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VOL. CXLII. No. 11. i ;

Whole Number 3774. ,





Little Stories About Big Farmers.





How a New York Fruit Grower Combines General Farming and Sheep Raising. with Fruit Growing. z





HE farm is a wondrous canvas

T on'which the farmer unfolds the



landscape of his ideals. This

landscape does not imitate nature,

but it founds itself on the study of

nature—takes from it the things

which best accord with its own in-

tention, and then bestows on them

that which nature does not possess--

the heart and the mind of man. The

character of the man inevitably re-

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higher than his work, higher than his

ideals. He uses the farm for a set-

ting, and deals with the picture after

his OWn fashion. A 350 acre farm,

adorned with improvements, trees,

crops and sheep, making a landscape

of beauty, peace and plenty, reflects

the heart and the mind of Clark Allis,

of Orleans 5Sifnnty, New Yo1k.



This farm, as the writer saw it last

fall, is a memorablfl‘kample of what

a. man with a heart as well as a mind

can accomplish as a constructive

farmer. Its original methods and ac—

tivities bear the impress of a man

who has his- heart and his mind in his

work. If a man can be judged by his

farm, home life and surroundings, a





high quality of manhood is linked

with this man’s success. He loves his

farm, his trees and sheep; his busi-





ness acumen makes them pay. The

farm represents the unfolding and ex-

pression of his ideals.



In discussing his methods, Mr. Allis

“In farming as well as in oth-

er enterprises, the more pleasure we

take in our work, the more profit we

usually receive, and the more profit

we receive the more our pleasure in—

creases; and while the love of money

may be and often is the root of all

evil, we all try to help it get a deep

root. For the last twelve years we





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have been successful with apples and

sheep, and that success has come

from hard work and attention to de-

tails. Commercial orCharding and

sheep farming work well together on

the same farm. My aim is to develop

a system of agriculture which will

simplify the labor problem, manufac-

ture as much fertility as is possible

on the farm and grow fine apples. Ap-

ples, beans, alfalfa and rye are our

main crops and our live stock con-





labor and get maximum returns from

each man and team is a problem that

must be solved by establishing the

proper correlation between the crops

grown and the animals kept on the

farm. Apples and alfalfa are the main

crops, and they are non-competing,

that is, the harvesting of the alfalfa

comes at a time when the fruit crop

is not requiring immediate attention.

The object on this farm is to grow a

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sists of from 1100 to 400 sheep. With

these crops and animals we aim to

perfect a system of agriculture adap-

ted to the present economic condi-

tions.”



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employment for the men and teams at

the time when it is fit to cut and

make into hay. Rye is grown for a

winter grain, pasture and cover crop.

In preparing a field for alfalfa it is

planted to beans and as soon. as the

beans are harvested the ground is

harrowed and seeded with rye. At

the time of seeding timothy seed is





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sown and the following spring two or

three quarts of alfalfa seed is sown

on each acre of ground. This helps to

inoculate the ground, and the owner

believes that it is a great help toward

securing a good stand of alfalfa when

the ground is plowed and seeded to

alfalfa.



All the fields and orchards are

fenced and arranged so that the sheep

can be changed from one field or or-

chard to another as the occasion re-

quires. In this way the fields and

fence corners are kept free from nox-

ious weeds and nothing is wasted.

Beans are the chief cultivated crop,

from 2:) to 40 acres are grown annu-

ally on the farm. As a rule, beans

are not a highly profitable crop, yet

it fits into the rotation nicely, is easy

to raise and the stalks and pods fur—

nish ideal roughage for the sheep.

Alfalfa thrives on this farm, although

it requires plowing and reseeding ev-

By the liberal

use of lime and growing alfalfa for a

number of years it is no longer diffi-

cult to secure a good stand. This is

a general outline of the system of

farming practiced by Mr. Allis.



Apples the Main Money Crop.



Apples are the lending money (-rop,

from 5.000 to 9,000 barrels being pro-

duced annually. In one orchard of 3

acres which Mr. Allis bought about

nine years ago, about one-half had

been in sod more than thirty years.

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few years to discover that the best

crops of fruit were produced on the

cultivated area. One portion of the

orchard, the former owner said, did

not produce enough to pay, so he out

every other row out lengthwise to get

land to raise crops on, leaving the

trees thirty feet apart in the rows and

the rows sixty feet apart north and

south. If he had cut the trees corner-

wise every other row the orchard

would have been much more valuable.



In this orchard he has raised heavy

crops of mammoth clover and alfalfa

which were cut and put under the

trees with an ordinary side delivery

hay rake. The clover and alfalfa died

out and it was again plowed and re-

seeded to clover under the trees and

alfalfa in the space between the rows.

Mr. Allis said: “Some years when

hay has been scarce and high in price

it has taken nerve to keep up the

mulching with hay which was very

heavy and made a heavy covering un-

der all the trees, but I knew if it was

once drawn away it might get lost

and never find its way back again. It

has paid me to leave the hay under

the trees for the orchard is in fine

condition and bears every year; not

all the trees, but many of them do,

not the entire tree but one side of

the tree or limbs in different places

on the tree. I paid $7,000 for the farm

of fifty acres and it has paid for itself

every two years since I bought it,

The late Prof. Craig, of Cornell, said

this was the next to the best orchard

he had ever visited.





The Treatment of One Orchard.



“Another of my orchards was in sod

when I bought it. This was manured

with sheep manure and tilled. The

trees were too close so I had every

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tilled until very late in the summer

and kept the apples growing and it

was well we did, for the season Was

very dry. We found two Baldwins in

that orchard_14 inches in circumfer-

ence, one 14% inches. I feared the

dry weather and so worked the or-

chards later than I liked to, and that

year I helped the apple crop, but in

the orchards I worked latest the cov-

er crop was about minus. This or-

chard had never produced many ap-

ples until I bought it, but since Ihave

cultivated it it has had fine crops of

fruit. I am convinced that more ap-

ples can be raised by tillage than by

sod and will continue to cultivate

most of the time, although it is a

disagreeable task to harvest a crop of

apples from a tilled orchard.



“All of the orchards I had up to six

years ago I had bought and from

what I had seen of orchards in other

states I thought I would raise an or-

chard to suit my own ideas, so I took

a piece of new land that two years

before was covered with stumps.

These had been removed with dyna-

mite and one crop of beans raised on

the land.



Method of Setting Orchard.



“I bought No. 1 trees that had been

fumigated and inspected by two New

York inspectors and declared free

from scale. The trees were ‘set just

the opposite of the Stringfellow meth-

od. I did not trim the roots unless

broken nor the tops except to get the

right number of limbs, and did not

cut back at all. As the field was near

the road I had lots of advice about

the way to trim the tops, but they did

not get trimmed and never have been

trimmed yet. In the new woods dirt,

and being well set, they did not know

it was a dry year and but three or

four died on the 20 acres.”



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tosh Red, and Rome Beauty. COver

crops are grown and left on the

ground and by the time the trees are

ready to produce heavy crops of fruit

the soil will 'be in better condition

than it was when first plowed. The

trees have never been pruned except

to remove the water sprouts and

limbs that cross. The owner’s theory

is that too much pruning throws them

to producing wood instead of fruit.

Some of these young trees produced

choice fruit this year. Mr. Allis said:

“I am proud of this orchard and I

hope to make it one of the best or-

chards of its size in the country. I





have some ideas of my own about how'





to raise apple trees and I am going

to put them into practice.”

Sheep and Alfalfa.



Mr. Allis is a sheep and alfalfa en1

thusiast. He has spent years in de-

veloping a system of flock manage-

ment adapted to his farm. By rais-

ing from 30 to 40 acres of alfalfa, 25

to. 40 acres of beans, 40 to 50 acres

of timothy and alfalfa and quite an

area of pasturage, and at times allow-

ing the flock to range in the orchards

he keeps a flock of about 300 breed-

ing ewes; about 150 of which are

bred to drop fall lambs. No artist

ever painted a pastoral scene that

was more beautiful and inspiring than

the one presented by these robust

ewes and their lusty young lambs as

they roamed contentedly in a field of

green, luxuriant rye.



Men of vision do not place all their

hope and faith in growing crops for

market, albeit they know that if they

are to hold their farms up to a fair

standard of productivity they must be

constantly augmenting the supply of

fertility in the soil. It is doubtful if,

taking it as a whole, the

process of adapting stock raising and

commercial apple growing to one

farm is surpassed in this country.

Certainly there are few fruit farms

where such provision is made to

maintain soil fertility and keep the

orchards, pastures and meadows free

from weeds.



Cold Storage House Helps Solve the

Marketing Problem.



The market problem requires study

and attention. The time and expense

of hauling fruit to storage, or to the

cars, together with the disadvantage

of having the control of the fruit pass

out of his hands as soon as unloaded.

convinced Mr. Allis that a storage

house was an economic necessity. He

located his storage on the New York

antral Railroad within a few rods

of a trolley depot, giving a trolley as

well as freight service. A switch

handling eleven cars was built along-

side of the storage house. To this

storage the apples are hauled unsort-

ed, from the orchards, the grading is

done ever a Trescott grader at the

storage, with no loss of time before

the apples are under refrigeration.

The loss of time in hauling to town

is not all the loss, for many times at

the storage teams must wait one or

two hours to unload.



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ing with men who had studied cold

storage problems for years, he decid-

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by far the best, as the expense of ma-

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ciency of the storage were all in fa-

vor of this system. The system in

use is very simple, consisting of a

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filled with a chemical solution of cal-

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low temperature without freezing.



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(Continued on page 315).





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MARCH 14, 1914. ’





A .HILLSDALE COUNTY FARMER’S

EXPERIENCE WITH ALFALFA.





 





“When I decided to put out a field

of alfalfa I gave a lot of time during

the winter of 1911-12 to reading up on

the subject of planting,” said Myron

G. Wood, of Hillsdale county, to the

writer a few days ago. “I found all

sorts of experiences and a great vari-

ety of opinions relative to the prepa-

ration of the soil, the time of seeding,

and the method of seeding. Out of

the mass of information, and mis-in-

formation, I gathered enough to direct

me in the course I afterwards took.”



Then Mr. Wood proceeded with his

story, which was entirely one of ex-

perience, beginning at the very first.

He said he laid off a field of 24 acres

of old land, land that had been clear-

ed and worked for 60 years, of a grav-

el soil, but in a fairly good state of

fertility. This field he plowed the first

thing in the spring, as soon as frost

was out of the ground.



“As soon as the ground was plowed

I put a common harrow into it and

smoothed it down,” continued Mr.

Wood, “and from that time until Ide-

cided to sow I had this ground worked

completely over every week. Once I

dug it up with a disc harrow, but gen-

erally I used a common drag or a

float— anyway, I kept the surface of

the ground stirred, and below the

rather shallow seed-bed I aimed to

have the earth so packed that it

would hold the moisture it had at the

time of plowing, for fear that the

worst might happen and we might be

short of rain after I had sown the

seed.”



With this sort of preparation Mr.

Wood sowed his alfalfa seed on the

twelfth day of June, using inoculating

material which he got from the M. A.

C. His seed came up, and, although

the summer was generally accounted

as a hard one on new seeding, throve

and did so well that before the first of

September Mr. Wood had cut his first

crop of hay from it. Since that time

it has improved, and during the sum-

mer of 1913 he out three crops of such

proportions that he had to stack a

good part of it, although he has large

barns.



Not content with this experience,

Mr. Wood put out 12 acres during last

summer, simply repeating his experi-

ence of the year before, although the

weather conditions were again ex-

ceedingly adverse.



“There was one thing about my ex—

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sion—for just then. dinner was an-

nounced and your correspondent was

a guest for that pleasant function——

“that was entirely new to me. The

first field I sowed to alfalfa lay near

a back road. It was an old highway,

only a mile long, but never had been

used much. In some way I created

enough local fame in the preparation

of that soil so that farmers began to

drive by to see how I was getting on

and, after the seed was sown, to see

if any of it came up, until that back

road was, for the first time in its ca-

reer, placed on the map. During that

summer I believe more teams drove

over it than had passed that way in a

whole year at a time before I became

famous as a planter of alfalfa. Yes,

there was a little pigeon grass in my

first. crop of hay off the 24 acres, but

each cutting since then has shown

less of the weed.” V. S. P,





 





FAVORSSEEDING ALFALFA WITH-

OUT NURSE CROP.



Upon reading an article in your val-

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tleman. Although he may be right on

the soil referred to, I find from bitter

experience that the nurse crop should

be eliminated and the alfalfa seed

should be run from the grass seeder

into the large drill hose and sowed as

you would wheat or oats at a medium

depth. I think. the soil culture the

most satisfactory.



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Montana.



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At the Michigan booth there was a.

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grown by J. W. Chapin, of Eden,

“There is the kind of com I was tell-

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fore my teeth would reach the cob.

How I wish we could grow this corn

in Texas!”



The following list of prizes

won by Michigan exhibitors:



Michigan Class.





Yellow Dent—Single Ear.

First, Jessie W. Pickett, Caledonia;

2d, Thelma Knight, Hanover; 3rd, J.

Robt. Duncan, Vicksburg.

White Dent—Single Ear.

First, Rollo Simons. Jackson.

Any Other Dent—Single Ear.





were





First, Leo Wooden, Jackson; 2d,

Wm. Folks, Hanover; 3rd] Frank

Lowe, Hudson.





Yellow Dent—Ten Ears.

First, Thelman Knight, Hanover;





2d, J. Robt. Duncan, Vicksburg; 3rd,

Jessie W. Pickett, Caledonia; 5th, L.

L. Lawrence, Decatur; 5th, J. H.





Landes, Shepherd.

White Dent—Ten Ears.

First, Rollo Simons, Jackson.

Any Other'Dent—Ten Ears.

First, Wm. Folks, Hanover; 2d, Leo

Wooden, Hanover; 3d, Edward Prow-

ant,,Davison_; 4th, David Dunlap, Gd.

Rapids; 5th, Wooden Hendee & Son,

Pinckney. . , .

Flint—Single Ear.

“ lFirst, Mr. Mead, Grand Rapids;





‘ 2d,. George Frederick, Brooklyn.





Flint—Ten Ears. ,

First, George Frederick, Brooklyn;

2d, Mr. Read, Grand Rapids. ,

Oats—Peck—White.

First, John Schipper, Holland; 2d,





 





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Geo. B. Shoesmith & Son, Leslie; 3d,.





1. N. Cowdry, IthaCa.





. Wheat—Peck—Winter.

First and Championship—L. L.

Lawrence, Decatur; 2d, J. J. Nyen<





huls, Hudsonville; 3rd, 0. F. Marvin, ‘





Holton. .

Barley.

First, Geo. B. Shoesmith & Son.

Leslie; 2d, I. N. Cowdry, Ithaca; 3rd.

0. F. Marvin, Holton.





World's Class.

One Peck White Beans.

First, Geo. B. Shoesmith & Son.

Leslie; 5th, L. L. Lawrence, Decatur.





Ten Ears Pop am.

First, J. L. Demarest, Flint.





Soy Beans.

Fourth, Geo. B. Shoesmith & Son.

Leslie.





Sweet Corn (Late) Ten Ears.

Third, J. W. Chapin.

Fourth, W. R. Roach & Co., Hart.





Sweet Corn (Early).

Fourth, W. R. Roach & Son, Hart.

Ingham 00. W. F. RAVEN.





STATE CORN SHOW AWARDS.





Best single ear, Wm. Folks, honor

trophy, Michigan Farmer Cup; best

ten ears, Daniel Kuhn, Vicksburg,

Gleaners’ Cup; best ten ears, any

Grange, the Grange Banner, Brady

Grange, Vicksburg.





Class A—Yellow Dent.

First, Daniel Kuhn, Vicksburg; 2d,

M. T. Shoesmith, Leslie; 3rd, D. E.

Turner, Mosherville.





Class B—White Dent.

First, W. M. VVahl, Centerville: 2d,

R. D. Simmons, Jackson; 3rd, Wilford

Jewett, Mason.





Class C—Whltecap Dent.

First, Lee Worden, Pulaski; 2d.

Glenn Turner. Mosherville; 3rd, L. H.

Runns, Adrian.





Class D—Other Dents.



First, W. C. Hendie, Pinckney; 2d,

F. H. Thorn, Pulaski; 3rd, Artie Jew-

ett, Mason.



Class E—Flint.

First, A. R. Vincent, Croswell.

- Boys and Girls.



First, Thelma Knight. Hanover; 2d.

Milton Turner, Mosherville; 3rd, Har—

lon Turner, Mosherville.



Sweet Corn.



First, J. W. Chapin, Eden.



Pop Corn.



First, Leonard Morse, Jasper.



Editor's Note—Michigan Experi-

ment Association Awards will be

found on page 300.





 





FARM NOTES.





 





Fertilizing the Soil for Alfalfa.



,I would like your advice as to fit-

ting up a rather lean sandy and grav-

elly loam of 17 acres for alfalfa. As

I haven’t enough manure to near cov—

er it, I must use commercial fertiliz-

ers. I haven’t tested with litmus for

acidity but feel quite certain of it, be-

cause of the rank growth of horse

sorrel, and so have ordered 10 tons

of finely ground limestone rock. I

expect todnoculate with pure culture.

As the soil is low in humus would

you consider it advisable to use raw

rock phosphate? What form of potas‘

sium would you sow, or will the pres-

ence of the lime make enough of it.

already in the soil, available?



Hillsdale Co. G.



The amount of ground limestone

which it is proposed to apply to this

field would not, in the writer’s opin-

ion, be sufficient to get immediate re

sults in neutralizing the soil acidity.

Last year the writer used about two

tons per acre of finely ground lime-

stone on a similar soil to that de-

scribed, and failed to get as early a





(development of nodules on the roots





as is desirable, notwithstanding the

fact that the seed was inoculated with

the pure culture of the nitrogen-fixing

bacteria. as it is proposed to do in

this case. Where the same amount of

ground limestone had been applied

two or three years previous, hOWever.

an early development of the bacteria

was secured. From our own experi-

ence and the testimony of others, it

would seem that on this character of

soil, about two tons per acre is little

enough to apply of ground limestone.

at least where early results are de

sired, although a much smaller quan-

tity of caustic lime will act more

quickly. It is probable, however, if

there has been no dimculty in getting

clover seeding on this soil, that the

application proposed may have a very

decidedly beneficial result on the suc'

cess of the alfalfa seeding.





Regarding the' use of raw rock





 





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MARCH 14, 1914.





phosphate, it is generally conceded

that to get immediate beneficial re-

sults from such an application, it is

essential that it be applied in connec-

tion with stable manure or at least

to a soil which is well supplied with

humus. In a case such as described,

it is the writer’s opinion that it would

be better to use a liberal application

of a complete fertilizer, inasmuch as

there would seem to be a lack of ex-

perimental knowledge as to the par-

ticular ingredients of fertility most

needed.

Improving Hard Clay.



1 have some heavy clay land which

does not produce well, especially

when planted to corn. It is white

clay which works up well, but if it

rains before the young plants come

up,‘ it is necessary to harrow it at just

the proper time, or it crusts over

badly. The corn will not grow more

than half as fast on this soil as on

other portions which are clay loam,

and it is not nearly as large at ma-

turity. Have five acres in clover on

which I would like to plant ensilage

corn; how can I improve it? I also

have a piece of sandy loam in beans

last year, which is badly infested with

quack grass. It was fall plowed, and

I thought of cultivating it from early

spring until time to plant late pota-

toes; what kind of fertilizer should

I use? Land is rather low in fertil-

ity. What fertilizer should I use on

same land for cats?



Saginaw Co. A. W.



The only thing which will remedy

the physical condition of this soil is

to incorporate some vegetable matter

in it, which, of course, will have to

be done gradually. If it is not tile

drained, this would benefit it mate—

rially, although the benefit would not

be as immediate as it is on a clay

loam soil.



Fertiii'zer for Sandy Loam.



A complete fertilizer fairly rich in

potash would probably be the best for

both crops on this soil. For potatoes

it will pay to apply 500 pounds in the

row or perhaps 1,000 pounds per acre

if applied broadcast. For oats acom-

paratively small application of say

200 pounds per acre should give most

profitable results.



What Crop to Grow for Hay on Muck

Land.





I have ten acres of muck well tile—

drained. On five acres I would like

to sow something for hay the coming

spring and at the same time seed to

alsike and timothy. What would you

advise for the hay? The other five

acres has been plowed three times.

The marsh grass sod is well rotted;

on a strip of this 30 feet wide (a half

acre) we put eight loads (eight or 10

tons) of marl after it was plowed; on

the balance we put about 40 tons of

manure before plowing, no manure on

the strip covered with marl. What

crop or crops would you advise put-

ting in this in the spring? This was

all plowed last fall. We do not need

the piece for corn.



Branch Co. C. E.





I don’t think there is anything bet~

ter to grow for hay on this land

where you want to seed to alsike and‘

timothy, than oats. Oats make splen-

did hay. Of course, we are not used

to cutting oats for hay in this coun-

try, but out west, and in many other

places, and in Europe, they grow oats

almost on purpose for hay, cutting

the crop when the oats are in the

milk and making it into hay, and it

makes a splendid hay for all kinds of

stock. You could mix in a little peas

and that would make a little better

hay because it would contain more

nitrogen but you would not be so lia-

ble to get a good seeding with the

peas in because of so much foliage.



I think on the balance of this field,

as long as you do not want it for corn

that you probably can get as much

money out of a crop of barley as any-

thing you could plant. If this land is

rich and with a dressing of stable

manure and the marl, I should say it

would be a good place for barley.

