

affords plenty of ventilation, and also

keeps the house reasonably cool at

night.



Providing Shade.



If there is no other shade near at

hand, it is advisable to block these

houses about a foot from the ground:

this will furnish them all the neces-

sary shade, although if shade from

trees, or other objects, is to be had,

it is advisable to block these houses

up about an inch from the ground,

and board up the ends. In so doing,

the chickens can not get underneath

at closing up time, thus doing away

with much annoyance. But, whatever

you do, remember shade they must

have to do Well.



For water most of our growing

chicks have access to a running brook

with fresh water day and night. This

has been found a great labor saver,

and wherever possible I think it is

advisable to locate your chicken coops

not far from running water. To those

too far away from the brook to find

ready access to it, We cart the water

three times a day and keep a supply

always before them.



These houses are built on runners

so that they can be moved about the

farm. Also, this makes it possible to

raise the chickens on new ground each

year, or every two years. These





 

 

 





houses are eight feet square, with

two-foot high sides. From the top of

the floor to the peak of the roof it is

six feet. There is a door and two

windows in the front. The opening in

the door is 18 inches square, covered

with quarter-inch galvanized iron

hardware cloth. During the winter a

muslin curtain can be hinged in front

of this opening. These houses can be

used the year round, in the spring

and summer for the growing chicks,

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other surplus stock, and in the win-

ter for housing a pen of layers.





These houses were designed by the

New York State Agricultural College,

and have been found satisfactory.

They are being used more and more

all over the country.



New York. F. W. KAZMEIER.





 





THE HEN THAT PAID.



People are still asking, “do hens

pay?” The best way to answer this

query is to relate the life story of one

New York state hen, who lived a. life

of toil and happiness on one of the

Chautauqua county farms. She was

not a fowl of high breed, laying eggs

worth several dollars a setting, but

merely a little half-breed Plymouth

Rock and Rhode Island Red; so much

of each breed that she loved to lay

and to hatch eggs, and yet so far

from a real strain of either that her

color would not testify to her utility-

quality.



It was about New Year’s Day that

this little old hen decided that it was

full time to sit. The owner aided her

in all ways possible and a. sitting of

$5 eggs was given her to hatch. In

due time she revealed a dozen chicks

which netted 500 each. Thus the first

three weeks she had earned $1. She

was returned to the laying house, and

on the middle of March again became

broody, and was given the $5 eggs

and this time brought 14 little chicks

into the world. This exploit earned

her owner $2. Her next hatch was

from $1 eggs which sold as chicks

for 25C, of which there were eleven,

making $1.75, Her total hatching rec-

ord for the year was six broods of

chicks netting from $1 to $2.50 per





 





 





Chic‘ks Appreciate Shade.

hatch and totaling the sum of $8.50





for the year. Beside this record she

laid 126 eggs which averaged four

cents apiece as all eggs were put in

storage when prices fall below the

four—cent point, and when fresh eggs

retail for 600 storage eggs readily sell

for 500 per dozen. Thus the hen’s

eggs netted $5.04 and after deducting

$2 for her board and lodging, her net

profit to her owner was $11.54. On

the market she was reluctantly sold

for meat, bringing $1.12.





If a common everyday hen will do

this, with care,a pure-bred foul would

make at Morgan of the hen-yard for

the owner, with like care and due at-

tention to marketing the product.



New York. EARL W. GAGE.





 





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HATCHING HINTS.





 





' Too many farmers go to the egg bas- '

ket and pick out 13 or 15 eggs and

put them under the hen withOut much

thought or care, and then blame it on

the poor old biddy if the batch is un-

satisfactory.



In the first place the stock must be

vigorous and the birds must have

been fed in a way that will insure a

high percentage of fertility. Given

these primary requistes, the eggs

should be gathered immediately after

being dropped in clean nests. There

should be no dirt, and water should

never be used on the shell. It may

cause too much moisture. Select eggs

having perfect shells and of uniform

size. Put them in a place not too

warm, still, eggs will not hatch if they

have been chilled. It is well to turn

them every day if they are to be kept

several days before setting. Eggs

should always be" set as soon as pos-

sible after being laid. Those receiv-

ed from a distance by express or par-

cel post should be allowed to “settle”

for at least 24 hours before incuba-

tion is begun. This allows the deli-

cate germs to resume their positions.



A good time to test the eggs is the

eleventh day and again about the fif-

teenth. Infertile eggs should be re

moved. They will make excellent

chick food. Spoiled ones Will do harm

to the other eggs if allowed to remain

in the nest or incubator. Eggs must

not be disturbed after the eighteenth

day. As little handling as possible

should be the rule from the time they

are laid. By all means see‘ that the

hands are clean and dry when it is

necessary to touch the eggs.



The number of eggs for a single

setting must be determined by the

size of the hen. A member of one of

the larger breeds can easily cover- 15,

while it might be desirable to give a

smaller bird three or four less. Pre-

pare good nests, roomy and filled with

dry material. It is the nature of the

hen to desire seclusion when she is

setting, therefore have the nest where

other hens will not be liable to in-

trude and where nothing will frighten





real eggs under her. Also give the

bird, nests and eggs a careful dusting

with insect powder. Do this two or

three times during the period of incu-

bation and the chicks will not be bad-

1y infested with lice. A dust bath

handy for the hen to use when she is

removed for her daily feed will add

greatly to her health, comfort and

contentment. Corn, grit and some

kind of green food should be given

the setters daily. Carefully remove

the birds from the nests and let them

have ample time for food and exer-

cise. See that they do not remain off

the nests too long. A good setter will

usually return to the nest as soon as

her hunger is satisfied and she has

indulged in a dust bath. This daily

airing helps with the hatch and also

keeps the bird in good condition.

