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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1914.

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The Control and Eradication of Weeds

NE of .the greatest enemies the
farmer has to contend with in

the production of good crops

of any kind is the countless weeds
found almost everywhere. Some weeds
seem to be almost'cosmopolitan and
everywhere are a constant cause of
work, worry and expense. There are
some, however, that are only local in
their distribution and for this reason
are not recognized as very injurious.
Almost any plant may become a

weed under certain conditions. A
weed has been defined as “a plant
growing where it is not wanted.”

Many of our most useful plants may
at times be very bad weeds. June
grass is a very valuable native pas-
ture grass, but when it is in the corn
field or when it crowds out clover or
alfalfa, it is an exceedingly harmful
weed. Even one variety of grain, if
it become mixed with another variety
may cause serious loss in the value
of the product for seed, it is in that
case a “plant growing where it is not
wanted”——-a weed.

Weeds are found everywhere, they
come. up wherever the soil is vacant.
They grow in all our crops, they are
found in every variety of soil. No
matter how wet or how dry, no mat-
ter if the soil be acid or alkali, no
matter whether it is open plains or
densely wooded region, you will al-
ways find weeds of some kind. They
are an ever present enemy, always
waiting for an opening where they
can gain a footing, and once they be-
come established they fight every inch
of the ground before they can be driv-
en out and destroyed.

The following are the principal
ways by which weeds are scattered
from one place to another:

1. Probably more Weed seeds are.
distributed by the wind than in any
other way, thistles, dandelions, milk-
Weeds, fireweed, fleabane, and dozens
of others have balloon attachments to
the seeds so that they may use the
breezes to float away to some other
place. We are helpless to defend our-
selves and prevent weeds so distrib-
uted from coming on our farms. All
we can possibly do is to keep the bad
weeds from going to seed. But even
in this there is not much satisfaction
for when we have done all we can to
keep away some pest, we may get our
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negligence of our nearest neighbor.

There is another-class of weeds
that is distributed by the wind in
which the whole plant is carried
along the ground, dropping its seeds
as it rolls. Plants that so distribute
their seed are known as tumble
weeds. The commonest of’these are
the Russian thistle, tickle grass and
tumbling pigweed. Most of these
weeds cannot get past a good fence,
so that, except in open country with
few fences they cannot travel very
far.

2. We have a few weeds that de-
pend mainly on the water to carry
their seeds from place to place.

The

threshi g machine would probably
rank first of all farm tools for scat-
tering seeds from one farm to anoth-
er. Many a farmer has had his wheat
spoiled for seed because the thresh-
int.r machine was used in threshing
rye just before it aame to his farm.
In the same way, many weed seeds
are carried from one farm to another.

To prevent seeds being carried or
scattered in this way, the machine

should be cleaned before going from
one farm to another.

Quack grass is frequently taken
from one field to another and carried
over an entire farm by the ordinary
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principal ones of these are the differ—

ent kinds of dock. All of these seeds
have little floats that keep them from
sinking and enable them to be carried
along by the Water.

3. Farm animals are no small fac-
tor in the distribution of certain seeds
which attach themselves to their hair
and wool. The burdock, clot bur, sand
bur, and dozens of others may be
found if careful search is made in the
hair of these animals. The only meth—
od to prevent these weeds from both-
ering us and being carried in this way
is to not .let them grow and produce
their armored seeds to be distributed.

4. Farm machinery is responsible
for the spread of certain weeds. The

 

to Keep the Weeds Under Control.

troublesome weed spreads almost en—
tirely by means of underground stems
and these are carried from place to
place by plows, harrows, drags, etc.
To prevent weeds being scattered by
farm machinery, the only method is
to carefully clean the tools before go—
ing from one field to another.

5. In buying farmyard manure, a
farmer may sometimes get his farm
seeded with bad Weeds. Where. there
is any daiger of this: the manure
should be piled up and allowed to rot
thoroughly before spreading on the
land. In this way practically all the
weed seeds will be destroyed.

6. Many a farmer has sown on his
farm very noxious weeds

bought from some other section. In
most cases the reason for this has
been that the farmer himself did not
know the weed seeds and for this
reason used seed that was not fit to
be sown. Last summer I looked over
a field of red clover that was sown
in the spring. The growth of the clo—
\er was excellent but there was also
an excellent stand of pigeon grass.
The owner informed me that he had
never had any of it on his land be-
fore and that the pigeon grass seed
must have been in the clover seed.
Great care should be exercised in the
buying of grass and clover seeds to
he sure that they are free front nox-
ious weeds. If you are not sure of
the weeds yourself, send in a sample
of the seed to the Agricultural (Yol-
lege and have it examined before buy-
ing the seed.

Preventative measures can only
keep away new weeds and as most
farms are already seeded down and
in many cases to innumerable weeds,
the great problem is how to control
and keep down those already present.
The vast majority of our weeds are
annuals and every year come up from
the seed, reach maturity and, if left
unmolested, produce seed the same
season. A few, like the. bull thistle
and mullein require two seasons to
mature. Only two of our bad weeds
have roots that live more than two
years, these are the quack grass and
Canada thistle.

Destruction of Annual and Biennial

Weeds.

A general rule for the destruction
of weeds that come up from seed ev-
ery year is this: the smaller the plant
is. the more easily it is destroyed.
The sooner after the weeds show
above ground they can be destroyed
the better. At this time they have
very small roots, are readily killed on
exposing these small rootlets to the
sun and have done comparatively lit-
tle damage to the growing crops.

It is in hoed crops such as corn, po—
tatoes, and sugar beets that this class
of weed does the most damage and it
is in these crops that they can best
be destroyed. More that 90 per cent
of the weeds in a field can be de-
stroyed before the crop is planted, by
following the proper methods of pre-
paring and handling the soil. If the

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

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possible in spring it should be thor-
oughly disked. ‘ Within a week or ten
days after disking, or plowing, if the
weather is favorable, a fine crop of
weeds will begin to appear. These
can all be destroyed by going over
once with a finetoothed drag. The
land should be gone over frequently
with the drag until time for planting.
After planting the drag may still be
used by setting the teeth so that they
slant backward slightly. This drag-
ging should be done during the heat
of the day when the sun is shining,
as the young weeds will then be more
readily killed. ‘

Potatoes may safely be dragged to
kill weeds until they are five inches
high, if the work is done in the heat
of the day when the plants are softer
and contain less moisture. If this
method is followed the great majority
of the weeds will be destroyed before
they have a chance to do any damage
to the growing crops.

Quack Grass and Canada Thistles.

Quack grass and Canada thistles
are the two worst weeds that we have
to contend'with. They grow on al-
most every kind of soil and in all of
the farm crops. The methods used
in combating other weeds will have
almost no effect on these two pests.
To successfully destroy either of these
necessitates the loss of the land for
cropping for one season. The only
method that has proved at all suc-
cessful in eradicating them from the
soil has been by thorough and care-
ful cultivation for a period covering
at least one growing season.

The roots and underground root—
stalks contain large amounts of plant
food and for this reason they will con-
tinue to send up new shoots even if
the growth is not allowed to develop
green leaves. The leaves are abso-
lutely essential for the formation of
starch and the permanent growth of
the plant. New shoots that come up
do so at the expense of the food stor-
ed in the roots.

Quack grass can best be eradicated
from a field if it has not been plowed
for three or four years, because then
practically all the rootstalks will be
found within three or four inches of
the surface of the soil. During this
time it should be kept pastured so as
not to allow it to go to seed.

Plow the land late in the fall but
do not plow it more than five inches
deep, or just deep enough to reach
all the horizontal roots. Many of the
root-stalks Will be exposed to the
frost and will be killed by freezing.
In the spring begin cultivation as
early as possible. A spring-tooth har-
row set deep is the best tool for the
first cultivation. The object of this
cultivation is to drag the roots out
and expose them to the sun and wind.
In some cases it will be found more
satisfactory to plow the land in order
to throw the roots up. It is also an
excellent plan to use a fine-toothed
weeder to collect. the weeds in wind-
rows when they should be burned.
Cultivation must be continued every
week or ten days throughout the
growing season. Almost any tool that
pulls out the roots so that they are
exposed to the sun can be used to ad-
vantage. Disc harrows are not gen-
erally satisfactory as they cut up the
root-stalks and do not throw them out
of the ground sufficiently.

The secret of success in destroying
any weed of this type is this: do not
allow any green leaves to develop,
and so starve the roots. Quack grass
treated as described above can usu-
ally be destroyed in one year. If, how-
ever, there is any possibility that it
is not all killed, corn should be plant-
ed on the field the following season.
It should be very carefully cultivated
and given an occasional hoeing.

The methods for destroying Canada
thistles are practicalty the same ex-
cept that a disc barrow or a cultivat-
or with cutting teeth can be used to
greater advantage for cutting OK the
new growth as soon as it appears
above ground. _

weeds on our farms.

. It has also been foundthat it‘s.
good stand of alfalfa can be obtained-
it will in two or three years almost
entirely destroy these thistles.

There are a few general rules,
which, if carefully observed, will very
materially lessen the number of
They 'are as
follows:

1. Learn to know the worst weeds
so as to be able to combat them.

2. Do not allow land to lay idle.

3. Give hoed crOps very careful cul-
tivati-on.

4. Keep your soil rich. Good crops
and especially grass and pasture
crops will smother out most of the
commoner weeds.

5. Have as few unoccupied corners
around buildings as possible and keep
weeds out in them.

6. Use hoed crops to destroy weeds.

7. Use straight wire fences.

8. Twice during the summer cut
the thistles and burdocks around the
fences.

9. Have tools, bags and the thresh-
ing machine carefully cleaned before
beginning work on your farm.

10. Do not sow weeds. Be sure
that all the seed sown is free from
these pests. Send some of the seed
to your Agricultural College for ex-
amination before buying.

11. Do not disturb the birds that
come on your farm. The most valu-
able allies the farmer has in combat-
ing weeds are the numerous seed-eat-
ing birds.

12. Keep fighting. Having once be-
gun the battle do not' give up, but
persist and give them no quarter.
Weeds are enemies of good farming
and should not be tolerated.

Lapeer Co. D. S. BULLOCK.

SOIL AND FERTILIZER QUES-
TIONS.

 

I heard Mr. Bramble’s address at
Pontiac on fertilizers, and I am con-
fident that too many of us “Green-
horn” farmers don’t know enough
about fertilizers to use them intelli-
gently. Does the M. A. C. send out
any simplified information explaining
the action of the different fertilizer
ingredients? Now I have seventeen
acres I am going to plant to corn for
silage. This soil is sand, very badly
depleted, being devoid of humus ex-
cept perhaps seven acres which I ma-
nured two years ago. I will manure
the greater portion of it this year.
Now Mr. Bramble tells us that the
expensive element in fertilizer is the
nitrogen and that this is held only
by the humus. Does he mean that if
we sow nitrogen on soil devoid of
humus it is not retained, or does he
mean-that the soil being without hu-
mus required more nitrogen? How
heavily would you fertilize this field
and what analysis? Fourteen acres
of this field two years ago didn’t pro-
duce enough to fill a 10x40 ft. silo.
I have another field of 19 acres which
was badly run but which has been
nearly all manured Within two years
and which last year produced (with
the aid of fertilizer) about 140 tons
of silage and 400 bushels of potatoes.
I drilled rye on this field, which I in-
tend plowing down and working thor-
oughly and seeding to clover alone.
which I find is the only way I can
get a stand. This is also a sand, al-
though not so badly depleted as the
one above.

Oakland So. B. VD. W.

Mr. Bramble’s advice on the fertiliz-
er question is good. I have heard
him talk myself. He is very familiar
with the subject, understands the
philosophy of it in good shape and,
not only that, his scientific knowledge
is backed up by years of practical ex-
perience; and that's the kind of a.
man that I like to get advice from.
I haven’t heard anybody talk at
farmers’» institutes that seemed to
give more sound, reliable advice on

commercial fertilizers than Mr. Bram-

ble. I do not know just what M. A.
C. Has done by way of circulars ex-
plaining the use of commercial fer-
tilizers, but you can write the secre-
tary for this information. ‘

0n the corn ground I would use a
fairly high grade fertilizer. Corn

on this kind of 'soil needs nitrogen;
and it needs a good 99: cent of phos-

phoric acid and also of potash. I
would say that a good corn fertilizer
for this soil would be something like
2:8:4 or 229:5, or perhaps a 2:8;10,
if it is real sandy land and you are
sure that this sandy land is unusually
deficient in potash. The corn plants
are gross feeders and require large
amounts ,of plant food. It is difficult
for me to give advice as to just
the amount of fertilizer to. use, 'but
you can use all the way from a very
small amount, 100 lbs. to the acre, by
applying it to the hill, to 1,000 lbs.
per acre, and even more, and get
profitable results. If the ground is
fairly fertile, if it had clover in the
last two or three years, or if you
have given it an application of stable
manure, this should be taken into
consideration and a less amount of
fertilizer used. Possibly under such
conditions only 100 lbs. per acre, just
a little in the hill, to give the corn 3.
quick, vigorous start, will be all that
is necessary and would be the most
profitable. On the other hand, if the
soil is deficient in available plant food
and you are sure it would pay you to
haul manure a mile and apply on this
field if you had the manure given to
you, then you can afford to use com-
mercial fertilizers liberally, because
your time is worth something and it
costs considerable to haul that stable
manure, and it won’t cost anywhere
near as much to apply the commer-
cial fertilizer. In such cases Iwould
say drill in all the way from 500 lbs.
to 1,000 lbs. per acre, broadcast, when
you are fitting the land and work it
thoroughly into the soil. Then when
you plant the corn uée 100 or 200 lbs
extra in the drill or in the hill to
give the corn a quick start.
Fertilizer and Humus.

Organic matter and nitrogen usual-
ly go together in the soil. In other
words, if the soilis absolutely defi-
cient in organic matter it would con-
tain little or no nitrogen. On this
kind of soil you can raise plants if
you supply the nitrogen in the form
of commercial fertilizer, but, of
course, this isn’t a good thing to do.
There are so many risks in connec-
tion with it. Soil that doesn’t contain
a good per cent of organic matter will
not stand the drought, it will have no
means of holding moisture and it has
no means of dissolving the fertilizer.

Where we have soil deficient in veg-4

etable matter and apply fertilizer we
ought to have some control of the dis-
tribution of moisture, because no fer-
tilizer does any good unless there is
a proper amount of moisture in the
soil. The humus in the soil not only
by decomposition makes nitrogen
available but it also holds the nitro-
gen which is added. However, there
is very little danger of the nitrogen
leaching out. You can apply nitrogen
to the corn crop with the assurance
that very little of it will leach out of
the soil, while the corn crop is grow-
ing. If there is any left in the fall
this might leach out, or a portion of
it. Many people think they get the
best results by applying a rock and
potash fertilizer on a new seeding of
clover, something like a 10:8.
COLON C. LILLIE.

ADVERTISING NOT AN EXPENSE.

 

Although it costs considerable mon-
ey to buy space in good farm papers,
advertising really is not an expense.

Whether goods are sold by sales-
men or catalogs or newspaper adver-
tising, there must be a sales cost.
Without some sales cost, there would
be no sales.

Advertising in publications is the
cheapest form of reaching people, and
consequently the selling cost, where
such advertising is employed, ls usu-
ally less than where it is not em-
ployed.

Therefore, good advertising may be.
said to be an economy instead of an '

expense, and the advertiser can give
as good value or even better value,
for the same price as the man who
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MAY 9, 1914.
FARM NOTES.

Natural Inoculation of Alfalfa.

How long after alfalfa seed is sown
before the soil becomes inoculated
from the seed alone? I have heard
it stated that it took three years. If
I should sow a piece to alfalfa in
early summer, say in June, could I
pasture hogs on it this fall without
injuring the plant? If so, at what
stage of growth could I turn my hogs
onto it?

Shiawassee Co. H. A. P.

The length of time which will be
required for natural inoculation of al-
falfa plants to take place will depend
altogether upon the condition of the
soil. It the soil is acid in its reac-
tion, this process will be slow, if it
takes place at all. On the other hand,
if the soil is alkaline or even neutral
in character, natural inoculation will
take place gradually, depending on so
many unknown factors, however, that
no definite time can be stated within
which it might occur.

Where soil has been previously
treated with lime, natural inoculation
will often occur the first season, and
on some soils which already contain
plenty of lime, there seems to be lit—
tle difficulty in getting a successful
stand, indicating that the bacteria are
already in the soil or sufficient of
them are introduced with the seed so
that under favorable conditions they
multiply and inoculate the plants
within a short time. On soil where
alfalfa has not been previously
grown, however, it will always pay to
inoculate, and if there is any ques—
tion about the need of it, it will also
pay to apply lime.

Alfalfa should not be pastured
closely at any time, and it will injure
rather than benefit it to pasture the
first season. \Vhen pastured with
hogs, it is best not, to stock it too
heavily, and plan on cutting for hay
the same as if it were not pastured.

Fertilizing Sandy Soil.

I have 12 acres of sandy loam on
which rye has been raised continual-
ly for several years. When the rye
crop was harvested last fall, I plowed
this ground and sowed rye again,
with the intention of plowing 1t un‘
der this spring for a fertilizer. and
as I would like to raise beans for a
change I would like to know which
would he the most profitable (to fer-
tilize this ground when I sow beans
on it. or to fertilize it after the beans
are harvested and am ready to sow
rye or wheat and seed it down?

)Iissaukce Co. \V. B.

The growing of rye on soil of this
kind for several years in succession
would tend to exhaust the available
fertility in the surface soil to an ex-
tent which would make supplement-
ary fertilization desirable for any
crop. If it is to be sown t0 beans, a
light application of fertilizer, say 100

lbs. to the acre. would undoubtedly‘

be preferable. Too heavy an applica-
tion cannot be used in the row with
the beans, as it is likely to injure
their germinating quality. A heavier
application used with the fall grain
would increase the chance of getting
a clover seeding with same, and
would also be advisable.

Sowing Alfalfa with or without Nurse

Crop.

I would like information in regard
to sowing alfalfa on high gravel soil.
1' had the field into buckwheat last
year and it was fall-plowed. Shall I
sow the alfalfa with a light seeding
of oats rather early, or work the
ground until about June and sow it
alone?

Tuscola (‘0. Sl'nsculmau.

\‘x'hether the alfalfa should he sown
alone in the early spring or with a
nurse crop. will depend somewhat up-
on whether the land is clean or foul.
If a good many weed seeds are pres-
ent a light nurse crop of oats or bar-
ley would tend to keep them back and
the nurse crop could be cut for hay
before it had any chance to injure
the alfalfa plants by' appropriating
moisture which they needed. If the
land is reasonably clean, the alfalfa
will make more rapid development if
sown alone.

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER 3—511

Four No-Rim-Cut Tires
For What Some Ask for Three

Here’s a curious situation:

ourpatent method to combat tread separation.

Not long ago the high-priced tire was the Not one has our double-thick All-Weather
Goodyear No~R-im-Cut tire. It cost one- tread. A smooth tread on dry roads, but
fifth more than other standard tires, because grasping WEt roads With countless sharp-

Of four costly and exclusive features.