Barley is a readily marketable grain

and can be sold for cash or it makes

a splendid grain to feed to almost

all kinds of stock. It is a good hog

feed. It is a good horse feed. It is a

good feed for the dairy cow. I don’t

know of any better general purpose

feed than barley, and it will sell read-

ily for cash if you do not need it for

grain.





 





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“BABY BEEVES" MAKE ECONOMI-

CAL GAINS.





 





lowa Experiment Station Results.



Many people are interested nowa-

days in the production costs on baby

beeves. To give an idea as to the cost

of gains on young calves, fed until

they reach the baby beef stage and

weigh about 800 to 900 pounds, we

present herewith the following figures

collected at this station:



Calves Make Gains Cheaply.



Three groups of 14 385-pound calves

each fed for 203 days, November 19,

1909, to June 10, 1913.

(Figures Based on Home Weights).





under favorable conditions make a

rapid and vigorous growth, supplying

a quantity of green forage throughout

the balance of the season. If it is

desired to use the mixture as a hog.r

pasture, it would be advisable to sow

the oats more thinly than where they

are to be used as a grain crop. Peas

and oats also make an excellent hog

pasture, but it would, in the writer’s

opinion, be a better policy to sow

peas and oats separately rather than

in combination with rape, for the rea-

son that more feed 'will be secured

from peas and oats if they are allow-

ed to reach the stage of maturity in

which they will provide grain as well

as forage for the hogs, while the rape





 





Corn and cob





Corn and cob Corn and





meal, C. S. meal meal, C. S. meal cob meal,





Ration fed.





Average daily gain ................

Average final weight ..............

Average daily feed:

Corn and cob meal ..............

C. S. meal ......................

Oil meal

Clover hay

Corn silage

Feed for 100 pounds gain:

Corn and cob meal ..............

C. S. meal ......................

Oil meal .......................

Clover hay ....................

Corn silage ....................

Cost of 100 pounds gaini:

*Corn at 530; C. S. meal $30: oil





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Clover hay.

Corn silage.





Clover hay Oil meal

Clover hay.



2.26 2.18 2.31

843 829 854

11.66 13.40 13.70

1.84 1.84 .. . . .

.. . . .. . .. 1.84

2.03 2.06 , 2.04

5.16 .. . . .. . .

517 613 594

81 84 79

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229 .. . . .. . .



$6.04** $6.46“ $6.23“





meal $30; clove; $12; silage $3.25.





M=Profit returned by hogs for each 100 lbs. gain on steers is respectively,

690, 680 and 660, which may be credited.





 





These calves were fed under direct

supervision of H. H. Kildee and W. J.

Kennedy, formerly of the Animal

Husbandry Section.



That gains should be made, with

53c corn and cob meal, at a cost not

to exceed $6.50 for a hundred pounds

in any case, is certainly gratifying to

the man who is feeding calves. Com-

paring this cost of gain with that of

two-year-olds, which under the same

conditions would come up around 9

and 10, and even 11 cents, we can

readily see why it is that the calves

are so popular for feeding when men

produce their own cattle. Heretofore.

the wide margin on two-year-olds and

older steers has enabled us to feed

01d steers even though the cost of

gain was greater than the actual sell-

ing price of the cattle, nowadays,

however, due to the scarcity of grown

cattle the margins are becoming

smaller, furthermore, men cannot a1-

Ways depend upon getting such cattle

for their feed lots.



Some of our cooperative work has

quite clearly shown that where a man

produces his own calves he cannot af-

ford to carry them over the second

summer as “stockers” to feed them

out before the winter. Under condi-

tions existing at the time this test

was carried on a couple of years ago,

the cost of gains on the “babies” was

$4.81 a hundred less than on the sim-

ilarly bred yearlings held over; the

net finishing profit per head on the

“babies” was $20.13 and with the

yearlings $14.04.



Iowa. 'J. M. EVVARD.





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Forage Crops for Hogs.



Kindly give me advice regarding

rape and oats for hogs; how much of

each to sow per acre. What do you

think of rape, peas and oats? As I

have not enough milk for all what do

you think of middlings and water? Is

it better to use it freshly mixed or

let it sour before feeding?



Leelanau Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Rape makes an excellent forage for

hogs, and may be sown with cats and

utilized in any way desired. Where

oats are grown as a grain crop, rape

is sometimes sown broadcast at the

time of seeding the cats, and after the

grain crop is harvested, the rape will





will make good hog pasture in say

six weeks from the time of sowing,

and can be utilized much sooner than

would be profitable with the peas and

oats. Four or five pounds of good

rape seed is sufficient to sow per acre

where the seed is sown broadcast, and

about two pounds would be enough

where sown in drills and cultivated,

as is sometimes done.



Middlings are one of the best grain

feeds for small pigs. They would be

better for soaking from one feed to

the next in suitable weather, but for

young pigs are better fed sweet than

after fermented.



Balanced Ration for Steers.





What is the best balanced ration

for fattening steers? The roughage

would be mixed hay and corn fodder.



Wayne Co. L. V





The best way to balance a grain ra-

tion for fattening steers is to add the

cheapest protein concentrate avail-

able to corn as the basis of the ration.

Experimental data is generally based

on the use of cottonseed meal as such

a concentrate. The amount fed should

depend somewhat upon the age and

weight of the cattle and the length of

the feeding period contemplated.

Two pounds per day of cottonseed

meal or its equivalent in other protein

concentrates would be a safe amount

to use with corn with the roughage

named. If cull beans are available

at_ a cheap price, some bean nieal

might be substituted for a portion of

the cottonseed meal or other purchas-

ed concentrate. This amount of pro-

tein concentrate would no "”furnish a

perfectly balanced ratio{ but with

fattening steers it is better to err in

making the ration too wide rather

than too narrow, as such an error is

less expensive.



Early Pasture for Brood Sows.





What would you advise to sow ear-

ly this spring for a forage crop for

brood sows which are due to farrow





in May?

Cheboygan Co. J. A. P.





The earliest possible pasture from

spring-sown crops will be by sowing

peas and oats as early in the spring

as possible. These should be sown

rather deeply and, say three pounds

per acre of dwarf Essex rape seed

sown, per acre just ahead of the drill

will improve the quality and amount

of the pasture secured;





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MARCH 14, 1914. .





A SKEPTICAL OPINION REGARD-

ING THE SPREAD OF HOG

CHOLERA.





 





A few weeks ago I saw in your pa-

per som’e measures advocated for the

prevention of hog cholera, and some

people believing that the reasons for

so doing are not well founded, I will

give my opinion and experience.



Science and theory are good when

they amount to anything, but I don’t

believe hog cholera is scattered by

dogs, birds, or live stock, or by men

going to visit their neighbors, and

den’t believe any of your writers can

prove that it is, but I would like to

know what does scatter it.



I am a drover and farmer; own

four tenant farms and raise from 50

to 100 hogs every year. Never have

vaccinated any of them and have had

a shepherd dog most of the time; also

have kicked cholera hogs around ev-

ery time we have had it in our sec-

tion of the country. Have bought cat-

tle, sheep and horses for the past 15

years from people that have had hog

cholera; also ship from 200 to 4,000

sheep every year from Chicago, also

100 to 700 head of cttle, feeding part

of them and selling part to my neigh-

bors. I have a field of about eight

acres, with a hog pen opening into

it, and there are always some hogs in

this pen or the barnyard that opens

into this field. I have taken these

cattle and sheep through stock yards

Where I knew there has been hog

cholera, and turned them into my

yard and this small field, also have

been around my hogs without chang-

ing my overshoes, rubbers, or shoes,

and never kicked my dog out of the

hog yard, when I knew he had been

around cholera hogs and through

yards where I knew cholera was pres-

ent, and I have never had hog, chol-

era. I may have it tomorrow; I do

not Wish to brag but I do not believe

it is scattered, as your article of a

few weeks ago mentioned.



I also wish to refer to Mr.'A. M.

Welch, Mr. Lee Spaulding, Mr. Emery

Townsend and Guy Harwood, who

have been large shippers of stock

from the west, and taken them through

stock yards Where I know there had

been cholera hogs. They are all rais-

ers of quite a number of hogs, and

have never had any hog cholera. The

above mentioned men are some of

our largest farmers and feeders. Mr.

Harwood is a drover, has two dogs

with him much of the time and has

been among many bunches of cholera

hogs the past fall. He told me he had

never changed his shoes or punished

his dogs because they went into the

hog yard, also he said he had driven

his horse through many yards where

there was hog cholera, and turned

him into his hog pasture and has nev-

er had hog cholera on his farm. I

have visited my four farms and hog

pasture more often when we had hog

cholera in our district than when we

were free from it, and as I have said

never yet had cholera on my farm.



I know of farmers who never

bought a hoof of stock ofi their farms

that have had hog cholera. If any

of our state veterinarians have any

doubt as to these facts, if they will

come to Ionia county I will prove the

above statements so conclusively that

they will be looking up other ways of

scattering hog cholera.



Ionia Co. E. S. TOWNSEND.





 





IMPORTS 0F CATTLE.





 





New York had liberal receipts of

foreign beef in a recent week, arriv.

als being the heaviest on record. Two

South American boats arrived, one

bringing 3,000 quarters of beef and

6,969 carcasses of mutton. The other

delivered 15,227 quarters of chilled

beef, 2,986 quarters of frozen beef,

8,000 carcasses of frozen mutton and

7,000 carcasses of frozen lambs. A

consignment of 2,000 quarters of froz-

en beef arrived from Liverpool. Tetal

arrivals of foreign beef in New York

for lthe week were equivalent to 5,825

catt e. '





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(Formerly Farmers Handy Wagon Co.)



UAOINAW, M|CH. CAIRO, ILL.



31’. PAUL. MIN". '1'. WORTH, TEXAS





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BY FLOYD W. ROBIBON.





Under date of February 4, 1914, the

New York Evening Post gives space

and editorial to an article by a man

named George Quarrie, who claims to

have discovered in carbonic acid gas

an elixir of life to plants.





The editor of the Michigan Farmer

has. asked me to examine this article

and comment on it in these columns.

We did not plan on giving the space

that the story calls for, and yet there

are some very interesting things out-

lined in this article which, in view of

the detailed way in which, in the last

few years, we have gone into these

questions of plant fertility, we believe

much may be accomplished by print-

ing the story verbatim, as copied from

the New York Evening Post. We will

not spend much time in discussing

the various points invdlved, for it is

essentially a rudimentary and aca-

demic proposition.





There are certain very noticeable

flaws in the scientific logic presented

and there is an entire lack of any ap-

preciation of modern agriculture on

the part of the narrator. He speaks

of the combination of ammonia and

carbonic acid, and the union of the

nitrogen of the air with the carbonic

acid, as the condition necessary to

the production of crops. Bacterial in-

fluence is entirely ignored and he evi-

dently has not learned that nitrogen

of the air becomes available to the

plant in the soil through the agency

of the little microbe plants that live

on the roots. Again, his charging the

soil with an inert gas, will, we appre-

hend, in actual experiment, when the

same is thoroughly under control, as

is not the ease with the Quarrie ex-

periment, be a far different matter

from the gradual liberation of car-

bonic acid gas through the medium of

organic decomposition in the soil. De—

composition takes place in the soil

through oxidation and as the result of

this oxidation small quantities of 002,

or carbonic acid gas, are set free

slowly and gradually. Remember, this

is in the presence of oxygen or air in

the soil. Now the introduction of

considerable quantities of carbonic

acid gas, not in the active state but

in a passive state, as it would be when

liberated from inorganic compounds

such as marble and the like, would

deprive the soil of the very desirable

content of air, or oxygen, which it

ordinarily contains under good culti-

vation. We think, therefore, this idea

fundamentally wrong in this par-

ticular.





When he speaks of carbonic acid

gas as a solvent he echoes that which

has been recognized by agriculturists

for a great many years, but the im-

portance of which has not been as





‘fully realized. Carbonic acid gas is a





good solvent when liberated in the

soil gradually and under conditions

in which it would be liberated in the

oxidation of organic matter. We have

a term, chemically speaking, which

distinguishes nicely betweenicarbonic

acid as liberated from organic mat-

ter in the soil, and carbonic acid as

pumped into the soil in the form of a

gas. The term, nascent, has been

used and it signifies a freshly liberat-

ed condition. There seems to be in

all agricultural and physiological

processes an entire difference in the

activity of a compound or element

when in the nascent, or freshly liber-

ated, state than from that in the pas-

sive state. For instance, oxygen will

attack with avidity the metals when

it comes in contact with them at the

exact time of its liberation from an-

other compound. Oxygen, however,





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in the form of oxygen gas, as it ex-

ists in the air, may surround a metal

perhaps for years without exhibiting

any activity whatsoever. ‘





When leguminous crops or other

organic matter, are plowed under the

soil, when there are proper conditions

of cultivation with the supply, conse‘

quently, of plenty of atmospheric air,

that organic matter undergoes de-

composition as a result of Which car-

bonic acid gas, or 002, is gradually

and steadily liberated. Being in the

nascent condition it rapidly and ac-

tively attacks the mineral compounds

in the soil, such as the insoluble rock

phosphates, and renders them avail-

able to plants.



With the above explanation we sub-

mit the article as printed in the Post,

Without further comment:





Mr. Quarries’ Letter.



Under present conditions, with the

cost of living exceptionally high and

without any immediate prospect of a

change, any plan that might tend to

reduce the cost of the necessaries of

life, ought to be a very desirable

thing to know.



I have such a plan, and shall de-

scribe lt in this article, a plan which

would have been made public years

ago, were it not that it had to wait

year after year for such a financial

turn as would enable me, by further

and extended tests, to give more ex-

act details.



I also confess that for a long time

I intended to protect my interests, as

inventor of the process—which, all

will admit, every man has a perfect

right to do—by applying for a patent.

But for reasons not necessary to ex-

plain, both these purposes have been

finally abandoned in favorof this un-;

reserved public statement and de-

scription. '



My development of new ideas re-'

lates particularly to the arts of agri—

culture, horticulture, arboriculture,

etc. And my contention is that the

tremendous change in agricultural

conditions, as we pass from those hal-

cyon days when we had merely to

scratch the surface of rich, virgin soil

for abundance, to the near future,

with the necessity of taking hold of

more or less cropped-out farms and





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need on them~—that, I claim, is more

or less responsible for the steady en-

hancement in prices of foodstuffs. For

every practical farmer knows that the

great question of all questions for

him today is, how the land can be

cheaply fertilized.



And the consumer will ultimately

learn, if he does not yet generally an

'preeiate the fact, that it is as much

to his interest, as it is truly in his

power, to solve that vexed question

for the farmer. For nothing is more

certain than it is that if the farmer

has plenty of wherewlthal to feed his

land, the land responds with abund-

ance to feed the people. And just as

food for the land gets searcer and

dearer—as it is doing with deadly

certainty day by day in America and

in most other countries of the globe

—so must the people’s food grow

scareer, also, and dearer, and that in

a direct ratio, as to the cost of pro-

duction from the land.



Having been brought up on my

fathers’ farm, which was operated on

the Lothian plan, I had a thoroughly

practical training in the scientific

methods included in that system of

farming. Two of the best agricultur-

al papers were taken, for the purpose

of gleaming the opinions and obser-

vations of the great leaders in up-to—

date agriculture, besides which vari-

ous works on agricultural chemistry

were consulted.



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MARSH HAY AND CORN SILAGE

FOR COWS.





I have some marshy land which will

cut a heavy cutting of mixed hay of

red-top, wild timothy and fine marsh

hay. How would that hay and silage

be for feeding cows, and what other

feed would be necessary to make a

balanced ration?



Shiawassee Co. E. P.



A good practical ration for dairy

cows can be compounded with marsh

hay and corn silage as the roughage

part of the ration. Of course, marsh

hay would not be as good as clover

or alfalfa hay, but as long as you

have got the marsh hay you should

use it. If you can cut it before it gets

too ripe, and cure it well, the cows

will eat a considerable amount of it.

It is a fairly good feed and certainly

would be a cheap source of hay.



Dairy cows do well on marsh pas-

ture. When Jersey Belle of Situate

made her wonderful record here a

few years ago, it was wonderful for

that day, all she had was marsh pas-

ture and wheat bran. This shows that

there is some nutriment in marsh pas-

ture and therefore the hay should

have some value.



With all they will eat up twice a

day of good corn silage and good





silage and multiply by the depth.

That will give you the cubical con-

tents, whi'ch should be multiplied by

40, as /there are 40 pounds of silage

to the cubic foot. Divide this by 2,000

to get the number of tons of silage.



Now the value of corn silage is

something that no two will agree up-

on. Prof. Haecker, who spoke upon

the value of silage at the round-up

institute at Lansing one year,,said

that at the price of feed at that time

good corn silage was worth $5 or $6

a ton. Most people, however, would

not consider it worth this much. Some

people estimate the value of corn sil-

age to be one-third the value of good

timothy hay. In our cow—testing as-

sociation we charge the cows $3.50

per ton for silage, and I think prob-

ably at the present price of other feed

this is a fair valuation of good corn

silage.





CAN WE AFFORD TO BUY COWS

AT PRESENT PRICES?





I have bought. a farm on a milk route

and would like more cows. Would

you advise me to pay the present high

prices for cows, with the prOspect of

butter going down, as some agitate?

Or is there anything in it?

Shiawassee Co. P. L. B.

Of course, cows are high; that is

they are much higher than they have

been in the past, but good dairy cows

have never brought the price that

they ought to bring. They have al-

ways been worth more money than

you could get for them, and poor cows

have always brought as much or





 





 





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marsh hay, you have got the founda-

tion for a good ration and an econmi-

cal one. Now all you have got to do

is to choose some grain rich in pro-

tein to balance it. You can feed cot-

tonseed meal, oil meal, gluten feed,

dried brewers’ grains, or any of the

kind of foods which are rich in pro-

tein and in addition some corn meal

and ground oats. Peas and oats would

be splendid to use in place of corn

meal and oats. You can stay in the

dairy business with the assurance

that if you will furnish enough corn

silage you can utilize this marsh hay

and get good money out of it. At

first you might have to educate your

cows to eat a good portion of this

marsh hay, because it is not as pala-

table as some of the tame grasses,

but by taking a little pains I think

that you could soon get them to eat-

ing a good ration of it. There is one

thing certain, you could feed them

molasses with the hay and get them

to eat all that would be desirable, be-

cause the cows are especially fond of

the feeding molasses.



WEIGHT OF SlLAGE—ITS VALUE.





Would you please send me the rule

for measuring silo feed in a silo that

is 40 ft. high and 14 ft. in diameter“?

I have a chance to buy the feed and

would like to know what you think it

would be worth a ton. It was filled

in good shape and has not much corn

in it.



Monroe Co. A. D. J.



For estimating ,the weight of silage

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more than they were worth. Heretos

fore the price of a dairy cow has been

limited almost to what the cow would

bring for beef. Now days they are

figuring on the value as a producing

dairy cow. If you can buy good dairy

cows they are well worth the price

that you have to pay today. If they

are not good dairy cows you can make

no money from them. It all depends

upon the quality of the cow and, of

course, how you care for her after

you get her.





BEST ROUGHAGE TO FEED WITH

CORN SILAGE.





What is the best roughage for dairy

cows, along with corn silage? The

question would be, what kind of

Ioughage would contain the highest

amount of protein, or to make a bal-

anced ration.



Van Buren Co. C. F. P.





A dairy cow should have a ration

containing the food nutrients in the

proportion of about one to six or

seven; that is, there should be one

pound of digestible protein to about

six or seven pounds of digestible car-

bohydrates. Corn silage has food

nutrient in about the proportion of

one to 12, and therefore to get the

protein she needs the cow has to eat

an over supply of carbohydrates.



For a roughage to feed with corn

silage you ought to get one that is as

rich in protein as possible in order to

balance up the silage. There is noth-

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these one marafiwely rich in mm-:

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FEEDING YOUNG CALVES.





The greatest mistake made in feed-

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skim-milk. If one feeds whole milk

there is no danger. Nature has made

whole milk so that the calf can take

all of it that you can coax it to take

without injurious effects. But when

you unbalance the ration by taking

the fat out of the milk, and then try

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you are feeding the milk cold.

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DAIRY ' NOTES.





The Art of Milking.



An. efl‘icient’milker is of more im-

portance than the ordinary farmer

who keeps cbws realizes. I venture

to say that 90 per cent of the cows

in this country today do not yield

what they would if they were prop-

erly milked. Leave conditions with

reference to feed, breed and care, ex-

actly as they are, and the cows would

produce more if they were properly

milked. My opinion, which is based

on observation and experience with a

great many hired men is, that few

people are A. No. 1 milkers. I pre-

sume that the per cent of good milk-

ers among cow owners who do their

own milking is a great deal larger,

and yet I suspect even here the art

of milking is one that has never been

fully acquired by a great many of

them. It is very evident to my mind

that no cow will ever make a record

worth bragging about unless she is

milked by one who understands not

only the art but the science of milk-

ing, by one who realizes that the

hand-milker has to take the place of

the calf, that it is his duty not only

to draw the milk from the cow effi-

ciently, but that likewise he should

get her to think well of him so that

she will endeavor to do her best by

him. Perhaps you will say that there

is more sentiment in this than ought

to be, but I don’t believe it. I know

well enough that a cow who likes her

milker will give more milk for him

than she will for anyone else. Some

cows are so notional that you can

scarcely change milkers and get any-

thing like fair results.