Where a machine is used it should

be thoroughly cleaned and disinfect-

ed. Put it in shape and run it at least

24 hours before placing the eggs on

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ning smoothly and an even tempera.

ture is maintained. A dry cellar is

the best place for the machine, but

any unused room will do. Do not

place it in the sunshine or near a

stove, also avoid-a place subject to

drafts. Test the eggs the same as if

under hens. If the air space is too

large add to the moisture, if too small

put a pan of dry lime in the room and

hold back moisture until the air space

is right. Careful attention to detail in

the matter of temperature is essen-

tial. Keep the lamp clean and fill it

regularly. Smoke is harmful. Finally,

study the directions which come with

the machine and follow them as close-

ly as possible. Common sense is a

requisite that may help considerably





the setter. Give the bird dummy eggs 23:. big poultry success.





for a day 01‘ two'and after she seems Champion Belle City themselves—in their own words.

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We can find successes among those

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Mr. Fred J. Overton, of Van Buren

county, is a sod mulch enthusiast,

which he is because he has made a

success of it. He favored the sod

mulch system because it so closely

imitated nature with her mulching of

the forests, also probably because it

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the other methods practiced. The

main reason, .however, was because

he was quite sure that he had suit-

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He says that the main essential in

successful sod mulching is a soil

which will produce a good stiff sod

and a good growth of grass. The

lighter soils would not be as practical

for this purpose. Every bit of grass

grown in his orchards is out several

times a year and left on the ground





Close Planting.





through, the side growths were short-

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regular pruning the trees are kept

back so as that they do not interlock

and each tree has plenty of open

space around it. All of the trees are

low-headed.

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The soil of Mr. Overton’s orchard

is clay and sandy, with a clayey sub-

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Jonathan, Hubbardston, Sutton’s

Beauty, and Duchess. The Duchess

are set between the other trees so

that all of the trees will not make the

demand on the plant food and mois-

ture at the same time. When the

winter varieties are making their

greatest demands the summer varie-

ties are through with their work for

the year, is the idea upon which Mr.

Overton bases this system of setting.



By practice of the sod mulch sys-

tem the feeding roots of the trees

come close to the surface of the

ground, there being a great profusion

of them just under the mulching ma—

terial and often some in the mulch.

Due to this, Mr. Overton claims that

they are able to take advantage of

the moisture from light rains', and

even dews, and it is their nearness to

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Sod Mulch Apple Orchard Eighteen Years Old.





or put under the trees as far out as

the drip of the leaves. If the orchard

does not produce enough so as to

make the mulching thick enough un-

der the trees some should be brought

from other sources to make up the

deficiency as it is very essential to

have all growth of grass under the

trees smothered out by the mulching.

Mr. Overton suggests that this is one

of the most important points to be

considered when following out this

method.



This sod mulch enthusiast set his

present orchard eighteen years ago.

Thinking that low—headed and closely

set trees would aid in the practice of

the sod mulch system by shading the

ground he set his tree for permanent

orchard twenty feet apart each way.

He did not set the orchard in sod as

many do, but cultivated it and grew

crops in it for three years. Then he

seeded it to clover, alsike and tim-

othy. This seeding grew abundant

crops of grass, which was cut and left

on the ground. The trees made a

splendid growth and when ten years

old nearly filled the space allotted to

them. Then began a system of prun-

ing to keep the trees within this

space. Before this the pruning was

only slight, just enough to keep the

heads of the trees in fair form. To

keep the trees back so as the spray

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the good coloring of the fruit in sod

mulch orchards.



The trees in this orchard average

about 17 feet spread and about 14 feet

in height, and the plan is to keep

them that size. All of the fruit is eas-

ily picked from step-ladders which is

a big,r factor in economical harvesting

of the fruit.



Protection from Mice and Fire.



In practicing this sod mulch system

the protection of the trees from mice

is an important factor. Mr. Overton

solves this problem by wrapping the

bodies of the trees with galvanized

wire screen about ten inches wide.

Poisoned wheat thrown in the run-

ways of the mice wll also easily de-

stroy them. One-half ounce of strych-

nine dissolved in three-quarters of

boiling.r water and poured over one

peek of wheat and let stand for 24

hours makes a good poisoned bait.

To protect the orchard from fire post

notices in the orchard, “no smoking

allowed,” or if near a railroad plow

a few rows next to the railroad.



Mr. Overton’s system is proving to

him that” it will bring quick results

because the trees start bearing early.

Economy in the care of the orchard

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THE" MICHIGAN FARMEIR

Varieties of Fruit for Canning





MARCH 7. 1914. '





 





After some experience with the dif-

ferent varieties of fruit, I have come

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relation to their preserving qualities.

No more labor or expense is given to

putting up fruits that return flavor,

quality and appearance, than is given

to just what one happens to have

handy. Results make the effort to

get the best, even at the cost of a

little more study and exertion, worth

while.



The strawberry is about the first

fruit of note to call attention to our

winter needs for sauce and preserves.

Let us bear in mind the berry that

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nounce equally luscious in glass. The

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through, and firm, is a berry that will

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servation and much experience, I be-

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gives a product rich in color and re-

tains its fine flavor. When the VVar-

field is not to be had in a fine quality,

the Senator Dunlap, the real Senator,

mind you, for his name has been

greatly abused and borrowed, is a

good first cousin to the Warfield, and

will give a fine finished product. I

have been so satisfied with these two

varieties that I feel I can recommend

them highly. I wish we could have

more of these varieties raised with a

View to quality and true to name.



