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





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VOL. CXLII. No. 13. ;

Whole Number 3776.





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1914.





50 CENTS A YEAR

82 FOR 5 YEARS.





.Power and Equipment for the Farm.





MERICAN supremacy in the in-



dustrial world is due largely to



the superior efficiency of the

equipment which is used in American

industrial operations. The hard labor

of accomplishing any given work is

(reduced to the minimum by the in-

troduction of labor-saving machinery

and the efficiency of the workman is

increased by increasing the capacity

of the units of equipment with which

he works.



This should be as true upon the

farm as in the factory, and on prac-

tically every farm it is true to some

extent. But the farms of the country

have not, as a whole, kept pace with

the factories in this respect and the

farm upon which an improvement

could not profitably be made in this

respect is the exception rather than

the rule. Hence it will be profitable

for every farmer to carefully take

stock of his equipment at the begin-

ning of the season's campaign, to the

end that the: productive efficiency of

himself and his men may be such as

to insure a maximum profit from his

season's operations.



In this connection the power with

which to operate the farm equipment

should be the first consideration. No

factory manager would think of try-

ing to operate his plant without suffi-

cient power to enable the machines

used to be operated at their maxi—

mum capacity, because that would

mean an abnormally high cost of out-

put and materially reduce, if not de-

stroy the chance of a profit from the

operation of the plant. Likewise the

power employed by the farmer to op-

erate his farm equipment should be

adequate for the accomplishment of

the farm Work in a manner to in-

crease the e sciency of the men em-

ployed in its operation toa maximum

which is commensurate with its main-

tenance at a minimum of expense.



And right here is required a nice

degree of discrimination, since the

average farmer





is handicapped in





 





The Problems of Farm Power and ldle Horses have





comparison with the manufacturer by

the fact that he cannot operate either

power or equipment continuously

throughout the year. The profit from

our farms might be increased consid-

erably were it not for the necessary

expense of feeding'idle horses for sev-

eral months in the year in order that

they may be available for the accom-

plishment of the farm work when

needed, yet on the average farm it is

quite impossible to find productive

employment for the farm teams

throughout the year. The most prof-





most favorable and with a minimum

expenditure of time by the farm

hands. By this means they are able

to cut down the number of horses

maintained on the farm and avoid the

attendant waste of feeding idle

horses. For the man with sufficient

land this is undoubtedly the most eco-

nomic solution of the problem, and it

is a matter for the exercise of indi-

vidual judgment as to how small farm

units this may be profitably applied.



For many years to come, however,

the horse will remain the sole power





 





The Farm Team Should be Able





itable solution of this problem is a

subject worthy of the most careful

thought and study of every farmer.

American inventive genius has,

however, simplified this problem

somewhat for the large farmer, as it

has many of the other problems to be

considered in connection with the

equipment of the farm. An annually

increasing number of farmers have

found the solution of this problem in

the use of the farm tractor in plow-

ing and fitting the land for crops,

thus enabling them to accomplish

this work rapidly when conditions are





 





to Handle Large Equipment Units.





used by the average farmer in the op-

eration of the farm equipment used

in producing and marketing his crops,

hence the average reader must solve

this problem in some other way. This

he can generally best do by increas-

ing the efficiency of the horses kept

on the farm by increasing their size

and bettering their quality rather

than by adding to their number.

There has been a great improvement

in the average quality of Michigan

farm horses during recent years, but

there is still much room for improve-

ment in this direction upon the aver-





age farm. There is far less excuse

for the comparatively small farmer to

continually lack effective horse pow-

er than there is for the larger farmer

to hesitate over the investment in a

farm tractor, since he can provide

them at comparatively small cost by

breeding them on the farm, and at

the same time find in this way pro-

ductive employment for part of his

idle horses during a portion of the

year. There are still a few farmers

who argue for the efficiency of the

small horse on the farm, but they are

generally men who have never owned

or used the larger and more efficient

units of horseflesh in the field. The

man whose farm is not large enough

to require more than two or three

horses to provide the power for op-

erating the farm equipment will find

his labor efficiency in the field great-

ly increased by the use of a good

solid team, such as is shown in the

illustration, and he will not have to

use “walking” implements to save "his

horses, either. One good brood mare

on the farm will supply all that are

needed of these in a few years, and

if fall colts are raised she will thus

be kept at productive employment

throughout the year. But the prob-

lem, like most others which confront

the farmers, is an individual one and

must be studied with particular ref-

erence to local conditions if it is to

be solved wisely.



The problem of other farm equip-

ment is but secondary to, and closely

associated with, that of the power

with which it is to be operated, since

the size of its units must properly

depend upon the power factor. The

principle that, within reasonable limi-

tations, the cost of operation will

vary in direct proporton to the size of

the unit is one which should be care-

fully considered in the selection of

farm equipment, to the end that the

size of the units selected shall be

adapted to the needs of the farm and

prove economical in operation, which





been Solved by the In troduction of the Farm Tractor on Many of the Larger Michigan Farms.
THE MICHIGAN FARMER J





MARCH 28, 1914. .





 





 





   

 

 





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Perhaps the first item' of farm

equipment which should receive at-

tention at this season of the year, is

the harness, which should not only

be placed in good repair but be prop-

erly fitted to insure a maximum of

service from the horses. Then the

various implements for field use

should be inventoried with special

reference to the needs of the farm

and any lack in this direction sup-

plied.



It is not good economy to get along

with the bare necessities in the way

of farm equipment, such as plows,

barrows, cultivators and wagons.

Many implements which are not ab-

solute necessities will prove to be a

profitable investment, even on the

small farm. For illustration, the ma-

nure spreader is not an absolute nec-

essity on any farm, yet it will prove,

in the writer’s opinion, a very profit-

able investment, even on the compar-

atively small farm, since through its

use the stable manure can be much

more evenly and thinly distributed

with the result that more ground will

be covered and better crops grown

over a larger area of the farm. Like-

wise special implements for the sur-

face cultivation of the growing crops

will often pay a. high rate of interest

on the investment, as well as ade-

quate implements for the fitting of a

good seed bed under varying soil and

weather conditions.



Aside from these universally profit-

able, if not wholly necessary, factors

of farm equipment, there should be

special implements to aid in the eco-

nomic growing of the staple and spe-

cial cash crop. Among the former

the hay and corn crops are perhaps

the more important with the small

grain crops next in order. There

should be available suitable imple-

ments for the economic handling of

these crops from start to finish, and

if the area grown is too small to war-

rant the investment in all of them,

arrangements should be made with

some neighbor to own some of them

in partnership, or better still, to pur-

chase different needed implements in-

dividually and exchange them in use

as required.



The same arrangement can be

made regarding the special imple-

ments required for the greatest econ-

omy in growing special cash crops,

such as beans, potatoes, sugar beets,

etc., providing the individual farmer

does not feel that he can invest in a

complete equipment for the purpose

on his own account.



Many more suggestions along this

line might be offered, but enough

have perhaps been made to impress

upon the reader the fact that there is

a most profitable field for thought and

study and planning in connection with

this problem of power and equipment

for the farm. If so, the purpose of

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complished. ‘





STATE POTATO MEN MEET.





 





President, A. L. Hopkins, Bear

Lake; secretary, C. W. Waid, East

Lansing; treasurer, Dr. Ernst Bessey,

East Lansing, and J. J. Bale, of Lake-

view, and F. J. Stafford, of Elmira,

of the Michigan State Potato Asso-

ciation, met in Grand Rapids, March

19. Mr. Hopkins was chosen as head

at the time of organization in Grand

Rapids, November 18 last, and a sec-

ond meeting was held in Traverse

City, but little progress was made.

With new blood and new energy it is

now the purpose to do things. The

Michigan Agricultural College was

well represented at this recent meet-

ing by Dr. Eben Mumford, and a num‘

ber of his field men in county and

district work, also H. G. Horton and

Prof. Bell, of Chicago. Large ship-

ping interests were also represented

and a few of the leading growers.



The resignation of John I. Gibson

as secretary was accepted. Mr. Gib-





 





son holds a similar position With the

Western Michigan Development Bu-

reau, which consumes all his time. A

report of finances showed $106.15 in

the treasury. The Michigan Associa-





tion voted to affiliate with the nation-





al body, which was recently organ-

ized in Ithaca, N. Y., and now asks

every county in Michigan to organize

and to affiliate in turn with the state

association. State association fees are

$1 annual dues, or $20 for life mem-

bership. Members of county organi-

zations by paying 25 cents annual

dues, in addition to their local dues,

are entitled to vote and to full priv-

ileges as members of the state body.



The state association will have a

vice-president in every county and a

number of them have already been

chosen. The executive board is au-

thorized to complete the list. Each

vice-president is expected to act as

chairman of the county organization

and to take the initiative in starting

the ball—or in this case the tuber—

rolling. The aim is more potatoes and

better potatoes, particularly better

graded potatoes for Michigan. It is

the purpose to standardize the tuber,

adapting varieties to soils, markets

and other conditions, to raise fewer

varieties, striving toward purer seed,

better cultural methods and Wiser

distribution.



Wisconsin, New York, Michigan,

and two of the western states have

organized and Illinois will form a po-

tato association in a few weeks. Very

good work has been done in ‘Wiscon-

sin during the past year. Michigan

will be represented among other

states at a conference to be held in

Chicago, April 17, when it is the plan

to arrange for a great potato exhibi-

tion, to be held in that city next fall.

The next annual meeting of the Na-

tional Potato Association comes to

Michigan, and will be held in Lan-

sing.



Mr. Bale, of Montcalm county, fav-

ored raising one good variety for any

territory, instead of a mixture of va-

rieties. Dr. Mumford spoke of the

good work that St. Clair potato grow-

ers are doing. A live association has

been formed and choice seed stock of





two varieties has been purchased for.





planting this year. C. B. Cook, of Al-

legan county, said that Michigan must

standardize its product, find the mar-

kets and work together for better re-

sults. Dr. Coons, of M. A. 0., spoke

of the freedom of Michigan stock

from powdery scab, black-leg and oth-

er diseases, and gave some sugges-

tions as to methods of state inspec-

tion with reference to quality, grades

and types. J. H. Skinner, of Kent

county, suggested the appointment of

legislative and publicity committees

and it was voted to turn this matter

over to the executive board, with-

power to act.



Large shippers of Michigan p0ta~

toes who attended the meeting were

questioned closely as to best varieties

to plant and the reply was a round

white potato, clean, smooth and shal-

low-eyed. The Potentate and Cobbler

were recommended for early sorts,

and the Carmen, Rural, Petoskey or

Rural Russet, Green Mountain and

Sir Walter Raleigh were mentioned

among late varieties, though the ship-

pers did not endorse with much en-

thusiasm any one of these kinds. The

point with them is to get a smooth,

round, White potato, regardless of va-

riety. It was stated that the Petos-

key is admirable in every way except

as to dark color, ”which makes a dif-

ference of five cents a bushel in some

eastern markets. The Sir Walter

Raleigh was reported to be doing well

in Newaygo county. John Humphrey,

of Casnovia, spoke of the de-hydra-

tion plant that is about to start oper-

ations there and said that a smooth

potato of shallow eyes is needed for

drying. He will try the Late Petos-

key on the clay soils of that section.

One shipper stated that all potatoes

for the market should be run over an

inch and seven~eighths screen. He





claimed that in great potato raising

sections, such as Montcalm county,

they are not grading the stock now,

having dropped their good methods

of a few years ago, when these potti-

toes brought a premium of 10 cents

a bushel on the Chicago market sim-

ply because they were well sorted.





Secretary 'Waid will secure all

available information from other

states. Less than 100 members are

now enrolled and first efforts will be

along the line of a greater member-

ship and additional funds. Much val-

uable information will be supplied

the members from time to time.



Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





 





CROP AND FERTILITY PROBLEMS.





 





Clover Seeding Lost—What Crops to

Grow on the Ground.





1 seeded 80 acres in wheat this last

spring and dragged it twice over.

have no clover. Now what can a per-

son do with that ground? I intend to

put one 20-acre field to cowpeas. Don’t

know what to do with the other three

fields. I have 40 acres corn stubble

to put to cats and 60 acres for corn,

enough for the teams to do. I will.

if I can, find someone to rent a field

for corn and perhaps leave part of

one field of the cats and summer fal-

low it to put to wheat. The trouble

is What to do with the fields that I

seeded last year. Three of them are

20-acre fields. What can you suggest?

My land is clay loam oak opening,

some stone, cannot plow with a trac-

tor or steam on account of some fast





stone.



St. Joseph Co. J. S. W.



The great problem in this case is

the extra team work. Unless this can

be overcome, the problem cannot be

solved at all. But if the problem of

the extra labor can be solved, then

one can get out of this sort of situa-

tion fairly well. It Will cost some-

thing, but it will not cost as much as

it will to leave the land bare for one

season, by any means. The only way

I know is to buy another good team

and hire another good man. This

probably will enable you to get all of

this extra land into spring crops and

get it in on time. You could undoubt.

edly use the extra man in caring for

the crops and through haying and

harvesting, and then if you didn’t

need him any longer you could hire

him with the understanding that he

was to work so long. Then, if the

extra team was not needed, it could

be disposed’of again.



Now, it is supposed that as long as

J. S. W. had this ground all seeded

to clover that he needs the clover

hay, perhaps part of it was to be

plowed under to improve the soil.

Presumably, however, the first crop

would be taken off for hay. Conse-

quently, this hay is neei' id, and one

would try to put in such crops that

would furnish hay to take the place

of the clover. The cowpeas suggest-

ed for a 20-acre field would be a.

good substitute for clover hay. You

don’t have to put them in very early

in the spring, you don’t want to put

them in until permanent warm weath-

er comes, so this would not interfere

with getting in the cats in season.

They will be ready for hay when a

farmer will have as much time to

make hay as he does any time during

the season.



Now for another 20-acre field I

would suggest Canada field peas and

oats. Mix the peas and oats equal

parts by measure, and seed about two

bushels or two and a half bushels per

acre. These, of course, want to be

gotten in just as early in the spring

as one can. When the cats are in the

milk, cut and cure the hay just the

same as you would clover hay. This

makes a splendid substitute for clo-

ver hay'and if the hay season is at

all favorable one could expect to get

as large a crop as he could with clo-

ver hay. ‘



Another field, or'the balance, could

be put into soy beans. Here the seed

is a little bit expensive but this soy

bean plant is a promising plant and

20 acres could be sown broadcast and





 





-‘ ‘ ‘narfl,
MARCH 28, 1914.





made into hay. This makes a splen-

did hay, probably better than peas

and oats, and even better than clover

hay, because it is richer in protein,

and all kinds of stock like soy bean

hay. This crop would not have to be

put in until time of corn planting. In

fact, the corn could be planted and

then the fields fitted and put into soy

beans, sowing them about one and a

half‘or two bushels to' the acre broad-

cast with the wheat drill, and the oth-

er field could also be put into soy

beans. Of course, this is .quite a lit-

tle investment for seed because soy

beans cost around $3 per bushel, but

this field could be put in in drills 28

inches apart as you would common

beans, and then cultivate them to

preserve moisture and destroy weeds.

Then harvest this field for seed be-

cause beans will produce all the way

from 15 to 30 bushels to the acre and

are as good a crop as wheat where

you can get a decent crop. Not only

that, they are also a leguminous plant

like clover, and will improve the soil.

After the crop is threshed the soy

bean straw is a very good stock food.

Most all stock relish it and it can be

fed to horses or dairy cows or grow-

ing cattle or sheep.



I don’t know how common white

pea beans do in that locality, but I

should think it would pay to put in

a portion of this land to common

field beans. They are a good money

crop. Some consider them the most

profitable cash crop. These would

not have to be put in till late. All of

the early work could be done, but, of

course, they would have to be culti-

vated and harvested, but with the-ex-

tra man and the extra team I think

this could be satisfactorily accom-

plished. The white beans not only

make a good cash crop, but the bean

straw is an excellent food for stock,

especially for sheep. I have winter-

ed a flock of 30 ewes this winter on

bean straw as a roughage almost en-

tirely. They had some clover straw,

that is, the clover chaff after it had

been threshed, but the principal

roughage fed was bean straw, and

the sheep love it dearly. There isn’t

any roughage crop that sheep like

better.



Any and all of these crops will

come off in time so that this ground

can be put into wheat if one desires

to do so. If this would make too large

an acreage for wheat, some of it

could be left over and put into spring

crops again next year. It could be

disked and seeded to rye and allow

the rye to grow up as a cover crop

and plow this under next spring for

other spring crops. This would be

better than it would to allow it to go

bare over winter. This will improve

the land enough so that one could

well afford to purchase the rye. Prob-

ably it would be best to mix sand

vetch in with the rye and plow it all

down next spring on land that could

not be put into wheat this fall.



Applying Lime.



Will you kindly advise me as to the

best way to use five tons of lime I

just bought on my farm land? I sow-

ed a small field to alfalfa last year

that I believe does not amount to

much. It came up all right. Some

of it looked yellowish and such a lot

of June grass. I sowed in in June.

HOW would it be to replow this field

this spring and distribute the lime

with the grain drill before sowing it

to alfalfa again? I shall have more

lime than I need for this alfalfa field.

1 have a 12-acre field of wheat seed-

ed down to clover and timothy. Would

you advise using the remainderoof it





on this field or putting it on oat field?

Does lime take the place of a fer-





filizer?

St. Clair Co. M. C. M.





We haven’t had experience enough





'in applying lime so that we can set-





tle down to any particular manner of

applying. In fact, we don’t know as

much about how badly lime is need-

ed, how much to use, how to apply it

or when to apply it, and particularly

on what crop, as we ought to know,

but we are trying to find out Where the

soil is acid and we must correct this

acidity by the use of lime if we want





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER’





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to grow leguminous crops luxuriantly.

Without any question, alfalfa is very

susceptible to an acid soil, and expe-

rience seems to show that in most

all instances where alfalfa does not

do well it comes from a lack of lime

in the soil or from the fact that the

soil was not inoculated with nitrogen

gathering bacteria which belongs to

this legume. The first field of alfalfa

which I sowed‘did not get a very good

start. It took about two years for it

to get established. I put lime on the

soil and mixed it in, too, but I didn’t

inoculate all the seed, and I think

that some of the seed that I did in-

oculate didn’t do any good because I

didn’t take pains enough to keep it

out of the sunshine. It looked quite

feeble the second year in many places

but later on it improved, and it is

probably due to the fact that the soil

has become inoculated.



Now perhaps your alfalfa will im-

prove. Perhaps it isn’t the lime so

much as the lack of bacteria, and it

may be that if you will leave this un-

til next year you will see quite a

marked improvement. You can put

some lime on a strip through the field

and harrow it in thoroughly and leave

this field and see What effect the lime

has on these yellow spots. And then

you could sow another small piece of

alfalfa this year and thoroughly lime

that before you put the alfalfa in.

This would help you to solve some of

the problems about lime.



It is probably not advisable to sow

lime on the wheat ground this spring

that is already seeded to clover and

timothy. The lime can do no good on

top of the soil. It has got to be mix-

ed with the soil. The particles of

lime have got to come in close con-

tact with the acidity. Chemical action

has got to take place before the acid-

ity is neutralized. Now the lime can-

not do this if it is on top of the

ground. In this case you cannot put

the lime on top of the Wheat and

then harrow it in because the har-

rowing Won’t injure the alfalfa, it will

do it good, on the other hand. As

long as you are experimenting it

might be a good thing to sow a strip

across this wheat field and then note

results. For the balance I would sug-

gest that you take small strips on

other plowed fields that you are g0<

ing to put into different crops and

after the fields are plowed put on a

strip of lime and work it into the soil

when you are fitting the seed bed,

and then note if you can see any dif-

ference on the different crops. Make

these strips so that when you come

to seed these fields to clover in your

rotation you can see if the liming

doesn’t have a good benefit upon the

new seeding of clover. If it does, then

it certainly will pay you to use lime

because we must grow luxuriant

crops of clover if we want to get the

most out of agriculture and nature.



Lime does not and cannot take the

place of fertilizer. Even if the soil

is so deficient in lime that the plant

needs some for plant food, it only re-

quires a very limited amount of it,

and the principal foods of plants ob-

tained from the soil are nitrogen,

phosphoric acid and potash. As a

matter of fact, fertilizers give better

results on a neutral soil than they do

on an acid soil for the very reason

that it doesn’t do any good to feed

the clover plant potash or phosphoric

acid if the soil is acid, because it

won’t thrive anyway, so. you _ don’t

get any good out of the fertilizer. On

the other hand, if you would sweeten

this soil or neutralize it with lime,

then the clover can use the plant

food which you apply in the form of

commercial fertilizer and you get

some benefit from it.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





FARM NOTES.





 





Maintaining Fertility on Sandy Soil.



Is sand ground that received 20

tons of s ble manure per acre every

three years likely to be in good phy-

sical condition after three or four ap-





MARCH 28, 1914.





plications? When such land will pro-

uce 200 bushels of potatoes per acre

Will it be likely to grow a fair crop

of Wheat, say 20 or 25 bushels per

acre? If one has plenty of stable

manure (horse) is it safe to use it

altogether for potatoes or would it be

beter to use some fertilizer along

With it?



St. Clair Co. F. S.



A sandy soil which is devoted to a





rotation of crops receiving the amount





'of stable manure above mentioned





every three years, would undoubtedly

be maintained in} an excellent physi-

cal condition. Where as much ma-

nure as this is applied, it would un-

doubtedly pay to use ground rock

phosphate or acid phosphate in con-

nection with it. Such land willpro-

duce very good wheat when gotten

into the condition suggested. Land

of this character when new, produced

excellent crops of wheat, but after it

had been farmed until its humus con-

tent was depleted, wheat has not gen.

erally proven a profitable crop on

this kind of land. For potatoes, it

would be profitable to use some fer-

tilizer with the manure, although no

nitrogen should be needed where this

amount of manure is applied. Better

results will be secured, however, if

the mineral elements of fertility are

applied in the form of commercial

fertilizer at some time during the roe

tation, and there would be no better

time to do this than for the potato

crop'.

Seeding Alfalfa in Cats.





Would it be profitable to sow cats

on land plowed last spring (heavy

sod) and put to corn, now plowed,

and put to oats and alfalfa, 1179 bush-

els of oats to the acre? How much

alfalfa should I sow to the acre?

Clay loam soil.



MonrOe Co. E. H.





Under ordinarily favorable condi‘

tions, at good seeding of alfalfa can be

secured in a thin seeding of cats on

land which has been handled as that

described in this inquiry, providing

the soil is in suitable condition to fa-

vor the growth of the bacteria pecul-

iar to the alfalfa and essential to its

profitable development, otherwise it

may be necessary to apply lime to

correct any soil acidity which may ex-

ist, and inoculate the soil or seed

with the nitrifying bacteria. Ten to

twelve pounds of alfalfa seed per acre

are now considered sufi‘icent by most

growers, and few now sow as much

seed as formerly, when 15 to 20

pounds per acre was the rule, al-

though some still favor heavy seed-

ing.



Caustic Lime vs. Ground Limestone.



I have eight acres of wheat on

which I intend to sow clover seed

next spring and harrow it in. The

field is acid and needs lime. Do you

think it could be improved by sow—

ing the lime broadcast with the grass

seed? 1 can get caustic lime for $5

per ton and ground limestone for

$2.50. Which is most e’conomieal to

use and how much should I put on?

Two years ago I sowed one acre to

alfalfa. I did not inoculate the field

but last year when I plowed it turn-

ing on the corners I did not cut all

the roots and the plants grew as tall

as the oats and the roots are full of

nodules. Could I use some of the dirt

from that field to inoculate the field

I prepared for sowing next June?



Grand Traverse Co. F. P.



As noted in reply to another in-

quiry, very much better results may

be expected from the application of

lime when itcan be worked into the

soil than from applying it in the

spring at the time of sowing clover

seed. The writer had an experience

a couple of years ago, however, which

indicates that a light application of

caustic lime in the spring might be

productive of some benefit. Hydrated

lime was being applied in a field next

to a piece of alfalfa. A check plot

had been left next to the fence in the

alfalfa field to which no lime had been

applied. The wind chanced to blow

in the direction of the unlimed check

plot when the lime was applied in the

adjacent field, and as the lime dis-

tributor was filled at this end of the

field, some of the lime was blown

through the fence onto the unlimed

portion of the alfalfa field. The result

was noticeable in an improvement of
MARCH 28, 1914.





the nnlimed plot of alfalfa, or that

portion of it 'next to the fence above

mentioned, the following summer. Of

course, the' amount of caustic lime

that got on the land in this way was

comparatively small, and we are un-

certain as to whether it would be ad-

visable to make an application as

proposed in this inquiry, or not.

There would be no danger from an

application of ground limestone, how-

ever, and this would be the safer and

better form in which to use the lime.

At the prices quoted the agricultural

lime might be the cheaper'source of

calcium, but owing to the greater

safety in the use of the ground lime-

stone this would, in the writer’s opin-

ion, be the better form in which to

apply the lime at the comparative

prices given, using around two tons

per acre.

Soil for lnoculating Alfalfa.



The soil where the nodules are

present would be suitable for inocu-

lating another field, but results would

be more certain by taking it from the

portion of the field where the plants

are still growing.

Applying Ground Limestone on the



Surface.





Would it be any benefit to a crop

of wheat now on the ground and the

clover I will soon sow, to apply

ground limestone on the wheat field

this spring? I sowed 200 lbs. of com-

mercial fertilizer per acre last fall.



Branch C0. SUBSCRIBER,





The best time to apply ground lime-

stone is when the soil is being fitted

for a crop, as at that time it can be

thoroughly mixed and incorporated

with the soil. Some results might be

secured by sowing it on the surface

as suggested in this inquiry, but con-

ditions would have to be very favor-

able if much benefit resulted the first

season, at least. The reason for this

is plain. The greatest benefit derived





from the application of ground limer





stone is considered to be in its effect

in producing an alkaline condition of

the soil. This action is hastened by

having the particles in contact with

the soil water. Where the limestone

is mixed with the soil this condition

will be continuous, but where spread

on the surface it will be intermittent

and dependent on the rainfall. But

while this is not the best way to ap-

ply limestone, it might be profitable.

At least it would be an interesting

experiment and no loss would result,

because ultimately the full benefit of

the lime would be secured.





Flax as a Farm Crop.





I wish to hear through your paper

about raising flax. Is it a profitable

crop to raise for a concentrate? Have

used it in feeding calves, with suc-

cess: also to colts that were out of

condition, and it was the best condi-

tioner I ever used. How much per

acre does it yield? How much per

acre does it require for seed? Any

information given will be gladly re-





ceived.



Livingston Co. M. B. C.



It would not be a. profitable propo-

sition to grow flax as a foodstuff for

the reason that fiaxseed is very rich

in fat and would not be a suitable

feed with which to balance up a ra-

tion for live stock. The commercial

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Some flax was formerly grown in

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wheat states of the west and in north-

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two to three peeks per acre are sown

as soon as the ground is warmed up

in the spring.





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our worthy sire often traveled



eastward for the wrinkly Ver-

mont Merinos and in the years which

followed as we attained man’s estate

and still found a Merino ewe our fos-

ter mother, there was ever a desire

to see that land where Merinos were

first made famous and visit the men

who made Merino history such as has

been inscribed on Time’s book of live

stock breeding in no age or country

by any other domestic animal. So

that it was not an interest inspired

by the spur of the moment, nor by a

sudden activity in the development

of sheep breeding'whch led our foot-

steps to old Vermont in the closing

days of the year. Rather was it a

reverence and admiration of the men

and their work which was inborn and

had been cultivated by years of in-

timate acquaintance with their results

that drew us with irresistible force.



As we traveled northward from the

capital of the Empire state on an

ideal sunny December morn, we in-

tuitively knew that we were crossing

into the realm of the Green Moun-

tains when We saw numerous flocks

of sheep as we viewed this country

for the first time time from a car

window. As the train wended its way

up the narrow valley between the low

mountains, through hamlet and vii-

lage, to the cty of Rutland, our first

impression, which strengthened with

acquaintance was of a state of mount-

ains and marble whose fame Morgans

and Merinos had spread to all the

World. It was the spell of the latter

that drew us quickly on to that old-

time Mecca of their breeders, Middle-

bury.



A pretty little city lying on either

side of the swiftly flowing Otter

creek, it is distinctively a collection

of homes. One marble factory repre-

sents its sole industrial activity, while

Middlebury College adds its exclusive

intellectual tone to the place. Near

by Uncle Samuel has added the pres-

tige of his power by the establish

ment of a government breeding farm.

Large and artistic buildings furnish

dignity and practical importance.

Erected by men of wealth who made

their fortune in the nearby metropoli-

tan cities of Boston and New York‘, and

have sought this quiet, secluded place

among the verdant hills and sparkling

lakes to pass their latter years, these

masses of brick and granite will long

stand as their monument. The houses

are old but substantial, and men point

with pride to dwellings erected for

more than a century which still stand

as plumb and true and well preserved

as when first built. Ancient oaks and

Widespread maples lend their size

and beauty to the general plan.



The Air of Age.



Over all hangs a perceptible and

yet intangible air of age, of experi-

ence, of things well done and past.

The people are old. On every side

grayhaired men and women seem to

impress the stranger with the ever

prominent fact that they have lived

there long: when you talk to them

they tell you of times and deeds in

the distant past. Perhaps it impress-

ed us so because we visited here

when the sands of the passing year

had wellsnigh run their course, per-

haps because we met and visited men

who themselves had seen the snows

of many winters and who told us en-

chanting tales of other times which

listened like stories of another world,

perhaps it was because we sought

this knowledge and heard with this

spirit of age. Whatever it was which

made our eyes see thus, we pay all





 





 





homage and obeisance to these good

men of Vermont, many of Whose for-

bears and contemporaries joined with

them in producing and developing the

first distinctively American breed of

improved pure-bred live stock, Mer-

ino sheep.



