The Only. weekly Agricultural, Horticultural and Live Stoek Journal in the State.





VOL. CXXXIII. No. 1.

Whole Number 3458.





FARM NOTES.





Harvesting the Hay Crop.



The unfavorable weather for getting in

the spring crops and for the early culti—

vation.bf corn has bunched the farm

work to an extent which will make it

necessary to make every move count

until after the harvest season. Fortu—

nately the hay crop is a little later than

common this year in most sections, which

fact has given a little time to get caught

up with the other work before-it was

necessary to begin the haying in 'earnesn

In a good many sections of the country

there is much less clover to cut than

usual, and while this is to be regretted

for many reasons, yet it has delayed the

haying season for a few days longer,

which has been something of an advan—

tage. Before this issue reaches the

reader, much of the clover will have.

passed the best stage. for the making of

good hay, but probably very little of it

will have been cut. But the 'gene‘ally

fine weather which prevailed during the

latter-part of June has fortunately given

an opportunity to get the. other work well

in hand, so that the haying can be rapidly

pushed to a close. Too many farmers

are inclined to let the grass stand too

long~before cutting in order to do other

wgpk, find prams also because it takes

less 'time to cure the crop if it is allowed

to get pretty well matured before cut-

ting. This is a mistake which is costly

when measured by the

lessened value of the h x."

for feeding purposes, as

'well as its poorer market

quality if it is to be sold.

It is also a loss in the.

lessened vigor of the

aftermath, and where the

season is dry as it: was

last year the late cut

meadows will not make

much of a start until thI;

fall 'ains come, and the

fields lie sore and brown

when they should haVe a

covering of grass to pro

tcct thcm. ’i‘hc cft'ccts

of this condition ‘an thcn

in tho lightcr

following )‘T‘lll.

rotation is so

that the same



utilized





for

two years





 





be sccn

crop the

when the

arranged

iiclds are

mcat'lows

succession.



In a season when the

weather is likcly to 1,.

catchy it is quite a gen-

practice among

at the haying

area

and





in





oral

farmers to go

fully, cutting a small

until the hay is made,

to draw before cutting more, kccping up

this continuous process until the job is

Pt'lll'lDleted. This plan has its z'ulvantagcs,

but in a season like the present one.

when it is essential to get the work along

as rapidly as possible, these advantages

are more than counterbalanced by the.

disad'antages of the plan. The writci

remembers one season when *atchy

weather prevailed thruout the haying sea—

son, in which he startcd in on this plan,

with the result that he had some hay

making all the time, quite a proportion

01" which was necessarily damaged by the

frequent rains, besides adding to the work

by making it necessary to shake it out

and handle it over to get it in shape to

draw again. The same season a neighbor

with about'the same acreage started out

by'cutting down a ten acre field just

after a heavy rain. The good weather

lasted just long enough to enable him

to get this hay in the barn, when along

came another soaking rain. While we

were fussing with out batch of hay he





a little care~

and waitingr

nearly ready





DETROIT. MICE. SATURDAY. JULY 3. 1909.





out another field and just got this in

when another rain came, Still again was

the operation completed, and by good

fortune and good sense this neighbor got

his entire crop in in good condition in

much less time and with much less labor





'than we put in in harvesting a like area.





By using good judgment and consulting

the ”weather man” occasionally, 'we be-

lieve that in a season when the work

is crowding, and when the haying cannot

be commenced as soon as it really should

be, this plan of cutting a good acreage

is the best one. Of course, if one gets

started at the wrong time he is likely to

have considc'ablc hay damaged when the

work is ’planncd this V'aypbut there is

the possibility of escaping this trouble

against the certainty of having some

damaged where the haying is done. on the

peaccmcal plan if there is any catchy

weather during the haying season. Now

that farmers’ telephones are so common

the daily weather reports can be used

to much gr xatcr advantage by farmers

duringthe haying season than would

otherwise be possible. On the rural line

which reaches the writer‘s farm ‘hc

daily weather report is repeated at "t

certain hour each day by the operator at

“central,” so that the. weather service

reaches everybody promptly and can be

utilized to the best possible advantage.

Of course, the weather forecasts are not

infallible, and hard showers may occur

when the predictions are for fair weather,





M. «on... ‘-M. an. m. 4&2'64‘ 0A..





ripen very rapidly, and shell very badly

in harvesting if not cut at just the. right

time. Then the straw is much more val-

uable if cut when it should be, and get.-

e‘ally the berry of the grain is a little

plumper if it is not allowed to stand too

long before cutting. Hence the necessity

of keeping a close watch'of the hay and

grain fields and getting at this work as

nearly as possible when it should be done

and pushing it to conclusion in a vigorous

manner.

How Utilize the Cats and Peas.



I have a very fine stand of oats and

peas, sccd mixed equal parts by measure.

\Vhich is the best way for me to handle

this crop; let, it ripen and save the seed

for feed. or cut and save for hay? My

hay crop will be lighter than usual.



Barry t'o. (7. H. PALMATIER.



One of the characteristics of

this crop its for thc dif—

ferent purposcs mentioned. \thn cut

at just thc right stage the hay makes

cxccllcnt feed for all kinds of live stock,

particularly for cows and shccp. It

very good substitute for clover

which would be a very good argu-



l‘or harvesting it early for hay

there is a prospective shortage of

this crop. ()n the other hand, the grain

which might be secured makes a very

good feed for balancing up corn in the

making up of a ration for any kind of.

live stock, and comes in very handily in

a season of high priced feeds such as

we are passing thru at the present time.





'a I ua bl e





is adaptability





makcs a

hay,



mcnt

when





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Farm Home of William Croel, an lonia County Pioneer,





but tho of gcncral rains in

any section foretold with com-

parative accuracy, and in a general way

this service is Very valuable to the

farmer who utilich cs}n_~cially during

the. haying season.



lViichigan hay buyers are oftcn heard

to remark upon the fact that they cannot

get hay that will gradc as No, l in thr

castcrn markets, lurgcly bccausc the bulk

of the hay crop is allowed to stand too

long before. cutting. There just a:

‘g'l‘cat a loss in having a poor quality of

hay if it is fed out on the farm as tho it

were marketed, if not greater. The

writer took some hay in paymcnt of :l

debt this spring that illustrated this point

so thoroly that he could not forbcar cm-

phasizing the fact in these columns. The

price agreed upon was about two-thirds

the 'price. of prime hay, but: as a matter

of fact the hay was not worth half

much as tho it had been cut at a season—

able time, and properly cured. '



What will apply to haying in this re-

spect will apply to harvesting with equal

force. Some of the varieties of wheat

which are comm-only grown in this state





probability





can be





it,





is





its





it tho

insurc a





has boon sown to





crop of





sl-I‘tl too thickly

lllc lllost

prolitablc Would be sccurcd by cut-

ting for hay, and if sown thinly to

makc a good tonnage of hay it: would bl.

better to lct tho maturc for

but if a medium which

promise wcll for cithcr purpose,

the disposition of thc might best

l)(' tlct‘idctl in tho light local 001‘—

ditions, as“ the advantagcs of the hay

which is comparativcly rich in protcfn

or the grain which will find a profitable

use in balancing up of a carbonaceous

ration may sccm thc more to bc

The Potato Crop.



to rcports rcccivi-d





gtnnl grain

crop

too

crop gut in,

somlillg‘ \\‘o‘ll'l

cqually

crop



of the





(it sircd.





According from

many scctions of the state the acrcagc of

potatocs pluntcd this year will be

normal. The crop has, however,

planted later than usual on account of

the backward season and the delay in

getting the othcr farm work out of the

way. Planting was finishcd on the writ—

er’s farm on June 25!, which is fully a

week later than we had intended to plant.

From observations made over a consider—

able portion of the eastern section of the





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liccll





'velopment of





75 CENTS A YEAR

“.50 THREE YEARS





state it would appear that the bulk of

the crop has been planted during the last

ten days of June. With this late start

it will be the more necessaryto give the

crop the best of care in order to secure

a profitable yield. Fortunately soil con-

ditions are favorable for the rapid de—

the crop, there being an

abundance of moisture in the soil. An

occasional harrowing before the plants ap-

pcar above. the ground and timely cultiva-

tions afterward will conservc this moistme

and insure good conditions for the rapid

growth of the vincs and carly develop-

ment of thc tubers. Probably the bugs

will not be as troublesome as they WOlll(t

have bccn if the bulk'of the crop had

been planted earlier, and for this reason

the spraying for the prevention of blight

may be neglected, cvcn by those growers

who have made a practice of spraying.

This is particularly apt to thc ‘ase,

since the. blight has not been very pre—

valcnt in recent ycars, and the'large

percentage of farmers who do‘not spray

have secured as good crops as those who

have donc this additional work. But the

case may be different this year. \Ve shall

spray as usual, and believe that it will

pay every grower who plants a consider-

able'acreage to do the same. The evi-

dence from our experiment stations all

points toward a profit from spraying,

even when the, blight is not very pre-

vulcnt, and we cannot afford to disrlgard

that cvidcncc because those who have

not sprayed in rcccnr

yours have had good

crops. It may be differ»

cnt this year, and the

only safety lies in adopt—

insr prcvcntivc



This of spraying

the conics at a.

tinn- w‘hcn there is little

pl'cssillg' work to inter-

fcrc with its being done

as rcquircd by the

wcuthcr conditions and

the condition of the crop.

Also, the cxpcnsc is not

grout, aftcr the cquip-

mcnt is sccurcd. and we

are contidcnt that more

growers who plant a con-

sidcrublc acreage of po—

tatoos as a ‘ash crop

would find it profitable

in thc long run to sprav

thcir potatocs for he

of blight as reg-

and faithfully as

up—to-datc orchardists

spiny for the prevention

o t' t‘ungous discascs

tln-ir 'l‘hc insect.

pcsts can bc combatcd at the samc time,

as in thc otln-r casc, and thc incomc fronl

thc madc certain. All

occasional good crop in a scason of short-

cnuscd by :1 lack of protection in

will, wc confidently bc—

testimony of authentic

which such protection has.

been provcn to be effective, prove an

ample reward for the trouble and ex-

pcnsc involved.





lit‘





Incasurt S.

work

poizllocs





\'cntion

Hlul‘ly





which attack fruit.





crop thus bc more

:lgw

unspraycd Iiclds

from the

cxi'wrinlcnts in





llcvc





WATERPROOFING CONCRETE.





The principal cause of porosity in own

crctc is the lack of density in the ma-

tcrial used, the result of using a too lean

mixture or by failing to properly tamp

thc mortar as it is placed. (‘oncrete that

is to withstand water should be of a rich

mixture, at the least onc part of Port—

land cement to four parts of pit run

gravel and be thoroly tamped so that the

work is as dcnsc as it is possible to

make it, thus precluding the possibility

of pores.



The methods of remedying porous con-
‘ 2 rear -



crete are varied and with the drawback

that to be. infallible the remedy must be

chosen by the age and condition of the

concrete to be waterproofed. ‘



One of the most easy methods and one

that in a great variety of cases secures

the right results, is to paint the walls

with a mixture of clear Portland cement

mixed [with water to the consistency of

thick cream; apply to the wall with a

stiff brush and use from three to four

coats, allowing each one to dry before

applying the next——-have the wall perfectly

clean before using this mixture so that

it will fill all pores and bond with the

wall perfectly.



This method has secured excellent

results and where the wall is not too

porous will remedy the defect.



The best concrete authorities advocate

the use of the wax method of water-

proofing, which is best applied in almost

the pure state, adding but little oils to

same.



The wall should first be prepared with

the clear Portland cement paint as just

described, using two coats so that the

wall is perfectly. smooths then melt the

parafine wax and add to same about one-

half its volume of kerosene oil. This

mixture must be applied hot, painting

rapidly over the wall as much as it Will

absorb without showing on the surface

too much. The action of this mixture is

to penetrate into the concrete closing all

the minute pores thus making the con-

crete impervious to the action of water

or moisture.



The parafine is so absorbed by the con-

crete that it shows but Slightly in the

water and in the case of a cistern is of

no material damage,



The cost of waterproofing by this

method varies from four to seven cents

per square foot, depending upon the qual-

ity of the wax used, and while the cost

is greater than other methods yet for

all classes and condition of wall it is the

most sure to give satisfaction.



Wayne Co. A. A. HOUGHTON.





PURE AIR INTAKES .N CEMENT

BLOCK BASEMENT.





 





I am bull ing a, cement block basement

barn‘ this .‘umme‘r. The blocks are hol-

low, and I wish to install the King system

of ventilation. Will you tell me how this

may be done. in that kind of wall? .Also,

do you think corn planted at this time

will do to make silage with?



Huron C0. TV. N. '1‘.



You understand that the philosophy of

the King system of ventilal’on is to take

in pure air from outside near the ceiling

of the stable and to draw the impure air

out of the stable from an opening near

the floor. Consequently, you have to have

pure air intakes that allow the air to

enter them near the ground on the out-

side and these intakes extend up on the

outside of the wall, or in the wall, up to

the top, or near the top of it, and then

open on the inside. This doesn't allow the

warm air on the inside to pass out be-

cause it would have to pass down a col-

umn of cold air, and being lighter than

cold air, it cannot pass out. Then you

have to have a ventilating shaft which is

simply a box, or chimney, located at some

convenient place in the stable and extend-

ing up thru the storage part of the barn

and out the roof. The higher above the

roof the better, as the higher the chimney

the better it will draw. This ventilating

shaft is open about a foot from the floor.

The rest of it is boarded up, double

boarded with larrcd paper between to

make it air tight,



Now, to get your pure air intakes in

your hollow cement blocks, you will have

to lay the blocks so that the hollows are

directly over each other where you want

the pure, air intakes. Then this will form

a little chimney in the wall. By cutting

a hole on the outside into this chimney

near the ground, say a foot above the

ground, then cutting a hole into this

chimney on the inside up next to the ceil-

ing of your stable, you will have the de-

sired passage. You want a number of

these little chimneys or pure air intakes

on all four sides of your barn and they

should not be very large. 11‘ too large

they cause drafts and there should be

enough of them so that when the wind

blows fiercely from one side, you can

close them on that side, of the barn and

still have enough of them on the other

sides of the barn to furnish a good sup-

ply of pure air.



Late Planted Corn for the Silo.

Most people plant their corn for the



silo, the last field that they plant, be-

cause their ensilage corn does not have

to get dead ripe before it should be put

into the silo. It ought to be just mature.

It ought to be glazed and the ears





. THE _ Mame“, FARMER.





ought to be commenced to be dented.

When it is in this condition it is just

right to put into the silo, and should it'

not get as mature as this it would stilt

make splendid feed. ,The man who has

the silo in which to put a late field of corn,

even corn‘that did not get ripe but be-

comes frost bitten, can save the corn and

make it very valuable food. It is not

quite as good as when properly matured

but if it is only in the milk it is well

worth saving and a silo, if you have corn

in this condition, would pay its cost in

one year by saving a field of- corn. It has

been a very backward spring. Up to the

middle of June corn that was planted

early has made very little growth and

corn planted after the middle of June up

to the first of July will probably mature

sufficiently for ensilage. Of course, this

will depend largely upon the fall. The

year I built my '10 was a very wet year.

We were unable to get the last field or

corn in until the 12th of July; think of it.

Now, while this corn did not get ripe,

it got well into .the milk'stage before

frost came, and we cut it up at once and

put it into the silo. This was our first

experience with ensilage and we thot it

was the nicest feed we ever fed. The

cows did well on it, and I am positive that

I saved the cost of my silo on this 12

acres of corn, altho I would have pre-

ferred to have had the frost held off a

little while longer and had the corn get

so that it was glazed and the earlier ears

dented. You don’t want the corn dead

ripe. You might be interested inknowing

that up to this date, June 26th, I haven't

planted all my ensilage corn yet. “'6

have had an exceedingly large amount

of extra work to do and the season has

been very, very wet. Excessive rains

have kept us off our ground two or three

weeks at a time, but I shall continue to

plant the corn up to the middle of July,

if it is necessary to hold off that long.

COLON C. LILLIE.





INTENSIVE FARMING.





 





In view of the recent trend of the wheat

market, it would seem that the farmers

of Michigan. and for that matter of the

United States, would be in a receptive

mood for doing any kind of farming that

would in any way increase the yield per

acre of this great cereal, which goes to

make up the best flour of the world

\Vhen we say wheat, “we mean all kinds

that produce the staff of life," for it

makes no difference what section of the

United States a farmer is located in. he

\should be interested in growing the

staple article, in any way that will give

him a larger yield per acre. and thereby

a larger profit considering the number of

acres devoted to this special crop.



But do the farmers of this country make

wheat a special crop? I think I am safe

in answering that as a general proposi-

tion they do not. There may be a few,

and in the semi-arid regions of the west

they perhaps come as near growing it in

a special way as anywhere that I know

of. but even there, as I understand it,

they pay more attention to the conserv-

ing of moisture than to any other special

feature of wheat growing, but by this

method alone they far surpass us, both

in quality and quantity of grain raised

if 'the reports sent out of this marvelous

method are to be believed.



Now, why should the farmer of this

region surpass us in the growing of

wheat? No doubt he has some advan-

tages which we have not, but we have

one surely if we took advantage of it

that he has not, (that is in no such gen-

erous measure), and that one is an

abundance of moisture, if we took the

pains to conseer il. “'0 hear many of

our farmers complainng that they do not

have land enough to work to keep them

busy, when the truth of_the matter is,

if they would devote more of their time

to the crops that they do put in, they

would find out that it would perhaps

take some additional help to keep their

work up to the high standard of excel-

lence which many of them would hold as

their ideal once they got into that habit



The average! farmer of today could,

with profit to himself, and also that

of his neighbor, do more work upon his

farm even with his present method of

conducting his farming operations, than

he is in the habit of doing, for he could

keep the foul and noxious weeds out of

his fence corners, along his roadsides.

and even out of his growing crops if he

but would, but I am convinced that the

most of them believe, as one man told

me a few years ago. “that he could get

along with them as long as he lived. and





he did not care what became of them

afterward. ‘ '



In a recent issue of the Michigan

Farmer we havs a. warning from Dr. Beal

of the Michigan Agricultural College.

as to what we might expect in the course

of the next ten years if the farmers of

this country do not pay more» attention

to the eradication of foul stuff from their

lands, and I do not believe the Doctor

has overdrawn the picture. It does not

do any good for one farmer in a com-

munity to keep his own farm clean, ‘as

I could convince you by telling you a

little story of my own experience. HOW-

ever, there must be united effort to con-

trol a thing, and that very likely will

never be done until the laws are so made

and enforced that every farmer will fear

the outcome of neglecting the foul stuff

growing on his land, and when that time

does come, as I feel sure in my own mind

that it will, we will then see more intcn~

sive farming done and perhaps see more

successful small farms than there are at

the present time.





Montcalm Co. J. H. HANKS.





 





MIXING ALFALFA WITH CLOVER

SEED.





 





Would like your opinion of adding two

quarts of alfalfa seed to June clover seed

in seeding a field of buckwheat to clover.

Soil is sandy loam, and was in corn last

year. The object in adding the alfalfa

seed is to inoculate the soil so that two

years’ later I can put field to corn and

afterward seed to alfalfa. Would also

like to know the surest and best alfalfa

seed to sow, western or eastern?



Branch Co. H. L. V.



All of the leading growers of alfalfa

now recommend that where red clover is

sown and one wishes in the future to

grow alfalfa, 'that a small per cent of

alfalfa seed be mixed with the clover

seed, on purpose to inoculate the soil

with the bacteria which live upon the

alfalfa roots. The idea is that in a feW

years the soil will become thoroly inocu—

lated so that you will have no trouble in

getting a stand of alfalfa. For your in-

formation you might be interested to

know that I mixed alfalfa seed with my

clover seed in seeding my wheat. field

this spring. I will be glad to tell you

later on what the results are.



COLON C. LILLIE.





THE BEST MORTAR FOR PLASTER-

ING SILO.





 





The large number of farmers who are

building lath and plastered silos have no

doubt experienced some difficulty in mix-

ing a cement mortar that would adhere

easily to the lath.



A. lime cement mortar would solve this

problem as it has greater sticking prop-

erties and makes a mortar that is easily

spread from trowel and capable of a neat

finish.



This may be made for this use by mixv

ing one pail of sack lime with two pails

of Portland cement and this mixed with

four or six ‘pails of fine sand, depending

on the richness you wish the mortar.

As the quantity of lime and cement used

will carry twice its volume of sand and

yet spread nicely, the mortar will cost

less to be so mixed.



This makes a waterproof wall and one

that can be troweled down very smooth

and for plastering outside and inside on

a lathed silo would be ideal for the ama-

teur plasterer.



W'ayne Co. A. A. HOUGHTON.





HARRYING THE WICKED SEEDSMEN.





 





The crop reporter of the department of

agriculture publishes, as provided by law,

a long list of seed dealers selling adult-

crated seeds. Summarizing the adulterat-

ed seed proposition and the effect of the

publicity given the subject by the depart--

ment, Doctor Galloway, chief of the hu-

reau of plant industry, says:



“It is encouraging to note the falling

off in the trade of adulterated seeds since

the line of work reported upon by He

department of agriculture, was Iii-gill].

The importation of yellow trefoil seed and

its subsequent use as an adulterant of red

clover and alfalfa seed has practically

ceased, 214.000 pounds being imported in

the three fiscal years 1905—1907, and only

10,000 pounds in the fiscal year 1908.



"Only one-half as many lots of orchard

grass seed were found to be adulterated

in 1908 as were found in 1905, when the

last collection of orchard grass seed was

made.



“In 1908 only 39 samples of Kentucky

bluegrass seed were found to be adulter-

ated or misbranded, as contrasted with

110 samples in 1907.



“The department will examine and re-





JULYH3,1‘00@. . ,





port promptly as to the-presence of adul-



tera‘nts and dodder in any samples'of seed



submitted for that purpose.” ' ';

Washington, D. C. , 1' G. E. M.





We should not forget the dragging of

the potatoes soon after they are planted.

especially if a- hard rain has formed a

crust , since planting time. It enables

one to get the start of the weeds. “Get

there“ first,” should be our motto. Cross‘

ing the first and second cultivations with

a 'weeder when soil and moisture is right

will keep the weeds from getting started

in the hills. 'The same thoro work should

be done in the potato field as in the corn

field. If the weeds are kept in subjection

from the start they Will not be taking the

moisture needed by the~crop later in the

season, or bother at digging time.





 





FREE DEAFNESS CURE.-



A remarkable offer by one of the lead-

ing ear specialists in this country, who will

send two months’ medicine free to prove

his ability to cure Deafness, Head Noises

and Catarrh. Address Dr. G. M. Brana-

man, 102 East 12th St., Kansas City, Mo.





 





Two Valuable Hay Presses.



If you are in the market for a hay

press, it is a good idea to get in touch

with the Sandwich Mfg. Co., Sandwich.

Ill. They will fitiyou out with a belt

power presg which bales hay at the rate

of two to four tons an hour. Or if you

want a horse power press they will fur-





nish you a self-feed full circle preSS which .





is one of the best things in hay press

line ever manufactured. There are sev-

eral points about this horse press which

make hay balers prefer it to other pres-

ses. One is that it is always ready for

business. It is mounted so substantially

that it does its work on the truck wheels.

You do not have to dig holes and sink

the wheels. Another point is that it

is so well adapted to bank barn

work. Another point is its conven-

ient operating and its easy capacity of

12 to 18 tons a day. No man with a

small operating force makes a mistake

who buys this presg to do his own work

or that of himself and neighbors. The

belt power press, of course, is the money





maker. It is just such a press as meets

the requirements of the big contract

baler. Both these presses are described





in the Sandwich Company’s catalog; “’3

advise readers not to buy any press until

they send for it. It is free. When it





comes we believe you will find just the'





kind of press you are looking for de-

scribed in it. ~ . »





The Cost ofwPaint. ’* ”1





Many people judge the cost of' paint"





by the price per gallon or per pound.

This is the wrong way to judge it. ac-

cording to the Carter White Lead Com-

pany, of Chicago. It is’ declared to be

unfair to the paint. It is pointed out

that the cost should be gauged by the

surface covered and the number of years

of wear the paint gives. The appearance

of the job after painting should also be

considered The colors should be brilliant

and true to their name—not muddy hues

“If a paint excels in all these points,”

says Mr. J. 0. Carter, of the Carter

\Vhite Lead Company, “even if its first

cost is slightly larger than others, it is

unquestionably the most economical paint

you can buy. We make the claim for

Carter Strictly Pure. “’hite Lead that it

will not crack, scale or check. It forms

a durable, elastic film which contracts

and expands with the surface it protects.

and only years of wear can remove it. it

is also so absolutely white that strong,

brilliant tints—true and durable colors—

are assured. Another thing, it is fine

and even in grain, which makes it spread

further.”

Big Apple Crop in Sight.



From all indications the apple crop

this year will be a bumper, and farmers

already are planning to take core of the

yield. On account of the great demand

for cider, many fruit men will soon begin

getting busy buying new machinery for

that purpose. The name of The Hydraulic

Press Manufacturing Company, of Mt

Gilead, Ohio, has been associated with

cider-making machinery for so long, and

their presses are giving such universa

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recommend them to our readers who are

th‘nking of buying machinery for cider

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cookers, vinegar generators, and every-

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Farmer’s Use.



The modern farmer is progressive. The

progressive farmer wears President Sus-

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action of the cord at the back leaves his

shoulders and back quite unhampered.

\Vith President Suspenders he can do

far more work with the same effort than

lrc_formerly could with the old fashioned

rigid—back suspenders that tired him out

because they were forever tugging on his

shoulders every time he stooped. reached

or bent over. The makers say they have

yet to learn of a farmer who ever tried

President Suspenders and went back to

the other kind. President Suspenders

come in all lengths and weights- Light.

medium and heavy. ' Youth’s, regular

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IMPROVING THE BONES IN OUR

HOGS.



On several occasions at farmers’ meet-

ings where the raising of hogs came up

for discussion, the matter of size of our

hogs in comparison with those of a few





generations past, has been brot up and'

severely criticised. The remark is gen-





erally made that the hogs of fifty years

ago had stronger bones. and when ma~

tured, were larger than the hogs of the

present time. Very few of the old time

hogs went down on their feet.



These critics are right in regard to the

size and quality of the-bones of the hogs

that were raised when the country was

new, but they forget that we produce as

many pounds in weight on our pigs of

six to eight months of age, as the old

timers did in a year and a half; and

farther, the pork produced on our young

hogs is made cheaper by .nearly half, than

that on the hogs of war times, which

are almost always cited as bringing good

prices.



There are reasons that can be readily

given that will explain why hogs raised

under the old plan had large and strong

bones. They were grown slowly and in-

stead of being crowded along with rich

feeds were allowed the run of the barn-

yards in the winter, and the pasture in

the summer. Those old hogs chewed on

many things that we consider worthless,

such as rotten wood, charcoal and ashes

that could be had" around the partially

burned stumps and log heaps. They

rooted in the loose soil and chewed sotr

stones, and no doubt secured a consid-

erable amount of what we now call min-

cral matter that was a great aid in build-

ing up the bony system. There was the

potash which they secured from the

ashes, charcoal and rotten wood, as well

as some that came from the coarse feeds

picked up in the barnyards. They no

doubt secured some lime and phosphate

from the gravel and small stones which

they chewed. In fact, they were getting

small fragments from the “graveyards

of the prehistoric past,” and gathering

from first hands, some of the primal ele-

ments of life.



In our efforts to make the conditions





under which our hogs are raised today

nearly ideal, for the promotion of the





growth of the frame work of our pigs, the

question naturally arises as to what can

be done. The surroundings have so

changed that the pigs, when left to them-

selves, are unable to secure in such quan-





tities as they require, il'lt-sc elements

that we have mentioned. How can we





supply them in order to develop SiZI‘ anl

strength of bone, to enable the pigs to

safely carry all the Weight we can get

on them in the short; period of their

lives?



In the first place, if one has supplied

a good grass pasture to begin with he

has made a proper start. The grass

itself takes up from the sod more or less

lime, and the pigs eating it get it in

small quantities. If clover is available

there is something more palatable, and

while they partake of it in large quan-

tities they secure a small amount of lime

and potash, perhaps nearly as much as

they can utilize, and it Clinics in :1 Very

cheap form. It does not Seem to require

a philosopher to explain why pork can

be made cheaply and the pigs kept in a

strong, healthy condition, when they are

running on clover pasture, and are being

fed a moderate amount of grain and some





dairy wastes.

In ihc second place, where the gras:

and clover is likely to be wanting the





man who sows a piece of rape to turn

the pigs on after it is well started, also

does well. \Yhile it is not as rich in the

nutritive elements, nor does it furnish as

much mineral matter as the clover, it

is succulent and palatable, which on-

courages the pigs to eat it, and it bulks

up the feed in the stomach, enabling

them to get more from the grain ccn-

sumcd with it than they would be able

to without it. The rape, is an excellent

feed to fill in the gap between the time

when there is plenty of other feeds in

the spring, and the time when they can

be supplied in abundance in the, fall.



In the third place, the man who

a rich p30“. of ground, on which he can

sow some peas, to commence cutting and

feeding as goon as the peas form in the

pods, has something with which he can

keep the pigs growing toward the day

when they can be sold in the market.

If one has peas to turn into and let tie





he. s





securing the lime and phosphorus,





THE ' MICHIGAN 7 FARMER;





pigs harvest the crops, he has something

the pigs will enjoy the work of gathering

and pay well in increase in weight for

the privilege. We do not think of any

other crop on which the pigs can be fat-

tened, and make the gains cheaper, than

the peas.