Getting Results with Cherries;



Following along with the cherry.

We are anxious to get in ahead of the

birds, and often put up the fruit be-

fore it is properly ripened. As the

cherry product depends so much up-

on its ripeness it stands us in hand

to be patient. After they look just

right they need the plumping process

which comes from hanging a few

days longer. It is surprising how

much larger they will get, and more

tender. The Montmorencies are high-

ly praiseworthy and turn out a fine

product in tenderness and flavor. The

May Duke and Windsor are also good,

giving a rich, meaty product. Its

hardly fair to pass over our old ac-

quaintance, the Early Richmond. It

has its merits. But I would only use

it from necessity.





With the currant, also, a. great deal

depends on its stage of ripeness for

successful treatment. Proper culture

will usually insure a good currant,

which means a good product. The

London Market and Cherry currant

has been our preference when obtain-

able. The Industry and Columbus are

good varieties to use in gooseberries,

and grow to a large size.





Preserving Quality in Raspberries.





In raspberries we have three dis-

tinct kinds, black, red and purple

caps. The “black caps” are a good

lazy man’s fruit, giving a good yield

from neglect, and making a seedy pro-

duct. Where it is raised under con-

ditions conducive to its natural de-

velopment it is so full of juice, has a

flavor so mild and delicious it should

have a place at the head of the class.

The Cumberland has been the most

satisfactory with us in our work. In

the red varieties the Cuthbert and

Marlborough are all that could be de-

sired. The Columbia, a purple cap,

should have a place in every man’s

garden, as it is a poor shipper. It is

a cross between the black and red, a

blending of the two flavors, with its

own delicate flavor added, which

makes it a delight to create and con-

sume. It is a great success when put

in glass or jelly.’ I can hardly refrain

from a burst of enthusiasm when I

speak of this delicacy. When we talk

of blackberries I must beg the priv-

ilege of saying there is only one va-

riety grown, and that is the Wilson.

I have used many varieties, but the

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The varieties of plums are many

and well known. With us our best

success has been with the Burbank,

Green Gage, Bradshaw, and Damson.

Where one likes the old-fashioned

wild plum flavor, the Abundance is

the nearest approach to it.



Again, like the blackberry, for us,

there is only one peach for general

preserving purposes, and that is the

Kalamazoo. Reliable under any form

of treatment, yielding a delicious fla-

vor, and the appearance to be desired

in glass. The peach is able to cham-

pion its own cause and I like any-

thing that’s a, peach, but notwith-

standing, I am loyal to the Kalamazoo.

Canning Quality in the Keifer Pear.



The Bartlett pear is everybody’s

favorite and so insistent is the pear-

consuming public upon having the

Bartlett that I am told the noble

Keifer is ripened to a golden yellow

and dubbed California Bartlett. Not

that I am not a friend to the Bartlett,

for I am. The catalog says it is “but-

tery and musky,” and I would not

presume to contradict the statement.

When properly picked and ripened it

turns out a product of beauty that is

hard to equal. We use many. The

Keit‘er abused Samaritan, “only fit to

sell,” has great possibilities. Store

away in a comfortable place and wait.

When so ripe that the juice follows

the knife it is ready to be turned into

products, the richness and color of

which can not be surpassed by any

other pear. It bears acquaintance.





In crabapples the Hyslop and Trans-

cent have met with all our require-

ments and given excellent results.

The quince was known as the golden

apple of the ancients. We should be

glad it has been passed down to us

to enjoy and it holds a time-honored

place on our fore-mothers’ shelves.

The Orange quinces are the best and

only kind that seem to compensate

for the labor incident to preserving.





Everyone should have a goodly

store of cooked fruits in some shape.

It is health-giving, helps reduce the

high cost of living, and is a base of

supply which meets emergencies.



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The trunk of the tree needs due

consideration as it connects the top,

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cessful fruit growing. Very often





these cankers of fungus or blight na-

ture, winter injury or its twin sister,

sun-scald, will cause injury to the

cambium layer or the active living

part of the trunk, and therefore check

the flow of the sap.



The external symptom of these

troubles is a dark, dead looking bark,

either rough or smooth, and often

cracked open. When out into the in-

ner bark is of a. dark brown color in-

stead of a healthy green.



It would be a good plan to inspect

the trunks of the trees early this

spring and cut away all the dead and

loose bark. All of these unhealthy

places in the trunk, from whatever

source, should be trimmed back to

solid, healthy bark. This should be

painted over with pure white lead

and raw linseed oil.



It would be well to do this before

the scale spraying, so as to get the

beneficial fungicidal action of that

application on these wounds. If these

“bad spots” in the trunk are not treat-

ed as above, they will enlarge through

decay. Treatment lessens the possi-





‘bility of decay and gives the wound





a chance to heal up. ' Later in the

season another inspection should be

made as some places will show up

then which were not noticeable ear-

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Rheumatism.—-I have four pigs that

are stiff and sore in all four legs and

I would like to know what to do for

them. A. V. S., Grand Rapids, Mich.

—-—If your pigs weigh 100 lbs. each,

give them 15 grs. of sodium salicylate

at a. dose three or four times a day;

also give them 15 grs. powdered ni-

trate of potash once a day and if

their bowels are costive, give them

either castor oil or epsom salts. Per-

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brood sow that is unable to stand on

hind legs, but seems to eat well. .