But with tremendous output our costs
dropped. New factories, new equipment,

edged grips.

None of those costly tires, remember, has
any of these features. ‘

helped. And we cut our profit until last year
it averaged 6% per cent. No-Rim-Cut prices Up to 10,000 Tires 3 Day

came down last year 28 per cent.

Goodyear prices are due to the fact that

NOW 16 makes 0f tires COSt more than we now build as high as 10,000 motor tires
Goodyear prices—some up to one-half more. per day. No other one factory, we believe,
You can buy four Goodyear tires now for turns out half so many.

what some makers ask for three.

Four Things Missing

And this output is due to the tire. Men
have proved that No-Rim-Cut tires offer
lowest cost per mile. They have proved it

Yet every high-priced tire lacks these four on hundreds of thousands of .cars. Other-

exclusive features:

Not one prevents
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control this feature,
and no other faultless
way has been found to
end rim-cutting
completely.

Not one gets the
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adds to our tire cost
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SILO SKEPTICISM.

 

 

A farmer friend and myself would
like some supporter of the silo to
quote us figures proving the advan-
tage of silage over dry feed for a
horse or cow. We understand that
the users of silage feeds the stock;
but can he prove that there is any
nourishment obtained from the same?
Perhaps it is the same with the silo
as it was with the fellow who said a
cow could live on Indian meal and
sawdust: the more Indian meal the
better. Henry states that at the Wis-
consin station, “from 29,800 lbs. of
grain fodder .were obtained 24,400 lbs.
of silage which, fed with 1,648 lbs. of
hay and 2,884 lbs. of grain produced
7,496 lbs. of milk containing 340.4
lbs. of fat. From 29,800 lbs. of green
fodder were obtained 7,330 lbs. of
field-cured fodder corn which, fed
with 1,567 lbs. of hay and 2,743 lbs.
of grain, produced 7,119 lbs. of milk,
containing 318.2 lbs. of fat.” This
makes a difference of 22.2 lbs. of fat,
which at 26c a pound amounts to
$5.772. We would like to ask if more
money could not be made from the
interest on his money, which paid for
the building of the silo, and the fill-
ing of it? Neither should he forget
that he must climb about 60 ft. every
day, and that alone amounts to con
siderable in eight months.

Clinton Co. M. J. M.

Nobody can answer a question like
this fully in a newspaper article, on
account of space. It really covers
very much of the ensilage question,
and one could write a good sized book
on the subject. I think it is a real
good sign of progress when a man
like this begins to study on the silo
proposition. Ten 01' 15 years ago
they would not even consider it at
all. Now they are beginning to figure
out if there is anything in it, and
this is the case all over the country.
The silo has become exceedingly pop~
ular in the last year or two, especially
is this so in the beef sections. I can
remember when the beef man would
laugh at you if you talked about en«
silage for fattening steers. He would
admit that it probably was a good
thing for dairy cows where you want
to produce milk, but the idea of feed-
ing silage to steers was an entirely
different proposition. Now, however,
experiment stations have made nu-
merous experiments in the fattening
of beef and even the most skeptical
people must acknowledge that corn
silage is a splendid factor in the pro-
duction of beef, and hence the silo is
becoming more popular than ever
before.

Silos Built Last Year.

In some recently completed statis-
tics it is shown that in Michigan there
are at present 10,812 silos and 1,081
of these were erected last year. In
the whole United States there are
130,283, and of these 30,925 were
erected last year. The heavy in-
crease in silos is not in the dairy dis.
tricts but in the beef districts, in the
corn belt where steers are fattened
so much.

In the W'isconsin experiment refer-
red to as comparing corn fodder with
corn silage, bear in mind that this is
corn fodder, not cornstalks or corn
stover. The crop of corn was grown
thickly, too thick for earing, and then
instead of putting it into the silo
green it was cut up, probably before
it was dead ripe, and shocked and al-
lowed to dry-cure. You must take in-
to consideration that this corn fodder
was fed under the most favorable
conditions as corn fodder. It was fed
just as soon as it was dry-cured. It
was not allowed to stand out in the
field in inclement weather and deteri-
orate in value. Chemical analysis
shows that when the corn is at the
right stage of development to put in-
to the silo it contains, the whole
plant I mean, the largest per cent of
digestible nutrients. If fed then you

MAY 9,- 19:14.

get more out of the corn plant than
you can at any other time. If you
put it into the silo you preserve all
this with scarcely any deterioration
in value, but if you cut up the plant
at this time and shock it and allow it
to cure, there is so much sap In the
stalks of the plant that a dry fer-
mentation is going on all the while
and much of the sugar and starch
that you find in the plant just at ma-
turity is changed to cellulose or
woody fiber. In other words, the
plant is becoming more indigestible
all the while. If it is left there‘sev—
eral months a large per cent of it that
would have been digestible had it
been saved at the proper time,
becomes indigestible and is of no par-
ticular value to the animal. The
chemist would call it crude fiber. Had
this experiment been made with corn
fodder that was several months old
there isn’t any doubt but what the
results would have been very much
more in favor of the corn silage.

Silo Saves Food Value of Com.

Experiments at the same experi-
ment station go to show that by
siloing the corn when it is at the
proper maturity to put into the silo,
one need not lose over five per cent
of the food value of the corn crop. On
the other hand, if the crop is cut up,
shocked, and dry—cured, under ordi-
nary ’favorable conditions, the loss in
food value will be about 25 per cent.
Now the loss in dry-curing under fav‘
orable conditions is 20 per cent of the
food value of the corn crop. The
question is, is this worth saving. On
the other hand, if the corn fodder is
saved by shocking it up in ordinary
shocks in the field and leaving it there
and drawing it in during the winter
time, or drawing it up and stacking
it and getting it from the stack and
feeding it in the winter time, there is
a much heavier loss than this. In
many instances there is no doubt but
what there is a loss of fully 50 per
cent of the food value in the dry-cur-
ing of the crop. Not only that, but
when the silage is fed all of it is con-
sumed.

Anyone who has had experience
with a silo knows that after he has
built a silo and put the corn crop in
it he finds he can keep a large per
cent more stock on his farm than he
could before when he harvested the
corn crop in the old way.

Silos Economical.

M. J. M. says that this slight differ-
ence from the use of silage will not
pay for the extra cost of harvesting.
It has been proven over and over
again, and I have given the exact fig-
ures in the Michigan Farmer more
than once. This probably was years
ago, before this inquirer was at all
interested in a silo, that the cheapest
way to harvest the corn crop was to
cut it up and put it in the silo. You
can do that cheaper than you can out
it up and shock it and then haul the
fodder or the stalks when you want
to feed them. The cost of storage
in the silo is very much less than it
is to store in the barn, because the
necessary capacity of the silo does
not cost anywhere near as much as it
does to build a barn and store the
fodder. The corn crop is so reduced
by cutting it up that it is much cheap-
er to furnish storage in the form of
a silo than in the form of a barn.
Then the feeding part. The labor of
climbing 60 feet every day to get sil—
age is pictured: Now a 60—foot silo,
of course, would be a tall silo, but we
are going to build many 60-foot silos
in the future. You only have to climb
60 feet when the silo is full. When
you get down towards the bottom of
the silo it isn’t very much work to
climb into the silo. There is some
work, of course, in feeding silage, but
it isn’t any more work to feed silage
than it is to feed corn fodder or corn-
stalks. Which would you rather do,
go into the field in the winter time
in the snow and get cornstalks, or
climb into a tall ‘silo to get the silage?

 

 

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MANAGEMENT OF THE FOAL.

 

After the new-born colt’s navel has
been properly treated, as has been
often described in these columns, na—
ture should be allowed to have her
way. If the colt gets along well and
does not have the scours or is not af—
fected with constipation, all well and
good. Should the colt show any sign
of diarrhea, the mare’s milk may be
too rich or the colt may get too much.
If this occurs, the dam’s ration should
be reduced and the colt should not be
allowed to take too much milk. Keep—
ing in mind that it is the fat that
causes the scours, and that the last
milk is the richest, the colt should be
allowed to suck out the first portion
while the last is drawn by hand.
There will not be a great many cases
where this will be necessary, but in
a few isolated ones it may be well to
administer this treatment. It is bet—
ter that the colt have not quite enough
milk than to have too much. Scours
may be checked by giving parched
flour or boiled milk. Colts vary so
much in this respect that a condition
which would cause diarrhea in one
colt would not affect another. So the
best possible preventive of advanced
cases is that the owner keep a strict
watch of the young animal. Note
carefully his actions each day and re-
member that the excretions are a
good indicator of condition,

It is not wise to tinker with the
colt unless he needs it. If, however,
his bowels should become disordered
a. mild purgative may be given. Cas-
tor oil is suitable and there are many
other substances equally as good for
relieving constipation. In extreme
cases, injections of soapy. soft water
may be necessary. The bowels should
be kept in a rather laxative condition.

If the mare is turned out to pas-
ture, the colt will soon get to eating
grass. He should, however, be in-
duced to eat oats as soon as possible
for it is well known that the younger
the animal, the easier it is to get him
to put on flesh and therefore the cost
of raising will be lessened materially
if the colt is well fed during early
life. Of course, this does not mean
excessive feeding, but keep the young
animal in a good healthy condition,
with a liberal amount of good nutri-
tious food. The colts may be fed oats
in the pasture by making a pen with
the fence so high that the colt can
get under it while the mare cannot.
There should be a gate opening into
this pen. The first three or four days
both the colt and mare should be let
into the pen where both of them will
eat the oats together, after which the
mare may be shut out while the colt
goes in and eats the grain. By keep-
ing some salt outside the pen, and
with an occasional mess of oats or
some other feed which is relished by
the mother, she may be kept content-
ed outside the pen while the colt is
eating.

if the mare is worked. the colt
should not be allowed to follow her
to the field. This practice is very
detrimental to both the mare and colt
and at times. the colt becomes very
irritating to the driver. The mare has
a tendency to lag while the colt is
along. It would be better to provide
the colt with a box stall opening out
into a paddock or pasture, rather than
to allow him to accompany the mare
when she goes to work. Of course,
when the colt is still quite young and
the dam’s milk flow is plentiful, they
should not be separated too long.

If the colt does not wean himself at
the age of five or five and a half
months, he should be gradually wean-
ed. If he has learned to eat, he will
not miss his mother very much at
this age and if turned out on good

pasture will be able to shift for him-
self with an occasional feed of grain.
The colt must by all means be kept
growing. The faster the growth
while young. the less will be the ex-
pense of rearing.

In short, feed the brood mare a
succulent, rather bulky ration and
give her plenty of good exercise of
not too strenuous a nature. Provide
her with clean quarters in which to
drop her colt. After the colt has been
dropped, give the mare simple, yet
nutritious feed. \Yatch the foal:
keep the bowels in good condition;
feed judiciously a liberal amount of
suitable foods. Unless physiologically
wrong, or some disease complications
set in, the result will be a good vig—
orous colt which will be a pride to
the owner and one which will obtain
a ready market. Of course, it is pre-
supposed that the dam and sire of the

 

colt are desirable individuals.
Ingham Co. I. J. MATTHEWS.

 

 

FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

 

Ground vs. Whole Rye.

\Vhich is the best and most profit-i
able way to feed rye to a bunch of 12 ,

fattening hogs, grind it and make al
slop or soak it and feed it in the:
berry?

Ingham Co. T. C. R.

The most satisfactory way of using
rye as a pig feed is to grind same
and feed in the form of a slop. If the
meal is soaked from one feed to the
next, better results will be secured,
and it is better to feed in combina-
tion with other grains than alone.

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

 

High prices have proved a serious
obstacle in buying southern cattle to
ship to northwestern ranges this
spring, and shipments are being made
extensively to Kansas and Oklahoma
pastures, although it is learned that
between 50,000 and 60,000 head of
two-year-olds have been purchased to
go to northwestern pastures at from
$40@45 per head.

Recent purchases of stocker and
feeder cattle in the Chicago market.
were made mainly by stockmen froml
Illinois and Indiana, with moderate'
numbers taken to go to Michigan.
\Visconsin and Ohio. Farther east s05
many wintered cattle remain in feed
lots that stockmen are not yet ready
to make purchases. It is reported
that no large selling of beeves byi
Pennsylvania stockmen is likely to;
take place until well along in May, orl
perhaps before early June, and the?
probability is that many of these}
eastern cattle will be moved direct}
from feed lots to slaughter houses. i

August and Ferdinand Kruse, of5
Goose Lake, Iowa, marketed in (3hr,i
cago on a recent day 86 head of!
choice steers which averaged 1582‘
lbs. and sold for $9.45 per 100 lbs;
There were in the consignment 241
fat Hereford steers which were pur—l
chased during the Denver live stock!
show for $7.20, delivered at the “riv-g
er,” and at that time they averaged:
1020 lbs. The remainder of the cat—l
tle were Shorthorns that were bought;
in Iowa. These cattle were grazedi
during last spring and summer. and;
were on full feed for the last five;
months. i

Ever since prime hogs reached $9?
per 100 lbs. in the Chicago market;
several weeks ago, the high-water,
mark for the year, frequent attempts
have been made by the packers to
place the market on a lower basis,
and at such times as eastern shippers
were smaller buyers than usual. such
efforts have been successful, provid—
ed the receipts happened to be of
fairly large proportions. Lower val-
ues have been followed by curtailed
receipts, however, and this has caus-
ed rallies in prices. Hogs are com—
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fat, showing evidences of good feed—
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every day, with the lighter weights
selling highest. Prices are much high-
er than in most former years, last
year and 1910 excepted. A year ago
prime hogs were selling around $9.50,
with a shortage throughout the corn
belt states, and at this time in 1910
the shortage was much greater, re-
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32.50 utility :7 per 100. MRg. WILLIS
15 for $1 .50.

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M. B. Turkey eggs. selected mating $2.50 per 10. Years
of experience. lsinview Stock Farm. Romeo. Mich.

STANDARD BRED R. i. Reps

Rose & Sin is Comb. S. L. Wyandottes. Pearl Guineas.
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—From the Bradley strain for
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Things to Plant

HE general farmer expects to
T plant for his cows and sheep,

his horses and hogs, but scarce-
ly one in a. hundred thinks of planting
for his poultry. Much may be grown
for the farm flock, however, which
will add a variety to the diet, in-
crease the egg yield and cut down
the expenses for feed. Of course, we
understand that com and other cer-
eals may be raised, and these may
enter largely into the feeding of the
flock, but there are other things
which should be grown especially for
the hens and ducks.

A Handy Method.

An excellent plan, which I once
saw in practice by a man who kept
several hundred hens, was a large
fenced yard running the entire dis-
tance across the back end of his run-
ways, so that each pen opened into
the yard. In the fall he planted win-
ter rye and when it had got a good
start in the spring, he opened one pen
after another, allowing the hens to
gather their own green feed. This
was done until the rye was practically
all eaten down by the hens, then they
were shut out and the land narrowed
and seeded to oats. This second crop
of green food would be ready for the
hens in a few weeks, and they were
allowed to eat it off in season to plant
again for the next spring. In this
way the piece of land was used year
after year, occasionally varying the
rye and cats with some other crop for
the biddies. The hens furnished all
the fertilizing material required to
keep the land in an~ excellent condi-
tion.

Mangels are recognized as a stan‘
dard part of the Winter ration for the
hen, but a good many poultrymen de-
pend on buying rather than raising
the supply themselves. These are very
easily grown and but a small patch is
necessary to furnish succulent feed
of this kind for a. large flock. It will
pay to have the ground well prepared
and fertilized as, like the beet, the
mangei is a gross feeder. I feed the
mangels raw. My method is to cut
the large vegetables in two pieces and
hang them up where the hens can
reach them. They will soon dig out
all the pulp and get lots of valuable
exercise in doing it. Vegetables like
turnips and carrots are fed in a lim-
ited way. For the flock of ducks, they
may be boiled and mixed with bran,
and as the duck’s diet should be
largely composed of a wet mash, these
vegetables may take the place of
more valuable food. In fact, if the
ducks are closely confined and unable
to forage for themselves along run-
ning streams, they require a good
deal of food of this nature.

Cabbage Very Good for Poultry.

Cabbage is one of the best of green
foods for the hens, at all times of the
year whenever available. Especially
is it appreciated in the late fall and
winter months. A liberal quantity fed
to the early pulets, when they are
about ready to lay, will help to fill up
the egg basket and well repay the
small amount of labor required to
grow it. A ton or two can be raised
on a surprisingly small piece of
ground. One should plant the large-
heading drumhead varieties for the
hens, and perhaps some of the Dan-
ish ball head, because of its late
keeping qualities. It is not necessary
to grow the finer—grained varieties, for
the biddies are not particular as to
quality. They seem mighty glad to
get any kind.

Lettuce Good for Chicks.

A loose-growing lettuce, like the

 

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for the Poultry.

green feed for the chicksand duck-
lings if they are kept in confinement
during the summer. Endive is anoth-
er plant which young ducks seem to
appreciate. They will eat a surpris-
ing quantity of it, and I always give
it to them until it is spoiled by the
frosts. Very little labor is required
to raise it. Simply sow the seed in
the garden rows and occasionally pull
out the big weeds. N0 thinning or
blanching is necessary.

The Russian sunflower may be
grown for the seed if one desires. I
do not see very much value in it, how-
ever, and have never considered it
worth growing as a means towards
economy in feeding. A waste corner
or odd row might be utilized in this
way to add a variety to the winter
diet of the hens. At any rate, what-
ever you plant this year, be sure to
raise a variety of green feed for the
biddies, at least enough to keep them
well supplied during the winter.

New Hamp. C. H. CHESLEY.

CAUSE AND CURE FOR GAPES.

 

Many poultry writers give improper
food to be the cause for gapes among
chickens and turkeys. This I beg to
differ from, as in my experience and
observation weather conditions invar-
iably have all, or much, to do with
this disease. Cool, damp atmosphere
for several days as often happens in
the early spring and long in May is
most favorable for producing the
Worms which cause the trouble. If it
is not checked it will prove fatal.

I have tried turpentine by putting
a little down the windpipe with a.
stripped feather or medicine dropper.
This is sometimes successful. Some
recommend the use of a horsehair for
twisting the worm out butdecidedly
the best remedy I know is smoking
them with tobacco. This can be done
by using a pipe and smoke each one
separately but the better way is to
put the tobacco in a can or any small
receptacle that will hold fire and place-
it in the closed coop at night. Let it
remain there. Make the coop as close
as possible. It will not hurt the
chicks but only make them sneeze the
better. It will do not harm to do this
two or three nights in succession. As
I have used the remedy and know its
efficacy, I wish to pass it to others
who may reap benefits from it.

Kentucky. TOMMIE L. BAKER.

CHICKENS SWALLOW LEG BANDS.