The question is often asked as to which

is the cheapest and easiest method of

furnishing the mineral elements which

we have mentioned, as necessary for the

growth and development of the bony sits-

tem in the summer time. One cheap

source of potash is charcoal. On most

farms there are considerable quantities

of corn cobs that are laying scattered

around and in piles that can be converted

into charcoal and be fed only as fast as

they will consume it. Dead coals from

the wood stove will serve a good purpose.

Pigs seem to like it and will chank on it

at frequent intervals. They will consume

considerable quantities of ashes,



A popular and convenient source for

is to

keep some ground phosphate rock where

the pigs can help themselves to it. I

have never used it myself, but have

seen it used in the pens of pig breeders

and they report that the pigs will con—

sume considerable quantities of it. An-





other source is purchasing and feeding

bone meal, as it will supply what is





needed in order to build up the bones to

carry the weight. On all sides it is con-

tended that the use of clover and other

summer feeds, or the use of ashes, char-

coal, ground phosphate rock or bone

meal will insure against the condition

of too fine bones, and the inability to

carry the weight of the animal on his

mission of gathering food, or in being

transported to market. The matter is

worth the serious consideration of swine

breeders and feeders.



“'hile the importance of the mineral

elements in the food is beginning to be

understood, the necessity for exercise

should not be overlooked. 'l‘hc cXcrcise

of any organ, or any part of the body, is

folowed by an increased flow of blood to

that part, and it comes to restore worn

out organic material, and to build up the

parts as well as to fortify them for in-

creased effort in the future. If the pigs

are, allowed a liberal amount of exercise

at the same time they are receiving the

well balanced feeds, the bones, muscles,

vital organs and all parts of the body can





grow and be harmoniously developed.

1f the exercise is neglected, the frame,





Work will not be developed, and the vital

energy will be wanting. “'hen seeking

to correct conditions by furnishing the

necessities on one part. let us not forget

and neglect the exercise, an essential on

the other part.



Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





GOING OUT OF SHEEP.





 





A numbtr of farmers of my acquaint-

ance who have been keeping sheep as

an adjunct to their farm live stock for

several are seriously considering

the advisabilin of disposing of their

flocks. Possibly these farmers have good

reasons for believing it prudent to set!

off their sheep but bcforc making a hasty

move in this direction there are a number

of things that are well worth careful con-

sideration. it is an undeniable fact that

every farm and owner are not alike

adapted to the kccping and management

of sllt’t‘ll. Soil conditions vary widely

and while one farm may be Well adapted

to shell) growing, another adjacent to it

may be quite unsuitcd for the purpose.

In such cases there is ample reason for

disposing of sheep where they have been

found unprofitable. However, I am fully

convinced that some farmers are consid-

cring selling off their whcrc thi'

soil is well adapted to husbandry.



The first reason I

urging farmers to





yca rs,





lint; (5‘

sheep

would advance for

kt’t'I) their llocks is

the bright prospect ahead for all kinds

of shccp products. Nt-vcr before have such

lll‘lt‘t'S been paid for a high quality of

mutton. The dcmand of the American

people, is gradually on the increase for

mutton of quality. There simply is not

enough high quality if mutton to go

around. The fact that the range product

of both w0ol and mutton is gradually on





the decline is going to force the market

to look to the farm for its supply. The.

farmer who has a good grade flock of

wool and mutton producing sheep is in—





deed, from all indications. making a ser-

ious mistake if he lets his sheep go. The

day has gone by when western grown

lambs will be. Shipped east in large num-

bers for fattening purposes. The farm

is the m'ost economic source for the pro-

duction of high quality of mutton. It is





my candid opinion that the small farmer.





will be the mutton maker in the future.

Many of the best lambs put upon the

large markets today are farm produced

and the time is not far hence when the

farmer will not only raise his own feed-

lot material but put it into a marketing

condition as well.



Michigan farms are sadly in need of

more sheep. Very little of the land in

this state is not well adapted to sheep

husbandry. Sheep can be kept profitably

upon limited areas. The farmer who has

been keeping sheep as an adjunct to his

farm live stock need not purchase more

land in order to increase his flock, but

follow more intense methods and en-

deavor to make two blades of grass grow

where but one formerly grew. Sheep

readily adapt themselves to intensive

methods of management. Range is not

so important as the amount and quality

of forage produced. \Vith our soil well

adapted to the growing of a large variety

of forage crops there is no reason why

farmers should not increase the size of

their flocks, rather than dispense of

them entirely.



\Ve need more fioeks of sheep in Mich-

igan of successive years breeding. One

of the great handicaps of the present

generation is the lack of foundation stock

upon which to begin the breeding up of





our sheep. Few flocks in this state

have been bred for more than ten to

fifteen years. \l'e ought to have hund—





reds of them and the sooner these flocks

are established the better, and the more

profit will be obtained from sheep hus-

bandry. In England we find flocks thru-





out the country that have been main-

tained upon the same farms for over a

hundred years and in some instances a

hundred and fifty years. ’l‘hruout all

these years the most careful methods

have bccn t;*ll’l1’)lt’i}'(‘(l to improve lilc

flocks and to maintain a high standard





of exec-hence. What has been accom-

plished in England is an excellent illustra-

tion of development where a man puts

his heart into his work. Surely the time

must come when the American farmer

must follow in the footsteps of his Eng—

lish brother in this respect.



The farmers of this country must get

down to business in the matter of live

stock production. The spirit of unrest

has fostered many a new industry, but

our live stock interests are sadly in new]

of the permanent establishment

maintenance of pure-bred flocks and

herds. The greatest remuneration conn-s

to the man who chooses a vocation and

then settled down with a firm and well

developed determination to hand down

to the succeeding generation a better

grade of live than he inherited.

it is a well established fact that if the

father kccps Silt‘t‘ll the son is apt to take

up the mantle when his father throws it

down and will carry on the good work

to a much higher degree of perfection.

By all means keep your flocks of sheep.

(live them more and better attention.

Select the best you can produce from

year to year for breeding stock and in

this way lay the foundation for a proiitv‘

flock of sheep that will hccolnc an

much a part of your farm as the land

lilh'.



Shiawassce Co.





and





stock





able





LEO C. REYNOLDS.



It is believed by those best informed

in such matters that fat cattle should be

lllzll‘kf‘it‘ti rather than held for any pros—

pective rise in values. T’ndcr present

conditions the, cost of holding is high,

and it seems hardly probable that there





will be a suflicicnt advance to warrant

keeping back properly matured hceves.





0n the other hand. the 1’n‘cyailing opinion

inclines strongly to the view that the

thrifty, growthy kinds that are fattening

satisfactorily should be retained and tin—

ished for the summer or autumn markets.

There are very fair supplies of cattle in

Nebraska and other southwestern states

in preparation for the future market.

and while eastern sections are doing less

feuding, thcrc will probably be sufficient

beef cattle to meet the wants of the

trade, for less beef is eaten than a year

ago. Let the cattle come. to market as

soon as their condition warrants.





SOLD OUT OF GUERNSEYS.





 





Allan Kelsey. Lakevicw. Miclr, the well

known breeder of Guernsey cattle. who

has been advertising in the Michigan

Farmer, writes as follows': “Please dis-

continue my advertisement. i am en-

tirely sold out. I am going in the Guern~

seys as fast as I can. I can then run an

advertisement all the year. I often won-

dered why large breeders did not adver-

tise in the Michigan Farmer as I was

confident it would reach people that are

not accessible otherwise."



(Breeders, there is something to think

about in what Mr. Kelsey says—Eds.)





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Advice thru this department is free to

our subscribers. Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else.





 





Inflammation of Skim—I have a 3-year-

old heifer that has some sort of a skin

trouble. The hide appears to be lifeless

and hard, seems to affect her udder and

hind legs more than any other part of

body. She has gone almost dry, this 1

think, is on account of pain. 0. H. E.,

Blanchard, Mich—Apply one part oxide,

zinc and four parts vaseline to sore parts

of skin once or twice a day. Also give

2 023. glauber salts at a dose in feed

twice a day. '



Heifers Gave Milk Too Soon—I have

two heifers that are due to culvc about

October 13, 1909. Both are a cross be—

tween Durham and Holstein and b>1h

have come to their milk. We mil-k them

once a day; is this milk fit to use and

what is causing them to give milk so

soon? . G., Eaton Rapids, Mich.—

The milk is fit for use and their coming

to milk so soon would indicate that they

were going to be large milk producers.



Barren Heifer.——I have a 2-year-old

heifer which I cannot get with call; have

bred her every three weeks since Feb—

ruary. I would like to know if anything

can be done to get her with calf? B. J.

F., Caledonia, Mich—You had better try

the yeast treatment, which is made by

putting two heaping teaspoonfuls of yeast

in a pint of boiled water. Set the solu-

tion near the stove and maintain at a

warm room temperature for about five

hours, then add three pints of boiled

water and keep it warm for another five

hours. By this time the solution will

have a milky appearance and is ready for

use. Flush the parts with warm waler

and inject the yeast. The animal should

be mated from two to eight hours later.

The yeast treatment is effective in curing

barrenncss in cattle and horses when the

disorder is due to an acid condition of

the genital tract. In cases where the

animal does not come in heat it has no

value.



Barren Heifer.——l have a Holstein heifer

two years old that was in heat a year

ago. She was mated, but did not prove

to be in calf, and has not come in heat

since. I‘Vhat can I do for her? F. Z.,

Marine City, Miclr—l have known a

forcedrservice to stimulate the generative

organs and have the desired effect of

bringing the heifer in heat. It is also

fairly good practice to open neck of

uterus. Or give 2 drs. powdered cripsi—

cum, 1 oz. powdered rosin at a dose in

feed twice a day.



Sharp Edges on Grinder Teeth.#l

would like to know what to do for a more

that slobbers at the. mouth. She has

done it about as much on dry feed as

she has since running on grass. She has

lost flesh gradually for several months.

.I. B. 11., Cedar Springs, Mich—elf you

will file off the sharp points of outside

of upper rows of grinders and inside of

lower revvs, you will perhaps remedy this

ailment. I also suggest that you put

2 drs. alum in a quart of water and wash

out mouth twice a day.



Enlargement on Lower Part of Belly.—

I have a mare that has a large bunch

situated about six inches in front of bag.

I have blistered it twice with blisters

advertised in M. F. but the hunch is still

there. “’hut Would you now advise me

to do? I“. G... Mendon, Mich—Give her

1 dr. iodide potassium and 3 drs. pow-

dcrcd sulfate iron at a dose in fccd twice

a day for twenty days. Apply equal parts

tincture iodine, spirits camphor to bunch

once a (l1l_\'.



Barb \Vire Cut.il have a colt that was

cut on barb wire last September, making

a wound on outside of quarter of fore

fool. I succeeded in healing the wound,

but the colt met wilh a similar injury a

short time ago and now he persists in

biting the sore, thereby preventing,r it

healing. He is in a healthy condition so

for as I can tell. \V. F, S., Oak Grove,

l\I:ich.—.~\1_)ply equal parts iodol’orxn, boruc

acid and charcoal lwicc a day, but ”before

n'mking these, applications pour on a little

pl~roxidc-hyclrogcn, this will clean off the

pus and save your washing the wound.

Apply a piece of oakum and a bandage

lo sore: this will prevent him biting; it

and if it continues to itch apply ] I)‘ll't

bichloride mercury and 1150 parts water.



Fistula of \Yitlicrs.——l have a yearling

coll, that our Vet. tells me has fistula of

withers. lle has burnt it out and cut it

open, it has healed all but a small spot

in the ccnlcr which discharges matter.

I have tried everything I can think of,

without success. This (Will is wcak and

trots lame. It is not swelled any. but is

very sore when touched. 1’. J. A., Monroe,

l\'licl1.—(’live :i toaspooni’ul of sulphur and

1 dr. iodide potassium at a dose in feed

night. and morning for 20 days. Inject a

small quantity of equal parts peroxide—

hydrogen and clean water to bottom of

sore twice a day; ten minutes after using

these applications apply 1 part bichloride

mercury and 250 parts water twice a day

for one week. The next week apply 1

part carbolic acid and 30 parts water;

the following week apply 1 part chloride

zinc and 300 parts water, alternating

these applications in the order that I have

mentioned until a recovery takes place.



Canine Distemper.——-I am anxious to

know what to do for a dog that has dis—

temper. [ have already ‘lost one valuable

collie. He has a heavy discharge from





THE MICHIGAN“ FARMER;





eyes, jerks at sides. has difficulty in.

breathing and is somewhat paralyzed in

hind quarters. J. S. B., Springvale, Mich.

—Canine distemper has always been a set-

ious ailment in dogs and no matter what

line of treatment is followed, quite a lot

of them will die. They should be fed what-

ever food they crave. The bowels should

be kept moderately open and when they

have fever give them small doses of

aconite two or three drops at a dose five

or six times a day. They should also be

given tonics and nerve stimulants. Give

a grain or two of quinne two or three

times a day, also give three or four drops

tincture of nux vomica at a dose two or:

three times a day. If they refuse food

give them eggs. milk and whiskey. This

should be given to them three times a

day to support their strength. They

always do better to be kept out in the

open air.



lnflamed Parotid Glands—One of my

cows is troubled with a swelling on each,

side of neck which extends from ear to

throat, which causes her to wheeze like

a broken winded horse. My neighbors

were inclined to believe that She had

been stung by a bee. I applied turpen—

tine and lard, which appeared to do some

good: however, the swelling has since

returned and she is as bad as ever. G.

0., Custer, Mich—Your cow suffers from

inflammation of the parotid glands (sali-

vary glands). Give her 1 lb. sulphate

magnesia at one dose and only this dose.





Also give 1 dr, iodide potassium, 1 oz..





hypo-sulphite soda at a dose in feed

night and morning. Apply equal parts

tincture iodine and camphorated oil to

swollen glands once or twice a. day. She

should not be overfed while the glands'

are in an inflamed condition.



Irregular Stranglés—Partial Paralysis

——\’\'ind Sucker.—-I have a large 4—year-old

horse that had distemper this sprng. He

was out in the last snow storm, since

which time he has gradually failed. His

temperature keeps up three or four dei-

grces above normal; breathes heavy, the

membranes of mouth and eyes are too

white, mouth slimy, seems weak in hind

parts, appetite quite poor and he seems

to be most fond of grass. I also have an

8-year—old stallion that has contracted

the habit of sucking his tongue and filling

himself with air. \V. XV. P., Eaton Rap-

ids, lllich.‘—It is possible that an abscess

is forming in a part of the body hidden

from view, perhaps in the lungs or abdo—

men; if so it is quite apt to produce

death. Keep him out doors where he can

have fresh grass to eat and plenty of

fresh air. Give him 1 dr. acetanilide at

a dose three times a day until fever re-

duces. Also give 20 grs. quinine at a

dose three times daily. Also give a table-

spoonful of powdered saltpeter at a dose

once a day. Keep this treatment up for

20 or 30 days. Also apply equal parts

aqua ammonia, turpentine and sweet oil

to back every day or two. For your home

that sucks wind. buckle a strap around

neck, tight enough to prevent him suck—

ing air. It may be necessary to use a

jaw strap in order to prevent his opening

mouth.



Brain and Spinal Trouble—I have a

nervous 5—year—old mare that had dis—

tempcr last spring: she was exposed to

a severe snow storm before recovering

from it. Since then she has coughed

some and discharged from nose.

treated her for distemper, but she ap-

peared to get very Weak. It has left hcr

with a slight cough and She seems to act

as the crazy; the expression of her eyes is

that of an insane person. \thn she had

:1 sick spell I pushed her sideways gently

and she fell down. She is inclined to

kick. paw, strike her head, and makes an

effort to rear up. Should she have an-

other similar attack what had I better

do? G. C., Merrill, lynch—Your mare

suffered from an attack of vertigo and

it is possible that this is the result of

her havingr an irregular form of flis—

tcmpcr. Give 4 drs. powdered bromide

potash and 1 oz_ hypo-sulphite soda at a

dose in feed twice a day. Feed less

grain and more grass to keep the bowels

open. Should she have another attack

apply wet cloths to head, keep her as

quict as possible and give lé oz. bromide

potash at a dose every hour until she

quicts.



Heifer Injured thile Calvinfl—Two

Holes in One 'l‘cal.—rl have a 2—year—old

heifer which calvcd .lunc .‘lrd, and which

did not do well; had to call on veterinary

who took the calf away from her. The

calf died during: the operation. The

hcifcr is large and was in fine condition,

but could not stand on her feet for about

36 hours after calving and has not been

right since. \thn she wants to urinate

or her bowels move she will strain for

a minute or two and make St‘VtI'ZII :lt—

tempts before she passes anything and

the excretion is very little and the water

very thick and milky color, small quan-

tity and very bad Odor, I have given

her salts and caster oil, also nitcr. She

seems to be a little better, but not right.

She eats Well and seems to feel quite

well, only when she wants a passage. This

heifer also has a dummy tent with an

opening right at the back and close up

to the udder of the right back (mar-fer

of the udder. This tent is so short that





it is impossible to milk it and it contains





considerable milk and the gland is badly

swollcn. and caked quite hard, so that

when the main teat, of that quarter of the

bag is milked it leaves a long, hard lump

as large as a man's wrist extending clear

up the right back section of the udder.

The milk from the four other teats is

clear and she gives a good flow, but that

which comes from the dummy is thick

and watery. Please advise thru the M.

F. what to do for this heifer to put her

in a healthy condition: also what to do‘

for her udder. “’ill it be necessary to

milk the dummy or can something be

done to prevent the milk from collecting

in that section of the udder. If it will

be necessary to milk it. would have to

use a milking tube as the teat is not





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union. boned hay, barrels. boxel. etc. You can

remove derrick from barn to stack in five minutes.





, This derrick wlll pay for Itself in one day's work.

Good





Write for catalog and price today. lively

agents wanted in every town. big commllslon to

rlgnt mun. Potent applied for.





STAFFAN 6': SCHANZ, Chelsea, Mich.





A 250 Box for 40





Dr. Fair’s New





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For Horses

If you have never uled Dr. Fair’s New Worm

nemedy. send so for a 250 Box—12 doses.





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caplet JERSEYS. 3:03.01 01th?! IO! foroflz'llé'.





CLARENCE BRISTOL. R. No. I. Futon. Mich.

EAVY MIL-KING SHORTHORNS—Cln spam





 





a few females. Good notes mod II cash.

J. RHUMMEL, Mason, Mich. (Citizen! Phone.)

Owinglao‘condmom





SPECIA .

neocsn

management to have the slate. Che ash-rye 23.23

meal: ofFI-alollco Flu-m mm be sold. 80 (grand

Shorthorn cows and heifers, manly Young Phyllis“

Young Mary: and Lavinia: with two cram Booted

crosses, and a high class herd of P. C. swine are In the

offering. Come and see them and you will beaurpflsed

at the prices made. P. P. POPE. Mt. mm. men.





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sneer.

ERDENHEIM FARM





SHROPSHIRES





EDWIN 8. must". Own-on.

Rams and Ewes for. Sale.

WRITE non PRIOR TO





ROBERT GROVES. Shepherd,

8. l‘. D. No. 3. Pontiac. Mich.





SIIIIDPSIIIRE am. 3100‘ “III.





Will makespeclal prlces for thirty do on ewes





 





 





' from 1 to 8 years did, alt bred to Import’fil Cooper.





and Hanson rum to hm); in M and April. clue

on very choice ewe lambs. min In tomske room for an

lmportntlo that In going to arrive this spring.



L8. DURHAM «some. Conn-II. ”his“.





 





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Harness Gulls -.

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‘i'v. kit, good for man and beast.

-. , Sample Freeami new horse

book for Go to cover postage and





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60 INTO SHEEP RAISING





Buy of Michigan’s Largest Breeder of good sheep.





. Romeyn C. Parsons. Grand Lodge, Mich.





 





OTSWOLDB & Lincoln Sheep. runs & rum lambs

ewes dc ewe lambs of the Best Types. home and

L. B. Kuney, Adrian. Mich“ M131.





AMBOUILLET— Flock founded 1892 with 40 owes

selected from one hundred reglnered awe: of the

best breeding possible. J. Q. A. COOKMorrlcoJchn.





 





 





 





MARE IMPREGIATDRS .

For getting from 1 to 6 marcsm foal from one some: of a.

stallion, 53.50 to $3.00. M humming Odnfor

barren andi Iarbrccda'aSS .59. Servmg Hobbles.

Stallion Bridles, Shields, Supports, Sen/ice Books, etc,

mad and “flagged, Stallion Goods Catalog F’REE.



m ‘ 00. Mt.“ ufldlnd. 0M0.





SHOBTHORNS. Onlya few pure Scotch bull calves

left. one ready for service. Choice bargains for

qsulckaale. BHINEVALE FARM. Pt. Austin. Mich.





“mans DIREC'NIH.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULA'I‘A BLACKBIRD

1T0 83836. one of the beltaonsof PRINCE [TO

60006. and Guam Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fall-a of I907 and 1908. Herd con-

sists of Erlcss. Blackbirds, Prldea. etc.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





1 ABERDEEN ANGUS bull, 1 Polled Durham

herd bull closely related to World’s Champion, and

one yearling bull left. Frelgm: and our fax-etc buyers.

CLOVER. BLOSSOM FARM. Port Austin. Mich.





' ' ‘ HICKORY GROVE STOCK

“Vl‘l'm‘hmflm- FARM. Owen Taft,Proprletor.

n.1, Oak Grove. Lolv. 00., Michigan. Bell phone





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MSTEINFIIESIANS ..,:‘¢".,,2:,bM.,.‘§::§::





Royal King. W. B.JONES.OakGrove,R. No.8,M1ch.





loLSTEINs—A few fine bull calves (registered)

from 4 to 7 months old at 050 each.

I. M. SHOBMAI‘I. Fowlervllle. Mich.





I5 REGISTERED HBLSTEINS,





from which I want to pellet once 25 com and heifers.

2-2 year old Bulls and 3 Bull calves. Special induce-

ments to quick buyers. L. E. (Donnell, Fayette. Ohio.





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com.

bintng in themselves the blood of cows which now

ham and have tn the past held World’s Records for

milk and butter-fat at fair prices.



McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.





Bellman 810351 gm. Illalslein cattle.





ACKSON. .

Has more 0-1) Holstein-files!“ Cows

than any farm 1- the Middle West. Registered

BULL CALVEB of the most fashionable breeding. 30

fine, registered, Dumc Jersey sows due to furrow'aoon.





——B l

H ER EFORDS: :o‘l‘ai53elié‘odfigiififi‘3





Chine 11083. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Northern Grown Jerse s.

ROYCROF'I‘ FARM. Eidnuw. Mlc .





 





EBSEY Bull Calf born Feb. 9. '09, first calf of 9.

heifer whose dam gave 7844 lbs. of milk in '08.

Blue’s Dam’s 1100an 10,060 lbs. in 1052’ months.

THE MUERAY-WATERMAN (30., Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys.

We inure some splendid hull calves for sale from

one to 3!: months old. , They use from cows with

records of 800 to 425 pounds of butter last year.

was: for description and prices.



COLON C. LILLIE. Cooperivflle. Mich.





 





 





noes.

FOR SALE, 2,000 NOS,





6 to 8 weeks old. at 02.50 00 63 such: any bleed.

Wlll shl&by express um give. your money’s worth.

UTILI AT“!!! 00.. Grand Rapids} Mte'll.





IMTIIEIII WWII BEN“ I58.





R0 YCROFT FARM. Sill-aw. mu.





 





 





 





' A FEW FALL GILTS bred for full mmwlng,





also JoholceJot of aprl pigs bred by Kim:

A. A. PATTUL 0. Deckervme. Mich.





~SPRIN

BERKSHI RES 3,... bags.

Premier Longfellow and Muterpleoe. the world’s

champions. C. D. WOODBUBY. Lancing, man.





I —Bred to PRIME

BBTkSI'III'O Brad Saws. BACOH and BAR-

ON DUKE for Fall furrow, at prices that will sell

them. Two good young been! left. Rather than

have pub lc sale we will save the expense and give

you the difference. but they have got to so quick,

Hupp Farm, 0. C. Hupp, Mgr., Blmlnghsm. Mich





Premle r.





 





 





 





DAMS B'ROS. IMPROVED CHESTER WII‘ITES,Libch.fleld,llich ,

won more premium: in '08 than any other bud 5.1mm

Stock all ages for sale. Prize winning W. Orplnzton, W. Log-

horn and Buff flock eggs, $1 per 15. Slim-thorn bulls & heifers





—--Y 80 b

Imam cHEsIEn wmns ,.,°;:;g,..,r.:,..gs.‘{

one fell boar, also March Apr. furrow ready to ship.

W. 0. WILSON, Okemos, Mich. (Both Phones)





IMPROVE] cHESIEII WHITE: ‘ m” l“ “'9'“!





' pigmelther sex. fur-

rowed In March and April. Price $10. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Ooopmvme. Mich.





nunoc JERSEY SWINE. can 2.3. it





for 15. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Mich.





Duroc Jerse 3/5132?“ ‘°’





resent

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings, Ich.





DUBOC Jersey of size and quality. 40 Boots may

for service. 50 cows at Farmers Prices. Satis-

faction Guaranteed. J. C. Barney. Colmvnar. Mich





 





 





 





 





 





 





O I. C.'s Boers &aows all sold, I have a fine lot of

. young pigs that will soon be ready to ship.

A. NEWMAN , Route 150. 1. Mariette, Mich.





O I C’s—ALL AGES. Thirty sows bred

. - for spring fan-ow. Shipped

H. H. JUMP. Munfth. Mich.





on approval.

Boats ready for service. Bprln l s b

0- 1- grandson of World's .Gmnd anfnglon’:

Glenwood Stock Farm, Zeolnnd, Mlchlgm. B. 6. Phone 94.

swine very prolific. My herd Is



9- I. C 0 headed with a grand son ofJackaou

Chief, the world’s Champion and Grand Champlou.

the greatest 0. I. C. bear in the world, also a Brand

son of Tuteay second. the world champlon sow.

Place your order now for spring pigs.



A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Don. Mich.

W EANLING Pigs and bred flows at bums to





quick buyers. from large-styled, mflflcPoland-

China sows. ROBERT NEVE, eraon, Mich.





WHO-GHIIAS‘iglmffielfi‘ié‘g 333?." “23%





 





 





 





' young Sum bred,- right prices. Write today.

, L. W. Barnes .& Son. Byron, (ShhwuaeeCoJ Mich.





 





FOR SALE—O. I. C. Boar fut-rowed Oct. ‘5.

07, an extra good one, pnlce



$25. 0. I. 0. Figs farrowed Feb. 24. either sex.



price $8. Registered in buyer’s mane. _



J. R. INSKEEP. Holly. Mulch.





- . but rln

Poland-Ghmas. sari... us’imi

your order now. WOODlSa SONS. Saline. Mich.





LIflEE Elfilfl‘ll Y'IIKS‘IIHIES.





Bonn ready for service $15.00: mama for fall far-

row {20.00: 5 Mon gnu--





 





 





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THE'COLONY POULTRY HOUSE FOR

THE FARMER.





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The average poultry. keeper, the gen-

eral farmer, keeps comparatively few

fowls, yet in the state of Kansas, where

there are more eggs marketed than in

any other state, the farmers are~the ones

who market the eggs. That is to say,

in Kansas there are very few egg farms,

but the farmers keep so many chickens

that the grand total exceeds that of any

other state.



There are in Michigan 3. number of

what might be called egg farms, but

the greater number of eggs here come

from the general farmer. It is therefore

recognized that with better care of the

fowls upon the general farm there would





   





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‘ THE MICHIGAN -FARMER.





proper sanitary conditions, for If the

droppings are left on the board very

long in warm weather they will soon be-

come offensive to the fowls and the

health of the flock may be impaired.



Early in this article I said that the

house would accommodate 35 hens and

35 pullets. The outside dimensions of

the house are 11x24 feet, which gives 336

square feet of floor space. Allowing each

fowl 4.5 sq, ft, of space, there would be

room for 74 fowls. Some breeders claim

that there should be at least 5 sq. ft.

allowed each fowl, but in my estimation

it depends a great deal upon the breed

that is being kept. This house is pri-

marily intended for laying fowls, such as

Leghorns, and they are among the mos:

active fowls and will do well on 4.5 sq.

ft. of floor space.



The building that poultry is kept in

has a great deal to do with the care that

will be accorded the flock, either on

the farm or in town. In the east and





 





 





 





 





Colony Poultry House at M. A. 6., designed by Prof. J. G. Halpin.





increase in egg production in

the state. The fact that there are only

a few fowls kept on each farm shows,

in my opinion, that the average need of

the farmer in the way of houses is what

is called the colony house; that is, a

house accommodating comparatively few

fowls and that is not meant to be en-

‘ larged or_made into._a long house.

~Thinking that one of the colony houses





come an





fjwiggllchigafi Agricultural College, when





althred a trifle, would make one of the

best colony houses for general use, I sub-

mit the plans and specifications to the





readers of this paper. The plans are

practically the same as Prof. Halpin’s





«xcept that the house at the college was

necessarily built a little different from

what the average poultrymau would have

to have it. The main difference is the

addition of a window, a partition down

the center, and rearrangement of the

interior. As it is now planned it will

accommodate 35 hens on one side and

1:5 pullets on the other. This partition

is put in so that the hens and pallets

can be kept separate, and the best fowls

can be kept separate during the breeding

season and at the height of laying time.