A third and a half century ago all

this country was covered with flocks

of Merinos. No man could find place

in Addison county who neither raised

nor handled Merinos, nor attended

the wants of men who did. The in

fection spread all over the state, and

to the adjoining states. For years

Vermont was the breeding ground of

wrinkly, heavy-fleeced Merinos, and

her breeders boasted that she could

ever maintain her supremacy as the

fountainhead. Times change. The

world moves. Ever travels the star

of empire on its westward course. To-

day almost on the fingers of one hand

can be counted the flocks of Vermont

Merino sheep in the land which saw

their greatest fame.



Few Old Flocks Remain.



And yet here can be found a man

who has persistently bred his flock of

Merinos on the farm where he was

born, more than three score and ten

years ago. How many flocks or herds

of any breed of live stock can be

found in America with such record?

E. N. Bissell is breeding wrinkly,

heavy-fleeced Merinos today, even as

he always has. Proudly did he show

us his breeding ewes, his lambs, and

his stud rams. They were wrinkly

and greasy even as they were in their—

palmy days of popularity. He showed

us a ewe which shore 26 pounds her

second fleece, at a year’s growth. How

are they improved? They have strong-

er constitutions, they are better form-

ed, wider chested, an‘d better hams;

the folds are larger, the staple seems

longer, the oil flOWS more freely. They

are a wool producer without an equal.

In discussing the importance of folds

and oil to maintain density and weight

of fleece he showed us a plain ewe

with as fine, long Delaine fleece as

we have seen in a long time, and he

declared that even with the greatest

care in breeding the tendency is al-

ways to revert to the plainer type.



His market for these sheep is the

export trade and the best American

flocks, principally in Ohio and West

Virginia. In late years he has made

annual shipments to South America,

principally Uruguay, and to South Af-

rica. He sends these animals by ex-

press, without an attendant, they are

six weeks to two months on the voy-

age, and he has yet to lose one on

the way. Surely it must be a hardy

animal which can endure such ship-

ment and care. His prices for these

sheep amount to as much, and often

more, per head than an average farm~

er obtains for a choice cow or a good

horse.



It may also be interesting to learn

that he was‘the first American to land

Vermont Merinos in Australia and

successfully dispose of them to Anti-

podean breeders, while he later acted

as American agent for the Australian

sheep king, Samuel McCaughey, in se

curing what was probably the largest

single consignment of American-bred

live stock for export. He has also

since made numerous shipments to

Australia.



A Pioneer Exporter.



Near to Mr. Bissell, close to the

banks of Lake Champlain, lives the

man who was the first to take Amer

ican live stock to South Africa more

than twenty years ago. He was also

one of the pioneers in the Argentine.



(Continued on page 360)..
MARCH 28, 1914.

HOGS AND FERTILITY.





In undertaking enterprises we have

become accustomed to figuring on the

outlay and the income, and if the in-

come eXCeeds the outlay by a consid-

erable, we have learned to say that

is a good business. In live stock

raising and general agricultural pur-

‘suits we figure and calculate after the

same manner. If we sow a field of

grain we figure out the cost of the

labor, and, perhaps the rent or use of

the land, and if the amount of the in-

come from the crop is considerably

greater than the sum of all the ex-

penses, we conclude that such a crop,

during that year, was a profitable

one. We do not consider the value

of the fertility which the crop has

taken from the ground.



On the other hand, if we keep live

stock on the farm, and raise young

stock to sell, we figure the cost of

raising, fattening and selling, and if

the price received in the market ex-

ceeds the cost of raising and selling,

We calculate that the venture has

paid, and the profits are measured by

exactly the difference in the costs and

the amount received. We have not

yet reached the point Where we give

much, if any, credit for the fertility

left by the animals raised, although

if measured at its true value, the

amount may reach considerable pro-

portions.



Of all the animals raised on the

farm, the hog has been cursed the

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





farms, we can begin to realize the

importanCe of selecting and adapting

the best methods by which the ma-

nure can be saved. A plan that will

save the major part of the hog ma-

nure means, if put into practice, an

addition to the fertilizing ingredients,

material that will help the crops

where applied for several successive

years. It is a cold manure that lasts,

and is not quickly exhausted by fer-

mentation.



One fact should be kept in mind:

The liquids have a fertilizing value

about equal to that of the solids. That

fact indicates the value of absorbents

in the pens. In addition to the strawy

material used for bedding, absorbents

like ground rock phosphate, gypsum

and dried muck will take up the liq-

uids and carry them along to the

field. Where such absorbents are used

they add greatly to the bulk and val-

ue of the manure.



The hog is an omnivorous animal

and requires a great variety of food

in order to do his best. The cheapest

gains in growth and weight are

made while allowed free access to

green feeds that grow in the fields.

If the small colony pens, which can

be readily moved from one part of

the field to another, are used in the

summer time, the swill and grains fed

carried to the hogs, the manure can

be distributed on all parts of the field

and practically all of it will be saved,

and will be utilized by the subse-

quent crops. One of the best crops

of corn it has been my privilege to





 





 





Feeding Hogs on Pasture Conserves Soil Fertility.





what he is capable of doing in the

way of helping to maintain the fer-

tility of the land. He has been treat-

ed as though he had but one mission

to perform, and that is to convert

grains into marketable meat. Al-

though it has been known that the

manure from the hog is very rich in

fertilizing ingredients, it is quite gen-

erally ignored, and too frequently al-

lowed to go to waste. When it ac-

cumulates in the pens it is too often

thrown out on the ground, and allow-

ed to be drenched by the rains, and,

at least one-half of the value is lost.

If it is mixed with the horse and cow

manure as fast as it accumulates, and

is taken along to the field with those

manures, the fertilizing value of the

whole mixture will be improved. This

statement can be verified by anyone

who will take the pains to try the

plan and observe the results.



Roberts, in his book, “Fertility of

the Land,” says that the manure from

a pig from birth to the time he

weighs 150 pounds, is worth $3.25. 'If

that statement is correct, it is safe

to calculate tha the pig raised under

modern practices and conditions in

pasture and pen, by the time he has

reached the 250-pound market weight,

he has voided fully $5.00 worth of

manure. Then the ten-pig litters far-

rowed in the spring, fed in pasture

and pen until they average the 250

pounds each, should be given credit

for $50 in fertility left on the farm.



Saving the Manure.



\Vhen we consider the value of the



manure from the hogs kept on the





inspect was raised on a field where

the hogs had been kept on alfalfa the

previous year, and the colony pens

had been used.





The colony house plan can be

adopted on any grass pasture, clover,

oats and peas, or rape. When hand-

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hoof. They make protable returns for,

the feed consumed, and distribute fern:

tility which insures increased yields3





of crops raised on their pasture lands

for several successive years.

Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





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What proportion should I mix the

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oats, barley and cull beans? Would

I get better results if I cooked the

beans? I haven’t any milk.



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A ration composed of equal parts

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fed on clover pasture, should make a

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Now he is content to pass his days

breeding a choice flock of wrinkly

Merinos. An interesting story was

the relation of his experiences in

Buenos Ayres in introducing Merino

sheep and showing the speed of Am-

erican trotters in the days before the

revolutions. A little later, in 1891, he

learned there were millions of sheep

in South Africa, but no Merinos.

Forthwith his sagacity and enterprise

impelled him to make a shipment

there. His narrative of how he land-

ed at Cape Town a stranger in a. far-

away land, with a shipment of Merino

rams, of his methods of arousing the

interest of Cecil Rhodes and the Cape

Parliament and showing them the im-

portance of American sheep to their

country, demonstrated his Willingness

to take a chance, and especially his

ability as a. salesman. On a later trip

to that dark continent he took more

Merinos and Holsteins far into the

interior, and at Johannesburg sold

Paul Kruger a Holstein-Friesian bull

but a day or two before the Jameson

raid. Vivid are his descriptions of

these men and places which wrote

deep on the pages of the world’s his-

tory in the closing years of the last

century. It was a Merino ram that

took these shrewd, daring Yankees to

the farthest parts of the globe and

displayed the skill of American

breeders.





There are other men here who have

done things. We met and visited an

old-time friend who has been the

financial backer of nearly every ship-

ment of Merinos that has gone for

export. He has bought sheep in ev-

ery part -of the United States and sent

them across the waters. A man now

past the allotted three score and ten,

he is still seeking new markets in

distant lands, for he confided that the

first shipment to any new country has

always been the most profitable. Only

this last year he sent a shipment far

into the interior of South America,

near the southwest boundary of Bra-

zil. There his shipment found sole

competition in that of one from Aus-

tralia in the hands of an old-time na-

tive Vermonter whom he had intro-

duced years ago to the risks and ven-

tures of carrying live stock over seas.





The Passing of the Golden Hoof.





Aside from the few flocks still re-

maining and these venturesome spir-

its who follow the export game, there

is but little left of Vermont Merinos

and their fame on their native hills,

but the memory of the times when

they were worth their weight in gold.

Men of today who knew not of those

times should learn that Merino rams

sold as high as $5,000, that $10,000 in

cash was actually refused for a single

ram, that $2,500 was paid for one

ewe, $4,000 was refused for one fa-

mous ram, and he afterward earned

in stud fees $6,000. Single service

fees were as high as $100. Do you

wonder that men remembered those

days and believed that history would

repeat itself! Most of them have gone

to their reward While the few that

are left are still strong in their faith.

One good man who has spent a long

life in breeding heavy fleeces asked

me how long I thought it would be

before the west would have to have

his style of sheep, and averred that

he believed it would be soon. Who

knows that they will not again he

wanted at long prices?





This is a hilly, rocky country, in-

terspersed with level spaces of mea-

dow lands. It is a natural sheep

country. With the passing of the

Merino has gone the wealth-produc-

ing element from their farms. Hay

and milk are now practically the sole

Hay grows less year by

year. The cows bring in a small

monthly income, with much labor at-

tached. Close to markets where lamb





 





and mutton command high prices, few





MARCH 38,. 1914.,





indeed are the farmers who seem to





be able to realize the profit in sheep.

They remember but the wrinkly,

greasy woolbearers of olden time and

their high prices, and, seem to know

not of the mutton Merinos of today

and their commercial value.

the boom times of high prices passed

and the new conditions of this great

country felt less and less the need of

a sheep which produced wool only,

they failed to adjust their flocks to

the new demands.



Those who were natural breeders

and salesmen have made money in

maintaining and improving their

flocks along the old lines, and no-

where else in America can be found

such persistence and continuity of

purpose in breeding. But for the

great majority this could not be. The

Vermont Merinos did a great work in

their time. No one can gainsay its

value. But when the necessity for a

continuous increase in the weight of

fleece ceased and the importance of

mutton as the end of all sheep devel-

oped, another type of Merino was de-

manded. With the consequent lack

of market for breeding stock, and lit-

tle practical market value of the pro-

ducts which these sheep supplied,

passes the incentive for general farm-

ers to raise an exclusively wool sheep.

With all the natural advantages which

this section possesses, the same skill

and effort used in producing the

heavy fleeces might have been turned

to developing a smooth, tidy, well-

formed sheep which would shear a

reasonable fleece and furnish a handy

weight, profitable carcass on the

hooks. With a practical, everyday

busness Merino they could again en-

rich their farms and their bank ac-

counts and once more find pleasure

and profit in the flocks grazing over

their hillsides and marketing their

hay upon their own land. It seems

like a case of too much looking back

without regarding the lessons of ex-

perience and not enough considera-

tion of the conditions and the de-

mands of today and tomorrow.



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CLIPPING THE WORK HORSES.





 





With the approach of the season

when the farm horses must be put at

hard work, the question arises as to

whether it would be preferable to clip

them or not. For the horses with

rough, heavy coats, the argument is

on the side of clipping. Animals pre-

forming work with a long coat suffer

an unnecessary strain on the system,

as well as the attendant discomforts.

The perspiration of horses is not a

mixture of water and salts, but of

water, proteid and salts, and the loss

of flesh attendant on working the soft

horse which perspires freely, without

clipping, is thus explained. The dis.

comfort of the horse when brought to

the barn with a heavy, wet coat of

hair, will also be reflected in his con-

dition, even if the danger of chill and

attendant colds be otherwise elimi-

nated, it is unquestionably both hu-

mane and profitable to their owners

to clip the work horses before the

hard work of the spring campaign is

begun.





GROWING VS. FATTENING PIGS.





 





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If pigs are fed on the right kind

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to make a good growth, but to ac-

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well-balanced ration, preferably on

clover or other green pasture. If fed

too much corn and not enough bone

and muscle—forming food, the pigs will

be stunted in growth, although they

will carry plenty of fat. This is en-

tirely a proposition of the character

rather than the amount of feed fed

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A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE CITY

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BY FLOYD w. nonrson:



In the very many articles that are

written from time to time on differ-

ent phases of the milk industry, so

much of the really ideal is presented

that the writers in their enthusiasm

ignore the question of the practicabil-

ity of their plans.



Will it Pay?



In discussing the practicability of

any new industrial operation the ques-

tion of first consideration must, of

necessity, be “Can this project be

made to pay financially?” The milk

problem especially insofar as it may

apply to city milk, is not different

from other industrial propositions.

How to Get Certified Milk in a Com-



munity.



It took several years for the city of

Lansing to have as a possibility cer-

tified milk. During all those years the

physicians of the city and others par-

ticularly interested in securing a pur-

er and better milk supply, were con—

stantly urging upon the city council





the desirability of providing by law.





for certified milk. We suggested at

that time that an eminently more

practical way of securing certified

milk would be to guarantee to some

milk producer a market for his milk

at a fair margin of profit to himself.

It can scarcely be expected that milk

producers, more than anyone else,

should run the risk of a financial de-

pression in business to satisfy the

ideas of any one or a set of men. If

physicians and others prominent in

civic affairs will by their actions sig-

nify a willingness to back up a pro-

ject of this kind financially, we ap-

prehend little difficulty will be en-

gendered at any time, in any place,

in securing a milk that will meet any

special requirements. There is quite

an investment represented in the sup-

plying of milk and, of course, a big-

ger investment in the furnishing of

certified milk. If the dairyman who

is anticipating the supplying of cer-

tified milk or to whom the commu-

nity looks for the supply of a high-

grade article of this kind can be as-

sured of a market at a reasonable

price he will not hesitate very long

in producing the article in question.

It is not an easy matter, however, to

get a market for milk even though it

be of superior quality when a con-

siderable advance on the regular

price is asked. Nor is this always the

fault of the consumer. Too often

certified milk is certified in name

only. When a medical milk commis-

sion puts its certification on a bottle

of milk, the contents of the package

ought to be up to the terms of the

label. That this is not always true is

amatter of altogether too common in-

formation. There is no excuse for

this and it usually is brought about

by laxness of the inspection methods

used.



Let the Consumer Know the Real



Cost.



Milk is not, however, the most ex-

pensive article of food, even at the

prevailing prices which are asked for

certified milk. However, when one

pays 15 cents or 16 cents per quart

for milk there should be no chances





for doubt On her part as to'the qu:-11-'





ity of the milk purchased. A little

better appreciation on the part of the

consumer of the responsibility entail-

ed and the financial investment nec-

essary in the production of milk, will,

we think, make her more charitable

with the milk producer.

Can a Dairyman Make Money on a

Borrowed Capital?



We have attempted to get together

some data comparing the milk busi-

ness from the producer’s point of





view with that of other commercial

enterprises.

farmer about providing a better and

cleaner milk, but curiously enough,

we have said very little to him about

making the business a little more re-

munerative to him in so doing. Few

dairymen, we apprehend, realize the

extent of their real investment and

the amount they must realize from

this investment to make it of finan-

cial promise to them. Like many an-

other farming occupation, the farmer

has been content to live from year to

year without considering the extent

of his profits and losses in the busi—

ness. One thing they do know, how-

ever, and that is that rarely is it pos-

sible for a farmer to borrow money

at the prevailing rates of interest and

make the farm pay. Yet any other

business man figures his costs and

his profits on such a basis as having

borrowed the whole shin of money at

a bank to conduct his business enter-

prise with. A manufacturer of auto-

mobiles takes into consideration in

establishing the selling price of his

product everything, just as though it

were a business conducted on borrow-

ed capital, which in many instances

it in fact really is. A manufacturer

of cloth; or agricultural implements;

grocery stocks, and the like, conducts

his business on this same basis. That

is, considering the value of the prop-

erty in which the buiness is conduct-

ed and a proper interest rate upon the

capital involved, whether it is in real-

ity borrowed pr is taken from a

man’s own private income, the selling

price of his commodity is large

enough to cover the cost, plus all of

these items of interest and a profit

is figured above this.



We know of no business except the

farmer’s, in which these business

propositions are ignored. In fact, the

farmer’s business is the only one that

could be conducted year after year

and have these items ignored. The

land under mostordinary conditions

of treatment and abuse will yet re-

spond to give a man his living, mea-

gre though it at times may be. We

are thinking, not only of the produc-

er’s interest when we maintain that

it is time that the farmer began to

consider the real costs of business

and to regulate the prices which he

charges accordingly. In fact, we be-

lieve that if the consumers once real-

ized (and were emphasis laid on

these points), the real cost of the

production of milk, they would be

more than willing to give the dairy-

man a price for his product which

Would make it possible for the dairy-

man to conduct this business at a

profit.



Popular Opinion.



Something, sometime, will be done

to get this business on a satisfac-

tory footing. It is generally believed

among consumers, and producers as

well, that the consumer pays too

much for this commodity and at the

same time. the producer gets too lit-

tle. The taking of the public into our

confidence in the matter of real cost

of the articles produced will do more

than anything else in equalizing these

different factors. No one knows at

the present time just what it costs to

produce a quart of milk and market

it in the city of Detroit. What the

real cost of the distribution 01? this

milk is, is likewise an unknown fac-

tor as far as the consumer and pro-

ducer as well are concerned.



The Cost of Milk.



Ordinary commercial milk costs the

consumer nine cents per quart deliv-

ered in Detroit; certified milk, 16

cents per quart; a difference of sev-

en cents per quart. Surely this dif-

ference is not represented by the in-



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DAIRYING lN MICHIGAN.





 





There is no question but that dairy

farming is destined to become one of

the leading industries of Michigan in

the near future.



In the first place,alarge part of the

state is being cleared of its timber

and much of it is a light sandy loam.

Such a soil is easily built up and as

readily depleted. A system of farm-

ing that will conserve soil fertility is

essential and is being quite generally

considered by farmers, and those who

are intending to farm. Our soil re-

quires humus and lime. The action

of lime in sufficient quantities de-

stroys the humus.‘ This makes our

soil fertility problem a difficult one





and requires considerable skill to

work out successfully.

Soil Fertility.





The proper quantity of lime to be

added to a given soil cannot be de-

termined by the average farmer. The

litmus paper test will give a fair idea.

If the blue paper turns dark pink, it

will indicate more acid than a light

pink. The American litmus paper,

however, is not as delicate or sensi-

tive to acid as the German litmus.

The acid test, which consists of ad-

ding a few drops of hydrochloric acid

to a sample of soil, is very simple. If

lime is present, a bubbling or foam<

ing will take place. If the soil is acid,

no effervescence occurs. In either of

the above tests the exact quantity of

lime to be used can only be estimat-

ed. This generally ranges from one

to five tons per acre. Some Michigan

soils require ten tons of lime per

acre, but they are exceptions. I pre—

fer to add lime in the finely ground

rock form. It is more readly avail-

able in this form than in large rock

form. If applied in the acid phos-

phate form, it is much more readily

available, but acts so quickly on the

humus of the soil that it can only be

used in small quantities.



The question of humus must be

considered in all successful farm op-

erations in Michigan. Dairy farming

more than any other branch of agri-

culture returns large quantities of

humus to the soil.





Dairying Profitable when Properly

Conducted.





If a crop rotation, including clover

which is plowed under every two or

three years, is adopted, a considera-

ble amount of humus may thus be

added. It cannot be supplied in suffi-

cient quantities in this manner, and

should be supplemented with barn-

yard manures.



Dairying, when conducted under

systematized, simplified management,

is very profitable. Many farmers do

not have dairies because of the work

and drudgery connected with it. The

drudgery should be eliminated and





. everything arranged for convenience,





as is being done in most of the mod-

ern dairy barns and milk houses.

With water piped to the ham or

drinking tank, feed alley convenient

to silo and.feed room, water system

for cooling milk, oil stove or other

arrangement for“ heating water for

washing in the milk house, etc.,

dairying is not a difficult task.





Dairy Cows Getting Scarce.

I do not advise those who detest

milking and are not interested in car-

ing for cows, to undertake dairy

farming. They will very likely make

a failure of it. Those who have a de-

sire for such work, however, should

do it on as large a scale as his farm

will permit. There is no danger of

an over-supply of good dairy products,

and there is a great danger of an in-

sufficient number of dairy cows to

meet future demands. For many





 





 





years past, 'too many dairy farmers

have sold their calves. to the butcher.

Carloads of them are shipped to the

Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit mar-

kets from Michigan every year. This

has greatly increased the price of

dairy cows and the demand at pres-

ent can not be supplied. I received a.

letter from a friend in Omaha, Neb.,

last week asking for ten carloads of

Holstein heifers. His is only one of

many firms who are scouring the

country for dairy cattle. Someone

must raise more calves and there will

be good money in it from now on.

The dairy farmer of Michigan should

size up the situation according to his

local conditions, sell milk, cream, or

butter, according to market, build up

his soil by growing alfalfa and clover

for his cows, and return all barnyard

manures to his fields. Thus a rota.

tion from the farm to the cow and

from the cow back to the farm may

be most profitably maintained.

Oakland Co. C. W. MELICK.





 





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A CRITICAL STUDY OF THE CITY

MILK PROBLEM.





 





(Continued from page 361).

creased cost in distribution. There

cannot be a very great difference in

the cost of the distribution of the

certified milk and the distribution of

ordinary milk. It all is bottled, al-

though the certified milk, it is true,

is bottled on the farm, or should be,

while-the ordinary milk is bottled in

the distributing plant. Much of the

ordinary milk, however, which retails

at nine cents per quart, is pasteuriz-

ed, which, of course, is an additional

operation and tends to increase the

cost of this article, while the certified

milk is not pasteurized. It seems to

us that one cent per quart might be

a fair amount to figure as represent-

ing the increased cost of the distribu-

tion of certified milk. That leaves,

then, six cents per quart, which we

may say, represents the increased cost

of the production of certified milk.

This seems to us an enormous figure

based solely on the costs which are

accredited to the milk producer. We

venture to assert that if this six cents

were given the producer of the milk

there would be little difficulty in get-

ting plenty of certified milk in the

city of Detroit. Suppose it should

prove even that one-half of this would

make to the producer a financially re-

munerative proposition. The public

would then be enabled to buy certi-

fied milk at 12 cents per quart and if

these figures are correct, or approxi-

mately so, the milk producer would

be getting a very satisfactory price

for his commodity.



Watch the Figures.



The above figures are merely ap-

proximations. In our next paper we

shall go more particularly into the

actual investment figures represented

in supplying retail milk. We are de-

sirous of securing for the consumer

in the city, milk at a price which is

within his reach. We are not unmind-

ful of the fact that as far as the in-

trinsic merit is concerned, the con-

sumer may well afford to use more

milk and less of other animal fopd

products from an economic point of

view. Therefore, while we are inter-

ested, as we say, in securing for the

consumer in the city, milk at as rea-

sonable a figure as it is possible to

get it, we are at the same time of the

opinion that. the best and quickest

way to secure this milk of satisfac-

tory quality is to take into considera-

tion and become appreciative of the

financial problem [in which the dairy-

man is involved, and to be willing to

give him as great a margin of profit

as is attended in other general lines

of business.





The study of nature, the natural

source of investigation for mankind

in his pursuit of knowledge, is so lim-

itless that no individual, however in

spired, can hope to acquire but a.

small portion of that knowledge.
MARCH 28, 1914.





BOTH COTTONSEED MEAL AND

on. MEAL NOT NECESSARY.





 





Kindly balance a ration for my cows

from the following feeds: Corn sil-

age, clover hay, and shredded corn-

stalks for roughage, and corn meal,

wheat bran, cottonseed meal and 011





meal for grain.

Ingham Co. ’ F- R-





Cottonseed meal and oil meal are

the same kinds of food; that is, both

are rich in protein, and it is not nec-

essary to have both of them in a ra-

tion. However, it would not be ob-

jectionable to feed a smaller amount

and feed both of them, if desired. The

foods you mention are fine and very

easily balanced.



You have a splendid selection of

roughage. There is nothing better

than corn silage and clover hay and

the shredded fodder will also come

handy. Feed corn silage, all the cows

will eat up clean, twice a day, then

all the clover hay they will eat, once

a day, and shredded fodder once a

day. There is no particular use in

weighing this to make a balanced ra-

tion. What we want to do is to feed

cows all they will eat up clean, but

give them enough variety so that they

can get the right proportions them-

selves.



If your clover hay is good your

cows will eat it practically all up.

On the other hand, if it is not choice

there will be considerable of it which

they will not eat. We don’t expect

cows to eat all of the corn fodder, as

very much of it is low in digestibility

and palatability, so we can feed corn

fodder liberally and allow the cows

to pick out the best portion of it. The

balance of it can be utilized as bed-

ding.



Now, for a grain ration, mix corn

meal and wheat bran, equal parts by

weight. There is nothing better than

this, but it won’t contain quite enough

protein to balance up the ration of

corn silage and clover hay. Then feed

a small amount of either cottonseed

meal or oil meal, or both. You can

buy a pound of digestible protein

cheaper in cottonseed meal than you

can in oil meal, therefore it probably

would be economy to select the cot-

tonseed meal. I wouldn’t want to rec-

ommend feeding over two pounds of

cottonseed meal to a cow per day.

Therefore, I would say, feed two

pounds of cottonseed meal per day to

the best cows, and for those who do

not give so much milk you can cut

this down a little. Add enough of the

corn meal and wheat bran so that

you will give the cows from three-

fourths to a pound of grain per day

for every pound of butter-fat which

they give in a week, or one pound of

grain for every four pounds of three

or three and one—half per cent milk,

and feed one pound of grain for ev~

ery three pounds of four and onevhalf

or five per cent milk. This and the

roughage mentioned will furnish the

cow food material for maximum pro-

duction.





CAUSE OF MOULDY SILAGE.





 





Last fall I built a silo and filled it

about two-thirds full of corn. The

cornstalks were rather small and a

little too dry for good silage, so after

filling I sprinkled several barrels of

water over it. Now‘ I find pink spots

and moldy silage in the middle of the

silo. I should like to know the cause

of pink places and the mold. I forgot

to say that the pink is right over

moldy spots and when I dig in I find

that it is quite hot. Should I feed

the pink and moldy silage; would it

hurt the cattle? SUBSCRIBER.



Without any doubt the mold in the

silage is due to the fact that you put

your corn in too ripe and too dry.

Silage is much better if it contains

the natural juice of the plant when it

is mature. If you let it get too ripe

or too dry then you must add enough

moisture so as to have as much mois-

ture as the corn had originally when

it was mature. The proper time to

put corn in the silo is just when the

earliest ears are glazed and dented.

_That is, when it is in the most val-





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





uable development so far as feeding

is concerned. If you leave the plant

a little longer the ears will be better,

because much of the nutriment in the

stalk will go into the ear, but you are

not relying on the value of the ears

alone, you are figuring on the value

of the entire food content of the corn

crop, and you will get the most out

of the cornstalk if you put it into the

silo at just about this stage of devel-

opment.



Putting a little water on top of

the silage in moldy condition after

the silo is filled, amounts to very lit-

tle. The heat from the silo would

cause the most of this to evaporate

and it would not sink down into the

silage very far. The moisture has got

to be put in as you fill the silo and

the only way to do it is to have a

stream of water running into your

blower elevator constantly while you

are filling. This saturates the stalks

and is the best way possible of mois-

tening or dampening ripe corn. Some

people run four or five loads into the

silo and then turn on the hose and

wet it down. This is better than put-

ting it all on top after the silo is fill-

ed, but not nearly as good as it is to

let the stream of water run into the

blower elevator.



I would not want to feed very much

of this moldy silage, and would try

and throw out the worst of it when I

fed it to the coWs. I think the pink

color comes from coloring matter in

the corn, which is brought out by the

fermentation. I doubt whether the

moldy silage would injure the cows,

as they would not eat very much of

it, but I would try and work out all

of the worst that I could when I fed

the silage.





DON’T GET RESULTS WITH

SILAGE.





 





I have used silage for four years

and during this time I have had dif-

ferent cows and different breeds of

cows, but I fail to get satisfactory re-

sults at the pail. The cows get fat

instead of giving milk. I have for

general feeding, besides silage, corn

fodder; wheat, oat and pea straw for

roughage. We have most all kinds of

grain but have had best results from

wheat middlings and cottonseed meal,

equal parts. Is the whole trouble be-

cause 1 do not have clover hay? I

was the first one here to build a silo.

Neighbors ask my advice and I don’t

like to tell them that I am not get-

ting the amount of milk I ought to.

Kindly advise me.



Wexford Co. A. W.





If you cannot get good results by

feeding corn silage with cornstalks

for roughage, and some straw, and

then by feeding cottonseed meal and

wheat middlings, it simply goes with-

out saying that you haven’t got good

dairy cows. You have got beef cows

instead of dairy cows. The cows are

probably not to blame for this, be-

cause they have been bred for along

time with the idea of putting their

feed into meat upon their backs in-

stead of putting it into the milk pail.