 

Investigations at the Maine Experi-
ment Station show that chickens have
some ability to digest, or rather dis-
solve, aluminum. It is their custom
to reband the chickens with a differ-
ent type of band when they get larg-
er. The old hands were clipped off
and thrown to the ground. It was
found that many of these clipped
bands disappeared, and in dissecting
a chicken they found fourteen pieces
of these bands in the gizzard. All of
them were in the state of dissolution
and some of them were nearly all dis-
solved. Aluminum is soluble in dilute
hydrochloric acid, which is present in
the gastric juice and the resulting
salt, aluminum chloride is not pois«
onous. These pieces undoubtedly
serve the same purposes as grit until
dissolved small enough to pass out
with the feces.

Every beekeeper should be thor-
oughly informed regarding foul brood
as it is the most serious thing he has.
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Spraying For theApple Scab.

N many places last summer the ap-

ple trees presenteda bad appear-

ance. The foliage was badly af-
fected with the scab fungus. There
has been considerable inquiry as to
the cause of this. The writer will give
his opinion. During the blossoming
time last spring the weather was wet
and unseasonably cold, just the ideal
conditions for germination of the
scab spores, and the blossoming pe-
riod was unusually long, so that there
was a much longer period than usual
between the two sprayings—just be-
fore and subsequent to blossoming——
and the foliage was unprotected dur-
ing that time. Ordinarily the blos-
soms open and fall within a week or
a little more, and only about two
weeks intervene between those two
sprayings, but last spring the trees
were fully three weeks in opening
and shedding the blossioms, and nearly
a month passed between those two
sprayings. While the little apples
stood about still during that time the
foliage continued to grow and expand,
exposing unprotected surface to the
attack of the scab. It is understood,
of course, that the control of scab by
means of spraying is effected by de-
stroying the spores before germina-
tion, and after this has taken place it
is impossible to kill the fungus with
the ordinary sprays. Last spring there
was ample time for this growth to
start during that long season of blos-
soming and before the spray was ap-
plied soon after blossoming. The writ-
er felt at the time that the time was
altogether too long to allow the trees
to go unprotected during such favor-
able conditions for scab development,
but what to do was a question. It is
not regarded as good practice to spray
during blossoming time, and, besides,
it is understood that it is unlawful to
do spraying at that time on account
of the danger of poisoning the bees.

Injury to Bees.

It is a question, however, if an inter
spray under similar conditions would
not be advisable. There would prob-
ably be little call for an arsenical
spray at such a time, and this is what
is supposed to kill the bees. An ap-
plication of dilute lime-sulphur or Bor-
deaux would control the scab at that
time, and in case the organs of some
of the flowers were injured or cov-
ered so that pollenation were prevent;
ed there would still be plenty of blos-
soms to make a crop. The blossoms
on a. given tree never all open at the
same time, and ordinarily not more
than one blossom in a dozen is requir-
ed to make a crop, even if some were
destroyed. I have not examined the
spraying law to find whether such a
spraying would be permissible or not,
and this is a matter that should be
looked after. \Vhether a fungicide
spray alone would injure the bees or
not at this time is~ also an open ques-
tion.

Spraying at Blossoming Time.

We don’t often have such a season
as last, when the trees are so long in
blossoming, but in any event it is not
safe just at that season for the apple
trees to go a whole month without
spraying, and the ravages of the scab
are too serious to allow the trees to
3:0 without some protection during
such a long time. That this was the
cause of the scab visitation last sea-
son I am confident. That the only
known means of prevention would
have been an inter-spraying with a
fungicide is equally apparent. Possi-
bly Bordeaux would endanger bees
less than 1ime~sulphur, and; probably
either would be less hazardous to the
crop than the scab. And is the value
of a few bees (there are practically

e

none in my vicinity) greater than the
welfare of a promising apple crop? If
it shall be found that the law does
not permit of the protection of the
apples at such a time, perhaps it
might be wise to investigate the mat-
ter and see if some amendment to the
law might not be procured which shall
make it a little more elastic in a case
where the danger to bees is extremely
doubtful.

Allegan Co. Enw. HUTCHINS.

 

The spray law states that spraying
should not be done at blossoming time
except for the control of the spring
canker worm. Regardless of its ef-
fect on the bees, which is an undecid-
ed question, the spray would have a
detrimental effect on the blossoms,
even if the fungicides were used
alone. There are too many natural
causes of preventing blossoms from
setting that we should not use unnat-
ural ones.

Spraying for scab is greatly a mat—
ter of guess when the matter of the
proper time is considered. In some
seasons 8. difference of two or three
days makes the difference between
clean and scabby fruit. Local condi-
tions also make some difference in
the control of this disease. If the or-
chard is high and on a soil which is
quick drying on the surface, scab will
not spread as fast as in orchards
where the air drainage is not good
and the soil does not dry off quickly.
The density of the orchard is also a
factor in scab control. Dense orchards
prevent the free circulation of air es-
sential for the quick drying of the
foliage and fruit after rains and morn-
ing dews. Thoroughness is, of course,
Very important. One thorough spray-
ing will do more than two that are
not thorough.

Last year was an exceptional one
with reference to conditions at blos-
soming time, but even so, where con-
ditions, those of elevation, soil, etc.,
were at all favorable thorough spray-
ing at the regular times accomplished
very good results in
the scab.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

 

Commencing next week, and at fre-
quent intervals thereafter, there will
appear in the Michigan Farmer, arti-
cles entitled, “Notes from the Ward
Orchards.” These will give the ex-
periences and‘results in the care of
the famous Ward Ferniehurst 0r-
chards at Pontiac

As this is one of the best known or-
chards in the state, and as the lessees
intend to use the latest and most im-

proved methods of orcharding, the ex-.

periences, successful or otherwise,
should be of interest to our readers.

BOOK NOTICE.

 

The first volume of the Standard
Cyclopedia of Horticulture, edited by
Prof. L. H. Bailey, has just been is-
sued. Although this is founded upon
the popular Cyclopedia of American
Horticulture it is not a revision of
that work, but rather a new work
with an enlarged scope. The hand-
somely arranged volume of over 600
pages, 10%x76 inches, contains about
700 engravings, including many full-
page cuts, some of them being in col-
or. In this volume every subject of
interest to people in all lines of Am-
.erican horticulture, indexed under the
letters A-B, is covered very thorough
1y. This is the first of a set of six
volumes, which will undoubtedly be
the standard and authoritative refer-
ence work on horticultural matters.
In cloth, $6.00. Published by Mac—
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1913 yield

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We stick to our friends ’cause they treat
us right! Don’t we? If one of ’em turns
us a mean trick, we quit ’em.
Unless my opinion’s second class, it’s much
like that with tools.
ourfarm tools like we need friends when l
we collide with trouble. I like tools that '
stick like true friends an’ that's why I like

KEEN [(UTTER

farm and garden tools. They stick. They
Stick ’cause they’ve the stuff in ’em that

more think‘of buyin’ any other kind of tools
than I d think of livm' m a crty flat, missm’
the blossoms an’ forgettin’ there’s a moon.
There s a power of reason in just the fact that no
K‘een Kutter tool aver Went back on me—an'
if that wa'n't enough, the Simmons people
give_therr dealers leave to hand back the
price any time I say so—
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Following the custom
which has been es-
tablished in Michigan
in recent years, Governor Ferris has
issued a proclamation designating
Sunday, May 10, as Mothers’ Day. The
purpose of the day and its proper ob-
servance is fully explained in the text
of his proclamation, which follows:

The mother is the queen of the
home and the home is the ante-room
to Heaven. Industry, thrift. honesty,
self-sacrifice, sobriety, virtue, sympa-
thy and love are fostered in the home.
The home is the bulwark of our glor-
ious nation. Every influence that
stimulates the founding of homes adds
to the nobility of manhood and wom-
anhood.

"Breaking Home Ties” is one of the
most pathetic, yet one of the most
beautiful pictures in the world of art.
The boy or girl bidding good-bye to
Father and Mother, receives a holy
benediction that can never escape
memory. Out of the shadows and out
of the sunhine comes Mother’s face,
Mother’s voice, Mother’s love.

On Mother’s Day, I urge every boy,
every girl, every man. every woman
in Michigan. to pay a tribute of love
and devotion to the living Mother.
Just read her last letter once more,
then write her a joyous letter telling
her of your loyalty and abiding love.
On the grave of the sleeping Mother
scatter flowers mingled with your
tears.

Yes, the greatness and glory of a
nation is in the hands and hearts of
the mothers.

Therefore, I, VVoodbridge N. Ferris,
ask that the people of Michigan set
apart the second Sunday in May (the
10th) as Mothers’ Day. As far as pos-
sible, let parents in their homes and
both young and old in public meet-
ings discuss the theme of Mother with
ihat enthusiasm and sincerity which
should characterize all loyal Ameri-
cans.

May we not hope that every Michi-
gan Farmer reader will not only ob-
serve Mother’s Day in the spirit sug-
gested by the Governor’s proclama-
tion, but that through such observ-
ance they will get the habit of devot-
ing more thought to the lightening of
the mother’s burdens and adding to

her joys.

Mothers’ Day.

Following the campaign
which has been conduct-
ed in urban centers to get
all of the people interest-
ed in the church and its work by
making an effort toward a general
church attendance on a given Sun-
day, which has been generally desig-
nated as “Go to Church Sunday,”sim-
ilar movements have been inaugurat-
ed in the rural districts of several
states. The plan has been similar to
that adopted in the cities and towns,
except that the appOinted day for the
effort toward general church attend—
ance in most cases has been desig-
nated as “Rural Church Day." As
straws show which way the wind

The Rural
Church.

THE MICHIGAN, FARMER,

blows, so activities of this kind show
the trend of public thought. The rur-
al churches have, in the opinion of
many sociologists, been neglecting a
line of work to which their organiza-
tion and opportunities are peculiarly
adapted, that of making the church‘
the social center of the rural com-
munity. Naturally, progress along
this line has been slow, and its very
slowness is often given as the rea4
son for non-interest in the church and
its activities by many country people.
Most of these people, however, be-
lieve that the country church might
be made vastly more beneficial to
country communities by broadening
this line of work. A good way of se—
curing such action on the part of the
country church is for the-thinking
people of the country community to
take an interest in it, and use their
interest in this direction. If rural
church day should accomplish this
result it will have proven beneficital to
the communities in which the move-
ment is inaugurated, as well as the
churches themselves.

A St. Clair county read-
Taxation. er, in commenting upon

the increased rate of tax-
ation in Michigan, says: “In look-
ing over old tax receipts, I find my
state tax for 1905 was $1.75 per thou-
sand valuation, while for 1913 I find
there was $6.09 tax on each thousand
dollars valuation. Now during this
time the land has increased in valu-
ation fully one-third and there have
been no improvements, as the land
was cleared and stumped nearly forty
years ago. Can anyone tell me why
we farmers are paying such an in-
crease in state taxation? It is be-
cause we have not enough business
farmers in the two houses at Lansing?
The average 80-acre farmer is paying
about $80 tax on his farm, which
would rent for about $250 cash under
present conditions. In comparison, I
know of a rooming house in a city,
that rents for $2,000 per year, and the
owner informed me that he only paid
$84 in taxes last year. It looks as
though there might be an improve-
ment in our tax system.”

The most satisfying definition of a.
tax of which We have ever heard was
recently given by a farmer member
of the Michigan Legislature, who
stated that a tax is an unjust penalty
which someone else ought to pay.
Most of us view the question of taxa-
tion from about that standpoint. It
is probable that our state government
is as economically administered as
any in the country, but there are cer-
tain government obligations which
must be discharged, such as the care
of the unfortunate and the mainte-
nance of penal and educational insti-
tutions. This has caused constant in-
crease in state taxation, and if the
history of other commonwealths is re-
peated, will Continue to do so as our
population increases.

Occasionally the Legislature fails
to care for this increase in expenses,
thus making the taxes for subsequent
years higher by comparison, which
has been the case during the past two
years. Then the process of equalizing
assessments has made the burden of
taxation somewhat unequal during its
progress. For instance, the state tax
on property assessed in Oakland coun-
ty was $2.60 per thousand last year,
while in Gladwin county it was $3.80
per thousand, owing to the fact that
valuations have been adjusted in one
county and not in the other, while the
state taxes were apportioned to the
counties under the old equalization. It
is undoubtedly a fact that improve-
ments might be made in our tax sys-
tem, but the matter of taxation has
been a. vexed question for legislators
to solve, and that the millenium in
this direction isa long way off, is at-
tested by the fact that no perfect uni-
versally satisfactory system has yet
been devised. "

Good business farmers in the Leg-
islature are unquestionably desirable,

and more of them should be elected
to every Legislature, but too much

should not be expected of them in the

early solution of the vexed question
of equal taxation.

, Official records
Immigration and the show that over
Labor Problem. 3. quarter of a.
million immi-
grants arrived in the single port of
New York during the last two months
of 1913 and the first two months of
1914. That such a number of un-
skilled laborers should land at a sin-
gle port during the winter months
when immigration is generally light-
er than at any other season of the
year, notwithstanding the fact that
the unemployed, not only in New
York, but in the country at large, are
largely unskilled workmen, would
seem to be conclusive proof that in-
dustrial conditions in Europe are far
from satisfactory, as has been com-
monly reportéd. The influx of un-
skilled workmen from Europe will,
however, doubtless have an import-
ant bearing on the American labor
problem if continued indefinitely.
True, there is a large field for un-
skilled foreign workmen in industries
which are not attractive to American
labor, but this field is now fairly well
supplied at all times, and it would
appear that the real labor problem in
this country will center on the assim-
ilation of this large element of un-
skilled labor from abroad within the
next few years.

Efforts have been made to direct
the better element of this foreign la-
bor toward agriculture, but, so far as
Michigan is concerned, this move-
ment has not yet assumed any very
considerable proportions, except in
the beet growing industry, where con-
siderable foreign labor is employed
in the care of the crop.

Mention was made in
The Railroad these columns of the
Problem. action taken by the
National Breeders’ As-
sociations affiliated with the National
Society of Record Associations relating
to a petition to the Interstate Com-
merce Commission for a re-classifica-
tion of rates on live stock in less
than carload lots. The record of the
case which is now before the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, would
be an interesting booklet to those
readers of the Michigan Farmer who
have never had the opportunity of ex-
amining the record of such a case. In
this case the petitioners are the Na.-
tional Society of Record Associations
and some thirty affiliated organiza-
tions, while a list of the respondents
which are the railroad organizations
of the country, covers 48 closely print-
ed pages which are required for the
naming of over 2,700 railroads that
are made respondents in this case.
One has but to look over this official
list of the railways of the country to
realize something .of the magnitude
of the railroad problem. Such a list
is well calculated to scare the advo-
cate of government ownership, if not
discourage the exponent of legislative
control. Perhaps no exhibit could
better illustrate the magnitude of the
railroad problem than the record of a
case before the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
State Superintend-
ent of Public Ins
struction Keeler
recently issued a
bulletin entitled “Safety First,” which
was intended to inaugurate a Safety
First movement in the schools of the
state. It is graphically illustrated
with half-tones from photographs
showing boys crossing railroad tracks
in their games and picnicing under
the shady end ofa car. In it are given
statistics relating to the mortality
among trespassers on railroads in the
United States, showing that more
than 25,000 young people under 18

"Safety First” for
Boys and Girls.

years of age have been killed or in- ‘
jured While trespassing on railroads Bats 1

MAY 9, 1914;;

during the last twenty years. Strange
as it may appear, tramps numbered
less than 25 per cent of the victims
of such accidents. Being circulated
with this bulletin is a poster contain-
ing the following injunctions:

Do not walk on railroad bridges or
tracks.

Do not walk around the end of low-
ered gates.

Do not crawl under lowered gates.

Do no loiter about railroad stations
or cars.

Do;not jump on or off trains, cars
or engines.

Do not crawl under, between or We
er cars.

Do not cross tracks without stop-
ping, looking and listening to see
whether a train is coming.

Do not play in or around turn-
tables.

Never take chances. The safe
course is always the best and it is
the quickest in the long run.

Be on the alert.

Get the Safety Habit.

Practice it every minute.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

National.

During the past week afiairs have
been moving against Gen. Huerta. It
now appears that he will not hold
out against his enemies much longer.
The rebels are making a strong stand
before Saltillo and will likely take
that position before long. Gen. Villa
will not halt in his military activities
while mediation is being considered
by representatives of Huerta, the Uni-
ted States, Brazil, Argentine and
Chile. While the American forces
have made preparation for an aggres-
sive campaign, they have not attempt-
ed further military demonstration
than the taking of Vera Cruz.

The United States Health Depart-
ment is planning to clean up Vera
Cruz and Tampico, Mexico. These
ports are among the worst yellow fev-
er cities of the world. By utilizing
the time of the American troops it is
expected that the places can be put
in such condition that persons coming
from there will not need to be held
in quarantine before being admitted
to this country.

As an outcome of the tragedy in
Colorado, when a fortnight ago troops
in attacking miners, raided a camp of
women and children, killing 13, the
members of the company are facing
courtmartial and trial by the civil
authorities, while the Governor of the
state will be impeached, in all prob-
ability.

Of the 172 miners entombed‘in a
mine at Eccles, W. Va., last Tuesday,
by an explosion, 96 have been taken
out dead. Many other bodies have
been located and will be removed
immediately.

Electric car operators of the Lehigh
Valley Traction Company are out on
strike. Two persons were shot Sun-
day when the strikers clashed with
the police of Freeland, Pa.

Orders have been given for the Uni-
ted States battleshipe before Manzan<
ill'o, Mexico, to bombard that harbor
and notice has been sent the inhabit-
ants to abandon the city.

The bank clearings in the city of
Detroit for the first quarter of 1914
excels all former records, bettering
1913 by over 12 per cent. There has
also been an exceedingly large in-
crease in building operations.

This week the United States Sen-
ate will consider the measure for the
repeal of the tolls on coastwise trade
through the Panama Canal. .

The brokerage firm of Champ,
Mitchell & Co., of Philadelphia, has
failed with liabilities of over $3,600,-
000 and assets of $3,000,000.

Prosecutor Hugh Shepherd, of
Wayne county, has tendered his res:
ignation to the above office to Gover-
nor ‘Ferris. .

Foreign.

A fire in the commercial center of
Valparaiso, Chili, resulted in the
death of 50 persons.

A battle between French forces and
the followers of a pretender to the
Morrocan throne, resulted in a victory
for the Frenchmen with heavy losses
by the natives.

The treaty between the United
States and Columbia, with provisions
for settling the long standing dispute
oyer the separation of Panama from
the latter country, goes before the
Columbian senate this week. ‘

.The first use of the Panama Canal
W111 be made’ May 10, when barges
loaded With a cargo of sugar from the
steamer. Columbia will pass through
by spec1a1 order of the government
at Washington. . ' .

Madame Nordica‘, the world-famed
opera asinger lies hopelessly ill at

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‘M'agazine Section

LITERATURE
POETRY
HISTORY an?
INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

‘17:: FARM BOY
an? GIRL
SCIENTIFIC an?
MECHANICAL

 

 

 

 

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' 'l‘his Magazine Section forms a part of our paper every week.

Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere

 

A Farmer’s Impression of Ancient Italy.

By PROF. ALFRED VIVIAN.