Milking is not as simple a thing as

some people would think. There are

many things to take into considera-

tion. In the first place, you must

have a good large strong hand with

plenty of forearm muscle, and you

need the knack of milking, which

some people never get. They don’t

seem to know that you must shut

down the forefingers in front first, to

press the milk down to the end of the

teats, then the balance of the hand

to squeeze the milk out. And yet it

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movements of the different fingers of

the hand would seem to one that it

was all done at once. The man who

simply opens and shuts his hand is

not a good milker. The band should

not only be opened and shut, as sug-

gested above, but it should be done in

such a way that'the udder -is mas-

saged. There should be a gentle,

firm pressure every time the hand is

opened and shut. Some people pull

down strOngly on the teat. I am sure

this is wrong. But every time the

hand is opened it should reach up to

the udder with an upward pressure

to imitate the calf. The thumb and

forefinger of each hand should mas-

sage the udder at every stroke of the

milker.





Everyone giving advice about milk-

ing says that the cows should be

milked regularly. That goes without

saying. They should be milked at

the same time of day, week in and

week out. Regularity has a great deal

to do with all animal life. Then an-

other standard advice is to milk the

cow clean. Keep on milking until no

more comes. This encourages her to

give more milk. Advice is also given

to milk as rapidly as possible. And

agin, we are told not to strip with the

thumb and forefinger, but grasp the

teat with the whole hand. Of course

sometimes cows’ teats are short, but

if a man reaches up on the udder, as

I have stated, with the thumb and

forefinger at every stroke it is a. pret-

ty short teated cow that he can’t

handle without stripping, which is

simply pulling the teats, and not real

scientific milking.





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psychological influences. \Vrong

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in making milk. Use cheery words in

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The new method of

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Round—up li‘urniers'





Farmers’ Week-





lnstimte. or “Farmers" “'eek." as it

has been rechristened. which was

adopted for the current year. as de.

scribed in the announcement appear-





ing in these columns. was a complete

success. Everywhere the large num-

ber of farmers and l'urmers‘ wives in

attendance at the Agricultural College

last week Were heard to express their





commendation of the new plan of

holding the meeting.

l'nder this plan the Institute be-





came at practical short course of one

week’s duration. The program was

‘iivided into several sections. including:

the following: Soils and Crops.

Dairying. Animal Husbandry. llorti-

culture. Poultry. Farm Mechanics.

Domestic Science and Domestic Art.

in each of these different sectional

meetings which were held during the

morning and afternoon of each day

throughout the week in ditterent

classrooms, with practical demonstra-

tions in many cases. there were a

total of from 20 to 30 lectures. cover-

ing many phases of each special line

of instruction. In addition to these

practical lectures. there was held at

the afternoon sessions of the first two

days, a “'omen's Congress, in which

broad questions relating to women’s

sphere of work were discussed by

competent local and outside speakers.

The afternoon programs on Thursday

and Friday were similarly devoted to

the country Life Conference sessions.

as were those of the evenings follow-

ing these special programs.





Throughout the week, evening ses-

sions were held in the main audience

room of the new Agricultural Build-

ing, these programs being devoted to

the discussion of broad rural topics

by speakers of note. The VVomen’s

Congress above mentioned was Well

attended by a larger number of farm

women than have attended the. Round-

up Institutes in recent years. The

Country Life Conference was a great

success, country life activities being

discussed from every standpoint by

speakers who were thoroughly famil-

iar with their topics, the result being

that the interest of the audience was

maintained throughout the sesSions.

and there can be, no doubt that great

benefit will be derived from these

discussions. Space will not permit of

anything like a complete report of

any of the sessions. With this larger

development of the Round-up Insti-

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country life, to ,attend its sessions,

and there is no doubt but that those

who attended this year'will exhibit an

enthusiasm with regard to these

meetings which will stimulate attend-

ance from their several communities

so that next year Farmers’ Week will

be far better attended than it was

this year, although it was estimated

that something like 900 farmers and

farmers’ wives were present to par-

ticipate in the meetings.





In connection with the other activi-

ties oi the week. the Michigan Corn

Improvement Association met, and in

addition to conducting a section of

the program. held the Annual State

Corn Show. it report of the awards of

which appears in another column.

Also the. Michigan Experiment Asso-

ciation held a like meeting and ex.

hibit of products shown by its mem-

bers, awards of which are also given

in another column. These two or-

ganizations were amalgamated under

one head, and in the future the corn

improvement work and corn show

will be conducted by a committee of

the experiment association. Officers

of the latter association were elected

as follows: President. C. B. Scully,

Almont: secretary. Prof. V. M. Shoe-

smith, East Lansing: executive com-

mittee. l). E. Turner, Mosherville, J.

R. Duncan. Vicksburg. L. L. Law-

rence. Decatur. C. H. Hunsberger,

Grand Rapids. Committee of the As-

sociation were also appointed as tol<

lows: Corn improvement. small

grains, alfalfa and forage crops. soil

fertility, boys’ and girls’ clubs.



In addition to the progrmu as above

outlined, numerous conferences of

considerable import to rural affairs

were held during the week.



Altogether, “Farmers’ Week” may

be considered a happy development

of the Round-up Institute. and no one

who was present at the sessions of

lust week will for a moment doubt

that Farmers’ \Veek has come to stay,

and will remain a permanent function

of the College and Institute organiza-

tions combined.





Those who are alive

The Seed Bean to the present situ-

Problem. ation have been not

a little concerned

about. the future of our bean indus-

try, whichvis such an important fac-

tor of Michigan agriculture. For some

years the fungous diseases which at,-

tack the bean crop, particularly an-

thrncnose and blight. have. annually

assumed a more serious aspect. Some

scinetific research work has been

done in an attempt to discover pre-

ventive measures. but up to the pres-

ent time. nothing definite has been

developed along this line. It has been

ascertained. however, that the rav-

ages of the disease can be materially

lessened by the planting of the clean-

est seed available.



During the latter part of February

a meeting was held which was at-

tended by rcpresentative farmers

identified with leading farmers' or-

ganizations, bean growers, representa-

tive bean dealers and experts from

the Agricultural College, for the pur-

pose of discussing the problems in.

volved and arriving at some conclu-

sion as to how they might be most

succsssfully solved. Last week anoth-

er conference was held at the Agri-

cultural College, at which a special

representative of the Department of

Agriculture was in attendance, and

the matter was further discussed. It

is possible that a state or federal rep-

resentative may be placed in the field

to organize bean growers for the pur-

pose of conducting a disease-free seed

propaganda and such other matters

of importance to bean culture as may

properly be taken up by such an or-

ganization with the ultimate aim in

view of extending its activities to a

better solution of the marketing prob-

lem after the crop has been grown.



Whether these plans mature or not,

every bean grower should give indi-

vidual attention to the matter'oi' seed

selectiOn this year. There is plenty





q'i testimony to show thatiproper se-

lection of seed beam: has a very ma"

terial effect upon the destructive pres-

ence of these tungous diseases, and

consequently upon the yield. North-

ern grown beans have been demon-

trnted by many trials to be far more

free from these diseases than most of

our home-grown seed. Before plant-

ing, and indeed, before planting time,

a sample of the home-grown seed

should be submitted to Prof. »Muncie,

of the Department of Botany, East

Lansing, Mich, for an examination to

determine the presence of spores of

those fungous diseases in the beans,

and in the event that they are pro-

nounced infected, no time should be

lost in securing seed as free from

these diseases as possible. The bean

dealers have become awakened to the

importance of this matter, and are

planning on the distribution of north-

ern grown seed at a. minimum of cost

to the southern Michigan grower.

There is need of co-operation all along

the line if Michigan’s supremacy as

a bean growing state is to be main-

tained, and every Michigan Farmer

reader who is a grower of beans

should take an immediate and direct

interest in the proposition.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





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by the Mexican Federals three weeks

ago. It was found in u roughly made

grave in the Hidalgo cemetery, and

showed signs of frightful torture and

mutilution. Gov. Colquitt. declares

that he. did not instruct the rangers

to cross the border, as Secretary of

State Bryan had forbidden such a

course. ,



“General” Kelly’s army of 1,500 un-

employed men who started a march

from San Francisco to Washington,

was shipped back to San Francisco

by specialtrain. A fund of $2,500 was

raised by California citizens for this

purpose.



A fire which spread with great ra-

idity and got beyond the. control of

the fire department completely de-

stroyed the large Missouri Athletic

block in St. Louis and caused the

death of over 100 men, who were

roomers there, early Monday morning,

March 9. The cause of the tire is

not known.



The breaking of a four-foot water

main in Fifth avenue near Broadway

and a series of gas explosions, which

followed, resulted in the injury of

nine persons, the destruction of a

large section of pavement and the

flooding of the new Broadway subway

excavation and many cellars. A brok-

en gas main fed a pyramid of flame

15 feet high, in the center of the

street for three hours.



That the New York Industrial

Workers of the World is maintaining

a fake army of unemployed is recog-

nized by most New Yorkers. When

given an opportunity to clean side-

walks at 20 cents per hour they re-

jected it scornfully, stating that they

should receive 30 cents an hour for

such work. They are living on the

charity of the city which. they say,

is their’s by right. It is claimed that

many of this army are anarchists,

socialists, and others who are emis-

saries of the seekers for social un-

rest.



The Hannon House. the only hotel

in Au Gres, and the oldest inn north

of Bay City, was destroyed by fire

last week.





MICHIGAN EXPERIMENT A880-

CIATION AWARDS. ’



Wheat.

First, Early Winsor, R. H. Gillette;

2nd, Shepards Perfection, L. L. Law-

rence, Decatur; 3rd, Red Wave, L. L.





Lawrence, Decatur. ,

Oats—Class A, Worthy and Alexander.

First, Alexander, D. Turner,





Moshervllle; 2d,, Worthy, H. C. Hoop-

ingarner; 3rd, Alexander, D. E. Tur-

ner, Mosherville,



Class B.



First, Long’s White Tartar, D. E.

Tartar, Mosherville; 2d, Swedish Se-

lect, M. T. Shoesmith, Leslie; 3rd, Big

Four, D. E. Turner, Mosherville.



' Beans. '



First, D. E. Turner, Mosherville:

2d, M. T. Shoesmith. Leslie; 3rd, L.

L. Lawrence. Decatur.



Soy Beans.

First, M. T. Shoesmith, Leslie.

Vetch.



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England, the land of large estates,

We find ourselves in a country of

tiny holdings. The average size of

the farms for the whole country of

Belgium is only five acres, while in

the part visited and sometimes known

as Flanders, the farms are even small-

er than the average just stated.

Belgium has an area of only 11,373

square miles and supports a popula-

tion of over seven million people

largely on the land, for by far the

larger proportion of its in—





IN less than one hundred miles from





By PROP. ALFRED VIVIAN.





But this is only one side of the,

story, for while the Flemish farmer is

to be admired for the remarkable

yield he is obtaining, we can not paint

a very lovely picture of the life on

the average farm of Flanders. Here

everybody works hard from early

morning till late at night.

and wife and all the children who are

large enough to do anything at all

are in the field all day long. The





Husband





he is not needed to transport the milk

and the vegetables to the city he must

do odd jobs of hauling in the fields.

(in one farm We saw three cows, a

dog and a dankey all doing their part

in the farm labor. in this case the

farmer complained that because ilt‘

had cows to work the government

called his dog a pet and, therefore,

assessed him the $2.40 which is the

regular tax on pet dogs, and which is





Intensive Farming in L1ttle Belgium





One oi the farmers said that every-

body on the farm must work hard be-

cause rents are high taxesh higher and

the general (Kldtf oi l .ing g.h livery

inch of ground is made to produce

something to sell, and practically all

of the good things grown on the farm

are sold. Even if they could afford

to use them the housewife has no

time to prepare them for she is in the

lit-ids all the day long.



We entered the house on one of

these forms and the moment the front



door was opened our nostrils





 





habitants are engaged in ag-

ricultural or horticultural pur-

suits. A density of 600 per—

sons to the square mile, most

of whom are tilling the soil,

means that no one farm can

have a very large area.



Belgium boasts that her av-

erage yield per acre is one of

the highest, if not the high-

est, in the world, and it is

easy to believe that such is

the case. Our observations

in this country are confined

to the northern portion, or

Flanders, and this is the part

of the country which is most

intensely cultivated, a n d

which brings up the average

production for the whole

country; for in the southern

part there is much rough land

which is considerably lower

in fertility.



It is natural to ask the ex—

plantion of this high yield

per acre and the answer is

not hard to find. The Flem-

ish farmer uses manure in

enormous quantities. He not





 





were assailed by such a cow

stable odor that We almost

lost couragt to proceed. The

first room was evidently used

for a combination of kitchen,

dining-room and several oth-

er things. the dirty dishes

Were standing around in un-

tidy coni‘usion, and every-

thing looked as uninviting as

could he. 'J‘m next room was

a sleeping room, and when

the guide Opened the door to

the third room, what was our

surprise to find facing us

three mild—fared cows quietly

chewing their cuds and tak-

ing a little wellearncd rest.

We realized then the source

of the powerful odor that first

greeted us. Just outside the

back door was the pig-st}: an

absolutely dark closet, con-

taining two pigs, the only

living things on the farm

that do not work. But as the

guide said, what can be ex-





 





A Milk Cart on the Streets of Brussels.





 





Cows are also used for Motive Power.





pected in these homes other

than dirt and neglect. The

women haw no time for





 





only applies all produced on

his own farm but procures all

possible from the city. Many

of them save the human ma-

nure as well, and all is car—

ried to the field. He also uses

large quantities of commer-

cial fertilizers and lime. The

figures showing the amount

of fertilizers used by this lit-

tle country are almost past

belief.



Many of the farmers buy

the separate ingredients and

mix 'them at home to suit the

land and the particular crop

to be grown. In other cases

the farmers of a locality form

an association and place an

order for a large amount of

a fertilizer to be mixed by

the manufacturer in such pro-

portions and from such in-

gredients as the society dic-

tates. This formula is gen-

erally based upon the recom-

mendation of the district rep-

resentative of the state de-

partment of agriculture.



But manure, lime and fer

tilizers are not alone suffi-

cient to account for the

abundant crops raised. Quite

as important a factor is the tremen-

dous amount of hand labor put upon

the crops produced on these small

farms, an amount which is certainly

a revelation to one used to seeing

most of the soil management opera—

tions rather imperfectly carried out

by the use of modern machinery.





 





About 20,000 Horses are Exported from Belgium Annually.





women work side by side with the

men at the hardest kind of manual

labor. There can he ease for no one

on these farms, so even the cow, in

addition to giving her modicum of

milk, must plow or harrow the field

or haul the produce to market.



' The dog is trained to work and if





not supposed to be collected for work-

ing dogs. One of the larger dogs is

capable of drawing a load of approx-

imately 750 pounds, and it is a com-

mon sight to see them on the way to

the city hitched to a cart in which are

half a dozen milk cans, or a. supply of

fresh vegetables to be marketed.





housework. it. is get up early

in the morning and go to the

fields; come in at noon and

get what can be most hastily

prepared; work all afternoon

till dark; and after a make-

shift supper go to bed. too

tired out to do anything else.

Not a pleasing picture is it?

And not typical of the whole

of Belgium. but unfortunate

iy it is true of many locali-

ties. Yes. the yield per acre

is obtaint-d but the price paid

for it is too high.



A rcder-r; ing feature is that

over 50 per cent of the farms

are owned by the men who

farm them. Some of these

farmers own an acre or two,

which takes only a part of

their time to cultivate. and

they work for the larger land

holders at odd times. For

such labor they receive $3.50

a week, the average wage of

a day laborer. Only a few

farmers board their help and

when they do the wage is 20

cents a day and board. Skill-

ed labor, such as that of the

various builders’ trades, is

paid only 80 cents a day.





On the-large farms the house and

barns are arranged on the sides of an

open court. The court is paved and

the manure pile is in the center, so

placed that the liquid runs into a cis-

tern from which it is pumped up to

be hauled to the field for use on var-

ious crops. While this arrangement





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is preferable to the one described

above, the manure pile, is nearer the

dining-room window than Would be

desired by the readers of this paper,

and can scarcely be_ recommended to

anyone having sensitive olfactory

nerves.



Some of the very ordinary things

of this country have a strange ap-

pearance to the visitor from America.





'A peculiar three-wheeled cart is much





used in the flat country, especially in

the fields. On this cart and on the

four-wheelers as well, the team is

hitched to the end of the tongue and

not on each side as is the custom in

other countries. In the city of Brus-

sels the dogs are hitched under the

carts and almoat every kind of a de-

livery cart has its dog power attached.



In the vicinity of some of the large





cities it was noticeable that the veg-.





etable gardens were being worked al-

most entirely by women and children.

Upon inquiry it was ascertained that

it is quite customary for the carpen-

ters, brick-layers, etc., who work in

the city, to rent an acre or 'two of

land near by which is run as a mar-

ket garden by the wife and children

with what little help the father can

give upon his return at night. Such

gardens are said to be an important

factor in the production of vegetables

in Belgium.



Large areas in Flanders are devot—

ed to the production of horticultural

crops, especially ornamental plants,

many of which are shipped to Amer-

ica. In addition to market garden-

ing, many acres of sugar beets are

grown and a considerable quantity of

flax. In fact, the linen industry is of

vast importance to this country, and

the Flemish people are noted weavers

of linen. ’



The limits of this itinerary did not

permit of a visit to the districts noted

for the production of Belgian horses,

but we had the opportunity of seeing

a number of these magnificent fel-

lows in Brussels, at the dealers’ and

at work on the brewery wagons of.

that city. No wonder that they are

so popular in eastern Europe where a

heavy horse is required. It is said

that Belgium exports 20,000 horses a

year.



One of the most unfortunate things

about Belgium is-that it is divided

against itself. The population is made

up of two elements which are 'at heart

antagonistic. One part is closely a1-

lied to the French in language and

customs, and the other (the Flemish

clement) uses an entirely different

language and resembles the Dutch.

That there is a constant friction be-

tween these two factions was made

very apparent in even so short a visit

as this one.



Some of the farmers complained

bitterly of the laws protecting game.

We were shown several instances of

damage done by rabbits and one man

remarked that in spite of the damage

they did, it was safer to kill a. man

than a rabbit. In fact, the brother of

one of the men visited, was killed as

a poacher not so very long ago. For

a short time every fall small birds

may be killed and in the windows of

Brussels were displayed thousands of

these little things, one of which would

not make a good mouthful. They are

considered great delicacies, but it

would almost require a microscope to

find the meat on some of them.



Some excellent fruit was in evi-

dence in a few of the places inspect-

ed. Upon inquiring what became of

the fruit we were told that most‘of it

was shipped to England, and some of

it came back as marmalade. The more

handsome fruit is grown in paper

bags, which are fastened over the

fruit when it is very young. A pear

tree with all the pears enclosed in





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strange appearance to one unaccus-

tomed to seeing them so ripened.

Most of Flanders is so low and list

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difficult. ’The market gardener must

have early crops ready for sale be-

fore the ground can be worked in the

spring. TO‘ accomplish this he divides

the ground into plots about six feet

wide, digs a. trench about one and

one-half feet deep between the plots

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series of raised beds. These he plants

in the fall with spinach, parsley and

other crops required for the early

spring trade. These beds are now

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the regular summer culture. ..



Belgium is taking up the matter’of

agricultural education in earnest. The

teaching of agriculture is required in

all rural schools. There are several

agricultural and horticultural schools

and a large amount of extension work

is being done. It is fully appreciated

that something must be done to make

agriculture more attractive to the

bright young men and to keep them

on the farms. Like most other coun-

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serves. She is earnestly trying now

to remedy that defect. If she will but

follow the lead of her able director of

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By J. deQ. DONEHOO.





“Is is false, uncle,” protested the

girl, with flashing eyes. “My dear

father wished nothing of the kind,

unless it was with my own free will

and consent. As for this gentleman,

who has just so. gallantly attempted to

snatch me from your clutches, never

can I heartily enough thank him for

what he has tried to do; but if this

were to be the last work I ever ut-

tered, solemnly do I declare that I

never saw him before, that I do not

so much as know his name. Even

you, fiend as you are, would certainly

not, then, murder him in cold blood

on my account?”



Radway, at last finding his tongue,

here attempted to answer what Lan-

dis had said to him, and to protest

that the girl had spoken simply the

truth. But the elderly man, with an

angry voice, interrupted him.



“A likely tale, indeed,” he sneered.

“Oh, I know, Miss Eloise, that you are

clever enough to meet an emergency

like this, and he, of course, has sense

enough to follow your lead. But your

lover he is, for all your denials; no

other would have risked his life for

you as he has done. He is in my

power, and he dies—he dies, I tell

you, unless you yield at once. He

dies, do you hear? I am tired of this

pracrastinating ~— arguing 7— this con,

stant surveillance. Huh! I have

touched you at last. Have you the

effrontcry now, minx, to deny that he

is your lover?”



The expression upon the girl’s face,

which had caused her uncle to ask

the last question, fully revealed the

solicitude she felt for Radway. This

feeling predominated above all manl-

festations of fear for herself and re-

pulsion at the fate that awaited her.

Her voice was choked with sobs as





she spoke.

“These, my kind deliverer, are no

vain threats. I know him; for





months past this legal guardian and

unnatural relative of mine has kept

me a close prisoner, threatening me

with all kinds of indignities, unless I

would consent to marry' my cousin

Edward here, his son, and a reprobate

entirely worthy of him in every par-

ticular, save that of the possession of

brains. His main reason for wishing

this union is that he might be able to

retain possession of my fortune, which

would, now that I have recently pass-

ed the age of eighteen, be subject to

my own control in case I had a hus-

band. My uncle is fully capable of

murdering you, and will certainly do

so, as he threatens, if I do not accede

to his terms. And I do yield this far,

that I hereby offer, Henry Lsndis, to

sign any papers you may offer me,

making over to you every cent of

property I possess, on condition that

you permit this gentleman and my-

self to leave your house in safety. I

will further swear never to trouble

you again, or to make any claim upon

you whatever.”.