K. D., Howell, Mich—Your sow has

perhaps had too much feed and not

sufliient outdoor air and exercise; be-

sides, her ration may have been un-

balanced—not enough protein. Give

her 15 grs. ground nux vomica, 1 dr.

ground gentian and 15 grs. potassium

iodide at a dose three times a day.

Rub her back with one part turpen-

tine, one part aqua ammonia and

three parts olive oil once a day. Feed

h‘er oats and roots.



'Melanotic Tumors—Is there any

cure forvtail warts on horses? R. W.,

Holly, Mich. ——If the color of your

horse is white, the warts or tumors

are melanotic and should be cut out.

These bunches are seldom found on

dark colored horses. If they are

warts, cut them out and apply tinc-

ture of iron to wound every day or

two.



Chronic Cracked Heels—Last fall

my six-year-old horse became diseas-

ed with scratches and I have been

unable to effect a permanent cure.

Have applied sulphur and lard, but

they crack open whenever he is used.



K., Saginaw, E. S. Mich. ——Chronic

cracked heels are incurable, the skin

can never be again restored to its

normal condition. Apply one part

oxide of zinc and two parts vaseline

and if there are any wounds, apply

one part iodoform and nine parts

boracic acid twice a day. One part

carbolic acid and nine parts glycerine

is a very useful remedy. It is need-

less for me to say that the horse

should be kept in a clean stable and

if used in wet and slush, the legs

should be bandaged in cOtton until

they dry. You will find benefit by

giving him 1/2 oz. doses of Fowler’s

solution three times a day.





Indigestion—During the past 12

months my five-year-old mare has

had three attacks of indigestion. We

have no Vet. near here and I gave

her 2 ozs. of turpentine in a quart of

raw linseed oil and this seemed to

help her. Is there any way of pre-

venting these attacks? J. K., Carson-

ville, Mich—Careful feeding, avoid

over-loading the stomach with food

that is hard to digest, lack of exer-

cise, allowing the animal to drink

large quantities of ice cold water at

one time, and allowing the bowels to

become costive are common causes of

indigestion. Give a tablespoonful of

ground ginger, a tablespoonful of

cooking soda and a tablespoonful of

powdered charcoal at a dose in feed

two or three times a day; not forget-

ting to add a small quantity of salt to

each meal. If she has an attack, give

salicylic acid or hypo-sulphite of soda

or aromatic spirits of ammonia, every

hour or two, until relief comes. It is

always good practice to give cathar-

tics of either oil, aloes or salts.



Laryngitis. ——Several of my hogs

cough after leaving their nest and

when eating. They also breathe,

somewhat like a heavey horse. When

standing their back is arched. One

of them has been out of condition for

six weeks. I am feeding them corn

and bean meal and slop from house,

and I usually warm it. W. B., Coral,

Mich. ——Are you sure that the dust

and filth where they sleep has no bad

effect on their air passages, perhaps

the dust in bedding causes them to

cough. Give each hog 10 grs. of pow-

dered nitrate of potash and 10 drops

of fluid extract belladonna ata dose

three times a day. Also feeda them

warm food and less corn.





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Holstein-Frisian. Asso..ch Ids. Brstflcbcro.Vt.





Blgolow’s Holstein Farms





Breedsvllle, Michigan.

Breeder of 111911 Class





Regislsred Holsleins.

A Flne Foundation Holsleln Herd For Sale





Minlts Butter Boy 4th. No. 71404. Dam PaulineDeKol

Pride. Butt or in 7 d . at 4.22 .

Minits Butter Boy. No. 289113.111111 181A. it 0. daughters.

he by Pontiac Butter Boy. with 57 A. R. 0. daughters.

May Hortog Beauty. A. R 0. 21973

Kokke Hengerveid DeKol 4th. No. 178958 A.R 0.

Anna. DeKol Meohthiide A. R. O. No. 1511734.

011111111 Mechthiide DeKol.A 11..o No.151571.

Kenilwcrth Duchess. A. R. AO. No. l 84.

These cows are three years old. all withgood A. R. 0.

records. from A. R. sires and out of A. R. O. dams.

and all bred to A. R. bulls. I never have oflered as

food a lot for sale as these. for the six.

also have bulls and bull calves that will please you.





L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. 01110.





 





 





 





 





High-Grade Cattle-

High-Grade Farmers





The SEE-bred

Jersey Cow





Is one of the most high-grade animals ever developed



by man. The high-grade farmer demands the high-



grade cow. No breed equals the Jersey for the eco-



nomicstroduction of high- -grsde milk and butter.



No bre equals the Jersey for intensive fanning.

Send for information to





THE ASMER‘IVCAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB

W231i Street. New York





BUTTER BRED JERSE‘; BULLS





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCKO FABM.E





 

 





 





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Satisfaction guaranteed. 1“. E. Cowdrsy Ithnca.Ml





BITE Wynndotte CookerelshsVI few nice ones to

YY close out at 82. 50 and rous and fine





breeders. A. Franklin Smith. AunAr or. Michigan





ILVEB. GO DEN 3an WHITE WYANDOTTES.

White Stoc Especi o. iiy good. send for circular.

Browning' s Wysndotte Farm. KOO, Portland. Mich.





OIY- OlO- OHIOKO‘EfilKP





Maple Cit! Poultry 1’]an. Box Ouflhl





Tells why chicks die





J. C. Reefer. the poultry expert of 1001 Main St"

Kansas City. M0. is giving away free 11 valuable book

“White Diarrhoes and Ho ow to Cure It.”

T his book contains scientific facts on white diarrhoea

and tells how to prepare s simple home solution



cures this terr ble disease over night an nd

actually raises as per cent of everyB hatch. All

poultr raisers should write MR. REEFEB for

one (If, these valuable FREE book s.