If you keep the beef breeds of cows

youcan’t get results at the pail. They

were bred, and have been selected

and bred for generations, for an en-

tirely different purpose, and you can’t

make good dairy cows out of them.

Some Shorthorns are splendid dairy

cows, the dairy type of Shorthorn,

while others are not at all profitable

producers at the pail. Their feed runs

to beef rather than to milk.



If you raise good corn and allow it

to properly mature and put it into a

good silo and feed it with straw and

cornstalks for roughage, of course

hay would be better, but you can

readily fix the hay proposition by

feeding a little more cottonseed meal

or gluten feed to get the protein and

then, with plenty of good grain in

connection the cows ought to respond

If they do not, it is not the silage

that is to blame, it is the cows, and

and give a good liberal flow of milk.

you are not the only man that has

cows that don’t respond to good lib.

eral feeding. They are not bred right,

they haven’t got milk capacity.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Statistics relating

Country vs. City to the money wa-

Wages. ges received by

» farm labor as com«

pared with factory wages recently

made public by the Office of Informa-

tion_of the United States Department

of Agriculture, afford some interest

ing comparisons. This report states

that the money wages of farm labor

increased an average of about 2.5 per

cent during the past year and about

11 per cent during the past four

years, and that since 1902 this in-

crease has been about 36 per cent.

Considered for a longer period of

time, the report shows that wages of

farm' labor tended upward during the

’70’s, remained practically stationary

during the ’80’s, and declined from

1892 to 1894, since which time there

has been a steady upward trend.

Farm wages at the present time com-

pared with the low point in 1894 are

about 67 per cent higher.





From the data upon which these

statistics are based, the average rate

of farm wages in the United States,

including board, is found to be $21.38

per month, $1.16 per day other than

harvest, and $1.57 per day during har-

best. \Vithout board, the compartive

figures are $30.31, $1.50 and $1.94.



In comparison with this rapid rise

in the wages of farm labor. the aver-

age wages of men employed in the

manufacturing industries is found

from the census reports to have in-

creased more slowly. The increase

from 1890 to 1910 being only 23 per

cent as compared with 55 per cent in-

crease in wages of farm labor during

the same period.



An interesting feature of these sta-

tistics is the report on foreign agri-

cultural labor. Wages in foreign coun-

tries have increased in about the

same proportion as in the United

States, although the pay of the farm

laborer is very much less than in this

country. In Russia, for instance, in

1910 the average wage per day for

farm labor was 55 kopecs, or 27.8 per

day, and harvest time 87 kopecs, or'

44.8 per day, an increse of about 45

per cent since 1901. The relative in-

crease in other foreign countries has

been similar, although the wages re-

ceived by farm labor are still piti-

fully small.



The feature of greatest interest in

these figures is the fact that the trend

of labor cityward should be auto-

matically checked by this relatively

greater increase in the rise of farm

wages as compared with factory wa-

ges in the country. The increase in

land values has been relatively great-





 





THE M'ICHIGA‘N’FARM‘ER





most attractive career for their boys.



While this general change in senti-

ment toward agriculture has in some

measure been due to changed eco-

nomic condition which have favored





er than has the increase in farm wa-

ges during the years covered by this

report. Owing to the higher value of

the land, however, it would appear

that the interest earned upon its cap-

italized value is lower rather than

higher than at the beginning of the

period covered by the report. It is

thus a logical conclusion that the

farm laborer has participated in the

profits of his employer to a greater

extent than has the factory worker in

recent years.



Time was when

some of our cen-

tral Michigan

counties ranked





Special vs. General

Farming.





l near the top in the annual value of





agricultural products. In a recent

statement issued by the Bureau of

Census the eight leading counties in

value of total agricultural products

are given, but no Michigan county is

included among these. A study of the

figures presented in this report will

be of some interest to Michigan read-

ers, however, as illustrating the com-

parative profits fron'i‘specialized and

general farming. -— ,



The leading county in the value of

crops is Los Angeles county, Califor<

nia, where fruit is the leading spe-

cialty. The total value of the crops

raised in this county was $14,720,900,

or $35 per acre. Lancaster county,

Penn, came next with a total produc-

tion of $13,059,600, or $28 per acre.

Here dairying is the specialty, with

staple grain crops second in import-

ance. Then follow a number of coun-

ties where general rather than spe-

cial agriculture prevails, including

four Illinois counties and one county

in Washington. While the total val-

ue of crops is high in these counties

as is necessary to give them their

relative rank, the value per acre of

farm products is very much less than

in the counties above noted where

agriculture is specialized, being from

$18 per acre as a maximum down to

$14 per acre in the Washington coun-

ty. The explanation of this lies_in

the fact that a larger percentage of

the arable land in these counties is

devoted to crop production for mar-

ket purposes. The eighth among the

counties given is Aroostook county,

Me., where the production amounts to

$23 per acre. Here, again, specialized

farming shows up to advantage.



The average crop value in the Uni-

ted States for the same year was $16

per acre. “'hen the Michigan coun-

ties above mentioned were among the

leaders in crop production, this result

was largely due to the same cause

which has placed the Illinois counties

in the front at the present time.

When any Michigan county is again

found in the lead in total crop pro-

duction, it will no doubt be due to the

general development of some special

type of farming within that county.





The wonderful pro-

gress of agriculture

during the past

generation is even

more marvelous than the great indus-

trial and scientific developments

which have been made along other

lines. Scarcely more than a genera-

tion ago agriculture did not occupy a

high place in the general business

world, and it was not an uncommon

ambition among those who followed

farming asabusiness more from nec-

essity than from choice, to give their

boys an education which would fit

them for some other occupation so

that they would not be compelled to

“farm it” for a living as their fathers

had done. Today the outlook is very

different. No longer is the business

of farming looked upon as a degrad~

ing occupation, or those who follow

it as a business made the butt of de-

risive remarks by their city cousins.

Today the farmer who is not glad to

have his boys stay on the farm is the

exception rather than the rule, and

many men in other fields of business

and professional activity are turning

toward agriculture as offering the





Agricultural Pro-

gress.





agricultural progress, much of it is

due to the application of inventive

genius and scientific research to the

solution of the problems of the farm,

and. not a little of it to the changed

attitude of the farmer himself. In

this stage of transition, which has

marked the progress of our agricul-

ture, the young men who have be-

come active in agriculture have been

most important factors. A majority

of the older farmers have also kept

pace in large measure with the pro-

gress of agriculture, often tempering

the optimism of youth with a conserv-

atism born of years of practical ex-

perience. But perhaps a majority of

the older generation of farmers err as

greatly by being over-conservative as

their younger contemporaries do

through lack of their wealth of prac-

tical experience. ‘Habit is a powerful

influence, and we are prone to keep

on doing things in the manner which

has become habitual to us instead of

adbpting new and better methods.

Right now, when planning out the

farm campaign for the coming sea-

son, every‘Michigan Farmer reader

will do well to reflect on this very

human trait; and carefully consider

possible improvements. in his plans

or methods. Now is the time to make

use of the up-to-date ideas which have

come to our attention through the

medium of our trade paper, the farm-

ers’ institute, the experiment station

bulletin or through observation of

object lessons which have been af-

forded us on the farms of our more

progressive neighbors. In farming, as

in other lines of business, we must

continue to progress in a personal

way, if we would keep pace with the

progress which has been made in our

business during the past generation.





- _ Each summer the

Prevent the Fly. familiar slogan,

“Swat the Fly,” is

very much in vogue. That it is a very

good slogan, and productive of bene-

ficial results cannot be denied, but

far greater results along the same

line could be assured by adopting the

slogan, “Prevent the Fly,” at this sea-

son of the year. To this end, the

breeding places of flies should be

eliminated as far as possible, both on

farms and in the towns. This will

prove far more effective in diminish-

ing the numbers of this pest during

the fly season than any amount of

“swatting.” A little attention to this

sort of sanitation during the spring

cleaning season and from then on will

go far to mitigate this pest in the

country as well as the town.





 





FARMING LIKE MANUFACTURING.





 





In many ways, farming is similar

to manufacturing.



The farmer has a “plant”—his farm

wand he may operate it to make a

dividend, or permit the overhead 'ex-

pense to eat up all the profit.



He may waste part of his material,

or he may utilize it. He may get full

value out of his animals and his

fields, or he may get only half what

they should produce.



The manufacturer succeeds best

when he plans his work, uses ma-

chinery and sells a completely finish-

ed product, just as the farmer suc-

ceeds best who does the same. .



The advertisements in the Michi-

gan Farmer will help you farm bet-

ter, if you make use of them. Fre-

quently there is something offered

that should make your work more

profitable.





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Subscribers have reported the ac-

tivities of an agent who is canvassing

sections of the state, under the name

of Baker, and who claims to represent





MARCH 21,. 19131.





.the Johnson Seed 00., of Philadel--

phia. He :is selling small packets of

an alleged new variety of beans which

he calls “New Creation,” and for

which superior qualities are claimed.

These are sold at 10 cents per pack-

age, and according to the estimates

of our correspandents at the rate of

about $100 per bushel. The seed com-

pany whom he claims to represent

state that he is not and has not been

in their employ or connected with

them.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





A large dormitory of Wellesley Col-

lege, occupied by the girl students,

burned last week.



During the season of 1913 there

were 2,785 men killed in the coal

mines of the United States. This is

an increase of 425 deaths over the

year 1912. However, 6,000 more men

were employed in 1913, making the

fatality rate for the past year 3.82 in

every 1,000 men employed, as com-

pared with 3.27 in 1912. ‘



A movement is afoot to transfer the

headquarters of the National Demo-

cratic Congressional Committee from

Washington to Chicago.



An agent of the United States De-

partment of Justice is now touring

Michigan, investigating the handling

of plumbing supplies in this state.

The investigation was started because

of the refusal of a. Chicago wholesale

concern to honor an order of a plum-

ber outside the plumbers’ association.



campaign has been started to

protect seamen of the Great Lakes

against typhoid, of which there were

392 cases last year.



In an effort to reduce the cost of

food to the final consumer, Postmas-

ter General Burleson has issued an

order whereby farm products may be

carried in ordinary containers; crates

and boxes will be used for handling

butter, eggs, poultry, vegetables and

fruit. An effort is also being made to

bring producers and consumers to-

gether through the Department. The

scheme willlbe tried out in ten cities

before it is adopted generally. Detroit

is one of the cities selected.



An investigation by the Department

of Agriculture shows that the wages

'of farm laborers have increased more

rapidly than those of city workmen

during the last 20 years. While gen-

eral wages went up 36 per cent from

1900 to 1910, farm land values nearly

doubled in that decade, indicating

that a larger portion in the distribu-

tion of proceeds from farming opera-

tions goes to capital account than to

labor account.



At a meeting of the North Central

Association of Colleges and Secondary

Schools at Chicago, 15 more Michigan

High Schools were placed 0n the ac-

credited list. This gives Michigan an

even 100 accredited schools.





Foreign.





The absorbing topic .of discussion

just now is the Irish situation. The

inhabitants of the Province of Ulster

have been protesting strongly against

the proposed action of the British

Parliament in giving Ireland Home

Rule. So determined are the Ulster-

ites that they now threaten to take up

arms and have made considerable

preparation toward that end in case

the act is passed. Effort is being

made by the King and other leaders

to affect a compromise providing for

Home Rule in only three provinces

of Ireland and allowing Ulster to re-

main in the same relation to England

as now obtains. The preparations of

the British War Department to move

soldiers into the troubled island is re-

ported to be accompanied by many

resignations of those supposedly in-

terested in one side or the other.





In Mexico the rebels are moving

against two important strongholds,

Torreon, which, if captured, will open

the way to Mexico City, and Mazat-

lan, which controls the west coast of

the country. Attacks will probably

be made on the two places simultan-

eously. Already outlying posts near

Torreon have been taken by rebels.



The volcano on an island south of

Kyushu, Japan, became active Sun-

day, when flames arose five hundred

above the mouth of the crater. An

expedition has been sent to give re-

lief to the inhabitants of the island.

Last week Mme. .Calliaux, wife of

the former Minister of Finance of

France, killed Gaston Calmette, edi-

tor of Figaro, the deed being done, it

is declared, to prevent the publication

of private letters. The case is arous-

ing interest throughout France and

the rest ‘of the civilized world.



While enroute up a tributary. of the

Amazon River, the baggage of Colonel

Roosevelt’s party was caught in the

rapids and lost. The party is re-.

ported safe, however. ‘ -
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Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere





From Germany Through Switzerland.





By ALFRED VIVIAN.





E journeyed through a part of

RX] southern Germany and Swit-



zerland and down the river

Rhine. The German Empire is about

the same size as the state of Texas,

but the different principalities of

which it is made up vary considerably

in topography and climate, and the

people differ quite as much in speech,

customs and costumes. Northern Ger-

many is for the most' part quite level.

Near the coast the land is low and

marshy, and in some places badly in

need of a better system of drainage

than is now in use. In many





munity ownership changed to indi-

vidual holdings it was natural that

each man should want a slice of the

best grain and meadow land, conse-

quently everyone was allotted a por-

tion of each kind of land, and that

custom has continued to the present

day, as fathers divide their estates

among their sons. At present a move.-

ment is being made to try and con-

solidate the holdings, for it is easy

to see that there is a tremendous loss





small courts. In the mountains, on

the other hand, they are seen every-

where. Nearly all the cattle seen

here are Brown Swiss, for Switzer-

land is a great dairy counry and that

is the Swiss farmer’s favorite dairy

breed.



On the higher reaches of the moun-

tains fences are not used to any great

extent and each cow has a large bell

strapped around her neck. Every-

where can be heard the incessant





come from just over the brow of the

first hill.



The world-famed pasture lands of

Switzerland about which so much is

written, and which are so often pic-

tured in the journals, are high up in

the Alps, at elevations of from 5,000

to 6,500 feet above sea. level. At this

elevation there is only about three

months of summer. The cattle for

the rest of the year are kept well

down at the base of the mountains.

At the beginning of the season the

herdsmen and cheesemakers more up



to the Alpinc pastures with





 





regions the existence of

heather and the accumulation

of peat indicate that the soil

is acid. In the vicinity of

Berlin the soil is so sandy

that the people in other and

more favored parts of the

empire say that Berlin is “lo-

cated in a sand box.” Paren-

thetically it may be said that

the wonderful way in which

the pure sand of Berlin has

been transformed into re-

markably good farm land is

a story in itself.



Saxony, as has already been

said, is a land of rich, sandy-

loam soil capable of produc-

ing tremendous crops if right-

ly managed. All of this sec-

tion as well as central Ger—

many in general, lies over

what was probably at one

time an inland sea; and late

investigations indicate that

much of this territory is un-

derlaid with deposits of pot-

ash salts. The surface for the

most part is absolutely level

or slightly undulating.



As one travels southward

the country becomes more

and more rugged and hilly,

until finally he finds himself

in the foothills of the Alps,

and he wanders along pictur-

esque paths, among the quaint

surroundings that he has

hitherto seen only in his im-

agination.



In some parts of southern

Germany the farms have been

divided and sub-divided until

they are very small and one

farmer may own fields in

several localities which may

be some distance apart. One

man remarked that if a. farm-

er owned twenty-five acres,

the land might be in five—acre

plots at five different places.

If he had five sons and de-

sired to divide the farm

among them, he would not

give one of these plots to

each son but would give each





.The Famous Glazier at Chamonix,





 





Switzerland.





 





 





of them a one-acre strip from



each plot. Indeed, it is not

uncommon to find farms as



small as five acres with the ground

located in from three to five different

neighborhoods. This peculiar state

of affairs is an inheritance from the

time when all the land was owned in

common. '



In a hilly country like this not all

the land is suitable for cultivation.

-Some of it can be used for pasture

only; some is best utilized for the

production of hay; When the com-





 





Slopes Along the Rhine are Terraced and Planted to Grapes.





of time in traveling to and fro when

a man works a farm four or five acres

in three to five fields which may lie

some miles apart.



Passing from the foothills into the

actual mountains of Germany and

Switzerland the cattle become more

and more in evidence as a feature of

the landscape. In central Germany





the cows are rarely seen in the fields,“





but are mostly housed or confined to





tinkling of these bells. They have a

pleasing musical note and the sound

carries for a long distance so that

any wandering cow can be traced

when needed. The valleys and peaks,

with their echoes and reverberations,

make the sounds quite deceptive to

the stranger, as we can testify after

scrambling for some time over the

hills to locate a herd of cows the mus-

ical tinkle of whose bells seemed to





the herd. There they live un-

til the cold weather drives

them down the mountain

again. Cheese i s In ad 8

throughout the summer and

stored until the season is ov-

01‘, when it is brought down

at the time the cows return.

Some of these pasture lands

lie close to the glaciers and

are watered by the cold

streams produced by the

melting ice. It might be stat-

ed that we have endeavored

to trace up the rumor that

the cows living near the gla—

cier give ice cream. but We

do not feel that the state-

ment is substantiated by the

facts!



The grass on the mountain

pastures at all levels is won-

derful. Such luxuriant growth

on the steep hillsides St't’lIlS

marvelous. l’lohably one rea-

son it grmvs so abundantlyis

because it is so well Watered.

for not only are the rains fre-

quent, but the dews are heavy.

We wandered through one of

these pastures in the middle

of an afternoon when there

3 had been no rain for several

‘ days, and the grass was then

so wet. from the dew that our

shoes were soaked through.

This in spite of the fam that

the sun had been shining

brightly all day.



Nearly all these pastures

are well manured, for ulter-

ever the traveler goes he sees

some farmer and his wife and

yoke of cows distributing

liquid manure on a side hill

pasture so steep that most

farmers would think it im-

practical to haul a load over

it. It is no very unusual sight

to see a man carrying a load

of manure up the hillside on

his back. In this country. by

the way, the customary mode»

of carrying everything

in a vessel of a peculiar oval

shape which can be‘strapped

to the shoulders. leaving the

hands free to use the Alpine

stock to assist in climbing

the‘hills. Even in the cities the men

use this method for carrying coal in-

to the homes, especially if it has to

be taken upstairs.



Nearly all the mountain dwellings

in Switzerland have the house and

barn under the same roof—one end

being the home and the other the

barn. This arrangement is probably

advantageous in the severe winter

weather, especially in the higher alti-





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THE, MICHIGAN FARMER‘





tudes. The surroundings are for the

most part neat and orderly. The peo-

ple evince great love for their cattle

and that the latter are kindly treated

is indicated by the way they cluster

around one when he approaches them.

Switzerland with only 16,000 square

miles, half of which is in the Alps,

has over one million head of cattle,

largely dairy cows. There are, how-

ever, a goodly number of Simenthal

cattle, a wonderful breed of beef ani-

mals which furnish most of the heavy

oxen of Switzerland and Germany.

We hesitate to quote the statements

made regarding the weight often

reached by these animals. Large num-

bers of goats are also raised and they

make a very respectable contribution

to the milk production of the country.





The mountains of Switzerland are

a never failing source of enjoyment.

Their rugged and jagged crests; the

patches of snow and ice glistening in

the sunlight; the vivid greenness of

the verdure; the deep blue of the sky

and water, please the eye from what-





 





 





ever point they are seen. They are

the ideal mountains of one’s youthful

imagination, and it is easy to sympa-

thize with those who come back year

after year to spend their vacations in





the Alps. No less gratifying are the

beautiful mountain lakes, set like

gems among the hills. They burst





upon the View when least expected,

and as the limpid waters reflect the

grandeur of the mountain peak one

stands entranced, wishing the view

might never fade away. Equally won-

derful are the glaciers—wonderful

and terrible, but not so satisfying as

the lakes and the waterfalls. It is

unfortunate to be pressed for time

when in Switzerland, for she invites

you to prolong your stay and wander

for weeks among her mountains—~

wander aimlessly and out of the beat-

en path—be an explorer and without

guide or guide book discover new

and unexpected beauties for yourself.



Not a little of the charm of Swit-

zerland is "due to her unique history.





 





What school boy has not reveled in

the tales of Swiss heroes? William

Tell is a name to conjure with and

the mountains speak of him at every

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,the noble sacrifice of Arnold von

".‘Jinkelreid when, crying “make way

lfor liberty,” he rushed upon the Aus-

ltrian phalanx, and grasping in his

iarms the spears of the men he made

a break through which the Swiss sol-

diers rushed and completely routed





the enemy.





It should not be overlooked that in

.Switzerland as in most European

countries, the forests are a great

source of revenue. They are nearly all

managed on a commercial basis and

in such a way that they are perpetu-

For every tree removed a new

one is planted, and large areas which

would be of doubtful value for any-

thing else are quite profitable when

forested. It is said that several cit-

ies in Switzerland 'and Germany pay

the entire expense of their govern-

ment and improvements with the in

come derived from the forests owned

by them, and many more pay at least

half of the municipal expenses in this

way, Some day America will appre-

ciate the situation and will reforest

some of her denuded hills.





Up to 1200 feet in altitude grapes

are grown in Switzerland and large

quantities of wine are produced.

Grapes are seen to the best advan-

tage, however, during a trip down the

Rhine. For the most part the Rhine

[flows majestically along between high

banks, and ever and anon there ap-

pears on these banks, a stately old

castle of baronial days, picturesquely

placed and generally fallen into de-

cay, but sometimes restored and still

inhabited. The high bluffs along the

river are terraced, excepting where

they are sheer rock, and these ter-

races are planted with grape vines.





 





 





Traveling down the Rhine means





passing through a vineyard many

miles in length, and the traveler can

but marvel at the immense amount of

work represented by‘ the terracing.

These vines are highly cultivated-and

fertilized, and all materials must be

transported up and down the hillsides

upon men’s backs. In the winter all

the vines are laid down and usually

covered with- straw or rubbish—at

least this is true of the higher alti-

tudes. The past year was a hard one

on the grape growers as there was

not sufiicient sunshine to ripen the





MARCH 28, 1914.





fruit before frost came. Most of theée

grapes, of course, are used in making

the wine for which the Rhine valley

is famous.



Tourists by thehundreds of thou-

sands yearly visit the Rhine valley,

for it abounds in picturesque spots in

which a summer holiday can be en-

joyably spent, and every point has its

myth or legend which adds to the

pleasure. No more delightful ending

to the visit to Germany could have

been chosen than this journey down

the Rhine.





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On the First Day of April.





By GERTRUDE K LAMBERT





 





NE spring morning Mrs. Lucre-

tia Numan wrung out the dish-

cloth, dropped it upon the oil-



cloth covered table, picked up the

dish pan, carried it to the far end of

the side porch, and with a dexterous

motion, turned its contents of soapy

water, with a single splash, into the

wheeled swill tub, set there to receive

its morning contributions from milk-

room and kitchen. Turning back to

the open kitchen door, with the emp-

ty pan, she was hailed in a shrill,

feminine voice, from the front yard

of the neighboring farm house, across

the road, where a tall woman in a

narrow-skirted blue calico dress and

pink sun bonnet, stood leaning upon

a garden rake. “Didn’t Mable get

home last night, Mrs. Numan?”



The woman addressed walked to

the end of the porch nearest the road,

before replying, “No, she didn’t, and

I’m awful worried; I can’t think what

kept them.”



“Where all were they going?”



“Only over to Conner’s. Joe’s sis-

ter, Kate, is going out west with the

uncle that’s been visiting there, and

Joe wanted to see them again before

they left, and Mable went along. She

and Kate Conner have been great

friends ever since Joe first came here

to work, after her pa died.”



“How far is it over to Conner’s ?”



“Only about six miles; but I sup-

pose the roads aren’t the best.”



“Prob’ly not, and maybe they didn’t

get ready to start back very early,

and so staid over.” Then, as an after-

thought, “But I don’t wonder you’re

worried, I should be, too. Young folks

are awful frivolous and head-strong.

You can’t tell much, what they’ll do.”



Neither woman had taken notice of

the group of school children, with

their books and dinner pails, saunter-

ing past, stopping to listen, with eag-

er ears, to the high-keyed conversa-

tion, then continuing upon their way

to the schoolhouse beyond the hill.

Presently they were discussing some-

thing of general interest, and walked

more and more slowly, until in the

shelter of a fence and a dip in the

lane, they came to a full stop, and

gathering into a compact knot, be-

came absorbed in some scheme that

appeared intensely amusing to all,

boys and girls alike.



Fully half an hour later, Mrs. Nu-

man glanced out ofvthe window and

commented audibly, “There comes

Reddy McGowan! What can that lit-

tle limb of Satan want here!” She

watched him come boldly up the front

walk, carrying, in, one grimy hand, a

folded slip of paper, suggesting ames-

sage; and in her eagerness to receive

it, she met him at the door. “Feller

give it t’me," he explained, -as he

handed her the soiled missive and

retreated. ‘



Mrs. Numan unfolded the sheet of

coarse paper, and found written, in





pencil, upon its inner surface, in plain





but somewhat labored and irregular

script: “Miss. Numan we think you

etc to know that Mable has run off to

marry Joe Conner they will be marr-

ed to elder woods this morning.”

Although she read the straggling

lines over severaliimes, she had a

vague feeling that she ,was .not' sur-





prised; and as she stood stupidly

staring at them, incident after inci-

dent of the past few weeks, came to

her mind: a lingering out in the

moonlight after work time; flimsy ex-

cuses for being together—all pointing

significantly at the probable guilt of

the truants.



A sharp feeling of resentment came

over her. Mable, her sweet, lovable

girl, running away to marry the hired

man! In a sudden flurry of haste to

effect preventive measures, she went

to the telephone and took down the

receiver. She was greeted with a

discordant babble of voices, suggest-

ing that half its patrons, male and fe-

male, were endeavoring to force mes-

sages over the line at the same time.

She could not wait for a lull; and,

anyway, whom could she call up to

gainany information or assistance!

She glanced at the clock, not yet nine,

and “this morning” included until

noon. Perhaps if she called up Elder

Wood, she might yet stop the affair.

‘With that thought, she took down

the telephone directory and run over

the list. No Wood there. Then she

recalled that the branch road upon

which he lived, had never been wired

for telephones. For a moment she

felt baffled, then another thought

came to her, “Why not drive over to

Elder Wood’s!” She hurried out to

tell the chore boy to hitch ‘up ahorse,

and was half—way to the barn before

it occurred to her that the boy had

gone to the back pasture to fix some

fence. She reached the barn before

remembering that Joe and Mable had

the work team and the surrey. She

would use the old single buggy, but

Nelly, the gentle driving mare, had

a young colt, and she dared not med-

dle with Billy, the half-broken four-

year-old, peering at her from his stall

with shay, startled eyes.



Again the resourceful, self-reliant

widow seemed beaten, but not for

long. Why not walk! It was only four

miles, or perhaps a trifle over, Un-

tying her big kitchen apron as she

hurried back to the house, she hung

it on the rack where she took down

a short jacket, drew it on over her

neat gingham house dress, tied a gay

auto-scarf of Mable’s closely about

her head to cover her hair which she

could not wait to re-arrange, then slip-

ping on her rubbers, started briskly

down the road.



The first half mile was along the

main road, graded high and dry; then

she came to the “branch” and turning

off, ascended a short, steep incline,

then down a long slope to where the

road crossed the valley. At the foot

of the hill she saw at a glance, that

the way was absolutely impassable to

foot travelers, owing to the wide

stream of mud and water that over-

flowed the culvert to an unguessable

depth, covering the road for some dis-

tance on either side.



However, a wire of the fence at her

right had been loosened and twisted

into a wire above, thus making a gap

wide enough for an ordinary person

to squeeze through and take a well-

defined trail through a. meadow, cross

ing the drain on :a foot bridge of

boards, and regaining the road by



(Continued on page 368).
MARCH 28, 1914.





Not So Bad as it First Appeared.





By MRS. JEFF DAVIS.





as he seated himself on the



floor, Turkish fashion, beside

his mother. “Whatever shall I do,

Mother? Teacher says she’s tired of

stories about cats, and birds and

dogs. She wants us to write animal

stories, this week, about something

different.”



Mrs. Jenkins smiled. “Well, son,

that isn’t a very difficult task, so don’t

look quite hopeless. There are many

animals to select from. You were

greatly interested in that large ele-

phant, which you saw in the Zoologi-

cal gardens when you were in the city

last summer.”



“Yes,” assented Harry, “but I don’t

know enough about them to write a

composition, Mother.”



“Get your encyclopedia, my dear,

and read up on the elephant, and then

come to me, and we can talk about

your subject more understandingly,”

Mrs. Jenkins advised.



After some time Harry returned

with a few notes he had made in his

tablet. “I didn’t find much of inter-

est,” he insisted.



“That is strange,” his mother re-

plied wonderingly. “Didn’t you dis-

cover that'in some respects, the ele-

phant is different from all other ani-

mals?”



“I believe he is the only one that

has a proboscis, or trunk,” Harry re-

plied.



“\Vhere do they live?” his mother





0H, dear,” sighed Harry Jenkins,





continued, “and how many kinds are

there?”

“Oh, that is easily answered. Of





course, they are found in the tropical

regions of the old world, and live in

the dense forests. They go in herds,-

and there are only two species now,

the Asiatic and the African ele-

phants.”



“Well, tell me something else about

the appearance of the elephant,” his

mother questioned.



“The long tusks are the two upper

front teeth enormously developed.

The lower front teeth are absent, and

there are no other teeth in the jaws

except the large molars, or grinders,

which are two in number, and on

each side of each jaw.



“The nose is prolonged to make the

trunk. It is movable in every direc-

tion, highly sensitiye, and terminat-

ing in a finger-like lobe. The nostrils

are placed at the extremity of this

proboscis.”



“Why, you have learned a great

deal about the elephant, and he is

proving very interesting. What kind

of feet has he?” Mrs. Jenkins con-

tinued.



“The feet have five toes, but are

only noted externally by the division

of the hoofs. The sole is formed of

a thick pad of integument,” Harry an-

swered, referring to his notes.