“0110, my clever Eloise, and do you

really think that your dear old Uncle





Henry is a bird to be caught with





such. chaff?” sneered Landis. “Let

you escape and marry your enterpris-

ing fortune-hunter at the office of the

first justice of the peace, then return

as his wife, with a criminal warrant

for you affectionate guardian? Tut,

tut, girl, a. truce to this child’s play.

I am not a fool, and, by the eternal

God, you’ll be joined to your cousin

tomorrow, or this fellow’s carcass re-

mains on these premises until the

Day of Judgment. I’m simply not go-

ing to have him leave here, after

what he’s seen, unless you submit to

my will. But the moment that cere-

mony is performed, he can go.”



“0, my God, uncle, have mercy up-

on me, your own Brother Edward’s

daughter,” implored the girl, throw-

ing herself upon her knees before

Henry Landis, and clasping her hands

as if in prayer. “Take from me ev-

erything I have, drive me forth penni-

less from this house, but spare this

man’s life, and do not force me into

a union that I hate and abhor. For

God’s sake, spare me.”



“Oh, cut out that melodramatic rot,

and get up, Eloise,” commanded Lan-

dis, entirely unmoved; “it is idiotic.

Be reasonable. Edward may not be

an intellectual colossus, but he'll be

kind to you after you are his wife. So

will I. You will have just as good a

husband, and just as happy 3. lot, as

falls to the average wealthy married

woman in New York. What more do

you expect? Would you prefer to

have this fellow throttled, and to

mope out the rest of your life here a

prisoner under close surveillance?”



“Have some mercy, as you hope for

the same,” wailed the girl, rising at

last with a gesture of despair, and

looking at Radway in a manner that

went to his heart. “Will no other

sacrifice avail? Then, Henry Landis,

under compulsion I consent. At six

tomorrow evening I will marry Ed-

ward, that the murder of my benefac-

tor may not rest upon your soul, or

in any degree on mine. When I am

his wife, you are to release your pris-

oner. Beware how you try to de de-

ceive me. I have at least a little of

your own determined spirit, and I

shall know how to avenge myself if

you play me false.”



“I object to this,Iabsolutely refuse

to be a party'to this sacrifice,” shout-

ed Radway, furiously. “It is infa~

mous, you cowardly assassin, you

damnable—”



As Radway began thus to speak,

Landis made a motion to the swarthy

man who was called Tony. That in«

dividual had stealthily placed himself

behind the young man. Instantly he

pionioned his hands, as quickly put a

gag into his mouth. The girl started

as though to go to his rescue, but her

uncle stopped her with a menacing

gesture, although he spoke words

that were for him unusually concilia-

tory, so overjoyed was he that he had

at last gained his point.



"Ah, my dearest EloiSe, did you not

protest that he was not your lover?

(Continued on page 304).
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Some Th‘icks 'VVith a Violin.





By B. H.





OST critics condemn imitative



or trick playing as the lowest



form of art, but trick playing

scarcely ever fails to rouse interest,

at least, if not wonder and pleasure.

Some of the greatest masters of the

bow have employed it, but most vio-

lin tricks do not require more than

ordinary skill to render them effec-

tive. ,The violin is so much like the

human voice in tone that it readily

lends itself to counterfeiting almost

anything which may be imitated with

the voice. The following tricks, most

of which are my own, can be readily

performed by any boy or girl who can

play a few simple tunes. In all trick

playing it is well to prepare the list-

ener for what he is going to hear.

You then have his imagination to aid

you.



For instance, when I play Dixie, to

imitate the sound of people cheering,

I first make a little speech like this:

“Did you ever hear Dixie played with

the cheers? You know how a crowd

always cheers when Dixie is played.

Well, in this solo you are supposed

to hear the band playing the air. Sud-

denly the cheers break out, drowning

the music. So you hear first music

then cheers, and then music again.”



The Dixie trick was suggested by

What was one summer a weekly oc-

currence in my home town. The air

Dixie always closed the open air band

concert and the crowd always cheer-

ed and would never wait until the

piece was through to do it. As I

heard the performance from the ver-

anda of my home, I could hear first

cheers and then music and vice ver-

sa. I heard it so much that at last I

conceived the idea of imitating it. I

got the sound in my mind until I

could think it, that is, hear it in my

mind. I can imitate upon the instru-

ment anything which I can think,

from a steamboat whistle to a hand-

organ.



I perform the Dixie trick as fol-

lows: I play the air in the key of C,

which is the one it is usually written

in, and which does not go beyond the

first position. To make the matter

easy of comprehension without writ-

ing out the notes, I will employ the

words of the song. I play the first

line of the song: “Oh, I wish I was

in the land of cotton;” then I stop

playing the air and give four cheers.

To make the cheers I place my hand

in the second position, that is, grasp-

ing the fingerboard where it is joined

to the violin; I make the first cheer

by placing my little finger on C, which

is about as high as it will convenient-

ly go, and drawing it rather slowly

down to B. This easily gives the ef-

fect of a somewhat hoarse cheer. For

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fore; for the next a little higher Still,

and for the fourth and last I place

the fourth finger just as high as I can

get it and draw it doWn very swiftly

to give the effect so often observed

in cheering, of a high, excited voice

that rises above the rest.



Now to return to our tune. It takes

a very short time to play the cheers,

but in order to give the proper effect

we must leave out some of the tune

for the band is supposed to have been

playing on while the shouts drowned

it. So I leave out the next line and

begin very fast and spirited: “Look

away, look away, look away, Dixie

Land.” It is a good plan to repeat the

first part of the tune with the cheers

about three times, before playing the

chorus in the regular way. I have

seen a group of listeners sit quite

silently through the first rendering of

the air, smile at the second, and

break into laughter at the third as if

it took some time for their minds to

grasp the idea. If you like, you may

add some cheers at the end of the

chorus, but I do not.



Can you imitate a cock crow? If

you can, I will tell you how to do my

“roosters’ chorus;” and if you can’t,

I believe I can show you anyway. You

have heard late at night one solitary

old bird set up a sonorous, muffled

“cock-a—doodle-doo" which wOuld be

promptly taken up by forty-leven

others at varying distances. The birds





with which I am familiar end the

“cook-a-doodle” with a “doo-oo-oo”

which dies down lingeringly. For the





first crow begin with A-flat on the D

string and use the notes as follows:

A-flat, C, E—flat, C, E-flat, D, and C.

All the notes except the A-flat are on

the A-string. Render them in the time

of a “cock-a-doodle-doo.” For the

mournful “dooo-oo-oo” I draw the

third finger from D down to C in -a

lingering sort of way. For the echoing

answers to our lone bird I repeat the

“doo-oo-oo” a fifth higher and lower,

and then all over the instrument,

making it louder and softer as fancy

dictates.



Another imitation I call the “cam-

paign speaker.” To do this well you

must have a certain speaker in your

mind; indeed, I have the words in my

mind, and as long as I can find words

I can go on with the speech. How-

ever, I pitch my speaker’s voice at

about C on the D string, let it gradu-

ally rise and finally, as he gets ex-

cited, break on D sharp. Then he

pitches it at G, calming himself, as

you notice a speaker do after a thrill-

ing point, and slowly works up again.

Observation of an orator until you

can hear in your mind his tones roll-

ing on and on, is the best preparation

for an imitation of this kind.



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an insect about the size of a wasp,

called a mud dauber. If you are fam-

iliar with his buzzing song it may be

perfectly imitated on the violin, be-

ginning at A on the D string and go-

ing slowly up to D sharp and down

again. The dauber sings his song as

he plasters his house, beginning slow-

ly and working up to a noisy cresendo.



A trick sometimes seen in vaude-

ville is that of one person bowing and

another fingering the same violin.

This is a great deal harder than it

looks, and, for my own part, I never

have been able to do either, familiar

as I am with the instrument. Bowing

and fingering are so connected in my

mind that it takes one to make sense

of the other. I can not think a. tune

unless I do both.



Possibly the oldest and most widely

known violin trick is the playing of

“Pop Goes the Weasel” and placing

the instrument in various difficult po-

sitions while a bit of the tune is

thrummed with the fingers. Its main

difficulty lies in finishing the tune in

the new position as evenly as before.

If I remember correctly, the violin

is first placed as usual, then reversed

on the lap and played like a ’cello;

then placed on the opposite shoulder,

then on the back, then on the top of

the head, and, finally, the bowls firm-

ly gripped between the knees and the

violin taken in both hands and rubbed

against its hair. For the first part of

the tune, the instrument is placed on

the left shoulder as usual.



Another trick as old as it is beauti-

ful is the imitation of an organ play-

ing “Nearer, My God, to Thee.”

Chords on four strings can not be

played softly on the violin on account

of the curvature of the bridge, so the

screw at the end of the bow is re—

moved, letting the hair swing free

from the stick. The violin is then

placed inside of the bow, so to speak,

for the hair goes over the strings and

the stick below the body of the in-

strument, while the ends of both stick

and hair are. firmly grasped in the

bow hand. Then the air is played and

the effect is exactly like an organ.



Scotch and Irish fiddlers were once

fond of imitating the bagpipe by plac-

ing a thin glass tumbler on the in

strument while playing, or by tuning

the G string to A and playing the

tune on the D string, the G string be-

ing continuously sounded. However,

so few people nowadays have ever

heard a bagpipe that this is hardly

worth while.



A11 old~time way of employing a

would-be musical friend is to have him

keep time across the strings with

knitting needles while you play. He

takes one in each hand and plucks

them back and forth, giving the effect

of two instruments. This is spirited

and pretty.



A rather effective way to conclude

a simple solo is to repeat the last line

or so in natural harmonics, which are

produced by placing the finger on the

string lightly instead of pressing it

to the fingerboard, and bowing a lit-

tle more lightly than usual. The ef-

fect is flutelike and pretty.



One may quite often make an ef-

fective solo from a simple song by

playing it through once as written

and repeating an octave higher. The

piano accompaniment will choi‘d just

the same.





No. 923 VALERIAN STREET.

(Continued from page 302).



Why, then, are you so deeply con-

cerned about him? Don’t worry.

Tony will take him to the strong

room and keep him safe, but treat

him with all consideration. I pledge

you my word, that he shall go out of

the from: door unharmed the moment

you are Edward’s wife. You may ev-

en kiss him good-bye, if you think

there will be any satisfaction in

that.”



Radway heard, as he was helplessly

dragged along, the poor girl moaning

and weeping in the distance. Almost





 





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tion and impotent rage, as he reflect-

ed that he who had posed as a deliv-

erer was himself to be rescued from

death only by the greatest sacrifice a

woman can make—one that would

forever separate him from Eloise, for

whom he would gladly now, if that

'were possible, yield up his life itself.

Thrust by Tony into the place men—

tioned by Landis, his pinions and gag

removed, Radway at once. began to

take account of his position. He was

in a room in the third story, having

but one door, which was securely

locked. Two windows looked out from

it over the city, but these were pro-

tected by heavy iron bars. The young

man suddenly remembered, however,

that his pockets had not been search-

ed, and that he still had his revolver.

This also meant that the skeleton

keys were ‘yet in his possession.

Elated by the possibilities growing

out of these facts, the prisoner went.

to the door and tried the keys in its

lock, soon find-ing one that readily

opened it. He at once relocked it,

however, without venturing out in the

hall. Then he hid this precious means

of deliverance, along with its fellows

and the revolver, under the mattress

of his bed. . .

It was well that he did so; for in a

few minutes Tony returned, and an-

nounced that he would have to search

the prisoner, a matter that had pre-

viously been overlooked. Radway sul-

lenly submitted, nor did the swarthy

man discover anything which he

thought it necessary to take away.

After Tony had gone Radway threw

himself upon his bed, but not to sleep.

although it was now long after mid-

night. He had resolved that at three

o’clock he would make a reconnois-

sauce and a dash for liberty, if there

was any possible chance.

With all his senses alert he lay,

then, while the weary hours dragged

by, and now, when it was within ten





minutes of the hour he had deter-.





mined on, he heard a noise in the

hall, just outside his room. What was

that? he asked himself. Surely it was

the sound of the softest of footsteps

right before his door. That it was,

beyond question, and now the lightest

possible rapping became audible.



“It is I, Eloise,” a voice Whispered.

“Can you hear me? There is no per-

son on the floor, except you and me.

Oh, if I could only get hold of the

key that Tony carries, so as to let

you out. I have a rope concealed in

my room, if I could but get to you.”



Noiselessly then did Radway secure

the skeleton key and the revolver.

Quickly he opened the door and stood

face to face with the girl. Almost

did she fall into his arms, such was

her frank joy at seeing him.



“Saved,” she panted, under her

breath. “It is a miracle. There is a

window, a small one, without bars, in

the bathroom next to this. I will hur‘

ry and get the rope. And you have

a revolver, too.” '



In less than a minute she silently

returned, carrying a light, strong rope

such as is used for fire-escapes. Then

she led the way into the bathroom of

which she had spoken.



“I have long had this hidden,” she

explained; “but I never dared to use

it. I do not believe I should ever

have the courage to go down it alone,

but now, with you here, possibly I

may nerve myself up to it.”



In a low voice Radway tried to re-

assure her, as be fastened the rope

to the sill of the one unguarded little

window, which he opened. He told

her that she had already displayed

courage vastly greater than was re-

quired for the proposed descent.



“I shall let you down first,” he

whispered. “That will not be so diffi-

cult for you, nor so frightful, as if you

were to attempt to 'slide down the

rope. Only have confidence in me,





and all will be. well."



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felt that her body was fairly launched

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firmly, and sought, by producing fric-'

tion against the Window-sill, to con-

trol the playing out of the line.



Eloise could not, however, by the:

exercise of all her self restraint, sup-

press a faint exclamation of terror as

she felt herself swiftly descending.

Then, in tears over the manner in

Which her cowardice had imperilled

her companion, she sent up, as she

landed in Tmafalgar Way, the signal

that all was well, and disengaged

herself.



For Radway to descend was the

work of but rtwo or three secon'ds,yet

was it already evident that the alarm

had been given. Lights flashed out

in the house, the front door, opened,

and Tony rushed down the steps just

as the fugitives, arm in arm, reached

Valerian street.



“Stop,” he shouted, advancing,

threateningly and drawing a murder-

ous looking knife. “Stop, or I keel

you.”



“Advance but one step further, you

hired assassin, and you die,” roared

Radway, furiously, pointing the re-

volver full at the swarthy man, who,

utterly surpnised and cowed, turned

and fled, to hold farther consultation,

with Henry Landis and his son upon

the front steps of the house, where;

they had just appeared. . ;



The escaping prisoners hurried on.

unmolested. It was but two blocks:

further—a blissful journey—to a pass-

ing car and freedom from all danger;



And Radway didn’t under the air

cumstances care who overheard him,"

when, at that hour in the morning,

and amidst the burr of the trolley

and the clatter of the wheels, he look-

ed into the radiant face of his com»

panion, more lovely than ever now,

in the fullness of her joy over her

unlocked for deliverance, and calmly

proposed to her their immediate mar-

riage.





A FEW SMILES.





A Walking Telephone.



“That Dr. Schmidt is always talk-

ing about his connections with all the

best people.”



“Yes; he’s aregular telephone, isn‘t

he ?”





Valor.



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down the street. “What are you run-

ning so fast for?” he inquired of the

boy. “I’m trying to keep two kids

from fighting,” said the lad almost

breathlessly as he turned and glanced

anxiously up the street. “Who are

the boys?" asked the man. “Tommy

Smith and me,” replied the boy.





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week one of my neighbors lost one,

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woman.



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woman.





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finally blurted out: “Well, what are

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me? Er?” “No," calmly replied

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OMING home on the car during

the recent cold snap I ever-

heard two men talking:



“I always burn coke in MY fur-

nace,” said one. “My wife wanted

hard coal for this weather, but I can

get just as good results from coke

and I stuck to it.”



“Well, I use coal in MY furnace,”

said the second man, “and MY house

is always at summer temperature.

But then, MY house is well built, and

it would be warm anyway.”



I mentally stuck my fingers in my

ears at this point, for fear, like Sa-

mantha Allen, I might “rise up in

meetin’” and say something. As it

happened I knew both men. I knew

the wife of the first speaker run the

furnace herself, that she shook it

down mornings, filled it up three or

four times a day, carried out the

ashes, and that, if her worthy mate,

who declaimed grandly about HIS fur-

nace, ever touched the fire at all, it

was only after much grumbling on his

part and a half hour’s nagging on the

part of his wife. I knew that the

second speaker, who boasted of his

well built house, “his,” not “ours,”

had not put a cent into the place af-

ter the first payment of $500; and

that his wife was taking in roomers

to keep up the regular monthly pay-

ments and pay the taxes. Yet these

two worthies talked loudly and grand-

ly of “MY" property, never even hon-

oring the women who did more than

their share, by saying “we” and

“ours.”



As I got off the car I glanced at the

window of a dry goods store. Across

the glass blazed the words, “John

Smith, Drygoods and Notions.” Again

I mentally spit sparks and breathed

forth flame. Mrs. John Smith had put

as much capital into that store as Mr.

John. She was a more experienced

salesman, a better manager and a

harder work than her husband. And

yet John couldn’t add the two little

letters “Co.” after his name to show

that his better half had a part in the

business.



As I came into “our” own house I

just caught my own better half’s re—

mark to a neighbor:



“I think I’ll have MY house painted

gray this spring.”



Then, indeed, the volcano which

had been smoldering for blocks back

broke forth.



“Your house,” I said, with what

was calculated for withering scorn.

“Well, while you’re having your house

painted gray, I think I”l have MINE

painted bright red. That will be my

protest against the habit of men call-

ing everything MINE.”



The scorn was wasted, however, for

friend husband simply grinned that

maddening, tantalizing grin which

men know how to assume when they

are wrong and won’t admit it. The

neighbor left hastily, remarking that

he had to go home and feed HIS chick-

ens, and husband took refuge in

man’s haven from domestic storm, the

paper.



Why do men insist on it? I’ve of-

ten wondered just what satisfaction

they get out of always saying “I do,”

and “MY house,” “MY auto,” “MY

farm,” instead of “we do,” and “ONR

house, auto and farm.” So far as my

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the money prompts him to regard

what that meney purchases as his

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his own earnings. Marriage is an

equal partnership so long as there is

work to be done, but when it comes

to reaping the rewards of the labor,

one of the partners becomes silent,

and you know which one she is.

“You never hear a woman say

“Mine.” It is always “Ours,” even

when her money has paid for the

property. Why is it men can never

be thoughtful enough to make that

little concession to the women who

are backing them? It is a. small thing

to do, but it would mean a big thing

to the hardworking wives who toil

early and late, only to be regarded in

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should be the keynote of the

decorations. If you live where



it is impossible to get fresh sham-

rock, paper may substitute, and

bunches of paper shamrocks may be

pinned to draperies, fill vases, and be

massed in the center of the table.



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furnished by means of the toy snakes

and toads which chase unthinking

persons and are drawn back by a

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them strictly to the old-fashioned

square dances, eliminating entirely all

the new round dances, even the waltz

and two—step. Let the music be fur-

nished by one violin and a base Viol.

If they do not dance, they may try

their wits on piecing together maps

of Ireland, naming its chief cities, its

important industries and some of its





heroes. During the evening have

someone sing “The \Vearing of the

Green,” and “The Harp that Once





Through Tara’s Hall.”



For refreshments serve tea and po-

tato chips, pistachio ice cream and

shamrock-shaped cakes with green ic-

ing or with white icing decorated with

green shamrock leaves.



If it is not convenient to buy the

potato chips they may be made at

home. Pare firm, good potatoes and

cut into even slices. Fry in deep fat

until a good yellow color, drain and

sprinkle with salt. Reheat in the ov-

en when ready to serve. The tea

served with these should be black,

and with it offer either cream and

sugar or lemon, sugar and a few

cloves.



For the pistachio ice cream, use

your favorite vanilla ice cream recipe

and use equal amounts of almond and

vanilla as flavoring. Color with green

vegetable color, which you should be

able to buy at any good drug store or

grocery. It should be a delicate green,

a little lighter than the shamrock.



. If you cannot afford to buy moulds

for your cakes, you can buy a clever—

leaf-shaped cutter. Make a good

sponge cake and bake in sheets so

that when done the cake will be

about two inches thick. Then out

out individual cakes and frost all over.



To frost, make a fondant icing.‘For

the fondant, put two cups of sugar

and a half cup of water in a saucepan

and stir until it begins to boil. When

the sugar begins to accumulate on the

side of the pan, wash down with a

brush dipped in cold water. Cover,





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formed when dropped in cold water.

Then pour out on a large platter

which has been brushed with cold





water and let stand until the top is

easily dented. Work with a spatula

until it can be formed into a ball in

the hands, and then knead like bread.»

For the frosting, put the fondant so

prepared into a double boiler, add a

little simple syrup, and your green

vegetable coloring after the fondant

has melted. When the mixture is

thin, dip into it the cakes to be iced,

seeing that every particle of the cake

is coated.



If you prefer white cakes with

green decorations use your own fav-

orite icing, or leave the fondant un-

colored until all the cakes are dip-

ped. Then add a few drops of color-

ing and trace the leaves with a forc~

ing bag and tube. If you have no

bag, press bits of angelica into the

icing before it hardens.





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Butter making on the farm is com-

monly done in the winter time at ir-

regular intervals. The cream is usu-

ally collected in small lots from day

to day and held until a sufficient

quantity is on hand to churn. This

method is quite frequently attended

with many difiicult churnings that vex

the inexperienced butter maker.



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it will contain from 25 to 30 per cent

butter-fat, it should be in good condi-

tion to churn readily.



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THE M.IC,.HIGA.1~N FARMER-





THE CHILDREN’S HOUR.