Ol-EIS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ANGUS CATTLE FOR SALE





We have on hand several choice pure brch



bull calves which csn be soldf or immediate delivery.

These calves ore sired by Louis uf Viewpont. a Grand

Son of Lucy’ 8 Prince. the International nGrsnd

Chsmplon bull for three years in



also have for sale a few choice heifers from thnis herd

bull. Will make a price on Louis of Viewpoindt as

some of his heifers are old enough to breed. dross





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ABERDEEN-ANGUS





mum romeo 111 11100.

rose ted (st of Trojan

$311.13. on1°°m11111ok crane!“ Ito. . hull of





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gngERLY Punch 5 gong" ‘bulls and Scows

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AYRSIIIRES‘Bi'fi 3:19;: :3? .111 $3311) for do:

description. Michigan School of the Deaf. FlinhMioh-





IOIS'I'EIN BULLS A'l' FARMERS PRICES





GEO. HATHAWAY OVId. Mich.





Sired b one of the best bulls of Azania?"h





0H FARM. Augusto. Molasses Oc..ll





Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

JERSEYS—Bulls calves bred for Ioduct~

Ion. Also cows and elfers.





Brookwster Form. RJ' FUD No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.





linsil"TW° Vefllins bulls. well bred And we“

w.n We anltB personal inspectIOn.

8mm a PARKER. Howell.





ELanc Re ister of Merit Jersey Herd—Tu-



berculin tested y the U. S. Bureauo of Anlmal In-

dustry. Bull calves from cows of 8. test. No

Females less than 3100. Avera set R. of Mf herd. 6% lbs

of 865 butter In one y.ear Iii IN FOX. Aliegsn, Mich.





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys

(Tuboronl in tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-

cu losis.) Several good bulls snc bull cslvss out of

gooddsiry cows for sale. No .emsles for solo st

present. Satisfaction guaranteed



COLON C. LILY TE. Cooncrsflllc. Mich.

I—.1yr old. slooZyesrlingheifers





FOI 8". 10“., Du"— .ier by g m n of In]

Interested Prince. The Dsms are ergo healthy big

producing cows. Newman' I Stock Form, lsrlstte, lich. 11.8 l.





FOURhs Shortrorn Bulls For Sale. rcnns. eight to ten

months old. Also two 113ng tered cows due in

March. W. E. MOBRISH. lushing. Michigan.





REGISTERED Shorthorn Bull Rupert 2nd 336091

four J‘gsrs old the fith of March. Color roan. Price

8150. allace Smith. R. No. 1. Wstervliet. Mich.





OUSR HERD BULL FOR SALE~AI1 beef price. Beg.





Shorthorn. A fine animal. Also 2 young bulls.

Robt. Knightszon. R. No. Mariette. Michigan.





SHORTHORN CATTLE





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





OIIIY OREO SHORIHORI ‘3.” b’“ ”3“" 511.1...





yesrs a breeder of

Shorthorns. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.





YOOII SHORlllOllll BUll8‘§f”“.g lager,“ blood





WARNER BROS.. Almont. ”Michigan.

SHEEP.





T PAY. TO BUY PURI I'll! CHIEF OF PARSONS.





oossh snof tho oss " Oxfords. Shropshlros. Rom-

bouillskPollod Dolmsllss. PARSONS,R.1 Grand Ledge. Mich.





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BERKSHIRE For Sale—Sow Bred for April furrow.

ing and s choice lot ofk fsll pigsM either sex.





1.0.1100 kervfllc. Michigan.

IEIIISIIIIIES





Choice spring bcsrs snd gilis.

stock. mnensfm s'rocx





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move quick. Farmers

FARM. Almont. Mich

when all sold. full

Os ". G-4.hf".m‘.1.o a few choice red

JOHN 11111111111531 own





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saw WEIGI'IED 952 L35.





23 MONTHS O D





‘ 1011.111 GIRL





I have storted more breeders on the road to suc-

cess than mianSE living. I have thslargsstsnd fin.

est herd in t very one on early developer.

ready forthomurksstE at six. months old. I wont to

place one hes in each communit to advertise my



erd XVI-itefor my plan.‘ 'Howto ske Monoyfrom



Hogs. O. 8. BINJAMIII.|.flo.|o Portland. list.





 





 





0- l. C 5-..ng (30%st 31111510“.

ne 0



pi on hand. OTTO B. SC 01.252. 63911;“



mic west of Depot. Nashville. Michigan.





~Bred gilts all sold.

Os ls Cs SWINE h3g0 a No of Spring

pigs on hand. Will book orders for Sept. pigs.

get my [price on pairs and trios not akin.





GORDON .No. 2. Don. Mich.



o I c -18 months and 4 months boars. Also



taking orders for s rin pigs. Oak View

Farm. N. H. Weber. Prop” oyal Oak. Michigan

sprin furrow. so fol

o '0 C if. large and wt.gy Write our

wants GL WOOD STOCK ARM. Zeeland ich.

0. I cls—B‘red giltssll sold. Summer and fall boars





wel in 12310 1601119. All of right type. Ipay

.An rows Dansville. Ingham Co. Mich.





—16 sows bred for





express.





0 l c ~Extra choice bred gilts. service bears and

I - s rin 39?. not akin. From State Fair-Win-

ners. AVO DA‘lI. TOCK FARM. Wayne. Michigan.





Chester Whites—Is." igs. either sex. orders taken

for 8hspring pigs. Wr to your wants. Price A usi-

lty righ Meadow View Stock Form. Holland. ich.