To so separate the chickens it was nec-

essary to put in the extra window.



tine of the best features of this nouse

is the arrangement for ventilation. There

are four windows, and the upper half of

each window consists of muslin tackl-d

on a frame of the same size as the win-

.jow sash and set into the sill the same

as the upper glass window would be if

:1 Were present. This simple system of.

validation is cheap as can be foun'l

21nd is as practical as any, as ventilation

systems, such as the King system which

works finely on larger buildings, will not

g-IVo satisfactory results in smaller build-

ings. There has been much said concern-

ing this system of Ventilation in lb:

press and the muslin windows are us d

in all of the at the College anl

have proven very satisfactory.



“'ith the house built in this manner

there is no room for scratching sheds.

In place of the sheds which are practical

in some places and when the building is

constructed in a different manner, there,

are runways on each side of the house,

of same width as the house and about

150 feet long. In winter the chickens are

fed their grain by throwing it into the

litter that is always kept on the floor.

This makes the chickens work for what

they get and, to a great extent, does

away with the need of scratching sheds.



The perches are made of 2x4‘s which

are rounded so that they will be easy on

chieken‘s feet. Underneath the

perches is a dropping board which can

m, removed, or the perches swung 11D S"

as to facilitate the cleaning of the board.

It is necessary that this board be. at

least a foot from the perches to 111811.”;





US





houses





the





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south, where the w'ntvrs are not so

severe as they are in Michigan. the littl~

tent-shaped coops work very but

they are not practical for this state

where the winters are severe and the

springs long and damp. Some experts

can raise poultry in piano boxes and

“make good” doing it, but that is not

the placefor poultry. If it were, the

piano companies would have a fine. little

side line worked up in no time selling

boxes for poultry coops. I do not ad-

vocate the building of very expensive

houses. Of course, there are limits both

ways. For instance, there were two

coops built at the same time, at the

college, of the same pattern. One of the





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HOW DATE OF HATCHING AFFECTS

EGG PRODUCTION. '





 





Hens never did and never will lay in

late autumn and winter as they do in

April. If they did, eggs would not reach

such high prices at certain seasons. Still

that does not mean that we are to fold

our hands and say “Kismet,” and wait

until spring. If we can succeed in get—

ting half as many eggs during fall anrl

winter as in spring the enhanced price

will pay well for the extra care and

trouble.



The average hen that has been well fed

all summer and has kept on laying rigli‘

up to autumn is sure, if a non—sitter,

to have rather a hard moult, and to then

rest until February or even longer. Even

hens that sat and reared chickens earlv

in‘ summer and have laid during July and

August will be in the same position. Pul—

lets hatched very early will lay duringr

the late summer and autumn months but

will then moult and be of little more

use for winter laying than the hens. In

fact, the most profitable pullet is the.

one hatched and so reared as to com-

mence laying in October or November, as

she will, with good management, lav

right thru the winter.



Most experienced breeders must have

noticed the curious fact that puilets

hatched in January will lay at about four

months old; some from the same stocl:

batched in March will probably lay at six

months, while others hatched in May will

be most likely not to lay until eight

months old. I have often wondered at

this, and can see only one l‘CRSOll—IIIE‘

original ancestors of the domestic hen

laid in spring and reared their young in

the season when food was most plentiful,

as do all wild birds. The natural im—

pulse, then, is to lay only at that time.

and all else we have been able to do is

the result of domestication, with its con—





stant food supply, and its shelter from

wet and wind during the inclement

season.





Nature is always kind to' the race. it

somewhat hard on the individual. The

universal instinct is reproduction. Every-

thing in nature is sacrificed to the (Wilh‘

tinuation of the race. So, as the January .

pullet approaches maturity early in sum-

mer, during the proper breeding season

of her kind, nature impels the vital

forces in the direction of reproduction.

On the other hand. the late—hatched

pullct does not gain full development

until the cold weather, and her natural

impulse, except so far as interfered with

by the heredity 0f the. many generations.

spring.





 





 





 





coops or houses was sided up on the is to defer laying until the next

1115““? and ctiltd, the other was not. So there remains the diliiculty of titling

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Diagrams Showing Plan of Colony House at M. A. C. adapted for use on the Gen-





eral Farm. B.

dropping board; P., perches.





The fowls in the one have been just as

good layers the past two years as those

in the other. On stepping into either

house on a cold winter day it was found

warm inside and there could be no differ-

ence detected between the lined house

and the unlined house.



It would be useless to state how much

it would cost to construct such a house

as is here described, since the. kind of

lumber that would be used would Vll‘y,

and the cost of lumber varies so about

the state that it would be impractical

to attempt it. However, an estimate on

material that it would take might

be of some help. The following will be

required: Siding: 143 sq. ft., 12 ft. long

and 96 sq. ft., 16 ft. long; casing, 40 ft.,

4 in. wide; 4 lower halves of windows;

le‘s, 220 ft., 12 ft, long; roofing. 110 sq.

ft., 12 ft. long; roofing paper, 110 sq. ft.;

floor, QR sq. ft., 12 ft. long.



Allegan CO. E. B. REID.





indicates location of Nests; C., curtain sash in windows; 0.,





up the gap between the summer layingl

of these hens and the commencement 0’

the winter laying of the pullets. Two-

ycar—old hens, which always should be

culled out at autumn, should forced

during the summer so as to supply the

July and August eggs. The yearling hens

which are going to be kept thru the fol»

lowing year require very different treat";

ment. These should be fed most spam,

ingly in June or early July——in fact, al-tS

most reduced to the, natural picking of a?

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Nearly all who



The Economic Value have traveled ex-

of Good Barns. tensively thruout

the country are



found to concede that the average Mich-

igan farm is equipped with as good, it

not better, barns than the average farm

of any othcr statc in the country. The

cxccllent class of our farm buildings is

a great advertisemcnt for Michigan agri-

culture, and we believe it has been a.

great factor in the prosperity of our

farmers. The commodious barn, with its

comfortable quarters for the live stock

and ample room for the storage of forage

crops as well as grain, is not only a

source of pride to the owner, but of

greater economic value than many of the

progressive class of farmers in other

states where good barns are less common

appreciate. Something of the economic

value of the barn in preserving forage

crops is demonstrated by some experi-

ments recently conducted to determine

the natural deterioration of hay when

stacked in the hold undcr average condi—

tions. In Virginia this deterioration was

found to be from five to ten per cent

when allowed to stand in the stack for

from three to four weeks, or until the

hay was fit to bale. In Missouri this loss

was found to be fully 20 pcr cent when

the hay was baled in December and about

40 per cent when the stacks wcrc allowed

to stand until the following March. Ac-

cording to these figurcs, the loss on 80

acres of hay yielding 3,000 lbs. per acre

and valucd at $8. Der ton would be $192

if baled in December and $384 if allowed

to stand until the following March,

which would possibly represent the aver-

age time it would stand if fed from the

stack, in which case the lOss would nat-

urally be even grcater than if the stacks

stood unopened. According to these fig-

urcs a good barn would pay good interest

on the money invcstcd in thc saving of

the hay alone, to say nothing of the other

advantages which need not be enumerated

to be appreciated by the average reader.

It is a matter for congratulation that

many good barns are being built each

year upon Michigan farms, notwithstand-

ing the greatly increased cost of building

materials as compared with a few years

ago. T'hc good barn in which to store his

crops and house his live stock, is second





in pnportance only tO'a.‘ good house in"

which the farmer may cushion-ably house

his family, and while the complaint is

sometimes heard that it is impossible

to realize on the investment in good

buildings in case the farm is sold, yet

they are always a good investment for

the home-owning farmer who desires to

enjoy and succeed in his business, and

he will find, in a majority of cases, that

after he has used them a few years he

will have already realized handsomely on

the investment required to build them.

In commenting upon

Ameican Versus the roads of Germany

Foreign Roads. and other European

countries and compar-

ing them with the roads of the United

States, Consul Thompson, of Hanover,

calls particular attention to the width of

the roads in these respective countries.

He states that the roads of Germany are

from 20 to 30 feet wide, while to our roads,

even in the sections of the middle west

where land is worth $100 and more per

acre, we devote 66 feet to the making

of our highways. He adduccs that in the

states of the Mississippi valley alone the

reduction of the width of these high-





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ways to 36 feet would reclaim for agricul-

tural purposes 2,500,000 acres of land,

which, at an average value of $100 per

acre would have a value of $250,000,000,

which would mean an intercst or rental

value of $12,000,000, a sum which he sug-

gests might be recovered and which, it

applied to the proper scientific construc<

tion of roads in the United States would

in a few years give us the most exten-

sive and finest road system in the world.

The statements above credited to Mr.

Thompson, and the figures which are

used to illustrate and emphasize them

were furnished us by our Washington

correspondent and have not been verified.

But, assuming that they are correct, we

cannot ,see that the plan is a practicable,

feasible or necessary one to the accom-

plishment of cithcr the desired saving of

what is designated as waste land, or the

rapid extension of good roads in the

United States. Without question we are

overburdened with roads, but the burden

consists in their aggregate lcngth rather

than their average width. The old coun.

try plan of making the main traveled

roads more or less direct routes between

cities and villages, with a comparatively

narrow frontage of abutting property,

extending a. considerable distance back

from the highway, while not so conven-

ient from some standpoints, yet gives a

greatly decreased road mileage, as com—

pared with our plan of building a public

highway along every section line. But

lhc easy access which those many roads

give to the homes of our thrifty farmers

who have built their farmsteads on the

land thcy work, makes the increascd

burdcn of maintaining them easily worth

while. Also for the same convenience

of access it is doubtful if our highways

are any too wide at the present tin-e.

1n the winter season, especially in the

more northern of the states mentionc-l

above, the drifting snow often blocks the

roads as now laid out, and if the fem-cs

were moved in to make a narrower road

this tendency would be grcatly aggra-

vated, thus making the roads more Soft

and muddy in the spring as well as more

frequently blocked with snow in the win—

tcr. ’l‘hcn, too, much of the country is

broken and hilly, and tho proscnt width

is none too great for the proper grading

of the roads where cuts and fills are

necessary. But where conditions are not

such that a wide road is needed the

abutting property owners can bc dcpcndcd

upon to gradually narrow the fence limits

of the highway as the old fences are re-

placod by ncw oncs. So great is this

natural tcndcncy that in some of the

states mention-ed it is the exception

rather than the rule to find a highway

which is the full legal 66 feet in width.

But all this appears to be but idle

spcculation in any event, since it is not

clear how the interest or rental value

of this grand aggregate of land, which is

now devoted to highways but which,

under tlic plan outlined, could be saved

to agriculture, is to be recovered. So

soon as the states abandon the land for

use as highway purposes it will naturally

revert to the owners in fec, who can

bc reached only by taxation for the pur—

pose of road construction or improve-

ment, and then only to the extent which

is cndorsed by the consensus of public

sentiment or opinion. In fact, the prob-

lcm of the Width of our roads or in other

Words, the amount of land which is (3p.

voted to them, will be naturally regulated

as tho country gets older and the prac-

tice of pasturing the entire farm is dis-





rrHE MICHIGAN FARMER _





placedéby a; better agricultural method,





so that the fence will gradually- disappear

or give place to shade trees of economic

value. In the meantime, however, it is

to the interest of all concerned to strive

to better the average condition of the

country roads, perhaps by building a few

permanent roadways in sections where

the travel is heavy, but surely by cutting

down the grades, improving the drainage

and gravellng the surface of as .large

a mileage as possible each year. Amer-

ican conditions are not foreign conditions,

and foreign remedies will not solve our

road problems.





At a. meeting of

The Car Demurrage the National Asso-

Probiem. ciation 'of Railroad

C o m m i s sioners,

held in Washington during the early part

of June, the question of a uniform car

service rule was considered, the point

at issue being a proposed" change in the

rules now generally in effect in Michi-

gan, which would make them conform

to the uniform rule proposed for the

country. The Detroit Board of Com-

merce, in behalf of the varied shipping

interests represented by its membership

sent a representative to the meeting to

protest against such a change on the

ground that the problem is local rather

than national in nature, and that the

rules which are to apply within the state

should be left as much as possible to the

judgment of the local commissioners and

authorities It appears from the report

of this representative that the railroads

are desirous of a uniform rule which 'ill

rid them of the complications arising

from local rulings on the proposition, and

that the sentiment of the Interstate

Commerce Commission was represented

by its member who was chairman of the

meeting, Mr. Franklin Lane, who ap—

peared to favor a uniform rule of 48 hours

of free time for loading or unloading

cars, placing the burden on the shipper

to show that more time was needed on

account of weather conditions which

might damage the freight or make it

impossible to handle it, “because of the

punching of car deliveries or other rea-

sons which are mentioned as valid ones

for the extension of free time, as men-

tioned in the code of uniform rules which

had been prepared ,for'sdiseussion. The

contention of the representative of Mich-

igan shippers was that What is known

as the avcrage plan should be applied,

in which the shipper may receive credit

for prompt handling of freight within

the 48 hour limit and benefit by equal

extensions of time before the $1 per

day is charged in handling other ship-

ments, and that without the abridgmcnt

of the right to extensions for valid rea-

sons, such as are noted above. The 10—

gality of this plan was questioned, but

it is said that it may be accepted as an

excellent method ‘ of facilitating the

prompt movement of cars. However, the

report of the representative of the Detroit

Board of Commerce seems to indicate

that the result of the meeting was a

practical if not ‘spccific indorscmcnt of

a uniform code of car service rules, which

will apply alike in all portions of the

country, and to the smallest as well as

to the largest shipper, based on a 48-hour

limit of free time for the loading or

unloading of cars, before the lcvying of

dcmurragc charges of $1 per day or frac-

tion of a (lay tlicrcaftcr, with reasonable

provisions for an extension of time under

specific circumstances which will be noted

in the rulcs,

In View of the recent

Our Imports of discussion in Congress

Hides. of the tariff schedules

on hides, the nature and

extent of our imports of hides from for-

eign countries will naturally be a matter

of intcrcst to the producers of this raw

material as well as the consumers of the

manufactured product. By way of afford-

ing the reader accurate information upon

this subject we give below the text of a

report recently made by the Bureau of

Statistics of the Department of Com~

merce and Labor, as follows:





Importations of hides and skins into

the United Status will show a larger lot-11

in quantity in thc iiiscal year which cnds

this week than in any year in the history

of thc import trade. The value wili

amount to about 75 million dollars, or

slightly less than in 1907, bccausc of the

much lower prices which now prcvaii,

but thc quantity will doubtless cxcccd

that of any earlier year. Hides and skins

are a very important fcaturc of the im-

port trade of the United States, the

value of importations of this particular

class of merchandise having aggregated

a billion dollars, speaking in round terms,

in the last quarter of a century. Of the

billion dollars' worth of hides and skins

imported since 1884. goatskins alone have

formed near-1v 400 million dollars' worth.

The value of the goatskins imported in





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the year' about 'to end will Elm-opium,

about 25 amnion dollars, of an" .:_i\_!~’<‘ez'a.gel

of about ‘2 million dollasésf worth pcr

month, and form practically one-third

ofstgg value of the hides andskins im-





The importations of hides and' skiing

divides itself pretty evenly into three

great groupsh‘fh-i-des of cattle." “goat-

skins,” and “all other." The group





-“hides of cattle," is under the present





law_ duitable at 15 per cent. All other

articles entering under the title of hides

and skins are admitted free of duty. In

the 11 months ending with May, 1909.

the value of the duitable group, “hides

of cattle,” was $21,060,982, against $10.—

986,529 in the same months of last year;

goatskins $219916”. against $15,498,633

in the same months of last year; sheep—

skins $7,331,469; and “all other" $17,872,.—

322, indicating that the total value of all

hides and skins imported in the full year

will be about 75 million dollars.



The variety of skins of animals im-

ported into the United States for use in

manufacturing leather is much greater

than would be suupposed. Buffalo hides,

for example, amounted in 1908 in quan—

tity to not less than 51/2 million pounds

and in value to three-quarters of a mil-

lion dollars; horse and ass skins 13 mil-

lion pounds, valued at 214 million dol-

lars; sheepskins 47 million pounds, valued

at 91/2 million dollars; and even kangaroo

skins over half a million pounds, valued

at one-third of a. million dollars.



India is the principal source of the

goatskins and buffalo hides imported into

the United States; Canada,,Argentina,

and Mexico supply most of the hides

of cattle imported; and the United King-

dom, Russia, Germany, and France send

the bulk of the miscellaneous assortment

grouped under the general title of “all

other hides and skins.” ‘Of the 63 mil-

lion pounds of goatskins imported in the

fiscal year 1908, 23 millions came from

India, nearly 9 millions from China, over

6 millions from Mexico, nearly .4 millions

from Brazil, 335 millions from Aden in

Arabia, 3 millions from France, 2 millions

from the United Kingdom, 1% millions

from Russia in Europe, 135 millions from

Argentina, and 1 million from British

South Africa. Of the 98 million pounds

of hides of cattle imported in the same

ycar, 25% millions came from Canada,

22 millions from Argentina, 11 millions

from Mexico, 7 millions from France, 61/2

millions from India (largely buffalo

hides), 4 millions from Colombia, less

than 4 millions from Uruguay, and about

3 millions from Venezuela.



Hides and skins from abroad form ap-

parently about one-third of the value of

material of this character used. in the

manufacture of leather in the United

States. The census of 1905 shows the

value of leather, tanned, curried, . and

finished, in 1904 to be 252 million dollars.

The‘lval'ue of the hides and skins used

by the leather producing industry “of the

country in 1904 is reported at 145 million

dollars. Of this 145 million dollars worth

of hides and skins used in producing the

252 million dollars' worth of leather, 2.7

million dollars worth, speaking in round

terms, was goatskins, 10% million dollars'

worth sheepskins, 15% million dollars'

worth calf and kid skins, and 89 million

dollars’ worth hides, chiefly of cattle, but

including comparatively small quantities

of buffalo hides, of which the importa-

tions, as indicated, were in 1908, 51/2 mil-

lion pounds, valued at three-quarters of

a million dollars. The value of the hides

and skins imported in the calendar year

1904, the year covered by the census

report of 1905, was, according to the fig-

urcs of the Bureau of Statistics of the

Department of Commerce and Labor,

57% million dollars. or a little more than

one-third of the stated value of the hides

and skins used by the manufacturers of

leather in that year. In quantity the

material imported formed apparently

about one-fourth of the total used by the

manufacturers.



From the same report it appears that

‘we have not used all of tho leather manu-

facturcd from these and other hides

for home consumption, the exports of





leather and its manufactures having

grown from 7 million d-ollars' value in

1880 to 121/2 millions in 1890, 27 millions

in 1900, and 401/; millions in 1908. Of

these cxportaticms boots and Shoes form

an important item. now aggregating more

than 10 million dollars‘ valuc per annum.

and being on a practical parity with the

exports of the United Kingdom. An in-

teresting feature of this trade lies in thc

fact that whilc the aggregate value of

our cxports was greater than that of tlic

Unitcd Kingdom in 1907 and nearly equal

to it in 1908, the number of pairs of

shoes rcprcscnting this value was far

less, thc averagc valuc of the exports

from the United Kingdom being $1.11 per

pair, against an average value of our

cxports of $1.68 pcr pair, which is an

cvidcncc of the superiority of the Ameri—

can product, made in American factories

and by»American workmen. It is not.

however, an argument for free hides.

and may account for the rcconsidcration

of thc determination reached in the House

to place hides on the free list.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.





The Canadian minister of marines an-

nounced last week that the government

had resolved upon the maintenance of a

navy and that Quebec would have the

preference for a dry deck, for large-

vessels.



The German reichstag last week voted

to impose a yearly tax on stocks and





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A PAINTER 0F PATRIOTISM-fln' FRANK H. SWEET.





seventy years ago, A, M. Willard was

born. His father was a country min-

ister, and his grandfather a Revolution-

ary soldier. Religion and patriotism and

a love of fun were all his by inheritance,

but it was the last of the three which

first expressed itself in his early attempts

at art. He became a carriage painter

in the town of \Vellington, and from that

place went as a soldier to the Civil War.

XVhile camping near Cumberland Gal)

he made pictures of that picturesque

military situation, which, being photo-

graphed, were purchased by his com.

rades and their friends as home memen-

tos of army life. This photography brot

him into relations with James F. Ryder,

of Cleveland, with whom he established

a lifelong friendship. Ryder was a pho-

tographer of unusual skill, and besides

had that rare quality of invention and

suggestion which later proved a great

advantage to both himself and Willard

“'illard returned from the war with a

great plan in mind. He would represent

on large sheets of canvas

the war scenes which he

had seen and sketched, and

make a fortune by exhibit—

ing them thruout the north.

Soflie labored long at a

great‘panorama mounted on

rollers, and undertook to

exhibit it in various north-

ern towns. But the plan

was not a financial success.

People had heard and seen

too much of war. The rc—

sult was a disappointment

to \Yillard. and a serious

loss in both time and

money. Even the cotton

cloth represented a consid-

erable investment for a

man of small means, and

the paintings were washed

out to save at least that

part of the investment.





IN a little village in Ohio, nearly





“'illard settled down to

his carriage painting in the

shop of a man named Tripp.

It was monotonous work

after army life and an am-

bition to achieve fame be-

fore the public: but he put

so much heart into his ear—

riage painting that ’l‘ripp's

\vugons and carriages luc-

camc famous. A little vig—

nette painted on the, glist-

cning side of a buggy gavt

it almost as much distinc—

tion as a coat—of—arms.

Particularly did \Yillard dis—

play his skill upon tho-1c

Vehicles constructed for ex-

hibition at the county fairs.

and the row of blue rib-

bons which adorned Tripp's

shop testilicd to not only

the honest construction of

the carriages and wagons,

but to the excellence or

their painting. “'hen a

farmer brot in a buggy for

a new top. it was no un-

usual thing for “'illard to

seize upon the discarded

leather, and at some noon

hour transform it into an

amusing painting.



The turning point in his

career ~amc when the little

daughter of his employer

brot to him a children's

magazine with a crude

'woodcut of a dog hitched

to a wagon and chasing a.

rabbit, and asked him to

paint her a picture like

that. Willard smiled





COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY PERRY MASON 00., BOSTON, MASS.





broadly, for he saw a larger possibility

in the picture. Using the woodcut only

as the suggestion of an idea, he painted

his picture known as “Pluck," and sent

it to Cleveland to be framed by Ryder.

When exhibited in Ryder’s window, it

blocked the sidewalk and had to be taken

inside. Thousands of people stopped to

look at it.



Ryder sent for Willard, and together

they evolved a plan. Willard painted

a companion picture in which the dog

was represented as having caught the

rabbit, tho the wagon went to wreck in

the victory, spilling out the little boy

and girl, the former of whom still clung

to the lines. Ryder arranged a chromo

representation of the pair, and it is im-

possible to tell how many thousands of

these went into homes thruout the coun-

try. Willard now gave up carriage paint-

ing and went to New York to study.

Then he returned to Wellington and es—

tablished a studio, but spent much time

also in Cleveland.



Humorous sketches now came rapidly





from his brush and were reproduced by

camera and lithography. NeWspapers

began to copy them, and this introduced

a feature which survives in the comic

pictures in the daily press. One of Wil—

lard’s comics, published in 1874, repre-

sented a scene at family worship, where

a cat pursued by the family dog took

refuge on the back of the kneeling old

man, while two small boys, choking with

laughter, encouraged the dog, and the

mother vainly endeavored to restrain

them. It was as close an approach to

irreverence as ‘Villard's art at any time.

had come, but had the saving grace of

homely life and genuine fun. Ryder ar-

ranged with Bret Harte to write a poem

to accompany the picture, and paid him

well for the job. The poem, which gave

the title to the picture, “Deacon Jones’

Experience,” helped greatly to sell the

reproduction. Another similar venture

was the union between John llay's poem,

“Jim Bludsoe,” and the picture of “Jim"

which Willard made to illustrate it. The

poem took a strong hold on \Villard’s





   





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imagination, and he wrought out with

ardor the resolute face of “Jim" at the

“41001, but full (if 001117130, and doing his

duty tho it cost his life.



VVillard's 'areer as a painter of hu-

morous pictures and a successful inter’

preter of the merry side of child life was

now well established. The Centennial

Exposition was amn-oaching. It seemed

to Ryder that a suceesst‘ul picture might

be launched upon the wave of that great.

enterprise. \Yillard undertook to make

and produ0e a picture embodying the

grotesque features of a country Fourth

of July band. lie had known a mirthful

old drummer who tossed his drumsticks

and performed feats of skill if not of

grace while marching in a country pa»

rude, and a WWW wnose cowhide boots

evinced great skill in treading on the

toes of other people. These two and a,

younger drummer from the hay—field, who

bulged his instrument as part of the

day‘s work, formed his group.



He secured models to rcpreseht these

characters and made preliminary

sketches, but did not finish

them until years afterward,

when at the request of a,

friend he went back to his

original idea and painted

his “Fourth of July Musi—

cians," to illustrate the

idea from which his most:

famous picture took its

origin.



The fifcr who served him

a< niotlcl was a well-known

local c ha ra c 1 cr, Hugh

Moshcr, and Willard’s own

father, then retired from

the active work of the pas»

lorate, stood with his drum

for the central figure, while

Harry llevcrcux, then a,

student in a, military and-

only posed for the third

figure,



One day an inspiration

came to \Yillard. If he

could only transfer these

citizen soldiers to the. bat-

tlclicld they would exhibit

qualities~ to excite admira-

tion rather than mirth. lie

lookcd in the faces of the

three inotl«-ls~—t he fine,

young lad, the strong. reso-

lulo Veteran, and his old

father with his inheritance

of righteous ardor and Rev-

olutionarv Mood, Then

\Vll'dl‘tl threw aside his hu-

morous sketches and began

ancw, and the result was

the p a i n 1 i n g, “Yankee

lloodlo.“ which thrilled the

heart of the nation.



\\'nlle in the midst of this

undertaking his father was

taken sick, and \Villard

tlividctl his time, until the

death of the old man, he—

twccn caring for him and

linishing his painting. Day

by day he wrought into it

more of heroism and of pur—

irvsc, .‘lllli he lust vestige

ot‘l'nn waslost in the smoke

of conflict. The scene was

a hattlclleld from which

“the old (‘ontinentals in

their rugged rcgimcntals,"

had been driven back in

disorder; but the three men

were marching on undis—

lnnyx-tl. 'I‘hc shrill notes Of

the life and the steady roll

of the drum rose above the

din of warfare as they

marched on oblivious to the

marched





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nesa inspired others. To the rear, tho

nothing appeared clear, the flag was'seen

to have turned, and here and there a.

hat in air bore witnesg to a rallying

shout. The army had turned and was

rushing to support the intrepid must

clans. It was impossible to doubt the

result—victory was sure.



Willard named the picture “Yankee

Doodle,” the tune which he assumed the

Continental-s were playing; but it. came

to be almost as well known under the

title of “The Spirit of ‘76.” Willard did

not intend to suggest any relationship

between the three musicians, but the

public saw in them three generations of

rugged American stock, and YVillard

cheerfully accepted the interpretation,

and the three are known as father, son

and grandson,



The picture is one of the best illustra—

tions of the way in which the easy step

from the subiime to the ridiculous may

be retmced 5:: a leap of genius from the

ridiculous To the sublime.



It was exhibited at the Centennial in

No other painting attract-

ed the attention received by this. When

Hugh Mosher attended the Exposition and

Stood before it with his fife, it seemed

as tho the whole country had assembled

in the art gallery. At the close of the

Exposition General Devereux bot the

picture for his home town of Marble-

head, Mass, and it still is there in Ab—

bott Hall. A replica in life—s‘ze was

burned a few years ago in the Cleveland

Armory. The final crayon sketch, as

well as the drawing embodying the first

ideas, “The Fourth of July Musicians,“

are owned by the writer of this article.

It may be doubted whether any patriotic

picture painted in America has been

more popular than this.



\Villard‘s more recent work includes

:l painting of the first Thanksgiving at

Plymouth, made originally for a maga—

zine cover, but carefully studied in its

typography and history. The Colonial

(‘lub of Cleveland is the happy possessor

of one of his newest paintings, “The





THE MICHIGAN F‘fiddMER~ '

Battle of Concord,” sketched on the field

of battle, and looking toward the old

bridge across the Concord river.



Many of Willard's friends regret that

he has not painted more pictures of this

class in which he so easily excels; but he





has made a distinct contribution to

American art. He has interpreted its

child life in the free and happy atmos-

phere of the outdoor world, with none

of the insipidity of the storybook child,

and none of the cruelty or extravagances

which, clmracterize some recent reproduc-

tions of child life. His children are na-

tural, healthy, mischievous, unspoiled

little people, overflowing with fun, but

with no trace of viciousness or wanton

destructiveness.



He has given people something to laugh

at, and that without scuffing at what is

sacred, or ridiculing what is weal: or

pathetic. He has brot home a lesson in

patriotism, strong and sincere, and has

given it its place in history and in modern

thot. And in all this he has been simply,

genuinely American; his models, his m0-

tives and his compositions are those of

real life, and these, with his thoro human

interest and his absence of anything un-

worthy, constitute the secret of his power.



“Why did you wound Hugh Mosher?"

the writer once asked Willard.



“Because," he answered, “I wanted to

show that patriotism is more than the

effervesccnce of physical strength. The

old man must rise above his Weakness;

the young lad, overcoming the timidity

of youth, catches confidence and fervor

from the old man’s face; both have some-

thing to overcome.



“But the strong man in middle life

might be going into battle only because

he had strength that easily led him there

and without thot or conviction. So I gave

him something to struggle against; he is

wounded but undaunted.



“So all three tell of a love of country

which is the more certainly genuine be-

cause it has something to overcome. It

is the victory of intelligent and heroic

love of liberty.”





 





AN ow MAID’S FOURTH.