“There are other things to be

learned about the elephant,” his moth-

er added. “The Indian elephant is

the only species which is now domes-





 





 





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ticated. The African is chiefly hunt-

ed for its ivory tusks. The two are

readily distinguished by a glance at

their ears. The Indian elephant has

very small ears, while the African has

great, flopping ears. Did you find out

what they eat?” .



“Oh, yes,” Harry quickly began,

“all elephants are vegetable eaters,

living almost entirely on the foliage

of shrubs, and trees which they strip

off by means of their trunks. They

drink water, also, with their trunks.

It is sucked up by the trunk, which

is then inserted into the mouth.”



“Our elephant is proving to be a

wonderful animal,” Mrs. Jenkins ex-

claimed, “and still there is much to

say about his faithfulness to his mas-

ter, and the fact that he rarely for-

gives an enemy, or one who has done

him an injury.”



“But all this seems too much like

text book knowledge,” H-arry ex-

plained.



“You can make it a part of your

story, and then tell how elephants

are caught, and tamed in Ceylon,” his

mother urged.



“How?” Harry eagerly asked.



“Mr. Jones, who was one of your

father’s college friends, was a great

hunter, and even went to the old

world in quest of big game. This is

the method, he said, is employed to

catch and tame elephants in Ceylon.”



“An open space is cleared near a

forest, part of which is fenced with

trees, leaving open places for doors.

When a herd of elephants is found.

they are driven withspears, the rat-

tling of noisy instruments, and by

blazing torches into the enclosure.

The entrances are then barred, 'and

the poor giants of the wood find

themselves hopelessly imprisoned.

At first their rage is dreadful to wit-

ness; but the ingenuity of man, and

what seems almost like the treachery

of their fellow beasts, has found a

way of subduing it. The Itame ele.

phants, remarkable for their sagacity,





come up to a prisoner, stroke him

with their trunks, cajole him until

they lead him near a good, strong





tree. Then a native creeps up behind,

and inamomentthe elephant is made

fast to the tree by one leg. While

this is going on the tame elephants

are humoring and entertaining their

deluded victim. But as soon as he is

secured they go away and leave him,





 





and the men bring him cocoanuts and

leaves to eat At first he refusesl

these offerings, for he is in a tower ‘

ing passion, and st1uggles to be free 1

But finally hunger subdues even the}

fiercest, and at last his wild 1oa11ng.

ceases and he eats; and from thati

time his training is compaIatively

easy. 1‘ ed and t1ained by a kind hand. l

he at last beromes the docile se1V'ant





of man, and Ieady to assist in the

capture of other of his wild rela—

tives.”





“Thank you, Mother. I think I can

110w write an interesting account of

elephants.”





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way of the gates of the group of farm

buildings, on the slope beyond.



As her eyes followed the trail her

gaze fell upon the homey white farm

house ahead. It had always suggest-

ed to her, a motherly hen, clucking

to her chickens an invitation to take

refuge under her wings. As she stood

for a moment lost in pleasant remi-

niscence that relaxed the anxious

lines of her face, and brought a ten-

der light to her eyes, the present was

forgotten in dreams of the past.



But presently she bethought herself

and gathering up her skirts, she

stooped and set one foot through the

gap in the fence, following it with

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at Elder Wood’s this morning.”

“Wall, I’ll be blesst!” Then, “Wall,

if that’s the case, come on over to

the house and I’ll hitch up and we’ll

drive over to the Elder’s and see

about it,” and he helped her across

the Shaky foot bridge and led the

way to the house. “Go right in,” he

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ing the top of the hill, urged the

horse. to a speedier gait, which was

kept, despite flying mud, until they

turned in at Elder Wood’s driveway

and drew up at the door. Leaving

Amos in the buggy, the now tremb-

ling woman went up the steps and

rang the bell. The Elder, himself,

answered her ring, and as the door

swung open, she caught a glimpse of

her own reflection, grimy, wild-eyed

and disheveled, in the glass of the

upper portion; and she felt the last

tattered shreds of her dignity and

self-possession slipping away from

her as she met the astonished gaze of

the good man’s mild eyes.



“Sister Numan,” he hesitated as

though doubtful of his vision.



“Is Mable here?” the question was

startling in its abruptness.



“Mable—no—is she lost?” The El-

der was evidently mystified.



“Well,” Mrs. Numan hesitated now,

“she went away yesterday, and has

not come home.”





“Ah! and where did she go?” ‘"





“Over to Conner’s, and I got wor-

ried—~I didn’t know—4’



“She hasn’t been here,” and the

placid faced old man looked bewil-

dered; then brightening, "Perhaps she

has gone home this morning.”



“Sure,” exclaimed Amos from the

buggY, “Come, Lucretia, we’ll drive

back over to your place, and if she

ain’t there, why, we’ll hunt ’er up!”

And as there seemed nothing else to

be done, the disheartend mother

climbd back into the buggy, and they

turned homeward.



Lucretia Numan had always prided

herself upon being a sensible, prac-

tical woman, far removed from the

hysterical, clinging—vine type of fem-

ininity, but presently Amos discover-

ed that she was crying softly. “There,

there,” he soothed, with a man’s help-

less sympathy; “Mable ain’t lost~

we’ll find her; and even if she should

marry Joe Conner~he ain’t a bad

sort of fellow——steady and good work-

er, ain’t he?”



“Ye-es,” admitted the tearful moth<

er, “He——he~it isn’t that, but Mable

is so yonug."



“Eighteen, ain’t she? Lots of girls

are married younger’n that. Annie’s

only seventeen, an’ she’s going to be

married in June.” Then with a sigh,

“An’ the Lord knows what I’ll do

without ’er; I’ll be lots worse off than

you’ll be, Lucretia, for prOb’ly Joe’ll

keep right on workin’ the place, an’

everything will run right along, same

as ever. But, think of me—Ieft alone

to do for myself.”



“Ye~es,” admitted Mrs. Numan,

wiping her eyes upon the end of the

scarf and leaving gay red and purple

streaks across her face, already

adorned with an indefinite pattern in

spatter-work, “but, then——I don’t think

much of being a inother-in-law in any

man’s family, even if it is in my own

house; and as two-thirds of every-

thing there belongs to Mable as her

pa’s heir, she will naturally expect

to be mistress—and—and it won’t be

‘home’ to me any more,” and the

tears started again.



There was a short silence, then

Amos leaned forward and looked into

the widow’s face, “That don’t need to

trouble you any, Lucretia, for you

know that there’s another home a

waitin’ for you——that's been a waitin’

for you for twenty years. I ofiered

it to you, better’n twenty years ago,

but you only laughed, then, an’ said

I was too hombly. I’ve waited—hop-

in’ I’d grow handsomer; but I ain’t

never seemed too—sort of seemed to

go t’pther way. But the home’s a

waitin’ for you, Lucretia, an’ always

will be.”



The hand holding the scarf end,

lowered, and a pair of meek, tear-wet

eyes looked straight into the. plain,

kindly face. “You were always hand:

some, Amos, the handsomest man in

the world, only I didn’t sense it then.”



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Mrs. Skeptic—~“Oh, go ’long,

Anty Drudge! Telling me I

don’t need to boil nor hard-

rub my clothes. Everybody

I know always has washed

clothes this way.”





Anty Drudge—”No, they

haven’t. Some heathen places

they beat them with stones to

get them clean. Why don’t

you do that if you like the

hardest way? But if you

want the easy way, just use

Fels-Naptha Soap.”





What does wash-

day mean to you?

Standing all day

drudging over the

washboard, rubbing

the dirt out of your

clothes, and boiling

them to pieces; fill-

ing your house with

steam and smell,

and making yourself

tired out? Or





Thirty minutes for

the clothes to soak

in cool or lukewarm

water with Fels-

Naptha Soap; a light

rub with the hands,

rinsing and hanging

on the line in half

the time, with less

than half the trouble

than ever before?





Fels-Naptha works

for you in cool or

lukewarm water.



Buy it by the carton or box, Full

directions are on the Red and





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘





MARCH 28. 1914.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Women’s Congress at Round-up.

By MRS. E.





J. CREYTS.





 





HIS division of the Round-up In<





stitute was of unusual inter-

est from the fact that much

demonstration work was done. Each





A day proved a practical school of in-





struction for the housekeeper and

home-maker, particular attention be-

ing given to the preparation of a

healthful and economical foods.





Professor Agnes Hunt gave an in-

teresting talk on “Foods and Their

Classification,” giving fine demonstra-

tions in vegetable cookery, sauces and

their preparation, salads and salad

dressings, farm menus, and the use

of left-overs. She showed that a wise

and judicious use of these materials

may prove an important factor in re-

ducing the high cost of living.



Miss Edith Casho gave illustrations

of the various modes of physical ex-

ercise which may be taken at home.



Miss N. C. Richeson gave a fine

demonstration of the Preparation of

desserts, also modes of setting table

and serving guests; illustrating the





Russian, English and combination

styles, and their various modifica~

tions. She also gave an" interesting





talk on the evolution of table setting

and serving. She spoke, in part, as

follows: “We eat at the table three

times a day and that seems very com-

mon, yet the table tells a story of de-

velopment, tells a story of our ances-

tors gathering at feasts and religious

rites. The knife is one of the oldest

instruments of invention, and was

largely used in ancient times, in Oh-

taining food. Man enjoys food under

pleasant conditions. Mirth and laugh-

ter are great aids to digestion and as-

similation. Digestion is retarded un-

der disagreeable conditions. There

was a great deal of philosophy in hav-

ing, in olden times, jesters at feasts.



“The table had its beginning in

rough boards. The Greeks and Rom-

ans had beautiful boards and cloths.



“Light at the table is an important

consideration. Avoid high shadows;

candles are desirable.”



\Vith the aid of some of her pupils

Miss Richeson then showed various

modes of setting the table and serving.



Miss L. Himmelein explained the

various modifications of sale patterns.

making this so plain that it would

seem that dress-making could easily

be done at home and without the aid

of an expert.



Mrs. L. L. Peppard said, “Almost

all talks on the high cost of living has

related to foods, but care and selec-

tion of clothing is a very important

item to be taken into consideration.”



Mrs. Peppard showed modes of

manufacture and various weaves,

identification of textiles, etc. '



Professor Victor W'ilson made a

strong plea for the artistic in the

home. “This is attainable without

added expense, and color schemes

may easily be followed in the decora-

tions and furnishings of the home,”

said he.



Mrs. H. M. Dunlap, of Savoy, 111.,

gave a talk on “Home Making for

Men and Women,” calling attention to

our food problems. “Our food prob-

lems are many, and upon the proper





 





 





 





 





solving rests much of the future eco-

nomic, moral and physical success of

our nation’s most valuable asset,”

said she. “We need not be exercised

very much as to our future supply of

food, for the department of our gov-





 





 





ernment control will cope with its

various problems successfully.





 





“Intensive farming has never been

known to any extent in this country.

We have failed to educate men and

women in the growing, use and distri-

bution of our food products. The men

have been wasteful of the soil and are

not producing the amount that they

should, and have not used proper

methods of getting the food from pro-

ducer to consumer. The women have

been untrained as to its proper selec-

tion, care, preparation and combina-

tion, until America excels almost ev-

ery other nation in the wastefulness

of products. Wideroadways are too

often employed in growing weeds.

The average farm garden space is not

well cultivated and all this adds to

the high cost of living. In many cit-

ies enough vacant lots and back door

yards are growing up to weeds to al-

most supply the town with food. Our

boys and girls are going'to destruc-

tion for lack of useful employment.

We would rather provide reformator-

ies, juvenile courts and a wasted boy-

hood and girlhood than properly train-

ed teachers with an equipment at

their command that could turn this

wasted human energy into needed use.



“Another great waste of food is

daily perpetrated by over-eating by

the average American citizen. Every

ounce taken beyond the body’s need

for its mental and physical expression

is wasted. Another great cause of

the high cost of living is the waste in

the average American kitchen. Dr.

Wiley says, after being sent out by

the government, that 35 per cent of

all food entering the American kitch-

en is wasted.



“Another great problem resting up-

on every individual is the quality,

purity and cleanliness of the food

provided in hotels, restaurants and

public places for eating.



“The problem of sufficient food for

future generations and the problem of

proper adjustment of the price paid

for our food, are very important.

Clean food and its waste all sink to

insignificance in comparison to the

problem of how to select, combine

and prepare our food so the life of

man ‘may be sustained in health, mor-

al and spiritual efficiency.



“Because of ignorance in regard to

food and its relation to the spiritual

and physical life of men, we find the

world so full of food—health cults.

Those who should have been prepared

to teach food principles, our doctors,

have only too often been ignorant

themselves and have not been taught

how to prevent disease by studying

its cause. They have devoted their

time and knowledge to its cure. We

have experiment stations all over the

land for the purpose of securing defi-

nite information in regard to feeding

animals, but not one to obtain knowl-

edge of the proper feeding of man.



“Man, like the 'child crying for light,

has been reaching out for a better

way of living until we have no break-

fast fad, the fasting fad, the protein

fad, the vegetarian, the Fletcherite,

the milk diet fad, and the fruit and

nut fad. One stands paralyzed and

inactive.



“Woman has not been prepared for

her life-giving work. Has she been

made to realize that efficiency in the

work should ever be her aim?



“There is a gleam of promise aris-

ing to quiet our fears and make us

look for better things in the future.

Eighteen or twenty years ago a' do-

mestic Science meeting like this was





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unknown, and to have it taught in our

schools and universities was scarcely

contemplated. The time will soon be

here when every girl will be trained

for her work, as today she must learn

something of English. If fathers and

mothers were studying the problems

of food for their boys and girls as

closely as some fathers are studying

food for their plants and animals, we

would see years added to the earthly

life of man.”





CROCHET EDGING.





 





BY ELLA L. LAMB.



Chain 17.



First Row.—1 d in 6th st, ch 5, skip

5, 1 d in next st, ch 5, 1 d in end of

ch, ch 7, turn.



Second Row.—-3 tr, in 3 (1 st of 7

ch,1din3dofflrst5ch,ch3,3tr

in same st, 1 d in 3 (1 st of next 5 ch,

ch 3, 1 d in loop at end of ch turn.



Third Row—ch 4, 1 d, in top of

last d, ch 1, 1 tr in d that fastens





second group of 3 tr, ch 4, 1 d in top





 





of last tr, ch 1, 1 tr in same st, ch 4,

1 d in top of last tr, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 4,

1 d in top of last tr, ch 2, 1 tr, ch 5,

1 d in top.of first cluster, ch 5, 1 d in

top of second cluster, ch 7, turn.



Repeat from second row, finishing

top with 1 (1 under ch, ch 5, repeat

on entire length of lace.



Crochet Insertions.



Chain 30.



First Row.——1 tr in 4th st, ch 2,

skip 2, 9 tr in next 9 st, ch 1, skip 1,

1 tr, skip 1, 9 tr in next 9 st, ch 2,

skip 2, 2 tr in next 2 st, ch 4, turn.



Second Row.—1 tr in 2d tr ,ch 3,

skip 1 tr, 7 tr in next 7 tr, skip 1 tr,





 





ch 2, 3 tr in next tr, ch 2, skip 1 tr,

7 tr in next 7 tr, skip 1 tr, ch 3, 2 tr

in next tr and ch at end, ch 4, turn.



Third Row.——1 tr in 2d tr, ch 3,

skip 1 tr, 5 tr in next 5 tr, skip 1 tr,

ch 2, 3 tr in 1st tr, ch 2, skip 1, 3 tr

in next tr, ch 2, skip 1 tr, 5 tr in next

5 tr, ch 3, skip 1 tr, 2 tr, in next tr

and ch, ch 4, turn.



Fourth Row.——1 tr in 2d tr, ch 3,

skip 1 tr, 3 tr in next 3 tr, skip 1 tr,

ch 2, 2 tr in first tr, 1 tr in next, 2 tr

in third tr, ch 2, 2 tr in next tr, 1 tr





in second tr, 2 tr in third, ch 2, skip '





1 tr, 3 tr in next 3 tr, skip 1 tr, ch 2,

3 tr, in next 3 tr, skip 1 tr, ch 3, 2 tr

in next tr and chain, ch 4, turn.



Fifth Row.-——1 tr in 2d tr, ch 3, skip

1 tr, 1 tr in next tr, skip 1 tr, ch 2,

2 tr in next tr, 3 tr in next 3 tr, 2 tr

in next tr, ch 2, 2 tr in next tr, 3 tr

in next 3 tr, 2 tr in next tr, ch 2, skip

1, 1 tr, ch 3, skip 1 tr, 2 tr in last tr

and ch, ch 4, turn.



‘Sixth Row.—-1 tr in 2d tr, ch 3, 2 tr

in next tr, 5 tr next 5 tr, 2 tr in next

tr, ch 2, 1 tr under 2 ch, ch 2, 2 tr in

next tr, 5 tr in next 5 tr, 2 tr in next

tr, ch 3, 2 tr in last tr and ch, ch 4,

turn.



Repeat from 2d row





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CONTRAST.





 





’ BY E. L. K. W.

When one' appears in our small town

In model hat and dainty gown,

The ladies all are wont to praise

The stranger’s dress and charming

ways;

While each and all due homage pay,

Full many an one, is heard to say,

“Oh! she is lovely, she is sweet,

Her style and manners are com-

plete.”





They praise her form and face, so

fair,



Her brilliant eyes and waving hair, '



Her voice, in song, pronounce “Di-

vine,”



And, worshiping at this fair shrine,



An older friend, by years long tried,



Forgotten quite, must stand aside



For one so lovely, and so sweet,



Whose style and manners are com-

plete.





A neighbor near, I have in mind—~



Consistent, helpful, true and kind—



Whose faith and hope, dark clouds



dispel, _



“A mother true in Israel.”



Her mision reaches far and wide



Where aught of ill, her friends betide,



But is she lovely; is she sweet,



With style and manners quite com-

‘ plete?





Where sorrow comes, she, too is

there,



The burdens of her friends to share,



And many a humble home has blest,



Relieving those by want oppressed,



The naked clothed, the hungry fed,



And yet, of her, who ever said



“Oh! she is lovely, she is sweet,



Her style and manners, quite com-

plete?”





Her years of usefulness, we trace,



In lines that mark her dear old face,



Though time has bleached her auburn

hair,



And she to others seems less fair,



Give me the friend, well tried and

true,



Nor change the old one for the new,



For she is lovely, she is sweet,



Her style and manners are complete.





THE ARCH OF THE FOOT.





 





Probably it has not occurred to

mothers of girls who suffer from

spinal weakness how much the arch

of the foot and character of the shoes

they wear have to do with- spinal irri.

tations. A little investigation of ana-

tomy and physiology will demonstrate

the truth of what I assert.



The instep or arch of the foot is

made up of twelve bones. They are

so arranged and connected by joints,

muscles and nerves that they form an

arch from the extremity of the heel-

bone to the balls of the toes. The

astralagus forms the keystone of this

arch, and transmits the weights, jars,

shocks, etc., which it receives, in one

direction to the heel and in another

direction to the balls of the toes.



By arrangement of the fibers and

laminae in the interior of the bones

the greater number of them in each

bone follow the direction of the two

pillars of the foot-arch, and thus give

the greatest strength to the bones in

the directions in which it is most

needed. Any undue confinement of

these bones will make trouble with

every nerve of the body.



The spring in the arch of the foot

is intended to remove from all the

upper organs of the body shocks from

concussion. A young girl skipping

rope excessively on a hard pavement

faints, suffers from nausea, and her

spinal column throbs. The explana«

tion is that her abuse of the sport

rendered the foot—arch incapable of

carrying away the severe shocks and

these reacted on the nervous system.



At six years of age the little girl

may have a simple exercise every

morning. Stand erect on the bare

feet every morning after leaving your

bed and raise the body 20 times on

the toes. The body must be erect,

the shoulders easily squared, the

hands and arms by the sides of the

body, heels and foot-arch lifted fairly

off the floor as high as they can be

without producing a tendency to fall

forward. .



Descend slowly after each upward

movement, and rise slowly again With-

out jerks. At six years of age 20

movements of this kind each ‘day, 365





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





days of the year, will be sufficient to '





give the arch new sustaining powers.

At ten years of age the toe-raising

movement may be increased to 50

uplifts each morning and at 15 and

16, to 100, or 150.



A further treatment of the arch of

the foot which may be begun in early

years is the hand massage. Bathe

the feet in cold or tepid salt water,

dry thoroughly, then apply olive~oil

and rub it in with the tips of the fin-

gers until the skin is warmly soft and

dry. This massage treatment may be

taken two or three times a week

where the arch shows a tendency to

swell or be sore. The salt water

purifies the pores of the skin and hard-

ens the flesh. The olive oil will feed

weak parts of the arch if the massage

is thorough.



The last treatment for the arch is

possibly the most painful for some

young girls to consider. Hosiery in

summer and winter should be of light

weight and not in colors that perspi-

ration will affect. Two sets of shoes,

at least, should always be owned—a

stout, broad-soled, free-action pair, for

outdoor use, and a light, pliable pair

for home or indoor use.



High heels, narrow toes, binding in-

steps, cramping overlaps, in shoes,

no matter how attractive an appear-

ance they give to the foot, are deadly

enemies of a girl’s nerves and her

spine. Dizziness, cramps, trembling

limbs, impeded circulation of the

blood, indigestion, chills, have been

authoritatively traced to these causes,

to say nothing of peevishness and bad

temper.—Mother’s Magazine.





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.





 





(Cuts submitted to this department

are not returneduEd.)



Rubbing the surface of a felt hat

with fine sandpaper will remove ev-

ery speck of dirt and dust and the

hat will look like new—M. A. P.



As soon as possible after a burn,

apply a good coating of flour to the

injured parts and cover with a wool-

en cloth. It will quickly remove fire

and inflammation.~Mrs. G. K. H.





 





FASHIONS BY MAY MANTON.





 





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The above patterns will be mailed

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,The 'Spirit\/Of Service





HEN the land is storm-



swept, when trains are

stalled and roads are blocked,-

the telephone trouble—hunter

with snow shoes and climbers

makes his lonely fight to keep

the wire highways open.





These men can be trusted

to face hardship and danger,

because they realize that snow-

bound farms, homes and cities

must be kept in touch with

the world. i





This same spiritof service ani-

mates the whole Bell telephone

system. The linemen show it

when they carry the wires across

mountains and Wilderness. lt is

found in the girl at the switch-

board who sticks to her post

despite fire or flood. it inspires

the leaders of the telephone





forces, who are finally responsi-

ble to the public for good service.





— This spirit of service is found

in the recent rearrangement of

the telephone business to con-

form with present public policy,

without recourse to courts.





The Bell System has grown to

be one of the largest corpora-

tions in the country, in response

to the telephone needs of the

public, and must keep up with

increasing demands.





However large it may be-

come, this corporation will

always be responsive to the

needs of the people, because it

is animated by the spirit of ser-

vice. It has shown that men and

Women, co-operating for a great

purpose, may be as good citizens

collectively as individually.





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An Evening With Craftsmen.





By MAE Y.





CRAFTSMEN’S party can be

made a. very enjoyable and

amusing occasion, especially if

the hostess is somewhat familiar with

the various handicrafts. Since the

party is in the nature of a progressive

affair, requiring four at a table, this

should be taken into account when

the invitations are issued, multiples

of four being necessary, and as many

handicrafts arranged for as there are

tables. The plan may be followed out

for a large church social if desired,

as well as for the smaller house par-

ties. If a very large number are pres-

ent the guests should only be permit-

ted to work at one table instead of

progressing, a new set of workers

taking their places until all have had

a turn.



The heavy brown paper sometimes

used by butchers will be just the

thing for the invitations, although if

expense is no item brown picture

mounts or art paper may be secured,

or a special note paper is usually ob-

tainable at first-class shops. If the

brown paper is used, tear it into

sheets about the size of note paper or

correspondence cards on the edge of

a table so it will have a rather ragged

edg . For ornamentation use a sim-

ple, conventional border design, such

as is often seen surrounding adver-

tisements in magazines and papers.

The design may be stenciled on if

one is familiar with that art, 01‘ it

may be stamped on the paper with

impression or carbon paper, and the

lines and spaces touched up with wat-

er color paints, a little box of child’s

paints being sufficient for this pur-

pos‘e. Green and gold will make a

good combination for the coloring on

brown paper, or if gold paint is not

at hand use red water color with the

green. The words may be printed or

written, some unique phrasing being

desirable. The following would an-

swer in most cases, with slight

changes:



“Come craftsmen! Come craftsmen!

Come, craftsmen, great or small!

We’ll drop all cares,

And show our wares

In Mary Preston’s Hall.



March 18th, 1914.



Eight o’clock.”



The places at the tables should be

found' by numbers, a number at each

place corresponding with those drawn

promiscuously from a basket or tray

upon arrival. These numbers will hint

more of craftsmanship if they are

rather large, cut from gold or colored

paper, and mounted on stili' cardboard

cut the shape of the figure, a bit of

ribbon in the top to serve as a hang-

er, with pins provided for fastening

to dress or coat. For the tables mount

the numbers on small cards.





Fifteen or twenty minutes at each

table will usually be ample time, with

five minutes intermission for marking

the work, placing it on a side table,

and finding places again. The work‘

ers must all advance to the next ta«

ble, so that all may have opportunity

to try the various crafts shown, un-

less, as suggested above, there are al-

together too many present. When all

are done the hostess’ assistants may

serve as judges, deciding the best and

the poorest work under each head,

furnishing prizes, if desired. Or, the





judges may be chosen at random from





the guests, as, for instance, those

having the three highest odd numbers.

the three heaviest men in the room,

the five tallest ladies, or some other

similar method which will assure fair-

ness.





The crafts represented may be chos-

en from a long list, the hostess de.

ciding these according to the mate-

rials she is able to provide. At the

embroidery table small squares of

linen, needles, thimbles and scissors

should be placed. On each piece of

linen have a small design stamped,





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the same‘ on all, such as, a daisy, a

leaf spray 01"\small. wreath. Or, a.

group of different fancy stitches may

be suggested on a card, the stamping

being eliminated.

require it a stiletto should be placed

with' the other tools, and whatever

floss is needed must, of course, be

provided.



At the stencil table have four sim-

ple stencils, all alike, four pieces of

crash or linen, blotters, water color

or paints or stencil dyes, small dishes

of water, brushes, and some waste or

scraps for wiping brushes.



Any object of simple outlines, like

a vase or pitcher, may serve as a

model for the free-hand drawing ta-

ble, where paper, pencils and erasers

are furnished. If something of a com-

ic nature is preferred, use a. jumping

jack or roly poly figure for a model.





Paper flowers may be made at an-

other table, a sample being provided

with the necessary paper, wire, scis-

sors, glue, etc.



The sculptor’s table. may be repre-

sented by squares of white paper,

broom straws, glue, scissors and pen-

cils. A cast of some animal will serve

as a model, or better still, the mere

suggestion made as to the animal to

be formed. This allows more origi-

nality in its formation, and usually

results in highly ludicrous representa-

tions. However, by rolling or bend-

ing paper for bodies, heads, etc, and

utilizing broom straws of varying

lengths for legs and tails, it is possi-

ble to concoct some very striking

specimens, pencils being brought into

play to form eyes and other features.



Carving, too, may be made real

amusing by providing large potatoes

or turnips, knives and toothpicks with

which to make a given object.



Metal workers will find small boards

having the outline of some figure

drawn thereon, hammers and boxes

of tacks. They are expected to drive

tacks into the boards along the out-

lines, evenness and regularity count-

ing in the final summing up.



At the engineering table provide

four sets of dominoes or children’s

blocks, with small boards, books or

boxes upon which to erect a bridge,

while the architectural group should

have blue print paper, pencils and

foot rules, and be told whether to de-

sign an apartment house, a bungalow,

or a store building.



At the photographer’s table provide

plain mounts, scissors, paste, and an

old magazine each. Give a subject,

as, “Winter Sports,” “In the Gloam-

ing,” "When Love is Young,” etc.

Each worker must then select from

the magazine an illustration which

fits the title, or combine bits from

various illustrations, and paste them

on the mount. The hostess may have

the s'ubject printed on the bottom of

the mounts in advance if she cares to.



The dressmakers’ table will hold

materials for dolls, kimonas, scissors,

thread, needles, and thimbles, and

each worker must quickly cut and

sew up a kimona. Hemming and fin—

ishing off are eliminated, cut and

neatness of seams being the only

points judged. Or, at this table pieces

for a four-patch quilt may be substi-

tuted, with instructions to sew with

the left hand, or with the right if any

one happens to be left—handed.



The table for china painting should

have four paper plates and a variety

of transfer pictures which the work-

ers will arrange to suit their fancy.



The tops of old kid gloves and scis-

sors will furnish the leather workers

with materials for making book

marks or hat bands, the decorations

being made entirely by cutting de-

signs with the scissors.



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out almost indefinitely but those men-

tioned will be sufl‘iciently suggestive

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It was announced, a short time ago,

that Granges of southern Michigan

could not but be benefited if each

sent its lecturer to one of three con-

ferences to be held in March.



The first of these was the Country

Life Conference at M. A. C. during

Farmers’ Week. It was felt that the

discussion of the broad subjects pre-

sented there would be of inestimable

value to lecturers who seek to direct

their programs along lines of current

rural interest. This proved to be the

case but an unavoidable mixup in the

prograni_schedules made it impossi-

ble to even get the lecturers together

for an explanation. Much as this was

regretted, still, no lecturer present at

any of Farmers’ Week could well

miss great profit. The discussions of

rural credits and taxation were par-

ticularly opportune for Grange work-

ers in connection with their program

making. Moreover, it was a matter

of congratulation to be present at a

conference which resulted in the or-

ganization of ,a state Country Life

Conference, a. movement which the

Grange has long anticipated.