' —Rog. Bred Guts—Orders taken for

BROSYOE “I‘ll” spring pigs and Collie ups. Holstein

Bulls at Bargains. FAY B.P R.HAM ronson. Mich.





o l c! All sold. Would be leased to book

s s 5 your order for refrng gigs,

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockfo Mic Ignn.





o I c GILTs—bred forJune firsrfow.nnd



.CLOVERI. LEAF s'rocx ‘rA‘isz‘fhfigm: litigilfa'



OURUOS‘Bp’i'i? pigs all sold. Fall gig;t either



sex. ices reasonable. 8. C. S LMAN



CHERRY LAWN FARM. R.2. Shepherd. Michigan.

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UURUC JERSEYS bannedp 5p: [YES-slung): '11::th





. J. DRODT. Monroe. Mich higsn. Route No. 1.





 





 





Doroc Jerseys—A few bred sows for sale. also a few

Registered Shropshire Ewes bred for April.

BRAY, Okemos. Ingham 00.. Michigan.





 





Fancy bred Duroc Jerseys—Boers d Glits of sprin &

summer furrow. Good individuals at reasons )0

prices. John Mchcoll. Station A. R4. Bay City. Mich.





 





YOlll-El SIOOY FIRM $212913; gi'i‘é {3331i .

prices. ORNELL. Howell. Michigan.





 





Durocs—% large high classy sows. bred for March &

April to Barney Crimson, Cherry Advance 1! Ookl and

Fancy Write or come & see. J. C Bsrnoy.Ooldwster.Illeh.





BURNS—2 spring glits about 200 lbs. 335 each.

spring grit about 170 lbs. 830. Ill April

and first of May furrow. 3 extra yearlin about.

3(1) lbs. due to furrow Aprll 15 an 16. prices. each if

taken soon. not fat. in good breeding order. bred to

a son of the Jr. Champion at the International

Chicago. 1911. (All immuned ) Come or wri



H. G. KEESLER. Cassopolls. Michigan.





OUROC JERSEYS—10 llred Bill: (or Isl!





CAREY U. EDMONDR. Hastings. Michigan.





-—Bred gllts. heavy bone. aired byp rise



Dune 1"”, winner boar bred for last of March and

Ari] furrow good cherry color. weight around 200 lbs.

flgeach. come or write. Frank Mathews. Bristol Ind.





 





 





—— ring bonr s from prize-win-

Ulll'OC-JCI’SCYSR n 1rnfiNstrni no. Sows all ages

Brookwster Farm.R . c. 7. Ann Arbor.Mich.

~Lsrgest in Mich. Bred gilts





l‘naE TYPE P. U. all soi.d A few fall pigs





l.eft Watch this space for something large and

good. they lease where ever 1:): fl.

W. E. IVINGSTON. Perms. lchignn,





POLAND CHINASEThelfi'SED'SSfi:

farmers prices. ALLEN 3110s. Paw Psw,‘Mlc:

POLAND CHINASEEI‘. iltfi‘:.’“..£“





all 3

Prices right.





 





 





w. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta. M ch:





POLANDd CHINA SWINE. Shorthorn cattle. Oxford

sheep end B. P. ocks. High grade Holsteins

and Guernsey calves. Robert Neve. Pierson. Michigan.





PUUIU Willis—353313311?" 121d rggger 113

G. W. BOLTON. R. No. ll.1&nlnmnsoo. M ch.





Poland (llIino00 Boar; 3011: Brod, Ill olilIo llig Typo.





A. A.W Saline. Michigan.





”BEE I. P c —-Meo1surements of one of my



- giltsbé-oot of ear to root oftsii. 54 in. ..

heart g‘vrth 57%. loin )6 bone small art hind legs

7% in. eight close 350 lbs. Can spare A Wonder.

weight close 360 lbs. 11.0 .Swnrtz. Schco craft. Mich.





UTLER’ S Big Boned Prolific Poland Chinas. Grow

big m&essy.m mature early. resdy for market at



6 mon hs. Because we've bred them that wsy

for more thany in years. We have % big boned boars

ready for service. Bu tone and make more money on

éour hogs. You get sn£ betters any rice.

0 History Free. J t0 BUT ER. Portland. (ch.





Poland China (ind Sons 1"“ “8“ “d 111......





cockerels. Satisfaction

guaranteed. R. W. MILLS. Saline. Michigan.





Poland China Full Pigs— —Good ones from immune

sows 810 and 315 «1111.10.11.» they last. Bred sow

ssie Feb. 27th. send your name for catalog if you want to

buy Big Types with Quality. Wm. stfls. Ooldwstsr.lish.

350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT HOGS—Americn' s

Champion Herd. Prolific h-svvrdf. Best for Mich.



Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP. BoxM iliamsport. Ohio



bred its

"LII. Foot Bred sows. fl and bear





pigs. not related. 1' sale. Satis-

faction guaranteed. .KRI lGLOW. Ads. Ohio.





LARGE YORKSHIRES—Fsll pigs both sexes. Deir-

not Gakin, Yearling sows bred for March furrow.

L. ULLEN. Grand Ledge. Mich.





Yorksheros All Soldflil‘d‘éi‘.’





DOWLAND FAB

Waterman & EWaterman. Ann Arbor. Mich.





YORKSHIRES





le.? long- bodied. hesv‘y- boned 6grciiflc kind.

Sows an gilts bred for spring arrow head of Sep-

tomber.Octcbo rsnd November pigs. Prices reasonsble.