 





BY MRS. F. NISEWANGE'B,



In full, happy homes, there are few

hours of the twenty-four that are not

the children’s in some material sense,

but some little part of each day

should be set aside as theirs exclus-

ively, in a somewhat different way.



The hour before bed time seems to

be a little the most appropriate time

for this, when most of the day’s dut-

ies are ended and mother and the

children can forget all the little trials

and vexations that may have pro-

truded during the busy, nerve-strain-

ing daylight hours, and draw closer

together in a cheerful, helpful talk,

or in the telling or reading of a fav-

orite or suitable story. Whatever the

day may have been the children, big

and little, should, go to their rest with

nothing but happy impressions and

loving memories.



A group around mother’s chair or

couch at the fireside, or a happy bed-

ful or two with mother sitting near,

for the winter evenings; and for the

summer, a pretty spot on a twilight

lawn, a cozy corner on a porch, a.

hammockful in the moonlight, or

cushions and light in a cool, room ex-

ample a proper environment for con-

fidence, love, and intelligent enjoy-

ment.



A course of entertaining reading

and story telling is delightful for this

“hour,” beginning with the myths and

fairy tales so dear to little people and

usually carrying some, valuable les-

son: extending into the larger story-





world and the realm of travel where:





a series of tours with an entertaining

author are most enjoyable and in-

structive. From here, on into the

wonderland of science where there

are so many wonders of nature, so

many stories of the universe written

up in a style that appeals to young

people while teaching them much that

they are longing to know, much that

many of our schools fail largely, or

entirely, to give.



These hours thus spent together

will be valued highly as they come,

and in the years that are coming will

be held priceless. They are fleeting

hours that merge all tooquickly into

memory, for Childhood’s years pass

swiftly. It pays big to make each

day yield something that no future

can take away.





 





‘ HOME QUERIES.





 





How can I rid house plants of

thrips or lice?—Inquirer.



Make a strong solution of tobacco

water and spray the fern thoroughly

every two or three days. It will not

do simply to sprinkle it with the to-

bacco water, you will need a fine

spray which will reach every part of

the plant.





Household Editor:——VVhen is the

best time to serve fruit, before. the

meal or at the close?—Mrs. K. L.





Before the meal is considered bet-

ter. If at breakfast, it is better to

serve sweet fruits, as bananas, dates,

etc., or home-grown fruits that have

little acid.



Household Editor:——A recent speak-

er on household topics advised against

using a feather duster, but did not

say why. Why are they not just as

good as a cloth?——Beginner.



Feather dusters and dry cloths both

are apt simply to stir up the dust and

leave it in the air to settle again

when the housekeeper is through with

the dusting. The best thing to use is

a cloth moistened with furniture pol-

ish or a chamois skin wrung dry as

possible out of warm water. Either

will take up the dust and remove it

from the room. Kitchen and pantry

should always be dusted with a damp

duster to prevent dust settling in the

food. '



Household Editort—How should a

legC ofklamb be prepared for roasting?

— oo .





The outer skin should be removed

and the meat dredged with flour and

sprinkled with salt and' pepper. You

can remove the bone if you wish and





MARCH 14, 1914.





stuff the...cavity. If you don’t like the

strong'flavor of mutton trim off all

the fat and lay a few pieces of salt

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THE ECONOMY OF CANDLES.





 





BY EDITH G. HAWKES.





Where a house is lighted by lamps,

the housekeeper will find candles a

great convenience,to use when going

from room to room, or to use when!

only a small light is required. The

ordinary tallow candles, bought by

the dozen or the pound, are good for;

this purpose. They are most conven-

ient when cut in two, as the new ones

are so tall as to be topheavy. To fix

the lower half so it may be lighted,

cut around the candle about half-an-

inch below the new top—gently, was

not to cut through the wick, and the

pieces of candle will cut off readily,

leaving a new wick ready to light.

These pieces, together with the old

candle ends, when wrapped in a piece

of paper, or scattered over the kind-

lings, are good to start the morning

fire.



To remove the old candle and drips

from the candle-stick, pour hot water

over the sides of the candle-stick,

turning it around so all sides will be

heated. The wax can then be easily

removed with the point of a knife.

Before inserting a new candle, dip

the lower end in hot water to soften

it, and insert it while the candle-stick

is still warm. It Will then fit and stay

firmly in place.



Be sure to get candle-sticks that

are convenient to hold and have good

saucers to catch the drips. Often the

common tin ones are the most con-

venient. With two or three of these

and a small supply of candles always

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FIRMS IIIII FIRM iIIIIIS

Hill SALE illl EXBHIIISE





For Sale. in whole or part. 320 acre Southern Michigan

farm. Good soil buildings and fences. Must sell

soon. 0. S. SOHAIBEH. 214 Dewey Ave..Swissvaie.Ptl.





FOR SALE—golcléigan furtgis. allLdesci-iptifons.

m on one rms. 't .

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FARMS. GOOD. CHEAP, PROFITABLE.





UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITIES NOW.

State Board of Agriculture. Dover. Delaware.





MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS





Near Saginaw and Bay City. in Gladwiu and Midland

Counties. Low prices: Easy terms; Olesr title. Write

for maps and particulars. STAFFELD BROTHERS.

1.3 Merrill Bui ding. Saginaw. (W. 8.). Michigan.





|uE‘L DAIRY F‘RI—ZBO acres flue level dark loam

with clay subsoil, flowing well.



2; ring stream. Best dalryllproposition in Gladwin Co.

wo telephone lines, R. .D 4 miles to Gladirin.

Write at once for full discrlptlon. I have other small

farms. U. G. REYNOLDS. owner. Gladwin. Mich.





366 AG R E Tilordralned farm on paved road

leading into Detroit. All under

plow. Clay loam. House. barn. c‘c. Near Detroit

Toledo Electric Line. Will divide to suit.

James A. Hurst. 1020 Hammond Bldg . Detroit. Mich.





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McBURNEY & 00.. Fisher Bldg" Chicago. Ill.





—A line 240 acre limestone



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Excellent improvements,



Will sell for price of buildings. Also few Tennessee

farms. Wri e for descriptive circulars.





t

J. H. ASHLEY. Manchester. Tennessee.





Dcatll Forces This Homestead £2,335?





ate sale. 82 Acres; 6 acres wood. balance cultivated.

9-ro'un house. has cellar, basement barn 36148, ell.

lfix%; hen and he: house concrete floors. Fruit. )4

mile to school an church. Includes 3 cows. 18 sheep,

50hens, 2 w ns. mower rake. plows barrow. hay

fork ropes, a 1 small too s. all for 00 Part cash.

Hall‘s Farm Agency. Owego. Tioga (30.. N. Y.





FARMS Fill SALE in NEW YORK STATE





For information concerning the great agricultural

advantages in New York State. and scription of

1200 cheap dairy. fruit. and general farms. Address.

CALVIN J. HUSON

Commissioner or Agriculture. Albany. N. Y.





FOR SALE FARMS





ms acres all under cultivation. buildings? and fences.

cost over mill will take 85000. 0 down. balance on

time or cit?i pr arty. sandy and clay loam close to

l,dai y me. l.tele hene 254mllostoR.il. station.

sores. all under cu tivatlou. buildings cost over

m. will take $12.0“). down balance on time or

city property. sandy and clay loam. 2% milesto R. B.

station, side track on farm creek running through

farm. over 10. young peach trees. 900 young aapp e

recs. strawberries. raspberries. blackberries ally

mail. telephone. »5. ton scales in barn. Owner,

A. E. CBAIITON. Vassar. Michigan.





300 Acres $2900

Live Stock and Tools Included

Tan cows. Bother cattle. mare, colt, ltry. all





machiner . wagons. harness. househol furniture

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“Do you consider that the joint ses-

sions held last year between Barry

and Eaton Pomonas, contributed much

toward the increased attendance you

are having this year at your regular

Pomona meetings?” I asked Pomona

Lecturer Mrs. Bernice Curtlss, as we

looked over a company of 600 patrons

assembled in Masonic Temple, on

February 7, in Charlotte. She assured

me of this, and said that at the last

regular, which was known as “Gover-

nor’s Day,” some 800 people from all

parts of the county poured into Eaton

Rapids to welcome our Schoolmaster

Executive, When a single Grange

gathering uses three halls simultan-

eously, as was done at Charlotte, and

keeps something of high order going

every moment from 10:00 a. m. to

late evening, it shows that it has

members who are active and interest-

ed in Grange work.



While last year much effort was

devoted to making great entertain-

ment and social events of the joint

meetings, no less effort this year is

being spent to make the single county

meetings helpful to the subordinates

within the county. Therefore, this

first meeting of the year was held at

Charlotte where there is a local mem-

bership of upwards of 300. This Char‘

lotte Grange had, the previous week,

given a class of 73 the fourth degree

in fine form, using two halls and serv-

ing a banquet to its entire member-

ship at the close.



The well-planned program for P0—

mona, with this splendid Grange as

hostess, was designed to aid other

subodinates to attain corresponding

success. Four teams, from as many

Grunges, conferred the subordinate

degrees and Pomona added the fifth.

These degrees were all excellently

rendered and called upon the floor

more than 100 different members. The

third degree was exemplified by a

Charlotte team which had put much





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Mrs. C. P. Johnson, Metamora, Mich.





 





Associational. Motto:



“The skillful hand with cultured

mind is the farmer’s most valuable

asset.”





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Discuss Taxation Problems.-——The

Howell Farmers’ Club, of Livingston

county, is still thriving under the

same conditions which have always

characterized this Club, viz., the dis-

cussion of the live topics of the day.

A committee is appointed to bring in

several questions, but this does not

bar out any who wish to put ques-

tions‘or inquiries before the Club.

The January meeting was held at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Crandail.

The important question for discussion

at this meeting was the tax problem,

which was well handled by Mr. Roy

E. Dannen, who told of the different

kinds of taxes and the one that was

of most interest to the farmers, and

said he did not wish to say as yet

whether he was a single taxer or not.

Silas Munsell gave a fine talk on





“The New Currency Law,’ which was

also discussed by others, many think-

ing we would have no more money

panics. The February meeting was

held at W. H. Pcuvy’s.

feature of this meeting was the large

attendance of many young and suc-

cessful farmers.

entirely given over to a religious pro-

gram, although politics and religion

are never barred from our





The notable





This meeting was





discus-

sions. The young people furnished

the fine readings and music, while F.

R. Crandail gave a splendid paper on,

“Pioty in the Home,” which, to be ap-

preciated must be heard. Mrs. Jos.

S. Brown had a paper on “The Rela-

tion of the Church to Society and So-

ciety’s Obligation to the Church.”

These papers were discussed and af-





 





 





painstaking thought upon bringing

out the symbolic interpretations by

means of a. ladies’ court which shift-

ed its scenes in adaptation to the

charges of the ritual. This work was

based upon the plans of Mrs. Sadie

Holland, of Millis, Mass, whose little

illustrated book upon Grange ritual is

putting living meanings into forms of

initiation, which too often have re-

mained cold and dead. Interspersed

among the degrees, came bits of in—

strumental music, songs and brief ad-

dresses, so that no time should be

lost. In the afternoon Past National

Lecturer N. P. Hull, discussed legis-

lative measures espoused by State

Grange. In another room the State

Lecturer spent the afternoon in con-

ference with lecturers upon their in-

dividual problems. In the evening

the young people kept “open house”

at their Grange home to all who wait-

ed over for late trains.



Who is leading this Eaton county

movement? The officers and past oth-

cers of Pomona, headed by Master

Ernest Pray and Lecturer Mrs. Cur-

tiss, who are ably assisted by local

officers. Programs for the remainder

of the year are already well blocked

out and work has begun upon their

details. The plan of asking two or

three small Granges to unite as host

for one Pomona meeting is to be tried

out this year. The summer rally will

be a tri-county picnic upon the fair

grounds at Charlotte, in which Cal-

houn and Barry unite with Eaton.

Pageants and a demonstration parade

are being planned for this great out-

door event in June.



The half has not yet been told, but

limits forbid more than a few. further

words. The great-big, splendid-best

thing I saw in Eaton was the recogni-

tion of children. Children were ev-

erywhere, in bevies and swarms.





 





 





J ENNIE BUELL.





 





A Progressive Eaton County Grange Degree Team.





ter discussing the ten questions from

the question box the president ap-

pointed the several committees for

the annual banquet to be held at the

Hotel Livingston in the village of

Howell, on Thursday, March 5. The

election of officers for the coming

year and the payment of dues, will

occur at the hotel parlors befofre the

banquet. Mr. Roy E.Lannen was ch0-

r2011 toastmasicr of the day—Mrs. Joe.

S. Brown, Cor. Sec.



A Patriotic Mceting.—The Indian-

fields Farmers' Club was delightfully

entertained at the home of Mr. and

Mrs. Wm. Eldridge. In honor of the

famous two, Washington and Lincoln,

the reception room was draped with

national colors, each corner having a.





flag, while the portraits were adorned,

with the folds of Old Glory. Mrs:

Amos Andrews served the fine dinner“

with capable assistants, and the table‘





decorations carried out the patriotic

scheme of: red, white and blue. L. G.

Seeley, H. P. Bush, John McAllister,

Rev. and Mrs. E. J. Warren, and Mr.

and Mrs. Chas. Van Giesen were

guests of honor. The “social” hour

preceded a program of interesting

numbers. Mrs. Agner Terry gave a

fine paper on “Lincoln’s Life;" Mrs.

Rachel Van Bui‘en and Mrs. Horton

Moore, readings: little Elinor Van

Bureu won the first prize in the con-

test of states and capitals, with Mrs.

Ida. Smith, second. Castle Taggett

gave a. talk upon “Benefits of Farm-

ers’ Institutes.” The visitors were

called upon and John McAllister re—

sponded by some happy remarks on

“Value of Farming,” and H. P. Bush

talked in a pleasing manner of “Liv-

ing up to our Best Ideals.” Mrs. VVar-

ren sang “Rocked in the Cradle of the

Deep,” and the Club sang the closing

ode. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Pierce will

keep open house for the Club, March

19.——Mrs. Margaret Arnold, Cor. Sec.





 





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satisfaction and feeling of well done.

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the train robber, and with the cool,

calculating face of the poker player,

figures on reaping where he had not

sown. The speculator had no invest-

ment in lands nor had he employed

labor except possibly a typewriter.

Thousands of circulars are sent to the

wholesale trade by the speculator, of-

fering beans at a price away below

what the legitimate elevator man was

quoting. The legitimate distributor

of the crop finds in the unprincipled

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ference in distributing beans that the

farmer had to contend with in dry

weather, anthracnose, blight, and rain

it harvest time.



The Outlet is Obstructed.



When Hutchinson and Leiter were

grain gamblers, they were obliged to

put up large sums of money and take

grain as it was offered them, to sus-

tain the market. The bean gambler

takes no such chance, for he can re-

ly on 75 per cent of the crop being

marketed in the first 100 days after

threshing begins. The speculator

throws obstacles in the way of out-

let to the elevator man’s market, and

the farmer crowds the beans on the

elevator man, and the result is in-

evitable. Beans must drop in price.

Our old friend, “Supply and Demand,”

like the cuttlefish, darkens the waters

of real facts. When this term is used

as an explanation, it fails to explain,

and is, as a matter of fact, two views

of the same thing. What I want to

impress is that the curved line of a

base ball is quite as much a fact as

the old law about a body moving in a

straight line.



There is another element which en-

ters into the price of beans, and that

is manipulation of demand. This

gives the price a downward curve

when the beans are sold by farmers.

The crop grown and the desire for

food in the shape of beans are not the

real factors in the price making.



Another villain entered into the

price drama this year, viz., that when

the speculator had bought the beans

at a lower price and he himself was

expecting to advance the price, other

speculators found that even with the

duty on beans of 25 cents per bushel

instead of 45 cents as formerly, that

gbeans from Hungary could be offered

:on the seaboard at $1.90 per bushel.

To show how the price of beans is

lowered, a broker in Chicago will

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cars, and then c0mb the elevator





 





 





 





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Factors Influencing Bean Prices.





trade over until he finds some dealer

whose credit or storage capacity ab-

solutely compels a sale, and in this

way maintains a low price level.



Even the Elevator Men Are Helpless.



If ever there was an association

that lacked all the elements of a trust

in being unable to control prices, the

elevator men are and, more than that,

don’t have any better control of prices

than the farmer. It is right at this

point that the Michigan Bean Job-

l:-ers’ Association has come to the

point of saying to the farmer, “we

want to work with you and between

us the price of beans can be made

compensatory to you and allow us a

reasonable charge for handling.”

Here is the opportunity for the fed-

eral government to set their depart-

ment of marketing to work. Organize

the bean growers and allow them, in

conjunction with the elevator men, to

fix the price after harvesting the crop,

according to the supply and demand

in fact. What really childish ideas

we have that the price of beans just

happens because of conditions.



That some tradesman with the de—

ceptiveness of the Oriental rather

than the Anglo-Saxon idea of fair

dealing, should change the growth and

marketing of a necessary and staple

food from a profitable business to a

loss, seems almost incredible, and yet

that is just what has happened this

year and right now.



Better Seed Should be Available.



Another thing the federal official

could do, would be to carry on a pro—

paganda for clean bean seed. Careful

selection of seed and mainly from the

northern counties, if planted next

year, would mean an average of not

less than $10 per acre, as compared

to just common seed. The farmer in

any event should establish confiden-

tial relations with his elevator man

and tell him to get so many bags of

the best seed he can get. Have the

Agricultural College make examina-

tions of seed samples in stock at the

elevators. It is those little spots of

iron-rust-looking blotches that are an-

thracnose spores. Get a magnifying

glass and examine, so you will know

beans and distinguish between blight

and anthracnose.



Some Advertising Needed.



From the standpoint of food values,

beans need to be popularized, for with

the advanced meat prices beans make

a good supplementary to ameal mark-

ed by the absence of meat. Of all

vegetables or cereals that are abused

in cooking, beans have the first place.

The pale cooked bean with its unap-

petizing appearance, might do for

pale people, but for those having red

blood, or wanting it, beans should be

nut brown and individually present,

not mashed, when appearing on the

table. Beans are eaten in Boston,not

because the Bostonians have different

tastes, but because they know how to

cook the bean properly.



Why Beans Should be Eaten.



I am mapping out some work for

that federal bean “push” in Michigan,

but after he has preached the gospel

of good seed and correct marketing,

I would have him take an artist in

bean cooking and demonstrate before

the wives of workingmen the food

values and dainty taste of well-cook-

ed beans. I think there is none of the

ordinary foods that are so high in ash

as beans, viz., 4.4 parts in one hun-

dred. The oil meal of commerce used

as a dairy food only runs 6.4 per

cent, while dry skim-milk powder

only carries seven per cent ash, wheat

flour less than 0.2 per cent, and wheat

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ters in foods is large enough for a

chapter by itself some time. How-

ever, the body will starve and fail to

perform its functions when deprived

of mineral matter quite as if other

food were denied. One pound of beans

bought at retail costs about five cents

and contains 22.23 per cent protein

and about 55 per cent carbohydrates.

One pound of mutton having 17.18

per cent protein and 21 per cent car-

bohydrates, will cost at least three

times the price of beans and have

something like one-half the food val-

ue. Eggs carry 13 per cent protein

and around 10 per cent carbohydrates.

Meat contains practically no ash, and

meat-eating animals, like dogs, make

up the deficiency by eating bones.

Animals consuming roughage get the

mineral matter in hay and feeds. Man

must secure the ash for bone making

out of the cereals and fruits, and this

is where the bean proves so import-

ant. Daniel in Biblical times, carried

on an experiment by eating pulse——

peas and beans—and was better nour-

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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.



Saginaw Co.-—A very successful

Round-up Institute at Saginaw just

closed. Project sanctioned for big

county fair. Holstein and Pure Seed

Clubs recently formed. Steady cold

weather still prevails, and meadows

and wheat are still protected. There

has been good sleighing for the past

six weeks, and about all the hay and

beans have been marketed. Beans

$1.65; creameries pay 320 for butter-

fat.





Lapeer Co.——March came in very

cold and rough. Nearly all the snow

has gone, and wheat and meadows

are now unprotected and undergoing

injury. Stock of all kinds bringing

good prices, excepting horses which

are lower at sales. Eggs scarce on

account of recent cold weather. Hay

maintains December prices yet. Po-

tatoes 450; com 700; wheat 900; rye

57c; oats 39c. Public opinion seems

to be in favor of the restoration of

the old road district pathmaster sys-

tem and the cancellation of state and

county systems.





Emmet Co.—Although the snowfall

during February was below normal,

there was enough to make good

sleighing. Some drifts but not enough

to interfere with traffic. It is prob-

able that no damage has been done

the meadows and Winter grains thus

far. There is an average quantity of

potatoes still in farmers’ hands. Some

are being marketed at 500. Hens have

not been very busy contributing to

the egg supply, though conditions are

improving. Eggs 280; pork 100; beef

9@100; butter 30c.





Gratiot Co.——The cold wave that

struck this section early in February

continues, the mercury keeping close

to the zero mark, the lowest register-

ed being 20 below zero. More corn is

being sold than has ever before been

handled in the elevators. Corn, shell-

ed, 540; oats 37c; eggs 24c; butter

22@26c. Live stock is in good de-

mand at high prices at auction.



New York.



Genesee Co.-—W'inter grains have

been covered with snow. There is

just enough snow for splendid sleigh-

ing. Most of the grain is sold. There

is some stock still on feed. Potatoes

are being marketed at 60@620. There

are a good many auction sales, and

all stock sells high. Dairy butter 27c;

creamer butter 281/20; pork, alive

90; dressed 11%0; eggs 30@32c; poul-

try, live. 16c; lambs, dressed 14c;

wheat $1; oats 450; beans $1.80@2.50;

cabbage $20 per ton; hay, loose $11

@13.