BY DAISY W.‘ FIELD.





For ten years they had both courted her.

For ten years she had fully expected a

declaration from one or both of them.

For ten years 8110 had been ready and

willing to :u-m-pt either of them, and f0“

:1. corresponding length of time, each

woocr 11nd urdcnlly desired her for a

wife. But and there's the rub—t1]:

Squire, was the most bashful man in the

county, with one exception: that excep-

tion was his rival, the Major. And so

it seemed (ll‘Sllllv‘ll that Priscilla lViggins

was to remain Priscilla Wiggins to tha.

end of the chapter, unless shc should

become desperate and do the proposing

herself.



There Were moments when that Wild

idea, as a last resort. found entertainment

in her llill'ilSSl‘tl mind. It was not so

much a husband that she yonrnr‘d for us

a home win-rt- she should be the ruling

goddess. For slit-r had been, all her life,

at the buck and Hill of a very trying

sister-in-law, a virtual slave of the

household, having grown thin and quer-

ulous um unlovcly in the scl'yil‘e of her

lyrunt. So it came to puss that she grazed

longingly, but impartially, upon the pleas-

ant country home, bursting burns, and

sleek cattle of the Squire, and the Major’s

more handsome town house, and pros-

perous grocery.



Of course, she had had her romance.

At eighteen, she had loved, and the at-

tuck had been quite as severe as the

first case usually is. 'lut “they had met

and they had parted." and slug had tried

to forget. In fact, tho I am aware that

it destroys half the romance to admit

the truth, she had succeeded, so well

that W'ill Franklin‘s name had not

crossed her mind a dozen time-s in the

past five years. So, along with the home,

and the, welcome prestige that marriage

would give her in the village circle 01

matrons, where she was usually as much





 





at home as a fish out of water, she did





not at all mind the idea of an incum—

brunce in the form of a husband—be he

fat or loan, sandy or dark, bachelor or

widower—in other words, Squire or

Major.



The Fourth of July drew near. Rick—

ville decided to celebrate, lest the shade?

of George Washington and others of our

patriotic fore-parents feel slighted. for

Rickville had never before put the stamp

of her approval upon the good old Dec-





laration of Independence by indulging in

a “Fourth 0’ July picnic." For days he-

forehand, elaborate preparations for the

great event—which was exploited in the

columns of the EVening Screamer as

“one more stride forward of our booming

little city,"—were in progress. The town—

band practiced so fiercely and assiduously

that all the loose windows in town rat-

tled, until nervous people sometimes

hinted darkly at approaching earth-

quakes. Mutrons baked mountains ot'

tri-Culot'cd cake, and maidens concocted

marvelous costumes with the indispen—

sable touch of red, white and blue.

Youths ransacked the supplies of Rick-

ville‘s one dry-goods store, “The Em-

porium," in their mad attempts to outdo

each other in the stunning style an]

quality of “glad-rags” for the approach-

ing festivities.



”Conspicuous among the latter, (tho the

crime of youth could no longer be laid

at their doors, as each had celebrated

his fortieth birthday so long ago that he

had lost count of it), were the Squire

and the Major. Each had gone the limit

in the purchase of a. new outfit, for each

had a deadly purpose in mind. They

had, singly and individually, of course.

made up their minds to do or die—in

other words, to pop the long-delayed and

important question to Priscilla “'iggins.

Unfortunately, they had chosen the same

day for the deed~the day of the forth-

coming celebration.



As the eventful day approached, each

found himself the victim of a nervous

dread lest the other should get ahead of

him, and escort Miss Priscilla to the

picnic. The one who accompanied her

would. of course, have a distinct ad-

vantage over the other, so each deter-

mined to be the lucky one. As fate would

have it, they set out from home at the

same hour of the same day to obtain her

consent, and at the precise moment met,

or rather collided, at her gate.





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“Beg pardon.”

were yo ”



“I am calling on Miss Priscilla,” was

the quick retort, while the Squire‘s brows

drew together ominously, and his fat

cheeks puffed out with self-importance

“And you, no doubt, have some appoint-

ment with her brother?”



"Her brother, indeed!" snorted the irate

Major. “I—~well, to be frank, I intend





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escorting the lady her-sell to tomorrow’s

picnic.” , ' _



“Indeed! I flatter myself that that

honor will belong to me!"



The gate opened outward, and as both

were firmly wedged against it, neither

could enter. They simply stood there,

glaring at each other, and there is no

knowing when the quarrel might have

ended had not the object of this contro-

versy came down the walk from the

house, presently, looking anything but

charming in the curl-papers that bristled

in a prim and, soldier—like row upon her

brow. Yet they both gazed yearningly

upon her, across the frail wooden barrier

that separated her from them, and both

began at once:



“Miss Priscilla—I—er—We—that is-a

will. you—m’m "





 





Miss Priscilla was slightly embarrassed.

A sudden wild hope crept into her heart

that it might be a proposal of marriage

that trembled, unable to escape, upon

their devoted lips. But. this. was too good

to be true. It must be that they were

trying to ask her to accompany them—

one of them, of course—to the celebra-

tion. Or maybe they had formed some

kind of a compromise, and were going to

escort her in partnership. But all her

doubts on this point were soon settled

by the glare of hate that; passed from one

to the other, as their voices died away

in chorus.



“Horrid nuisance,” thot the Squire, “to

have him standing around in the way.

For her sake, he ought to have better

manners!”



“Such a bore,” soliloquized the Major,

"talking to one's lady-love in the pres—

ence of a third party. Can’t the fool see

that he's unwelcome-



Then the Major tried. unobtrusively, to

get inside the gate. But the portly form

of the Squire held it as, innnovablc as

the Rock of Gibraltar, and he gave up

the project in despair,



Miss Priscilla coughed apologetically,

and came to the wane.



“Nice evening. Tomorrow will be a

lovely day for the parade, I fancy.”



"Beautiful.”



“Heavenly.”



“Of course you‘re going with me?"



“Of course you'll ride over in my

buggy?" _ .



Miss Priscilla blushed like a girl. When

she blushed that way, and looked down,

you quite forgot that she was nearly

thirty-five, and even the curl-papers could

not take away the charm of her confu-

sion. There was a dimple near the corner

of her mouth, and it was fuel to the

flames that consumed the hearts of Squire

and Major. They turned on each other.



“Squire Williams, if you think for a

minute that I ”





 





“Major Duncombe, if you have the re—

motest idea. that she "



“Gentlemen." Miss Priscilla‘s voice was

oil on the troubled waters; “this quarrel

is perfectly useless. I promised to spend

the night in town with my cousin, who

is here with her team, and I shall not,

therefore, require anyone to take me to

the picnic. But,” and here she smiled,

artfully, first on one, and then on the

other, “I hope I shall see you both there!"





 





in spite of their disappointment, each

went on his way cxulting.



“If ever a smile meant anything," the

Major congratulated himself, as he wcnd-

ed his way liomewartl, “her's did, awhile

ago. I could see that the clear girl

wanted to talk tn me alone, and she only

endured his society because she had to.”

While the Squire's meditations ran in a.

similar strain. Of course, she had smiled

on his rival, but then, She was so tender-

heartctl that she wouldn't willingly have

hurt the feelings of a. fly. And there was

a subtle quality in the smile she had

bestowed on him that was Obviously mis-

sing from the one vouchsafed the Major.



And they were both, in a measure,

right. For Miss Priscilla had formed a

desperate resolution, born of deferred

hope and painful suspense. It was leap

year. Tomorrow she would have a fair

chance. Under cover of the noise and

excitement. and buoyed up by the ex~

hiliration of the day, it might be that she

could contrive to settle her fate once

for all.



She need not, perhaps, put the trite

question, “Will you be mine?” to the

gentleman of her choice, but—well, there

were other ways, and feminine intuition

must help her when the auspicious mo-

ment arrived. One question She had not

quite settled in her mind—which of her

admirers to honor with her hand. But

the events of the day, she concluded.

should decide that.



The Fourth of July morning dawned,





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serene, Claudius, with, a suit breele'blow:

_ ing away all traces of the rain that. had





fallen the night before, except a few

mud-puddles here and there that had

been left by the sudden shower. The

Squire and the Major were early on the

grounds, but Miss Priscilla was nowhere





to be seen, tho the crowd was beginning,





to arrive from all directions. The same

thot struck them simultaneously. Her

cousin lived at the other end of town,

and the streets were a bit muddy. Per-

haps she would rather ride in, than to

walk the distance. So the Major sprang

into his shining new top-buggy, and the

Squire into his old family carriage, an]

away they went like the wind.



It was a. swift race and a. merry one,

for some blocks, but the odds were so

great that the result seemed a foregone

conclusion. Polly was a faithful. olo





mare, but she had seen a decade of ser-‘





vice in the Squire‘s family, while the

Major's young bay was fresh and fleet.

Soon he distanced Polly, and the crowd

not to be lightly outdone, and Polly’s own

not to be lightly outdone, and Polly own

spirit was up, so on they went, valiantly.



Pride, however, Mttimes- gee-tn before

a mighty hard fall. Just as the Main!

turned the corner at the home: of Miss

’Priscilla's cousin, he rose in his seat and

turned to cast a triumphant smile at his

unsuccessful rival. But, alas! It was

just here that the dashing bay took it into

his unruly head to put on an extra spurt

of speed, with the result that the Major

was precipitated into a. mud-hole con~

veniently and unfortunately near, while

his buggy rapidly disappeared around the

next corner.



As the Squire rocked past him, behind

the pulling old white mare, he smiled

tauntingly, and remarked, “Ah, Major.

the race is not always to the swift!”



Priscilla herself was just coming down

,the path, in all the bravery of curls, rib-

bons, and sky—blue lawn, with fluttering

roses in her hat, and a perfectly useless

chiffon parasol in her hands. The Squire

allghted, bowed, assisted her into-the

rickety old carriage with as much. gran—

deur as if it had been a. coach and six.

and they rode away with apparent-indif—

ference to the fate of the pecuzMajorll

who still sat in the mud, cur-sing his ig-r

nominous fate. .



A few minutes before, he had beehiv-

splendent in new blue serge, gaily colored

vest, and shin-lug patent leathers. Now

he was mud from head to foot, and that

unrecognizable object over yonder against

the curb was what had recently been a

jaunty piece of head—gear. Ten minute”

ago, the Sllll‘ of love had beckoned udown

a path of roses; now—now, its light had

been eclipSrd, perhaps forever, by a sea

of mud! .‘lowly, painfully, he dragged

himself up from his involuntary bath, and

wended his way to the nearest hotel.



Meanu‘liilc, Priscilla and her escort

were enjoying the morning. On the

grounds tlie.crowd had reached surprising

proportions, augmented chry few minutes

by the arrival of a fresh bunch'of town—

folks, or a wagon-load of rural pleasure

seekers. “'ith every crowd, a, huge haw

kct appeared from whose capacious depths

emanated a pleasant jingling and rattling

that was suggestive of the coming feast.

The appetizing odor of hot popcorn and

roasting peanuts mingled with the tink—

ling of ice in pitchers of pale red‘ lemon-

ade. which cansisted of the juice of one

lemon diluted with more or less water.

sugared lightly, and retailed to thirsty

revelers at five cents per glass. The

Ladies’ Aid had an ice—cream booth,

where the ice—cream was distributed in--

finitesimally, accompanied by a wafer o‘.‘

cake so thin that it was not visible t.

the naked Pye when turned cdgewisc.

Hither the victorious Squire piloted his

lady-love, and together they partook of

the cooling refreshments, to the rapil

depleting of the Squire's pocketbook, anzl

the corresponding enrichment of the

Ladies’ Aid Society, who waited upon

them in a body. ‘thn Priscilla had at

last declared that she couldn't touch

another mouthful, they sauntered away

toward the little sideshow where a short-

skirtcd dancer gave high—class (1’) ex—

hibitions to a shocked but admiring pub—

lic for the lrifi’ng sum of two bits. A few

minutes later they reappeared, the

Squire looking disconcerted and indignant,

Priscilla as red as the roses in her hat.

After that painful experience, they sought.

safety and seclusicn in a shady corner

where a double swing had been erected.

Here they were quite alone, as most of

the youngsters were indulging in a plat-

form dance, under a hastily-erected ar—

bor of evergreens, and as they sat there,

side by side, the trees above murmured





 





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encouragement to two palpitating hearts,



"Now is my time," soliloquiz'ed the

Squire, but at the very that of the task

before‘hirn great beads of sweat popped

out on his florid brow. “There will never

be a better opportunity," Priscilla said

to herself; “I can hint ever so gently

that I am getting old and lonely, and that

it is quite sad to spend one's declining

years—” then, for all her qualities were

distinctly feminine, Priscilla choked up

and grew red at the mere idea, and re-

marked that she thot it was going to

rain, after all.



Considering that there was not a single

cloud visible, and that the sun was pealr

ing down with unabating ardor, the Squire

might have sought some explanation for

this untimely remark had he not had

troubles of his own at that particular

moment.



“Miss Priscilla," he began, trying to

throw the sentimental note into his voice

that would have marked the wooing of a.

younger and more impulsive man, “I

have been thinking, and the more I think,

the more I am convinced that—that—vv

that—" ,



“Yes?”'Prlscilla encouraged, rather ab-

sently it must be admitted, because her

own brain Was busy.



“That the last selection the band played

was such a dreamy, beautiful waltz,” he

ended lamcly.



Priscilla «.pened her eyes very wide.

“Why, Squire, they were playing ‘Yankee

Doodle.’ "



And so the conversation drifted on.

dealing with generalities and inanities,

but perversely remaining miles away

from the subject each had at heart. Now

and then Priscilla cast admiring glances

at her companion. He wore “ice-cream”

trousers, jauntily wide and beautifully

baggy, a cerise-red tie that spread a

deeper glow all over his naturally ruddy

countenance, and yellow low-shoes, with

a liberal display of artistically cmbroid~

cred hose above.



“I had no idea dress could make such

a difference in a man,” tlmt Priscilla,

gazing upon him in awe. “It will be the

Squire, I suppose. Fate seems to have

decided for me.”



Then. woman-like, she began to sigh a

little-and think of the absent, and to pity

the peer, luckless Major. Pity, you know,

is second cousin to love, and before she

realized it she was beginning to veer

around to the Major's side, and wishing

that he would appear.





The dinner hour arrived and they saun-

tcrcd back to the tables. At that in'oment

the Major hurried up, hat in hand.





“I’ve been looking everywhere for you,

Miss Priscilla,” he began, quite ignoring

the withering glance of the ruffled Squire

“I am commissioned to ask you to come

and eat with our party. Mother says ”





 





“Miss Priscilla and I——” The Squire,

had only got thus far with his indignant

protest when he stumbled backward over

a low bench, clutching wildly at the

nearest objects to stay his mad flight.

These happened to be the table-cloth and

Miss Priscilla's skirt, in consequence of

which the latter was half ripped from the

waist—band, and the former came off the

table, bringing with it cakes, pies, pickles,

ice-cream, coffee, etc,



The Major‘s sarcastic laugh rang out,

accompanied by the giggles and horrified

screechcs of women, and the squalling of

frightened youngsters. But as the half-

drowned Squire arose, dripping with soft

custard and assorted jellies, and with

hot coffee streaming from his bald head,

the last drop was added to his bitter cup





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by Priscilla’s indignant exclamation,

“Careless wretch!"



He mOpped the gravy off his mustache,

and shook his greasy fist at the grinning

Major.



“Y-Y-You be d-d-d-———"



What he might otherwise have been

heard to say was mercifully drowned by

the yell-s of mirth on all sides, and the

facetious advice of a small. urchin: “Say,

mister, take that pickle from b'hind yore

left ear.”



The Major, now thoroly renovated, and

blissfully happy at the_ turn of affairs

only remained on the scene long enough

to remark: “It's a long lane that has no

turning, Squire!”



The he marched away, head up, with

martial tread, Priscilla on his arm, beam-

ing and blushing.



“Fate is wonderfully kind,” thot Pris-

cilla. “How could I have seriously con-

sidered the Squire, who is so fat and

unromantic, and displays such a shock-

ing temper? How fortunate that I found

him out in time! Now, the Major is so

tall and dark and interesting. I'm quite

sure I prefer the Major.”





The Major’s mother, a little withered,

pale—faced woman with a smile whose

sweetness had survived the trying winters

of a long life, made much ado over Pris-

cilla, whom she had long coveted for a

second daughter-in-law. and fluttered

around her with little motherly pats and

mischievous nudges. The excitement of

the morning, and all the attention she

was receiving, quite upset poor Priscilla's

appetite, and she only made a pretense

of eating as she sat in her place beside

the Major, with a deep red spot on either

cheek and a terrible certainty in her

heart that she would never be the Major's

bride unless he spunked up and did the

wooing unassisted.





This the Major was even now steeling

himself to do, fortifying himself with

long draughts of cold lemonade and huge

slices of pie for the coming ordeal. Vthn

the feast was ended, he nervously escorted

Priscilla to a secluded corner, where,

under cover of noisy renditions of pop-

ular and unpopular airs by the local

band, perhaps with the aid of their mar-

tial stimulation, he might manage to learn

his fate.



Their nook was almost deserted, and

no one was looking their way. He ven-

tured to clasp the slender hand that lay

on Priscilla's blue lawn knee.



“Dear Miss Priscilla," he began, “There.

is something I wish to say to ye 11. In fact,

I have desired such an opportunity as

this for a long time.” (“That was a line

beginning," he thot, as Priscillta smiled

encouragingly, and forgot to remove her

hand; “Now, what shall I say next?")





What he might have said next is to this

day an undivulg’ed secret, for at that

moment a party rounded into view, headed

by Priscilla‘s cousin, :1 plump matron

with an all-pervading voice.



“Dear me, here you are at last,” sh“

exclaimed, with a sigh of relief. “I've

been looking for you everywhere. I want

to introduce Tom's friend from the city.

Mr. Franklin. He just came in on the

noon train."



A second later, Priscilla's eyes fell upon

her cousin's companion, a tall man with

a merry eye and an iron—gray mustache.

There was a long pause, freighted with

a thousand things—old memories, first

love, moonlight nights, faded roses.



“\Vill!”



“Prissy!”



\Vell, the rest is soon told. As Priscilla,

stood .with her hand in that of her old





 

 





 





THE MICHIGAN -FARMER. (9) 9





lover, the Squire and the Major were INDEPENDENCE DAY.

equally cast to the winds of oblivion. ' ——

It is doubtful if she even heard the BY_J°HN E- DOLSEN-

Major’s stammered excuse, as he unob- The echoes of the Independence Bell

trusively departed, perfeotly conscious Ring thru the land today from “east to-

that his carefully concocted cake was, to west,

use a popular expression, uncompromis- aAnd blood that dyed the height where

ingly dough. Vt'arren fell

After the first breathless greetings Still surges crimson thru the nation's-

were over, Mr. Franklin led his unresist- breast.

ing companion to the double swing, mer-

cifully untenanted at that particular mo-

ment, and for the next few hours they

lived, not in this prosy, work-a-dav

world, but in the fairy world of a re- BY GEORGE BANC'B'OFT GRIFFITII'

incarnatpd past. Before the sun went This is the oldest holiday of which our‘

down, Priscilla had been really proposed nation can boast. being, m fact, the day

to, and had accepted without a 'regret on which the nation was born. And yet.

f0]. her 'two former suitors. For this so far as years are concerned, our Fourth

time, Cupid reigned supreme, and all was is a mere infant compared with lSwitzer-

forgotten, save that old dreams come true. land's national fete day, established on

“rhen they finally strolled back to the August 1, 12-91, and which has been kept

crowd, trying to 100k natural and 1112- up without interruption during the more-

conscious, and failing entirely, the Squire than Six centuries 'tIl‘dt have Since

took one long, lingering look at them. elapsed. At Bm‘ne’ this year,-the day '3

Then he turned to the Major, who stood to be observed in the most spirited, pat-

near, the picture of dejection and defeat. riotic manner, and the. fireworks in the

.i ’The race is not always to the swift.‘ evening on the mountains above the City

sure enough,” he quoted, “and, also, iit’s are planned to be the grandest ever ex-





a long lane that has no turning'! Come. :‘f’itf‘: 133108;}. ‘20:}. Sill-‘11“, we :1: 062:;

Major, let’s go home!” id mg 16 Olll .L1) in y





2376, six centuries from the date of its

inception?



It is very interesting to know the part

that grand old Bostonian, Samuel Adams,

played in the great struggle. Few men

had greater influence over the minds of

their contemporaries than this early pat-

riot. He has been called the “Father of

the Revolution," “the tribune of the peo-

ple,” “the lust of the Puritans.” Three

statues have bw-n erected to his mem-

ory—~one at Lexington in 181‘3, one at

“'ashinglon, and the third in Boston. To

him, more than to any other man, must

be assignid the honor of initiating the:

measures and guiding the ticlilwrzitions

which lid to political independence. 1n

the caucus and town meetings he was

without a peer. Most of the important

state papers issuing from the legislature-





 





THE FOURTH OF JULY HISTORI-

CALLY.





 





A RATTLING GOOD NOISE.





 





BY X. Y. 1





There are few boys, perhaps, who do

not appreciate anything which makes

plenty of noise. This rattler will cer-

tainly “till the bill” in this respect, and

is very easily made, requiring no other

tools than a good jack knife.



It can be used for the purpose already

mentioned, or for scaring awaybirds on

the farm, or in the garden. It may be

used also as a call arrangement between

the members of a boys’ club.



To Make the Rattler.



Cut from a piece of wood, about half

an inch thick, a strip four inches wide

by six inches long, and bore a hole in the





 





 





 





 





center for a strong string or cord, about from 17“; to 177; were written 1),. him.

His appearance in the council chamber



flo after the Boston massacre to demand of



Hutchinson the removal of the troops has



flu been described as perhaps the grandest





scene in his life.



He was not only a signer of the im-

mortal declliraiion, but its chief pro—

moter. For seven years he remained in

Congress. filling at the same time many

important offices at home. He was after—

ward president of the Massachusetts

Senate and a member of the council, dc—

voting his time wholly to public affairs.

On the death of John Hancock, who with

”110 yard in length. This strip is mell‘kWJ Vi'iisliington and John Adams, did so

A, in the illustration. 1: is another strip much in the cause, of liberty, Samuel

of wood, about half 2111 WC“ 1055 in Width Adams was annually elected governor

and length than A, and one-quarter or from 1793 to as long a period as he, would

tlirec—cigiiths of an inch thick. consent to be a candidz’ite. He died in the



A 11010 is DONG in the CCUICI‘ .Of this 82d year of his age. He will always be;

DiOCL‘y 21180, and WC COl‘d, 0? string, passed. remembered as a man of the. SIIUDIGSt and

thru both, with a good sized knot on the purest personal character.

011d t0 DI‘OVt'Ilt it being pulled OUI. At Yes, the Fourth of Jilly is a sacred day

the other (‘Iid of the string it 100D is tied. to every American. No matter under



To Make the Rattler Rattle. what flag or in what clime the day over-



\Vind the string round and round the takes him, his independence, his love of

smaller piece of wood, B, leaving enough liberty, his devotion to country, must

Ril‘illfs" at the 1001) end to take a {£001 needs make manifest, and he celebrates

hold. ltcst the rattler upon the fist of in some form or another. It is a pleasure

the left hand, lHilly-S's you happen t0 be to read of the patriotic Observances of the

left~handcd), allowing the loop end of the day by American colonies in other lands.

string to hang down between the thumb They will continue to fling “Old Glory"

and fingers of the closed fist. Taking a. to the breeze, sing the national songs,

iirni hold of the loop. with the right hand. hurrah for “'asliington, toast the United

RIVU it K0011 long (NICK pull, WlliCll Will States and boom America generally.

unwind the cord on ll, causing it to make The 10“, 0f country never dies. Ypm.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





enough noise. to satisfy the ambition Of by year the patriotism of our young llli'il

You try it!





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THE MISSING.





BY 1).. W. F.





The Glorious Fourth was a thing of the

past,

With its glaring of colors and blaring

of noise;

The remains had been tenderly gathered

at last,

And patched up again into small girls

and boys.





Into the bedroom all darkened and dim.

Father crept silently, holding his

breath.

The odor of arnica floated to him,

But, save for a moan, all was silent as

death.





These, his wild, noisy girls and his boys?

With doubt and niisgiving, he ques—

tioned, “All here?”

Weakly and mournfully answered a voice,

"All but three lingers, some toes and

an ear!"





   





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{THE PRESSING NEED FOR VENTILA-

TION IN RURAL SCHOOLHOUSES.





 





By THOMAS s. AINGE,

Sanitary Engineer, Michigan Department

of Health.



To anyone, even with limited oppor-

tunities for observation, who has been in

touch with the world during the past

decade or two, the fact. must have become

indelibly impressed on the mind that this

is an age which, for progress in almost

every avenue of human life and activity,

is without a parallel in history. And this

progress has not been confined to the

dwellers in the cities alone, but has ex-

tended to the remote and, at certain

times of the year, comparatively isolated

places of the earth, the very many evi-

dences of which fact it is needless to

enumerate. There is, however, one very

important and vital point—the ventila-

tion of our rural schoolhouses—which

seems to have been overlooked, at least

in this state, in our movements for im—

proved conditions of life in its manifold

phases; and it is highly essential that we

pause in our activities along other, and

less important, lines in order that we

may grasp the full meaning and import-

ance of this question.



To live we must breathe; and to live

healthy lives—one 0f the greatest bles-

sings we can enjoy while on the earth—-

we must, at least, breathe pure air.



By the wonderful laws which control

life upon the earth, an inexhaustible sup—

ply of pure air is everywhere about us

at all times, but by shutting ourselves

up in buildings which are comparatively

tight, for privacy and protection, we

poison the air faster than the purifying

processes of nature can restore it to its

normal condition, and thus bring about

a deteriorated condition of the body and

pave the way for attacks of many or

the most dangerous diseases,



“'here only one person occupies an

ordinary sized room, as in a dwelling,

by reason of the leakage of air thru walls

and crevices, the contamination of the

air by the cxhalations from the body is

relatively small when compared with that

due to the congregation of many persons

in a room with much less air space for

each person, as in a schoolroom.



It has been determincd that the amount

of fresh air which should be admitted to

and the amount of vitiated air which

should be removed from a schoolroorn

for the maintenance of a wholesome con-

dition of the air in such room should

not be less than 30 cubic feet per minute

for each occupant. That this amount of

air cannot leak thru the walls or crevices

of the building will be apparent to anyone

familiar with the construction of build-

ings in the northern latitudes; neither

can the required changes of air be see

cured in the cold weather by means of

open windows. To accomplish this we

must have at lcast two special openings

of ample sizc—«one for the admission of

fresh air from outside the building and

one for the escape of vitiated air; and

the changes of air must be effected

without draft or discomfort to the occu-

pants of the room. In a one room school-

house, the ventilation may be best effect-

ed by means of a fresh—air duct, extend—

ing from a point outside thc building to

a Jacketcd stove or furnace, and a

vitiatcd-air iluc, extending from the Iloor

line to a point above the roof. By this

arrangement we can sccure warmth as

well as ventilation and, where properly

arranged, this method of warming will

secure an even temperature of air thru~

out the room instead of the usual roast-

ing of one portion and the freezing of

another portion of the occupants incident

to schoolrooms heated by means of the

ordinary stovcs. Such an arrungcmcnt

as that outlined above can be installed

in any rural schoolhouse of one room,

ony, at a cost of not to exceed $125, and

where the existing smoke ilue is of suffi-

cient size for the removal of both smoke

and vitiated air, the cost can be reduced

somewhat below this figure.



By reason of the fact that the efficient

working of any scicntific method of

warming and ventilation will depend, in

the main, upon the correct sizes and

proper installation of the various parts

of the apparatus, the design and super-

intcndcnce of such work should be in-

trusted to a competent person, only.



I am informed that in at least two

states—Wisconsin and Minnesota—the

warming and ventilation of the rural

schoolhouses by the plan outlined above

is general, and that the boards having

control over these buildings would not

so back to the old and uncomfortable

method of warming by ordinary stivcs





THE MICHIGAN FARMERS





for many times the cost of the apparatus.

There are, however, benefits far greater

than that of comfort to be derived from

the proper warming and ventilation of a

schoolroom. In the first place, the

teacher and scholars can do much more

effective work, as has been demonstrated

in the schools of Detroit and elsewhere;

and as may be demonstrated to the sat-

isfaction of any person who will do work

requiring close application, first in a room

unevenly warmed and without adequate

means of ventilation, and afterwards in

a well ventilated room with an even

temperature. But the most important

benefit—and which may not be apparent

until the scholars have completed their

education and entered upon the work 01

earning their livelihood—will, as a rule,

be manifest in the sound bodies of those

who pass a considerable portion of their

student years under such hygienic sur-

roundings.



As a. result of an investigation, con

ducted by the State Board of Health of

Indiana, relative to the ventilation of

school buildings in that state, it was

found that, in a single term, 80 per cent

of the pupils suffered from colds Ol'

coughs, and that 90 per cent of these

ailments were due to the bad air of thr

schoolrooms. Commenting upon this con-

dition, it was stated by the secretary of

the board that as 20 per cent of all deaths

from consumption in that state are in the

age period of 15 to 25 years, the prob—

ability that the lungs of the decedents

were prepared for the consumptive germ

by breathing bad air at school is great.