The second of the March confer.

ences occurred in connection with the

eighth rural progress lecture at West-

ern Normal, Kalamazoo. This annu-

al event grows with its years in defi-

niteness of purpose and in attendance

of wide-awake country people. It may

be classed as one of the “Big Meet-

ings” which are making rural history

in our state.



Two hours of the morning were de-

voted to an informal experience meet-

ing in which each speaker described

some effort which his rural organiza-

tion had undertaken for the common

good of its neighborhood. Time suf-

ficed for but a few brief accounts:

one Pomona is working for a country

demonstrator and to secure closer un-

ion of home and school; one country

newspaper asked all the Granges of

the county to send reports, and now

weekly prints a live Grange depart-

ment; one church has conducted‘a

lecture course and is promoting a

community picnic in which all organ-

zations of the place have a part; one

Grange had had a part in organizing

a co-operative association store, with

plans for a breeders’ association and

other improvements to follow soon;

State Leader Dr. Mumford told of the

self-help which the Litchfield commu-

nity is exerting through various

forms, such as a co-operative cream-

ery, a breeders’ association, with

prospect of a co-operative laundry

and other improvements; and one

man showed a survey may of a rural

neighborhood which created intense

interest and showed vast fields yet to

explore and work.



The afternoon of this red-letter day

was devoted to rural educational

needs as portrayed by H. W. Foght,

of the Bureau of Education, and Prof.

W. H. French; and to “Leadership for

Country Girls,” by Miss Jessie Field,

who is best known as school commis-

sioner of Page county, Iowa. After a

delightful 'reception, tendered by the

students of the rural department of

the Normal, Mr. Foght delivered his

wonderfully graphic and impressive

address upon Denmark’s~school sys-

tem. All day and evening the throng

paid the keenest attention and during

the day Normal hall had left standing

room only, the people having come

from ten counties of Michigah, from

Indiana, Chicago, New York and

Washington, D. 0. Throughout all

there was felt a strong undercurrent

of special interest in interrelation-

ships among 'organizations, and. in





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financial co-operation as the founda.

tion upon which higher forms of unit-

ed effort must eventually rest. Prob-

ably the high-water mark of the day

was touched by Miss Field’s start-

lingly artless definition of leadership.

She said, “Leadership is such a sim-

ple thing: it is just caring for peo-

ple, I believe.”



On March 25, at 10:30 a. m., oc«

curred the Pontiac conference with

the Oakland County Round-up. Mas-

ter Ketcham and Past-master Hull

were among the speakers.



JENNIE BUELL.





 





GRANGE IS ACTIVE IN DEVELOP-

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The Western Michigan Development

Bureau publicity department gives the

Grange due credit for its active part

in the development of Michigan agri«

culture and especially that of western.

Michigan. Agricultural advancement

in its last analysis is the raising of

standards of the people on the farm.

The Grange has, in some communities,

been working on this problem with

success for forty years.



The Grange is called the “greatest

school out of school in Michigan.”

Through its well systematized month-

ly programs a lot of valuable infor-

mation is given to the fifty thousand

“students” who attend the meetings.

Through the able leadership of the

present state master, John C. Ketch-

am, and Miss Jennie Buell, the state

lecturer, this sort of work is being

{:‘arried on rapidly in the right direc-

ion.



Due to the influence the Granges

have in their own communities the

agricultural extension workers will

use this organization to reach the

man next to the ground, for these

farm agents find the Grange a valua-

ble means of getting their messages

to the farmers. The Grange is one

of the important disseminators of ag-

ricultural knowledge, and dissemina-

tion is one of the most important fac-

tors in education.





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(Continued from last week).

Knowing these facts so well, the av-





erage farmer each year makes one or

several trials of helpers. If he se-

cures one that will stay throughout

the full season and is even half-way

satisfactory, he must consider him-

self fortunate. My observations con-

firm the fact that the dependable hir-

ed man these days is, as a rule, eith-

er the elderly man who is a stickler

on preserving the “old way” of doing

things and whose vitality and energy

are already at a low ebb, or the young

man who is about to rent a farm and

become an employer in turn. But

the usual hired men on the farm are

those with absolutely no interest in

the work they are doing, nor yet in

the welfare of those whom they serve,

who are trying to acquire a few dol-

lars with the least possible expendi-

ture of energy, who drive thirsty cats

tle away from the trough rather than

pump water, who pretend the binder

needs repairs as an excuse to lie

down in its shade; the kind that ac-

cept every favdr offered by the fam~

ily as his due, and in turn demand

still greater ones, that exhaust the

horse loaned them, by hard driving,

that fail to show up for their next

week to help with the Sunday chores,

that quite without warning in' the

midst of haying. In this class we find

the “smart-aleck,” the stupid, stub‘

born clout, the sot, the tramp—in-

deed, a choice variety to take into

one’s home to place before imitative

children!



And what is the result? In far too

many cases this can be answered by

pointing out the one-time fine, but

now neglected farm homes, whose

owners have sought the city in the

effort to get away from the crushing,

disheartening labor problem. In my

own immediate community I can point

out half a dozen fine large farms that

fall under this category. There are

indeed families living on these acres,

but not the most desirable, not the





THE 'MICHIGAN FARMER





kind that stand for progress, that are

interested in the problem of rural

betterment. Our rural communities

are constant losers under present

conditions. ‘



(Continued next week).





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Two Good Meetings—The Febru-

ary meeting of the Wise Farmers’

Club was held with Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Martin, in the city of Clare, with

a crowded house. After the opening

exercises and a good dinner, the Culb

was called to order by the president.

A temperance recitation was given

by Mrs. Gibbs, which was fine. N.

Geeck, Moses Johnson and J. H. See-

ley were chosen judges for the de-

bate, Resolved, that the farmer has

more pleasure during the year than

the merchant. Affirmative, two mer-

chants, J. F. Fatman and J. H. Wil-

son; negative P. M. Loomis, a. retired

farmer, and T. A. Badgley, a farmer.

Question was well argued and caused

a lot of laughter. It was decided in

the negative. M. T. Johnson then

gave a good talk on the right way of

living, which was well received. The

March meeting was held at the home

of W. R. Lansing. Over 100 were

present. Club was called to order by

Vicepresident F. E. Wilt; song by

the Club; prayer by chaplain; wels

come address by W. Lansing; re-

sponse by M. Burch. The president

introduced Ex-representative E. W.

Woodruff, who came to talk on good

roads. He gave a good talk. W. J.

Jennings said he opposed the road

commissioners on the ground that the

term of the commissioner is too long.

M. Burch preferred to hold to the

township system. Mr. J. Batch favor-

ed the good roads plan. The Club

then passed strong reoslutions in fa-

vor of local option and promised their

aid to Clare county in their wet and

dry fight. April meeting will be held

with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Wilt, of Her-

rick.



Discuss Hog Raising.—Hamburg

and Putnam Farmers’ Club met with

Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Kece with a

good attendance. President Frank

McKinder called the meeting to order

and appointed work and program

committees, after which an excellent

program was rendered. Myron W.

Hendrick read a good paper on "The

Hog as a Mortgage Lifter,” the sub-

stance of which will be reported in a

later issue. Several guests were pres-

ent from other communities. Next

meeting with Mr. and Mrs. David Van

Horn on March 28.—Reporter.



Pruning and Spraying of Fruit

Trees—Peach Grove Farmers’ Club

met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.

A. Robinette, Friday, March 20. In

the afternoon Prof. White, of M. A.

C., talked on the prouning of trees,

after which we Visited some orchards

and he gave a demonstration of prun-

ing. Thirty-six men and boys attend-

ed this meeting. In the evening Prof.

White talked on “Insects, Diseases,

and Sprays for Fruits.” He said in-

sects were of two classes, chewing

and sucking. Te codling moth, pota-

to beetle, etc., were of the chewing

class and were killed by stomach poi-

son, as arsenate of lead, paris green,

or arsenate of soda, the first two be-

ing best and safest to use. The suck-

ing insects were the aphis and scale,

and were treated or killed by a con-

tact poison, such as lime and sulphur

or a tobacco solution. The diseases

were of two or three classes, the

fungi, bacteria and unknown. For the

latter, little peach and peach yellows,

there was no known remedy except

to pull the tree and burn it. The

fungi are represented by scab. The

treatment, lime and sulphur, is a pre-

ventive and not a cure, as the spores

are of a nature that covering the scab

would not touch all of them and con-

sequently did not kill them. The bac-

teria include twig blight and leaf

blight. To treat, cut off affected wood

and burn, the burning being as neces-

sary as cutting out. After cutting a

limb disinfect the knife before the

next limb is cut off, and also put a

disinfectant on the wound after cut-

ting. A business meeting was held

and a good literary program was ren-

dered. To meet next month with Mr.

Jas Kerr.———M. G. Finch, Cor. Sec.



Look Backward and Forward—The

Northeast Venice‘Farmers’ Club, of

Shiawassee county, met at the home

of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Shoch, March

12. The meeting was called to order

by President Wm. Sherman. Song by

the Club. Devotional exercises by

Mr. James Lawcock, followed by a

good program, which included a paper

by Frank Long on “Local Option,” an-

other _by Mr. James Lawcock on

“Looking Backward," and one by

Florence Nichols, “Looking Forward.”

Then we had a mock trial, after

which Club adjourned for the next

meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

ghlpman in April—Hazel Long, Cor.



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A Michigan (Io-operative Community.





HE village of Litchfield, in Hills-



dale county, through its cream-



ery and its shippers’ association

is a striking example of what may be

done by and for the farmers through

co-operative effort. First a word as

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largest, and certainly the busiest

plant of the kind in the state, with

425 patrons, and a butter output that

is around 30,000 pounds per month.





The record for December last was.





31,616 pounds and patrons received

$9,925 cash that month. The cream—

ery paid 31/20 over Elgin prices last

year and will probably pay 40 this

year. Patrons received $10,000 over

Elgin last year. The plant is equip-

ped with over $6,000 Worth of up-to-

date machinery.

The Work Expands.



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tion, formed about a year ago, is an

outgrowth of the creamery, and while

the organizations are entirely distinct

one manager and one office suffices

for both. The officers of the shippers

are: President, Geo. Hutchins; sec-

retary and treasurer, J. D. Hawkes;





the sinking fund. This sinking fund

is drawn on to reimburse shippers in

the case of unexpected losses, such

as losses in transit.





Some of the Benefits.



Now for a word as to the benefits

resulting from this co-operative ship-

ping plan. It eliminates one middle-

man, the stock buyer, who scours the

country paying fancy prices here and

there perhaps to stockmen of reputa-

tion, but making up his losses on

common and rough stuff, often get-

ting the latter for a song. Shippers

are now partners in the deal and

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turns from his rough stuff, such as

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MARCH 28, 1914.





itless. For example, the Litchfi

Association is buying carload lots

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cottonseed meal, bran, middlings,n.





feed and corn. .“Co-op” corn is r.

selling from the car at Litchfield

670, while reports come of 800 be





paid at some nearby points. The ‘





sociation has already sold over 8,‘

bushels of corn this spring. Forn

ly the members had to pay 10c '

load for weighing and this expens<

eliminated through the associai

scales. .



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ness in the first 10 months, and the

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cember the live stock shipments

reached 124,655 pounds, for which

patrons received $8,106.95. Adding

this sum to creamery payments for

that month and we have the total cash

sum of $18,031.95 paid out to the

farmers of Litchfield and vicinity for

the month.



During last November the associa-

tion shipped 71,570 pounds of hogs,

11,600 pounds cattle, 5,630 pounds of

calves, and 13,230 pounds of sheep and

lambs. The hogs were handled at an

average of 76c per cwt., which in-

cludes shrinkage and total cost of

shipment.



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In the past 10 months the “Co—ops,”

as they are known locally, have ship-

ped 3,795 head of live stock, 500

pounds wool, 6,035 pounds hay and

1,059 pounds straw, with total cash

receipts of $65,478.76.



A bunch of 26 steers belonging to

Geo. Hutchins brought net returns of

$2,635.78. A bunch of 46 Jersey Red

hogs brought the owner, Irving

Chamberlain, net returns of $1,110.76.

The home weight of the hogs was 12,-

980 pounds; Buffalo weight 12,580;

shrinkage 400 pounds. The expense

per cwt. was as follows: Freight, 17c;

commission and insurance, 6c; man-

ager, 50; contingent fund, 3c; feed

and yardage, 41/20, making a total cost

of 351/20. The selling price was $9.20

per cwt; net home price $8.55.



The association has a shipping

yard, track scales and scale house and

shipments are usually made VVednes-

days and Saturdays, for Friday and

Monday markets in East Buffalo. Or-

ganization is under the state laws

with shares at $10 each, one-quarter

paid-up, and no member may hold

more than 10 shares. It is not neces.

sary to be a member in order to ship

through the association, in fact, out-

side business is welcome, for the big-

ger the business done the greater the

prestige and the more favorable the

treatment at the hands of buyers in

the market. Stock that is being ship—

ped is carefully marked and graded

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anumber of the important grape. board of directors.





growing sections of the country

met at St. Joseph, Michigan, and or-

ganized what is considered the larg-

est grape growers’. organization in

America.



The perishableness of the grape

crop is fOrcing the growers to co-op-

erate in its marketing. Under the

present system the growers a. {1 local

organizations, as well as the buyers,

all try to get the crop to the largest

markets at the same time, with the

result that many of the smaller mar-

kets are overlooked while the big

places are flooded. In seasons of good

crops such conditions force prices to

a point where the returns do not cov-

er the actual expenses of production

and marketing.



Among other worthy activities it is

the purpose of the new organization

to better direct the marketing of the

crop from the various important sec-

tions of the country. This it will be

able to do by virtue of the carefully

gathered information as to the amount

of grapes that will likely be produced

in the several districts, by knowing

where the shipments of the different

localities are to be made and by di-

recting cars away from glutted mar-

kets and toward those needing the

consignments. Other functions of the

new organization are enumerated in

the agreement which follows:



Agreement.



Desiring to secure better conditions

in connection with the growing and

marketing of American grapes, the

representatives of grape associations,

in convention assembled in the city

of St. Joseph, Michigan, this 28th day

of February, 1914, hereby subscribe

to the following agreement of organi-

zation, subject to the ratification of

our respective associations:



Name.



This organization shall be known

as the American Grape Growers’

League, incorporated under the laws

of the state of Michigan.



Members.



Membership shall be confined to

grape associations or companies that

are engaged in the growing and mar-

keting of American grapes.



Officers.



Each association ‘or company be-



coming a member of this league shall





Said board 01

rectors shall have entire charge

the business of the league. Each

rector shall in all matters cast

vote for each 100 acres of grapes

major fraction thereof sold by his

ganization during the previous

son. The director‘s shall elect f

their number such officers 'as 1

lift!)’ deem necessary. fl

Financing.



Each association or company in ‘

league shall pay such assessments

meet the expenses of the league.

shall be fixed by the board of di

tors. Provided, that all such ass

ments shall be based on the tonn

of grapes sold by each associatior

company during the previous sea

Said assessments to be paid on

fifteenth day of each month for

previous month’s business. And i

vided further. that for the first 3

each association or company shall

into the league by June 1, 1914, s

a sum as the board of directors 1

determine, based on the tonnage

the season of 1913.



Annual Meeting.



The board of directors shall 11

on the first Tuesday of Februar}

each year to transact their reg.

business, which shall include the .

ploying of a general managed, fi:

the salary 'of the same and direct

his activities for the year. The

penses of each director in attend

all meetings shall be paid by the

ganization which he then repl‘ese.



General Manager.



The general manager shall have

tire charge of the activities of 1

league, under the control of the be

of directors. He shall organize

operate a system for securing

distributing to the several organ





tions in the league timely and r(“





ble information as to grape crop (

ditions, markets and prices. He s

act as the representative of the lea

in all matters pertaining to the





eral interest of the various grape '





sociations, such as in legislation, l

enforcement, transportation probTe





the improving of cultural methr.“





and shall assist in the collection

shortages and the settlement of

claims.

Amendments.

Additions or changes in any
MARCH 28, 1914.





these articles of agreement may be

made by a two-thirds vote at any reg-

ular meeting or at any special meet-

ing, when such intended change is in-

cluded in the call for such special

meeting. .





IMPROVINGVTHE PARCELw POST

SERVICE. '





 





Those who are using, or expect to

use, the parcel post system for the

distribution of farm produce, will be

pleased at the announcement that the

post oflice department will hereafter

permit the shipment of butter, eggs,

fruit, berries, vegetables, dressed poul-

try, meats, and other articles in par-

cels weighing 20 and up to 50 pounds

in the first and second zones, when

packed in boxes or crates similar to

those used when shipping by express.



One of the expensive items in the

use of the parcel post system thus

far has been the packing and the

package. All matter has had to be

so packed that it would stand treat-

ment received when handled in sacks.

This has necessitated strong pack-

ages and unusual care in packing, for

not only must the package be guard-

ed against breakage but if it contains

matter which, if set free, would in.

jure other mail matter in the sacks

then the parcel must be so packed

that the liquid, or grease, or whatever

it may be, will be absorbed should the

container become broken. So the car-

rying of the parcels in the mail sacks

has been the great obstacle in the

way of improving the system. That

one practice has added much to the

cost of distributing by parcel post.



But the order of Postmaster Gener-

al Burleson was issued to correct

this fault. The large packages will

now be carried as parcels are carried

by the express companies. Far less

expensive containers will meet all

demands made upon them. It will be

quite easy to prepare eggs for ship-

ment under such conditions as it now

ishto get them“ ready for delivery to





the village grocery.





It is not probable that amorain’r

portant move could have been made

by the government for fostering di-

rect dealing between producer and

conusumer. With the impediment of

expensive packages and packing re-

moved, the farmer will find it con‘

venient and economical to ship his

produce from his front door to his

customer in the city. and the con-

sumer will be delighted to have pro—

duce delivered at reasonable prices

and but a few hours from the soil.

Both of these reasons will in all prob-

ability encourage all classes to a wid-

er use of the parcel post for distrib-

uting the necessities of life.





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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.



Shiawassee Co.————Snow rapidly dis-

appearing and frost leaving ground.

Roads getting heavy for hauling

loads. Farmers holding potatoes; are

now marketing for 45c per bu. Many

farmers are disappointed and will cut

down acreage this season. Good many

farmers are compelled to buy hay on

account of the short crop last season.

A large amount of commercial fer-

tilizers being purchased and used in

this locality. Beans are starting to

market. A few farms changing hands

for $65@90 per acre. Barn building

begun and several new buildings will

be erected this spring. Wheat 910;

cloverseed $7.50; beans $1.60; oats

360; potatoes 45c; rye 580; eggs 20c.



Livingston Co.—-The weather has

been all that could be desired so far

this month, and it looks as if spring

would _soon be here. Wheat and do

ver have apparently stood the winter

very well. There is not much stock

being marketed, and but very little

grain, except beans, which seem to be

marketed quite freely at about $1.65

per bushel. Some hay is also being

marketed at about $10 per ton. Sev-

eral sales have been held, a. notable

feature of which is ..the high prices

paid for grade cows, prices ranging

from $80@125 per head, while thor-

oughbreds sometimes reach into four

figures.



Kalkaska Co.——-We are having fine

weather with good Sleighing. Fields

are covered = with about eight inches





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





of snow. Farmers are getting tools

and seed ready for spring work and

planting. Produce is about all mar-

keted.‘ There is considerable silage

for feeding stock, and nearly all the

grains raised are fed on the farm.

Cottonseed meal used by dairymen in

limited amounts. There seems to be

enough farm hands to go round; the

wages are about $26 per month. Po-

tatoes are being marketed. Hay $16;

oats 500; corn 600; potatoes 40c; but-

ter-fat 300; eggs 25c; all stock look-

ing well, and there is no hog cholera.



Gratiot Co.—March came in cold

but the weather has been mild ever

since. The snow is gone except in

the drifts, and many of the roads are

dry. There is but little frost in the

ground, and tile drains are active,

and there is every indication that

Spring is here. Those having maple

groves are already boiling sap. Wheat

came through the winter in fine con

dition. There is not so much corn

being marketed as last month, and it

is being shipped on the cob at 28c for

35 lbs; oats 37c; those holding their

beans are selling at $1.60@1.85; hogs

80; hay $7@12. Cows and young cat-

tle are very high at sales; cows $60

@100. Most farmers have plenty of

feed.



New York. ,



Chautauqua Co.-—VVe are having ex—

cellent weather, with fine, clear days

and cool, frosty nights. Sleighing is





fine, the best we have had this win: ..

ter. There is nothing doing in Vine-





yards yet, as there is too much snow.

ice is all cut, and most farmers are

making maple syrup and sugar, and

some are trimming apple trees. The

meadows and Winter grains ought to

stand the winter well with so much

snow. Hens are not very ambitions

to lay eggs, which are now 300. Most

of the large poultry plants around

here are under way hatching eggs.

Butter 33c; apples $1.50 per bu; po-

tatoes 800; veal 14c; beef 8@9c per

lb; horses $100@300; chickens, live

12c. Farmers have not much to sell

at present.

Pennsylvania.



Chester Co.—The fields are still

covered with snow, and there are no

prospects for an early start with the

spring work. We have been having

real winter weather for the past four

weeks, which has caused a decrease

in the milk production, and a consrd:

erable increase in the amount of feed

consumed. Hay is the principal pro:

duct being marketed, the best quality

selling for $15. Corn is very scarce.

The egg production has been fair all

winter, the price ranging from 30@

350 per dozen. ,

Florida.



Volusia Co.~—Cool weather with

slight frosts visited this section dur-

ing the first few days of March.

though the citrus crop seems to have

escaped with but little damage. Veg-

etables, such as tomatoes and beans

were damaged considerably. Weather

is favorable for potatoes, which will

soon be ready for the market. The

orange trees are either in bud or 1D

full bloom, according to distance

south, and there is every prospect for

an exceptionally large crop this year.

There are quite a number of chicken

farms here, and the hens are laying

fairly well. Eggs are worth 40@600

per dozen. The large hotels along

the coast have an effect on the price.

There are no meadows or pastures

here. Italian rye seems to be the

best grass. There is no dairying car-

ried on and no cattle whatever, ev-

erything being shipped 111.



Ohio.



Hardin Co.—Fine spring weather

seems to be near at hand, although

the frost is not all out of the ground,

and there is still plenty of snow bank-

ed up around the fences. The wheat

fields look somewhat bare and dead

on top, but possibly when the weath-

er becomes warm they will show

signs of life. Roads are in fair con-

dition. The hay market is slow, be-

ing $6@9 per ton; oats 38c; corn 800

per cwt; hogs, live $8.25; eggs 22c;

butter 24c.



Fairfield Co.—The month of March

was cold until the tenth, when we

had a light fall of snow. The wheat

is thought to be injured in fields

where the wind blew the snow off

exposing it to the severe weather.

Cattle and hogs are scarce. Milch

cows are high, $50@90. Farmers will

have enough feed for their own use,

but none to sell. Hogs $8.50; fed cat-

tle $8.50; corn 65c; wheat 94c; hay

$13; chickens 12c; eggs 27c; butter

25@27c; potatoes 85c@$1 cloverseed

$9; timothy seed $2.50@3. Roads are

bad, and some are still blocked with

snowdrifts. .



Missouri.



Phelps Co.——Spring opened up in

this section of the state last week,

and farmers are busy plowmg and

preparing their ground for cats, gar-

dens are being planted, and it is ex-

pected that there will be a large

acreage of oats sowed this spring.

They are planning for a large ’corn

crop. Everything is opening and it



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Near Salinnw and Bay City. in Gladwin and Midland

Counties. Low prices: Easy terms: Clear title. Write

for maps and particulars. STAFFELD BROTHERS.

15 Merrill Building. Saginaw. (W. 8.). Michigan.





ALBE RTA FAR M 1.0 m...

also one of 320

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farm. 1 mile from railroad. near good town. Soil A 1.

Will ive right man a good deal. . STEAD.

4(5 hitney Bldg.. Detroit. Mich. Phone 3173.





FARMS F01! SALE in NEW YORK STATE





For information concerning the great agricultural

advantages in New York State, and description of

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





CALVIN J. HUSON

Commissioner or Agriculture. Albany. N. Y.





Greatest Bargain Offered.





200 acres fine dark loam, 100 acres improved, 2 houses.

barn 40x69. stable 20160. sheep shed mxbfi. flowin well.

hog‘houses. tool sheds, etc. telephone lines. Ig.F.D.

4miles. from Glndwin. 810. . 5‘ cash. Immediate

possemion. U. G. Reynolds. Owner, Gladwin, Mich.





NEW YORK Are the best anywhere. and

lowest. priced. We show and



FAR M s selll them every Adfiy'f wiiil‘ttzr



an summer. 3 or s .



McBUBNEY & 00.. Fisher Bldg” Chicago. III.

FOR SAL —-Hnrdwood cut-over lands

‘ surrounding Rainy Lake.



Presque Isle County. Rich clay loam. easily cleaned.

810 to $12.60 per acre. 81 an acre cash, 81 an acre yearly

until paid for at 6%. Also partly improved farms and





acre ranch with 100 acres cleared at 810 an a re.

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FOR SALE.—160 Acres of the finest fruit and farm-



- in land in Michigan.splendldly locat-

ed. overlookln ittle Traverse Bay. 5 miles from

Petoskey and miles from Harbor Springs; good

.macadam road direct to the land: 40 acres can be

cleared ready for cm s and planting trees this spring.

About $1,500 worth 0 standing timber on the land;

finest markets in Michigan for all fruits, yo 6-

tables, Butter. oz and poultry. Can be bought or

$5,000 on reasonnb 9 terms.





F. E. TURBELL. 50 Connecticut Ave, Detroit, Mich.





McClure-Stevens land Co.





Successors to A. J. Stevens 0 Co. Established 1883,





Farm. Fruit 9nd Stock Lands. We own 18.000 acres

of chemo unimproved land in Gladwin and Clare

counties. hold on easy payments. Interestfipercent.

Write for information.





Gladwln, Michigan.





247 Acres, $4500

[9 Cows. 2 Horses. Machinery.





Spring‘s first great farm bargain; completely stocked

ande ulpped money-making New York State farm

with l cows. pull. 2 heifers, 2 horses. all wagons.

valuable machinery. tools. splendid buildings. etc..

gomg at less than $20 an acre; well located. conveni-

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details. page . Strout’s Spring List of Farm

girgfiniGElllCtY ousté ttliopy 1gee. E. A. STROUT

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acre. hi cash. balance 61> Int.

80 A. fine dork loam, 30 A. cleared. no bldg's.. only

2 miles from Beaver-ton. $4000. 34 cash.

40 A. improved. clay loam. small house dc barn. 81500.

E!) A. hal improved, cod soil.small house & barn, 8%00.

440 A. stock ranch. enced & watered. 87000.

640 A. stock ranch. fenced a watered. $17 per acre.

afieotock farm.‘2 sets bldfi. 820.”.

many armsin cdwin Co. on'eas term .

New list ready. U. G. REYNOLDS. diadwlny. Micii.





FOR SALE—100 Acre hay farm. 80 acre-



muck. 20 acres sand. Six

room house. horse stable and la hay barn. one pair

horses. 4 cows. about 45 tons of o. 1 timothy hay. and

all farm implements. all for 85.0“). two thousand down.

- balance to suit buyer. If you want a hay farm this

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





March 24, 1914.



Wheat.——Although the foreign situ-

ation seems to be more bearish and

the condition of the growing crop 1n

this country could not be greatly im-

proved upon, prices have made sub-

stantial advances since a week ago.

The strength largely lies- in the in-

fluence of corn, although selling by

farmers has not been so liberal and

in the northwest where the elevators

a year ago were increasing their

stocks, the past week saw a decrease

and in the country the visible supply

was reduced 1,657,000 bushels. At

this date in 1913 the price for No. 2

red wheat on the local mrket was





 





$1.07 per bu. Quotations for the past

week are:



N o. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May.

Wednesday ...... 98 97 % 1.00

Thursday ........ 98 1,6 98 1.00%

Friday .......... 98 174 98 1.00 1A

Saturday . . ...... 98 17$ 98 1.00%

Monday . . ....... 98% 98%, 1.00%

Tuesday 983 98 1 1.00 1/2





.. . .. 4 4,

Chicago, (March 24).-—No. .2 red

Wheat 95%c; May 93%0; July 890.

Germ—The foundation to the week’s

strength in the grain markets was

corn. While some claim that the

strong tone of this grain was due to

the covering of shorts, there appears

to be truth in the contention of an

increased demand from the southwest

districts. The prolonged cold weath-

er requires feeders to use increased

quantities to carry stock, and this

extra demand seems to be the legiti-

mate reason for the upward trend.

Enormous buying from that section

of the country has characterized the

week and the demand does not yet

appear satisfied. One year go the

price for No. 3 corn was 520 per bu.

Quotations for the past week are:





No. 2 No. 2



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday . . . . . . 65 67

Thursday ........... 66 68

Friday ............. 66 68

Saturday ........... 66 68

Monday ............ 67 69

Tuesday 7 % 69 1,2





............ 6



Chicago, (March 24).—May corn

65%0; July 69340; Sept., 690.



Oats.——A full cent has been added

to oat values. Nothing of importance

has occurred to the deal itself and

the reason for the advance seems to

be in the influence of corn upon the

trade. The visible supply shows a

decrease. One year ago the price for

standard oats was 351/90 per bu. Quo-

tations for the week are:





No. 3



Staflgard. White/é

Wednesday ........ .