Pennsylvania. ‘



Lancaster Co.——VVinter wheat is in

good condition, very little rye raised

in this section. There was very little

snow until February 13, when aheavy

snow fell, blocking the car tracks and

roads, and hindering the progress of

many rural mail carriers. Most of

the farmers have sold their grain and

hay, but some are holding their hay

for higher prices. Eggs 250; butter

300; chickens, live 12@14c; lard 120.



Chester Co.—~Recently the mercury

dropped to zero, and about eight

inches of snow fell. The roads have

been in good condition all winter.

Wheat and rye are in good condition.

The farmers have very little stock or

grain for sale. Cob corn is selling at

700 per bu; wheat 95c; hay $15@

16.50; straw $10: eggs 30c.





 





 





 





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March 10, 1914.





Wheat—Although the statistical

situation is more bullish values have

fallen off a fraction. While dealers

had expected that the government re-

port would show more wheat in the

farmers’ hands than was so held a

year ago, the report showed 1% per

cent less than was on the farms in

1913 and 2.4 per cent less than the

average for the past five years. How-

ever, the infiuence of this shortage is

counteracted by the condition of the

growing crop which is almost perfect

with only now and then a complaint

of damage. One year ago the price

for No. 2 red wheat was $10534 per





bushel. Quotations are as follows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May.

Wednesday . . .981/2 98 1.01%

Thursday ....... 981/3, 97% 1.01

Friday .......... 981,4, 97% 1.01

Saturday ...... 98 97 1A 1.00 37.;

Monday . ........ 98 97 1/2 1.00%

Tuesday . . .98 971,6 1.00%





Chicago, .(March 9).—No. 2 red

wheat 941/20; May 930; July 875/80.



Corn.~Notwithstanding the fact

that reserves of corn are smaller than

they have been since 1904, the tone

of the market is a little easier, with

prices a fraction off. Dealers are

somewhat skeptical about the influ-

ence of corn from Argentine, the

crop of that country, which is now

ready to gather in the northern dis-

tricts, promising to be good. One

year ago the price was 503/40 per bu.

Quotations for the week are:





No. 2 No. 2



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday . . . . ‘ 65

Thursday ........... 63 65

Friday ............. 63 65

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

Monday ............ 62 1A» 64 1A,

Tuesday ............ 621/2, 64 1/2





Chicago, (March 9).—No. 2 corn 65

@651120; May 661/40; July 657/80.



Oats.—-VVith the amount of oats on

farms estimated by the government

reporters. at a fraction above the five-

year average, the market is easier

with the tendency of prices down-

ward. One year ago standard oats

were selling at 35c per bu. Quota-

tions for the week are:





No. 3



Standard. White.

\Vednesday .... . .. 42 41%;

Thursday ........... 42 41 1/3

Friday ............. 42 41 1/3

Saturday ........... 42 411/2

Monday ............ 411/2 41

Tuesday ........... 41 1/z 41





Chicago, (March 9).——N0. 2 white

oats 4014.0: standard 391,60; May

39%0; July 391/1c per bu.



Beans.—Market is dull and easy.

The local board of trade quotes im-

mediate and prompt shipments at

March $1.83 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 67c per bu.



Barley.—-At Chicago barley is quot-

ed at 49@68c per bu., while Milwau-

kee quotes the malting grades at

from 54@65c.



Timothy—Prime spot is steady at

$2.40 per bu.



AIfalfa.—*—Steady at $7.25 per bu.



Cloverseed.——Quotations are high

er. Prime spot and March $8.50 per

bu; alsike at $10.50; Toledo prime

cash is quoted at $8.65 and prime al-

sike at $10.60.





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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 iiiiddlings $29; cracked

corn $29; coarse corn meal $28: corn

and oat chop $25 per ton. ‘



Hay.—Best grades higher and firm.

Carlots on track at Detroit are: No.

1 timothy $15@15.50; standard $14@

14.50; No. 2, $12.50@13.50; light mix-

ed, $14@14.50; 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 $17.50@

18.50; clover $17@18 per ton for the

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.





New York—Rye straw $15@17; oat

straw $11 per ton.



Chicago—Rye straw ~is quotable

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

wheat straw $6.50@7 per ton.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





 





Butter.—Market steady with prices

unchanged, but on account of sharp

declines in other places prices are

expected to go lower. Extra cream-

ery 30c per lb; firsts 28c; dairy 210;

packing stock 180.



Chicago—No decline noted in this

market yet and receipts seem to be

cleaned up pretty well. No change‘ in

prices. Extra creamery 29%@30c;

extra firsts 28@290; firsts 251/66!)

271/2c; seconds 23@241,§c; ladles 20

@210; packing stock 18%@18%c.



Elgin.——Market steady but quiet at

270 per 1b., which is 30 lower than

last week. .



New York—A sharp decline of

about 30 was experienced here and

has caused unsettled conditions. Quo-

tations: Creamery extras 28%@29c;

firsts 26@280; seconds 23@25%c;

packing stock 17@171/20 per lb.



Eggs.——Prices higher than last week

but it is expected that mild weather

will cause a downward tendency. Cur-

rent receipts of fresh stock quoted

at 271/20 per dozen.



Chicago.—~Reduced receipts holds

market firm and caused an increase

in prices of about 11,40. Miscellane-

ous lots, cases included 26@261,§c,ac-

cording to quality; ordinary firsts





27c; firsts 28c; checks 23@24c.





New York—A firm feeling prevails,

and owing to light production it is

expected to continue. Consumers are

demanding fresh eggs and the Lenten

season is increasing consumption.

Prices are about 3c higher. Fresh

gathered extras 341/2c; extra firsts

34c; firsts 321/2@331,§c.



Poultry.——Local market holds firm.

Prices and conditions unchanged. Live

——Springs 171/2@18c; hens, 17@18c;

turkeys 18@19c; geese 15@160;

ducks 17@180.



Cliicago.——Conditions still continue

steady. The good demand for springs

advanced prices 1/20, while for fowl

there was a decline of lo. Quotations

on live are: Turkeys, good weight

170; others 120; fowls, choice 150;

spring chickens 17c; geese 14c, ac-

cording to quality; ducks 15@16c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Market firm with prices

unchanged. N0. 1, $5@6; No. 2, $4@

4.50 per bbl. In Chicago the market

is in good condition. The mild weath-

er has brought a lot of outside or-

ders. Receipts light and cooler stock

is getting low. Higher prices pre-

dicted if receipts are not larger. Bar-

rel stock is quoted: No. 1 Jonathans

$6@7; Spies $5.50@6; Baldwins are

$5.50@6. In New York fancy Bald-

wins are selling from $6@6.50.



Cabbage.—~Steady with prices un-

changed. Good quality is quoted at

$3@3.25 per bbl. At Chicago the sup-

ply on hand exceeds demand. Prices,

however, are still good. Holland or

Red $2 per bbl, $26 per ton. In New

York good stock of Danish or Holland

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

Cincinnati New York Danish sells for

$33 per ton.



Potatoes—Market continues firm;

prices unchanged. Quotations: In

bulk 58@600 per bu; in sacks 63@650

per bushel for carlots. At Chicago

on account of increased receipts mar-

ket is in poor shape. There was a

decline of about 20 in price. Good

Michigan white stock is quoted at 60

@63c per bu. In New York good

Michigan stock is selling for 74@75c

per bu. in car lots.



.Onions.~The local market is steady

With prices unchanged. Quoted at

$3.25@3.50 per sack for yellow and

$1.75 per crate for Spanish. At Chi-

cago the demand is increasing and

the prices are holding up strong.

Sacks 65@70 lbs.; Michigan grown

sell at $1.75.





 





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Chicago.

March 9, 1914.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.





Received today..25,000 30,000 30,000

Same day 1913..26,107 68,745 27,790

last week ....41,782 118,531 107,586

Same w’k 1913..42,795 129,766 80,020



This week opens with a very slow

demand for cattle, and prices look a

dime lower except for the best. Hogs

opened 5@10c higher, with speculat-

ors buying freely, and sales took place

at $8.40@8.80. Later the market av-

eraged a nickel lower than at first,

with packers holding off. Hogs mar-

keted last week averaged 227 lbs., a

gain of one pound over the average

of a week earlier. Sheep and lambs

open the week about a dime higher,

with prime lambs at $7.85.



Cattle sellers stood a much better

show last Week than ordinarily, as

the receipts showed a steady falling

off in volume, while the general local





and shipping demand remained fully,





 





 





normal. Naturally, cattle that were

especially wanted showed the great-

est firmness, and higher average

prices prevailed not only for good

slaughtering steers, but also for

butcher stock, cutters, canners, stock-

ers and feeders. The bulk of the beef

steers went at $8@9.25, the best class

of heavy bee'ves bringing $9.15@9.75,

while the commoner class of light,

warmed-up steers were purchased at

$7.10@8.10. There was a very good

showing on Wednesday of prime cat-

tle at $9.30@9.75, and the best year-

ling steers brought $9@9.40, with

good heavy steers taken at $8.65@

9.10 and fair and middling grades at

$8.15@8.60. Butchering lots of cows

and heifers had quick sales at $5.15

@875, while cutters sold at $4.60@

5.10, canners at $3.60@4.55 and bulls

at $5.50@7.75. There was a larger

call for good stockers and feeders,

buying orders delayed by the late

snow blockade showing up, and prices

were on the up-grade for the desira:

ble offerings.



Hogs were forced last week to much

lower prices, the big local packing

concerns taking advantage of much

reduced purchases made on different

days by eastern shippers to pound

values until sales were made at the

lowest figures recorded in four weeks.



Sheep and lambs suffered some

sharp declines in prices last week be-

cause of an indifferent general de-

mand from local slaughterers and

shippers, the market being glutted at

times. Eastern markets were report-

ed in. bad shape, with the best lambs

selling in Buffalo 50c lower than a

week earlier, and such reports were

influential in weakening the Chicago

market. The one pleasant item of

neWS for sheepmen was the 10 per

cent advance in wool prices in the

London sale.





MICHIGAN. CROP REPORT.





Wheat.—~In answer to the question]





 





“Has wheat during February suffered

injury from any cause?” 27 corres-

pondents in the state answer “yes”;

and 489 “no,” in the southern coun-

ties 12 answer “yes” and 249 “no,”‘

in the central counties one answers,

“yes” and 126 “no,” in the northern‘

counties 13 answer “yes” and 94 “no” ,

and in the upper peninsula one an-‘

swers “yes” and 20 “no.”



Snow protected wheat in the state

and the several sections 27 days.



The average depth of snow on Feb-

ruary 15 in the state was 7.86 inches,

in the southern counties 7.06, in the

central counties 8.46, in the northern

counties 8.20 and in the upper penin-

sula 10.63 inches. On the 28th the

average depth of snow in the state

was 7.05 inches, in the southern coun-

ties 6.27, in the central counties 7.45,

in the northern counties 7.54 and in

the upper peninsula 10.40 inches. =



The total number of bushels of

wheat marketed by farmers in Feb-

ruary at 96 flouring mills is 196,038

and at 93 elevators and to grain deal-

ers 122,497 or a total of 318,535 bush-

els. Of this amount 237,779 bushels

were marketed in the southern four

tiers of counties, 69,211 in the central

counties'and 11,545 in the northern

counties and upper peninsula. The

estimated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed in the seven months

August-February, is 5,000,000.



Sixty-nine mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no wheat purchased in

February. .



The average condition of live stock

in the state is reported as follows,

comparisn being made with stock in

good, healthy and thrifty condition:

Horses and

swine 95.





 





 





 





 





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THIS 18 THE FIRST EDITION.

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DETROIT LlVE 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 1000,

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

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

:37; 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. Go. 2 cows av 960 at

$6, 1 heifer wgh 750 at $6, 6 steers 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. Go. 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

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 $7, 15

yearlings av 90 at $6, 13 lambs av

65 at $7.50; to Young 7 sheep av 90

gt 7$55.50; to Kull 13 sheep av 90 at

Z). .



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. &

3080551510 av 190 at $8.60, 275 av 170 at



Same sold Mich. B. Co. 226 av 200

at $8.65. '



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Go.

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 $8560.



Spicer & R. sold same 270 av 190

at $8.60, 125 av 170 at $8.55.





 





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$ 7000 less then X it' . so of

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WHEWO

BELGIANS

They Are Here!





[-1. & H. Wolf. importers of Belgian

Horses exclusively, advise old and

brospective patrons that their new 1913

importution is 11-:\\' in their barns. It

is in all respects by far the most se-

lect lot of horses of this breed that

have ever been stubled in their barns.

Big,” weighty, typey (lrafters of quality

all through, that challenge comparison

with the Best Anywhere. A select lot

of mares, too. Get our term: and Guar-

antee. This will interest you as much

as the horses.





Hewo Stock Farm

Wabash, Indiana

More than a quarter century

with the breed.





 





 





 





 





JNo. CRAWFORD,

Horse Importer,

Byron, Mich.





70 Head for Sale





Percheron, Hackney and

Clydesdale Stallions.

Also Some Fine 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 not rich.

18 Jack and Mule farms un-

der one management, where

can be seen 260 head tine

int c Jocks, Jennys a n d

Mu as, 14 to 17 hands high.



ood ones. Stock guaran-

teed. Write for p r i c e 9

today. Address

KHEKLER'S JACK FARM



.WBst Elkton. Ohio.

Brunch barns. Ollntvon. Ind.





l8 Percheron S allions





2 to 43:35?“an old. blacks. Also younglrinnrcc.





 





 





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00 to $600 DURING MARC

A. A. PALMER at SONS.

BELDINO. MICH. I}; Miles from Orleans.





AUCTION! AUCTIONH AUGTIUN!!!





(if horses and mules every Monday. Private sole.

daily. From two to five hundred head always on hand,

farm mores and chunks, deliver and wagon hotness

avement sore city horses, on drafters and work

omen of every klnd. South ST. PAUL HORSE AND

Ml’LE 00.. l'nion Stock Yards, South St. Paul, Minn.





REGISTERED PERClll-IRON NR SALE





Brood mares and Filllee. Two Stallions coming one

ear old, one 3— 'r.-old stallion. Prize winners at

armors prints. . C. Hunt & 00., Eaton llnpids.Mi(-.h.





PERCHERON “'ehavethi holass

. stallions. Br mates

and young stock. Prices to sell. All registered. Pioneer

Stno Farm, John Sohipper, Fillmore Center. Mich





SOME fine 'onn registered Clydesdale Stallions



> for Sale rom to years old. In the-prin some



Will make ton horses with lots of quality on good



action. Must be sold before the first of April.

F. A. PETZ. (tnpao. Michigan.





flEGISlERED PERCHERONS‘fQE StinlciE'sli‘iiiéfi‘l.’

Also Some. mares. all ages at farmers rices. Visitors

always welcome. I". L. King & Son, lmrlotte. Mich.





, f0" S‘LE—l big, heavy honed, Reg. Percheron Stu!-





‘3





lion. 1 yr. old post. A1502 Reg. Percheron

mates in foal. All. A. Bray. ()kemns. Inghnm (‘o..Mix-h,





FOR SALE—3 Reg.Per¢-heron Stallions, 3 to 7yrs. old.

of hreodlngnnd individual merit. combined. Como

or write, H. B. Peters, Burton, Mich. Ell. Sta. Elsie,





 





T00_LATE T0 CLASSIFY.





21 HIGH GRADE HOLSTEINS

AT

AUCTION, MARCH 19, 1914,





As I am going to keep Registered Holsteins only.

14 heifers are from the following sires—Woodcrest

DeKol Lad 2nd, oldest A. R. O. sister 3% yr. 2016.

butter, 435 lb. milk. 7 days. 5 dams in pedigree A. R.

0. records average 28 lb. butter. 574 lb. milk. 7 davs.

Sire's' grandslre. brother to sire of the 2..vr. and 3 Cr.-

old World's Milk records, 3-.vr —old World's Butter

record—all for one your. Dani's randsire brother

to_sire of Creamell Valle 29, 591 h. milk World's

$l1%re(&r(lk d

r on e orn yke sire of the tri let helf r - .



awarded blue I'lbell Mich. State Falir, 1913. eDéirziihgz

3-yr. 19 lb. butter, 467 milk, 7 days. Pontiac Korndyko

is the grandsue of his dam and sire. He has 11

daughters betweon30 and 38H). butter. 7 days; 14 grand-

daughters between 30 and 44 lb, 7 days. Oonveynnces

Wlll meet Detroit Jackson Electric at Recknern going

east throu h Dearborn 10:35: Fax-min in car through

Redford ] :50, from Detroit 9:45. “Mi 1 Road. Martin

L. McLaulln. one mile east of Oak on Plymouth Road.





ITHLEA STOCK FARM





Offers for sale a. 5-month old son of KING SEGIS

PONTIAC HOWELL, grand son of Kin of the

Pontlnos. Dom is a granddau‘hter of Pontfao Korn-

dyke. Price $100. delivered. rlte for particulars.

HERBERT L. SMITH. Shiloh. Mlchl‘ln.





Fol SALE—Nine Durham and Holstein cows. six

Wrath. throefrcsh in April; six heifen;

allfine stock. GEO. YORE. Harthrd. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





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I Delicious, 1 Banana. I Baldwin, l Red As-

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1 Bartlett pear: x Elberta. I Niagara peac :

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HERE are more “notions” about



pruning than any other orchard



,operation. This is probably due

to the fact that the principles of prun-

ing are but little known, and we usu-

ally have nothing to guide us but our

personal opinions in the matter.

Therefore, the apple tree is often

found to resemble everything from a

rose bush to a palm tree.



We have many different ideas as to

the amount of pruning that should be

done, ranging all the way from no

pruning at all to quite a severe cut-

ting back each year. The no-pruntng—

at-all idea is not a matter of neglect

but is carried out in some orchards

where good fruit is grown. There is

hardly any specific reason for no prun-

ing as nature does pruning herself

but her process is a slow one. Also,

her objects in the matter of produc-

tion are not the same as ours, there-

fore besides hastening the process of

getting rid of useless branches we

should prune to get maximum pro-

duction.



Pruning the Young Tree.



Pruning should, of course, start

when the tree is first set out. The





’ pruning of the tree as it comes from





the nursery depends uponthe size and

shape of the tree. W'hatever pruning

is done it should be for the purpose

of balancing up the proportion be-

tween the top and the roots. The

head should also be brought down to

the desired height of two and a half

or three feet if possible. If the tree

be a number one two-year-old with

the head started high, it is not ad-

visable to cut back as far as desired

as there will not be enough live buds

left to make a good start in spring.

Three or four side branches of about-

six inches in length should be left to

furnish active buds for this purpose.

Varieties whose character of growth

is willowy may have the tops started

higher than others as the weight of

the fruit will bring the limbs down

considerably.

Ideas in Pruning Changing.



The general tendency of pruning



until the tree comes into hearing has





changed during the past few years.‘





It was thought essential to give the

tree a fairly severe cutting each year

in order to shape the head and make

the limbs stocky. However, that was

found to delay the bearing of the

trees considerably and now our expe-

rience has shown that no more prun‘

ing than absolutely necessary to cut

out cross limbs and those absolutely

unnecessary should be done until

bearing time. .



To prune intelligently one must

have some idea of the principles of

bud formation, as one of the main

purposes of pruning is to maintain

the proper proportions between the

leaf and the fruit buds. In spring

when the tree makes its greatest

growth all of the newly formed buds

are leaf buds. As long as the tree

continues to grow these leaf buds

continue to form. It is not until af-

ter the terminal bud on the new

growth is formed and the wood starts

to harden up that we get any fruit

buds. So, normally, from the latter

part of July to late in October some

of these leaf buds change to fruit

buds. These fruit buds form gener-

aly on the shorter growths because

such growths ripen up the quickest.

If conditions are such that the tree

makes considerable growth and grows

late in the season, the wood may not

mature properly and but few fruit

buds will form.



The more we prune the more the

tree puts forth efforts in the way 01'.





new growth to balance up the top 4





with the roots. Such growth is usu-

ally rank and is not the kind which

favors fruit bud formation. Therefore

young trees before bearing age should

not be pruned heavily except on trees

likely to overhear when young.



Variety-Determines the Manner of



Pruning.



The pruning of ~ a tree depends

greatly upon what variety it is as

there is a great difference in the

growth and bearing habits of varie-

ties. Some varieties make large

growth and will come into bearing

late; others will make small growth

and come into bearing early. Thus

the ‘Spy is known as a large grower

and slow in coming into bearing, and

the \Vagener a. small grower and a

very early bearer. The Wagener has

short spur-like growths on which fruit

buds are often found. It is a variety

which is likely to bear more than it

ought to and brings itself to prema-

ture uselessness by overbearing. The

proper pruning for this variety and

varieties of this type should be to cut

out a fair amount of the spur growths

and leave the longer growths on

which there are only a few fruit buds.



The characteristic growth of the

Spy is of the long willowy kind, with

but a few fruit' spurs. In pruning

trees of that type all of the short

spurs should be religiously saved and

the longer or larger limbs should be

taken out where necessary. No more

pruning should be done than to keep





 





A Cut Properly Made.





the head in good shape and fairly well

opened to the sun.



The prospects for a crop should

also be considered when pruning es-

pecially if that pruning is to be a.

heavy one, as in the case of heading

the trees back. If the trees look as if

they were going to have a good crop

the heavy pruning can be done to bet-

ter advantage than if there was no

prospects for one. as the energy will

go into the crop to a. great extent and

therefore there will not be the growth

of water sprouts as ordinarily.



Low Headed Tree Best.