In Michigan, over 90 per cent of the

cases of pneumonia and at least 80 per

cent of the cases of consumption, in re—

cent years, were reported to have had

their beginning in a bad cold or cough.

and many of these were probably due to

the attcmpt to regulate the temperature

and improve the condition of the air in

schoolrooms by the opening of windows



In the list of occupations of persons

who died from tuberculosis in Michigan

in the past thirteen years, farming occu-

pics the second highcstplace. At first

glance this would appear to be an error

bccause the outdoor life of the farmer is

and must always be conducive to gOOd

health and long life. Many reasons have

been advanced for this apparent anomaly,

chicf among which are the cnrelc 'ness

of farmcrs in regard to keeping t cir

clothing dry and the lack of attention

which they pay to the sanitary condi-

tion of their surroundings. There is

every reason to believe, hovvevw, that

one of the most potent predisposing

cluscs of the cxccssivc mortality from

tuberculosis among farmers is the un-

ventilated and improperly warmed school-

rooms in the rural districts.



From the time of its establishment to

the present day, the Michigan State

Board of Health has repeatedly urged

upon those having charge of our school-

houses the necessity for the proper ven-

tilation of such buildings, and this is

being done in very many of the larger

buildings and at considerable cost. As

the question of the necessity for proper

means of ventilation in schoolhouses is

not got’crned by the size of the building,

any movement for securing such ventila-

tion should not be limited to larger build—

ings but should include even the smallest

and most isolated of our rural school—

houses,



In discussing the question of ventila-

tion for our rural schoolhouscs, the opin~

ion is sometimes advanced that what was

good enough fpr the parents, in the days

when the state was young and our

knowledge of the laws of health com-

paratively limitcd, is good enough for

the children. This is to infer that the

primitive methods of life and labor in

the country are to be preferred to the

present day conditions, and I am loathe

to bclieve that anyone who has caught

the progressive spirit of the age would

desire to turn back the hand of time to

what are sometimes designated as “the.

good old days," were such a thing pos-

Sllbll‘.



“'9 are constantly reminded thru the

Press of the many ways in which the

slate and subordinate granges and kin—

drcd organizations are working for the

welfare of the dwellers in the rural dis-

tricts, and I can conceive of no better

way in which these organizations can

render valiant service for the people

whom they represent than that of inau-

guruting and vigorously prosecuting a

general movement for hygienic surround-

ings for those who must soon shoulder

the responsibilities of life and upon whose

physical fitness the future welfare of the

state will largely depend.





 





 





 





 





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4 Dear Sine—During the year 1907 we purchased one of

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actual test we were able to put into a silo So it. high corn

ensilagc at the rate of 25 tons per hour, usmg a la b. p.

engine. It was easy to cut at the rate of ‘15 to 20 tons

T per hour during the whole dm"s time. '1 his season we



had three lSll-ton cement silos to fill and were under the

necessity of getting a cutter which would do the work we-

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MAKE THE BOYS WORK!





Got your attention now boys? All right—the work

part is a joke—-it will onlyrequire a. little of your

time to get some of our time.





WHAT THE WATCH IS,





It is not a toy but a regular man’s watch. It

is not a plated case but.a solid nickel silver that

will always look and wear like solid silver. The

quantity we purchased allows us to make the

price so low, and we are giving our readers the

advantage of large cash deal.



The Movement is regular 18 size, lantern pin-

ions, American lever escapement, polished spring.

encased in barrel. Quick train, 240 beats per min-

ute. Short wind and runs 30 to 36 hours with one

winding. The Case is nickel, open face, snap bezel

and back plain center band. Stem wind and stem





setVVHAT THE WORK IS





That is easy—send to us and get a few samples

(a. postal card will do), or use your own home

paper for a sample, or go without one—everyone

knows the Michigan Farmer. Then just ask folks

to subscribe, that is all. The price of the Michigan

Farmer is 75 cents for one year, $1.20 for two years

or $1.50 for three whole years. (big saving). get

three people to subscribe, send us the orders and

money. by return mail you will get one of these

watches free. _



If youwant to buy the watch for cash it is 95

cents. Send 8 cents extra if you want it sent reg—

istered. With The Farmer 1 year, $1.45; .2 years,

31.90: 3 years, $2.25. By mail, postage paid.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER, Detroit, Michigan.





 





 





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Summer on the Farm.

In many ways the summer months are

the pleasantest of the year upon the

farm. People who profess a dislike for





’country life at other seasons admit that





lit is charming in its setting of green

fields and shady trees, with the beauties

as well as the bounties of nature at first

hand.



Whatever the occupation which: may

employ one, far from these peaceful

scenes, thru the other seasons rare, iii-o

deed, is it to find a person who would not

be glad to seek the open country during

the heated period which, altho somewhat

belated the present. year, is now at hand.



However latent this love of nature may

be, deep down in the heart most people

possess it. We see men in the great

world of business, men who are captains

of finance, whose word or will dominates

markets and controls prices, seeking out

some favored spot far from the brick and

pavement of cities and! here building a

home Where they may retire to dwell for

awhile. And men with lesser means

those of professional and business life,

many of them possess farms in the man-

agement of which they take great

pleasure.



Coming down the financial scale still

further we reach those with the mono-

tonous grind of clerical or office life as

their daily portion, and upon interviewing

these men we find this same ambition

to own a piece of land, a little home in

the country. In fact, it is hard to find a.

man who has not this ambition, whether

or not he is ever able to realize it. To

these the man who owns a farm is a

kiflarrm his lot the envied one. The

hand- to- mouth existence so common in

our larger cities and towns among wagew

cams families would drive sleep tom

the pillqp of the farmcr who, while. he

nias no be a man of weal 11, has plehtxr

and 16 spare for has family in case of

sickness or accident to himself.



But there is work to be done in the

fai'ln'hot'ne as well as in the fields. As

I have said, summer is in many ways

the'most delightful season, yet from

another view-point it is the hardest.

With the extra amount of labor demanded

by“ renewed activities outside there is

added the seasonable work of the home

proper. The preparation of fruits and

jellies for the coming winter is no small

task but it is one which the provident

home—keeper does not neglect. Beginning

with the first of these she is not content

until the last ones are secured and her

shelves over-flowing with well-filled jars

of canned, preserved and' jellicd sweet-

ness and goodness. How much this

means in a family none but the housewife

herself fully understands,



Summer is the time when city people

long for an invitation to spend a few daVs

or weeks in the country. And not infre-

quently they do- not wait to be asked but

invite themselves to partake of the hos-

pitality of their friends. Probably every

country matron knows what it means to

have the house filled with these gucsts,

to have to get extra meals at consider-

able inconvenience and additional hours

of labor. Indeed, it has come to be a

standing joke, this entertaining of citv

cousins during haying and harvest. Yet

it is in real life no joke. At the same

time I am convinced that the extreme

cases occasionally cited represent com-

paratively few out of the great number

of actual experiences. As to the selfish-

ness of this class of guests who demand

so much and give no adequate return, it

is matched time and again by the num-

ber of people whom it is a pleasure to

have in the home. There are for me

many, many delightful remembrances of

chats in the dairy-room, or in the garden

picking berries with guests who cheerfully

shared my tasks even to the last and

whose pleasant conversation and helpful

suggestions lightened many a long hour.

When later in the day came the resting

time it was as frcqucntly the hostess as

her guest who swung in the hammock

or read the new book brot from the city

for all who would to enjoy. And to

one of these same summer visitors I owe

my initiation into the mysteries of var-

ious dishes which I had long wanted to

attempt making. The hungry men gath-





ered round the long dining-table were not

lacking in appreciation when the big-

aproned city-woman, flushed of counte-

nance- yet with eyes beaming with good

‘will, set upon it the result of her efforts

over the kitchen fire.



Yes, we must admit that there are two

sides to this question.’ There are guests.

who give as much as they receive, whose:

departure gives actual pain and there are

those whose going is hailed with positive

rejoicing”.



Summer days are long days. Early ris-

ing is encouraged by the sun himself

whose coming is heralded by the birds

at first peep of dawn, softly twittering

to their mates, then boldly singing loud

and long as he rises above the horizon.

Thrifty farmer folks are not far behind

him and work begins at an early hour.

This, to the housewife, should be a mat-

ter for congratulation since she is enabled

thereby to get the bulk of her duties out.

of the way during the forenoon. With

sweet and peaceful slumber commencing

at a seasonable hour no healthy person

need complain because they must rise at

five or even earlier than that hour.



I smile now when I recall my youthful

ideas on this subject which were to the

effect that. city people were not compelled

to get up in the morning and go to work

as early as farmers. The other day l

asked the man who brings me ice at what

hour he had breakfast and he replied.

five o'clock. I doubt if there are many

in the country who rise in time for a.

five o’clock breakfast. 01' course, there

are those in town who need not reach

their place of,business until seven or

eight o’clock, possibly later, but the great

mass of laboring people must be early at:





work. The whistles blow at 6 :30 and

every man must be at his post if he

would work in a factory, and here is





where thousands are employed.



So a large proportion of the population

rise betimes even in the city.



Summer heat is enervating. Perspira-

tion streams from every pore at the

Slightest exertion. We feel physically

uncomfortable with the mercury toying

with the nineties. Yet, in the open coun-

try there is usually a cool spot some-

where and a cool breeze playing thru the

trees. The heat is nothing compared to

that which radiates from brick and mor-





tar with the same temperature. load

the mortalities of the big cities, this

month and next, ye favored ones, and





think of your blessings in being able to

live in a home where the pure, sweet: air

can enter from every side. That is some-

thing denied all but the very wealthy in

any big city, where houses crowd in on

every hand and Where many rooms are

of necessity not even passably well ven-

tilated.



Not long ago I was talking with a.

friend who was once a country school-

teacher. Knowing my love of the country

she was relating some of her earlier ex.—

pericnces when, a city girl, she wont to

teach in a back district where the tiny

log schoolhouse was set in a small clear-

ing in the virgin forest. Here it was that

she learned to love the things of nature.

“The wild creatures came to the vcry

door,” she said, “and birds in summer

flew in at the opcn windows. In the

long, quict cvcninu's a whip-poor-will

came and, lighting on the well-swoop at.

my boarding place, sang its swcctly

monotonous song, so ncar its form cou‘d

be distinctly seen outlined in the gather-

ing shadows. Squirrels were everywhere.

They chaticrcd as they munched fear-

lessly the crumbs from the dinner pails.

’l‘hcy scampered about the place hero and

there, undisturbed by human presence.

I learned to love the works of the Creator

as never before, and altl1o when I mar-

ried I returned to town to live. it has

always bccn my ambition that we might

some day own a home in the country and

live there.”



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The busy bee goes humming over



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When summer skies are blue.





The birds sing sweetly as they fly



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The whispering leaves, the blossoming

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Bespeak the love of God divine

When summer skies are blue.





The shady dell, the sparkling rill,



Where sweet- breathed cattle drink their

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If you were going to try ten or fifteen

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seeds to germinate than annuals, and the

plants grow slowly at first. The water-

ing should be attendcd to often enouftli

so that the ground will not become dry at

any time. Some plants will comc in

cight days and some will not appear in

less than a month, but they nearly always

come if one is patient and painstaking.

Should the weather be wet, it is best to

raise the frame on one side to admit air

or the soil may sour or become coverc-l

with mold. After the plants are all Lp

another frame should be made with

screen or two tl1.:knesscs of mosquito

netting. This will admit more air and

yet protect the tiny plants from hot sun

and wind-s. If it rains put the cloth

frame on while the storm lasts. There

is little left to do now but keep the plants

watered and transplant or thin out. If

the plants are transplanted set them

about two or three inches apart each

way. If they are kept close together

they are easier cared for than if set in

the permanent bed. The plants can be

put in the permanent bed after the fall

rains set in and will require no further

care unless they dry rot.



While the plants are in the hotbed

there is one danger to be guarded against.

culled “damping off.“ This is caused by

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The carnation and pink and double

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A HEALTH EXHIBIT.





BY CHAoRLOTTE A. AIKENS.



Two years ago I was asked to visit

the Michigan state fair, look it over and

make some suggestions as to how it

might be made more attractive and val-

uable for the “women folks." One of the

suggestions I made at that time was that

some small portion'of it might be devoted

to “health matters." I would like now

to address this article “To whom it may

concern” and repeat that suggestion.

Perhaps some very practical "financier"-

sort—of-man feels inclined to ask, ““‘hat

is there to exhibit about health, and





'how?“ and to add “Aren‘t the people of





Michigan as healthy as you‘ll find any-

where?”



I am willing to admit that the Michigan

folks 'whom I have seen are, on the whole,

pretty fair specimens of humanity to look

at, but I’d like to remind the “financier"

man that statistics go to show that Mich-

igan averages over 2,500 deaths a year

from tuberculosis alone, more than that

number from pneumonia, the thousands

of little children who go to their graves

before they are five years old. to say

nothing of all the deaths that occur from

other preventable diseases. If the direct-

ors of the state fair could have, for one

year, all the money that is spent for doc-

tors and medicines they could retire from

business wealthy, or they could put up

buildings on that fair ground that would

rival the buildings of the Alaska-Yukon-

I’acific Exposition. In regard to that

question, ““‘hat is there about health to

exhibit?” time and space forbid me to

mention more than a few of the things

that might properly find a place in :1

health exhibit. A committee of five or

seven of the right sort of people could

get up a health exhibit that would be

more attractive and iniinitely more val-

uable than all the attractions of midwavs

and pikes and wanderlusts and “pav

streaks," and it wouldn't need any “bark-

crs" to persuade the people to go to

see it.



A few months ago while in New York

I had a chance to go to see the tuber-

culosis exhibit which was held in connec-

tion with the International Tuberculosis

t‘ongress. I had only about two hours to

spend there, and I saw only a little cor—

ner of it. One could have spent two

cntirc days without seeing it all for i':

was so immense and so interesting. Over

38,000 square feet of floor space and

51.0th square feet of wall space wcrr

needed for the display for that one dis-

casc. 'I‘wcnty different states had ex—

hibits there. Michigan was one of them

and had a very creditable display. 'lCng-

land, Germany, Russia, France, Sweden,

Switzerland, Hungary. liclgium, Ircland,

Austria, Brazil. l'rugnay, (“1111a, Porto

Iiico, New anlnnd and t‘anada wcre all

rcprcscntcd. llundrcds of thousands, yis~

ited the exhibit while it was in New

York, and each afternoon and evening

there were demonstrations and explana-

tions and talks given by physicians and

othcrs. If the "tlnancicr man” had lll't‘ll

thcrc he would chcr have askcd the

qucsiion. “What is Ihcrc in tlic line Of

hcalth to exhibit?”



One of the first things cxhibitcd was

:I cow in a littlc sanitary cow-shcd who

rupplicd purc milk. Nt“{l thcrc \\'t‘l‘(‘ all

the known applianccs for kccping milk

clcan and sanitary from the time the

cow gave it till the city baby or invalid

got it—modcl dairies. rcfrigcrators, milk

bottles, milk pails, nursing bottles, etc

There were photographs and charts illus-

trating conditions which brccd the dis—

case; there were appliances for fumigat-

ing rooms which had been occupied by

consumptives; there were working models

of window tents, shacks for taking the

fresh air cure at liomc: roof tcnts: pic-

turcs and schedules of dict in thc various

stagcs. There were slccping bags and

hoods, sputum cups and spittoons, im-

mense banners with picturcs, each eon-

veying a lesson on how to avoid the dirt-

ease. There were models of sanitary

dwclling houses frcc from dust catchers;

models and plans of out—door play grounds

and sanatorizi, and hospitals for crippch

children. There were wax and plaster

figures of children and adults with limbs

distorted by tuberculosis. There were

apparatuses for lessening the dangers in

various trades, a pathological exhibit

showing sections of lungs with cavities

formed by tuberculosis. etc. This will

give an idea of what there is to exhibit

about only one disease. “’hen it comes

to a general health exhibit, there is almost

no end to what might enter into it. The

only question would be how to use the





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THE MICHIGAN, FA'IiMER.





space so as to make the exhibit of most





educational value.





Some years ago I attended a Health

Exposition which ran in New York city

for several weeks. An admission fee of

25 cents was charged and every after.-

noon and evening the place was crowded.

After all, there are few things in which

people are more interested, than in their

health, and the more intelligent they are.

on the subject the more interested they

are. At this Health Exposition there were

all sorts of sick room conveniences and

appliances for the comfort of the sick.

There was a sanitary sick room and the

other kind. There were wax figures il-

lustrating how to bandage properly; how

to bathe to reduce fever; model kitchens

with all sorts of labor-saving appliances

and sanitary devices; models of ventilat-

ing devices; pure foods; pure soaps; 11y-

gienic underwear; laundry conveniences

and contrivances. A number of the large

hospitals had special exhibits-all on

different lines. There was an exhibit of

nurse uniforms on dolls to which hos-

pitals all over the country had contrib—

uted. There were talks and demonstra-

tions going on all over the building. And

the health exposition paid its promoters

a good profit, to say nothing of the edu—

cational value of it.



In the east. exhibits such as I have

mentioned have been conducted by anti-

tuberculosis associations at the county

fairs for several years. In Maryland the

Grange has taken a leading place in such

work. At a great furmers' picnic, lasting

for three days and attended by 10,000 peo-

ple from Carroll and Frederick counties.

where such an exhibit. with demonstra-

tions and lectures had been arranged for.

a police force had to be organized to get

the crowd into line and marshal them

in order to hear the lectures



There is no good r:e1son why a health

txhibit might not be made a gieat and

attractive educational feature that would

teach lessons on health and healthy liv

ing to hundreds of thousands every year

at the state fair. Might not the state

board of health co-opcrate and provide

information and leaflets for free distribu-

tino? Two years ago. at the fair, I was

handed a leaflet on how to prevent the

ravages of the San Jose, scale, and how

to prevent the blighting of grapcs. pota

tocs, etc. “'ouldn't it be quite as sen-

sible and humane, and altogether finer

if we should have supplies of leaflets for

free distribution telling how to prevent

Michigan child1en bein:r bli lited oi Mich-

igan motht1s and fatheis. Isn' the

farmer himsclf. and his health. oft mor.

consequence than his crops or herds or

111:1('~hi11cr,\'?



The, medical societies would help.

“'omcn's clubs, hospitals and sanat'oria

and private individuals and firms would

all co—opcrate and help to make such an

exhibit a success if once the ball were set

in motion.



it should need no argument to convince

any intelligent person that the health of

the farmer and his family constitutes

their most valuable asset and that any-

thing which will tend to promote health

and prcvcnt illness contributes toward

the upbuilding and the, highest welfare

of the people of the state.



MORE ABOUT CANNING PEAS AND

CORN.





 





 





 





Canning Peasi‘Fill the jars full of vcr,1

,voui'ig uncookcd pcas, then fill them full

of cold water, adjust the rubbers and

lay on the tops. Put straw or hay in

the bottom of a wash boiler, place the

jars on this, and pour in sufficient cold

water to half cchr thcni. Put the boilci

over the tire, cover it closely 'with the

lid. and boil steadily for three hours.

Take up the jars, see they are filled to

overflowing, and scrcw on the covers as

tight as possible. Stand aside to cool.

\\'hcn cold, again screw the covers. and

kccp in a dark cool place. Asparagus

and lima beans may be canned in the,

same way. Asparagus requires one and

onc—half hours cooking and beans require

thrcc.



(‘anning Corn—For this select fine,

frcsh corn. Remove the husk and silk,

and carefully cut the corn from the cob,

I’ock into jars, pressing it down closely,

and fill to overflowing. Put on the tops

and screw them down. Place hay or

straw in the bottom of a washboiler,

stand the jars on top of this, and pour

in sufficient cold water to half cover the

jars. (‘over the boiler tightly, and boil

continuously for four hours. watching

carefully that there is sufficient water to

make a full volume of steam, “'hen done

lift the jars and screw down the covers

as tightly as possible, stand aside to cool.

\thn cold screw again, and keep in a

dark, cool place.



Monroe Co. MRS. A. D. SCOTT.





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First: 1, A vital part of one’s anatomy;

2, mistake; 3, to get up; 4, a kind of tree

gum; 5, to lead.



Second: 1, A despiser; 2, to admire;

3, garments; 4, obliterate; 5, rearrange.





Kink lil.—Fourth of July Charade.





My first, it smacks of a ship,



My second to music'does run,



My third is found in all light,



My fourth can rhyme with shun.



My fifth and my sixth are “preps,”



So also myrseventh in French;



In my eighth they keep the "disreps;”



My ninth, it sounds pretty dense.



Prizes for Straightening Kinks.



To the first 25 who send us correct

answers to ALL of the above Kinks,

we will give choice of a package of 50

post~cards representing a trip around the

world, a copy of “Concrete Construction

on the Farm,” or a good paring knife.

Where contestant or some member of his

family is not a regular subscriber a.

year‘s subscription (75c) must accompany

answers. Answers must not reach us

later than July 30, as correct solutions

will be published in issue of Aug. 7. Ad-

dress answers to Puzzle Dept., Michigan

Farm‘er. -

‘ Answers to June 5 Kinks.





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Kink il.——lnitials.—

T is for trials the

dairymen lneet,

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M i; for milk, their farms’ Standard Oil,





1 for the intellect needed to bring



(‘2 ash returns largely without laboring



it did to the injury of body and mind.



1 is for innings for them of the kind



(} aincd by other producers who join



A nd win their full share, and more, of

the coin



N ceded to live and make the work pay.



F is for farmers who prune and who

Spray;



A for the apples they gather this way;



R is their reason for sorting them well,

well,



M for their marketing methods which

,sell,



E nding in making “sure thing" for the

man



R aising the very best fruit that he can.





i) is for daughters, true girls of the

farms,



l‘} lecting to use their wits and their

charms



’I‘ o brighten and broaden the neighbor-

hood life,



R efuie the magazine articles rife



t) n the dreadful condition of the farm-

er's wife.



l 's for ingenious ideas these girls



'|‘ hink out beneath hats and their curls.



M :lking on farms a field for their wits



l ndeed full as big for adv. writers’ hits



C ailing the trade as any that ever



ll appily opened for city brains clever.



June’5 Prize Winners.





The first 25 solvers of the Kinks of

June 5, to whom prizes are awarded, are

as follows: F. S. Church, W. H. Ruesink,

Alice E. Hammond, Sadie Spoelstra, Mrs.

Elia Roberts, G. Holmes, Leta Ranson,

Pauline Troost, Eva Scott, Rae Greek,

Frank Sperry, Hulda Kern, Ralph Mocr-

dyk, H. L. Ballard. Mrs. Fred Adle, Es-

ther Matthews, Mrs. James H. Carey. Ella

Melow, Mary B. Spencer, Mrs Hesper

Goodwin, Mrs. James N. Burt, Mrs. L.

E. Webb, Oliver L. Deake, Mrs. L. J.

King and Roswell M. Hall.





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gine Works, Roekford, 111., are fully de-

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new 50 page catalog issued by this well

known firm.



The Light Draught Potato Harvester,

manufactured by Stevens Manufacturing

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’bonds. The tax is calculated on the basis





of the average quotation for the preceding

year, and the rate of interest on this

amount; which the current dividend

yields. The tax will then be deducted

by the companies before the payment of

the dividends. .



The 100th anniversary of the birth of

Charles Darwin, the great evolutionist,

was- observed in the old college town of

Cambridge, England, last week. Scien-

tists from all parts of the world were in

attendance, 235 universities and learned

bodies being represented, 30 of which

were American. The gift of America was

a bust of Darwin.



The cholera epidemic has assumed

alarming proportions in St. Petersburg.

and the government has undertaken e‘I-

traordlnary precautions to check it by

enforcing sanitary measures. Against

these the working classes are said to

show great hostility.



National.





Gov. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, has sus-

pended the chairman of the state railroad

commission because he refused to order

the railroads of the state to reduce the

“port rates."



A proposition to issue $1,950,000 of San

Francisco clty bonds for reconstructing

the Geary street railroad as a municipally

owned line was defeated at a special

election.



The first ground was. broken at Sand-

wich, Mass, last week in the projected

construction of the canal across the nar-

row neck of Cape Cod to Buzzard’s Bay,

a distance of twelve miles.



The American Envelope Manufacturers’

Association in session at Buffalo, formu—

lated plans to induce the federal govern-

ment to stop competing with private busi-

ness by printing and distributing its own

envelopes in the postal service.



The Pennsylvania. Supreme Court has

ruled that the teachings of Emanuel

Swedenborg are not contrary to the laws

of the state or repugnant to public policy,

thus reversing the opinion of the lower

court in a case involving the will of F.

J. Kramph, made fifty years ago, in which

about $40,000 was left to the Church of

the New Jerusalem for the establishment

of a university. In the course of a long-

drawn dispute between factions of the

church, the heirs of the Kramph estate

sought to break the will by alleging that

the conjugal teachings of the founder 01

the church were immoral.



Racial antipathy toward the Chinese,

the high social standing of the girl vic~

tim, and questions of church policy in

mission work have combined to give un—

usual and national prominence to the cir-

cumstances surrounding the death of

Miss Elsie Siegcl, the 20—year-old grand—

daughter of Gen. Siegel of Civil \Var fame,

whose body was found concealed in a

trunk in the Eighth avenue den of a New





York Chinaman, known as William A.-





Leon, an Americanized version of Leong

Lim, or Leong’hing. on June 19. The

young woman had been engaged with her

mother in the work of Christianizing the

Chinese residents of the city who came

to the Mott Street Mission. Latest ac-

counts state that the suspected murderer

is still at large,



The City of Cleveland, Ohio, thru the

action of its council, has undertaken to

prevent the firing of crackers on the

coming Fourth of July or the lighting of

fireworks except for certain specified

public displays under the direction of the

city authorities. The hope is to make

the day noiseless. bloodless and death-

less. The measure was passed last July

after a Fourth of unusually diamirous

accidents. The ordinance makes it _a

crime punishable with thirty days in

prison or $100 fine for anyone to sell, buy

or have in his possession any sort of

cracker, fireworks, toy pistol or other

form of explosive.



State.



Judge Frank E. Knappen permanently

enjoined the city of Kalamazoo from

enforcing the ordinance. which required

all city printing to bear the union label.



The ponderous concrete caisson for the.

new government light being constructed

at Banks Point in Muskcgon harbor was

sunk Monday. It is the first step in the

construction of the new experimental

light, and if it proves a success will prob—

ably revolutionize the method of marking

the great lakes.



James L. Lowdcn. of Ypsilanti. a mem—

ber of the legislature of 18M! and 1891,

died suddenly early this week.



The vacancy in the 28th judicial circuit

occasioned by the resignation of Judge

Chittendcn has been tilled by Gov, “'ur—

ner, Frederick S. Lamb, of Cadillac, re-

ceiving the appointment.



Eaton county officials report the county

treasury empty and there is talk of calling

an extra seSSion of the supervisors that

steps may be taken to submit to the peo-

ple a bonding proposition to cover ex-

penses until the year‘s taxes fall due.



Phillip H. Schantz, father of Repre-

sentative Schantz, of Barry county, died

last week at the age of 93.





 





Elaborate Horse Show at State Fair.





At a meeting of the Michigan State

Fair officials and representative horsemen

arrangements were made for holding one

«of the most elaborate horse shows at the

coming exhibition, which opens Sep-

tember 2nd, that has ever been given in

the middle west. Prominent horsemen

and breeders thruout the state have been

appointed to work up this enterprise and

with .the energetic management of the

fair, its success is already foretold. The

show will be held in front of the grand-

stand. beginning at seven o’clock sharp

and continue for two hours. Mr. M. W.

Savage has written that Dan .Patch and

Minor Heir, two of the fastest horses in

the world, are in the pink of condition

and being worked every day to keep them

in trim for the coming championship race

at the fair. Mr. Savage owns them both

and has given orders that no distinction

shall be made. in the training or driving

of the animals.





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The Waterbury System supplies an abundance of fresh air; thoroughly warms and

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June 30, 1909.

Grain and Seeds. .



Wheat.——At last week’s close cash grain

in this market had advanced 20 over the

low point for the week, and so far this

week the market has shown increasing

strength,a bullish turn on Tuesday sending

the July and September options up about

1%0. The factors relied upon by those

who profess to look for higher prices are

the good export demand, the condition

of the visible supply in this country



.011 is now below 12,000,000 bu., and

f her indications that producers are





. not going to rush the new grain to mar--





= t as rapidly as had been expected. So

1‘ the bears have been considerably dis-

appointed at the small movement of new

grain. In some sections local grain deal—

ers are endeavoring to contract the new

crop at prices around $1 per bu. How-

ever, they are meeting with little suc-

cess, and this, together with the fact that

the cash quotation for new grain in mar-

kets like St. Louis is around $1.30 leads

to the conclusion that growers are bullish

in their views and therefore not inclined

kets like St. Louis is around $1.30, leads

vesting conditions are reported very

favorable. In some states, Michigan

among them, the outlook for a heavy

yield was never better, and these condi—

tions tend to offset the effect of the bul-

lish factors noted above. One year ago

the price paid for N0. 2 red wheat in this

market was 89%0 per bu. Quotations for

the past week are:



No.2 No.1 No.3



Red. White. Red. July. Sept.

Thurs. ....1.43 1.43 1.40 1.14% 1.101,;

Fri. ......1.45 1.45 1.42 1.15% 1.1211,,





Sat. ...... 1.45 1.45 1.42 1.16% 1.12%

Mon. ..... 1.45 1.45 1.42 1.15% 1.11%

Tues. ..... 1.45 1.45 1.42 1.17 1.13

VVed. ..... 1.45 1.45 1.42 1.17 1.13





Corn.—As noted last week, favorable

weather is having its effect upon the corn

market. At Chicago the market has

wavered several times during the past

week under heavy selling but each time

it has recovered to such an extent that

little change in values is noted. In the

local market this grain is quoted frac»

tionally higher than at this time last

week. The market was comparatively

easy at Tuesday’s opening but firmed up

near the close. The visible supply shows

a slight gain for the Week. ()ne year ago

the price was 711/20 for No. 3 corn. Quo-

tations are as follows:





No. 3



No. 3 Yellow.