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

Friday ........... . . 42 41 176

Saturday ........... 42 41 17@

Monday ............ 42% 42

Tuesday ............ 42 % 42





Chicago, (March 24).——May oats

400; July 40%0; Sept, 3894c. _



Beans.—A better demand ex1sts

and prices have gone up two cents.

The local board of trade quotes im-

mediate and prompt shipments at

$1.82; May $1.87 per bushel. Chlcago

reports a steady trade. Pea beans,

hand-picked, choice, are steadyat $2;

common $1.75@1.85; red kidneys,

choice $2.80. . .



Rye.—Th1s cereal 1s hlgher. No. 2

is quoted at 68%0 per bu.



Barley.~—At Chicago barley rules

easy and is quoted at 49@66c per bu.,

while Milwaukee quotes the malting

grades at from 52@660. . '



Timothy.——Prime spot 18 selllng at

2.35 er bu. ‘

$ Alfagfa.—Steady at $7.25 per bu.



CIoverseed.-Va1ues are lower_aga}n.

Prime spot $8.50 per bu; .als1ke at

$10.50; Toledo prime cash is quoted

at $8.50 and prime alsike at $10.50.





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Flour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detr01t

market per 196 lbs. as follows: Best

$5.30; second $5; stralght

$4.75; spring patent $5.10; rye flour

$4.40 per bbl.





. Feed.-—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots.





are: Bran $28.50; coarse middlings

$27.50; fine middlings $29; cracked

corn $29; coarse corn meal $28; corn

and oat chop $25 per ton. _

Hay.——Prices show ‘a decline.

Carlots on track at Detr01t are: No.

1 timothy $14.50@15; standard $13.50

@15: No. 2,- $12@13; light mixed,

$13.50@14; No. 1 mixed $12.50@13;

No. 1 clover $12@12.50. _

New York—Market is some eas1er.

No. 1 timothy $20.50@21.50; No. 3

standard $15@20; light clover, mlxed

$18@19; cloxlrer $17@18 per ton for

he lar e ba es.

t Chicaggoe—Prices here rule higher.





 





Choice timothy is quoted at $17@

17.50 per ton; No. 1, $15@15.50; No.

2, $12@13.



Straw—Steady. Rye $7.50@8; oat

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

per ton.



New York—Rye straw $17@18; oat

straw $11 per ton.



Chicago.—Rye straw is quotable

here at $7.50@8; oat straw $6.50@7;

wheat straw $6.50@7 per ton.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Button—Market firm with prices

unchanged. Extra creamery 260 per

lb; firsts 25c; dairy 17c; packing

stock 140. .



Chicago.—Market in fair condition.

Prices firm at 35c lower than last

week. Extra creamery 260;. extra

firsts 25@251;éc; firsts 240; seconds

22c; ladies 200; packing stock 160.



Elgin.—Market quiet at 26%0 per

1b., which is lAgo higher than last

week.



New York—An advance of 1760

brought relief to the worst butter

market known for some time; condi-

tions are still somewhat unsettled.

Creamery extras 26%@27c; firsts

24%@260; seconds 23@24c; packing

stock 15%@160 per lb.



Eggs.——Liberal receipts make mar-

ket unsteady. Prices thus far are

unchanged. Current receipts of fresh

stock quoted at 18c per dozen.



Chicago—Due to liberal receipts

the market is easy and quotations

show a decline of about 20. The trade

is good and the large quantities com-

ing in are being moved easily. Mis-

cellaneous lots, cases included 17@



Mac; ordinary firsts 171/1,@17%c;

firsts 18%@181,§c; seconds 16@161,éc.



New York—The market is in fair-

ly good shape, the receipts not equal-

ing the demand. Prices, naturally,

are considerably lower than last

week. Fresh gathered extras 23@

240; extra firsts 23c; firsts 221,40.



Poultry.—Local prices are unchang-

ed on account of light receipts. Live

——Springs 180; hens 18c; turkeys 18

@19c; geese 15@16c; ducks 17@180.



Chicago—The market is in healthy

condition and prices for both fowls

and springs are higher than last

week. The trade is mostly local.

Quotations on live are: Turkeys,

good weight, 150; others 120; fowls,

choice 161/20; spring chickens 17c;

geese 120; ducks 16@17c per lb.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.—Market remains firm but

prices going slightly higher. No. 1,

$5.50@6.50; No. 2, $4@4.50 per bbl.

In Chicago the market is somewhat

quiet but steady. Goods that are of

good quality are held firm and are

moving steadily. Some discolored

stock is selling rather slow. Barrel

stock is quoted: No. 1 Jonathans $6

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

$5.50@6. In New York the quality

received is not the best and there-

fore prices are lower. Baldwins sell

for $5.25@5.50.



Potatoes—Market is quiet, with

prices 20 lower than last week. Quo.

tations: In bulk 55@58c per bu; in

sacks 60@63c per bu. for carlots. At

Chicago the market is steady but

quiet. Receipts are ample. Prices

are unchanged. Good Michigan white

stock is quoted at 58@63c per bu. In

New York good Michigan stock is

selling for 70@75c per bushel in car-

lots. The market there and in other

eastern cities is weak, although grad-

ual lessening receipts allow receivers

to reduce accumulations.



Cabbage.—Steady with prices un-

changed. Good quality is quoted at

$3@3.25 per bbl. At Chicago the

market is firm as the supply on hand

is not large. Prices are higher. Hol-

land or Red $1.50@1.70 per bbl., $20

@2250 per ton, according to quality.

In New York good stock of Danish

or Holland is steady and sells at $26

@29 per ton in the yards, while in

Cincinnatti New York Danish sells

for $30 per ton. .



Onions—Tho local market is steady

with prices unchanged. Quoted at

$3.25@3.50 per sack for yellow and

$1.75 per crate for Spanish. At Chi-

cago the marketis good and the prices

on fancy stock holding up well.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





 





Eggs have dropped to 16 and 170





in. this market, whilevdairy butter is.





off to 18c. It is not expected that

eggs will go much lower on account

of the demand for storage. The po-

tato market is not showing much

change, the buying price at outside

points being around 45@50c, while in

this market tubers are quoted at 55

@60c. Beans are worth $1.55@1.60.

In live poultry, chickens are quoted

at 14@15c; ducks 16@17c. Some

fancy chickens are bringing 15%0.

Poultry offerings are light and the

market is firm. Dressed hogs are

10%@11c. Grain prices as follows:

tifgheat 910; oats 39c; corn 65c; rye

c.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Considering the season the market

Tuesday morning was of fair size and

the tone of the trading firm. Cabbage

offerings are fewer, with the price

for average grade at about $1 per bu.

Potatoes generally sold at 75c per

bu; apples have advanced to $2.25

for the best; pork is held at 110;

eggs 22@250 per dozen; butter 320

per lb; onions $2 per bu. for dry and

250 per three bunches for green; let-

tuce 750 per bu. Loose hay is slow

at $13@17 per ton.





 





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.

March 23, 1914.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as fol-

lows: Cattle 130 cars; hogs 80 d. d.;

sheep and lmbs 65 d. d.; calves 850

head. .



With 130 cars of cattle on our mar-

ket here today, and 16,000 reported in

Chicago, our market was only from

strong to 100 per cwt, higher than

last week, quality of the cattle con-

sidered. At the close about every-

thing was sold, but the medium-

weight cattle was dull and hard sale

from start to finish, that is, cattle

weighing fro 1,175 to 1,250 lbs.,. as

our home butchers claimed they were

too heavy, and the eastern men claim-

ed they were too light for their bus-

iness. However, a good clearance was

made at the finish and the market

closed with prospects about steady.



Receipts of hogs today were fairly

liberal, about 80 double-decks on sale.

Opening trade was slow and 5@100

lower, with all grades selling at $9.30

generally. Roughs $8.25@8.50; stage

from $7@7.50. Trade fairly active

after the opening and a good clear-

ance was made, with prospects fair

for the balance of the week.



The market was active today on

both lambs and sheep. Prices 10c

higher than the close of last week.

Choice handy lambs selling mostly at

$8.35. Heavy lambs selling from

$7.50@7.75. We look for slow trade

on heavy and coarse lambs all the

season. Look for steady to shade low-

er prices on lambs last of week.



We quote: Choice lambs $8.25@

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

fair do, $6.50@8; yearlings $7@7.25;

bucks $4.50@5; handy ewes $5.75@6;

heavy do, $5.50@5.75; wethers $6.15@

6.40; cull sheep $4@5.50; veals, choice





 





to extra $10.75@11; fair to good

$8.50@10.50; heavy calves $5.50@8.

Chicago.

March 23, 1914.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..14,500 40,000 23,000

Same day 1913..17,169 33,478 19,557

Last week ..... 36,573 136,480 85,536

Same w’k 1913..40,527 116,725 76,535





After last week’s meager supplies'





of cattle, today’s small offerings caus-

ed sellers to take a firm attitude, and

higher prices were asked. Early ac-

tivity centered largely in butcher

stock, stockers and feeders, with

sales 10@150 higher. The demand for

beef steers was later in getting start-

ed, as buyers contested the payment

of higher prices, but dispatches were

sent out by commission houses to the

country calling prices a dime or more

higher. Hogs were steady to a trifle

lower, with sales at $8.45@8.85. Hogs

received last week averaged 236 lbs.,

comparing with 232 lbs. a week ear-

lier. Sheep and lambs are firmer,

with prime lambs selling at $7.90, an

advance of Sc.



Cattle have been doing poorly for

their owners recently, that is as com-

pared with a few weeks ago, but they

are still very much higher than in

former years, last year excepted. Ev-

en then the comparison is in favor of

the present time, for the best beeves

failed to sell above $9.20 a year ago.

Week before last there was a bad

break in prices for nearly all descrip-

tions of cattle as a result of much in-

creased receipts, and it extended into

last week, although the Monday re-

ceipts were only 18,322 head. On that

day the best steers brought $9.35,

comparing with $9.75 at the high tlme

of the year, a few weeks ago, but

prices rallied by Wednesday on a

meager run, with choice to fancy

heavy steers going at $9.15@9.55. The

bulk of.-the-ste.ers.received;dur1ng the

week brought $7.75@9.10, With a very

fair showing on Wednesday of cattle

at $9.15@9.45. The commoner class

of light-weight, warmed-up steers

brought $7@7.85, while medium grade

steers sold at $7.90@8.35 and good

fat, heavy lots at $8.40@9.10. Good

to prime yearlings found buyers at

$8.35@9.15, while butchering cows and

heifers brought $5.15@8.25, a few

head of fancy heifers bringing $8.50

@875. Cutters sold at $4.55@5.10,

canners at $3.50@4.50 and bulls at

$5.25@7.65 as an extreme range.

There was a fairly large stocker and

feeder traflic, with sales at $5.75@





8.10 for inferior to prime cattle, and

net much business was transacted

below $7. A sale was made of a car-

load of 1100-lb. feeders at $8.10, and

prime 746-lb. yearling stock steers

sold at $8. Good to choice heavy

stock calves brought ..$7.25@8, and

sales were made of stock and feeding

cows and heifers at $5.15@7.10. There

was a sensational smash-up in calf

prices, with larger offerings, the

heavy lots going at $5@7.50 and the

light veal calves at $8@8.50. Milkers

and springers sold sparingly at $55@

85 each.



Hogs have fluctuated back and forth

since the $9 mark was reached re-

cently, rallying after every break in

prices. The late rise in prices stim-

ulated the receipts materially, and

50,334 hogs showed up on Monday of

last week, starting a downward move-

ment in prices, but this checked the

receipts sufficiently to cause a rally

in the market. Eastern shippers were

usually good buyers of the better

class of hogs, creating competition

among buyers and assisting in

strengthening prices. The hogs mar-

keted averaged extremely well in

quality, and while choice butcher hogs

of strong weight topped the market

daily, prime lots averaging around 185

to 195 lbs. sold close to the top and

sometimes at the very top prices. The

average weight of the hogs received

has been gaining for a long time, as

is usual every year. A year ago the

average was 238 lbs., two years ago

217 lbs., three years ago 242 lbs. and

four years ago 219 lbs. Prices are

unusually high for all kinds of hogs

and promise to remain so. At the

highest time last week prime hogs of

rather light weight brought $8.921,é,

and closing prices for hogs Saturday

were $8.50@8.871,é, comparing with

$8.55@9 a week earlier. Pigs closed

at $7@8.65.



Sheep and lambs were marketed

last week with less freedom than a

week earlier, with so small a percent-

age of sheep that they developed





more firmness at times than lambs.

Foreign orders called for heavy

lambs, a class of live stock not





eagerly sought after by local kill-

ers, while the country demand for

feeders continued strong at rela-

tively high prices, as offerings were

not always especially plentiful. Good

shearing feeding lambs were in good

demand and sold high, but some very

inferior half-starved 52-1b. lambs went

for $5.25. Limited numbers of clip-

ped lambs have met with neglect, it

being too early for such stock, and

they sold $1@1.15 below wooled lots.

The week closed with strong prices,

lambs going at $6.50@7.85, feeding

lambs at $6@7.20, yearlings at $6.25

@690, wethers at $5.75@6.40, ewes at

$3.50@6.10 and bucks at $4.75@5.25.





Horses continued to be marketed

in increasing numbers last Week, .but

a much better general demand made

firmer prices, and some sales showed

an advance of about $10 per head.

Drivers sold at $75@125 mainly, with

livery horses bringing $310@325 per

pair, while team horses went at $165

@230. Small chunks sold at $185@

235, and there was a lively trade in

farm horses, geldings bringing $280

@400 per pair and mares $325@575

per pair. Choice pairs of heavy draft-

ers found an outlet at $575@650, with

not many prime enough to sell up to

$600. Drafters sold singly at $185@

300 or more.





LIV—Ems.





A consignment of 150 cases of eggs

received from' China arrived in Chi-

cago recently and brought 2284c per

dozen at a time when the best do-

mestic eggs were going at wholesale

at 250. They were slightly smaller

than American eggs, as well as dark-

er, with thicker shells.





South American meats continue to

be shipped extensively to our shores,

and during four consecutive weeks

beef quarters equivalent to 17,000 cat-

tle were loaded in Buenos Aires for

New York. This frozen beef fills a

want, but it is a commoner article

than most of our American domestic

beef and sells at compartively low

prices. Thus far prices for beef have

remained as high as ever, the foreign

beef being absorbed readily, While d0-

mestic beef is also moving into con-

sumption readily. In Chicago, the

greatestcattle. market _,of .the .world,

the best porterhouse steaks retail for

350 per pound, and other cuts of beef

at correspondingly high prices.





 





 





WATCH FOR THE APRIL 1 ISSUE.





 





The practical farmer and the stu-

dent of economic problems will be in-

terested alike in a carefully thought

out plan of getting farm products to

city people over a far less expensive

route than now obtains. This plan

Will be given in the Farm Commerce

Department of the April 4 issue. Read

and then talk the scheme over with

your neighbor. ‘ .‘
mason z’s,~..-.an..- . .





THIS is THE- LAST. cornea.



The first edition is sent to these who

have not expressed a desire for the

latest markets. The late market edi.

tion will be sent on request at any





time.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday's Market.

March 26, 1914.

Cattle.



Receipts 1295. Milch cows $8@10

lower; all other grades active at

strong last week’s prices.



We quote: Best steers and heifers

$8.05@8.25; good do, 950 to 1000, $7.60

@775; steers and heifers, 800 to 1000

$‘7-@7.50; do that are fat, 500 to 700





 





$6.25@7; choice fat cows $6@6.50;

good do, $5.50@5.75; common cows

$4.‘50@5.25; canners $3@4.25; choice





heavy bulls $7; fair to good bolognas

bulls $6.50@6.75; stock bulls $5.50@

6.25; choice feeding steers, 800 to

1000, $6.75@7; fair do, $6.50@6.75;

choice stockers, 500 to 700, $6.50@

6.75; fair do, $6@6.50; stock heifers,

$5.50@6.50; milkers, large, young,

medium age $65@75; common milk-

ers $40@50; good do $55@65.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P.

Co. 5 steers av 1050 at $7.60, 4 do av

970 at $7.60, 16 do av 875 at $7.35, 18

do av 1090 at $7.50; to Kull 1 cow

wgh 1100 at $5.50, 2 do av 975 at

$6.50, 5 steers av 930 at $7.50; to Ma-

son B. Co. 1 cow wgh 1560 at $6.50,

4 butchers av 870 at $7.10, 1 cow wgh

950 at $6.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1 cow wgh 840 at $4.25, 6 steers av

928 at $7.50, 2 cows av 1065 at $5.25,

10 steers av 932 at $7.40, 1 bull wgh

1750 at $6.75, 3 cows av 1017 at $5.75,

2 steers av 860 at $7.50, 1 do wgh

650 at $7, 2 bulls av 1440 at $6.50; to

Newton B. Co. cows av 1045 at

$5.65 1 do wgh 830 at $4.50, 3 butch-

ers av 843 at $7.15, 3 do av 947 at

$7.35, 2 do av 945 at $7; to Sutton

20 stockers av 700 at $6.85; to Mich-

elson 3 coWs av 917 at $5.25; to Mich

B. Co. 13 steers av 1160 at $8.05. 6 do

av 1036 at $7.60, 1 bull wgh 960 at

$6.50, 9 steers av 1033 at $7.85; to

Sullivan P. Co. 3 cows av 1060 at $6,

6 steers av 873 at $7.35, 8 butchers av

792 at $7.10, 2 cows av 1055 at $5.25,

8 steers av 863 at $7.50, 6 butchers

av 908 at $6.75; to June 3 stockers av

527 at $5, 4 do av 557 at $6.



Spicer & R. sold Grant 4 cows av

1095 at $5.50, 1 do wgh 1100 at $5.75;

to Kull 2 do av 885 at $5.25, 1 bull

wgh 680 at $6.50; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 16 steers av 963 at $7.50; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 1 bull wgh 1730 at $7, 4

steers av 1032 at $7.85, 1 cow wgh

1030 at $6.25, 13 steers av 985 at

$7.60; to Johnson 2 cows av 1175 at

$5, 2 stockers av 530 at $6.50; to La-

Boe 1 bull wgh 820 at $6.75; to Ma-

son B. Co. 1 do wgh 1200 at $7.25; to

Heinrich 21 steers av 935 at $7.60;

to Thompson Bros. 10 butchers av

815 at$6.75,1 canner wgh 710 at $4; to

Rattkowsky 6 cows av 960 at $5.75,

1 bull wgh 1070 at $6.75, 1 cow wgh

1230 at $5.75; to Mich. B. Co. 6 cows

av 831 at $5.85, 22 steers av 856 at

$7.40; to Fry 2 cows av 685 at $5.75.



Haley & M. sold Mason B. Co. 7

steers av 811 at $7.20, 4 do av 870 at

$7.50, 1 cow wgh 1040 at $5.75, 1 bull

wgh 1030 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 930 at

$4.35; to Kamman B. Co. 21 steers av

831 at $7.60; to Mich. B. Co. 2 do av

1135 at $8; to Thompson Bros. 1 bull

wgh 1400 at $6.65; to Newton B. Co.

2 cows av 1125 at $6, 1 do wgh 1030

at $6, 3 do av 927 at $6.40, 10 steers

av 827 at $7.40, 11 do av 977 at $7.50,

4 do av 913 at $7.35, 6 cows av 920 at

$6.50, 4 heifers av 615 at $6.75, 2 cows

av 980 at $5.50, 1 heifer wgh 730 at

$7, 1 bull wgh 1030 at $6.60; to John~

son 5 cows av 1020 at $5.50; to Brad-

dock 1 bull wgh 1240 at $6.75; to Kull

1 do wgh 1100 at $7; to Hammond, S.

& Co. 1 do wgh 1600 at $6.75; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 3 steers av 823 at $7.60,

7 do av 900 at $7.30, 4 do av 900 at

$7.25, 7 do av 956 at $7.35; to Ratt-

kowsky 1 cow wgh 960 at $5, 1 do

wgh 1060 at $6, 1 do wgh 1040 at

$5.25; to Hirschleman l4 butchers av

865 at $7.45, 1 steer wgh 630 at $4;

to Goose 1 bull wgh 1240 at $6.85,

1 do wgh 1330 at $7.15; to Sutton 2

stockers av 640 at $6.75, 18 do av 488

at $6.85; to Lachalt 7 butchers av 681

at $7; to Newton B. Co. 20 do av 807

at $7.25; to Thompson Bros. 1 steer

wgh 1080 at $7.55, 1 cow wgh 1180

at $6.



Veal Calves. ‘



Receipts 709. Market 50@75c high-

er than last week; steady with VVed-

giggday. Best $10@11; others $6@





Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P.

Co. 3 av 135 at $8, 7 av 145 at $10: to

Parker, W. & Co. 1 wgh 90 at $8, 2

av 130 at $10.50, 5 av 125 at $10, 13

av 155 at $11, 5 av 145 at $10.75, 2 av

160 at $10.50, 5 av 130 at $10, 28 av

150 at $10.25, 12 av 145 at $10.25: to

Rattkowsky 7 av 110 at $8, 8 av 95

at $8.754 av 145 at $10, 2 av 145 at

$11, 2 av 300 at $7; to Kull 1 wgh

150 at $9.50; to Ratner 5 av 145 at

$6, 11 av 135 at $8; to Goose 7 av





by farmers at $1 per bushel.





THE Mic-HI





125 at $7, 2 av 135 at $10.50, 3 av 100

at $8.50; to Newton B. Co. 8 av 125

at $10; to Thompson Bros. 21 av 150

at $10.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 19

av 171 at $10.50, 6 av 155 at $10.50;

to McGuire 19 av 150 at $10.50, 12 av

160 at $10.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 14

av 151 at $11, 14 av 140 at $10.50, 11

av 145 at $10.25; to Goose 11 av 140

at $10.50, 7 av 145 at $10.50; to Mich.

B. Co. 25 av 140 at $10.50; to Nagle

P. Go. 9 av 145 at $10, 17 av 135 at

$10.25, 1 wgh 150 at $11. ,

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 3737. Market steady at

Wednesday’s prices; few choice 50

higher. Best lambs $7.75@7.90; fair

to good lambs $'7.25@7.50; light to

common lambs $6.50@7; yearlings

$6.75@7; fair to good sheep, $5.50@

5.75; culls and common $4@4.50;

spring lambs $11@11.50.



Spicer 8: R. sold Thompson Bros.

25 lambs av 60 at $7.25; to Mich. B.

Co. 129 do av 80 at $7.80, 9 do av 65

at $7.50.



Haley & M. sold Breitenbeck 52

lambs av 63 at $7.50, 41 do av 65 at

$7.70; to Mich. B. Co. 26 do av 75 at

$7.75, 19 do av 80 at $7.75, 5 do av 50

at $6.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 14 do

av 63 at $7; to Mich. B. Co. 5 spring

lambs av 62 at $11.50, 10 sheep av

146 at $5.25, 3 do av 107 at $4.50, 6

#21711??? av 45 at $6.75, 102 do av 75 at



Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 8 lambs

av 48 at $6.50; to Kamman B. Co. 40

do av 66 at $7.75.



Youngs sold Nagle P. Co. 691 lambs

av 82 at $7.50.



Hogs.



Receipts 5847. None sold up to

noon; bidding $8.75@8.80.



Closed dull with bids at $8.75.



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

& Co. 2010 av 190 at $8.80, 517 av 170

at $8.75.



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co.

450 av 200 at $8.80.



Spicer & R. sold same 370 av 190

at $8.80.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Go.

325 av 200 at $8.80.





 





Friday’s Market.

March 20, 1914.

Cattle.



Receipts this week 1396; last Week

1508; market steady. We quote: Best

steers and heifers $8; steers and heif-

ers, 800 to 1200, $7.50@7.75; steers

and heifers, 800 to 1000, $7@7.40; do

that are fat, 500 to 700, $6.50@7;





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

$5.25@5.50; common cows, $4.50@5;

canners, $3.50@4.25; choice heavy





bulls, $6.75@7; fair to good bolognas,

bulls, $6.50; stock bulls, $5.50@6.25;

choice feeding steers, 800 to 1000,

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

stockers, 500 to 700, $6.50@6.75; fair

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

milkers, large, young, medium age,

$70@80; common milkers, $35@40;

good $55@65. -

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week 2683; last week

4400. Market strong. Best lambs,

$7.65@7.75; fair to good do, $7@7.50;

light to common lambs, $5.75@6.75;

yearlings $6.75@7; fair to good sheep

$5.25@5.50; culls and common $4@

4.50.





Hogs.

Receipts this week 6293; last week

5269; market 50 higher. Pigs $8.80;

others $8.90. ,





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





(Continued from page 375).

promises to be a great year for the

farmers in all kind of crops. W’heat

is in fair condition; February was a

hard winter month and winter broke

about March 8. If the weather stays

like at present there will be plenty

of pasture by the middle of April.

The roads are in fine condition for

this time of the year, and there is a

great deal of work being done on the

roads to make them permanent. Cat-

tle are about $8.25; hogs $8@8.75;

eggs 24c; hens 12c: roosters 61/20;

ducks 14c; geese 81/20; turkeys 15c;

butter 25c; com 850 per bu; wheat

85c; potatoes retailing at $1 per bu.





South Dakota.





Meade Co.—The weather this mont

has been changeable. The snow is

about gone. Hens are beginning to

lay, the price of eggs is 250 per doz-

en; butter—fat 27c; hay $5 per ton.

Farmers are busy getting their ma-

chinery in order for spring planting.

and cleaning up around the barns an





yards. Land has been sold at $10 per



acre. Cows are much in demand at



high prices. ,

Kansas.





Smith Co.—Warmer weather finds

winter wheat in fine growing condi-

tion, although a light rain would help

the surface of the ground. With the

immense amount of moisture in the

subsoil, the pastures will green' up

when the weather becomes warmer.

There will be some potatoes bought

There





GAIN FARMER’





were very few beans raised here last

season. Wheat 77c; com 700; fat

steers $8.25~@8.50; butter 15c; butter-

fat 240; eggs 21c; spring chickens.

10¢ per lb; hens 10; turkeys 13c. The

price of horses and mules to horse

buyers has decreased.





N ebraska.





West Central Otoe Co.-—We are hav.

ing fine weather. Winter wheat is in

good condition, with prospects for _a

good crop. Wheat is the only grain

being marketed at present, and the

farmers are not holding it back for a

higher market. Farmers are in hopes

of an early spring on account of the

scarcity of feed. Hens are laying

well. Farmers are beginning to sell

a' few hogs at 8c per lb; wheat 80c;

oats 43c; corn sells at 630 off the can

and 66c from elevator; eggs 200 per

dozen; cream 240 per lb; hens 13c;

potatoes $1.20 per bushel.





Hitchcock Co.—We are having fine,

spring weather, and farmers are now

in the fields disking and sowing wheat

and barley. Winter wheat has begun

to grow nicely, and with the moisture

we have to begin with this spring

the outlook is encouraging. Eggs

come into market quite plentifully

and 18c is paid. Many have incuba-

tors going and hens setting. Butter-

fat 24c; corn 73c; wheat 72c; hogs

$7.65; cattle 6c.



Washington.



Klickitat Co.—-So far this month we

have had fine growing weather. Mea-

dows and winter grains are looking

fine. Friut trees are a little too far

advanced for the time of year, as we

are liable to have cold weather yet

Flour $4.50 per bbl; potatoes $1 per:

cwt; butter 30@35c; eggs 20c; lard

15c; Wheat $1.75 per cwt.





GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.





 





The Crop Reporting Board of the

Bureau of Statistics estimates, from

reports of correspondents and agents,

that the amount of wheat on farms

March 1, 1914, was about 151,809,000

bushels, or 19.9 per cent of the 1913

crop, against 156,483,000 bushels, or

21.4 per cent of the 1912 crop on

farms March 1, 1913, and 122,025,000

bushels, or 19.6 per cent of the 1911

crop on farms March 1, 1912. About

53.9 per cent of the crop will be ship-

ped out of the counties where grown,

against 61.6 per cent of the 1912 crop,

and 56.1 per cent of the 1911 crop so

shipped.



The amount of corn on farms March

1, 1914, was about 866,392,000 bushels,

or 35.4 per cent of the 1913 crop,

against 1,289,655,000 bushels, or 41.3

per cent of the 1912 crop on farms

March 1, 1913, and 884,069,000 bush-

els, or 34.9 per cent of the 1911 crop

on farms March 1, 1912. About 17.2

per cent of the crop will be shipped

out of the counties Where grown,

against 21.8 per cent of the 1912 crop,

and 20.5 per cent of the 1911 crop so

shipped. The, proportion of the 1913

crop which is nierchantable is about

80.1 per cent, against 85.0 per cent

of the 1912 crop, and 80.1 per cent of

the 1911 crop.



The amount of cats on farms March

1, 1914, was about 419,476,000 bushels,

or 37.4 per cent of the 1913 crop,

against 604,216,000 bushels, or 42.6

cent of the 1912 crop on farms March

1, 1913, and 289,988,000 bushels, or

31.4 per cent of the 1911 crop on

farms March 1, 1912. About 26.5 per

cent of the crop will be shipped out

of the counties where grown, against

30.9 per cent of the 1912 crop, and

28.53 per cent of the 1911 crop so ship—

pe .



The amount of barley on farms

March 1, 1914, was about 44,126,000

bushels, or 24.8 per cent of the 1913

crop, against 62,283,000 bushels, or

27.8 per cent of the 1912 crop on

farms March 1. 1913, and 24,760,000

bushels, or 15.5 per cent of the 1911

crop on farms March 1, 1912. About

48.4 per cent will be shipped out of

the counties where grown, against

53.7 per cent of the 1912 crop, and

57.2 per cent of the 1911 crop so

shipped.





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and samples on request. Michels, R. 7, Malone. Wis.