VEN if a man were so inclined
E he could not take a tour around

the world and observe only
things which were directly connected
with his own line of work, for there
is so much of compelling interest on
every side that would attract him in
spite of himself. Now that the time
has arrived for departure from Eu.
rope for the voyage to the Orient, we
feel that it would be leaving an en-
tirely erroneous impression in the
minds of the readers of the Michigan
Farmer if they were led to believe
that attention had been paid to noth-
ing but agriculture during the so-
journ on this continent. The fact is
that many enjoyable hours have been
spent in the cities viewing the mar-
velous architectural achievements of
this interesting land, and in visiting
many of the magnificent collections
of paintings in the numerous galleries
here. >

The itinerary followed has permit-
ted of a visit to a number of the prin-
cipal cities of Europe, beginning with
smoky old London, mention of whom
attractions was made in a previous
letter. Berlin is a modern commer-
cial city and savors of business well
conducted, although not to the exclu-
sion of art, music and education. Par-
is will always be remembered for its
broad avenues and its large open
squares, as well as for the exuberant
gaiety of the life which one would
think would soon pal on the Anglo-
Saxon. How strange the cafes on the
sidewalk (and even in the middle of'
the street) seem to a people who like
to dine in private.

But the most unique of them all is
Venice—once the glory of the Adri-
atic—the greatest commercial city of
the world—now lying in poverty, neg-
lect and decay, dreaming of her
mighty past. Built “on a thousand
islands” her streets are canals; her
cabs are gondolas; and her street
cars (Oh! shades of the departed
doges) are steamboats. The only
horses that she boasts are the four
bronze ones over the chief portal to
the Church of St. Mark.

A vivid imagination is necessary to
picture the events that have tran-
spired here, for today there is little
that is romantic in gondola or gon-
dolier, and the ubiquitous mosquito is
likely to cause more of a thrill than
is occasioned by the sight of the Rial-
to or the Bridge of Sighs.

Not a little of the pleasure of this
trip has been due to the opportunity
afforded of seeking most of the fa-
mous cathedrals of the world, includ-
ing historical Canterbury so intimate-

ly connected with the life and death
of Thomas a’ Becket; wonderful Col-
ogne, by many considered most beau-
tiful of all; graceful, fairy-like Milan,
with her two thousand statues, and
her lace-like tracery and pinnacles
that look like frost work in the moon-
light; and the monster of them all——
St. Peters at Rome—in which almost
any other two Could be placed bodily.

When this journey is finished one
of the greatest pleasures of retrospec-
tion will be found in recalling the
superb paintings of the masters. One
need not be an art critic to thorough-
ly enjoy such pictures as Raphael’s
Sistine Madonna, Titian’s Flora, Gui-
do, Reni’s Beatrice Cenci, the Murillo

absorbing a little of the antiquarian
spirit, and new demand to be shown
things that are either strictly up-to—
date, or else have at least one thou-
sand years to their credit, and as it
is easier in Italy to find the latter
than the former, we have been revel—
ling in ancient history for the past
few weeks.

“Vi/hat a grand thing it would be if
every boy and girl could study the
important events of history on the ex-
act spot where each one occurred;”
so said someone the other day at the
Colosseum at Rome, and we echoed
the sentiment. How much more real
all that we had read about the tragic
events which took place in the arena

 

 

Business Street of Ancient Pompeii.—-Note Stepping Stones for Crossing.

Madonnas, Rosa Bonheur’s animal pic-
tures, or many others of the really
great paintings to be found in the
European galleries. An unfortunate
thing for the hurried traveler is that
the gems of art are so scattered
among the works that are merely
mediocre.

One of the first things that strikes
the traveler from the United States
is the antiquity of many of the things
seen on this side of the Atlantic. The
visitor to an American city is shown
the new library, or the latest sky-
scraper, but here he is taken to see
the oldest building in the town, or the
castle whose walls were in ruins be-
fore America was settled. Perhaps he
has the temerity to admire a building
when he is contemptuously told that
it is “only five hundred years old.” or
else, “oh, yes, but that was restored
six hundred years ag .” All this
makes him feel that America is in-
deed a very young country. We are

seem when standing on the very
ground where they actually occurred!
The Colosseum, which Mark Twain
facetiously described as “a looped and
windowed band-box with one side
bitten out,” is an oval structure over
1,600 feet (nearly one-third of a mile)
long, 750 feet wide and 65 feet high.
Originally it was four stories, or rath—
er four galleries high, and had a seat-
ing capacity of 60.000 and standing
room for fully half as many more.
The ruins of this immense amphithea—
ter tell the story of the grandeur of
Rome. as well as of her decay. for
walking the streets of Rome today
one could not, without the Colosseum,
realize that this was once a city so
large that it required accommodations
for 90.000 of such of her citizens as
demanded amusement. To the Chris
tian this has become holy ground for
he will remember above all things
that this was the prace where many
Christians were thrown to the wild

 

 

1. Ruins of the Colosseum at Rome.

2. Rialto and Grand Canal in Venice.

beasts in the arena, and where it has
been. estimated, 70,000 of the hated
sect suffered martyrdom in one way
or another.

In Rome are found also the cata-
combs so intimately connected with
the early history of the Christian
church. These subterranean passages
were first used as burial places by the
Christians who later vainly sought
refuge from persecution in them and
many of them suffered martyrdom
here. The catacombs consist of many
passages with recesses along the sides
one above another, for receiving the
dead, and these were afterwards clos-
ed with tablets of marble or terra
cotta. On the walls in many places
may still be seen the crude decora—
tions symbolizing Biblical scenes—the
raising of Lazarus from the dead be-
ing one of the favorite subjects. The
catacomb visited is said to contain at
least eleven miles of passages.

The excursion to Pompeii will long
be_remembered as one of the most
enjoyable experiences of the year. The
ruined city lies at the base of the
volcano Vesuvius. At the beginning
of the Christian era. it was a prosper-
ous town of probably 20,000 to 30,000
inhabitants. In the. year 63 A. D. it
was visited by an earthquake which
destroyed a large number of the bet-
ter buildings, and was not entirely re-
built when it was overtaken by the
catastrophe of A. D. 79. At that time
an eruption of Vesuvius covered the
city with a layer of ashes ten to fif-
teen feet deep. Most of the inhabi-
tants escaped and many came back
to rescue from the. ashes as many val-
uables as possible. Some of these
people were undoubtedly asphyxiated
by the gases, as were some who fail-
ed to escape in the first place. Later
eruptions increased the depth of the
ashes to twenty feet or over and the
city was abandoned and forgotten.

Sixteen hundred years afterwards
some accidental discoveries again
called attention to the site, and during
the last half century much of the old
city has been excavated. The discov-
eries made during these excavations
have thrown new light on the history
of the Roman Empire and have made
plain many of the customs of the pe-
riod. Today the visitor can walk the
streets of old Pompeii and see things
much as they were in the first cen—
tury, or at least see enough to assist
in imagining the rest.

The streets are bordered with side-
walks and are paved with polygonal
blocks of lava. which in some cases
are over a foot in thickness. At fre-

 

 

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quent intervals high stepping stones

were placed across the street for the,

use of foot passengers. In the pave-
ments are‘found ruts sometimes six
inches or more in depth indicating
that there must have been a heavy

traffic. On many of the corners are

public fountains and here and there
were found public bulletin boards with
notices concerning the election which
was probably about to take place. The
fellow who always likes to write his
name in public places also lived in
Pompeii and probably was no more
respected than is his fellow of the
present day.

Many of the houses were found just
as they were at the time of the catas-
trophe, even to the inhabitants. The
ashes sifting in covered the bodies
and gradually became more and more
compact, so that when the flesh finally
decayed the bones Were left in a cavi-
ty which was an exact mold of the
body. By careful opening some of
these molds, and filling them with
plaster of Paris, it has been possible
to get an accurate cast of the origin-
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the features perfectly, and even the
folds of the dress can be traced .' h
certainty. Casts of dogs and er
animals have also been made, the po-
sitions in most cases indicating that
the victim died without struggling.

Beside the temples, theaters, baths
and other public buildings it is easily
possible to determine the use 01' many
of the smaller edifices. In one is found
three stone mills such as were used

MAY 9, 191%.

W“ “WWW
for grinding wheat, and in the same

establishment an oven containing sev-

eral loaves of bread, indicating that-

in those days the baker ground his
own flour. Near by is what was un-
doubtedly the forerunner of the lunch
counter of today which had its wares
displayed to attract the passing
crowds. Numerous jars for wine and
oil point to flourishing vineyards and
olive groves similar to those for which
Italy is now famous. The walls of the
better houses are covered with fres-
coes in brilliant colors many of which
are in a perfect state of preservation.

The people of Pompeii must have-

Ioved bright red as much as does the
Neapolitan of today.

Plumbing was not unknown at this
time for 'in many of the houses are
found connections made with lead
pipe and the city was supplied with
water brought in through an ingen-
iously constructed aqueduct.

At one place was found the body of
a Roman soldier clad in full armor
standing erect by the city gate; true
to his duty to the very last. In a cel-
lar eighteen bodies of women and
children who had provided them-
selves with food and sought safety
here were found. They had wrapped
their heads up and were half buried
by the ashes. Near here a man was
found with a key in his hand and be-
side, him a slave with money and val-
uables. Traversing the streets of Pom-
peii today with the bright sunshine

over all, who can picture the terror -

of that awful day over 1800 years ago.

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The Expressiveness of Rural Terms
By JAS. N. MCBRIDE.

given me by my friend, Charles

Poulot, of his father’s estate near
Lyons, in France. Among others are
the Grange Neuve, or new store-
house. The word Grange, as used by
the founder of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry, was supposed to refer to
their collective assembling as the
Lodge among other fraternal organi-
zations. Public usage, which is often
stronger, if not wiser, in nomencla-
ture, seized on this, the wider mean
ing of the French word, Grange, and
called the members Grangers. If one
might Anglicize this word it would be
“storehousers,” which sounds quite
German to say the least. What this

I HAVE a series of photographs

‘ has to do with Agricultural style has

reference to form and manner of ex-
pression or language we use.

The elegance and charm of correct
expression is a gift, or acquisition, to
admire, if not envy.

Vast sums of money are spent in
acquiring scenes of actual life for
moving pictures. The observant ar-
tist of the storehouse of the farm
and field may preserve In his mind
the primary functions of all the
world’s phases and unfold these
scenes in conversation with words,
painting them on the fleeting canvas
of your perception. I am going to
analyze just a bit for the benefit of
the younger readers of The Farmer,
or maybe it may be to the advantage
of some speakers in farm gatherings.

When the Christ of all ages was on
earth he was the man Jesus, who had
stored his mind with the images of
the field and flock and spoke as never
man spake. The gospels are filled
with these allusions, and What is of
special interest, the gospels were not
actually written by Matthew, Mark,
Luke or John, but according to them.
That is the.incidents and sayings of
Jesus was handed down orally until
reduced to writing almost a century
afterward. The field with the tares,
the flowers of the field, corn ripening
for the harvest, the barren fig tree,
and many others, were word pictures
of correct observation. These word
paintings were impressed on his fol-
lowers and could be remembered, un-
til now they are fixed more firmly

 

than if upon canvas.

If you wish to use expressive lan-
guage and have it impressive, paint
the picture in words so your hearers
see it also. An unknown speaker is
given a few‘ minutes of impartial
hearing. If he is able to divert the
attention of his audience from him-
self to the mental pictures he throws
upon the screen of his audience’s
conceptions, he succeeds. If he ram-
bles or excuses, he has made a poor
start, or, in the language of base ball.
an error, which subsequent brilliant
work must be forthcoming to over—
come.

Examine examples of sacred writ-
ings for these first word-striking pic-
tures and see how they have survived
the ravages of time, and are as fresh
as ever. “The Lord is my Shepherd,”
etc, is ever a picture, orinetal or oc-
cidental, of watchful care of the
flock. The first verse of the Scotch
song, “Annie Laurie,” breaks in upon
a scene of beauty to our eyes, in
"Maxwelton’s braes are bonnie.” It
is these views of the field and flock,

forest and stream, that every boy and

girl should lay by in their mental
“Grange,” or storehouse, ready for use
because they are ever fresh and are
the common meeting grounds of all
minds in all ages.

Ingersoll, at Napoleon’s Tomb, was
most happy in painting pictures with
words. In the following paragraphs
observe these: “I saw him (Napol-
eon) in Russia Where the infantry of
the snow and the cavalry of the wild
blasts scattered his legions like the
winter’s withered leaves. * * * I
thought of the orphans and widows
he had made and the tears that had
been shed for. his glory, and of the
only woman that had ever loved him,
pushed aside by the cold hand of am-
bition. And I said I would rather
have been a French peasant and worn
wooden shoes. I would rather have
lived in a' hut with a vine growing
over the door and the grapes grow-
ing purple in the kisses of the au-
tumn sun. I would rather have been
that poor peasant with my loving wife
by my side, knitting as the day died
out of the sky, with my children up-
on my knee and their arms about me.
I would rather have been that man
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ence of the dreamless dust than to
have been that imperial impersonator
of force and murder, known as Na-
poleon the Great.”

You are charmed with the orator
whose figures of speech are largely
taken from the storehouse of the soil
and the home. When next you listen
to a public speaker, mark his power
or lack of it, along the lines of imag-
ing or painting the pictures with the
scenes appreciated by his hearers.

We are the grownups who, in our
very childish days wanted to be told
stories. To have pictured in our
youthful minds stories of Indians,
bears and wolves, was delightful, then
later came Robinson Crusoe and his
companions. The illustrated maga-
zines and moving pictures please us
in maturity. In the social circles try
the experiment of description and im-
agery shorn of personal participation
as to the opinion you formed. Such
a thing was grand, it was fine, is not
description. In fact, egotistically sel-
fish as though the effect was greater
than the cause, and you make your-
self the central figure on the stage, a
reversal of fact, for you are before
the people and the scene is not. Pro-
fanity is a parasite of speech, it em-
phasizes where emphasis is undesir.
able, and detracts from the mental
picture that may follow, by surround-
ing beauty or comeliness with noth-
ing, or worse, in the sense of the 0f-
fensive being mingled with the pleas-
ant.

THE CRUDE RUBBER SUPPLY IN-
CREASES.

The development of “plantation
rubber,” which in the past few years
has not only brought down crude rub-
ber prices but changed the world’s
basic supply, has had a marked effect
on the tire-making industry.

Four or five years ago Brazil pro-
duced most of the world’s high-grade
crude rubber supply, and the price
per pound was steadily rising. It
reached $3 a pound in 1910 and the
supply was not nearly up to the de-
mand, so that a serious crisis was in
sight, and there was danger that the
prices of rubber products, such as
tires, would become prohibitive and
seriously retard the development of
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very wealthy.

Meantime far-sighted men and com-
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easily accessible, instead of being lo-
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tible of the best scientific training. At
first the product of these plantations
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even now, reached its full develop-
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as low as 60 cents per pound. Re-
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Brazil, which in the beginning did
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To be sure, the things about which
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cooked, and the latest recipe for ang-
el food without eggs, does not make
what you would call spicy conversa-
tion. But does it necessarily follow
that it is uninteresting? On the con-
trary, is it not of the greatest interest
to the person talking? For is it not
her life? And life in any of its phases
is of interest to the real philosopher,
whether it is life in the kiechen, on
the stage, in the business office or the
baseball ground. Any revelation of
another’s soul is interesting, whether
that revelation comes from a com-
monplace recital of bread-and-butter
facts or from the records of divorce
proceedings. And certainly the for-
mer is much more decent.

As a matter of fact, what chance
has the housekeeper in these days to
find much to talk about outside her
own interests if she does her whole
duty as expounded by her many ad-
visers? There must be children in
the real home, and in this year of
grace there is seldom help to- be se-
cured or money to pay for it if one
could find the helper. That leaves
one pair of hands to do the whole
thing. Meals must be cooked, for
though uninteresting to talk about,
they seem of vital importance if omit-
ted. Dishes must be washed, beds
made, rooms cleaned and dusted,
washing and ironing gotten through
with some way or other, mending for
the evenings when one might like to
read, sewing to be done unless one is
willing to throw away money on the
shoddily made ready-to-wears, gar-
dens must be made and weeded if
they are to produce eatables, poultry
must be cared for, fruit and vegeta-

E

OW that May is here, young
people, and even those of an
older growth, instinctively be-
gin to think of frolic and merry-mak-
ing. Something in the very atmos-
phere seems suggestive of gaiety and
light-heartedness, and the time-hon-

 

ored frolics of our mothers and our
grandmothers are brought out and
modified year after year.

The first week is often set aside in
rural communities as the time for
hanging May-baskets, although the
custom is by no means universal.
While it would not be suitable within
city limits, it is such good country
sport that it seems a pity it is not
more widely adopted, for the baskets
are dainty and pretty, and the fun in-
nocent and harmless as well as inex-
pensive.

They are made in various shapes
and sizes. Some of the prettiest are
simply pasteboard boxes about six
inches square, covered with‘white or
colored tissue paper out in strips
about an inch and a half deep and
slit up sideways for perhaps an inch
into narrow strips. These are then

crinkled with scissors or a dull knife, '

 

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bles canned, quilts and blankets look-
ed after, and incidentally and all the
time, there are the children with their
thousand and one demands on “moth-
er,” who is for the time being, their
slave and counsellor combined.

Where is the woman who does her
whole duty by her family to find time
to keep brushed up on outside things
which would make her “interesting,”
unless she has superhuman strength
and superhuman will combined? When
one has toiled all day until every
nerve, muscle and bone in the ana-
tomy is screaming for rest, it requires
an incentive more than human to
keep on the few moments longer
needed to “feed the lilies of the soul”
with that book or magazine we are
constantly being told to have always
at hand for the idle (?) moment.

That some women do keep up an
outside interest is either due to good
luck or the fact that they leave some-
thing about the house undone. It is
a physical impossibility for any wom-
an to do all the work about a modern
home, with three or four children, do
it as domestic science experts tell us
it should be done, and still have time
to keep up a course of reading or
some outside work. If the extra work
is done, it is done at the cost of
health, nerves, or home. Something
suffers.

To me “the average married wom-
an” is not uninteresting. I’ll admit
that I would rather talk about the
possible chances of war with Mexico,
the tolls repeal, Charlotte Perkins Gil-
man’s latest outburst, and Eleanor
Wilson’s wedding, than about the best
way to dye an old wrapper, or why
the jelly didn’t jeli.

 

But I do not find

married women the only ones who‘
can’t talk on topics of,the day. Manyj

men who can tell about Ty

Cobb's g

batting average never heard of Pres-i

ident Huerta. And who would dare
call them uninteresting?
It is all a question of the point of

View. Perhaps women might be betW

ter companions to their husbands if
they took more interest in things out-
side their homes. But if they do not
it is their misfortune, not their fault.
And in their round of petty duties
lies the one thing of greatest human
interest, homemaking. DEBORAH.