Thursday ................ 7 53/; 7634



Friday ................... 7 515.3, 76%,

Saturday ................. 76 77

Monday .................. 70 77

Tuesday .................. 76 77

’Wednesday ............... 76 77





Oats.-~This market is may weak and

priCes are off 21/gc. A drop of a full cent

occurred on Tucsday, the market being

well supplied and buyers were lotlt to

take hold except at a good concession in

priCe. The September option held steady

until ’l‘uesday when a decline of file oc-

curred. Une year ago the price for No.

3 white oats was F50. Quotations for the





week are:

No. 3 \Vhite. Sept.





Thursday ................. 591,; 45

Friday .................... 501.1 45

Saturday ................. 501,; 45

Monday .................. 58 45

Tut-sduy .................. 57 44%

\Vednesday ....... . ....... 561,4; 45





Beans.~(‘ash beans remain inactive,

the interest being centered in October

bcans. This option atlvanccd 10 late last

Week but suffered a 40 decline on Tuesday

under news of improved crop conditions,

with practically nothing doing at the new

figure. The following are nominal quo-

tations for the week: '



Cash. Oct.





Thursday :50 $2.05

Friday ..................... 2.50 2.06

Saturday ................... 2.50 2.06

Monday .................... 2.50 2.06

Tuesday ................... 2.50 2.02

\K'ednesday ................ 2.50 2.02





Cloverseed.—’I‘his mark-ct has takcn on

new life with considerable intcrcst inan—

ifcstcd in both (lctobcr and March sccd.

The demand siucc this time last Week

has been suilicicnt to advance prices 1061)

150 per bu. Quotations for the past week

are:



Oct. March.

' $7.00





'l‘hursday $05:



Friday .......... ' ........... t 1.85 7,00

Saturday .................. 6.90 7.05

:Vlflntitl)’ .................... 7.00 7.15

Tuesday .................... 7000 7.15

“'edncsday 7.00 7.15





Rye.w’l‘liis market is dull with quota-

tions mcrely nominal. The selling. quo-

tation for cash No. 2 this week is 890

per bu.



Visible Supply of Grain.

This week. Last week.





“'hcat ............... 11,280,000 12,041,000

Corn . . . . . . .. 3.374.000, 3,201,000

Oats ................. 6,287,000 (5,704,000

Rye ................. 170,000 175,000

Larlcx ............... 007,000 752,000





Flour, Feed, Provlsions, Etc.

Flour.~—Markct steady, with quotations

unchanged. Quotations are as follows:





Clear $670

Straight ............................. 0.85‘

Patent Michigan .................... 7.10

Ordinary Patent ..................... 6.9:)





Hay and Straw.wlei'1<t-t steady at last

week‘s prices. Carlot prices on track are:

No.1 timothy, new, $14.506715: No. 2 tim-

othv, $13.50@14; clover, mixed, $1361‘1Ti.50;

rye. straw, $11; wheat and oat straw,

$9 per ton.



Feed—Steady. Bran. $20 per ton:

coarse middlings, $30; fine middlvings, $31;

cracked corn and coarse corn meal, $111611

32; corn and oat chop, $30.



Potatoes—Market very easy, altho last

week‘sdower values have, in the main,

been maintained. New stock becoming





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more plentiful and consequently lower in.

price. Good old stock is quoted‘at.‘$50@

600 per bu. New potatoes - from the

south are quoted at $1.10 per bu.



Provlsions.-——Family pork, $226023; mess

pork, $21; light short clear, $21; heavy

short clear, $23.50; pure lard, 12%0; bacon,

151/20; shoulders, 110; smoked ham-s, 14c;

picnic hams, 10%c. ‘





Dairy and Poultry Products.





Butter.——This market is steady at last

week’s lower range on creamery; dairy

goods and packing stock are 1&0 lower

this .Week. Demand good and supplies

ample. The following are the ruling

quotations: Extra creamery butter, 25c;

firsts, 24c; dairy, 19%0; packing, 180

per lb.



Eggs—Receipts are liberal this week

but the market holds firm at last week's

figures. Extra fresh eggs, case count and

cases included are quoted at 201/10 per

dozen,



Poultry.——Supplies are more moderate

this week and the market is quiet with

last week‘s prices ruling, except on broil-

ers which are 2c lower. Quotations are:

Hens, 1260130; roosters, 9@10c; ducks, 14

60150; geese, 86090; turkeys, 1660170;

broilers, 20611220.



Cheese.—Michigan flats, new, 130; York

state, 16%0; limburger, fancycld, 170;

new, 14c; sehweitzer, fancy old, 20@21c;

brick cream, 150 per lb,



Fruits and Vegetables.





Apples.—Market steady. Best grades

are quoted at $7627.50 per bbl.



Onlons.~—Bermudas, $1.50 per crate.



Strawberries—Receipts have been ill)-

eral the past week and for the most part

the fruit has shown good condition. Prices

show a big decline since this time last

week, home—grown stock now being quot-

ed at $1.50@2 per bu.



Gooseberries.~——Per bu, $3. '



Cherries.—More plentiful and lower in

price. Sour now quoted at $2692.50 bu.



Raspberries.——Only a few in the market

as yet. They are held firmly at $3.50 per

24-pint case for both red and black.



BIackberries.—Firm at $4 per 24—qt.

case.



Vegetables.—-Green onions, 10c per doz;

radishes, 1060120 pcr doz; cucumbers,

30611450 per doz; lettuce, 500 per bu;

head lettuce, $2602.25 per hamper; water—

cress, 2060250 per doz; spinach, 500 per

bu; oyster plant, 40c per doz; asparagus,

$1.50@1.75 per case; rhubarb, 4060500 per

doz; green peas, $1.256rl.50 per bu.





OTHER MARKETS.





Grand Rapids.





Strawberries on the city market Tucs-

day morning were soft and of poor qual—

ity, ‘selling at 75611800 per 16-(11. case,

fancy stock at $1641.25. There are. many

berries still to come, the the rush is

over. Home grown cherries are in, sweets

selling at $1 per half bu., sours at 900.60

$1 per Case. Sweet cherries are reported

to be rotting and the crop will not be

large. Sour cherry trees are loaded with

fruit. First home grown cabbage was in

this week, selling at 75c per doz. Head

lettuce goes slow at 356N100 per bu. Prices

paid. on the city market Tuesday were

as ollows: New turnips, 121/20 per doz.

bunches; asparagus, 5061360c doz; radish,

5c doz; cucumbers. 2561350 doz; spinach,

50c bu; carrots, 10c doz; beets, 400 doz;

old potatoes, 50c; tomatoes, 100 1b; peas,

90/0341. Dressed hogs remain firm at Ell/fic.

Eggs are 1/_.c lower. In grains, corn is

off 2c, oats 30.



Quotations follow:



Grains.——\Vheat, $1.45; corn, 75c; oats,

57c; buckwheat, 600 per bu; rye, 800.



Beans—Machine screened, $2.25.



Buttoanuying prices, Dairy, No. 1

1861290; cretunery in tubs, 241/20; prints,

250 per 1b.



Cheese.~Michigan full cream is selling

at 1660161/20 per lb; brick, 17c; Swiss, 17c;

limburger, 17c.



Eggs.~— Jase count, 181/2611190,



Cherries—Sweet, $2 per bu; sour, 9006:!)

$1 per case.



Michigan Strawberries—75c6D$1 per 16-

qt. case.



Cattle—Cows, $250674 per cwt: steers

and heifers, best quality, 36351/20; dressed

mutton, 961‘10c; dressed veal, 6@90;

drcsscd beef, cows, noel/2c; steers and

heifers, "ii/3619150



Hogs—Dressed, 91/30.



Live Poultry._Fowls, 10611120; roosters,

7618c; turkeys, 176(18c; broilers. 11,5, t0

2 lbs., 2062220; spring ducks, 1561170.





 





New York.





Button—“Testcrn factory firsts, 18@

21c; creamery specials. 251/261‘3260

l‘lggs.v~—1rrcgulal'. “'cstcrn firsts to ex-

tras, 2161,231/4c; seconds, 2060220 pcr doz.

Poultry. Alive, steady. \Vt"Si("1‘llC1llC'l{-

cns, broilers, 216122c; fowls, 151/20.

Dressed, steady. \Vcstcrn broilers, 186?

22c; fowls, 126116c pcr lb. ’

Grain—“’hcat, No. 2 red, $1.47 per bu;

corn. No. 2, Sill/“m: oats, mixed, 60c.

Potatoes—«Per 180 lbs., state, $1.60@2;

Mich, per 150 lb. bag, $1.50tgi1.60.





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Chicago.



\that.—No. 2 red, $1.45fi1.55; July,

311.1614; Sept, $1.115}.



Corn—No. 3, 716,1“711/20; July, 703/10;

Sept, 6751.0.



Oats.~rNo. 3 white, 556F561/gc; July,

19%(1 Sept, 43%0



Butter;~Stcady. Creamcries, 2215611250;

dairies, 2061‘231/20



Eggs.»—Steady to a cent higher. Firsts,

200; prime firsts, 210 per doz.



P0tatocs.»—Stcady. (.‘arlots in bulk,

40c; new red, 800 per bu.





 





Boston.





“loot—The local wool market is ap-

parently waiting for indications of future

prices in finished goods. Altho sales have

been less heavy than in the previous





.wccks, prices are still high, and with the





fabric situation settled. it is expected that

there will be a resumption in the buying

by manufacturers. New territory wools

are moving steadily, with Montana selling

at 271560280 in the grease. or 7260730

scoured. The market for bright wools is

also quiet, but Ohio quarter-blood fleeces





bring 34@35c, and washed delaine 4062410.

Foreign wools are in but little demand,

but prices remain firm. -





Elgln.





Butter.——Market firm with last week

at 250 per lb. Sales for the week

amounted to 1,131,400 1bs., as compared

with 1,090,700 lbs. for the previousweek.





.THE LIVE STOCK' M-A—EKETs. ‘





Buffalo.

June 28, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows: Cattle, 165 loads; hogs, 9.000

head; sheep and lambs, 3,200, calves, 1,000,



The good dry—fed cattle sold strong

today while the common and grassy kinds

were slow sale and a quarter lower than

last week. Fresh cows and close up

springers sold about the same as last

week but the late springers are not

wanted and are very hard to sell. We

would still advise caution on the com-

mon and grassy kinds.



We quote: Best export steers, $7637.25;

best 1,200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,

$6.50@6.80; best 1.000 to 1,100 lb. (10., $6@

6.25; light butcher steers, $5.25@5.60; best

fat cows, $4.50@4.75; fair to good cows,

$375604; trimmers, $2.50@3; best fat

heifers, 5.7561‘6; fair to good, $450605;

common. $375604: best feeding steers,

800 to 900 1b, dehorned, $4.256D4.50; 700 to

750 lb. dehorned stockers, $4604.25; com-

mon stockers, $3.25@3.75; best bulls, $4.145

614.50: bol-Ogna bulls, $3.50@4; stock bulls,

$3.25 (113.50; best fresh cows and springers,

$406050; medium, $30@40; common, $20

@30.



Our hog market opened 1062150 higher

than Saturday, with a good demand for

all the good hogs. The market closed

strong with everything sold and we think

the prospects good for the near future.



Medium and heavy, $8.30608.40; mixed,

$8.25608.35; best yorkers, $8608.25; light

yorkers, $7.756127.80; pigs, $7.40@7.50;

roughS, 31710611715; stags, $550606.



The lamb market today was fairly ac-

tive at the prices but sheep were very

dull. The heavy veal calves are not

wanted and they cannot be sold for

within a dollar a hundred of what the

best ones bring.



“'0 quote: Spring lambs, $8.50@8.75;

fair to good, $6618; culls, $5@6.50; skin.

culls. $4604.50; yearlings, $6.75@7; weth~

ers. $5.256715.50; ewes, $4604.25; cull sheep,

$2673.50; best calves, $7.75@8; fair to

good, $66377; heavy, $46,715.





 





Chicago.

June 28, 1909.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ..... 18,000 28,000 20,000

Same day last year ..21,78_5 31,041 . 42,166

Received last week ..38,455 113,280 64,754

Same week last ycar.45,395 134,455 81,402

Cattle supplies continue much smaller

than two years ago. when the market

was in normal condition, with a good sale

for beef, but, in spite of complaints from

stock feeders, decidedly higher prices are

paid on an average than then. At that

time bccf steers sold at $4.606L7.10, the.

greater part going at $5.65606.80, whereas

last week steers sold at $5607.25, largely

at 1859061005, while a sale was made of

10 fancy 1,122—lb. steers from the Indiana

Experiment Staton at $7.35. Plain heavy

and grassy light steers were slowest Scl—

lers, while fat little ycarlings were prime,

favorites, and there was a sale of'flti

Indiana-fed 855-11). steers at $7.25. Direct

arrivals of Texas grass cattle consigned

to packers weakened native grassy cattle,

and buyers were particular in making

selections. A good many (listillcry-fctl

steers went at $6.1061‘6.90, and northern

fed Texas cattle brot $6.156v6.85. Ex-

porters were light buyers of 1,275 to 1,400

lb, steers at $6.4061r6.85. Cows and hell-

crs sold poorly or well according to

whether grass-fed or dry—fed, salcs being

made of butcher lots at $3.5567‘6.75 and of

cunncrs and cutters at $2613.50. Bulls

Were in poor demand and ruled much

lower at $3615.35, while stags sold at

$450616. Calvcs were less active at $260

7.25 per 100 lbs, while milkcrs and

springers moved off moderately at $2560

58 per head. Buyers of stockers and feed-

crs (lid not show much enthusiasm, and

sales drugged at $3675.40. Prices have

had such a fall that it is reasonable to



expect a large dcinand after haying.

During the latter part of last week

cattle firmed up under meager offerings,

and to a marked extent sales of attractive

offerings were 1060250 higher, yearlings

advancing the most. The, supply today





was moderate for Monday. and prices





were strong, with a sale of yearlings

at $7.30.



llogs of the best heavy class shot up to

$8.20 a short time ago, the best price ever

seen in June, the, boom bcing due to

remarkably small offerings and vigorous

competition between buyers, shippers tak-

ing more than one—quarter of the receipts,

The inevitable reaction after such a. sud-

den rise came last week, the advance

bringing in larger supplies, and prices in

two days broke 3061‘3i5c. Sentiment is

favorable for high prices, and hogs may

go to $8.50 later, yet it is best to market

swinc whenever ready to come, for recent

prices are unusually high.' Even grass—

fed hogs are. nctting good profits. Av-

erage weight of recent receipts is 222

lbs.. compared with 217 lbs. a year ago

and 2:15 lbs. two years ago, The average

has risen to the heaviest since last Sep-

tember. Country shippers are cautioned

against overloading cars this hot weather,

for heavy swine are apt to succumb to

the heat. Since the break in prices the

receipts have been greatly curtailed, and

the fall has been nearly recovered, a stiff

advancetoday on meager Monday offer—

ings sending values to $7.25@8.15. -



Sheep and lambs were inclined to go

lower last week. and sales were very

largely at reductions of about 250. A

band of Texas range grass-fed sheep

went at $4.75, and large numbers of Cali-

fornia range sheep, mainly on the feeder





JULY ’3, 1:309.





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order, sold at $3.65@4.9o‘,.'with yearlings





among them selling'at $6.50 to killers and ,





at $5.25 to feeders. Some Utah range

stock arrived, and increasing supplies of

range stock are looked for from now on.

Breeding ewes are in big southern de~

mand at $5.25@6, Kentucky taking large

numbers. Packers have. been getting the

bulk of the‘southern spring lambs direct

from Louisville. Today’s receipts were

larger than usual, including some Wash-

ington and Idaho range flocks, and prices

were lower in some instances. Spring

lambs haVe been selling at $4@8.75,

clipped lambs at $4.50@8, ewes at $2.506?)

4.85, wethers at $5@5.50, yearlings at

$6606.75, and rams at $2.25@3.50.



Horses arrived on several days last

'week in larger numbers than a week

earlier, but offerings usually continued

smaller than a year ago. There was the

usual slow summer trade, and numerous

transactions indicated declines of $5@10





'per head, but choice animals sold at





steady values. A few big draft feeders

sold at $175@225 per head, while draft

horses sold fairly at $190@300 for desir-

able ones and at $165@185 for commoner

ones. Expressers were salable at $19062)

350 and drivers at $150@325. Mules sold

fairly at $160@225 for heavy drafters and

at $75@150 for common to fair light

grades. Eastern buyers report a slower

demand for horses. F.





LIVE STOCK N_OTES.





William Rea. the big sheepman of

Montana, reports grass on the range as

good as was ever seen and flocks of sheep

fattening rapidly, but he says shipments

from the range this season will depend

on whether prices in western markets

are satisfactory to owners. Sheepmen

are independent and in a position to hold

on to their sheep and lambs unless they

can get satisfactory prices for marketable

stock.



The demand for native breeding ewes

has started in early this seaSOn, and a.

Kentucky order for 500 head was filled

recently at the Chicago stockyards at

from $525676 per 100 lbs.



Recent developments show plainly that

the hog shortage is even more serious

than it was at first reported to be. For

weeks regular hog shippers have been

reporting the hogs nearly all shipped out

of their respective districts, and late

meager marketings are full of confirma-

tion of their statements. The shortage

is traceable in part away back to the

great panic in the autumn of 1907, caus-

ing a heavy marketing of brood sows,

followed by the short spring pig “crop"

of 1908. But it is due very largely to

the free marketing of pigs and immature

hogs several months ago in order to avoid

feeding high-priced corn, stockmen fear-

ing that this would not pay a sufficient

profit. Great numbers were marketed

last Winter and spring, and the present

shortage is the inevitable result“ ""It {is

going to take a long time to bring“ the

matured hog supply up to normal pro-

portions once more, and various states

report a spring pig “crop" below the

average. Such reports come from Ill‘l—'

nois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska,

Minnesota and South Dakota, and these

same states also report a shortage of

swine of marketable condition. Under

all the circumstances it is 'not surpris—

ing in the least that hogs have sold

higher recently than was ‘ever known

bcforc in June, for consumption of pork

products has overtaken production, de

spite a recent marked falling off in south—

cru consumption due to the extraordi-

narily high prices. Recently pork has

sold in the Chicago wholesale market

more than $6 per barrel higher than a

ycar ago, and other hog products have

shown a similar boom in values. So far

as heavy hogs are concerned extremely

fcw are left, and these command a big

premium. “Mess pork costs $21 to make

at the, present ratio, and this is suppos-

ing the heavy hogs are available to make

it.” sa‘d a provision specialist. “Rut the

heavy hogs cannot be secured. This,

taken in conjunction with the. small stocks

and the large concentrated long interest,

makes me believe in higher prices for

pork regardless of the future course of

the ribs and lard markets.”



With the appearance of hot summer

weather cattle buyers have bot heavy

cattle much less frcclv, and these are

among the first to decline in price, with

grassy lots the most unsatisfactory sel—

lcrs of all, the latter natives coming into

close competition with Texas range grass~

fed lots. Fat little yearling steers and

heifers are much the most satisfactory

sellers. The Chicago packers are getting

liberal supplies of Texas steers direct,

and a few days ago they received 27 car

loadsfrom St. Louis. This cannot fail

to have an extremely disturbing inllucnce

on short-fed and grassy natives, such as

have been selling at the stockyards at

$5.5061/6.25 per 100 lbs. Nebraska stock

feeders are marketing a great many heavv

steers, being of the opinion that these

should not be carried any longer, as prices

are evidently bound to go lower. Ken-

tucky distillery—fed cattle are also come

hip; to market freely. Country activitv

in cultivating corn must be held largely

responsible for the unusually contracted

demand for feeding cattle in the market

recently. and it will undoubtedly con—

tinue a big factor until this work is com—

pleted. After corn is "laid by,” however,

a partial recovery in the demand fUI'

feeders may be expected, altho high prices





,would be again a hindrance. Grass is





so abundant everywhere that few farmers

are disposed to sell their thrifty growing

cattle of the feeder class, and while ordi-

nary stockers are usually offered freely,

they are not in strong demand at any

time.‘ Haying will claim farmers’ atten—

tion for awhile, and a fine large crop is

expected, in spite of much meadow land

that has been plowed up and turned

over to raising corn this year. The

country has been experiencing splendid

corn growing weather, and a bumper

crop is now promised. The recent ad-

vance in handy fat cattle may prove an

incentive to stocking up pastures.





 





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‘ JULY 3. 1909. .7

“rule is The, LAST EDITION.





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all other markets are right up to date.

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Thursday's Market.

July 1, 1909.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,001. Market active;

stuff strong; other grades steady.



\‘Ve quote: Extra dry-fed steers, $5.75

@6; steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5@

5.75; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $4.25

((175; grass steers and heifers that are fat,

800 to 1,000, $4.25(g)5; grass steers and

heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.75@

4.25; choice fat cows. $4.50; good fat

cows, $3.50@4; common cows, $2.50@3;

canners, $1.75@2.25; choice heavy bulls,

$3.75@4; fair to good bolognas, bulls,

$3.50; stock bulls, $3603.25; choice feeding

steers, 800 to 1,000, $4.50@4.75; fair feed-

ing steers, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.50; choice

stockers, 500 to 700, $4.25@4.50; fair

stockers 500 to 700, $3.75@4; stock heif-

ers, $3@3.50; milkers, large, young, med-

ium age, $40@50; common milkers,

$20@30.



Roe Com. Co. sold Kamman B. Co.

6 butchers av 53 at $4.50; to Caplis 5 do

av 510 at $3.50; to Thompson Bros. 8 do

av 880 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co. 18 steers

av 1,107 at $5.50, 3 do av 960 at $5; to

Mich. B. CO. 17 do av 850 at $4.75; to

Goose 8 butchers av 782 at $4.50, 1 steer

av 970 at $3.75.



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

C0. 8 steers av 871 at $5, 11 do av 937 at

$5, 2 cows av 1,240 at $3.75, 1 steer weigh-

ing 900 at $4; to Jonghin 1 cow weighing

1,000 at $3.20; to Mich. B. Co. 25 steers

21v 780 at $5, 14 do av 843 at $5, 1 cow

weighing 870 at $4, 2 do av 1,140 at $3.75,

1 bull weighing 1,400 at $3.75; to Prince

3 stockers av 775 at $3.75, 5 do av 675 at

$4, 2 do av 625 at $3.25; to Bresnahan 3

cows av 1,073 at $3.25, 7 do av 800 at

$2.25, 3 do av 900 at $3.65, '3 do av 1,033

at $3.25; to Kamman 1 steer weighing 860

at $5, 7 butchers av 492 at $3.30; to Sul-

livan-.P. Co. 2 bulls av 935 at $3.50, 6

CW8 av 911 at $3.50; to Diebold 4 stock-

crs av r460-at $3, 10 do av 475 at $3.75; to

Goose 9 butchers av 400 at $3.25, 3 d0 av

643 at $3.50, 9 do av 843 at $4.10; to Mich.

B. CO. .2 heifers av 675 at $3.75; to Jonghin

3 cows lav 973 at $3.75, 2 do av 781 at

$3611t0rM0nin 13 stockers av 500 at $4.25;

towLacalt'A butchers av 775 at $4.40, 2 do

av.775 at $4.10; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 2

cows av 915 at $3.25, 4 steers av 920 at

$5.35; to Bresnahan 5 do av 1,006 at $5,

8 butchers av 1,103 at $3.75; to Wilcox 4

stockers av 745 at $4.25, 6 do av 711 at

$4.25, 13 do av 767 at $4.25.



Spicer, M. & B. sold Bresnahan 2 cows

av 1,100 at $3.25, 2 do av 1,125 at $4; to

.Tonghin 4 do av 975 at $2.90, 2 do av 750

at $3, 4 do av 907 at $2.95, 2 bulls av 800





good





at $3.45; to Cole 14 stockers av 600 at

$3.75; to Fry 1 cow weighing 1,000 at

$3.50; to Merritt 12 stockers av 520 at





$3.75, 5 do av 382 at $3.25; to Bresnahan

2 cows av 925 at $3; to Dombetke 2 do

av 860 at $3.50, 2 bulls av 510 at $3, 3

do av 700 at $3.25; to Sullivan P. Co.

1 bull weighing 1,380 at $4, 1 do weighing

970 at $3.75, 10 steers av 1,100 at $5.75, 3

bulls av 563 at $3; to Mich. B. Co. 1 bull

weighing 890 at $3.50; to Caplis 3 cows

av 883 at $3.85, 6 heifers av 546 at $3.75,

4 cows av 912 at $2.50, 13 butchers av 654

at $3.90; to Merritt 8 stockcrs av 600 at

$3.50; to Brown 2 steers av 875 at $5.15;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 butchers uv 948

at $3.75, 3 cows av 1,083 at $4, 2 do av

960 at $3.75; to Kamman B. Co. 10 steers

av 922 at $5.50; to Cook 3 do av 660 at

$4.30, 1 do av 1,180 at $5.50, 6 do av 883

at $5.15, 4 do av 1.100 at $5.15; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 3 bulls av 1,125 at $3.75;

to Bresnahan 2 cows av 1,300 at $4.25:

to Kamman 4 butchers av 660 at $4, 2

heifers av 420 at $3.75.



Haley sold Bresnahan 3 heifers av 466

at .365.

Kendall sold same 14 steers av 850

at $5.



McCormick sold same

at $4.60.



Belheimer sold same 1 bull weighing

1,450 at $4, 2 cows av 1,105 at $4.



Johnson sold Mich. B. CO. 1 bull weigh-

ing 930 at $3.75, 3 steers av 923 at $5, 2

heifers av 740 at $4.50.



llclheimer sold same 6 butchers av 830

at $4.55, 14 do av 743 at $5.



l.;u-blin sold Sullivan P. Co. 9 butchers

av 570 at $3.60.



Jl huson sold same 2 Cows {1V 1,170 at





6 do av 750





$3.75, 7 butchers av 867 at $4.75.

Leuhy sold snmc 4 bulls av 565 at $3.

3 butchers av 976 at $4.25, 1 cow weighing

1,040 at $3.50. ‘

Johnson sold some 6 butchers av 716

at $4, 2 bulls av 730 at $3.50.

.Iedele sold same 3 cows av 966 at $3.

4 steers av 1,025 at $5.50.

Haley sold Schlischcr 3 heifers av 703

at $53.80.

Same

{it $3.60.

Smith sold Thompson 2 butchers av 685

.11 $3.25, 11 steers av 1,032 at $5.35, 2

(4,.“va av 965 at $4, 4 d0 3V 823 at $4.

Downing sold Fitzpatrick 1 heifer

wc'ghlng {no at $4.50, 1 steer weighing

1,270 at $6, 3 coWs av 1,096 at $4.

Laughlin sold Marx 9 butchers av 800

at $4.50.





sold Prince 6 stockers av 430





Veal Calves.





Receipts, 1,135. Market 2509500 lower

than last week. Best. $7697.25: others,

$3.50@6.50; milch cows and springers





good, steady; common. dull,

.Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co,

weighing 160 at $7.50, 2 av 250 at $6,





I

35





 





with Thursday.





av 150 at $7.25; to Goose 5 av 125 at $5.

34 av 140 at $7.10; to Sullivan P. Co. 11

av 150 at $7, 2 av 120 at $5, 11 av 155 at

$7.25, 2 av 120 at $5, 9 av 150 at $7.25;

to 09.15113 9 av 160-at $7, 1 weighing 100

at $6; to Newton B.- Co. 15 av‘150 at $7,

2 av 95 at $5, 13 av 140 at $7, 8 av 150

at $7, 30 av 155 at $7; to Parker, W. &

C0. 32 av 130 at $6.50; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 1 weighing 230 at $5, 56 av 155 at

$7, 46 av 140 at $7, 12 av 115 at $5.50, 4

av 145 at $7.25; to Sulliavan P. Co. 3 av

170 at $5, 17 av 140 at $7; to Bresnahan

14 av 125 at $6.50; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

16 av 150 at $7, 1 weighing 200 at $5, 16

av 155 at $7.25, 2 av 105 at $5; to Mich.

B. Co. 16 av 160 at $7.25.



Roe Com. Co. sold Thompson Bros. 8

av 155 at $7; to Parker, W. 8.: Co. 11 av

135 at $6.75.



Smith sold Caplis 11 av 135 at $6.60.



Haley sold same 15 av 130 at $6.75.



Johnson sold Parker, W. & Co, 10 av

136 at $7.



Sharp sold same 16 av 125 at $6.75.



Haley sold Newton B. Co. 8 av 150 at

$5, 21 av 135 at $6.75.



Sp’cer, M. & R, sold Mich. B. Co. 1

weighing 210 at $5, 9 av 145 at $7.25, 5

av 155 at $5, 21 av 145 at $7; tO'Brown

46 av 145 at $6, 2 av 100 at $5, 5 av 150 at

$7, 2 av 135 at $5, 9 av 150 at $7, 6 av

155 at $5, 5 av 125 at $7; to Mich. B. Co.

17 av 160 at $7.25; to Burnstine 2 av 160

at $6, 15 av 150 at $7; to Brookoff 6 av

150 at $6.25.



Lea’hy sold Mich. B. Co. 11 av 166

at $6.50.



Downing sold Fitzpatrick Bros.

155 at $5, 7 av 135 at $6.50.



Johnson sold Hammond, S. & Co. 2 av

170 at $5, 11 av 155 at $7.



Merritt sold Sullivan P. Co. 3 av 150

at $7.25.