Send address





Strawberry FREE

PLANTS Everbearin

free. Dept. 39. MUTUAL NURS

s E E D c o R N—Mich. Yellow Dent. home.

grown. fire dried. tested.

Golden Fleece and Reg. Swedish Select Oats. Send

for sample and circular. F.A. Bywater, Memphis.Mlch.





soy BE‘us—Northern grown. Ito San earliest



. known standard variety. S35ger bushel.

Sell for inoculation and full directions. cents per

bushel extra. KENWAHL FARM. Swanton. Ohio.





The ”Berlin

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HE site of an orchard should be

given due consideration before

the orchard is set, as a mistake



on this point is one which can not be

rectified in future years. It should

be well‘ drained soil, moderately roll-

ing and relatively higher than the

surrounding land and may be hilly

and composed of any of the soils or

combination of soils found in Michi-

gan except “muck.”



If for commercial purposes, two or

threekinds are enough of the winter

varieties. You had better not med-

dle with summer and fall varieties

unless near a large market or ship-

ping point. Don’t experiment with

new and untried varieties, let the

other fellow do that. There is no ap-

ple so universally sought for in all

the markets of the world as the

Northern Spy and no apple that I

know of which has so small an area

where it can be raised to perfection.

That area is right here in Michigan.

The Kind of Nursery Stock to Get.



Nursery stock should be two years

old, smooth and thrifty, and not three

and four year cut-back dwarfed stuff.

Insist on the center shoot being in-

tact and not cut b ck as many nur-

serymen do it, whix almost always

makes two, three or four prongs for

the head.



Before setting trim these little

trees to a whip and dip in the stan-

dard lime and sulphur solution for the

dormant spray, being careful not to

get it onto the roots. Set carefully

after which mulch or hoe for the first

two years. Set 40 or 50 feet apart

each way, the latter being preferred

for variety I have named. For the

first five years no animal should be

allowed in this orchard except the

teams needed to work it properly.

Rotate the crops as on any other

field, being careful to keep the humus

content as high as possible.



Crop Rotation for Hogging Down.



After five or six years, and as of

ten as you can get a crop of clover,

hog it down which, with a few car-

loads of western corn to finish the

hogs, will give you the cheapest fer-

tilizer you can get. Follow clover

with corn and hog down, and corn

with Canada field peas and hog down.

Follow peas with wheat or oats and

seed down to clover. Continue this

rotation until orchard comes to hear-





ing. Don’t be afraid the hogs will

hurt the orchard. Always keep them

rung and remember the mission of





the hog is to eat and be eaten.

Now just a few points about prun-





~ ing. Remember, the trunk of the tree





is intended to carry the fruit up from

the ground. Let that center shoot

which I have spoken about, alone un—

til it gets to be 15 to 20 feet from the

ground. It is not likely that it will

get much higher if tree is given the

space I suggested.

Method of Pruning.

Encourage the lateral shoots to





 





 





 





 





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and coldframes when you can buy really rgood plants so cheaply.

are packed so that we guarantee their as e arrival.

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grow about six inches apart up this

center shoot, and upon all sides, the

heaviest upon the west side if pos-

sible.



If you have carried out the above

suggestions faithfully, at the end of

10 to 14 years you will have an or-

chard come to bearing which will be

a thing of beauty and a joy forever.

With no outlay except the first cost

of trees, expense of setting, a small

expense for spraying and pruning and

the inconvenience and care to pro-

tect these little trees from injury, this

field, handled as suggested, will have

produced as much revenue as any

other field on the farm.



Ionia Co. L. E. HALL.





Mr. Hall has made a. singular suc-





MARCH 28, 1914.





cess with hogs in the orchard, a thing

which has never been considered good

orchard practice. His methods with

other operations, such as pruning and

setting the trees, are also original

and, being successful, are worthy of

due consideration. His success shows

that there are exceptions to all rules

in morticulture, as well as with hogs.

We are promised a short article on

his care of the orchard after it comes

into bearing.~—Eds.





 





ONIONS.





 





° From the inquiries received we

judge that there are many who are

thinking of venturing into the onion

growing business. A few suggestions

along this line will, therefore, be in

place.



The business of growing onions is

almost a specialty as the onion is par-

ticular as to the care it gets and the

soil conditions it grows in. The mar-

ket is also a precarious one and ac—

cording to the season one may make

good profits or have an unsatisfactory

balance on the other side of the

ledger. *



The soils most suitable for onion

growing are those containing plenty

of quickly available fertility and mois-

ture. They should also be cool and

level, and there is nothing which has

all these conditions, as well as a

good muck. Fine mechanical texture

of the soil, produced by good tilth,

is very important in success in this

work. Thorough preparation of the

seed bed, with thorough cultivation

thereafter, will do much to cut down

the most expensive operation of on-

ion growing, hand weeding.



Preparation of Seed Bed.





It is doubtful if a good seed bed,

can be prepared by plowing in the

fall or spring. The weeds will not be

sufficiently subdued even by the best

kind of work, in such a short time. It

is almost necessary to grow some

hoed crop on the ground the year be-

fore to get it in good shape for the

onions. One successful grower gives

his onion soil two years’ preparation

by using hoed crops. By so doing he

practically eliminates hand work.



As the onion is a cool weather crop

the seed should be sown as early in

spring as possible. As soon as the

ground is in condition to cultivate in

spring it should be thoroughly work-

ed, and the seed should be sown in

April or very early in May, so that





the plant, will have attained its

growth before the hot weather in

August.





[immediately after the seed is sown

light cultivation should be started

and frequent cultivations should be

continued thereafter. Persistent cul-

tivation and the keeping of the ground

free from weeds, is the price of a

good crop of onions. Thorough prep-

aration of the soil before it is put to

onions will do more to accomplish

good results in an easy way than

anything else.



Economy in Using Good Seed.





The selection of seed is also a very‘





important consideration in successful.





and easy onion culture.





The com- :





!

mon onion seed can not be relied up-





on for good germination and there-

fore it has to be sown quite thickly.





After the plants come up it becomes ,





necessary to thin them out. Where

the very best seed is used, less of it

needs to be sown and because it is





sown thinner the plants do not have'





to be thinned out. ‘

Fertilization is an important factor

in onion growing and there is nothing





better for this purpose than barnyard .





 





 





 





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MARCH 28. 1914.

manure. If it is to be applied just

before the ground is to be put to on-

ions, it will have to be well rotted

manure. However, if the manure is

to be applied a year or two before,

and hoed crops put in, it will be well

worked up by the time the onions

are put in.

Most Popular Varieties.



The seed is usually sown in drills

about 16 inches apart and one ounce.

of seed will sow about 100 feet of

drill. Danvers, Prizetaker, and Globe

are favorite varieties for commercial

purposes.



Before going into the growing of

onions, one must consider the work

and expense necessary for harvesting

and drying the crop. To dry them

properly, regular drying houses ought

to be built. When the crop is to be

harvested they should be pulled and

left to dry in double rows for several.

days and then the tops and roots tak-

en off and put in the drying house or

stored in some other dry place. They

should not be harvested during wet

weather, as that will often cause

them to shrivel.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Spraying Questions.





Is it advisable to give an orchard

the dormant spray where there is no

San Jose scale?



Would you use lime—sulphur for the

four summer sprays or Bordeaux for

two and lime-sulphur for two? Lime-

sulphur did not seem to control the

scab very well last year on some va-

rieties.



Would the dormant spray on plums

help to control the shot hole fungus?

Genesee Co. J. L.

If you are absolutely sure that there

is no scale present it is not neces-

sary to use the lime—sulphur at winter

strength. Be sure, however, to make

a thorough spraying just before L-d

blossoms open for fungicidal purposes,

using lime-sulphur at about one to 30.



I would prefer to use lime-sulphur

entirely. Bordeaux mixture is liable

to cause injury even when used be-

fore the blossoms. Last year was an

exceptionally bad one for scab and

regardless of what was used many

had poor results, especially on varie-

ties susceptible to scab. Getting the

spray on thoroughly and at the proper

time were very important factors in

success last year.



The dormant spray has some ef-

fect on all fungi as it kills of some of

the winter spores. If the spray is to

be applied for that purpose alone it

will not do enough good to pay for

the expense involved. Thorough spray-

ing before and after the blossoms are

important for the trouble. Sometimes

the shot hole effect is caused by spray

inury and not by fungus.





FRUIT GROWERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Realizing the value of promptness

in fruit work we shall give immediate

personal attention to all questions re-

ceived and shall answer them by cor—

respondence. We endeavor to pub~

lish the answers to questions of gen-

eral interest in our Trouble Depart-

ment, but the lack of space permits

us to use only a few of them.





GOOD SEEDS.





The demands for high-grade pure

seeds of strong germination are con-

stantly increasing. Ask your dealer

for our strictly high-grade Clover, Al-

sike, Alfalfa, Timothy and all Farm

Seeds, and if he cannot supply them

ask us for prices. We make a spe-

cialty of Winter and Spring Vetch,

Field Peas, Cowpeas and Soy Beans.

Ask for Catalog. Please mention

Michigan Farmer. Alfred J. Brown

Seed 00., Grand Rapids, Mich—Adv.





 





He Missed It

“Am sorry I did not renew sooner.

Imissed the paper as soon~as it stop-

ped coming. I think it the ,best, clean-

est, most practical and up-to-date





farm paper printed. It is edited and

arranged just .right. Keep at i ”—W.

H. Joliife. Sunfield, Mich.





 





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





 





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and mellow the soil and leave the ground in

the finest condition without throwing dirt

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Raised in Gharlevoix & lliesaukee counties





We have at our Charlevoix warehouse

some selected Seed Beans which are

FREE FROM DISEASE which disease is playing

havoc with Michigan’s favorite crop.

These beans are mostly all of the





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variety, selected from largest yielding

crops, raised in these farmost northern

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weeks earlier.





Can you take chances on planting home

grown seed that is liable to be affected

with some form of the anthracnose disease

when there is such a small difference

in cost per acre?



Write us today for sample and prices.





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The Department of

Soils of M, A. C re

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Durable,(-fiicient,economical.

The‘ U. S. Department of

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no other beans raised in neighborhood, Hand

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Asmlsus ROOTS—fitmfifi. "inns;

Bonvalent, Ar entuil. Conm'er's Colossal. Palmetto.

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quality. Eggs for hatching, catalog free. Bridgman

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WEEDLESS SWEET CLOVER





The White biennial. Also Alfalfa, Red. Timothy. etc'

Sangle and booklet telling "How to Know Good SEED'.

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—-Reg. Swedish Select. Also Early Leami .

O‘T: Reid's and White 05p seed corn and Gardlla‘h

Seeds. Catalog free. Theo. Burt 4t Sons, Melroso.Mich.





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OA‘ I‘S-Rememted SWEEDISH select

75 cents. Bample free. Bags free

with 10 bushels. 0. M. YORK. Millington. Mich.





cod Oats-Be . Swedish Select rccleaned 750 per bu.

sacks free. ave also 6 White Leghorn Roosters at

31.25 each or 87 for the 6. John a. Sehw-b, n.4, Vassar, llleh.
Gertrude Snyder, thirteen ‘

years old, daughter of Robert

Snyder of Natrona. Pa. was

born with Club Feet and was

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May. 1911. The position of

her feet at that time is shown

in left picture, while the po-

sition and condition of her

feet at the present time. after

treatment at this Sanitarium,

. 3 shown in picture on right.

Write Mr. Snyder; hewill be glad

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2: The correction was made with-

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That's what my father said to me. when l

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E,22'Belle City q, p . ,

.Iim Rnhnn, Pres. s .5 5 ,4,» ', fi

with any other Fri ’8 I” m .

incubator made. E. “gurus.





Double cases all over,

best copper tank; nur-

sery, self-regulating.

Best l40-chick hot-water brooder, Ji

$4.85. Both. $1 1.50. Writs lor trso

tools today or send price now and save time.





Belle City Incubator 80.. Box 14. Racine. Wis.





. Pure-Brod

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Goose, Turkeys,





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, Incubator Catalog and Price List.



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and Almanac for 1914 has 2‘24 page: with many

colored plates of fowls trusto life. It tells all

about chickens, their prices, their care, discus-

, es and remedies. All about Incubators, their

' -,. prices and their operation. All about poultry

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should send for our big _

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many new,ezclumme improvements in this year's

PRAIRIE STATE

Incubators and Broader:

" Also contains about 60 pages of valuable poul-

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. 130





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Ordered To other.

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Feeding and Care





 





HE proper care and feeding of



the baby chicks is one of the



most important problems con-

fronting every man or woman who

would make a success of the poultry

business. When hatched, chicks are

very delicate, and are, therefore, eas-

ily affected by improper management

and care.

few days, will eat everything and any-

thing coming within their reach. The

caretaker must choose the food, teach

the little fellows to eat that which is

suitable. After the fifth or sixth day

they get to know the proper feed.



Do not feed the chicks anything

for the first 24 hours. I have found

that the first 36 hours is nearer the

mark. It is quite natural that they

should be hungry for the first few

hours, but this is provided for by

Mother Nature, as just previous to

peeping through the shell they absorb

the yolk of the egg, which furnishes

them sufficient food for 36 hours.

This food must be properly digested

before more is consumed, else death

may follow, or a sick chicken result.

Let the chick sleep and rest for the

It has been a strain

on its system to pass through incuba-

tion. Vi'hen they are hungry, they

will pick at one another.



The First Feed.



The first feed should be one-third

hard-boiled eggs, one-third stale bread,

not musty, and one-third rolled oats





The chicks, for the first.





 





of Poultry Chicks. I





There is enough feed in this bedding

to properly feed the little fellows for

about two weeks at least, although I

watch the bedding closely to note

when supply is low. As I clean out

the bedding at end of the fifteenth

day, I place another peck in the clean

litter. This way of feeding .is ideal

to my mind. The keeper is not oblig-

ed to feed the chicks every two hours

and they are never over-fed or un—

der-fed.

The Economy of Deep Litter System.

The system will save the owner

considerable in feed bills for the year.

Then, too, better stock will result,

which has been the principal reason

formy use of this system. After try-

ing other systems requiring feeding

every two hours, I shall always use

the deep-litter system hereafter.

Green foods'should never be fed un-





til the sixth or seventh day. Short

cut clover, lettuce or rape is best.

Cabbage is most too loosening. The





chicks will consume about 25 pounds

of the fine cut alfalfa used for litter,

and it will do them great good. They

will pick at it from the very first. I

never keep more than 75 chicks in

samcilot at first, and. after the first





week would recommend. even with

large hovers. about 35 as the best

number. The greater investment in





houses will be largely repaid by the

diminished loss in stock at early age.

Only after October first, when fowls





 





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(01' oatmeal).

tencd with sweet skim-milk, but not

enough to make it sloppy. Add a lit.-

tle grit or fine sand to this mixture

and the give chicks all they will eat

every two or three hours. The eggs

should be boiled for 20 minutes, or

until the yolks will become mealy.

Allow 15 to 20 minutes for the chicks

to eat each time, and allow them to

eat all that they will consume during

this period. Be sure that they eat

from dishes which will be impossible

for them to wallow in, thus prevent-

ing the consumption of a large per-

centage of dirt and filth. Clean the

dishes after each feeding time. Use

only the sanitary drinking dishes,

which may be procured at any supply

house. The kind that hangs on side

of brooder house are best. Have

plenty of fresh water at hand, and

empty the cans often. Do not allow

the chicks to get wet, as it is likely

to cause roup and a high percentage

of deaths. Feed sweet skim-milk, if

procurable, instead of water for the

first few days, as it will aid in build-

ing up a strong flock at an early age.





It is my habit to bed the brooder-'





house floors, for baby chicks, with

eight inches of alfalfa, finely ground,

which may be purchased at any sup-

ply house. In this I scatter a peek of

chick grain, which is finely ground.





This should be mois-ai‘e placed in houses for winter, is a.





large flock to be desired.



The Cornell system of rations has

been a great success with me. It con-

sists of 8 lbs. rolled oats, 8 lbs. bread

crumbs or cracker waste, 2 lbs. sifted

beef scrap (best grade), and 1 lb. of

bone meal (best grade). This to be

fed, moistened with sweet skim-milk,

five times per day. Fed mealy, not

too wot. Trays containing finely

ground clover, (not cut clover), and

regulation chick grit as well as char-

coal, should be used. The above ra-

tion should be fed for the first five

days.



From five days to two weeks a ra-

tion of 3 lbs. wheat (cracked), 2 lbs.

cracked corn (very fine), and 1 lb. of

pinhead oatmeal should be fed in the

litter twice per day. \Vith this feed

give them a mash consisting of 3 lbs.

wheat bran, 3 lbs. corn meal, 3 lbs.

wheat middlings, 3 lbs. beef scrap

(best grade), and 1 lb. bone meal.

This mash ration in dry form should

be before the chicks in hoppers all

the time from the fifth day until the

fourth week, when We give a ration

of 3 lbs. wheat (whole), 2 lbs. crack-

ed corn, and 1 1b. hulled oats, till the

sixth week, after which the chicks

are on open range. Have dry mash

always available, and feed moist mash

of this twice per day. From six weeks





MARCH 28, 1§i4.





to maturity we feed 3 lbs. wheat and

3 lbs. of cracked corn. One meal

should be of the moistened mash if

early development is desired.



Feed Clean, Feeds.



Provide fine grit, charcoal, shell

and bone from the start. Give grass

range or plenty of green food. Have

fresh, clean water always available.

Feed only sweet, wholesome foods,

“good enough for humans.” Never

allow damp or soiled litter, as this

breeds germs and disease. Disinfect

brooder. coops with one-third of wat-

er, kerosene oil, and crude carbolic

using power pump spray. Allow this

to dry, then replace litter with clean

and fresh fine-cut alfalfa after second

week. Never feed beef scrap which

contains very much pork, as this is

bad for the stock. Cheap beef scraps

contain this. Buy the best, which is

sold by houses that make a business

of supplying poultrymep. Allow stock

to become hungy once each day.

This will make them alive and active.

Feed moist, mushy mash very spar-

ingly. Always keep dry mash in the

feed hoppers.



New York.



WINDOWS IN THE POULTRY



HOUSE.





EARL W. GAGE.





 





The arrangement of Windows in the

poultry house will have much to do

with its value. Too much glass will

make the house very warm in the

daytime, and at night will give ofi the

heat. For many years this question

has puzzled poultry keepers. Experi-

ence. has revealed that the proper

amount of heat is maintained by al-

lowing one square foot of window to

each 16 feel: of floor space. A house

about 8x10 would require glass win-

dow of about four square feet.



A hinge should be supplied at the

top of the windows, so that in sum-

mer time it can be pulled upward to-

Wal'd the ceiling or arranged so that

it. may be slid back. On the outside

should be tacked some one—inch mesh

wire. By using the small mesh wire

you will keep the sparrows out of the

house. They would eat considerable

feed it allowed to come in.



Some men use the sliding window,

and attach hinges to the top of the

frame, which would allow placing a

curtain over the opening for mild win-

ter days, with the window slid back.

The curtain-fraiiie could be hooked to

the ceiling while the window was

closed. On hot days of summer, the

curtain may be closed down, which

will keep the house cool.



Unbleached muslin makes the best

curtain, and must not be neglected as

dirt gathers on it quickly, and should

therefore be cleaned regularly with

a broom. Fresh air cannot get

through a dirty curtain.



Do not put the windows too near

the floor of the house. Put the open-

ing up high, so that the sun will have

an opportunity of getting well to the

rear of the house. This will be ap-

preciated in Winter, when the sun’s

rays are lowest and when the fowls

need the sun’s heat most. Watch the

comparative size of opening and the

floor area of the house, for here you

will get the actual results in eggs

yielded for the season.



New York. EARL W. GAGE.



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BROODING HINTS.





 





 





Ventilation is of great importance

in brooding. The warm air should

come in over the backs of the chicks

and the foul air escape at the bottom.

Frequent cleaning and disinfecting is

necessary to destroy disease germs.

Never allow a dead chick to remain

in the brooder any length of time. If

disease gets into the flock, remove

the birds to another brooder until the

first has been thoroughly cleansed.



A few early chicks may be success-

fully brooded by using a large jug

filled with hot water. Fill this jug

the last thing at night, place it in a

box and cover with a. woolen cloth.
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MARCH 28, 1914.

1 ..

WHY CHICKS DIE lN SHELL.





Old-time breeders, as well as the

novice, ,still have the troublesome

problem of chicks dying in the shell,

to solve. It goes without saying that

the loss in dollars and cents amounts

up to an enormus sum each season,

to say nothing of the time, labor and

trouble expended in getting off the

hatches. It is up to us to stave off

some of these losses and increase our

profits accordingly. Certain it is that

we can mitigate these troubles to a

great extent by giving proper atten-

tion to the selection and production

of the hatching eggs.



The cause of dead chicks in the

shell cannot really be attributed to

any one thing. Opinions differ in re-

gard to this. Some attribute it di-

rectly to Weak germs in the eggs,

caused by using inferior breeding

stock. Of course, this has some in-

fluence we must admit, but it cannot

really be considered as wholly, the

cause. In my opinion there are sev-

eral factors that can be considered as

having some influence on this lack of

care exercised in handling the hatch-

ing eggs contributes to the poor re-

sults. The egg must receive proper

care while being held for incubation.

The vitality of the germ can be af-

fected by weather conditions and pre-

cautions must be taken to prevent

chilling.



Prevent Chilling of Eggs.



In cold weather we must gather the

eggs often to prevent chilling. Half

a dozen times a day is not too often

to bring in the eggs from the coop.

If one finds it inconveinent to bring

the eggs to the house every time

they are removed from the nest, put

up a box in the corner of the coop,

put in several inches of straw or oth-

er warm material, and put the eggs

into this until evening. Cover the

eggs with a heavy cloth and chilling

will not result.



It is advisable to keep the eggs in-

tended for incubation in a room

where the temperature is very nearly

even. A room in which the tempera-

ture remains around 50 degrees is ex-

cellent. Ventilation, also, has some

bearing on the hatchability of the

eggs. Storing the eggs in a cellar

that is damp, musty, illy-ventilated,

surely is not conducive to best re-

‘sults. The air is sure to be impure

and will tend to affect the “livability”

of the germs in the eggs. A safe rule

is to not keep the eggs in a room in

which one would not care to live. Ex-

tremes of temperature affect the eggs

as well as it does a person and we

should guard against this. While it is

not advisable to have the temperature

too low it is equally undesirable to

have the room too warm. High tem-

perature tends to draw all moisture

from the eggs and causes a drying

out of the shell. This drying out of

the shell has a tendency to toughen

the membrane and thus lessen the

Chick’s chances- of picking their way

out. Covering the eggs with a cloth

serves to prevent evaporation to a

certain extent. Another precaution

one should take in regard to the

hatching eggs is not to place them in

a direct draft or where the sun shines

on them. ‘



Ventilation and Temperature of Incu-

bator Important.



Ventilation and temperature of the

incubator also play an important part

in preventing the dying of chicks in

the shell. During the first week of

incubation very lttle ventilation is re-

quired,. therefore, during the first

week one should not let the eggs re-

main out of the machine very long at

one time. As the hatch progresses,

however, more ventilation should be

provided. The egg should also re-

main _out of the machine for longer

periods. This cooling and airing of

the eggs should "be continued until the

18th or 19th day. The. cooling of the

eggs tends 'to strengthen the germ life

in the eggs and prevent the' chicks





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





dying in the shell to a certain extent.

The proper amount of moisture

must also be supplied, for unless this

is done, drying out of the shells will

result. A practice that I follow with

good results is to wring a cloth out

of warm water and spread over the

tray of eggs, doing this on the 18th

day. . The cloth is allowed to remain

in place for about ten minutes. This

has a tendency to soften the shell and

the chicks will not have so difficult

a time in picking their way out.

Indiana. Orro E. HACHMAN.





SPRING FEEDING.





It is now time to be looking after

the bees’ food supply, as they will be-

gin to breedup and will use their

stores very fast. The first good warm

day the hiVe should be opened and

examined. If there are not 15 or 20

pounds of stores at least, they should

be fed at once.



Use nothing but the best sugar to

feed. Make this into a syrup about

equal parts sugar and Water, and give

enough to make about 25 pounds of

stores altogether. The best beemen

now advocate feeding the entire

amount necessary at one feeding.

There are many kinds of feeders on

the market but I would advise using

one that feeds from the inside as

then there is less liability of robbing.



If the swarm seems to be weak,

close the entrance down to about a

half inch. Hives setting close to the

ground need watching to see that ice

does not form in the entrance. This

is more liable to happen when the

snow is deep.



After examining the hives, careful-

ly replace the packing and make this

as tight as possible. Then in about

ten days look into them again to see

that the syrup has been taken all

right. If so, remove the feeder and

leave the bees alone for some time

Do not disturb them until warm, set-

tled weather.





‘ Gladwin Co. H. L. SOPER.





GRIT.





If one would keep his fowls in a

good state of health, plenty of grit

must be supplied. Fowls having a

large range, will find sufficient grit

to supply their needs, but where the

range is limited, or the fowls kept in

small yards, the natural grit,





Broken crockery ware, or hard brick,

reduced to the proper size, make ex-

cellent grit. Many feed oyster shell,

thinking this is all that is required in

the way of krit. While oyster shell

does help grind the fowl’s food, its

primary purpose is to supply the lime

that goes into the egg shell. A good

hard grit should be supplied in addi-

tion to the oyster shell.

Indiana. T. Z. RIC‘IIEY.





HATCHING CHICKENS.





Besides the great chicken raising

establishments devoted exclusively to

the business, practically every farm

home is a factory for producing fried

chicken and eggs. For a “side issue,”

the old hen is a very important one.



However, it was the incubator that

put the chicken end of the farm on a

business basis and made it possible

to increase production rapidly.



There are so many good machines

on the market and they are sold so

reasonably that anyone may own an

incubator and go into the chicken

business. Many of them are now be-

ing advertised in Michigan Farmer.





 





Fowls are obliged to throw off

much of the waste of the body through

the lungs. They do not sweat in the

sense that do other animals, but in-

stead breathe several times faster

than sweating animals when heated.

To keep in good health a hen re-

quires nearly seven times the amount

of fresh air to its size as does a

horse.





small .

stones and gravel, is soon exhausted.‘





 

 

 





Doctor





could save by saving most of these chicks.





hardy and robust.





listen to this





back. Costs a penny a day to feed 30 fowl.





dealer—Pan-a-ce-a is never sold by peddlers.





 





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Save All your Chicks—





Put Stamina into Them.“ v - . ,ss





Gilbert Hess,





Doctor of Medicine,





Science





The annual loss of oung chicks in the United States is staggering.

More than one-ha! the yearly hatch die before reaching pullet

age—die through leg weakness, gapes and Indigestion. Talk about

conservation—think of the millions of dollars that poultry raisers





Yes, most of them can be saved-saved by starting them on





Dr. Hess Poultry





PAN-A-CE-A





Right from the very first feed. During my 25 years’ experience as

a doctor of medicine. avcterinary scientist and a successful poultry

raiser. I discovered that. by using a certain nerve tonic and appe-

tizer, leg weaknesscould beabsolutclyovercome, thatthe use of another

certain chemical that is readily taken up by the blood would cure

genes, by causing the worms in the windpipe (the cause of grapes)

to let go their hold and helping the chick throw them off.

bining these same ingredients with bitter tonics and laxatives, I

found that I could control and invigorate the chick' s digestion.



My Poultry Pan-a-ce-a helps put stamina into the chick, strength<

ens and cleanses its system and sends it along the road to maturity,

Most of the biggest poultry farms in the United

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during hatching season, feed my Pan- -a-ce-a regularly



Dr. Hess Poultry Pan- ~a-ce-a is the result of my successful poultry





experience and scientific research in poultry culture—there Is no -

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113 lbs. 250; 5 lbs. 300; cans. 1 “1.250; 8 lbs. 600.

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29—381





 

 

 

 





Veterinary





 





Dr. Hess

Stock Tonic





Your stock need this

tonic now to harden

and condition them aft-

er the confined heavy

feeding of winter.

There' 5 nothing better

to put horses 1n trim for

hard spring and sum-

mer work. Milch cows

need It badly just now

to prepare them for the

heavy milking season

ahead. Dr. Hess Stock

Tonic makes all stock

healthy—keeps them

toned up and expels

worms. Sold under

money-back guarantee.

25-lb. pail $1.60; 100-lb.

sack $5; smaller pack-

ages as low as 50c. Ex-

cept in Canada, the far

West and the South.

Send 2c. for my new

free Stock Tonic book.





Dr. Hess





Instant





By com-





Kllis lice on poultry and all

farm stock. Dust the hens

and chicks with it. sprinkle

it on the roosts in the cracks

or if kept in the dust bath

the hens will distribute it.



Also destroys bugs on cu-

cumber. squash and melon

vines, cabbage worms, etc...

sings on rose bushes. etc.



Comes in handy sifting top





Except in Canada and the





Buy of your far West. I guarantee it.





 





 





 





DR. HESS & CLARK, Ashland, Ohio

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HICKS-We ship thousands each season. Booking

orders now for spring delivuery Prices always right.

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BUFF PLYMOUTH BOBKVEW’ ”Sinigttiiig‘fm'wli'i‘éé

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LlLLlE FARHSTEAO POULTRY

B. P. Rooks, R. 1. Beds. and B 0. 50W oLeflmx-n esc-





for sale. 15 for 31:26 for $150:

00 OLON 0 LILLIE. Coopersville. Mich.





 





 





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PlllZE "mums BARRED ROCKS. S 0.11eda.PekIn





and Indian Runner Ducks. Stork

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EM WOOD FARM, R. R. 1R Grand Rapids, Mich.