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Some Time-Honored Frolics for the May Season.
By L. D. STEARNS.

and pasted by the smooth edge thick-
ly over the box, which is finished at
the top with a broad band of the tis-
sue, or gilt paper. Through the han-

dles, made of braided paper and
crossed from corner to corner, are
woven green vines or blossoms. The

basket, after being filled with flowers,
trailing vines, fruit or candy, is hum.r
to the door knob and a loud knock or
ring given, when chase is at once
made, for the donor is not supposed
to be known, and the fun lies in not
getting caught. it is counted rare
good fortune if a boy or girl goes the
entire week without once leing taken
captive.

Baskets can also be made by cover—
ing boxes with gilt or silver paint or
any dainty color, and piling them with
artificial or real flowers, fruit or
candy.

May Basket Luncheon.

A May basket luncheon is also a
pretty affair, and greatly enjoyed by
both young and old. It, too, is partic-
ularly adapted to rural communities
where all the early spring blossoms
and vines are abundant. ’
Several days before the luncheon,

 

 

 

 

 

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Mrs. Hopeless—”I’m all up-

set. Mrs. Pryor phoned me
yesterday that she was going
to drive over this afternoon,
so I had to put ofi washing.
It takes me all day, and I
wouldn’t have her catch me
working for anything-she’d
never get done talking about
my poor management.”

Anty Drudge—‘ ‘My dear, I’m
afraid you’re a poor manager,
to put your washing off. You
should have used Fels-Naptha
Soap. Then you would have
been ready to see your visitor,
with the wash safely out of
the way.”

Doing a little each
day, with Feis-Nap—
tha Soap to make
your work easy, will
keep your house
clean and fresh, and
won’t tire you out,
either.

Feis-Naptha will
do your washing for
you in cool or luke-
warm water,without
hard rubbing or boil-
ing the clothes, and
will do it better,
quicker and easier
than ever.

Fels—Naptha does
every kind of work.
it makes dirt dis-
appear, dissolves
grease, and makes
stains vanish, even
stubborn blood
stains.

Buy it by the box or carton. Fol-
low the directions on the Red and
Green Wrapper.

Fels 6: Co., Philadelphia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

MAY 9, 1914.

invitations are tucked into tiny bask.
ets decorated with the spring blos-
soms and left hanging at the door of
each invited guest.

The porch, reception room and hall
should be decorated with wild vines
and flowers, branches of trees and
pussy-willows, with banks of soft
green moss wherever feasible. May
baskets of all shapes and sizes, from
the common quart fruit basket to the
made cornucopia, with its long,
streaming banners, all filled with
early blossoms and vines, hung from
the ceiling or roof of the piazza and
about the rooms in every conceivable
place, from chandeliers, brackets and
plate rail, add to the beauty of the
scene and impart a most festive air to
the whole.

Refreshments are served from the
baskets,‘ large ones being piled with
fruit and others with sandwiches of
different varieties, candies, nuts and
cake. The salad should be served in
tiny baskets formed of lettuce leaves,
while the cream cheese reposes in tiny
parsley baskets. Whole strawberries
may be served in woven ralfia bask-
ets, if the hostess (or some friend) is
fortunate enough to be able to weave
them, and these may be given as sou-
venirs of the occasion. Let the affair
end with the old-time May-pole dance.

HOME QUERIES.

 

Household Editor: ——Vl 111 you please
publish in the Household Department
the song, “When the Myrtle and the
Ivy Are in Bloom, ” or tell me where
I could find it?——M

We cannot publish songs and poems
in this column. It is intended solely
as a corner to solve home-making
problems.

Household Editor: ——V\ hat would be
a pretty way to make a dress for a
tall, slim girl? i.

 

THE. MICHIGAN FARMER

let stand over night and bake in the
morning. Made with good molasses
these are delicious. Poor molasses
will spoil any recipe.

Household Editor. -—Will you kindly
print in the Michigan Farmer how to
make maple sugar and maple syrup?
Also how to make a good pie crust. —~
A Friend.

Every housewife has her own way
of making piecrust. A good rule is
as follows: Chop four tablespoonfuls
of lard into one and one-half cups of
flour, through which have been sifted
an eighth teaspoonful of salt and a
quarter teaspoonful of baking powder.
When the lard is perfectly blended

add just enough cold water to hold:
the flour and lard together well. R0111

on a well floured board, spread upon
the crust four tablespoonfuls of lard
or butter, lay the crust over it, and
roll and fold until the shortening is
perfectly blended. This takes time,
and if you prefer you may add the
Whole of the lard to the flour in the
beginning. The tablespoonfuls should
be only slightly rounded.

Household Editor:——How do you
clarify stock?—D. F.

Allow the white and crushed shell
of one egg for every two quarts of
stock. Beat the white lightly and
pour, with the shell, into the stock
while cold. Stir constantly until the
mixture reaches the boiling point,
boil three minutes without stirring,
then push to the back of the stove
and let simmer 10 or 15 minutes.
Strain through a cheesecloth and the
stock is ready to serve.

EMBROIDERY DESIGNS BY MAY
MANTON.

 

 

 

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your son or husband can turn that dull Woodwork
to a dazzling White that will make you the envy of

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The new spring L'styies are especially
becoming to slight figures. Make the
skirt with two or three ruffles below
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with sloping shoulders, vest effect and
chemisette of white lawn or net.

Household Editor-z—How can I
make cold meat into croquettes?——
Mrs. B.

Make an extra thick white sauce.
Remove all bone and gristle from the
meat, chop it fine and mix in the
sauce. Form the mixture into small
ball, roll in crumbs, then dip in egg,
again in crumbs, and try a delicate
brown.

Household Editor:—How much time
shlo/Iuld you allow for a roast of veal?
~— rs.

Eighteen or twenty minutes to the
pound.

Household Editorz—Please tell me
what to do for a 13-year—old girl trou-
bled With indigestion. “'ill some
mother kindly answer this? I have
tried to do all we could \\ 111 some-
one give recipe for molasses cookies
where one teacup of boiling water is
used?——A Reader.

The only help for indigestion is
dieting, and as you do not say What
the girl has been eating. it would be
difficult to advise, you. )irls at that
age usually eat too much sweet and
starches and not enough milk, eggs
and good vegetables. If she is in a
serious condition let her fast for 24
hours and take nothing but hot water
until the stomach is feeling better.
The second day give her a half-cup
of hot milk to begin with, and a sim-
ilar amount every two hours through
the day. It would be better to con-
sult some physician who understands
dieting and let her eat what be pre-
scribes.

There are several recipes for mo-
lasses cookies with boiling water. The
following is the best I have ever
found: Two cups of molasses, one
cup of granulated sugar, one cup of
shortening, one tablespoonful of vin-
egar, one heaping teaspoon of soda,
one level teaspoon of salt, two tea-
spoons cinnamon, two-thirds cup of
boiling water. Coffee makes better
cookies than water if you have it.
Mix in the evening, adding flour until
they will roll up clear from the board,

 

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Elll1II!I|II|I|IIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIlllIllllIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll|Illl|IlllIlllllllIlllllIIIIIIIlllllllIllllllllllllllllllllli Elgin.——Market is firm at 25c per Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 12,000; flocks: Lambs v$6.50@8.35: wethers
:- .3 1b., which is 1,40 higher than last market strong; top lambs $7.65@7-.75; $5@6.25; ewes $4.25@6; bucks $5@
E :2 week. The demand is good and of- yearlings $6.50@7; wethers $5.50@ 5.75;.shearing and feeding lambs $6.75
g 31“ ets . g ferings light. 5.75; ewes $5@5.50. Calves slow; tops @750; shorn lambs closed at $5.25@
F; o E New York.—-The market is firm with $9.25@9.50; fair to good $8@9; heavy 7.35. A week ago best wooled lambs
g E 131223: advaitinced. 5253151112), extras (216 $5.50@7. sold at $8.60.

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M 5 1914 prices remain abouththe same. Cur- Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. 0011’! Burn Out the
. . fly . . rent receipts of fres stock are quot- - ..

Wheat.—Pncesaregomgboxh waxs: ed at 19m. Sififépiiytiiii..i§i€3 33328 2'32? Temp“ °‘ “’“r ““5
cash and May wheat advancmg while Chicago—Market is steady with Last week ..... 46910 118311 89:701 Here'sagrinder that gut“! sharp cutting
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The old grain is in short supply, while
the condition of the growing crop and
the acreage which is placed at 3,000,-
000 acres more than were ever har-
vested in this country before, makes
the future bearish. For immediate
deliveries there is a strong demand
abroad, with small shipments from
Argentine, improved demand for Aus-
tralian cargoes, and a firmer feeling
in all European markets. One year
ago the price for No. 2 red wheat was

$1.07 per bu. Quotations for the past
week are: .

No.2 No.1

Red. White. May.
Wednesday ...... 981/4, 97% 981.4,
Thursday . . . . . 98 3:4 98 1,2, 9834
Friday .......... 99 981/2 99
Saturday ........ 991,4, 98% 991/;
Monday ......... 99% 99% 99%
Tuesday ....... 99% 991,4, 99%,

Chicago, (May 4).—No. 2 red wheat
95c; May 921,80: July 85%0 per bu.

Corn.—No changes of importance
occurred in corn circles and prices
are being well maintained. Condi-
tions for farm work have encouraged
plans for the usual acreage in most
districts of the country and in some
sections to the south planting has ac-
tually begun under favorable soil and
weather environments. Argentine re-
ports a 10 per cent damage to her

crop. The price for No. 2 corn a year
ago was 570 per bu. Last week’s
quotations were:

No. 2 No. 2

Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday 67%; 69%.
Thursday ........... 671/2 69%
Friday .............. 671/2 691/2
Saturday ........... 67% 691/;
Monday ............ 68 70
Tuesday ............ 68 70

Chicago, (May 4).—~No. 2 com 6534
@6714c; May 640; July 64390 per bu.

Oats.——A fraction has been taken
from oat quotations this week, with
the grain now holding about steady
under a moderate demand. A normal
acreage of oats is being sown but the
seeding is generally late, which will
decrease the chances for a good crop.
One year ago the price for standard

oats was 381/20 per bu. Quotations
for the past week were:
No.3
Standard. White.
Wednesday . 411/2 41
Thursday .......... 41 401/2
Friday ............. 41 401/“;
Saturday ........... 41 40%
Monday ............ 41 40
Tuesday ............ 41 40
Chicago, (May 4) .——Standard oats,

£39m May 36940; July 367/30 per bu.

Beans.—Good demand prevails and
prices are higher. The local board of
trade quotes immediate and prompt
shipment at $2.10; May $2.15 per bu.
Chicago reports higher prices. Pea
beans, hand-picked, choice, are steady
at $2.25; common $2@2.15; red kid-
neys, choice $3.25.

Rye—This cereal is lower. No. 2
is quoted at 650 per bu.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth
paper sacks are selling on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs. as follows. Best
patent $5.30; second $5: straight
3475; spring patent $5.10; rye flour
$4.40 per bbl.

Feed—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $28; coarse riddlings $30;
fine middlings $32; cracked corn $29;
coarse corn meal $30; corn and oat
chop $26.50 per ton.

Hay—Good hay scarce, with prices
steady. Carlots on track at Detroit
are: No. 1 timothy 2516506017; stan-
dard $15.50@16: No. 2, $14@15; light
mixed $15.50@16; N0. 1 mixed $13.50
(114: No. 1 clover $13@13.50.

New York—Prices steady. No. 1
timothy $22; No. 3 to standard $18@
2.0.
Chicago—Market firm at lower
prices. Choice timot“v is ouoted at
$176118 per ton; No. 1, $15@16; No.
2. $13@14 per ton.

Straw—Steady. Rye $8@8.50: oat
straw $7@7.50; wheat straw $7@7.50
per ton.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

 

Butterr-Prices have advanced 10
but good judges predict lower market
than ever next week. Extra cream-
ery 241/2c per lb; firsts 231/20; dairy
17c: packing stock 140.

Chicago.-—Market is firm with the
price 10 higher. Trading is of a mod-
erate character. Extra creamery 25c;
extra firsts 23@24c: firsts 220; sec-
onds 18@191,éc; packing stock 14c.

week. Miscellaneous lots, cases in-
cluded 18@191Ac; ordinary firsts 18@
18%0; firsts‘ 19@191/1,c.

New York.—-—Market firm with prices
slightly higher. Fresh gathered ex-
tras 22@221,éc; storage packed firsts
210; fresh gathered firsts 21@211,éc.

Poultry.—Market is easy and is
without important change. Live—
Springs 18@190; hens 19@200; tur-
keys 19@20c; geese 14@150; ducks
17@18c.

Chicago—There is a good local de-
mand but increased receipts brought
the price of fowls and old roosters
down 1/zc. Quotations on live are.
Turkeys, good weight 16c; others 120;
fowls, choice 15%0; old roosters
111/20; geese 10@1lc; ducks 160.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

Apples.—Market is quiet and easy
on account of warm weather. The
quality is getting poor. Barrel stock
quoted: No. 1, $5.50@6.50; No. 2,
$4@4.50 per bbl. In Chicago the mar-
ket is very easy. The demand is slow
and holders take advantage of every
chance to sell. Prices slightly lower.
Barrel stock is now quoted: Spies
$5@6; Baldwins $5@5.25; Ben Davis
3.50@4; Golden Russets $5; Starks
$4@5.

Potatoes.—-Market is firm, with
prices unchanged. Quotations: In
bulk 62@650 per bu; in sacks 70@
72c per bu. for carlots. At Chicago
the market is quiet but firm. The of-
ferings are light. Good Michigan
stock is quoted at 65@70c per bushel.

WOOL.

 

Although the market is quiet, a
strong tone with upward tendencies
in prices is everywhere apparent. The
crop will be short this year, which
with the old clip out of the way and
manufacturers cleaned up, will urge
buyers to take hold of the new offer-
ings without delay. Already early
buyers have realized well on their
purchases which is stimulating furth-
er investment in the territories.
Fleece dealing is of so little conse-
quence just now that prices cannot
be given—the old clip is gone and
the new has not arrived, save an oc-
casional consignment. The qualitv of
the new clip is reported excellent.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

About the usual volume of transac-
tions for the season was made Tues-
day morning. Prices are steady. Po-
tatoes rule from 80@90c per bu; Ben
Davis apples of. rather inferior quality
sold for $1.50; lettuce 70c; eggs 24@
25c; rhubarb 10@35c per bunch, ac-
cording to size and‘quality: tomato
plants 75c per box; loose hay $15@
18 per ton.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

Dealers are paying 171/2@18c for
eggs this week. while dairy butter is
quoted at 17c. Poultry is scarce, with
live chickens bringing 15c; ducks 16
@17c: geese 12@IRc. Early garden
stuff is now offered on the city mar-
ket. including onions. parsnips, pie-
plant and spinach. Pieplant is off to
50c per bushel. No change is report-

ed in potatoes. Dressed hogs con—
tinue at 101/.@11c. \R'heat is worth
93c: corn 65c. Beans advanced to

$1.90 on white pea and $2.75 for red
kidneys. '

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
Buffalo.
May 4, 1914.

(Special Report of Dunning and Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Cattle—Receipts 3500: market 10
@150 higher; prime steers $8.756)
9.25; best shipping steers $8.50@8.75;
best 1100 to 1200-lb. steers $8@8.50:
coarse and plain weighty steers $7.75
@790; fancy yearlings $8.25@8.50;
medium to good $7.75@8: choice
handy steers $7.85@8.10; fair to good
$7.60@7.75; extra good cows $6.75@
7.25; best cows $6@6.50: butcher
cows $5.25@5_.75: cutters $4.35@4.50;
trimmers $4@4.25; best heifers $7.50
(037.85; medium butcher heifers $6.75
@725; stock heifers $6.25@6.50;
feeding steers $7@7.85; best stock
steers $7.25@7.50; common light do
$6.50@7; extra good bulls $7@7.25;
bologna bulls $6.25@6.50; stock bulls
$5@6: milkers and springers $40@90.

Hogs—Receipts 19,000: market 5@
10c higher; all grades $8.75@8.80.

Today’s cattle supply is extremely
small for‘ Monday, and trade is brisk
in pretty much everything, including
steers, butcher stock and stockers,
with prices all of a dime higher and
in some instances 15c better. Some
prime 1400-lb. steers brought $9.60.
Hogs opened 50 higher, with the top
price $8.55, and sales all the way
down to $8.10, but later demand fell
off and the improvement was lost.
Hogs marketed last week averaged
234 lbs. Sheep and lambs were active
and largely about 100 higher, prime.
wooled lambs bringing $8.40 and
prime clipped lambs $7.40. It was
very warm weather, and cattle filled
with water freely.

Cattle weakened in value last Wed—
nesday, with a larger supply than is
usual on that day, the fact that tax
day falls on May 1 in Minnesota and
South Dakota being responsible for
many shipments from those states.
The loss in prices for the week was
about 10@15c for cattle not of the best
class, there being no decline in bulu
locks selling at $8.50@9.50. The bulk
of the steers marketed during the
week sold at $7.85@9, with the com-
moner class of light-weight steers go-
ing for $7.15@8, while a medium class
sold at $8.10@8.35 and good cattle at
$8.40@8.95. Yearlings of common to
prime grading sold at $7.75@9.25, good
lots going at $8.60 and upward and
poorly fattened yearlings being bad
sellers. Butchering cows and heifers
had an outlet at $5.15@8.75, demand
being especially urgent for a good fat
class. Cutters brought $4.60@5.10,
canners $3.50@4.55 and bulls $5.25@
7.75. The stocker and feeder traffic
was lessened by moderate offerings
and high prices, with sales at $6.15@
8.30 and no good lots selling below
$7.50. Demand continued to center
strongly in choice stockers, which
sold at $8@8.30, and while a few car-
loads of prime feeders that averaged
around 1,000 lbs. sold up to $8.25,
there were not many country buyers
willing to pay as high as $8 for any
thing in the feeder line. The greater
part of the stockers and feeders went
to feeding districts in Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio, with fair numbers forward-
ed to Pennsylvania and Virginia buy-
ers, but many intending buyers were
reluctant about paying the prices ask-
ed. Stock steer calves of heavy
weight brought $7.60@8.50, and sales
were made of stock and feeding cows
and heifers at $5.15@7.25. The calf
market showed a good deal of anima-
tion at $5@9 per 100 lbs. for coarse
heavy lots to consignments of prime
light vealers. Milkers and springers
sold better at $55@90 each, most in-
quiries being for the better class.

Hogs disappointed their friends last
week by selling off sharply on several
days, and it began to look as though
buyers were going to be successful in
placing the market on a considerably
lower basis in the future. Supplies of
hogs accumulated extensively in the
stock yards, and as the bad breaks in
prices failed to lessen country load—
ings for market, it looked as though
stocknien owning droves of hogs were
less confident regarding the future
than heretofore. Prime light and me-
diumoweight shipping hogs continued
the highest sellers. with the best
heavy lots going at a discount of 50
usually. Recent receipts have aver-
aged 235 lbs, comparing with 245 lbs.
one year ago, 228 lbs. two years ago.
246 lbs. three years ago and 227 lbs.
four years ago. After the best hogs
had dropped to $8.40 on Friday there
was a rally that left hogs on Saturday
at $8@8.50 for inferior heavy packing
lots to prime light. shipping offerings
comparing with $8.35@8.80 a week
earlier, while pigs brought $7@8.25.