Lovewell sold same 11 av 145 at $7.25.



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts, 941. Good stuff steady;

common grass stuff 50c lower.



Best lambs. $8; fair to good lambs,

$6.50@7.25; light to common lambs, $4.50

@5; yearlings, $60137; fair to good sheep,

$4634.25; culls and common. $150033.



Spicer, . & R. sold Mich. B. CO. 1

buck weighing 90 at $2.50, 4 yearlings av

95 at $5.50, 1 do weighing 110 at $5.50,

5 lambs av 60 at $7, 2 yearlings av 85

at $6, 3 sheep av 90 at $3.25; to Fitzpat—

rick Bros. 5 do av 60 at $3.75 17 lambs

av 100 at $7.75, 13 do av 65 at $7, 3 sheep

av 100 at $3; to Harland 12 lambs av 68

at $7.75; to Parker, W. & Co. 26 do av

60 at $7.75.



Bishop, B, & H. sold Harland 7 lambs

av 65 at $7.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 18

sheep av 120 at $2.50, 16 lambs av 65 at

$7.25; to Mich. B. Co. 38 do av 66 at

$7.75, 10 do av 67 at $7, 1 buck Weighing

170 at $2.50, 11 sheep av 70 at $4.25, 35

lambs av 70 at $7.75, 9 do av 90 at $7, 4

sheep av 135 at $2.50, 4 do av 100 at $4.25,

8 do av 105 at $4.50, 16 lambs av 68 at $7,

12 sheep av 105 at $3.75; to Parker, \V. &

Co. 18 lambs av 60 at $7.50; to Caplis 3

do av 50 at $7.50, 7 sheep {V 60 at $4.



Haley sold Caplis 2 sheep av 125 at

$3.50, 3 yearlings av 70 at $6, 36 lambs

av 70.31; $7.10.



Johns-0n sold Mich. B. Co. 5 yearlings

av 75 at $6, 2 sheep 21V 125 at $3.



Roe Com. Co, sold Sullivan P. Co. 4

lambs av 80 at $8, 6 yearlings av 75 at

$5;to Thompson Bros. 7 sheep av 88

at $2.50.



Merritt sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 33 lambs

av 60 at $8, 7 yearlings av 70 at $6.



Kendall sold Eschrich 10 sheep av 80

at $2.50.





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Hogs.

Receipts, 2,731. Market 200 higher than

last wcek. ‘



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.60@7.80; pigs, $6.75@7; light york-

ers, $7.25@7.50; stage, 1/3 off.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond. S. & Co.

87 av 180 at $7.65, 7 av 220 at $7.75, 59

av 215 at $7.80.



Spiccr, M. & R. sold same 155 av 185

at $7.70. 29 av 220 at $7.80.



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

138 av 190 at $7.80, 383 av 150 at $7.55,

112 av 150 at $7.60, 152 av 145 at $7.50,

220vav 160 at $7.65, 270 av 170 at $7.75, 206

av 165 at $7.70.



Sundry shippers sold Sullivan P. Co.

72 av 173 at $7.70, 34 av 172 at $7.50, 25

av 192 av $7.80.





 





Friday's Market.

June 25, 1909.

Cattle.



The run of cattle Friday was light and

all grades brot steady Thursday’s prices.

Good milch cows are-selling well, but

common cow stuff of all kinds are dull

and selling low.



We quote: Dry-fed





steers, $6; steers





and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $5@5.75; steers

and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $4.25fi‘5; grass

steers and heifers that are fat, 800 to





1,000, $425695; grass steers and heifers

that are fat, 500 to 700. $3.75@4.25; choice

fat cows, $4.50; good fat cows, $350684:

common cows, 32.50623; canncrs, $1.75@

2.25; choice heavy bulls, $375714; fair to

good bologuas, bulls, $3.50@3.75; stock

bulls, $3693.50; choice feeding steers. 800

to 1,000, $4.50@4.75: fair feeding steers,

800 to 1.000, $4624.50; choice stockcrs, 500

to 700, $4.25@4.50; fair stockcrs, 500 to

700, $3.75@4; stock heifers, $3693.50; milk-

ersh, large, young, medium age, $40@50;

common milkers, $206230.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Bresnahan 1 cow

weighng 910 at $3.25. 2 do av 1,135 at

$3.25, 13 steers av 963 at $5.25, 4 cows av

1,072 at $4, 3 steers uv 943 at $5, 1 heifer

weighing 650 at $3.50.



Miller Bros. sold Sullivan P. CO. 3 cows

av 1.080 at $4.10, 12 steers av 1.023

atB$5.10.



ishOp, B. & H. sol m

1.046 at $4. d sa e 6 cows ax



Same sold Schuman 2 cows av 910 at

$4, 11 steers ov 951 at $5.60, 1 bull weigh-

ing $7.50 at $3.



~ Sheep and Lambs.



The sheep and lamb trade was steady



Common heavy sheep





are not wanted and when sold have to





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THE MICHIGAN . FARMER.





Best spring lambs, $7.50@8.25; fair to

good spring lambs, $6@6.50; light to com

mon lambs, $5@5.50; yearlings, $650627;

fair to good sheep, $3.50@4; culls and

common, $2.50@3. ’



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

Co, 2 sheep av 110 at $4.50, 4 do av 145

at $3.25, 13 do av 90 at $3.



Same sold Newton B. Co. 8 lambs av

70 at $7. _



Miller Bros. sold Sullivan P, Co. 6

lambs av 60 at $8.



Hogs.



The hog market was strong at Thurs—

day's prices. the quality being much bet-

ter than on Thursday.



Light to good butchers, $7.50@7.60; pigs,

$6.40@6.60; light yorkers, $7@7.25; stage,

1/4 off.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. 8.: Co.

41 av 190 at $7.60, 194 av 175 at $7.50.





 





Sheepmen met with such bad luck last

year in marketing their flocks that very

little feeding was done last winter, and

the meager marketings this season re-

sulted in big profits for those who carried

on the business properly. Unfortunately,

there are many feeders «who fail to pro-

duce the right kind of mutton, and these

are apt to come out behind even in the

best of times. Of late Chicago receipts

have consisted largely of southern spring

lambs of superior quality, but before long

range sheep and yearlings will be mark-

eted freely and later on range lambs.

The first of these received this season

consisted of prime Washington yearlings

that sold the highest ever known, $7.50

per 100 lbs., but they were exceptionally

fancy. Since then some wethers have

arrived from the California range. Sheer.-

men should not forget that the popular

taste is for lambs and yearlings rather

than for sheep, and fatness is always

essential. Already there is an urgent

demand for breeding ewes, and later on

the call for feeders will be lively.





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over a half inch long. 1Vhat can I do

to remove the swelling ot‘gland and clcur

that section of the muttery milk? This

heifer is a full blood Jersey from a very

valuable cow and a very promisng hcifcr.

and I want to got her fixed up if possible

to do so. E. .l. R., Yale, Mich—Your

llcifcr was. no doubt injured while bcing

assisted in calving. Gch her 3 drs.

citrate potash at a dose in feed or water

three times a day. This will make her

urinc less irritating. Also feed her grass

or laxative food of some kind. Put 11,-;

ozs. acetate lead in a gallon of water and

wash out vagina twice a day. Continue

using the milking tube and if the teat

has but one opening you should leave it

alone; however, if it has two the one

near the udder should be stitched and

make an effort to heal it up. Apply one

part lodoform and four parts bornc acid

to wound twice a day. Give 1 oz. hypo.

sulfite soda at a dose in feed twice a day.



Enlarged Fetlock.—I have been a sub-

scribed to the M. F. paper for a number

of years and like it very much. If not

asking too much tell me what to do for

a lame yearling colt which was hurt

when only a week old. The mother was

taken out of box stall and the colt‘s foot

became fast in stall door and he twisted

the fetlock joint, which is now twice as

large as it should be. that can I do to

make it well? .1, T., Holton, Mich.‘It

is possible that the joint was twisted out

of place and if so remaining in this posi-

tion for a year it will be difficult to cffect

a cure. However, you will obtain fairly

good results by applying 1 part rcd iodide

mercury and 8 parts lard twice a week.

Don't apply enough to blister, just counter

irritate and stimulate.



Indigestion—Luck of’ Proper Nutrition

——Supp0scd Hollow Horn and \Volf in

Tail.—I would like to have your opinion

regarding a disease that is prevailing

among the cattle in this locality. When

the cows first come fresh a little blood

appcars to be mixed with the milk. Their

horns become hollow and the bone of thr-

tail is eaten out. My neighbors tell me

it is hollow horn and wolf in tail. I am

:1 new subscriber to your paper and am

also an inexperienced farmer; therefore,

I wish you would tell me what to do.

H. W. J. G., Custer, Mich.——First of all,

let me say there are no such diseases as

hollow born or wolf in tail; those are

conditions the result of other diseases

and emaciation. The cows in your local-

ity are pcrhups in low flesh and require

more nutritious food. Mix equal parts

powdered sulphate iron, powdered nitrntc

potash. powdered gentian. powdered fcnu-

greek, and ginger. Give each cow two

tablespoonfuls of this compound powder

at a dose in fer-d night and morning for

they need a little grain with the grass.

Giving bloody milk indicates that the

udder has been injured. Put 14 lb. sugar

load. 8 ozs. tincture arnica in a gallon

of water and apply to udder after milking

twice a day.





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CONTROLLI NG TH E PEACH

YELLOWS.





 





 





The danger from peach yellows can be

seen from the fact that no tree that has

been attacked by it ever recovers and

even tho the disease appears to be con-

tined to the tip of one of the branches

and the entire limb is cut off close to the

trunk, the remainder of the tree will soon

show indications of the presence of the

disease. \Vhen a tree has been attacked

and is allowed to remain in the orchard

for two or three years other trees in the

vicinity will soon be infected, and unless

prompt measures are taken. every tree

may soon be destroyed. Long years of

experience with the disease. however,

show conclusively that if the trees are

removed as soon as the disease shows. its

spread will be checked. To be effectual,

however, the concerted action of all the

owners of peach trees in the locality will

be required. In many townships where

the disease some years ago was very

troublesome the owners had been able to

check its spread until the loss is only

nominal; in some entire townships the

annual loss being kept down to not more

than one tree in one thousand.



't’pon bearing trees peach yellows shows

itself in the premature ripening and spot—

ting of the fruit which enlarges and

begins to color in a week or two before

the proper time for healthy trees and

the surface becomes more or less mottled

with dark red spots from each of which

a red streak extends to the pit, giving

the fruit when cut open a spotted and

streaked appearance. Soon after this

branched, wiry shoots appear upon the

branches. These are very slender and the

leavts are quite small and very sharp-

pointcd. Later on the leaves turn yellow

and the, branches gradually die so that a

llt‘t‘ attacked by the disease seldom lives

more than two or three years.



Altho the disease has been carefully

studied nothing is known regarding its

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tribution. The only remedy is the prompt



‘iemoval of the infected trees.

M For the protection of the up-to-date

fruit growcragainst his more careless

neighbor, the state of Michigan has

enacted what is known as the yellows or

orchard inspection law. This requires

the owners of trees infected with yellows

to destroy them and provides for the an-

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tasc or other dangerous diseases or

t'lestructch insects are known to exist,

whose duty it is to inspect the orchards

and require the owners of trees int'eettd

with yellOWs to destroy them within a

certain specitied time. Many persons are

backward about entering complaint

against their neighbors but in every sec,-

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the San Jose scale and other pests are

found, fruit growers should for their own

preservation demand from the township

tl‘ village board; the appointment of or-

chard inspectors.





Agl. College, Mich. L. R. TAFT.





 





FRUIT NOTES.





 





The last month has been a difficult and

In stltllt‘ ways a discouraging one for

fruit growers. The outlook for fruit is quite

good. but the weather is such as to make

it vory difficult to get the plantations in

shape before the harvesting season for

strawberries is on, or to spray trees with

effect. \Ve managed to get out black-

berry and raspberry plantations lli't-ity

well cleaned ottt, and had cultivatcd the

new strawberries several times, but they

were badly in need of hot-lugs, and there.

has been little time to give them as all

time when the ground \‘Vils suitable was

needed in cultivating. \Vo have just got

thru them for the first time with the,

hoe and feel a little relieved for they were

certainly getting prt-tty ragged. \‘.'et

weather is a poor time for ot‘t‘cctive hoe--

ing, however, as the weeds, and especially

the grass, takes root and .iil‘m’l's on t"ll"

of the ground when the sun does not

come out to dry them. (in such a season

hoeing both ways is a great advantage as

it reduces the time taken for hoeing to a

minimum.



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finished spraying our





apple trees for the second time since

blossoming. There has certainly been





plenty of rain to wash off the poison, and

we are glad we used arsenate of lead and

put it on strong. The orchards that bore





well last year did not blossom to any





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





extent this season, the the Spy seems an

exception. These trees try to hear every

year. A rented orchard mostly of Spy

trees has a fair crop.





Calhoun C0. S. B. HARTMAN.





VEGETABLES WHICH MAY STILL BE

SOWN WITH SAFETY.





 





This particular period brings us to a.

point practically between “hay and grass”

so far as sowing or planting is concerned,

as but few kinds of vegetables can be

safely sown now. However, there are

some exceptions to this general rule; and

among those worthy of note are some of

the wax and green podded beans.



There is still ample time for maturing

a crop of either of these with favorable

soil and cultural conditions; and any sur—

plus above home supply is always sure

«1‘ ready sale either for table or pickling

purposes. Then. too. it often occurs that

just at this season there is plenty of va-

cant space. thrn other crops having ma—

tured. and sutli place; can always be

profitably utilized for this crop with good

chances of augmtiaitiug our bill of fare

and still adding a profitable crop to the

market list. Care, however, must bu

exercised at this season of year to Select

the quick-grmving sorts. and a list oi

the best varieties will be helpful. Six

to eight weeks ought to bring the quick.

maturing sorts up to fine condition either

for home or market purposes, and this

would only bring us to mid—September,



As to the wax poddcd sorts, the Chal-

lenge, Dwarf Black \Yax is about the ear-

liest under cultivation. The pods are

clear white, round and quite fleshy, and

in the “snap” stage are absolutely string-

less. “'hcn fully ripe the seeds are jet

black, which color does not show in the

green or pickling stage. It is of fine,

quality and an excellent cropper. Mich—

igan \\'hite \Vax is a desirable sort and

'will be safe in most localities. The qual—

ity is excellent and the clear white color

does not change in cooking, making it

Very desirable, either for table or pick—

ling purposes. llavis’ “lax is our favor—

ite and we know of no variety that we

consider better for general purposes.



As to the green podded sorts. the Extra

Early Refugee is doubtless earliest of an

and is desirable either as a snap or pick—

ling bean. It will easily mature in nearly

all localitions that will give a season of

six to seven weeks between planting and

frost time. Early Yellow Kidney Six

\\'ccks has a very long name but requires

only a very short season in which to

mature and is desirable as a. shell bean.

Dwarf Horticultural will be almost cer-

tain to get under the, wire before bcin‘lr

caught by Jack Frost, unless he is far

ahead of his usual time schedule. They

are desirable as shell beans and most

people are glad to get them at this late

Season.



Radishes and Turnips, Also.



Radishes are still seasonable, but late

summer or winter sorts should be sown

now, as the weather is too hot for the

earlier kinds. There are plenty of varic—

ties available for this season of the year

and they never come amiss for home use

and the market demand is always brisk

for a good article.



Another proiitable way of utilizing the

vacant ground is to grow rutabagas or

turnips. Sown up to July 15, or a little

later, the former will still make a good‘

crop, provided the soil is what it should

be and good culture is given. The ground

should be rich and the seed sown shallow.

\\‘hcn plants are well established thin to

ten or tw<-lve inches. They will still make

a good crop. as early frosts will do no

harm and they can stand. with safety,

up to nt-ar the time of hard freezing.

'l‘urnips can go in up to August 1. and

still giVe a good yield. Both are becoming

iiioic sought after each year and with

)H‘csclit high prices for grain there is

little danger that they will not find sale

tor feeding purposes. XVith the above

list of available vegetables for late sow-

ing there is little excuse for the ground

lying idle.





“'ayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





 





SCALDING PEACH BORERS.



The hot water cure is recommended

by many for peach tree borers. It is a

somewhat drastic treatment—for the

borer—tho it does not hurt the tree.

The borers work either at or directly be:

neath the, surface of the ground. around

the trunk. The tree may be billed up in

the form of a saucer, the dirt packed a.

little and the scalding water poured in.

This will invariably bring out any borers.

It is not believed to hurt the tree, altho





 





 





 





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Atavism.



In every herd of pure-bred dairy cattle

we find a. few individuals unlike their

immediate sires and dams but closely

resembling some remote ancestor. This

phenomenon is designated by scientists

and practical breeders of domestic ani-

mals as atavism.



Breeders are many times sorely disap—

pointed because they fail to form a cor-

rect opinion of the powers of prepotency

possessed by the animals that they select

for breeding purposes. It is quite com-

mon to hear practical breeders discussing

the relative value of pedigree and indi-

viduality. Many claim that an animal

that is an excellent individual, but pos-

sessing a poor pedigree, is more desir-

able as a breeding animal than an in-

ferior individual from a line of creditable

ancestry. Others claim that pedigree is

of paramount importance in selecting

breeding animals, and look to the ani-

mal’s breeding rather than its individual

merit.



A careful analysis of the question, and

a study of the evidence presented by both

sides, shows that one is of equal import—

ance with the other when the matter is

considered from the standpoint of the

breeder of pure-bred cattle. In the act

of procreation every breeding animal per-

forms a double mission. It acts not only

in consequence of its own powers of pre—

potency, resulting from its constitution,

condition, age, size and influences by

which it is surrounded, but it also acts

as the representative of its ancestors

from which it inherited peculiarities that

they had inherited from their ancestors.

.This double mission may be considered

as a two—fold principle—a complex force.

The first is the hereditary transmission

of qualities; the second is “atavism.”



Therefore, “heredity” indicates individ-

ual influence, while atavism represents a.

dollegtive influence. An animal. that is

in excellent individual, but f1om inferior

ancestry, may reproduce its good quali~

ties in its immediate piogeny, while the

ipferior oualities of its ancestors may lie





dormant for a number of generations and Othem to their milk.





reappear in the subsequent progeny.



This shows us how very important it is



that we consider both the individual merit



of the animal that we are selecting for



breeding purposes, as well as its pedigree.



Breeding Stock Should Be “Well Bred”

as well as Thorobred.



The lesson taught by the law of atavism

is very plain. It shows the importance

of seeking “well bred" as well as thoro-

brcd animals and such as have descended

from a line of ancestors in which, for

many generations, the desirable forms.

qualities and characteristics have been

uniformly shown. In such a case, even

if “atavism” does come into play, no

material difference appears in the off-

spring, for “heredity" will keep in con-

trol the form, quality and character of the

breed.



From a study of breeding from this

standpoint we

the money value of a good “pedigree."

It is the evidence which it brings that

the individual is descended from a line

of individuals, all of which were alike

and excellent of their kind, and that the

individual itself has the power of pre-

potency to transmit similar excellences

to its progeny.



Every animal with a high-sounding

pedigree is not necessarily of great value

as a breeder, for in every race or breed

there are many animals which are less

perfect and symmetrical than others of

their breed, and if they are mated with

others possessing similar weaknesses and

deficiencies they are certain to retreat

by the way of heredity to the scrub an~

ccstors from which the breed originated.



Pedigree is valuable in proportion as it

shows an animal to be descended, not

only from such as are purely of its own

race or breed, but also from such indi—

viduals in that breed as were specially

noted for the excellenccs for which that

particular breed is esteemed.



In no kind of animal breeding do we

find “atavism” playing a more important

part than in the-improvement of a herd

of native dairy cows by the use of a pure-

bred dairy sire. Many times the man who

undertakes to improve his herd by the

use of a pure—bred dairy sire is tempted,

iy the individual excellence possessed





Ision





can see in what consists.





THE ~MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





and native coins. to use it for breeding

purposes, but right here is where “ata-

vism" and inbreeding will be at work and

the size and contour, as well as the in-

herited excellence from the pure-bred

sire will be lost. In such cases the in-

fluence of individual hereditary transmis-

' will be unable to contend against

the preponderant action of the ancestors

of mixed breeding or “atavism.” '



On the other hand, by the continual

use of pure—bred dairy sires of one breed,

with the native cows and the heifers re-

sulting therefrom, the aim is precisely

to Obtain the triumph of “atavism”

which is in the breed from which the

sires are selected over the native cows

with which they are being mated.



When pure-bred sires are used, each

generation goes to strengthen the type

of the breed from which the pure-bred

sires are selected and to enfeeble that of

the natives. It is plain to see. that unless

the operation is interrupted the time

will come when the character of the

natives will be overcome and absorbed

The breed which is the most prepotent

by its “atavism” causes the type and

characteristics of the less prepotent

breed or natives to disappear to such a

point as not to leave a trace of their

characteristics.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

WEANING THE CALVES FROM



SUCKING.





 





It seems to be second nature for a

young calf to suck something. If they

are allowed to suck each other when

young in the barn and kept in box stalls,

the habit is apt to stick to them and when

they become older they will also suck

each other or themselves. It is because





 





we have not entirely broken up this habit

of sucking that we occasionally have

cows that suck each other, and cows

that suck themselves. While We are apt

to —think that it does no particular harm

for a bunch of young calves that are

kept together to suck themselves after

they have eaten their milk, when they

get older and begin to do damage, then

it becomes quite a serious question.



We have been bothered considerably

by this bad habit. One spring I allowed

the calves and the yearling heifers to run

together for a short time while we were

busy with the spring work. Some of the

calves got to sucking the heifers and brot

The result was that

one heifer came to her milk so strongly

that We had to milk her and continue

milking her for about six months before

she dropped her first calf. The result

was that the calf when dropped was a

delicate thing, had no vitality and, after

struggling hard to live for several weeks.

it died. The heifer did fairly well, but

I always imagined she would have done

better had she not been brot to her milk

before her first parturition and natural

lactation. Then again we have had heif-

ers grow up that had the habit of suck-

ing the cows and we had to put calf

weaners in their noses to prevent this.

W'e now have one cow that. every chance

she gets, will suck herself. This can

only be prevented by tying her on either

side of the stall so that she cannot reach

her udder with her mouth, and when in

pasture by putting a calf weaner in her

nose so that it is impossible for her to

suck. '



When calves are turned by themselves

in the back pasture you don't notice the

habit very much, but if you turn calvcs

in with cows or with heifers you may

get serious results. This spring when we

put our laSt fall and winter calves, and

heifers coming two years old, into the

pasture. for the summer, we put a weaucr

in each calf‘s nose. “'0 did not know

whether any of them had the habit of

sucking or not, but thinking that some

of them might, the only proper thing

to do was to take precautions. Conse-

quently we put a weancr in each calf’s

nose. If the calves are. in a pasture near

the house so that you can watch them

occasionally without too much trouble,

you can notice if anything of this sort

is going on and catch the one with this

bad habit and put a weuner in that one's

nose; but where they are away from the

house and you only see them once a

week, or something of that sort, it: is

impossible to tell. and the only safe way

is to put a weaner in each onc's nose.



Now, I am inclined to think, after

studying this matter somewhat, that the

whole thing could be prevented if we

didn’t allow the young calves to suck at.

the beginning. They should either be tied I

with ropes so that they cannot reach-

each other during the winter, or they}

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for a calf, and it is much better to sep-

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It is almost impossible to keep three or

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vent them from sucking after they have

drank their milk, and if you allow them

to suck they will never get over this

habit; that is, some of them will not.

Sometimes it is almost impossible to

furnish proper room for the calves, where

you keep a good many of them, so that

you can keep each one by itself. If this

cannot be done, they can be tied up with

ropes so that they cannot reach each

other and in that way soon broken of

this habit of sucking. It would certainly

wean them from it before they were old

[enough to turn to pasture, and if some-

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bother afterward would be entirely elim-

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from the habit I do not believe they

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THE HARRISVILLE DAIRY MEETING.





On June 17 a dairy meeting under the

auspices of the State Dairy and Food

Department was held at Harrisville, Al-

cona county, more than 150 miles north

of Day City, on the lake shore. One

would hardly look for any intensive dairy-

ing in that part of the state. Indeed, in

looking at the country from the D. & IVI.

train, one would wonder Where the cows

were kept. And yet a successful cream-

ery has been operated in Harrisville for

a number of years. The meeting had

been well advertised and a splendid

crowd greeted the. writer and Mr. Helmer

Rabild, of the Dairy Division of the De-

partment of Agriculture.



Mr. llabild argued earnestly for the

Selection of better cows for the dairyman.

}10 stated that according to the census

report of the l'nitvd States the cows of

this country on an average produce only

140 lbs. of butter. and that there is

practically no profit in a cow that will

produce only i it) lbs. of butter. The dairy-

man who hopes to make any profit out of

dairying must set a better cow than

the average cow, and he told how to get

that cow. Three things must be known

about a dairy cow to know her value:

first, we must know how much milk she

will produce in a year; second, per cent

of butter-fat she puts into the milk, and

third, what it costs to keep the cow.

Knowing these llll'ie factors, we can

easily determine whether a COW is bring-

ing in a profit or not. If she does not

bring in a prolit with proper care, then

she shoud be dispoad of and a better

one put in her llllt‘t‘. 'l‘he dairyman

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and kcl-p a l‘t'mbl‘d of it. He can test the

cow for bull r—t'at and keep a l‘OCOrd

of this, and thus determine the pounds

of butter—fat which a cow produces in

a year. llc can carefully weigh the feed

that he fmds the cow occasionally, and

(stimatc l‘roh this, at the market price,

the i-ist if kwping the cow for a year.





'l‘llc lullrl‘ \'.:I'v. ll<=\\'1’\'t'l'. to do this is

for the 1'arnu1s if a community to co-

l,’)t')';.lV‘. l' r a local basin-s5 assoclatlen

and hire a man to go from farm to farm

to test the vows and keep these records.

Such a man maltcs a iolsilr-ss of the

work and will do it systematically and

correctly and, at the end of the year.

the falmcr has a corrcct record of each





cow in the herd. This is the way the

Danish farmers do business and that is

the principal reason why the Danish

farmer has made such a great success

of the business of dairying. It was only

a few years ago that the Danish farmers

were beef producers, but they found their

market with (lrcat Britain cut off and

tiny must do something besides produce

beef. So they decided to become dairy-

men and, by careful selection, thru this

system of keeping track of the yield of

butler-fat and the cost of feed they

have been gradually weeding out their

poor cows and breeding to pure-bred

>ll't‘S until, within a short period of time.

they have doubled the average production

ol‘ butter produecd by the cows in the

entire country. \\'hat the Danes hate

done, Americans can do.



Blr. liabild stated that the Dairy

Division of the Department of Agri—

culture is very much interested in

the question of co-operative cow-test-

ing associations and is cndeavoring ll)

organize associations in all the states of

the I’nion—to get the matter squarely

before the dairymen and to get active

associations so that the farmers will see

.. just exactly what an association will do





for them. He has been successful in

organizing associations in Wisconsin,

Minnesota, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire

and several other states.



At the close of the meeting the ques-

tion as to how many in the audience

would be interested in a co—operative

cow-testing association was asked, and

about 20 people signified their willingness

to join such an association. The only

trouble in forming a cow-testing associa-

tion in that vicinity is that the herds are

so small as to make it difficult to get a

sufficient number of cows so that b;

paying $1 per cow per year there would

be sufficient money to secure a. man

capable of doing the work.





The writer talked on the subject,'





“Should the Farmer Keep More Cows?"

The argument was made that the average

farmer in the state of Michigan shoud

keep more cows, and some of the reasons

are as follows:



1. Dairying is a cash business. The

farmer does not have to wait for returns.

He has the money at once and can use it

in his business. He has the cash to pay

current expenses and this will not apply

to any other kind of stock raising, nor-

will it apply to any other branch of farm-

ing. Then dairying is a reliable business.

The ordinary man can depend upon it.

It is not affected by seasons nor by crops

as much as any other kind of business.

It is safe and reliable and the man who

puts his faith in a good herd of dairy

cows is less liable to be affected by ad-

verse circumstances than men in other

lines of farming.



2. Dairying husbands the fertility of

the soil. The argument was made that

this is one of the most important ques-

tions to be considered by the American

farmer today. “'e find in most instances

that the natural fertility of our soil is

being fast depleted by the growing of

crops and selling those crops from the

farm. It is only a question of good busi-

ness that we should endeavor to make

the basis of our farming some form of

live stock husbandry so that the fertility

of the soil can be preserved. This natu-

ral resource of our country should be

looked after in a business-like way.

There is no better way to preserve the

natural fertility of the soil than by grow-

ing the crops on our farms and feeding

them to the dairy cow, getting our cash

income from the product in the form of

butter, cheese or milk.



If one man makes up his mind to be»

come interested in the dairy business

he must go at it in a business-like wav

and select good cows, selecting them in

a business-like and practical way as sug-

gested in the talk delivered by Mr. Ra—

bild. He must feed and care for thesa

cows properly and there won’t be any

question as to the final results. Dairy-

ing in the hands of an intelligent, ear—

nest dairyman will pay a larger profit

than any other form of live stock hus~

bandry, or any other branch of farming.



An automobile ride thru the country

after this meeting revealed the fact that

back from the railroad is a most beauti-

ful agricultural country. Some fine





- THE“MICHIGAN FARMER ‘





JULY 3, 1909.





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intircly of the agricultural condition:

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sin. esteem :of water Incumbent be used.

An ermfleiond a fart of «Mpthoieum to

150 parts ofwamer is also recommended.