Pine Gresl VIlIiio Orplnglons pimgistdcg‘c 3:33.83

eggs Write for catalogue. MRS ILLIS HOL (.111.

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ILVER, GOLDEN and WHITE WYANDOTTEB.

White Stock Especially good, send for circular.



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DOG S AND FE RRETS.





Fox and Wolf Hounds





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poultry. Bend stamp for catalog.





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88111120 stamp. CKY, Holmesville. Ohio.

Docs-home mother 315.11). her ups 84.00.

Natural healers. Stain for in emotion.

NTER. Kent City. lchigsn.

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“Saw your ad. in the Mlohi an

loo-"l“ 8" Former" when writing navel-tinge"
Dr. David

Roberts

Answers





Some

Vital





Shaking Their 0m

Calves ? "0'“.





 





 

 





What causes it ‘2 A germ in the mother’s

blood causes abortion.

Does it spread irom one cow to another?

Yes, usually through the herd bull.

Is that the only way? No, infected

stables cause it.

pan it be stopped? Yes,by hypodermic

injection, washin the genital organs

and disinfecting t e stables.

Will any ONE medicine prevent abortion?

No, because the germ must be met at

every turn and no one medicine can

do lt.’ Dr. David Roberts’ Anti-Abor-

tion medicine overcomes the germs

in the mother’s blood ; Antisepto

overcomes the germs in the genital

organs ; Disiniectall overcomes the

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Advice through this department is

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symptoms of the case in full; also

name and address of writer. Initials

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Sore Shoulder.——Twelve weeks ago

I had a bunch cut out of shoulder of

horse; wound seemingly healed, but

after doing two days’ light work a

scab came off where sore had not

healed, leaving it raw again. C. D.,

Webberville, O.——Mix together equal

parts- powdered alum, oxide of zinc

and boracic acid and apply to wound

twice a day. Are you sure that col-

lar fits?



Warbles.—l have some cattle that

we are fattening which have grubs in

back and I would like to know how‘

to remove them. A. 8., Columbus,

Mich—Open skin with a sharp pen

knife, squeeze out grubs, kill them

and apply boracic acid to sores once

a day.

Bleeding Piles—I wish you would

tell me what to do for a sow that is

troubled with bleeding piles. J. H.

B., Dansville, Mich—Dissolve 1 oz. of

acetate of lead, 1 oz. sulphate of zinc

and 1 oz. of tannic acid in a quart of

clean boiled water and apply to piles

three times a day. If this tumor

growth is large, it should be either

cut out, burned, or tied off.



Chronic Cough—Four years ago my

seven—year-old horse had distemper;

since then he has been troubled with

cough and discharge from nostrils.

J. S. B.,. Addison, Mich—A chronic

cough and nasal gleat are not easily

cured and unless you are willing to

spend some money and keep up the

treatment for some time, you might

as well leave him alone. Give 1/2 oz.

of glyco-heroin (Smith) and a tea-

spoonful of powdered sulphate of iron

at a dose in feed three times a day.

Wash out nostrils with one part per-





 





oxide of hydrogen and six parts wat-

er twice a day. Your horse should be

well fed, stabled in a clean, well ven-

tilated barn and not exposed to the

storms.



Sore Shoulder.—Twelve weeks ago.

I had a bunch out out of shoulder of

horse, wound seemingly healed, but

after doing two days of light work a

scab came off where sore had not

healed, leaving it raw again. C. D.,

\Vebberville, O.—M’ix together equal

parts of powdered alum, oxide of zinc

and boracic acid and apply to wound

twice a day. Are you sure that col-

lar fits? \



W. F. G., Lake City, Mich—Your

horse died the result of indigestion

and inflammation of the bowels; he

could not have been saved.



Malignant Wound—The heel of my

horse was cut on a corn binder last

fall, cutting away a thin piece of skin

from foot, which fails to heal. The

wound fills with proud flesh and I

have used carbolic acid solution with-





 





out helping it. F. D., Hemlock, Mich.

——The detached piece and fungus

should be cut off, then apply equal

parts powdered alum, oxide of zinc

and tannic acid twice a day.



Indigestion—Looseness of Bowels.

—-My 18-year-old mare eats plenty of

corn and mixed hay, but she is much

out of condition and her bowels are

altogether too loose. S. M., Grand

Haven, Mich—Her teeth may need

leveling in order that she can better

grind her food and her grain should

be ground and fodder cut. Also give

her two tablespoonfuls of ground gin-

ger, a teaspoonful of powdered sul-

phate iron and a. dessertspoonful of

hypo-sulphite of soda at a dose in

feed three times a day. She should

be watered before feeding grain, or

not until two hours later.



Surfeit Buds on Skin—My driving

mare has a. skin eruption and most of

the pimples are on neck and back.

She itches and rubs herself. She is

due to foal some time next May. J.

F. McN., Croswell, Mich—Give your

mare a tablespoonful of Fowler’s so-

lution and a tablespoonful of bicar-

bonate of soda at a dose in feed three

times a day. Dissolve 1b. hypo-sul-

phite of soda in a gallon of water and





V ' wet itchy parts of body twice a day.





‘ Dainty Feeder.———My three-year-old

filly does not eat enough hay and

hangs her head low. She is fed two

quarts of ground feed with a handful

of cottonseed meal and drinks very

little water. H. F., Millbrook, Mich.

———Her teeth may have something to do

with her not eating more roughage,





 





but you should 1give her more ground

feed and it should be well salted in

order to increase thirst. Also give

her 17$ oz. fluid extract gentian and a.

teaspoonful fluid extract nux vomica,

at a dose three times a day.



Garget.——I would like to know why

cows give gargety milk. We have a

Jersey that occasionally gives this

kind. 0. B., Traverse City, Mich.—

Poor milkers, failure to milk udder

empty, bruising udder, lack of bed-

ding, exposures to cold wind, lying on

cold cement floors, over-feeding, feed-

ing a poor quality of food, drinking

impure water and infection carried

from one cow to the other by the

milker are a few of the causes of gar-

get. If you can figure out the cause

of your cow giving gargety milk and

remove the cause she will get well.



Barren Cow—We have an eight-

year-old cow that had been a regular

breeder until last year. She had her

last calf in April, 1913, since then has

failed to get with calf; the other is a

heifer that had her first calf last Sep-

tember, but did ’not come in heat un-

til February and she has come in

heat three different times in four

weeks. What can be done to insure

their breeding? A. M., Moore Park,

Mich—I do not believe either one of

your cows will perhaps get with calf.

You might try the yeast treatment or

soda treatment which I have repeat-

edly prescribed in this column, and

which you no doubt have made a

clipping.



Pig-eating Sow.~—I have a good

brood sow which last October had 12

pigs and devoured all except four 3.".

time of their birth. Is she liable to

do so again this spring? If so can I

do anything beforehand to prevent





it? R. M. F., Cairo, Mien—Feeding





her some fresh meat and a variety 03'

kinds of feed before she farrows may

She should be exercised some every

prevent her eating any of her pigs.

day and her bowels kept open.



Sheep Pull and Eat WOOL—Can you

tell me the cause and remedy for.

sheep pulling and eating wool? My

30 sheep are fed four bushels of en-

silage, two pounds of cottonseed meal

and a. light feed of mixed hay each

day. They also run to the straw stack

and their shed is open at one end.

A. F. M., Battle Creek, Mich—Failure

to salt sheep often enough and feed-

ing an unbalanced ration is perhaps

the most common cause of sheep

pulling and eating the wool. You

should increase their grain ration,

feed some ground oats, more cotton-

seed or linseed meal; also feed some

roots and clover. If they were sup-

plied with the kind of food nature dc~

mands they would not harm each

others coats. Mix some ground gen-

tiaia, ginger and cooking soda. in each

fee .



Chronic Cough.~Last fall I bought

a horse that is 11 or 12 years old,

which has coughed more or less ever

since. He is fed a good quality of

feed and several different kinds. T.

F. R., Hamburg, Mich—Many times

chronic cough is incurable. Mix to-

gether 1 oz. of guaiacol in 15 025. of

simple syrup or linseed oil and give

1 oz. with 11/2 grs. of heroin at a dose

three times a day. You had better

moisten his dry feed and it might do

him some good to apply camphorated

oil to throat once a day.



Chronic Foot Soreness.—We have

a horse that is not right, it is next

to impossible to back him and when

standing in stable he shifts position

of fore feet often and places his hind

feet very near his fore feet. G. H. B.,

Grant, Mich—A change of shoes in

front might make him more comfort-

able and I would suggest either rub-

ber pads or a wide-webbed rolling

motion shoe. Apply lanolin to fore

hoot's once a day.



Dropsy of Leg.—-About a year ago

my eight-year-old mare injured leg,

causing it to stock badly, but she got

a whole lot better, done a good sum-

mer’s work, but now her leg is con-

siderably swollen and when I press

on leg with my finger the dent I

make is slow in filling. C. M. C.,

Centerville, Mich—Give her a. _tea‘

spoonful of powdered sulphate Iron,

a teaspoonful of powdered mtrate of

potash at a dose in soft feed three

times a day. Gently hand-rub leg, ex-

ercise her daily, but don’t over—feed

her on grain. .



Chronic Heaves.—I have a nine-

year-old herse that had distemper SIX

months ago; since then he has been

troubled with heaves and I have giv-

en him all kinds of heave cures, but

none of them seem to help. Can

heaves be cured or not? F. H., St.

Clair Co., Mich—Incipient heaves can

frequently be cured, but chronic

heaves are usually incurable, and

judging from your experience with

your horse, I would say he was in

curable.



Thin Old Mare—My 14-year-old

mare began to lose flesh last fall and

she has remained thin ever since. Her

coat is long and shaggy and when

driven appears to have a nasal dis-

charge. Had her teeth floated last

fall, but it made no difference. F. K.,





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MARCHZS, 1914.

n’s solution and a teaspoonful

Effiiggture nux vomica at a dose

three times a day; groom her well

twice a day and increase her food

suggi'lodic Ophthalmia.——I have a sev-

en-year-old mare that has been treats

ed by our local Vet. several times for.

sore eyes. First one eye becomes

sore and in a few days it clears, but

it is not many weeks before the _op-

posite eye is affected 111.3 Similar

way. . W., Corunna, Mich—Your

mare suffers from periodic ophthal-

mia; she will sooner or later suffer

from cataract and lose VlSlOIl. Your

Vet. has doubtless treated her right.

Each inflammatory attack can be re-

lieved by taking away her grain, fo-

menting eye with warm .water and

applying a saturated solution of bor-

acic acid two or three times a day.



Muscular Craiiip.——I have a colt

nine months old that seems to have

trouble in getting up .and when up

shifts position with hind legs quite

often, but for a few minutes only.

The fetlock joint of one leg is slight-

lv enlarged and this colt is unusually

large and growthy for his age. L. P

L., LeRoy, Mich—Apply one part turv

pentine, one part aqua ammonia, .and

three parts sweet oil to back, stifles

and ‘fetlock joint once a day. Give

him 1,§ dr. of ground nux'vomica,

a teaspoonful of powdered nitrate of

potash and a tablespoonful of ground

gentian at a feed two or three times

a day.



Heifer Has Bad Cold—I have a,

heifer with a very bad cold and woulii

like to know what to give her. _ .

G., Calumet, Mich—Give your heifer

a dessertspoonful ‘of red Cinchona, a

tablespoonful of ground gentian and

a tablespoonfui of ginger at a dose in

feed three times a day. _



Sprained Leg—More than three

weeks ago my heifer went lame in

hind leg, and as near as I can_tell is

caused by spzain. I have applied hot

water and some liniment, but she is

no better. J. V. L., Nunica, Mich.—

Apply gasoline and camphor, 1 oz..of

camphor gum in a pint of gasoline

and apply it twice a day.



Preventing Milk Fever;——I bought a

cow a' short time ago and have found

out since that she is likely to _have

milk fever when she freshens; if so,

I would like to know how to prevent

it. A. F. G., Byron, Mich—Exercise

her, feed less grain before calvmg

and for three or four days after she

comes fresh, do not milk all of the

milk out of udder, and if she should

have an attack, apply the oxygen or

air treatment early and she Will re-

cover.



Wart on Eyelid—I have a choice

calf which has a wart on upper eye-

lid, and I would like to know how to

remove it. F. M., St. Charles, Mich.

—Warts are only skin deep and when

located near the eye they should al-

ways be cut out, then apply boraCic

acid to wound twice daily.



Warbles.—l have a bunch of steers

feeding that have grubs in back and

I would like to know if these grubs

will materially affect the health of

these cattle. I shall market them in

about six weeks or two months and

would like to know if these grubs

will depreciate their value. E. T.,

Camden, Mich—The presence of

grubs (warbles): create some irrita-

tion and occasionally interfere with

the animal’s rest, but do not affect

their health. The hide is worth a .lit-

tle less money. Make an opening

with a sharp pen knife, squeeze out

grub, kill him, then apply one part

carbolic acid and 30 parts water, or

one part bichloride mercury and 500

parts water daily until wounds close.



Garget.—~I have a cow which gives

ropy milk from one quarter of udder

and this quarter seems to be hard.

H. H. L., Hamilton, Mich—Apply one

part iodine and 20 parts fresh lard to

caked quarter once a day and give

her a dessertspoonful of powdered

nitrate of potash at a dose in feed

twice a day.



Cow Does Not Come in Heat—I

have a five-year-old cow that had a

calf ten weeks ago, but failed to come

in heat since she came fresh. C. H.

M., Grand Junction, Mich—Give your

COW'11/2 drs. ground nux vomica, 1 dr.

fluid extract damiana and a dessert-

spoonful of ground capisicum at a

dose in feed two or three times aday.





Heifer Gives Poor quaality of Milk.

——1 have a two-yearbld heifer that

came fresh December, 1913, which

gives thin milk; her bowels are in-

clined to be too lose and I feed her

well, and she has a variety of foods.

J. S., Allegan, Mich—Give her 17$ oz.

of ground gentian, 1 oz. ground gin-

ger and a dessertspoonful of hyposul-

phite of soda at a dose in feed two

or ‘three times a day. The quality of

her milk cannot be improved much

by feeding.



Congested Teat—I have a cow that

has a congested teat. and in order to

draw milk I have to use milking tube.

M. W. H., Alger, Mich—Apply one

part fluid extract belladonna and four

parits camphorated 011 to teat twice

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Bigelow’s Holstein Faims





Breedeville, Michigan.

Breeder of Iiiah Class





Regislerod Holsleins.





 





 





 





 





weight. 1.7001 Sure foal getter and a No. 1 stock

horse. This stallion was syndicated for 32000. 3 ears

8. 0. Will be sold without reserve to close the a airs

of The Northville Stallion Stock 00. Sale to be held

at Exchange Hots Barn. Northvllle. Mich. Wed-

nesday. A I'll 8th. 1914-. at 2 o'clock rain or shine.

near VILLio STALLION srook 00.. Prop.





100.-4lh consignment Sale-.1fl[]





OF REGISTERED





HOLSTEIN CATTLE





Wednesday, April 22, al 12 M.

Sale will be held in the city of Howell. Living-

ston Co.. Mich.. rain or shine.





This is our 4th annual sale. and we aim each year

put upa better class of cattle. They are a fine





 





 





Hill SALE JERSEY BULL-léufiWLJ’ldé 212‘?

old. Lar e for a e and of extra type. Address.

NEWMA STOC FARM. Mariette. Michigan,





JE

BUTTER BRED fi'ifi‘éffd‘l‘s





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allezan County. Michigan.





JERSEYS-Bulls calves bred for pioduct-

ion. Also cows and heifers.

Brookwater Farm. R. F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





 





JERSEYS—Two yearling bulls, well bred and well

grown. We invite personal inspection.

SMITH & PARKER. Howell. Michigan.





 





APLE Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd—Tu-

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

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

Females less than .100. Average of R. of M herd. 526 lbs.

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





 





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lot of cattle. including many with A. it. 0. . ..

They are from the host families of the breed. such as

Hen ervelds. DeKols. Pontiacs. King of the Ponti-

acs. in Se is. Pontiac ‘Korndyke. Grace Fans 2d.

35.55; Sa ie ale Concordia. 30.64: Susie DeKol Paul.

30.05: Pontiac Clothildo DeKol 2d. 37.21: Queen Can-

trilla 3d. 30.71; Hillside Do Do. 31.94. Also bear in mind

our consignments are all females.most all from or bred

‘0 such stock as mentioned above. Catalog April 8.





If B. CURDY. Secretary.





MAR

COL. PERRY a COL. ELLEY. Auctioneers.





BILLBEIS’ iiiiiiicroiif.

CATTLE.





ANGUS CATTLE FOR SALE





We have on hand several choice purebred Angus

bull calves which can be sold for immediate delivery.

These calves are sired by Louis of Viewpont. a Grand

Son of Lucy‘s Prince. the International Grand

Champion bull for three years in succession. We

also have for sale a few choice heifers from this herd

bull. Will make a price on Louis of Viewpoint as

some of his heifers are old enough to breed. Address





GLENWMI) I-‘AIIM, Addison,Mlcliigan.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.

Stmins're resented consist of Trojan Ericas, Black-

birds and rides. only. Black allty Ito. a hull of

rare individuality and merit. eads the herd.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





AY RSHIRES‘gfifi 3:332 5331?? 363.13%:

description. Michigan School of the Deaf.Flint.Mich-

HEREFORD BULLS iii‘fii‘ti‘l'oill





ALLEN 3308.. Paw Paw, Michigan._





 





 





F" s I —-Choice Guernsey Bull calves. Sirrd by Im’pv

' . Beanies Segue] 14630. out of Dams second to

none. EDWIN MIL ER. Birmingham. Michigan.





GUERNSEYS_R°$ TUberoulin Tm. Wlndcr;

J..K. BLATonr-oni'i'ffldimdn gdwiggbiii‘on‘gffi'i,





 





 





GUERNSEY BULL CALF. nicely marital. 3 weeks

old. great grandson of Gov. Chane. 50 takes him.

AVONDALE STOCK FARM. WaVBOJMIcthan.





HOLS'I‘EIN BULLS A'l‘ FARMERS PRICES





 





 





CH FARM. Augusta. Kalamazoo 00..Mioh.





 





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys





(Tuberculin tested. Guaranteed free from Tuber-

culosis.) Several good bulls and bull calves out of

good dairy cows for sale. No females for sale at

present. Satisfaction uaranteed.



COLON C. LIL]; . Cooper-ville. Mich.





 





FOR SAL —4 Shorthorn bull calves 6

months old. i reds and

good ones. W. C. OSIUS. Hillsdale, Michigan.





 





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FOR SALE .ighiefotifii’v’é’ii’éfiofi‘fli‘ii

FRANK ROERABACHER. Laingsburg. Mich. R.No,2.

oiini llllElI siioiiiiionus Highness.

all sold. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.





SHORTHORN CATTLE





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





WHORTHORN BULLS. 12. all sizes. Best of breeding, Prices

right. Also 1’. C. hogs and Oxford Sheep. C. W. CRUM.

Secy.. Cent. Mich. Shortlioru Breeders Ass'n, McBrides. Mich.





lOllllli SillllllHllllll BULLS‘L‘JOO‘tfi iLIILBOBgiEhEEOOd

WARNER 131108.. Almont. Michigan.





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SHEEP.





 





l ' i —-Yearlin and ram lambs from Champion

"c“ If: flock of humb of Mich. Also select Beltr-

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.





 





rt nus 10 our runs BRED SHEEP or ‘

masons Lagrange

PARSONS. GrandLedge.Mich. , a 1.





   





 





 





 





H005.

Duroc:&.Victoria8—3:”???fififigrsfilt§¥°ifiififfrfi$

M. T. STORY. Lowell, Mich.. Citizens Phone 55.

BERKSHIRE SOWS‘335‘3 15$. 3531.913?"in





serviceSlB each. B. B. REAVEY, Akron. Michigan.





 





 





 





BERKSHIRE—Choice fall Bears and Gllts of select

breeding. also spring 135. Priced to sell.

WHITE OAK FARM. R. No. 4. town City. Mich.





Fllll SllE HAMPSHIRE IOIllS—fi‘l‘ififiiifi 33%

and priced right. A few fall gilts. either bred or

open. A. L. ALLIS. R.No. 9. Adrian. Michigan





 





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501' WEIGI'IED 952 LBS.

A 23 MONTHS OLD





‘ ioNiAciRi.





I have started more breeders on the road to suc-

cess than any man living. I have thelargest and fln~

est herd in the U. S. Every one an early developer.

ready for the market at six months old. I want to

Klace one hog in each community to advertise my



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

Ross." 0. '- BENJAMIN. RJIo. i c Pom-mi. Mich.





 

 

   

 

 

   

   





 





 





o I c —Scws bred for June furrow. We are

I I I also taking orders for s ring pi 3.

JOHN BERNER & SON. Grand Le ire. Mic .





 





o I c I -Fall pigs. either sex at a bargain.

I I I 8 Booking orders for March at April

furrow. M’APLE LEAF FARM, Deford. Michigan.





0 I C 9 -—I HAVE A NICE LOT OF



. . S. . LAST FALL GILTS 0N



HAND. 0110 B. SCHULZE. One-half mile

west of Depot. Nashville.





Michigan.

. -Bred gilts all sold.

OI ll GI SW|NE hava a No_ of Spring

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

get my Krice on pairs and trios not akin.

. J. GORDON R. No. 2. Don, Mich.





 





 





 





0 l C —18 months and 4 months boars. Also

. - - taking orders for sprin pigs. Oak View

Farm. N. H. Weber. Prop., Roya Oak. Michigan





 





0 l C —16 sows bred for spring furrow. 3O fal

I I I pkgs. large and growl; y. Write your

wants. GLE WOODSTOCK ‘ARM.Zeeland. Mich.





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

- . weighin 125 to 1601bs. Allof right type. Ipay

express. G. P. An rows. Dansville. Ingham Co..Mich.





 





 





Chester Whites—Fall pigs. either sex. orders taken

for spring pigs. Write your wants. Price & qual

ity right. Meadow View Stock Farm. Holland. Mich





 





' —-Reg. Bred Guts—Orders taken for

chedor Whilst sprlnfigaigs and Collie ups. Holstein

Bulls at Bargains. BA . PARHAM. ronson, Mich.





 





o I C! All sold. Would be pleased to book

I I 3 your order for a ring igs.

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockfo . Mic lzan.





o. i. c. GILTS“L:"L‘LL°L;3.LL’L§‘LLfi’taLL‘L‘.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, Monroe. Mich.



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[ounce JERSEYS ::...W::.:.‘LLLLL“LaLair.





. J. -DRODT. Monroe. Michigan. Route No. 1





 





 





 





—Choice fall gilts. Be (7. furrow

nuroc Jerseys at reasonable priceas. S. C

STAHLMAN, Cherry Lawn Farm.R.2.Shephord. Mich





 





FOR SALE DUROC JERSEYS-College Boy 131667

farrowed Sept. 7 1911. two Aug. 1913 boars. Write

for price. etc. J. B. Banghart. Lansing, Michigan.





 





Fancy bred Duroc Jerseys—Boers s Gilts of spring &

summer furrow. Good individuals at reasonable

prices. John MoNlcoli. Station A. R 4. Bay City. Mich.





n . ~ '

Killlll-EL 8100K FARM 32.3112: 3??? 12:23.51; 2





prices. E. R. CORNELL, Howell. Michigan.





 





 





Duroce—% large high classy sows. bred for M arch dz





 





 





April to Barney Crimson. Cherry Advance & Oakland

Fancy. Write or come dc see. J. C. Blrney.Coldwsier.Mish.





DUROC JERSEYS-l Yearling Boar For 8an





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. lulchlgan.





~Spring boar s from prize-win-

nuroc'defseys ninfi strains. Bows all ages

Brookwater Farm. R. F. . No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.





-—L t i ' h. ‘

URGE TYPE P. c- .iittiii. 2.233.033: ‘33::

left. Watch this space for something large and





good. they please where ever they go.

W. E. IVINGSTON. Parnia. Michigan.





NLAND CHIVAS—33.3.? Liftermwfniiifi"?

Prices right. W. J. HAGELBEAW. Augusta. M ch.

POLAND CHINA SWINE. Shortliorn cattle. ()xford





sheep and B. P. Rocks. High grade Holstelns

and Guernsey calves. Robert Nave, Pierson.Michigau.





-B d l l .

POUND 0|“le gifwiiz‘iiif' .223 $3.2".ng

G. W. BOLTON. R. No. 11. alamazoo. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Poland China Boar; Sow: Bred, ill of tho Big Type.

A. A. WOO





D & SON. Saline. Michigan.





 





UTLER'S Big Boned Prolific Poland Chinas. Grow

big. kee easy. mature early. ready for market at

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

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

ready for service. Buy one and make more money on

our hogs. You can't get any better at any rice.

.0. History Free. J. C. BUTLER. Portland. ich.





' Fall Pigs and Minorca



Pallfld China Bred SONS cockerels. Satisfaction



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



Bred gilts all sold



Lharge Type PoCc have one dandy



sprin _boar yet. Can s‘pare Big A Wonder. weight

close 0 lbs. H. O. S 'ARTZ. Bchoolcraft,l\iich.





 





 





 





30 Poland China Full Pigs—Good ones from immune

sows 810 and $15 each. while they last. Bred sow

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

buy Big Types With Quality. Wm. Wallis, Goldwater. Mich.





 





350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT HOGS—America’s

Champion Herd. Prol iflc. hardy. Best for Mich.

Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP.Box M.Williamsport. Ohio





 





YORKSHIRE SWINE—Boers all sold. Yearling

sows bred for March furrow. Weanling pigs ready

May let. GEO. B. MoMULLEN. Grand Ledge. Mich.





MULE FooT hea‘vy boned blocv‘rkvilrlif‘isllvlaoare‘ii for

e r us servxce. e an tt

Cockerels. FHA K BARTLETT. Dryden): Mich?





Fun S‘LE—Ycrkshlres. milk fed. spring pigs and a

few sows bred for April farrow. Prices

0. H. JOBSE. Mt. Clemens, Michigan.





_

YORKSHIRES





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

Bows an gilts bred for spring furrow. 68 head of Sep-

tember. October and November pigs. Prices reasonable.





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





lillieFarmsteadYorkshires





Spring gilt- splendid once Pall pigs. either sex.

Gllts bred or 8 rl fan-ow.

COLON c. LiLL'iE Cooper-ville, Michigan





 





 





reasonable.





 





When writing advertisers please





mention The Michigan Farmer.
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“h a.





$91.50





Our price





$ 1 200





What others charge





 





You Think They Are Different—





Esiéae





00 many pebple are fooled or



mislead by taking bare automo-



bile prices as a positive indica-

tion of the intrinsic value of at car.

This is exactly the wrong way to

go about it. Because one article is

priced higher than another it does

not follow that that article has a

greater value.





The picture above illustrates this



oint. Here are two cars practically

Identical. The one on the left is

the $950 Overland. The one on the

right is the average similar car—-

priced at $1200—which offers no

greater value.





As a matter of fact there are any

number of $1200 cars which are

not, in value, the equal of the $950

Overland.



But how are we to know this ?--

you ask.



That’s simple. Ask some real

questions; find out some' actual

facts; make some specification com-

parisons—and then it is the easiest





thing in the world to sum up the

intrinsic value of any car made.



For instance :



The $950 Overland has a wheel

base of 114 inches.



The wheel base of the average





$1200 car is no longer than this-





often shorter. So in this respect

you get more for $950 than you do

for'$1200.



The $950 Overland has a power-

ful 35 horsepower motor.





No $1200 car has a larger motor'





than this. Here is equal value and,

in most cases, more value for less

money.



The $950 Overland tires are 33

inches x 4 inches—all around.



No $1200 car has larger tires.

Again—equal value—our price $250

less.



. The $950 Overland has a com-

plete set of electric lights—through-

out—the same as on most $1200

cars. Some out-of-date cars still

cling to the obsolete gas lamps. In





They?





the first instance the $950 electric?





 





ally lighted Overland is the value

equal of the $1200 car, and in the

second instance has more value

than the $1200 (gas lamp) car. In

either case our price is $250 less.





Next. comes the matter of equipment.

The $950 Overland is complete—a jeweled

speedometer, top, curtains, boot, windshield,

electric horn—everything complete. No

$1200 car made has more complete or better

equipment.



And so on throughout the car. Point for

point—specification for specification, the

$950 Overland is, in every essential respect,

the equal of any $11200 car on the market.



So we warn you. Ignore the prices.

Compare the actual facts first. Then com-

pare the facts with the prices and you get

the intrinsic value.



We are making 50,000 cars this year—

the largest production of its kind in the

world. And every Overland purchaser will

save at least 30% and get a superior car.



See the Overland dealer in your town to-

day. Then see any competing car. Make

the comparisons we suggest. Then you will

better realize how hard a comparison of this

kind is, on any other car coating in the

neighborhood of $1200.



Handsome 1914 catalogue, complete infor-

mation and dealers name on request.





The Willys-Overland Company, Dept. 86, Toledo, Ohio





SPECIFICATIONS OF MODEL 791'





Electric head. side,

tail and dash lights

Storage battery



35 Horsepower motos

[14-inch wheelbase

3314 O. D. tires





rear axle





Three-q uarter floating





Timken and Hyatt

bearings



Deep upholstery

Brewster green body





nickel.and aluminum





Mohair top, curtains

and boot

Clear-vision. rain-

vision windshield





Stewart speedometes

trimmings Cowl dash



Electric horn



Flush U doors with

Concealed hinges





Wltls electric starter and

generator—31075

f. o. b . T sleds





 





Manufacturers of the famous Overland Delivery Wagons. Gadord aad Willy-Utility Truck. Full Information on request.





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