Sheep and lambs sold at declining
prices as a general rule last week,
with a less urgent demand from most
sources than usual, although fat
handy-weight wooled Colorado lambs
had a good outlet on the whole. Most
of the fed western lambs came to
market shorn, and clipped flocks of
lambs and sheep were greatly pre-
ferred by local packers. Numerous
consignments of southern spring
lambs arrived from Louisville con—
signed direct to packers. Straight
loads of 61-lb. spring lambs sold in
the Louisville market at $9 per 100
lbs., and it is stated that contracts
have been made for both June and
July delivery at $7. The southern
spring lamb crop is expected to be
marketed freely by May 20, according
to late reports. Prices rallied late in
the week after the best wooled lambs
had sold at $8.25, leaving quotations
on Saturday as follows for wooled

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For $2.85 we will send to you all charges prepaid:
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Ship your Hay in Pittsburgh andio
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To Have Healthy

Fat Hogs, Feed
Merry War Powdered Lye

“I want to say in praise of MERRY WAR
POWDERED LYE that I only lost one hog all
last Winter and Spring while they died with
Cholera allaround me; about thirtydied on same
Everybody that had hogs lost

    
     

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we. MERRY WAR POWDERED LYE all
the time. and I want to say to my fellow hog
raiser-s. if you Want to grant Cholera. use
MERRY WAR POWDER D LYE and use it
freely. according to directions. and often. and you
will preserve the health of your hogs and have
fine healthy hogs all the year ’round".

(Original letter on file in our oflice. Name and
address will be furnished upon application to us.
E. Myers Lye Co.)

Merry. War
POWDERED Lye

Costs Only 5c per lion, per Month,
To Feed Regularly, Twice Each Day

A 10c Can of Merry War P0 WDE’RED Lye
Contains 120 Feeds—

enongh to keep ahog well conditioned for 2 months.
For sale at most druggists. grocers and feed deal-
ers. It is convenient to buy in case lots, 4 dozen
cans. 54:80. at which price we will ship it to you
direct. prepaid. if your dealers won't supplyyou.
When ordering send us your dealers’ names.

Don’t Take Chances
Putting Anything Claimed To Be “Just
As Good” in Your flogs’ Stomachs

Don't make doubtful and firhaps dangerous ex eri‘
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FOR SALE-One two passenger automobile all in
A No. 1 condition. cheap at 880. Also
other cars cheap. Floyd E. Lott, Oak Grove. Mich.

Farms and Farm Lands For Sale

 

 

' . Excellent land in Minnesota

anCStlgatfi 0 North Dakota. Montana. Idaho,
Washin on and Oregon-ammont to the Northern
Pacific ailway—the best develo ed sections of the

Northwest: obtainable at low prices. State land on
lo payments deeded land on ere payment plan;
climate. good schools—no i ated pioneering.
Bend for literature saying what state most interests
you. L. J. BRICKER. Gen. 1m . Act... 380
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VIRGINIA FARMS

You can become happy and independent farm-
ing in Virginia. You can grow profitably alfalfa
and all rasses. corn, fruits, grains, beef and dairy
cattle. i into boasts the nest apple growing
section in 8 world. Farms 815 per acre and up.
We welcome you. Write now for booklets. maps
and other literature.

G. W. KOINER.
Stats Commissioner of Aer" Richmond.Vs.

McClure-Stevens Land (20.

Successors to A. J. Stevens 1! Co. Established 1883

Farm. Fruit and Stock Lands. We own 18,000 acres
of choice unimproved land in Gladwin and Clare
counties. Sold on easy payments. InterestGpercent.
Write for information.

Gladwln, Michigan.
LOCAL
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Because they know we advertise
truthfully and extensively. COM-

AN the respect of our Banks
and Merchants. and look after
their interests as well as those of
the buyer. Our bargains are
bargains. Seeing is believing.

FARMERS’ REALTY C0.

Quokertown. Pennsylvania.

 

 

FOR s‘LE—‘lO acre farm. eight miles from Pt. Huron.

38 acres cleared. 2 acres good timber, good
buildings. 50 fruit trees. An ele ant place for fruit,
berry or poultry farm. Price . one half down. I
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Head and toms and Son "lit lug, Fine Farm.
32) acres. 21-room house. four large barns. many
outbuildings. Grand opportunity. Price.$ part
cash. Great stock farm. catalogue number 314. [Ian's
Farm Agency. Owezo. Tioga 00., New York.

 

F s ' —In whole or part. 320 acre Southern Michi-
or a e gan farm. _Good soil. buildings and fences.
Must sell. 0. S. Schairer 214 Dewey Ave..Swissvsle, Pa.

MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS

Near Saginaw and'Bay City. in Gladwin and Midland
Counties. Low prices: Eas terms: Cleartitle. Write
for maps and particulars: TAPPELD BROTHERS.
15 Merrill Buildins. 8381mm. (W. 3.). Michisan.

6000 ACRES—Rainy Lake.Pre uo Isle Count .

_ Clay loss: In . lumberod &)
years ago. Easily cleared. 810 to 812.50 per acre.
Small payment. long time. AIBOHZOO-aore ranch and
aptly improved farm. No cro failures or floods.
anin. grass. fruit, vegetables an live stock returns
challenge comgearlscn. J EN 6. KBAUTH. owner.
Rainy Lake ttlement. P. 0. Miller-burg, hitch.

FARMS, GOOD. CHEAP, PROFITABLE.

UNUS UAL OPPORTUNITIES NOW.
Itate Board of Agriculture. Dover. Delaware.

- ——2 cro a year here. no snow.
Swill 6mm FINDS New 83101.: of Ohio and Mich-
igan Farmers. virgin soils. on railrc . rn. Cotton.
and paper Shell Pecan lands. Write for booklet today.
Wayne Development 00.. Owners, Ora-I .,Bruuwiek. Gs.

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.THE.MICHIGAN .FARMER

THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION.

The first edition is sent'to those who 6

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.
April 30, 1914.
Cattle.

Receipts 1426. Market steady at
Wednesday’s and last week’s prices.

We quote: Best steers and heifers
$8@8.50; steers and heifers, 1000 to
1200, $7.50@7.75; do 800 to 1000, $6.75
@725; do that are fat, 500 to 700,
$6.50@7; choice fat cows $6@6.50;
good do $5.25@5.75; common cows
$4.50@5; canners. $3@4.25; choice
heavy bulls $6.75; fair to good bolog-
nas, bulls $6.25@6.50; stock bulls $5
@6; choice feeding steers 800 to 1000
$6.75@7.40; fair do $6.50@6.75; choice
stockers, 500 to 700, $6.50@6.75; fair
do $6@6.25; stock heifers $5@6; milk~
ers, large, young, medium age $65@
75: common milkers $40@55.

Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 5
butchers av 988 at $6.50, 1 cow wgh
990 at $5.75, 2 do av 1100 at $6, 2
steers av 810 at $7.35, 5 do av 1020 at
$8, 1 do wgh 860 at $7.25; to Boetner
28 feeders av 874 at $7.40; to Kam-
man B. Co. 7 steers av 835 at $7.35,
17 do av 825 at $7.50, 12_do av 905 at
$7.50, 1 bull Wgh 830 at $6.50; to Brei-
tenbeck 2 cows av 950 at $5.75, 1 bull
wgh 1410 at $6.40; to Newton R. Co.
18 steers av 1044 at $780.15 do av
1007 at $7.80, 2 cows av 1110 at $6, 2
cows av 900 at $6.25, 3 steers av 1073

to Schuer 2 cows av 875
at $5.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 4
cows av 1125 at $6.60, 2 do av 995 at
$6, 3 steers av 983 at $7.60, 3 bulls av
1327 at $6.75, 12 steers av 1030 at
$7.75, 4 cows av 1175 at $6.25; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 2 bulls av 1410
at $6.50, 9 steers av 833 at $7.50, 1
cow wgh 1160 at $6.75; to Haddrell
9 feeders av 787 at $7.35; to Breiten-
beck 20 steers av 825 at $7.30; to
Parker, W. & C0. 21 steers av 770 at
$7.25; to Bresnahan 2 bulls av 1050
at $6, 4 cows av 940 at $5.50, 1 do
wgh 740 at $5.50; to Bresnahan 12
steers av 658st $7.20; to Hammond,
S. & Co. 2 butchers av 1010 at $7, 1
cow wgh 1280 at $7, 1 bull wgh 1240
at $7; to Bresnahan 1 cow wgh 860 at
$5.50, 1 steer wgh 600 at $7, 2 do av
495 at $6.75, 6 do av 655 at $6.75; to
Thompson Bros. 21 do av 860 at $7.45,
1 bull wgh 780 at $6.50.

Roe Com. Co. sold Kamman B. Co
10 cows av 1083 at $5.90; to Bresna-
ban 3 cows av 960 at $5.25.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Rattkowsky
2 steers av 1135 at $6.50, 3 cows av
1170 at $6.15; to Newton B. Co. 13
steers av 809 at $7.50, 4 do av 955 at
$6.60, 14 do av 830 at $7.35, 1 do wgh
690 at $7, 16 do av 1065 at $7.90, 3
COWS av 1017 at $6, 1 do wgh 950 at
$5.25, 1 do wgh 970 at $6.50, 3 bulls
av 1653 at $6.50, 2 steers av 875 at
$7.25, 2 do av 1185 at $8, 2 do av 985
at $8, 26 do av 852 at $7.60, 8 cows
av 1140 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 1000 at
$5.75, 2 steers av 970 at $7.50, 1 bull
wgh 1370 at $6.50, 6 heifers av 820 at
$7.65, 3 heifers av 577 at $6, 1 bull
wgh 1690 at $7.50; to Bresnahan 4
cows av 985 at $5.50, 2 do av 945 at
$5.50, 17 steers av 872 at $7.75, 2
cows av 1050 at $6, 6 do av 1035
at $5.75, 7 do av 950 at $5.60; to
Breitenbeck 5 do av 994 at $5.90; to
Sullivan P. Co. 23 steers av 1085 at
$7.65, 5 do av 1088 at $7.80, 2 do av
1080 at $6.55, 1 do wgh 920 at $6.50,
2 cows av 1135 at $6.25, 2 do av 975
at $5.75; to Hammond, S. & C0. 2
steers av 935 at $7, 2 bulls av 1400 at
$6.50, 6 cows av 1131 at $6.50, 6 steers
av 1083 at $8.

 

Veal Calves.
Receipts 968. Market steady with
last Thursday; 250 lower than on

Wednesday. Best $9@9.25; others $6
@8 50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Newton B. Co.
3 av 130 at $7, 14 av 135 at $9, 12 av
140 at $9; to Applebaum 4 av 155 at
$9.50; to Rather 6 av 130 at $9.50; to
Applebaum 7 av 155 at $9; to Ratt-
kowsky 18 av 140 at $9.40; to Goose
14 av 145 at $9.50; to .J Goose 44 av
145 at $9.50, 4 av 140 at $9.25, 5 av
115 at $8.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 4 av
150 at $9, 2 av 190 at $9, 5 av 115 at
$8, 4 av 120 at $8.50, 4 av 155 at $9,
2 av 135 at $7.50; to Thompson Bros.
21 av 125 at $8.50; to Kull 6 av 120 at
$8.75, 2 av 110 at $8.50; to Costello
5 av 109 at $8.50, 18 av 140 at, $9; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 14 av 145 at
$9.25; to Rattkowsky 3 av 135 at $9;
to Hammond, S. & Co. 7 av 135 at
$8.50, 2 av 160 at $9.25. 20 av 140 at
$9, 7 av 130 at $8.75, 21 av 145 at
$9, 3 av 100 at $7.

' Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1967. Market steady. Best
lambs $7@7.25; fair to good lambs
$6.50@7; light to common lambs $5.50
@660; fair to good sheep $4.50@5;
culls and common $3.50@4; wool
lambs $8.

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

2 wool lambs av 60 at $7; to Mich.
B. Co. 16 spring lambs av 60 at $12, 4
wool lambs av 75 at $8; to Parker,
W. & Co. 151 do av 85 at $7; to
Thompson Bros. 10 sheep av 100 at
$4.50, 6 do av 125 at $5, 6 do av 110
at $5, 15 do av 75 at $4.50; to Mich.
B. Co. 54 lambs av 73 at $7, 16 do
av 55 at $6, 19 do av 55 at $6.25, 26
yearlings av 85 at $6.75, 21 do av 90
at $6.50; to Thompson Bros. 24 lambs
av 65 at $7; to Hammond, S. & Co.
3 spring lambs av 50 at $11.

Spicer & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 22
sheep av 110 at $3.25, 24 spring lambs
av 51 at $10; to Newton B. Co. 113
lambs av 75 at $6.70; to Parker, W.
& Co. 23 do av 71 at $6.75.

Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 11
sheep av 105 at $4.75, 19 lambs av 65
at $6.75, 5 wool lambs av 75 at $7.75,
69 do av 70 at $6.75. ‘

Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 10 sheep
av 80 at $5, 92 clip lambs av 65 at $7.
Hogs.

Receipts 8662. None sold up to
noon. Looks $8.35@8.40.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co.
425 av 190 at $8.40.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &
$C80352500 av 190 at $8.40, 24 av 180 at

Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 500 av 190 at $8.40, 250 av 180
at $8.35.

Market closed dull at the decline
from last week.

James Fontaine, of Lakeview, was
on the market with two loads of the
best cattle seen here in some time,
that he raised himself. Twenty-one
of them were sold by Bishop, Bullen
& Holmes to Hammond, Standish &
Co. for $8.50 per cwt; they averaged
1130 lbs. The other load was heavier
and up to noon $8 was the best price
offered, they being too heavy for the
trade.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

 

(Continued from page 525).

ing short of feed farmers are turning
stock out. V‘Vlnter wheat and rye are
promising. Potatoes coming up; corn
germinating; markets steady except
hogs and cattle are a little off.

Nehama Con—Fruit and small grain
prospects are splendid. Plenty of
moisture has fallen. Grasses are
growing well. Large acreage of alfal-
fa. is being sown. Potatoes and gar-
den truck are in and some corn is
planted. Fruit trees in blossom. The
frost caught apricots. Other fruit is
safe and promises well.

Trego Co.——Weather dry and Windy.

Crops are not suffering yet for mois-
ture but we need rain to give wheat
a start. Cold storm about April 10
killed most of the fruit buds. A large
acreage of corn is being planted. A
number of farmers started planting
corn about April 15. Oats are up but
not doing well. All oat fields are
very weedy. Potatoes all planted but
none are up yet. Farmers are selling
butter—fat for 200; eggs 15c.
. Finney Co.——It is very dry here but
it is cloudy and threatening rain.
Wheat and barley have been damaged
some by dust storms. Grass is get-
ting green and stock looks well. The
farmers are listing in their crops.
Maize and cane are the main spring
crops. Butter 200; eggs 16c; hens
13c; cream 200; corn chop $1.60 per
cwt; wheat $1 per bu; seed potatoes
$1.20 per bu.

Cloud Co.—.Fine warm weather pre.
vails; hwheat looking fine yet, but is
begmnmg to Show a. little yellow from
dry weather. A few cattle on grass
but not many. Farmers generally are
preparing ground for com. About as
much corn will be planted this spring
as last. Not much feed of any kind. 7

Cowley Co.—Spring seeding has
been somewhat delayed by rains but
is coming well in most fields. Winter
wheat and rye are in fine condition.
Pastures are doing well and stock
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shape. About the usual acreage of
cats, corn and Kaffir will be put in.
Have had some late frosts but they
have done little damage.

Lincoln Co.——VVeather fine but had
a frost a week ago. The spring—sown
alfalfa is coming out fine. Wheat
looks good; meadows are slow in get-
ting green. Some of the fruit is
frozen, such as peaches and apricots;
chernesare good yet. Corn listing
W111 be 1n the full go by next week.

Corn land is scarce this year. E s

sell at 150; cream 24c; hogs $8 gg
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Peach and. cherry trees in bloom.
Winter grams promise well. Many
new orchards are being set. also
strawberries. Timothy hay $16@18
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HE educational movement for co-
operation is gaining ground in
this country. Co-operation is

business, and not war. Permanent or-
ganizations with constructive policies
should take the place of spasmodic
protest against evils which have been
permitted to grow up.

In the United States farmers’ co-
operative societies have increased 40
per cent during the past five years,
while in Germany, Holland and Swit-
zerland, they have gained 50 per cent
during that time. The United States
stands near the foot of the list of all
civilized nations in the number of co-
operative organizations. Denmark
leads the world, where four-fifths of
her products are handled by co-opera-
tive associations. Twenty years ago
the situation in Denmark was similar
to that which confronts the United
States today, but now the farmers of
that country receive 921/2 cents of ev-
ery dollar that the consumer pays for
their products, while the farmers of
the United States receive 35 cents of
every dollar that, the consumer pays.
The farmers of this country conduct
an industry of individuals, each one
a small capitalist in himself.

Some Essential Principles.

There are a few general principles
underlying successful co-operatiou
that must be thoroughly understood,
not only by the officials, but also by
the members of these organizations,
before the greatest benefits can be se‘
cured. First of all, a cooperative
spirit must prevail; secondly, a defi-
nite assurance of loyal support from
the farmers of a community is abso-
lutely essential. An honest, energetic,
up-to-date manager must be secured.
Personal independence has to be sac-
rificed for the good of the associa-
tion. The officers of the association
must have delegated to them the nec-
essary power to carry on the affairs
of the society. The members should
be bound by contract to sell their
products through the org, anization
These are some of the impoitant prin-

ciples required in successful 0001)-
eration.
Production and Income.
Large production generally mili-

tates against the largest net income.
The statistics of the United States
Department of Agriculure go to show
that this rule maintains in the eco-
nomics of American agriculture. For
instance, in 1912 the, country raised
30 per cent larger crops than in 1911,
but for this 30 per cent larger crop
the farmers received about 12 per cent
less income 'This would sugg, est that
the lal‘f e problem before the Ameritan
farmer today is not one of production
but of distribution, and it seems that
co-operation offers the proper solu-
tion.

Aid in Solving Other Problems.

The solving of the marketing prob-
lem will aid in the solution of others.
By increasing the income of the farm,
it will be less difficult, for instance,
to keep the boy and girl there. The
country boy understands that the fel-
low who makes the plow and hoe he
uses, works three hours to earn one
dollar; the wagon and harness maker
three and one-half hours; railroad em-
ployes two and one-half hours; while
the farmer works ten hours and more
for this amount, hence the country
boy naturally concludes to try the
city. The trouble is, he does not car-
ry his conclusion to the final analy-
sis, which is that the ordinary man
in the city is crowded out at 45 to
make room for the more vigorous men
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mass of population moves under the
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tunities. Other problems that would
become easier of solution, were the
incomes of farmers increased, are
those relating to better social and re-
ligious conditions, improved sanita-
tion, increased labor-saving machinery
and devices, etc.