The low-headed vase form tree is

the best for present commercial pur-

poses. In trimming to this form care

should be taken not to have too many

of the main or scaffold limbs come

out close together from the trunk as

that would put all of the weight in

one place and with a heavy crop the

tree wOuld likely split down. Crotches

should, of course, be avoided in all

cases.



Pruning should not be done in

spasms but a little each year if nec-

essary. In some cases a moderate

pruning every two or three years may

do, but in no case should it be left

until the tree needs a heavy butch-

ering. ’

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fore it comes into the possession of

a fruit man and is therefore in need

of some drasticwork. If the trees

are old and too high to be of great

value the tops should be cut back.

There should be no hesitation in cut





   





, ”3%”ch For! To take

.' care of them means to





fer buggy}! gargigfog‘figi ! ting back these tops to a reasonable

bring hisher prices. 1 height, no matter how large the limbs





may be. A precaution necessary is

that there be enough branches and

spurs left on the tree to leave about

half the leaf surface of the tree, and





Jun



E[Tl Deming Spray Pumps



he; will helpnyoui to do more of better

‘~ spraying least time. We make

“‘ more th an 20 kinds—a s rayer for



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landufi dgthgrgfighgoiik 0%}!085 ' it is also good to do this severe prun-

eds..-” a W 31,3593: 3,, "5933' ,\ :- ing When there is prospects for a

l inlNonslee. tdeelero sell both. I‘- good crop, for the reason mentioned





.3.

‘ before. It is better to do the neces-

sary heading back one year and the

thinning out of the remaining limbs

the next.



Take Care in Making Cuts.



In making the cuts in this heading

back, care should be taken to make

them within about a quarter of an

inch of a lateral limb, and on a slant

as near parallel to the lateral as pos-

sible. Care in not leaving stubs is

necessary for best results in this

BEST I. THE VIIRLD heading back work and is an import-

PM” IOIOWMIOIMI'S ant factor in the cutting off of any



Iwill 3”" Y0“ 310‘ 0f new limb. Stubs can not heal up as there

sorts free with every order I . . _ . =

fill. Buy and test Return If 18 nothing on them which will draw

notO. K-—monev refunded. the sap to the wound. In cutting



Big Catalog-PRES close to a lateral the foliage of the

Over 700 illustrations of vege~ lateral will have the effect of causing

_ — $§$0$dnggzggs5351:5212? a gogd circulation of sap by the

' woun and therefore" make its heal-

‘ SHUMWAY' Rockford, Illinois ing very probable. All wounds over





A Postal Bring,” {is two inches had better be painted over





SggLTflngigD Hill, ital-$223323.litters:





One of the aims of pruning is to

N G Sc (1 control the shape of the trees. This

orthern mm c s w ( . - -

1M ate _ 'factionnuaranteed e can do to a certain extent in 8.

Get ISBELL S OFFERS in beautiful new color-





practical way, but to make a Green-



hillggggmgflfinlgfigfgggu buy ”ed“ Ten“ ing tree look like a VVagener could



120159 peerageggfllmgarg§mu not be easily accomplished and the



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$2211.32??? “ivgytfiingEfglg afloategg’ endeavor would spell the tree for



twsl2$13wé£a;;aéd;nub rsainvricefi practical purposes. Trees which are



n... BmpleOollection"lncludeepocketsot spreading in their character of growth

flue new Melon and Cucumber. All for 100 , .



whltmwtgdiiemrnulbuemll. Lat-”J can be trained up cons1derably by



’cq“'§.u,IsBELLaco, cutting off the laterals which run out-



WPM SLIJMMW“, ward from the main limbs in prefer-



ence to those running inward. For



trees growing not spreading enough





RIPE TOMATOES the practice should be just the 0p.





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Earlier then you ever had before





THE BALI. SEE!) AND PLANT FOIKCERenables you topl ant

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Best Pruning Tools.



The best pruning tools for most all

cases are the common hand—pruning

shears and a good pruning saw. The

long handled shears are not conducive

to good pruning as a man is liable to

become too careless with them, and

it is not possible to make the cut

close enough for best results.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





weeks ahead. W ill give your

seeds and plontseome protect;-

ion as if under sash. When

taken of! you will have a trans

formation never dreamed of.

4 cap enough to use them bv

the thousands Sen d for an

benutlfullx illustrated book

~ win; the marvelous re-

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making inventions for





gmyeaggg. 10 be had It is better to prune any time than

“I t 11. I ' , , ., -

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mant as one is better





able to see

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If the prun-

cressxve.Amer1cusan other best . . , _

everbmero. communal-ma 111g IS done in early Winter the 1n-





"a'v ofle to t t OSenduleo .

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3:2;5fl.’:1,,u';;‘{‘wg§;‘l§, wounds out and check the healing up

:ggggsfigfihfimggigfin'fl; some. The most satisfactory month

for this work is March, as it is but

a short time to the time when the sap

flows and the healing begins. If the

tr be P] ts trees are making too much growth a

S aw 1.1:), an slight pruning may be made during

Guaranteed ass sweat“!!! Der late June or early in July.

lman‘hlmfiuee. Punt: remand. .





STRAWBERRY PLANTS





RASPBERRY—v BLACKBERRY --CURRANTS. Our





own growth all! h warranted to grow and of best (continued fl'OHl page» 290) .

quality. Ease forr atohing. catalog free. Brid men





Nursery 00., StahelinkSon,Box342 ”Bridgman ich. the ice room holding 800 tons of ice.

FOR SAL _m big! as ms‘}gdir5hsosi.ed This ice is fed into a crusher with an

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per 5063 Gtiéarantjeed “mggfimfi §‘ 12.025 PA. {192:2 elevator attached which carries It

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The melted ice and salt all runs down

through pipes in the rooms. and final-

ly all of it is gathered into coils in

one big basement room under the

sorting hoom which has no other tank

or pipe. The ice room as well as the

storage tank will never be warm

enough to melt ice when in use. All

of the available space is utilized by

having a false floor to put in the ice

room when the top hall" of the room

is empty. This gives an increased

storage capacity for several hundred

barrels of apples which will be moved

in time to fill with ice. Each of the

five rooms is a separate unit and can

be run at any time absolutely inde-

pendent of the other rooms. The

large basement under packing room

is only cold when ice is being used or

the outside air is cold. A large attic

holding 3,000 barrels is well insulat~

ed, has double windows and can be

kept cold from the use of ventilators

in storage rooms and outside air, and

is used as frost-proof storage without

artificial refrigeration.





Regulating Temperature

House.



There is a large 60-inch fan in the

attic which draws air from a big ven-

tilator in the roof and is connected

with a large airduct to each room.

When the air is cold outdoors this

fan runs at high speed, forcing cold

air into any room desired by opening

the gates into the room and vents to

allow the warm and impure air to get

out. There is a large air-tight stove

which can be fired up and warm air

driven into any room through the

same cold air ducts should "ero

weather make any place in the build-

ing too cold.



An 18 h. p. gasoline engine is used

to run the elevator, which will ac-

comodate 30 barrels of apples A dy-

namo and storage battery give s an

excellent lighting system which costs

nolthing to operate after once install-

ed, as the dynamo runs so easily it

only has to run when the engine is

running for other work.





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The main building is 48x70 feet and

five stories high. The. packing room

is 35x50 feet, with sky lights in the

sides and a large number of windows

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dows and doors are double to keep it

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can also be used as work rooms. Two

hundred feet of platform afford ac-

commodation for four cars at one

time. The cold and common storage

in this house amounts to about 15,000

barrels. The cost was approximately

$25,000.



Allie’ Views on Packing and Grading.



In discussing the marketing prob-

lem Mr. Allis said: “Your article in

the October 4 issue of the Michigan

Farmer expressed my views of the

packing and grading question. Adam

was the first farmer we have any ac-

count of who had trouble in packing

apples and he laid it to his wife and

apple growers ever since have old

Adam as an example and when the

buyers find poor apples in the barrel,

“The hired man or the boys, or my

wife does all the packing,” is the

ready answer. But seriously, we must

stop it some way, no matter who puts

up the apples. At the present time,

and especially last year, buyers were

by far the worst sinners, for they

have bought orchard runs and run in

everything grown and the blossom

buds for next year. I know of one

of the most prominent buyers who

has done more to hurt the western

New York apple in the markets of the

middle west, than can ever be known,

and one time when I was in his ware-

house where has was packing apples

the farther the help threw the apples

into the barrels the better packer he

was considered, and as the hot weath-

er was ripening apples up very rapid-

ly,one can imagine what some west-

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No. 1 Western New York apples."



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Sunlight plays an important part in

the brooding of chicks. After they

know where to get warm, they should

be allowed all of it possible. The first

few days do not allow them to huddle

in the sun in the attempt to get

warm. We sometimes have found it

necessary to put up a board so they

could not get into the sunshine for

the above reason. After they have

learned where to find the source of

heat, this restriction is unnecessary.



Give all the ventilation, without

drafts, possible without lowering the

temperature too much. We would

much rather have our brooder, exer-

cising room, properly ventilated, ev-

en though at a lower temperature,

than warm and ill smelling. Fresh

air in abundance is of prime import-

ance, chicks deprived of the same are

delicate, puny and although they do

not die necessarily on account of the

lack of same, the first thing you know

they will gradually dwindle away, for

no accountable reason.



Keep Temperature Up.



The temperature should be high

enough to prevent crowding under the

hover. A temperature of 100 degrees

near the heater, with a lower tem-

perature at various locations from the

source of heat, is the most desirable.

Allow the. chicks to choose their own





 





temperature. It is far better to have

too high a temperature, when the

chicks can get away from it, than a

too low temperature. If it is too warm

they can move farther away from the

source of heat, but if it is too cold,

all they can do is to huddle and crowd

in the attempt to get warm. In this

crowding a good many are trampled,

the rest begin to sweat and get chill-

ed. There is probably no other cause

of such a large mortality in brooder

chicks as the lack of proper amount

of heat.



The interior of the broodei‘ should





' be kept perfectly dry and sanitary at





all times. The more often the brood-

ers are cleaned out and thoroughly

disinfected the better the chicks will

be. To my way of thinking cleanli-

ness is one of the most important es.

sentials in the successful brooding of

chicks. The more the brooder is

crowded the oftener it has to be

cleaned.

Do Not Overcrowd.



Another important factor we will

have to recognize here, is the matter

of crowding or over-crowding in the

brooders. Over-crowding does not

necessarily always take for granted

that there are too many birds in a

given space, but other factors which

enter into the consideration are the

amount of hover space, amount of air





 





space, condition of the yards and ex-





A brooder with a small air space is

sooner over-crowded than one with a

larger air space, even though the

square feet of floor space are the

same. A brooder located on ground

used the past years for raising of

chicks, is also over-crowded sooner

than one located on uncontaminated

ground. Then, too, a capacity of a

brooder, to some extent, is judged by

the heating capacity of the heater.

Most kerosene brooders are over-

crowded with 75 chicks and all are

overcrowded with 100 chicks. Gaso-

line-heated brooders are not over-

crowded with a flock of 200 to 300

chicks; the same can be said in re-

gard to the coal-heated brooders. Of-

ten the rated capacity of a brooder is

correct for the first week, but after

this, on account of the chicks increas-

ing in size, they are crowded, and in

order to make up for this the weakest





 





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In order to be successful in the

brooding of chicks it is of prime im-

portance that the operator watch his

chicks, note their condition and

wants. VVatchfulness in the brooding

of chicks is the price of success.



Never brood chicks of different

ages in the same brooder. They will

invariably not do well. In fact, in

chicks of the same age, there is, af-

ter a few weeks, enough difierence in

the size and strength of the chicks to

make it advisable to divide them ac-

cordingly, placing the large and

strong chicks in one brooder and the

weaker and smaller chicks in anoth:

er. Try it and see. I think you will

agree that it pays. '



It ought not be necessary to state

here, that lice, mites and chicks nev-

er do well together. It is either the

one or the other will have to go. If

you allow vermin to flourish, the

chances are the chicks will give up

a losing fight. To guard against this,

disinfect your brooder regularly, at

least once a week, and twice is bet-

ter. See to it that the disinfectant

gets well into all of the cracks and

crevrces.





New York. F. W. KAZMEIER.





 





LIVER TROUBLES lN CHICKENS.



If there is anything wrong with the

hens it is usually at this time of the

year. As with people after being

housed under unnatural conditions

and partaking of a diet not in keep-

ing with conditions, hens get sick.

Sickness is nothing but getting rid of

filth and foreign matter in the body.

Some time there has to be a house-

cleaning and now is about the time.

The liver generally stands the brunt.

of this unnatural living and therefore,

liver trouble.



This trouble puzzles the poultryman

about as much as any disease. This

is probably due to the fact that there

are no definite external symptoms to

indicate it. The fowls just act dump-

ish and do not go well, and it is not

until one is killed and dressed that

the diseased condition of the liver is

noted.



Two Classes of Liver Troubles.



Liver troubles may roughly be put

into two classes. There is one in

which the liver is greatly enlarged

and with considerable fat around it.

This is mainly called enlargement of

the liver, or fatty degeneration of the

liver. The other kind presents symp-

toms with whitish nodules on the liv-

er and sometimes on the spleen and

other organs. Occasionally these are

found on the other organs alone.

These protuberanccs show a cheese-

like appearance when cut into.



The general external symptoms of

the fowl when affected with any of

these troubles, are rough plumage,

watery diarrhea, which is first brown-

ish color and then yellowish, lack of

appetite and an indisposition to move.

The comb may be purplish at first

and then as the disease progresses it

turns darker, sometimes almost be-

coming black. Often fowls die With-

out tlicse external signs of the trou-

ble. These external symptoms may

also be due to. other troubles than

that of the liver.



Curative and Preventive Measures.



The causes of these liver troubles

are conditions generally presen‘: dur-

ing the winter months, such as lack

of exercise and improper feeding. Of-

ten the feeding of foods too rich in

albuminous matter will cause it.

There is no doubt but that improper

feeding conditions arepthe greatest

cause of the trouble. Occasionally





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rectly cause liver troubles very sim-

ilar to the regular liver diseases.





The chief method of cure is ~to rec-

tify the conditions which cause the

trouble. A change of diet to a. good

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As liver troubles are really filth

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Some fowls may be so far advanced

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BROODING THE EARLY CHICKS.





To the small poultry raiser not

equipped with all the latest devices

for handling the early chicks, the

brooding problem is often a trying

one. If the eggs are hatched under

liens two clutches may be given to

one hen and the other soon returned

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A separate building 01‘ compartment

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or room, should be thoroughly clean—

ed and disinfected and the old birds

frequently dusted with insect powder.

A dust bath should also he provided.





 





as this is nature’s way of getting rid

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the weather becomes warmer are

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care of themselves. If there is asud-

den cold snap they should be looked

after carefully, as chilling may bring

on diarrhea or other troubles.

New Hamp. C. H. CnssLs‘r.





 





 

 

 





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CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





(Continued from page 312).

Kansas.





_Nehama Co.—We have had cold

winter weather, and the ice harvest

is on. Wheat and rye are doing well,

but the wheat ground will probably

need rolling, on account of the severe

frosts. There is a good deal of seed

corn and seed oats on hand, but

farmers are short on hay and grain

for feed. There is a good deal of

stock of all kinds still in farmers’

hands. Reads are in bad condition.

Wheat 760; oats 45c; fat cattle $7.75

@9; hogs $7.50@8.25; chickens 130;

cream 250; eggs 22c. Farmers expect

to plant considerable Kafiir corn this

season, also squaw corn for early

feed. There is plenty of home—grown

corn for seed, which sells at $1.25@

1.50 per bushel. Sweet clover is con-

sidered a profitable crop, as it resists

drouth. There is plenty of farm help

here for the coming season. This is

a great poultry center, carloads of

fowl being shipped to large cities.



Franklin Co.—February has been a

very disagreeable month here, with

so many changes from very cold to

warm weather, and a good deal of

rain and about eight inches of snow,

which drifted the roads badly, but

the roads are now muddy. Wheat and

rye are in good condition. A few

farmers have seed corn to sell at

$1.50@2 per bu.; also seed oats at

560. Corn and oats for feeding are

shipped in. Corn 650; oats 450. Al-

falfa is shipped in at $12.50 per ton.

Prices are much lower on feed than

they Were two months ago. Very few

cattle are being fed, quite a number

of hogs fed. The horse market is a

little better than a month ago. Eggs

22c; cream 250, which are about all

the farmer has to sell now. The

Grange is quite an active organization

in this county. They are striving for

stronger co-operation among the farm-

ers in this section.



Dickinson Co.—A cold wave struck

this county February 13, temperature

going down to 10 below zero, doing

some damage to the winter crops.

Peaches and apricots are killed. Ap-

ples not far enough advanced. Feed

is holding out well, and stock is look.

ing fairly well. Sales are plentiful

this month, and stock is selling high.

Corn 73c; oats 500; wheat 80c. Quite

a little plowing was done before the

late freeze.



Marion Co.——We are having real

winter weather with about five





 





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inches of snow which drifted. Wheat,

rye and meadows are fine, and the

snow will be beneficial. Grass is all

ready to start as soon as it becomes

warmer. No injury to fruit is report-

ed. Hogs are scarce. A few fat cat-

tle are going to market. Stock cat-

tle are high, and feed is scarce and

hard to buy. Feeders having pasture

are trying to buy cattle from Texas

for spring delivery, no contracts made

yet. Pastures will lease for less mon-

ey than last year. Mules are selling

high, and horses are in demand at

fair prices. There have been a few

sales, and a good many people are

moving. Farmers are not selling

much—butter, cream and eggs being

about all. Cattle $6.50@8; hogs $8;

wheat 810; com 720; oats 460; shorts

$1.40; bran $1.25 per cwt; best flour

$2.25 per cwt; butter 210; eggs 210;

cream 25c.



Finney Co.—Farmers and stockmen

are busy feeding and caring for cattle

and calves, milking cows, and reading

farm papers. Wheat is looking fine.

There has not been enough snow here

to make good sleighing this winter,

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of plowing has been done during the

warmest spells. Practically all grain

and stock have been sold. Hay $12;

potatoes 90c; apples $1.50; coal $8

per ton; butter 25c; eggs 210; wheat

$1; corn 750; cotton cake $1.65.





Indiana.





Davies Co.—Mild open winter up to

February 13. Good snow at this time

with zero weather. Fine weather all

through January, and a great deal of

plowing was done. Most all good sod

fields are plowed, and farmers are in

good shape for spring work. Scarcity

of feeds not noticeable, the mild win-

ter saved feed. There are few hogs

and cattle going to market; they are

in good shape. The horse and cattle

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ning to look for good work horses,

and offering good prices. Wheat 900;

corn 65c; potatoes $1; eggs 250; but-

ter 300; chickens 13c; horses $150@

225; cattle $8.50; hogs $8.25; milch

cows $65@100; all kinds of good hay

around $20 per ton.



Allen Co.—The snow storms and

extreme cold weather that have been

visiting this vicinity the last week

brings visions of higher prices. High-

er prices on eggs are looked for. No

advance in the price of butter is

looked for. The grain market is un-





 





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vegetables are

steady. Potatoes and onions have

stopped advancing. Fruits are in de-

mand just now, and” the prices are

meeting with the approval of dealers

and consumers. Roads are good.





Noble Co.—-Weather has been very

cold lately, but the Wheat has a good

covering of‘snow. Farmers are mak-

ing use of the sledding in hauling

logs to the sawmill for custom saw-

ing. A good many sheep and cattle

are being fed this year. Horses are

high priced. Cows selling from $60@

85; hogs 8@81/2c; not much corn be-

ing sold, only on local market at.55

@600; wheat 880; oats 360; butter

260; eggs 25@27c; most of the poul-

try has been marketed.





Illinois.



Perry Co.—-Temperature has been

down to six above zero, and about six

inches of snow is on the ground,

which is fine for the wheat and grass.

The farmers are selling some horses,

mules and cattle. Hay $16; corn 75c

per bu; wheat 88c; oats 45c; chick-

ens 12c; eggs 24c; apples $1 per bu;

sweet potatoes $1.25; white potatoes,

northern, $1.20 per bu; stock pears

$1.75; coal $2 per ton; butter 200.



Marion Co.—W‘e are having cold

weather, the ground is frozen and

there is eight inches of snow. Wheat

and rye are in good condition and

well protected. Farmers of this coun-

ty do not have grain to market. Many

of them are buying corn and mill

feed, paying 70@750 for corn. Those

having silos are feeding very little

grain. Fat hogs are about all sold.

There are only a few cattle of the

butcher class on feed, selling at 5@60

per lb. A few fat horses and mules

are being marketed at fair prices.

The roads are in good shape for

sleighing.



Champaign Co.—We are having the

first real winter weather of the year

with the thermometer near the zero

point, and about six inches of snow

on the ground. Some corn is being

marketed since cold weather. There

has been 50 to 60 per cent corn mar-

keted, and about 15 per cent of the

1913 cat crop in farmers hands. There

is no wheat and rye raised here.

Hogs are nearly all sold. There is no

cholera at present. There are an un-

usually large number of farm sales.

This winter the. short crop has dis-

couraged farmers, and they are in-

clined to want to change. All stock

is selling lower than last winter.



South Dakota.



Deuel Co.—Wheat and rye are look-

ing good so far, but cannot say much

about it yet. Grain is about all hauls

ed. Farmers are commencing to clean

grain for seeding. Prices are fair.

Wheat 750; oats 30c; barley 500; corn

50c; hogs $7.50. There is about four

inches of snow, and the roads are

good but icy.



North Dakota.