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!HOME MNNIING 0F FRUITS AND

VEG ETAflL'ES.





'-On most farms at some season of the

year there is always an abundance of

vegetables or fruits which, if not speedily

taken care of will rot, thereby counting

a dead loss :to the grower. In order to

utilize these excess crops which cannot

be otherwise profitably 'sold, a home can—

ning outfit is most desirable. The Louisa

iana experiment station made a number

of tests in canning fruits and vegetables

and describes an outfit which costs $10



The canning outfits used at that sta-

tion had a capacity of 300 2—“). cans and

200 'B-aib. cans per day-600 lbs. of fruit

or vegetables. It consisted, essential‘y,

of a specially constructed, galvanized hon

boiler made to fit either a No. 7 or 8

kitchen stove, a basket or carrier that?

lifted inside the boiler, can tongs and

soldering irons. The station ran two at

these outfits and the expense for labor

and material required to run them one

day in putting up 600 2—Ib. cans of toma-

toes, was as follows:





 





Pick-ing and delivering fruit, 2 boys “

:at -60 cents per day, each .......... 3 1.120

Scaldi'ng, peeling, filling, 2 .boys at

iii) cents per day, each ............ .20

Wiping and soldering, 1 man at $1.50

per ‘day ........................... .50

Precessing, 1 man at $1. 50 per day. 1.110

Six hundred 2- lb. cans, at 2% cents

each ......... . .................... 15.00

Solder for cans ......................... 1.00

Total cost per day .......... $21.40





The price received fo1 the tomatoes

'was 70 cents per dozen, or a total of $..5,

which left a balance of $13.60 to pay for

the, tomatoes used.



When“ high grade peaches or pears were

put up in 3-—lb. cans and about 11/2 lbs.

of sugar 'used for the sirup in each dozen

and material for





loans, the cost of labor



a day’s work was as follows:



For labor ........................... 5.40



FdUr .hundred 3—11) cans, at 3 cents

eaclt'1 ...- . . ...................... 2.00



F ifly lbs. of sugar, at 6 cents per

pound ............ ...... 3.00



Total $20 40





For this grade of geods $1.7 5 was 11-—

cemezg dozen cans, or $58. 33. This

left a aifice of $37193 for the f1ult used.

Penchfis wore also put up without sugar,

using simply clcai Watm. This glade

sold: as pie peaches and bxot $1 per dozen.



TheWLibu found il121t“pears yielded

'a lauger pxofit than peaches, other things

being equal, as one bushel of pears Iillcd

an average of 24 3-lb. cans, and 0111

bushel of peaches only 16 3—H). cans.” It

costs as much to put up pears as peaches,

and they sell for about the same price,

grade for grade. It will be noted that thu

3—lb. cans are proportionately cheaper.



The details observed in the canning oi

tomatoes with this outfit is thus stated

by the report. In canning tomatoes the

first stop is to scald the fruit just suffi-

cient to loosen the skin so that it can

be slipped off. To do this, use a large

iron kettle. The tomatoes are placed in

.a cheap tin vessel that has been punched

full of small holes, and dipped into boiling

water and allowed to remain about one

minute or until the skin will slip readily.

The fruit is then peeled, sliced and filled

directly into the émpty cans. The cans

must be well filled for good results. This

finishes the first step. The filled cans are

then passed to the second stage of the

operation. The tops of the cans are wiped

dry with a clean cloth, the cap is placed

on and soldered around the rim, the

small hole or vent in the center of the

cap being left open. Then we are ready

for the third step, that of exhausting——

expelling the air out of the cans. This

is accomplished by submerging the cans

in the boiling water (in the boiler) about

two—thirds of their length. They are held

there until they come to a boil, or for

tomatoes ten ‘minntes. They are. then

removed, the small hole in the center of

the top closed with solder, and the cans

are then completely submerged in the

boiling water and boiled or processed for

twenty minutes, which is the fourth,

and last, step in the operation.



The following vegetables and fruits can

be successfully canned in a somewhat

similar manner: String beans, asparagus.

rl1ubarb,_ okra, cauliflower, strawberries,

blackberries, raspberries, peaches, pears,

plums, cherriesz apples, figs, etc. Corn

and peas cannot- be successfully pre-

served by this method unless the cans

are processed from three and one-half to

four ‘hours. But even then there will be





many losses from swelled and spoiled

cans.

Washington, D. C.





G. E. M.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





 





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(Our Motto—‘The Farmer is of more

consequence than the lawn, and should be

first unmoved. ”





THE JULY PROGRAMS.





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State Lsecturcr’s Suggestion: for First

Meeting.



“The people will sustain no better

schools and have no better education

than they personally see the need of."—

Horace Mann.



The Annual School Meeting. '(occurs

Jul-y '12, 19091—1, duties of members 01

school boards: -(a‘) itemized reports at

school meeting; (b) report of care .of

school premises and property. .,2 duties

of school patrons. (a) what taxes must

be voted. by the people? (b) what repairs

or improvements are needed? (c) hon

may the Patrons assist in making a bet-

ter school? 3, appointment of school vis—

iting commrttee (to report in October)



Forage Crops. —1, what crops shall we

grow for summer forage? 2, when should

a cow have forage to supplement pasture?



By what means may we improve on our

usual celebration of the Fourth.



Lists of 10 handy, but somewhat un-

common, labor- -savers in the home, by

five women, each to exhibit at least one

of the articles named in her list.



Plenty of patriotic and school songs

thruout this program,

teacher or school pupil.





BUSINESS ‘IN THE GRANGE.





 





'There are four distinct lines along

which the Grange may work to the ac—

complishment of results that directly

bcncfit its members. They are business,

legislation, social work and educational

effort. It is my purpose to discuss the

business line of work briefly in this

article. The old-time Grange store has

gone. It fell a victim to a variety of foes

that must ever threaten that sort of co-

operative enterprise. It will never come

back and, tho now and then we find 11.

Grange with the desire to revive the cx~

pcriment, we are turning our attention

very generally to other ways of distribut-

ing goods that must be bot and used on

the farm.



Our system of Grange contracts affords,

as we believe, the best means of bringing

the producer and consumer togetheri

This system has grown steadily in favor

with our people and has already ac~

complishcd much goal. “'1' cannot 8'81

rich out of it, hutwe can save :1 dollar

here and a dollar there, and those small

savings, often occurring. 111111 to make,

in the long run, a sum that is not to be

despised.



Perhaps the greatest advantage in this

system is that thru it we learn to work





together. The trouble with most 00—011—

eratlve effort is that people do not co~

operate. This system of buying affords





an opportunity for the members of the

Grange to unite in business effort and

thus learn and practice business co-op—

eraLion.



The time has come when the farmer

must get in closer touch with the world

around him. It is quite true today that

“no man liveth to himself." I have

sometimes thot that the greatest advan-

tuges after all in co-opcrative buying lies

in the getting of a business education.

Such knowledge and experience will pay

out very often, and if we did not make a

dollar upon the goods purchased, the

knowledge gained would still make the

practice worth our while. But the,

Granges have saved much money in the

aggregate thru this system. Our twine

contract has always been right and has

not only enabled the Patron to buy cheap

twine but has tended to lower the price

thru competition to the man outside as

Well. Large quantities of clover. and tim-

othy seed were bot last spring at pricm

that were reasonable. In the neighbor-

hood where the writer lives we use large





quantities of cottonsced meal. Three

years ago we bot half a carload. The.

following year a minimum car of 35,000

lbs. The next year we hot and used





thirty tons and last fall our orders ag—

gregated fifty tons. We received this

meal at the lowest possible rate, dis-

tributed without the least trouble, and

collected every cent of the pay. Our

practice results well for the dealer, for

we advertise the product and there are

always a large number of people who do

not order with us who will buy at home

a little at a time. Every Grange shoull

study the trade catalog carefully and

note its advantages. 'VVe ought to make

this year a record breaker in the patron~

age of trade contracts. It will strengthen

our local Grange by tending to secure

a better attendance at the meetings and

thus greater interest in all lines of work.

It will encourage co-operation along other

lines that will result in great good to





selected by a.-





the neighborhood. It will save us money

ha individuals 11 will bring us in touch

with the world and provide better rela~

time between the country and town, 'fm

we shall learn some of the drawbacks,

and experience a lot of the trials that

come to the bus‘mems man.



I cannot close this article without a

few suggestions which I trust will not be

that iunkindly criticism. I believe the

.State Grange should watch our contracts

closely. Samples of goods should be col-

lected here and there, carefully examined

and the results published. This precauv

tion would accomplish two things: First,

the different companies would be very

careful to have the quality of goods sent

out up to the standard, and, second,

members of the order at large would be

given greater confidence in the companies

with whom they deal.



Oceana Co. W, F. TAYLOR.





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PO M ON A M EEleN'GS.





Barry County.



Barry Pomona was entertained by I1

ving Grange, June 2. Dinner was served

In a g1oxe to ov e1 100. School Commis—

sioner E. J. Edger was absent but his

paper, “Ag1icultule in the Rural Schools”





was discussed at some length, the ma-

jority believing ag1iculture can and

should be taught in the rural schools.





The subject then drifted to the law which

compels our children to attend high

school (if they attend any) after they

have finished the eighth grade. Many

deplored their being deprived of the

home influence at the early age of 12

and 14 years, and held that the ranking

and passing of the pupils in our schools

are carried to extremes. Also that We

would have better teachers in the rural

schools if county nmmal teachers Were

required to take the teachers’ exami-

nation.



Mrs. Hartley,

“Poultry Raising for Women.

itable'.’” was discussed. Sonic

with feed and eggs at present

would not be profitable,



Can the general farmer afford to grow

apples? How to improve neglected «11r-

cha'rds, and the importance of spraying.

were topics that were well discussed and

many new ideas brot out. ’





her paper,

is it Prof—

thot that

prices it





being a bscnt,





FIVE MORE NEW U. P. GRANGES.





Flat Rock Grange—Deputy John “'ilde

instituted 21 Grange of Patrons of Hus

bandry at Duranceau's hall in the Flat

Rock settlement, Delta C0.. Thursday

evening, June 17, with the following ofii-

cers: Master, Wm. C. Hodge: oversorr,

John Danscy; lecturer, Illary 321111111;

steward, Thomas Joncs; asst. steward,

Arthur Barron; lady asst. steward, Mrs.

E. Hodge; chaplain, Cora Danscy; treas—

urer, Clifford 2111-1011; secretary, Owen

Jone-s; gaiekecpcr, Raymond Barron;

Ceres, Catherine Dunscy; Pomona, Jennie

Barron; Flora, Lizzie Dexter.



Bark River Grange—State Deputy

’\\'il:lc oragnizcd 21 Orange 111 Bark River,





Delta Co., Saturday evening, June 19,

with the following officers: Mash-1', Chas,

'1). ancs; ovcrsccr, John Helm: li-ciurcr,

Eva Hukes; steward, Frank Hwim; asst.

steward, Ehruth Pctcrson; hnly oust.

steward, Dclla liukcs; chaplain, Dora

I‘l‘cliii'.~“, treasurer, Gust Swanson; sot-re,-

tary, Frank ()lson: gutckcepcr, llotle

Hakes; Ccrcs. Augusta Swanson: Pomo-





Flora, Allie Helm.

A Grange was organ-

June 21, at Shaffer,





na, Lorena Olson;



Shaffor Grange.——-

ized Monday evening,

Delta Co., by Deputy Wilde. The follow—

ing are the officers: Master, Alside Le-

roux; overseer, Alphonse Derochcr; loc-

turer, Mary Duford; steward, Paul 'l‘wr—

rlcn; asst. stew-11rd, Arthur Flillon: lurly

asst. steward, Minnie Leroux; chaplain,

Ochle Derochcr; treasurer, Alphonse Le





Claire; secretary, Eugene Daigneault;

gatekeeper, Emile VVoblet; Ceres, Ade—

laide Daigneault; Pomona, lllay Le





Claire; Flora, Dorothy Pilon.

Ford River Grange.——A Grange was or-

ganized Tuesday evening, June 22, at





Hyde, Ford River township, Delta Co.,

by Deputy John Wilde. The following

are the officers: Muster, W111. Temple;

ovcrsccr, llcnry Knstcn; lecturer. Joseph

Dubord; stow-.1111. John Ettcnlmfcr; asst.

steward, Chas. Richard; lady asst. stew-

ard, Amtlia Dubord: chaplain, Minnie

Johnson; t161su1e1 Peter Blake; secre—

tary, VVm, Van Enlicrost; gzlti-kccpcr,

Stephen Porenkc; Ceres, Mrs. \V. Temple;

Pomona, Louisa Van Enkcrosl; Flora,

lWls ,l, Pepin.





Bay de Noquette Grange —Dcputy John

V\ ilde organized 11 Grange at Stonington

in Bay do Noquettc township, ill-11:1 i‘.,o

“’edncsday evening lune 23. The fol-

lowing arc the officers: Master, Ole

Erickson; overseer, John Champ; lec-

turer, Lynwood Smith; steward, Hans

Hanson; asst, steward, Chas. Erickson:

lady asst. steward, Nora Stratton; chop-

luin, Arthur Smith; treasurer. Hurry

Boncficld; secretary, James B. Slrattou;

gatekeeper, John Buckle; Ceres, Mrs. F.

Emhs; Pomona, Lulu Stratton; Flora,

Julia Thorson.





COMING EVENTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.



Clinton 00., with Banner Grange, “'ed-

nesday, July 7.



Bay Cu, at

July 13.



Rosford Pomona (Roscommon C0.), at

Roscommon, Saturday, July 31.



Picnics and Rallies.



Kent Co. Pomon Grange will hold a

farmers' picnic in yron township, Kent

Co., Wednesday, August 25. Fourth and

.fifth degree session with Carlisle Grange

in the evening. Master N. P. Hull, state

speaker.





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OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA~

TlON OF FARMERS CLUBS.

President—A. L. Chandler, Owosso.

Vice—President—Mrs. Clara L. French,

Pompeii.

Secretary—Mrs. W. L. Cheney, Mason.

Treasurer—D. K. Hanna Caro.

Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,

Owosso.

Directors—D. M. Beckwith, Howell; D.

M. Garner, Davisburg; T B. Halladay,

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Norvell; E. C. Hallock, Almont; B.

Holden, Wixom; Wm. H. Marks, Fair

Haven.





Address all correspondence relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.

L. Cheney, Mason, Mich.





 





Associaticmal Motto.—



The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.

Aasoclational Sentiment.—



'The farmer; he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





 





FARMERS’ CLUB PICNICS.

The following clubs have fixed tlie

dates of their annual picnics, as noted.

Other clubs are invited to forward the





dates of similar events for

this department.



The Lenawec—Hillsdule Farmcrs' (‘lub

will hold its annual picnic on the banks

of Dcvil's Lake, 011 Thursday, August 13.



The Odessa Furmcrs‘ Club, oi“ 101111

00., will hold its 11111111111 picnic in the

grove near the pavilion at Lake Odessa,

011 the second Saturday in August.



The Ellington—Ahmcr l“;.1r1nvr.<' Club. of

Tuscola (‘11., will hold tin-11' .Ivuly meeting

in the McCrea grove. Date not specified

in the report, but Juno Int-cling was III‘III

011 the SUCOHd \\'c1111c.<duy of the month.



Napoleon 1“tll‘lll(‘l‘:<' (‘lub, of Jackson





publication in





Cm, Will hold its annual picnic at Stony

Lake, on the third Saturday in August.



The ’l_‘11111'11:11111lc Furnn'rs‘ Club, of

Barry Co., will celebrate the national

holiday by holding :1 joint picnic with the

Ladies’ Literary Club, of the Prairie, in





Aaron Adams’ grove, on Saturday, July 3





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





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Keeping the Children on the Fa-rmnd

The Nupolcon Farnu-rs‘ (“1111) met in June

at "Mapleton." the pleasant home of M.

l“. Cnvcl‘t and wire, and was attended by

:1 large and «nilluslusiic ('l'nwd. The

meeting “as 1 1llcll to ol'dcr by i’rcsldc-nt

Andrews and illit‘l' pruycr by Chaplain





Galushzl and thc usual 111'1"li111i11:11'i1,'s the

roll call was rospondcd to with "my

favorite flower." Mrs. llcsicr road 11

paper on “Keeping Children on the

Farm,” which brol out 21 llvwly discussion

Mrs. Bicrrimzin says touch agriculture.

give good cducution; our grout, men have

coinc from farms. Slit' was followod by

Nellie Russell, Mr, I’ctcrs, Mrs. Peters,

Nli's. blursc, Mrs. Harrington and F. M.

Andrews. It swmml «willcnt that what

the homc is. and right (u-t'LlDilliln) has

much to do with lumping Lhc childrcn on

the farm. Mrs. Gullisha rcml :1 1111111 1'

on "The Care of Flowcrsfl which Was

enjoyed by all. Mr. Elliott cpl-nod dis--

cussion in ‘thc absence of Mrs. Y‘l'aison

and was followed by Mrs. Tracy, Mr.

Andrcws and Mrs. Harrington. A good

literary and musical program was 1'1'11-

dcl'cll. Aftcr thc club :uljournwl ilm

Andrcws’ band gave scvcrul Si‘ll‘l'tilllL‘,

zli‘tcr which 2L sumptuous supper was

sci'ved. It was decided to hold 1111' 21111111111

picnic at Stony Lnkc on 1111' third Sutur-

dny in August.





Descriptive Talk Feature of Meeting.—



'l‘hc Juno 111ccli11g o!“ lnghum

Farmers" Club, was hchl :11

with Mr. and Mrs, V\'. A.

much wct \vcaihwr and a good day t1

work hclpml to 111:1111- tho uilelnlancc

smaller than usual for a June 111ecti11g,

but those that could take :1 day off felt

wcll 1'1-11uid for doing so. President Ives

called the 111c(,'ting to order promptly at

two o'clock, and 11 good program was

rendered. Rev. Simmons was present and

gave 11 (lcscrlptivc talk of northern Mich-

igan. His first visit to this state was 1'11

1875, when he was two wwcks going from

southern Ncw York to h'lanlstiquc,

her town in the upper peninsula,

lhc soil is out of sight, the river

the town and on one side you

file other rock. Indian Lakc is only

lh1ec miles away and he spoke of an

lnd'1:11 <-'hu1(h, a log building built by the

Ctltl’l()ll(S. The two indushles there mo

manufacturing and mining and he spoke

of the Ludington minc, 1101) feet deep

and he. had been down to the ninth level,

or 900 feet Hamilton mine is l 800 feet

below the surface He also spoke of

complessed all and the w01k of rescuing





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tlhe miners when there had been an accio

(ent.

told of other things worth mining, and

Miss Dorothy Mae Mudge pleasantly,

Jg'ave an original production,

ew."

Discuss New School Law.-—The In-

dianfields Farmers' Club held its June

meeting on the 17th with Mrs. Ellen

Purdy, at Prospect Hill Farm, with an

attendance of fifty. After a pleasant

social hour, president J. M. Miller called

the club to order and the program 01

the day was carried out. Mrs. M. H.

Oakley gave an interesting description of

their winter in “The Land of the Sky.’

“A Stroll in the Garden” was the sub

ject of an entertaining paper by Mrs.

Clara Miller. Mrs. Maud Purdy rendered

fine instrumental music, and Mrs. Edna

\an Burcn gave a reading. The topic

“The New School Law.’ ' in regard to the





w(liistiiet paying for high school tuition.

crezn 1'! considerable discussion. Many

thoi We law put an added burden to the





taxpaytr and were not in favor of it.

A unique feature of the afternoon was 1

guessing contest. “A Musical Romance

in Rhyme," conducted by Mrs. Mary





Fournier, assisted by Mrs. Maud Purdy,

which furnished a good deal of amuse-

ment.‘ Prizes were gi\ en. A strawberry





luncheon was served by the refrrshment

ohcf Mrs “'m. Eldridge. The club will

meet in July with Mrs. Joe Fournier.—

M R. P Sec.



Contagious Diseases.—The regular sub-

ject on the program, First Aid to the

Injured, was not discussed, as Dr.

Thomas was unable to be present, and

TV. L. Cheney briefly talked upon cons

tagious diseases and the duties of the

health officer. He gave statistics regard-

ing the number of deaths during the past

year, that from consumption being 2.587.,

and only eight from smallpox, yet public

opinion is such that one would go by a

case of smallpox quickly, yet stop and

chat and even shake hands with one

suffering from consumption. where even

more danger lurks. The duties of the

health officer were to placard the house

where anyone was suffering from a con-

tagious disease, and when the patient

was dismissed by the phxsici:,1n to go

and disinfect the ht‘iuse and report the

crime to the state board of health.



Germ Diseases—4h. Mudge was pres—

cntand spoke of the germ, especially of

the typhoid fever patient. and said that

if one would be thoro about changing

the clothing and the bed of the patient

every 36 hours there would be no danger

of spreading the germ, for then it was

in a plastic condition, and after it once

became dry and floated in the air, no one

could toll whore it would go. 'Boiling

water was the, best thing to use to kill

the germs and a very choap disinfectant.

Take off the shoots and immediately turn

boiling water upon them. not lot them

la);a around after being taken from the

)c .



After a brief discussion of lightning

rods, in which all agreed that it was im—

portant to have the conductor reach down

to moist earth. the club adjourned to

meet in August with Mr. and Mrs. N. A.

(‘i'ittendoir at Rockwell, there being no

mocting in July—Mrs. J. lu‘. 'l‘answell,

C‘or. Soc.



Organization for





the Fermen—The





Odessa l1‘armors’ (‘lub mot with Mr. and

Mrs. “'11). Shumway, Saturday after—

noon. June 12. 'I‘ho meeting was called





After the

Law-





to ordor by President Curtis.

rendering of :1 good program, Mr.





roncc road a papor on “(irganization for

the Farmer." Many good thots Woro

given: “'11 will only give a few. “Tho

subjoot is of great broadth: ono hundred





111111nbers of tho Grange have

A great deal of good can





thousand

great inllnonco.





bo hrot to farmers by organizing and

being loyal. Socially. are we doing

enough? We should be prepared to do

better work; farmers do not pull to—

gothcr; they lack capital.”



The Value of an ldeal.»Mrs. Brown

road an oxocllont papor, “The value of

an ldoal." ’l‘ho discussion lod by lVIrs.

ln-igh soryod to impross tho fact on tho

minds of lhoso prosonl that all should

hayo an idoa! and koop it high. The

oommiltoo roporlod :11‘1‘2111g‘111111-11ts mado

for tho annual pionic. to bo hold in tho

groro 1111:11' tho payillion at Lake (hiossa

this year. the Sl‘t‘ullll Saturday in August.



Discuss Agricultural Topics—Tho Por—

1\—Ilonnin-_1,ion I“:11'11111i‘s' (‘lub mot li‘ri-

11:31) .l11n111l. at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs

'. ll. Ilookloy. ’l‘ho allondanoo “as





\‘1'111‘11 busy planting corn.

11111-111111 by a 11ouplo of

orohostra. Secretary’s

roport road and opproyod. Mr. Back

spoko on tho cultivation of tho corn crop_

He liked to have tho woods get started

boforo planting so it can be draggod to





small, for many

'l‘ho mooting was

soloctions by tho





kill thom. Aftor tho corn comes up, go

oyor with a spike tooth drag both ways.

(fi‘utivato just as long as possiblo bot'orc

oars form. \\'111111 is the best time to

sow beans? \Vm. Morrioo says to sow

when the ground is ready, that it made

no dill'oronoo in tho sign of tho moon.

Exporimonts hayo pron-n that there was

nothing in it. A good time to sow is

from the 12th to tho lfith of June. How

is bordcaux mixtnro niado‘.’ Mr. lVinc—

gar gave his roocipt as follows: Four





of slackod lime

not to





171 lbs.

It is better





lbs. of blue vitriol.

and .130 gals. of wator.

mix it too far ahoad.



The Young People and the Club.~\\'hy

are not the young farmers intorostod in

tho Farmcrs’ (‘lubi’ Mr. Bockloy thot

because a great many took farm papers

and bulletins sont out from the difforont

experiment stations, so by reading they

think they don‘t need the work of the

Farmers“ (“1111). Should we give to beg-

gars or tramps? The genoral opinion

was that there was plenty of work for

them so they do not have to beg. Giving

to them encouraged them. Many tell a

pitiful story and when they strike a town

they spend all they have at the saloons.

The program closed with music by the

orohcstra. The club then adjourned to





the dining room, where. many good things





were serve d.





Rev Cook was called upon and'





"Wandering





 





 





 





THE {MICHIGAN





We Furnish

Everything

but the

Gasoline.

No Tools

Needed to

Attach it

to 11 Pump

Except a

Wrench—

Weinclude

one with

Outfit





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one dealer Ip-’

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cell throughe

dealers only.

Better write

us about it

TODAY!





 

 

 





Patented



June 15. 1%9.

Others ‘

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tell you here.





When this marvelous little engine gets busy with an





1‘.





N o Cement Founda-

tion or Special Platform

Needed-it Clamps Direct to

Any Pump Stock.





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instantly.

protected by metal casing.

windmill pump will handle.





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standard pump you’ve got a flowing well—a gusherl

water supply worth hundreds, or perhaps thousands. of

dollars to you. The number of gallons it pumps per hour

is almost beyond belief. Write for table showing its pump-

ing capacity for wells of different depths and cylinders

of various sizes.





.1 Makes a Windmill Look Like “Thirty Cents”





The Farm Pump Engine is so much better than windmills





It always “delivers the goods. "





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





that they’ re simply out of the running. Costs [cu than a wind-





mill.





a monumental uncertainty.





The engine ls absolutely dependable.





pump 1'! yourulf.





There‘s more

to this wonderful engine than we can

It’s a crackerjack. The

greatest achievement in gasoline engine

history. Everybody says so;you’llagree

with them when you learn all it will do!





Sold by Dealers Only

If the Farm Pump Engine is not yet in

stock with your dealer. sendus his name

and we will arrange to have him supply of

you. But don’t miss reading our catalog. ———





Fuller 8: Johnson Mfg. Co.. 253 Stale 8L. Madlson, W15.





For Thirty Years the Leaders In Standard Farm Machinery





Manufacturers of 11 full line of Open Jacket Engines for Farm Use. Also Standard Farm Machinery.

Planters. Cultivators. Tobacco Transplanters. etc.





crashing to the ground.





plied with fuel and oil.





The engine ls 11111101111111





sign—the only thing of s kind.





 

 

 





engines.

engine.





yunique In de-

t It is

complete In itself—no platform to build.

no, pump jack needed—it connects

direct to the pump. It’s a master-

piece ot mechanical construction-a

' typical Fuller & Johnson product.

It carries the Fuller & Johnson

Guarantee. Same high quality

of material and workmanship

as In the finest automobile

A perfect air-cooled

It can't overheat.

Works equally well in freezing

weather or in a temperature

of 90. Self-cooling. as explained In catalog. No fans. Starts or stops

Needs no watching. All important working parts are

The Farm Pump Engine is geared to work in any well that a

It has a convenient pulley for running all kinds of machines

that are ordinarily operated by hand power. Can be detached from pump and set to work

in the barn. milk house. or wherever its power is needed. Weighs only a little over 200 lbs.

By connecting on a piece of common pipe for extra air chamber or

water over any ordinary building.





Mail the Coupon to

Fuller 8: Johnson Mfg. Co.





Sign and mail the coupon for the Farm

Pump Engine Catalog.





head, " It will throw





 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Fuller 8: Johnson





Please send catalog telling all about the Fuller

& Johnson Farm Pump Engine. and if factory

is clogged with orders say how soon you could





The w1ndm1'll Is

N o wind—no water. unlcu you





In high winds. the mill tears Itself to pieces or come.





The engine should run forever if sup-





 

   





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My Spreader positively will do better work andlast longer

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"Cyclone" three stroke self



feed hay press is latest, most powerful

and most efficient. Each circle of team

Self feed auto-

Wonderfully





presses three charges.

matically puts hay down.

increased capacity. Write now for “Baler





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THE “ALAMO”





The Gasoline Engine that combines QUALITY,

A perfect farm

Increase

It will pump water, grind feed,

churn.run a. separator. new wood. bale hay, shell





DURABILITY and ECONOMY.

power. It will lessen your work and

your income.





corn and is adaptable to many other purposes.





In Stationary from 3 to 50 H. P., Portables. all

Send for our Plcture Book Catalog—Free.





THE ALAMO MFG. CO.,





sizes.





HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.





1 Capacity 2 lo 15 Tons Per Hour.





Eight horse gasoline or steam





We make

horse power

prccoon too.





I SANDWICH MANUFACTURING CO. 140 Main Street, SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.





customers are usinx smaller pOWer.

and one which handles large or small charges.





and friction clutches.





or jerky movements.





 

 





steel.

loguc, mailed free on application. Address,





power runs largest size to full capacity, while many

Equipped with Bloc



Dropper which is safe and sure in operation. Simple



and effective Salt Feeder, easy and fast to serve





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Slmplo. Solld, Buclncnlllko Oullll. A Money-Maker.

It is not made up of a. maze of gears, tangle orchafts

Uses no balance wheel, does

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Wood or Steel Mountings.

Lever Brake. Lined throughout with heavy sheet

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IT 0“ LY 318 one cent to learn our

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FAOTOBY PIIIOES ”WM

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oA_. until you write for our large Art Catalog

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sample bicycle going to your town.





RIDER AGENTS everywhere are



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strong. Chicken light. 15 to 351: per rod. Sample Free We pay Irt. .

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Sawing your Inmmer'c wood

with .lhc' DIAMOND SAW

FRAME AND SAW. The very

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