It is apparent to all who have been
closely associated with co-operative
enterprises, and who know the condi~
tions that these organizations are re-
quired to oppose, that the effort must
be a C0111prehensive one. it will not
be solved by small local units. His-
tory points out that the small com-
munity organization however is the
forerunner of the larger scheme,
and hence must. be carefully nurtured
during the formative period of these

societies. It should therefore be the
purpose and aim of such organizations

as the Farmers’ Clubs and Grange to
lend every aid toward the successful
organization and management of lo-
cal co-operative societies, to the end
that these will ultimately 21111algamate
into a large federation.

Note—The above is a brief of an
address delivered at, the Round-up, by
E. C. Shupp, President of the Hills-
dale County Farmers’ Institute Asso-
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THE BUTTER MARKET.

\Vhile this is the off season for but-
ter trading, a little comment on the
condition of the market will find ac-
tive interest among," the, readers of
these columns. Stastitically speak—
ing, the market should begin the next
campaign in good shape. While the
receipts at Chicago and New York
for the period from May 1, 1913, to
April 25,211'«\ a little larger than for
the same, period of the previous year,
the amount is considerably smaller
than for the corresponding periods of
the two previous seasons. And the re—
ceipts for the. past week are running
below those, for the same week of
last year. Then, too, the storage sup-
plies have, been well absorbed, giving
the new 111arkoting season which be-
gins with the first, of next month, a
promise of prices being maintained
on a reasonably good basis. it is true
that fore'gn competition may give the
trade an additional factor to deal
with, the influence of which cannot
be measured; but the amount now
coming in is very 111eage1‘.

However, this foreign competition
is not likely to be without helpfulness
to our butter business. The offerings
from outside have been of an inferior
quality and have come in competition
with our lower grades. It is in this
class.of butter that the. market is
slow today while the best grades are
bringing a premium. If by reason of
the interference of foreign offerings
the advantage of 111anufacturing bet-
ter grades is impressed 0n the Ameri-
can buttermaker, a distinct step to-

ward conserving our cream output,
increasing consumption and improv-

ing general 111-arketin5,r conditions for
the home-made product and discour-
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made.

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late. The big end of the lamb crop
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Crop and Market Notes.

 

Michigan.

Gratiot Co.——Three times since Aps
ril 1 the ground has been covered with
snow. The week following Easter
was very warm and pleasant, and
many farmers succeeded in getting
their oats sowed. It is now cool, and
fruit buds have made but little devel-
Opment. The heavy freezes have cause
ed the wheat to appear yellow in
spots. Very little rain has fallen, and
grass and meadows are not showing
up much yet. Live hogs sell for $8@
8.25; beans $1.80; eggs 16c; butter
16@220.

Pennsylvania.

Crawford Co.——Wheat and rye look-
ing fine and meadows are good. The
peaches are all killed; plums, cher-
ries and small fruits are all right as
yet. Not much plowing done yet.
Roads are in good shape. Cows are
selling at big prices, also horses. Po-
tatoes 75c; eggs 18c; chickens 12c;
veal calves 80; milk 1.90 per cwt.
This is a dairy section; lots of milk
sent to factory, and shipped away.

Ohio.

Hancock Co.—Spring work has been
delayed on account of wet weather.
Oats are nearly all sowed, and some
ground has been plowed for corn, of
which a large acreage will be planted.
Prospects for the fruit crop are good.
Meadows and rye look fine, but some
wheat fields look spotted. Fall-sown
timothy looks good. Cloverseed is all
sowed. Stock came through the win-
ter in good shape. Many farmers are
having bad luck with spring pigs.
Some corn is being marketed at 92c
per cwt; ‘wheat 910; oats 37c; rye
55c; barley 45c; butter 20c; eggs 15c;
chickens 130; some fall pigs are be-
ing marketed at $8.75 per cwt; good
cows $75@125. Much spraying is be-
ing done in this vicinity. Farm hands
are very scarce, and high in price.
Much wire fencing is being done.

Hardin Co.—~Farmers are getting
busy with their plowing. The cold
weather the first part of April did
some damage to winter wheat and
meadows. Some wheat fields will be
sown to cats. Apple and other fruit
trees have just begun to show buds,
and it is thought that they are safe.
A good deal of spraying is being
done. Some farmers are losing some
of their spring pigs.

Holmes Co.—We have had a cold.
backward spring, but farmers have
now commenced to plow, and roads
are drying up. Feed is getting scarce.
Wheat looks fine, and meadows are
starting up nicely. Hay is about all
sold at $12 per ton; corn 75c; oats
420; wheat 93c; cream 270; eggs 150;
beef cattle $7; hogs $8.50.

Highland Co.—Spring is very back-
ward. Plowing is about half done.
There will not be much oats sown,
but a large acreage of corn will be
planted. Wheat is looking fairly well.
Grass is looking in good condition.
Fruit trees are beginning to bud. Fat
cattle 6@7c; hogs $8; hens 130; eggs
16c; ducks 10c; corn 75@800. Horses
are cheaper at this time of year [than
for several years.

Clermont Co.——Fruit buds are in
good condition and give promise of a
large fruit crop. Meadows and win-
vter grain looking fine. Tobacco plants
are starting out well, and about the
usual amount will be raised. Farmers
are breaking up ground, and many
have corn ground broken. Dairy
farmers are putting up silos, buying
more cows and shipping milk and
cream. Poultry raisers are raising
early chicks and selling eggs at fancy
prices. Eggs 13c; butter 27c.

Columbiana Co.‘The weather has
been very backward, and farmers
have not been able to make much
headway with spring work. A few
have been plowing sod, but it is too
wet. The ground has been in fine
shape for sowing clover, and wheat
looks better than for several years.
New meadows are mostly coming out
in fine shape. At recent public sales
everything seemed to bring a good

price. Butter 24c; eggs 160; wheat
950; oats 40c; corn 70c; hay $14;
straw $8.

Coshocton Co.-—The first two weeks
of April were rainy, consequently the
farmers are behind with their oat
sowing. Farmers have been using the
road drags lately, and the roads are
now in good condition. Fruit has not
been damaged as yet. Wheat is com-
ing on nicely, and the meadows look
good. Eggs 20c; butter 32c; potatoes
80c; chickens 14c; hay $14; corn 80c:
oats 55c; wheat 93c; hogs $8.45.
Horses are still low in price.

Crawford Co.—Spring work is late
on account of the wet weather. Mea-
dows are showing a nice stand, and
wheat fields look fair. Cloverseed is
all sown.- Fruit trees are not budding
yet. There was not much maple sy-
rup made this spring. Wheat 900;
oats 36c; corn 60c; hay $9; eggs 150;
butter 22c: cream 2539c.

Wayne. Cow—April has been very un-
lavorable for farm work, being wet

cherries.

THE MICH'IGAN'FAR’MER

and cold. The low lands are flooded.
Very little oats sown and not much
plowing done yet. Wheat and mea-
dows are looking good. Peaches are
all frozen. Apples bid fair so far.
cherries are not frozen yet. Cattle
on feed yet, not many out on pasture
which is very short. There seems to
be plenty of feed yet. Wheat 93c;
oats 380; corn 70c; potatoes 700; hay
$10@12; butter 26c; eggs 17c.

Shelby Co.—Weather is fine with
rain a little too scarce. Wheat is a
little better than one-half a stand but
meadows are good. Oats are sown
and some plowing done for corn.
Peach buds about all frozen and ap-
ples are not budding well. Pears and
blue plums are promising. Wheat 900;
oats 35c; corn 86c per cwt; clover-
seed $6.50; eggs 15c; butter 250.
While spring work wor behind, the
weather has enabled farmers to catch
up some.

Indiana.

Wayne Co.—We are having much
rain, which is delaying spring work.
Farmers have just begun to plow for
corn, and no oats have been sown,
which is unusual for this time of the
year. About the usual acreage of corn
and cats will be planted this spring.
Fruit buds have not opened up yet.
We have a fine prospect for wheat and
clover. The roads are good, and a
considerable amount of wheat is be-
ing hauled to market. Hens are lay-
ing well, and a good many chicks
have been hatched. Corn 630; wheat
900; hogs $8.50; hay $10@12.

Wisconsin.

Polk Co.——Late spring and much
freezing has damaged winter crops,
but they are not in bad shape. Hay
is scarce. It is selling at $10@12 per
ton in the barn. Potatoes 42c; butter
fat 300; eggs 16c; roads are in good
shape.

Waushara Co.——Have had a week of
warm weather but it is now cooler
again. Some cats are sown. Potatoes
have done the unexpected by advanc-
ing from 50 to 600 per bushel. Eggs
are down to 15c; veal 6@8c for live;
pig crop short and selling at $3@3.50
apiece, when five or six weeks old. No
pasture yet, but feed is sufficient in
this locality. Seeding looks good.

Champaign Co.—-Froze here on the
20th, but do not know if the fruit has
been damaged here or not. Work is
progressing well, with oats sown and
ground being prepared for corn. We
need rains. Grass is some backward.
No grain is being marketed.

Missouri.

St. Louis Co.——The county is all
aglow with blossoms of all fruits.
Strawberry blossoms froze in the last
cold spell. Every indication points to
a large crop of apples, pears and
I fail to find peach or plums
damaged much, should say they are
better than last year. Wheat and rye
doing fine. Some new seeding poor.
Meadows are needing rain. A good
shower at this time would do wonders
in the agricultural fields. Roads are
fine but dusty. Weather is hot, being
82 degrees. Some of the lowlands are
still too wet for the plow for corn.

Barton Co.~—The weather during Ap-
ril was detrimental to the fruit crop.
Considerable small fruit was killed by
freezing. Wheat and oats look fine.
Corn planting well under way. Grass
is growing nicely. Some have turned
their stock on pastures, others are
still feeding. Some hay moving now.
Prairie hay mostly $15 on track.

Warren Co.-Had freezing weather
during week of April 12 but it seems
to have done damage to the fruit and
the prospects are fine. Wheat and
rye look fine and meadows are fairly
well. Spring work has been delayed
on account of rains so that oat sow—
ing is away behind. The usual amount
of corn will be planted and a large
.number of farmers are trying sweet
clover and alfalfa. Eggs 1755c; but—
ter-fat 24c; butter 30c.

Polk Co.—Apples are in good' con-
dition, also peach and berry crops
promise 75 per cent of full crop. Grass
and wheat are excellent. Farm work
retarded to some extent by rains, al-
though some corn has been planted.
A large acreage will go in. Pastures
are better than usual at this time of

year.
Nebraska.

Cass Co.—Winter grains are looking
fine and pastures are beginning to
furnish feed. Potatoes and early gar-
dens planted. Fruit in fair shape.
Stock healthy but many young pigs
have been lost by reason of unfavor-
able weather. Horses low; cattle are
steady; hogs 80; wheat 800: corn
65c; oats 40c; hay $8; potatoes $1:
poultry 13c; eggs 160; butter 20c;
butter-fat 240.

Kansas.

Marion Co.—Spring work behind.
High winds, frost and hail have dam-
aged oats and caused loss to spring-
sown alfalfa. Fruit has been dam-
aged around 50 per cent. Tent cater-
pillar prevalent. More cats are sown
than usual. Kaflir is taking the place
of corn. Pastures are poor. but be

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Star Grange No. 885, met April 4
in due form with the \Vorthy Master
in the chair. All of the officers were
present but the steward. Twelve new
applications for membership Were
presented. We have twenty new
members now and we thank Brother
Keifer and Brother Ketcham for the
help they have given our Grange in
getting these new members. Motion
was made and supported that we have
Pomona Grange in August. As it was
getting late the lecture hour was
omitted‘and all sat down to the well
filled tables and did ample justice
there. Over 50 members were pres-
ent.

Vermontville Grange met. for an all-
day session early in April and con-
ferred the third and fourth degrees
in the forenoon on a. class of four,
followed by a potluck dinner. After
the dinner hour the members of the
Grange were invited to Barber Bros.’
store, where their spring opening was
being held, and treated to several se-
lections on the victrola, among them
being, “Uncle Josh Joins the Grange,”
which was greatly enjoyed. On re~
turning to the hall the following pro-
gram was given: Song, Grange; roll
call, responded to by each brother
naming the woman he considers the
greatest in American history; sisters,
the. man they consider greatest.
Frances Willard was first choice as
the greatest woman, and Abraham
Lincoln as the greatest man. Sister
Mahar favored us with a recitation
about “Brother Brown,’ and responded
to an encore with “The Tango Lady.”
Sister Brown, assisted by others, gave
us some suggestions for gardening.
Brother Williams read a paper on
“Farm Credits.” and Brother \Varing
one on “Forestry.” Brother and Sis-
ter Dalzell gave two selections, which
were heartily applauded. Sister W'il-
liams gave a short paper on “Our
Progress in Care of Children and the
Young,” and Brother Purvis gave a
short talk on “Our Progress Toward
Co-operation.” The time of meeting.
for the last April meeting was chang-
ed from 1:30 p. m. to 7:30 p. m. The
following program was given: Song;
roll call, responded to by each mem-
ber giving a sentiment or fact relat-
ing in some way to the farm; recita-
tion by Pearl Lovell. “W’hich is more
profitable, making butter at home or
selling cream at a creamery?” mak-
ing butter, by Sister Dwight; selling
cream, by Brother \\'illiams: care of
cream to be sent to a creamery, by
Brother Brown. Reading. “The Dis-
contented Farmer,” (‘ora Hope; sur-
prise feature, Burr Chance.

Harmony Grange met on April 18
with an attendance of 20 members
and one visitor from Wilson Grange.
The committee on hall site reported
an offer of a five-acre site and were
authorized to purchase it if satisfac-
tory terms could be arranged. One
candidate, August Erber, was initiat-
ed in the first and second degrees and
two candidates, Mrs. Addie Cushman
and Muriel Kerry, were initiated in
the third and fourth degrees, after
which the following program was pre-
sented and the harvest feast served
by the ladies: Song No. 102, by the
Grange; reading, Mrs. Hattie Sim-
mons; discussion, “My experience
with an incubator,” led by H. L. \Vill-
son; vocal solo, L. D. \Villson. It was
announced that Deputy State Master
D. E. McClure would give an address
at the next meeting, May 2. isitors

«always welcome—L. D. Willson, Sec.

At a recent meeting of the South
Boston Grange, near Lowell, Kent
county, instructed six candidates in
the fourth degree. After the work
was over a sumptuous supper was
enjoyed. The lecture hour was de-
voted to talks 011 “Good Roads,” by
Arthur Lewis and Harvey Lowrey,
both of Ionia.

GRANGE NOTES.

Hadley Grange keeps a bulletin
board of black cambric neatly tacked
across the rear wall and on this pins
printed letters regarding contracts
and samples of twine, paint, etc.

Ann Arbor Grange devoted most of
one meeting to the Torrens System
of Land Transfers, with Prof. John
R. Rood, author of the series of arti-
cles upon this subject which appeared
in the Michigan Farmer recently.

COMING EVENTS.

Washtenaw Pomona, at Stony Creek
hall, June 9. Master Ketcham and
county alfalfa campaign. Stony Creek,
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Favor Good Roads.—An important
topic of discussion at a recent meet-
ing of the North Shade Farmers’ Club
of Ionia county, was “How to Procure

Better Roads for our Community,” led.

by R. W. Brice. As he is an old resi-
dent he gave a brief history from the
time a trail was cut through the forest
and the corduroys laid—some of
which are in existence at the present
time in several places—tracing the
way they were covered up by the old
system up to the present time. But
as We are handicapped for gravel sev-
eral questions arose, as the two miles
built the past year cost $2,800 per
mile, including bridges. But still the
sentiment of the Club was to contin-
ue to build them. Also, everybody to
take an interest. Should a bad place
occur in the front of one’s place to
fix it voluntarily. Everybody lift a
little so that the highway commission-
er could devote his time to making
more good roads. The subject of
Boys’ Corn and Girls’ Domestic
Science clubs was presented by Wm.
T. Hull. North Shade having decided
to co—operate with the Carson City
high school under the leadership of
Supt. Cook, the territory will include
both North Shade and Bloomer town-
ships. This will be open to all boys
and girls as contestants under the
state directors. The plan as outlined
was well received. Supt. Cook being
present was called on and stated that
he was well pleased with the idea and
the interest shown,‘ and he was en-
thusiastic in the matter. A commit-
tee was appointed to boost the plan
in North Shade. A vote was taken to
commence holding meetings during
the hot months, in the evening, be-
ginning the first Friday in June.

Unle-arned Lessons was a. topic dis-
cussed at a recent meting of Conway-
Handy Farmers’ Club, of Livingston
county. In opening the discussion C.
Gordon said that people were never
too old to learn; experience was a.
good teacher; but we learn more by
our own experience than by copying
experience of others; many new
things to be learned each day in which
others may profit. He had learned
by a recent experience that it was
better for him to patronize home in-
dustry. However, in all things one
must weigh experience and advice of
others and do what is best in one’s
own judgment. Mrs. John Snyder
said there were more unlearned les-
sons than learned ones; in a scien-
tific way, women especially, were
slow to adopt new methods of simpli-
fying work, we were all slow to catch
new ideas, but thought the greatest
unlearned lesson was how to live.
Mrs. S. R. Holmes thought that men
should learn to say no when a man
knows that he cannot afford whatever
the wife wanted, he should insist on
refusing to grant the wish. J. B. Ful-
ler said that farmers should learn
that taking out of the meal bucket
continually and putting nothing back
would soon come to the bottom. By
this he meant that farms were be-
coming depleted because many take
off but put nothing back to restore
the fertility. .

Favor Farmers’ EIevator.——Among
the many entertaining and instructive
meetings of the lndianfields Farmers’
Club was the one held Thursday, Ap-
ril 16, at the spacious home of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Fournier, on North
State street. Although it was a busy
time for the farmers, a good number
Were present. A very fine dinner was
served by Mrs. W. L. Eldridge—“Days
may come and days may go” but the
fine meals “go on forever,” was real-
ized by all the members present. Pres‘
ident W. L. Eldridge was at his post
of duty and the opening number was
a Club song; “Spring on the Farm,"
at very interesting talk, was given by
John Miller; a paper, “Domestic
Science,” Mrs. Ella Andrews; duet,
Clara Miller and Rev. T. D. Druman,
who responded to an encore; achoice
bit of poetry on domestic science, by
Mrs. Densmore; solo, Mrs. Castle Tag-
gett. Regarding the subject for dis-
cussion, “Is it wise to invest in the
farmers’ elevator?” Robert Park read
a fine paper, and Bert W. Smith said
he had two hobbies, at present—auto-
mobiles and the farmers’ elevator.
Both gentlemen were very much in
favor, of the co-operative elevator
plan. A general and very interesting
discussion was given, and all express-
ed themselves strongly in favor of the
elevator. The question box contain-
ed many timely questions. Club then
adjourned to meet Thursday, May 21,
with Mr. and Mrs. M. Auger, on “Har-
Isnony Hill."—Margaret Arnold, Cor.
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symptoms or. the case in full; also
name and address of writer. Initials
only will be published. Many quer-
ies are answered that apply to the
same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably
find the desired information in a re-
ply that has been made to someone
else. When reply by mail is request-
ed. it becomes private practice, and a
fee of $1.00 must accompany letter.