W. C. COOK. R. 42, Ads. Michlgsn.





lillieFarmsteadlorkshiros





giltof splendid cnos. 'l'sll pigs. either cox.





 





 





 





 





 





6 Its for S rin

cows 0. LILY. 1&5 Coopersvlllo. Michlgss
Great 1914





 





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Here is the Greatest Sale ever advertised—the opportunity you

have long sought for—a chance to buy staple lumber and buildin

material—Roofing, Wire. Fencing. Furniture and Househol

Goods of every kind and description. in fact, Merchandise of every

nature, at unheard of low prices.



We are determined that the Spring of 1914. will be the most suc-

cessful in the history of this Great Company. and the ise man

will take early advantage of the great bargains shown in this ad-

vertisement.



You can order a complete carload of building material from us.

Including everything you need to construct and equip and we will

ship it to you, without one cent cash in advance.



All we want to know is that the money will be paid us as soon as

the material is received. unloaded and checked up.





0



Lumber Prices S-m-a-s-h-e-d



. , “N Yes, we mean smashed. Absolutely

’ " , busted to pieces. That‘s our policy, We

quote prices on lumber that will positively

save you big money. If you will send your

umber bill we will send you a freight paid

price that will mean a saving to you of

. from 30% to 50%. Every stick is absolutely

first class. brand new and fully up-to-grade

such as you would buy from any reputable

house in the United States.





We have determined that the year

of 1914 is going to be the Banner

year in our great lumber depart-

ment. We have on hand 20,000,000

feet of high-grade lumber suitable

for the construction of Buildings. no

matter for what purpose intended.

Come to our great yards in Chicago

and let us show you this stufi ac-

tually in stock. No other concern

in the world has a more complete

stock of everything needed to build,

whether Lumber, Shingles. Struc-

tural Iron, Plumbing. Heating.

Doors or anything else that you may

need. Do you know that lumber is

getting scarcer and scarcer every

year? Yet our prices are lowest and

will continue so until our stock is

gone. WRITE TODAY.



ing material of





Shingles At Big Savmg all an... m..-

— - — — ing Paints,

‘ ‘ ’ k We have a special filumb‘s’fihgfigi



M. l lot or1.000.000 5 to 2 ugh New and

’ 10 inch Clear Shing- Com osition

‘ les ko‘n which we‘are Rootinpg Hard-

- ma ng anexcep on— .' ‘ . .

ally low price 0(3230. wars. (.arpentrr s and Blacksmith I





Order by Lot No. his-40. Wire encin o prospec ivs





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





‘4’ — — -—_

‘, Lot CD-39. FEE panel

i, painted door. size 2 it.

‘. 6 in. x 6 it. 6 in. 500 in

W stock. A high quality

i‘. door for the price . ‘This

is only one of our many

special bargains.





 

 

 





line of Inside Mill-

work of all kinds.





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Galvanized Steel Roofing ls Fire, Water and lightning Proof





We bought 20,000 squares of 2 5

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i i 1 this Corrugated Iron Roofing,

‘ ‘ l which we offer at this remarkably

low price. It is new, perfect. and

first-class, but light weight. The

sheets are 22 x 24 in. x 1 M in. cor~

rugated. Our price of $1.25 per

sq. is f. o. b. cars Chicago.



When ordering this item. speci-

iy Lot No. (JD-700. This is not

galvanized. but black steel roofing.

Write us today for our special FREIGHT PREPAID PRICES on new.

galvanized roofing. We are ofierlng prices lower than ever before offered

in the roofing business. Galvanized roofing at $2.75 per square and up.

Ask for free samples. We can furnish anything needed

in Roofing. Siding or Ceiling.





620 Per 108 Square Feel Buys Best Rubber





Suriaoed “Ajax” Roofing

. Here again we show the lowest rice overt; -.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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buys best

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i known for rooting of quality. Th smoot

surfaced roofing we are oficring is our one-ply

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CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING CO]





Now operated under the name 01





HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY





OR 22 years the CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING COM-



F PANY has been well and favorably known to the public. Dur-



ing all these years the four Harris Brothers have been the execu-



tive officers and owners and for that reason have finally decided



to operate under the name of HARRIS BROTHERS COMPANY.



There is no change in our business, except that in the iuture the



four Harris Brothers will advertise and sell their goods, heretofore



advertised and sold under the name of the CHICAGO HOUSE-



WRECKING COMPANY. under the new name of HARRIS

BROTHERS COMPANY.





lily 11!} fl Called t_li3 Great ice Wreckers





Consider what becomes of the stock of goods, when a manufac-

turer or big retail merchant goes bankrupt or “ busted " as the saying

goes. It is estimated that about ten thousand merchants annually

meet with business disaster—this is why our company exists. It the

stocks are sufficiently large and the goods are new and desirable. they

find their natural way to our great forty acre plant for distribution

at a small added profit. to our thousands of customers. who in this

way get the benefit of wonderful bargains. In many cases our

prices do not even represent the original cost or production. We

stand foremost in our line. We recognize no competition. That's

why we are called "THE GREAT PRICE WRECKERS.".





Our Binding Guarantee/





We guarantee absolute and complete satisfaction. There is no

half way about this guarantee. Every purchase you make from us

will be exactly as represented and you will be satisfied in every way

or we will make such just amends as are Within our power. We will

take back any unsatisfactory article at our irelght expense both

ways and refund your purchase price. e refer as to our respon-

sibility to the publisher of this or any other publication or any bank

or express company and to the public at large.