Foster Co.——The weather has been

quite cold this last week, being 26 be-

low zero on the average, with very

little snow. Roads are in fine condi-

dition. At a recent meeting of the

Cattle Breeders’ Association, the mat-

ter of importing pure-bred Shorthorns

was discussed. Several loads of hogs

were shipped last week, sellingfor

$6.50@7. Cattle are nearly all ship-

ped out. Farmers are now buying

Canadian wheat for spring seeding.



Colorado.



Kit Carson Co.——The weather has

been fine for over a month, and the

snow was all gone, but today it is

’snowing and blowing terribly. The

roads have been muddy. Early sown

winter wheat and rye look good. Some

of the farmers are getting ready to

sowsweet clover. Grain nearly all

marketed. Some few have wheat or

corn on hand. Stock in good condi-

tion and bringing a good price at

sales. Eggs 15c; cream 260; corn

820; wheat 75c; hogs 80.



Nebraska.



Dawson Co.~We have had an un-

usually mild winter so far, making

conditions very favorable for live

stock. There is no snow, very little

frost in the ground, and the roads are

in fine shape. About the only mar-

keting that is taking place is hay.

Some horse buyers have been going

through the country paying fancy

prices that have a tendency to take

the best horses away.



Kansas.



Cloud Co.—Cold wave and snow

storm have just passed and the Wheat

and rye are now well covered. Much

wheat is being marketed at 78c per

bu., about the price received a year

ago. Stock looks good. Heavy steers

are higher, while cows, heifers and

cream are lower than in 1913. Cream

is 22c a pound; hay $10 per ton; corn

650 per bushel. '





 





It appears from reports that every

effort will be made by the adminis-

tration to have Congress enact a new

law providing for a rural credit sys-

tem, which will enable farmers and





others in farming districts to make.





better use of securities.





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Ulcerated Heel—Knock-kneed.—My

six-year-old mare. ran in muck pasture

last fall, frequently stood in creek and

some time later her heel broke open

and since then she has had _other

sores on body, but her heel is yet

sore. I also have a. youn colt that IS

knock-kneed in both hin legs and I

would like to know how to straighten

him. . .' G., Mayville, Mich—Dis-

solve 1-4 lbs. acetate of lead, 1-4 lbs.

of sulphate of zinc, 3 ozs. of carbolic

acid in a gallon of water and apply to

sore heels and other sores two or

three times a day. Also give her a,

tablespoonful of Fowler’s solution at

a dose in feed three times a day. Give

colt good care and plenty to eat and

he will perhaps straighten up on his

hind legs.



Bog Spavin—Indigestion.—I have a

colt eight months old that has bog

spavin on one hind leg. I also have

a cow that came fresh two months

ago, but we find it tedious to churn

cream into butter that is taken from

her milk. E. J. R., Yale, Mich.——Give

your cow a_dessertspoonful of hypo-

sulphite of soda at a dose three times

a day; change her feed and keep the

cream in a place a few degrees warm-

er than you have been keeping it, and

be sure that room is clean. Clip hair

off bog spavin and apply one part

powdered cantharides and six parts

fresh lard every ten days.



Wart on Face—My two-year-old

heifer has a wart on side of face be-

low eye that is about five inches in

diameter; she also has other warts on

neck and one on teat. Would like to

know of some remedy as she is due to

freshen in three .weeks. T. N. .,

Owosso, Mich.—Saturate the warts

with pure acetic acid or strong vine-

gar once a day and if they are inclin-

ed to bleed, apply tincture of iron.

Smearing warts thoroughly with olive

oil will sometimes remove them, but

' they are very large, they should

either be burned off with lunar caus-

tic or cut off.



Rheumatism.—I have two pigs five

months old that are lame in hind leg

and neither one of these pigs are

thriving. Have been feeding milk,

middlings, ground corn and oats. I

have also given them some salt and

wood ashes. C. E. R., Vernon, Mich.

—Mix together equal parts ground

gentian, ground ginger and powdered

nitrate of‘ potash and give each of

them a teaspoonful at a dose in feed

twice a day. If you believe they are

wormy, which it is possible they are,

give 1,12 oz. of equal parts of fluid ex-

tract spigelia, fluid extract senna 0c.

casionally to rid them of worms.



Nasal Catarrh.——Our house cat has

spells of sneezing, is well fed. but

thin. Is inclined to drool, and occa-

sionally extends tongue out of mouth.

V. L. B., Carsonville, Mich—For ev-

ery pound that your cat weighs, give

1 gr. powdered kamala, or areca nut,

every other day until he has had

three or four doses of this worm

medicine, then give three drops of

Fowler’s solution at a dose three

times a day. Clear out nostrils with

one part peroxide hydrogen and four

parts water twice a day, or apply a

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ANGUS CATTLE FOR solo





We have on 'hand several choice pure-bred Angus

bull calves which can be sold for immediate delivery.

These calves are sired by Louis of Viewpont. a Grand

Son of Lucy’s Prince. the International Grand

Champion bull for three years in succession. We

also have for sale afew choice heifers from this herd

bull. Will make a price on Louis of Viewpoint as

some of his heifers are old enough to breed. Address





GLENWOIIII FARM. Addison,Michigan.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.

Strains regresented consist of Trojan Ericas, Black-

blrds and .rides, only. Black Quality Ito, a hull of

rare individuality and merit. heads the herd.

OODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.





CLOVER“ dellikfl‘s‘m‘l Amazons:

for sale. GEO. HATHAWAY 6‘: S(§ , Ovid. Mich.

t i L j

AY RSIIIRES 33% Selig: :3? 3(1):? 39:3. for do?

description. Michigan School of the Deaf.Fl int, Mich-





lgISTEIN BULLS A'I‘ FARMERS PRICES





red by one of the best bulls of America.

LONG BEACH FARM, Augusta. Kalamazoo Co..Mich.





nearest dams have A.R.0. records that average butter.

7 days 24.35 lbs. W. B. READER. Howe l. Mich.

GUERNSEYs—Reg. Tuberculin Tested. Wlnder



more Perm. Watervliet. Mich.

J. K. BLATCHPORD. Auditoriun Tower. ChicagoJIl.





Pieter-3% Hengerveld’s Count De K01 (m A R. . dough

tore.) delivered. HOBART W. FAY. Macon. Mich





SQUARE DEAL IIOIS'I'EIN FARM





oflerszg'ou this bull call to improve your herd.

Jan.‘ , 1914 His andsire has 11 A. R. O. dau hters.

His grand dam in e 21.84 butter as a 3-yr. -old.

made 19 lbs. butter, ave. 82.47 lbs. milk. If interested

write. R. G. Brown. R 3. Fowlerville, Liv. Co.. Mich.





OLSI‘EIN FRIESIAN CATTLE BREEDERS of





high record cows. Young bulls at farmers prices.

J NES & LUTZ, Oak Grove. Michigan.





A FEW CIOICE fi$‘°§%‘lt.’“ff“£. 333‘ 3:33?

GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.





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milk producing dams. List furnished upon application.





“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





Choice bull calves from 1 to 3 mo. old. of fashion-

able breeding and from dams with official milk

and butter records for sale at reasonable prices.

MOPHEISON FARMS 60.. Howell. Mlohllln.





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llegislered Nolsleins.

A Flne Foundation Holsleln Herd For Sale





Minita Butter Boy 4th. No. 71-104. Dam. Pauline DeKol

Pride. Butter in '1 days. $.83 lbs. fat 4.22%. Sire

Minita Butter Boy. No. 28908,with11A.R.O.daughters,

he by Pontiac Butter Boy. with 57 A.B.O. daughters.

May Hartog Beauty A. R O. No. ‘21 .

Kekke Hengerveld beKol 4th. No. 178958 A. R. 0

Anna DeKol Meohthilde A. R. O. No, 157734.

Canfull Mechthilde DeKol. A. 11.0. No. 151571.

Kenilworth Duchess, A. R. O. No. .

These cows are three years-old, all with good A. R. 0.

records. from A. B. sires and out of A. . 0. dams,

and all bred to A. R. bulls. I never have oil'ered as

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

also have bulls and bull calves that will please you.





L. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio.

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JERSEYS“E.:‘." ill?" .23? £35 $11233:

Brockwater Farm. 8. l'. D. No. “L’Ann Arbor. Mich.





JEnsfvs—Two yearling bulls, well bred and well

town. We invite personal inspection.

8 & PARKER. Howell. Michigan.





APLE Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd—Tu-

berculin tested by the U. S. Bureau of Animal In-

dustry. Bull calves from cows of R. of M. test. No

Females less than 8100. Average of R. of M herd. 526 lbs.

of 85% butter in one year. Ilt IN FOX, Allegan, Mich.





I

LIIIIO Farmstead Jerseys

(Tuberculin tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-

culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cows for sale. No females for sale at

present. Satisfaction aranteed.

COLON C. LlLl'. . Coonorevillc. Mich.





-—1 yr. old. also 2 yearling heifers

For 8"“ lei“! Ill" sired by a randson of Imp.

Interested Prince. The Dams are arge healthy high

producing cows. Newman's Stock Farm.Mar1ette.Mich. R.l.





FOUR Shorthorn Bulls For Sale, roans, eight to ten





months old Also two registered cows due in

March. W. E. MOBRISH. Flushing. Michigan.





REGISTERED Shortborn Bull Rupert 2nd 336091

four were old the 25th of March. Color roan. Price

8150. J. allace Smith, R. No. 1, Watervliet. Mich.





SHORTHORN CA‘I TLE

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

SHORTHORN BULLS, 12, all ages. Best of breeding, Prices





right. Also P. G. hogs and Oxford Sheep. C. W. CRUM.

Secy.. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders Ass‘n, Kelli-ides. Mich.





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nNEn 81:08.. Almont. Michigan.

SHEEP.





l ' f. —lei and rain lambs from Champion

"“3 I’S flock of humb of Mich. Also select Bekr-

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm, Almont. Mich.

IT PAYS To BUY PURE DIED SHEEP 0F PARSONS,

"the Iheep man of the east." Oxfords, Shropshires, Ram-

bonillet.Polled Delaines. PARSONS. R. 1 Grand Ledge.l\liicli.





buys 23 hi h grade Oxford sheep and lambs.

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‘ ' ~Afewextra Sept. Boarsand Bred

Dumcsellcloms an... or m. m... .. tad...

breeding. Story Farms, Lowell, Mich. City hone 55.

BERKSHIRE For Sale—Sow Bred for April farrow-



ing and a choice lot of fall pigs either sex.



A. . PATTULLO. Deckerviile. Michigan.

0 I c —Bows bred for June far-row. We are

I I I also taking orders for spring pigs.

JOHN BEBNER & SON. Grand Ledge. Mich.





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I have started more breeders on the road to sue-

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est herd in t e U. 8. Every one an early developer,

ready for the market at six months old.



lace one hog in each community to advertise my

erd. Write for my plan,“How to Make Money from

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o. l. c’s.-I..ro.vo~oawaisr no

HAND. OTTO B. SCHULZE. One-half mile

west of Depot. Nashville. Michigan.





*

—-Bred gllts all sold,

OI II c- SWINE hava a No. of Spring

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

go my Krice on pairs and trios not akin.

. J. GORDON R. No. 2. Dorr. Mich.





o l c ——18 months and 4 months boars. Also

0 I 0 taking orders for afiring pigs. Oak View

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





0. I. (:.-—16i sow? bred folr Sprll: farrwowfil 30 fal

. urge an row . r e r

wants. anfiifivoon swoon I‘AanZeeland. Sill.





0 I G’s—Bred gilts all sold. Summer and fall boars

. I weighln 126 to 1601bs. All of right type. I pay

express. G. P. An rews, Dansville, Ingham Co.,Mich.





0 l 0 -—Extra choice bred gilts. service boars and

. I . 3 “Hill; 8. not akin. From State Fair Win-

ners. AVO DA TOOK FARM. Wayne, Michigan.





heater Whites~Fall pigs. either sex. orders taken

J for spring pigs. rite your wants. Price & unl

ity right. Meadow View Stock Farm. Holland, Illioh





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I -— . Bred Guts—Orders taken for,

”I’d", “I'll” "Ell: igs and Collie ups. Holstein

Bulls at Bargains. FA L. PARHAM. ronson. Mich.





o I c, All sold. Would be leasedtobook‘

I I 8 your order for s rng ins, ;

c. J. THOMPSON. Rockford: Mic 1m.





0. l. C. GlLTS’E’i‘éfii’d’éS $133523





CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, Monroe. Mich.





ounces—Spring pigs all sold. Fall flgs, either

sex. Prices reasonable. 5.0. S ‘AHLMAN

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





ounoc JERSEYS‘fgltdpifl’pé’lill‘l‘gaifi‘l till?

F. J. DRODT. Monroe. Michigan, Route No. 1.





Fancy bred Duroc Jerseys—Boers «it Gilte of spring «it

summer farrow. Good individuals at reasonable

prices. John McNicoll. Station A. B4. Bay City. Mich.





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prices. E. ii. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan.





Durocs~—2"i large high classy sows. bred for March .l'c

April to Barney Crimson, Cherry Advance & Oakland

Fancy. Write or come & see. .I. C. Barncyfloldwntordllioh.





UROC JERSEYS—1 Yearling lloar For 8an





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.





DUROCS—Two extra Apl. gilts for Apl. furrow,

850 each; May gilts for Apl.. $30; Apl.

gilts for Apl., $35: of the best breedin and quality.





bred to the son of the Jr. Chain ion nternationa

(All immuned.) H. C. KEESLE , Cassopolis. Mich.





—Spring boar s from prize-Win-

”Effie-Jerseys ninfi strains. Sows all ages

Breakwater Farm. R. F. . No. 7. Ann Arbor,Mioh.





L‘REE TYPEP c—Largest in Mich. Bred gilts

I I all sold. Afew good fall pigs

left. Watch this space for something large and

good. they please where ever they go.

W. E. .IVINGSTON. I’arma, Michigan.





POLAND CHINAsuio'osssdgi‘;





farmers prices. ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Mich.





PGLAND ClllNAS‘éBgé‘. Effit‘l’ieénillfifi‘?





Prices right. W. J. HAGELSHAW. Augusta, Mifloh.





OLAND CHINA SWINE. Shorthorn cattle, Oxford

sheep and B. P. Rocks. High grade Holsteins

and Guernsey calves. Robert Neve, Pierson.Michigan_





—— . l .

PlIUND CHIHIS Efifllnflili‘" lid Prslgé-éergifg

o. W. BOLTON. B. NO. 11. finiamazoo. men.





Poland China Boar; Sow: Bred, Ill ollho Big Typo.





A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. Michigan.





LARGE 1' P c—Measurements of one of my top

I . . gilts. root of ear to root of tail,5~i in.,

heart girth 57%. loin 59%. bone small art hind l

7% in. Weight close 350 lbs. Can spare i A Wonder.

weight close 300 lbs. H. O. Swartz. Bchco oraft,Mich.





' UTLER‘BBig Boned Prolific Poland Chinas. Grow

big keeajeasy. mature early. ready for market at



6 months. by? Because we've bred them that way

for more than 20 years. We have 25 big boned boars

ready for service. Buy one and make more money on

{)our hogs. You can't get an better at any price.

.0. History Free. J. C. BUT ER. Portland, Mich.





' Fall Pigs and Minorca

Palalld chllla chd sows cockerels, Satisfaction

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





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Po‘and China Boat Earl»?! oPrice:

resonable, J. A. GOKEE. R. 4. Owosso. Mich.





30 Poland China Fall Pigs—Good ones from immune



sows 810 and 315 each. while they last. Bred sow

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

buy Big Types with Quality. Wm. Wallis, GoldwaterJlieh.





350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT EGGS—America's

Champion Herd. Pro] iflc hardy. Best for Mich.



Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP,Box lid.Wi liamsport. Ohio

lite and boar





Bred sows. bred

MUIO Foo. pigs, not related. or sale. Satim

faction guaranteed. 0. C. KREGLOW. Ada. Ohio.





ARGE YORKSHIRES—Fall pigs, both sexes. pairs





not skip. Yearling sows bred for arch furrow.

GEO. L. MoMULLEN. Grand Ledge. Mich.





Yorkshires All Sol ‘“”" 1......





some later.

MEADOWLAND FARM

Waterman & Waterman. Ann Arbor, Mich.





YORKSHIRES





The large. long-bodied. heavy-boned rolific kind.



Bows and gilts bred for spring fan-cw. head of Sep-



tember.October and November pigs. Prices reasonable.

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





LillieFarmsteadlolkshiros





Spring gilts splendid ones. Fall pigs. either sex.





Gilts bred for H rin fax-row.

COLON C. LIELIB Coopersville. Michigan





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I make this free offer so

every man and boy

can try my Steels at"

home without

any risk or

obligation.





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“Steels” make instant friends.

Easy on—Easy Off—Easy on Feet and

Purse. Never Warp or Crack.





 





“Steels” insure a dry: sure footing for

all outdoor workers, who cannot

“pick their steps.”





 





 





 





Over a Million workers know that my

“steels” are, without question, the best foot-

wear in the world for the outdoor man—

the Farmer; the Dairy, Stock or Creamery

man; the Fruit or Vegetable grower -— for

every man who “hits the grit” or tramps the

furrow -—for every man or boy who can’t

pick his steps —— for mud, slush, rain and

slop; sand, gravel or rocks; snow or ice--

for barnyard, stable, field, road, forest' or

cement floors — for any climate and under

all conditions.





Let Me Prove This





May I prove to you that my “steels” are

NECESSARY to you, in your work? May





. I send a pair of my “steels”——- your size—





for you to SEE and TRY, at my risk, without

any obligation on your part to keep or use them?



There are a great many things about my

“steels” that make them better for you than

any other workshoe or any rubber boot you

ever wore. And, the sooner you find out

these good points about my “steels” the

better it will be for you — for your WORK,





» your COMFORT, your HEALTH and your





OCKET-BOOK.

My “steels” are LIGHTER than any





\ " other workshoe, because one piece of thin,





tough, springy steel' weighs less than the

several layers that compose the soles of

ordinary workshoes.



My “Steels” are more COMFORTABLE

than any other workshoe, because they fit

the foot—first, last and all the time—

relieving and preventing corns, bunions, cal-

louses, chillblains, flat-foot or broken down

arch. The Sole of Steel is a natural support





to the foot and the balance of the shoe.’





“Steels” never twist, warp, harden, soak, or

get out of shape like leather shoes. ~





Cost Less Than Leather





My “Steels” are more ECONOMICAL

than any other workshoe, because their

first cost is less and they wear years, instead

of months. One pair of “steels” will outwear

three to six pairs of all-leather workshoes.



My “Steels” are more SATISFACTORY

than any other outdoor shoe, because they

furnish a sure footing and give a light,

springy step that you can’t get with clumsy,





‘ twisted, thickisoled leather workshoes.





My “Steels” are better PROTECTION

than any other workshoe, because they are





An Absolute Necessity

to Every Outdoor Worker Free





Why I Make This FREE OFFER ‘ I‘M ”3.121%”.





 





absolutely WATERPROOF. They never

get soaked through and “water-logged”

like leather soled shoes and they don’t crack

or burst apart to let in the wet and damp-

ness. The wearer of my “steels” is pro-

tected against colds, pneumonia, grippe,‘

rheumatism, lumbago, sciatica and other





“wet-foot” troubles. My “steels” often save ‘





their cost inldrug and doctor bills alone.



My “steels” have proven these statements

to every man and boy who has tried my

“steels.” They will prove out in your work

if you will only SEE them and TRY them

That’s why I offer 'to send you my “steels”

for FREE TEN -DAY TRY-ON.



My “steels” come in exactly the same

sizes as ordinary workshoes, and in various

heights. For men, sizes 5 to 12; 6, 9, 12 or

16 inches high. For boys, sizes 1 to 4; 6 or

9 inches high. TRY a pair — your size.





You Take No Risk





I’m not asking you to BUY -- I’m asking

you to TRY — just try on a pair of my

“steels,” at home. Just SEE a pair of my

“steels” before you think of buying any

workshoes. Try them at My Risk. Then,

use your own judgment about keeping them.

If they don’t suit you or fit you, I will ex-

change them without extra cost. If they are





a not NECESSARY in your work — return





them—and the trial has cost you nothing.



My “steels” are shipped direct to you,

from my Racine Factory which has a daily

capacity of 5000 pairs. No waits—mo risk

—no delays —— no obligation—no trouble

to get my “steels.”





Accept This Offer Today





I don’t see how you can refuse this really

generous offer. I don’t see how any worker

who has any consideration for his feet, his

health or his purse, can refuse such a plain,

open, honest, straightforward, no-risk-to-

him offer as I have made you. ,



There’s no good reason why you should

hesitate or wait a minute before writing me

or mailing the coupon. You cannot lose a

cent, any way you figure it ~—- and you will

find out all about the “World’s Greatest

Workshoe” and learn how to Keep your

Feet in Good Condition. -



You stand in your own light if you don’t

send a postal or the coupon today.





This Book Let me send this book to



you by mail,postpaid. Read

it and learn more of this

great shoe with the sole of

steel—the shoe with the

light, springy, airy step"—





 

 

   





shape—nevera run-down

heel, broken arch, warped

sole, worn toe, twisted up-

rs, or cracks or leaks. Be-

ore you think ofbuyin a

'“Hl” ‘ pair of work-shoes, get. t. is

‘ real; book of shoe facts and

earn about. this wonderful. foot.

saving sole of seamless steel.

Do not. think of turning this

page until you have sent. for

this free book.





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,They keep the worker's feet dry and

comfortable—always.





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to please you and do not consider

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N. M. RUTHSTEIN, The Steel Shoe Man,

Dept. 224 ,Racine, Wis.

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of_Steel" and full particulars of your Free Ten~Day Try-On Offer,

Without cost, risk or obligation to me.





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