We Sell Practically Everything





Our stock includes practically “everything under the sun." It's

in truth, from a needle to a locomotive. No matter What your vo-

cation, or what position in life you occupy, or what your business, or

how great a merchant you are. you have use for us. and we have the

goods that. you can buy from us to a decided advantage. The quicker

you learn to recognize this fact. the sooner you will be f‘putting

money in your pocket."





Our stock includes Building Material Lumber. Roofing. Sash,

Doors, Miliwork, Wire and Fencing, Hardware. Plumbing Material.

Heating Apparatus and Supplies. Furniture, Household Goods,

Rugs, Stoves and everything needed to furnish or equip your home,

your club or hotel. It includes Groceries. Clothing. Dry Goods,

Boots and Shoes. Furnishing Goods and every single article to clothe

a man. woman or child. It includes Sporting Goods. Fishing Tackle,

Hunting Outfits, Tents, Guns, Harness and Vehicles. Jewelry, Sew-

ing Machines. Clocks: also structural iron needed in construction of

buildings. bridges. etc. Machinery. gasoline. gas and electric power

outfits. In fact you cannot think of a single manufactured article

that we cannot supply you at a saving in price. Let us convince

you—it means but little effort on your part to prove the truth of all

we say. Write us today for our Catalogue and literature. Fill in

the coupon shown below.





THE GREAT PRICE WRECK'ERS





TT T E l 250 f . ‘4

one auge only to a coil. $1.00 100

special quotations in other quantities.

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Write us today for a copy of our Great Big Spring '

Price Wrecker now of! the press. It is the most

stupendous Book of Bargains ever produced. It

contains a thousand pages of matter true to life

and describes the merchandise we are oflering for

sale so plain and correct that you will experience

no trouble in making your selections.



It is a wonderful book of Bargains and can be

used every day of your Buying Life. You need it

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WRITE US TODAY.





8 Bu s the Material

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A beautiful lip-to-date ful12 story, 7

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bargain in the world. Copied and imi-



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to 60 per cent below local dealer's prices.



Immediate shipment right from our Chicago

stocks where on can come and see it load-

cd. Nb omiy DOWN. $2.00 buys er- L

feet Blue rint Plans, complete specifications

and detailed descriptive material list, With a

refund of $1.50 if you do not like them.





Original M e t h o d_s SPECIAL INFORM]! T'ON ‘





We are the originators of a If you intend building. y0u will lose

system of selling practically .noncy if you don't write us at once. Tell

campiete Houses direct to the us what you want. We will answer you

consumer, at. a great saving. promptly and give you valuable informs-



We eliminate all iii-between tlon regarding building. Send rough pens

profits, We sell and ship direct cil sketch showing the kind of house you

to you from our own stocks. want.We will make you aireight paid price



Great care and study has that will save ‘you big money on material

been given all our Plans_ necessary to build some. Ever stick first class.

Economy is the watch-word f you intend to make mprovements,

both in materials and con- write us what they are. and we will help

structlon. you to save money on your purchases.





No We", No 1...... Our FREE soon 25 puns

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people in your vicinity who Houses are completely

have bought from us. We illustrated showing the

have thousands oi unsolicited floor plans. prices, oto,

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New Galvanized. heavy weight barbwire. ut

pg) on reels about 100 lbs. to the reel. Lot 2- D-

3. per .100 be. $1.9 . Ga vnnized barb wire.

Light weight. best made, best made. Put up exactly 80

to s tor-eel. 2-p0int barbs. Lot 2-CD-28. per reel. 8.140.





WIRE NAILS, m Keg, $1.28





5.000 kegs. put up 100 lbs. to the keg mixed. all kinds to-

gether, regular nails, such as made by null factories, Lot

2-CD 33. price per keg. $1.28. 1,000 kegs of 10 penny-weight;

iegulsalr gsewv‘wi‘re nails. 100 lbvsmto thej irreg, whéle they mat, per

' eg. . . r to or our ree re an «ence atalo ue.



valuable information to any land owner. Fill g Gives

in the coupon below.





SMOPTH GALVANIZED WIRE 100 lbs.$l.00 , 7. i" “

.Suitable for fences stay wires or any /} ‘



ordinary purpose. This wire is irregular

in ength. ranges from 50 to t and





Barb Wire Less Than 2c Per Rod





 





 





 

 

 

   





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sary cement and caps to lay it; this price is W

i. o. b. Chicago; at 850 per square. we pay the lAqu

freight in full to any point East of Kansas Runrmb

and Nebraska and North of the Ohio River, l





   





provided your order is for at least 3 squares.

Prices to other points on application.



Roofing is guaranteed to wear as long and give as good

service as any ady Rubber Surfaced Roofing on the

market. It is out up in rolls of 108 square feet and con-

tains Bto 4 ieces to the roll. We have other rades of



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{1 Everything arrived in good condition. I saved

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would be very dear here.

Signed (LEWIS YOUNG. Pennsylvania.





$700.00 Sa‘ved

I am perfectly satisfied. hDond be backward] in time.

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got from you is perfect in every

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Used 12 Years and In Good Condition

Some 10 or 12 years ago. I bought quite a bill of

Black Corrugated Roofing from

painted it twice since I laid it. an

ood condition today. as the day

lease send me your catalog. as I expect to put up

a barn next Spring and am looking for something

foraroof as good as that bou lit from you last

' (Signed) W. W. ST DDARD Ohio.

Will Order More

Am pleased to say the roofing all here and in

splendid shape. Allow me to congratulate you on

rompt delivery. You will receive more orders

(Signed) D. DUCELLO.

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I have used your Premier Point in thislsalt at-

mosphere for the East four years and find it better

an any paint I can bu . no mat-

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