After Effects of Azoturia.—-—About
three weeks ago one of our horses
was'taken sick with azoturia and we
left him with Vet. in town for two
weeks; since getting him home one
leg seemS‘tobe lame and weak. S.
W. P., Cadillac, Mich—He will per-
haps make'a very slow recovery. Ap-
ply equal parts' alcohol and water to
hind quarters twice a day and give
1 dr. ground nux vomica, ié oz. of
ground gentian, 1 dr. powdered nitrate
of potash and 1 dr. powdered sulphate
iron at a dose in feed twice a day.

Foot Soreness.—I have a mare that
is sore in both fore feet, and when
newly shod and toe shortened she ap-
pears to be relieved. Would you ad—
vise me to‘apply blister to coronet?
L. N., Metropolitan, Mich—Keep her
shod, using wide—webbed shoe with a
rolling motion, apply lanolin to hoof
once a day; and also stand her in wet
clay one hour daily.

Garget—Ec'zema.—I have a cow that
is troubled with garget, affecting one
quarter of udder. Also have three
pigs whose skin is scurvy with a few
sores which cover quickly with scab.
W. K. F., Romeo, Mich—Apply one
part iodine and 20 parts fresh lard
to garget'y portion of udder once a
day. Give her a dessertspoonful of
powderedinitrate of potash at a dose
in feed two or three times a day.
Apply one part oxide of zinc and five

arts vaseline to sore parts of skin on
pigs once a day and give them some
cooking soda in their feed two or
three times a day.

Sore Foot—I have a sow lame in

one hind leg, her foot is swollen and
lower joint of leg is also swollen and
tender. I have thought it was sore-
ness between the toe, and applied
liniment without it doing any good.
She is at present nursing young pigs
and does not move around much.
G., Gaines, Mich—Give your sow 15
grs. sodium salicylate at a dose in
feed three times a day. Apply one
part tincture iodine and four parts
spirits of camphor to lower joints of
leg and foot once a day. It is need-
less for me to say that her pen and
foot should be kept as clean as possi-
ble.

Obstructed Teat.—I have a. cow that
came fresh January 2, 1914, which has
a soft painless bunch in lower part
of udder which obstructs free flow of
milk into teat. J. J. K., Rives Junc-
tion, Mich—Apply one part fluid ex-
tract belladonna, one part tincture of
iodine and five parts olive oil to bunch
daily.

Weakness—I have a cow that ap-
pears to be weak in knees and back,
and is quite low in flesh. C. K., Jr.,
Romeo, Mich—Give your cow 1,5 oz.
ground gentian, a teaspoonful of pow-
dered sulphate iron and 1 dr. ground
nux vomica at a dose in feed three
times a day. Her food supply should
be increased.

Goitre.—I have two grade Holstein
calves that were born with bunches
in their throats, but the calves appear
to be perfectly healthy and growing
nicely. R. C., Elm Hall, Mich.—
Give each calf 5 or 10 grs. potassium
iodide at a dose once or twice a day
and the bunches will gradually dis-
appear.

Fowl Cholera.—My chickens seem
to be dying off quite rapidly; they ap-
pear to have diarrhea. breathe short
and die after 10 or 12 hours’ sickness.
C. G., Swartz Creek, Mich—The sick
ones should be removed and kept by
themselves; thoroughly disinfect and
ventilate their coop and most of the
sick ones had. better be killed and
burned. Be particular about their
food and water supply and remember
that drugs will not cure them after
they take sick. Dissolve 1 dr. of pow-
dered sulphate iron in each quart of
drinking water. .

Weak Pigs—In the spring of 1913
one of my sows had 11 fine looking
pigs without hair on them; they all
died. Last winter two young sows

 

farrowed. one had ei ht pigs and the
other had 12 ; all die .except five, but
the sows carried these pigs full time.
J. W. R.. Benzonia, Mich—Your sows
'may have farrowed a little too early.
Good care and plenty of feed will do
more for them than drugs.

THE ‘MICHI

 

A Good Jersey Bull with
Grade Cows:

is a start in the right direction. it you cannot have
all full—bloods. you can at least have a sire with
known lines of breeding. The sire is the greatest
factor in enlarging the producing value of your herd.

The great milkers and great dairy herds are not
the result of accidents. Breeding to a thoroughbred
bull should be your first move.

This Club has neither cows. bullsmor calves for
sale. It is maintained solely in the interest of Jersey
breeders. We’ shall be glad to send you helpful
facts and information. If you are a Jersey breeder.
membership in this Club Will be valuable to you.
If interested. please address
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10 Head for Sale

Percheron, Hackney and
Clydesdale Stallions.
Also Some Flne Percheron &. Hackney Mares

with foal. Now gentlemen I am
going to sell. Be sure to get my
price before you buy.

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Of horse: and mules every Monday. Private sale
daily. From two to five hundred head always on hand.
farm mare- nnd chunks. delivery and wagon horses-
avemont sore city ho and dnftors and work
arses of every kind. Soul: ST. PAUL HORSE AND
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action. . A. PETZ. Capac. Michigan.

For Sale—2 Reg. Percheron Mares .2...
WELLS W. GARDNER. Fenton. Mich. Bell phone.

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I BILKI HORSE 5&3}. 33$??? i‘iflfii'chvéitpai‘l‘rfinii.
write to. O. F. HOPPE. Ann Arbor. Michigan.

Deadly Scours

Scientific Tested. Safe and SURE CURE.

F0 R 75 CENTS

we will send pre aid bottle to last a year. Money
refunded if it ails. Scoure are prevalent in best
regulated calf barns. retard growth and are often fatal.

Don’t Tulle Chances.

Equally sure with grown cattle and hogs. Easy to give.

ROUGEMON'I' FARM REMEDIES, Detroit, Mich.

BREEIIERS‘ DIRECTORY.
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.
Strains mgresenterl consist of Trojan Erioas. Black-
birds and rides. only. Black Quality Ito. a hull of
rare individuality and merit. heads the herd.
WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.

UBRNSEY BULL CALF nicely marked. 3 weeks
old. great grandson of ov. Cherie. 850 takes him.
AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Michigan.

OUR YOUNG GUERNSEY BULLS, old enough for
service. for sale. Exceptional breeding and in
dividuality. Village Farm. Grass Lake. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun s‘L —2R . Guernsey bullsZnndAyears old
2 bul calves beat breeding. Pedigree otf

a ring show. Berkshire swine either sex.
OHN EBELS. R. R. 10. Holland Michigan.

UERNSEY BULL AND HEIPER, UNRELATED.
Heifer slightly blemished. Both for the price of
one. 5125 takes them. G. A. Wigent. Watervliet. Mich.

HEREFORD BULLS ii‘s‘fii'li‘i‘o‘ll‘i
ALLEN BROS“ Paw Paw. Mlchlgnn.

MISTEIN BULLS A'I' FARMERS PRICES

Sired by one of the boot bulls of America.
LONG BEACH FARM. Augusta. Knlnmnloo Co..Mich.

ESPANORE FARM,

LANSING. MICH.

Regislcr’dHolsicins

Bull Calves $50 to $200.
An nbmlute guarantee with each purchase.

in osno N L. M. HATCH.
Egg 18' rnnerhdu. io'n‘m - Supt.

OLSTEIN FBIISIAN CATTLE lelfifiof
hi record can. Young bull-ct erupt-Icon.
J RES 8 LUTZ. Ooh Grove. Michigan.

‘ -Ofler 'bull calves. choice A.
«land 6"? R. 0. breeding. 3100 and up.
COLE BROTHERS COMPANY. Ypsilanti. Michigan.

Bogislmd Holsloin Bull mammogram.
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for, podlgreo HOBAR Y. Melon. Mich.

G A N F A R' M E R
Holstein Bull Calf only $25.0 ‘tfi’lmgfi‘g

three-quarto: whit thoroughbred. not eligible to
registry. Sire 25-1 . butter bull. Dam from 15.000
mi k cow. ROUGEMENT roams. Detroit. Mich.

2 2 5 Buy- a. registered heifer 8 mo, old and reg
$ inflated bull 7 mo. old. both If white, not
not akin. B. B. BEAVEY: Akronl Michigan.

BIGELIIW’S EINSTEIN FARMS

Breedsvllle Michigan.
Breeder of ’high clas-

Registered Holsteins.
A. R. 0. IIOLS'I'EIN CIIWS FOR SALE.

6 very fine A. R. 0. cows. bred to J ohanna Conco
Champion. and Duke Ormsb Pietertje DeKol. Price
5 . Service bulls and bul calves. Kindly write
me just what you want.

L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

A FEW Clolca Holstein Frieoian Bull Calves
for Sale. A. R. 0. Stock.
GREGORY do BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.

' ' ‘ Herd Headed by Albina Bonte
Holslcm Frmlan Gallic no... no. No. 9312.. Aver...
for dam and site's dam A. ILL). at 4 yrs. butter 7 days
28.37 lbl. No stock for sale. W. 3. Reader. Howell, Mich.

I ‘I I I L '
The Michigan Homo and Training’ School, fii’ffi’
Ofl'ere Choice Purebred Holstein ull Calves. 1 to 7
mo. old. Also choice grade Holstein heifers out of good
milk producing demo. List. furnished upon application.

“Top-Notch” Holsteins.

Choice bull calves from 1 to 7 mo. old. of fashion-
able breeding and from dams with official milk
and butter records for sale at reasonable prices.

IQPHEISON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mlohlgan.
Purebred Registered

HOLSTEIN CATT L E

The Greatest Dairy Breed
Sand for FREE Illustrating! Booklets
Holstein-Friction. Auo..Box I64, Bruttleboro.Vt.
JERSEYS—Bull calves nearly ready for service.
Sired b Jacoba’s Fairy Emannn 107111.

SMITH it PAR ER. Howell. Michigan.
If you are 7 write us today a d we
In need of JEH:EI BULLS will quote you ill-ices
on some grandsons of Hood Farm Pogis 9th. that will
surprise you. Fisherton Farm, Pontiac. Michigan.

 

 

MAPLE Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd—Tu-
berculln tested by US. Government. Bull calves
from cows in R. of M. test. Heifer calves whose dams.
grand-damn. and rent grand-dams are in the Register
of Merit. IR IN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.

I
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 uarantced.
COLON C. LIL]. . Coonorlvllle. Mich.

JE l L
BUTT E R B R E D Pgl‘szsol’LUii‘m

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM. .
Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.

Yearling and two-year-old. Eli ible
1.2:, In“: to register. S lendid breeding. rice
rig .

Address LEWIS RI EY. Motamora. Mich.
FOR SALE CIIEAP‘Sfifri°faai€‘i3$f.§°hc‘if”i§d
13138. B§§%%Th%gh438mdu°in price winning stock.

 

 

 

 

Drcxel l.. Kalamazoo. Mich.
JERSEY ~Bulls calves bred for reduct-
ion. Also cows and eifera.

Brookwoter Form. R. F D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

FOR SALE
Registered Bed Pollod Heifer

12months old. Having sold all my Red Polls but
this one. intended keeping her for family use being
out of the best cow in my herd. but she must go also.
Easily worth $100 but the first draft of $75 takes her.
Also offer a fine lot of Shetland Ponies. $50 to 875
each. One to three years old.

EZRA BRACKETT, Allegan, Mich.
FOR SALE—14 Pulled Durham &. Shorlhorn Bulls

from 4 to 24 months old. 0. CABLSON. LeRoy. Mich.
llIlllI IRED SHOHTHOHNS %.»?§“l 37.22%“erit'fillli‘s
all sold. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.

SHORTHORN CATTLE

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.
SHEEP.

L ' i I -Yearlin and ram lambs from Champion
"003 0 3 flock of humb of Mich. Also select Bekr-
shire swine. Elmhuret Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
  
 

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I Doll hof the East." .
d i ryw an ay express '

I Chang. I Joel; clubegfi’er until ricellst.
Oxfords. Shropshire: nnd‘Polled: )elnincc.
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' ' —A few extra Sept. Boers and bunch
lllll’008&Vl0l0|'laS of Gilte for lot of April furrow.
M. T. STORY, Lowell, MICh.. Citizens Phone 55.

BERKSHIRES

Pure bred berkshire boar pi . ready for service. 815
to $25. Spring pigs $10 cruted or shi ment. Aberdeen
Angus bull calves 8. to 8200 Close y related to four
International Grand Champions. Write for com-
plate list of Angus Offerings in Michigan.

GEO. B. SMITH

Vice Presldent Michigan Angus Breeders Au‘n.
ADDISON. MICHIGAN.

IEBKSHIHE‘bOh‘gfe fall Boers and Gillie of select
WHITE our ”an” 35013., lhfilfifiit’é’d ‘iii‘ill:

' -Re . Bred Guts—Orders taken for
ch.fl" ”MIC: sprig: pigs and Collie pups. Holstein
Bulls at Bargains. FAY B. PARHAM. Bronson. Mich.

cHES‘I’En wnnEs—Zheilonlgttyrée. prolificl kind.
n ce 0 r .

MEADOW VIEW s'roox FARM. OHcIIgndlfiyf Podium.

0 I C’s —I HAVE A NICE LOT OF

' ' 0 LAST FALL GILTS ON

HAND. OTTO B. SCHULZ . One-half mile
west of Depot. Nuhvll 0. Michigan.

0 I c -Tnkc orders for-spring pigs. OneSmo. fine
' 0 0 type Jersey Bu . Price motile.
N. H. Weber. Oak View rum. Royal 03b. Michlgnn.
. ~43 sown bred for qr! furrow. with“
0 LC- 1 I and wt y. Write y :-
wank. 6 32500715310“ ABM. zoeiand. will.
0- I. c —Sows bred for June fan-ow. We are

I also taking orders for o rt 1 ,
JOHN BERNER & SON. Grand Loggell'bllcglz.

0 l C -gilta bred for June and July furrow. Also
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Spring. $1.32“ Servioeable boars all sold.

32" WEIGI'IED 932 L33.

23 MONTHS OLD
‘ IONIA GIRL

I have started more breeders on the road to suc-
cess than any man living. I have theiargeet and flu-
est hard in the U. 8. Every one an early developer.
ready forthemarket at six months old. I want to

lace one has in each community to advertise my -
erd. Write for my plan.“How to Make Money from
Hogs." G. 8. BENJAMIN-Inflo- I 0 Portland. Mich.

 

 

 

o I c, All cold. Would be leased to book
' I 8 your order for 31' ng lgs.
C. J. THOMPSON. Rockfo . Mic lgan.

 

O I C —Three September Bonrs. four
0 0 0 September Gllts. Am also taking
orders for spring igs. they are extra good ones.
NEWMAN'S STOCfi FARM. R. No. LMarlette. Mich.

- , —8pring pigs. pairs and trios. 2
00 I. c 8 year herd boar cheap. CLOVER
LEAF STOCK FARM. R. No. 1, Monroe. Michigan.

0 I , C ~-Boaro six months old. spring pigs.
0 0 . gilts. Satisfaction guaranteed.
A. R. GRAHAM. FLINT. MICHIGAN.

—May I have the piece-
00 I. C. SWine mof receiving your
order for a pair or trio, not akin. of April
and May fin-row. They are bred ri ht. Satisfaction
guaranteed. A. J. GOBDEN. B. o. 2. Don. Mich.

 

 

 

—'1‘en sows one year old.

For Salt—Duroc Jersey: honors. t. coma...
fart-ow. One boar. Myron Shorten. animby. Mich.
—Choice fall gilts. Sept. farrow

IIIII'OC Jerseys at reasonable prices. 8. C
STAHLMAN. Cherry Lawn Farm.B.2.Shophel-d. Mich
FOR SALE—Duroc Pigs 8 weeks old the big boned
kind $5 each. Also some fine gilts for

September Farrowinfi Pedigrees furnished. Write
your wants to. F. A. AMB (It SON. Campolis, Mich.

 

 

Fan S‘LE—A few heav boned Duroc Jersey boars
Weigiing mm 100 to 200 pounds each‘
1!. A. BRAY. kemoe. Ingham 00.. Michigan:

DURocs—A dgrowthy fall pig immuned
an bred for August furrow will
make you money. Give me your order now for
Makshiggment. Also fall boars ready for service.
0P KON FARM. Kinderhook. Michigan.

OR SALE DUROC JERSEYS—College Boy 138557
farrowed Sept. 7. 1911. two Aug. 1913 boars. Write
for price. etc. J. H. Banghart. Lansing. Michigan.

 

 

 

Fancy bred Duroc Jerseys—Boers & Gilta of spring do
summer furrow. Good individuals at reasonable
prices. John MON iooll. Station A. R 4. Bay City. Mich.

KORE-EL STOCK FIRM 29263321533218.3353}:
prices. E. H. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan.
Dorm—25 large high classy sows. bred for March do

‘ April to Barney Cnmson.Cherry Advance d Oakland
B ancy. Write or come it see. J. c. Burney.00ldwater.hlieh.

DUROC ERSEYSES.£°.Z it“s.‘iissff
CAREY U. n; norms. Hastingé.leonl§:§Z
UROC JERSEYS—Full gilts of the large. heavy

boned type. bred for Alli.) and Sept. furrow. Also
spring pigs. not akin. I". J. rodt. R. . Monroe. Mich.

 

 

 

-—8 ring boars from prize-win-
”ENE-Jerseys nfnfi ctr-ulna. Sowe all ages
Brookwater Form. B. F. . No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

MY OH MY!
What an Opportunity.

Starting May lst. we are going to give to the farm-
ers and breeders, an opportunity to get started right
in the breeding industry. We are going to ive you
achanoe to get hold of foundation stock t at will
give you a. nucleus for one of the finest and best

erde in your community. We are oing to show you
as we have others. that you will have greater
success With our big type

POLAND CHINAS

than with any other breed. We want to place or
least one pig. or a pair in every community. to adver-
tise our herd. ' We will send sample pair on time and
give agency, if not already taken. If interested.
write for our plan and prices.

HILLCRES’I‘ FARM: KALAMAZOO. MICH.

—Lnrgeet in Mich. Bred ilto
[SREE IYPE PI 0- all sold. Afew good fall apigs
left. Watoh this space for something large and
good. they please where ever they go.
W. E. IVINGSTON. Parnlu. Michigan,

POLAND CHINAS— Both Western and Home

Prices right. W. J. HAgiEeE-SHEAPII’IfrAsgfietgll orifc‘li.

Poland China Boar; Sow: Bred, III of tho Big Type.
A. A. WOOD dz SON. Saline. Michigan.

P. a—Fall boars and gilto. Spri'ongv‘piglsh Shorthorn

females. Oxford Sheep. UM, 8
Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Asa'n.. McBridee. Michieg‘gi:

 

 

 

I pay expreu. DBEWS. Donsvllle. Mich,

OLAND CHINA PICS—From large Prolific stock.
Shorthorn Bull Calves. E 81 per 15 from choice
Barred Rocks. ROBERT NE%. Pierson. Michigan.

BUTLEB'SBlg 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. We have 25 big boned boars
ready for servrce. 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.

Poland China Fall Pigs—Good ones from im
30 BOWB 810 and $15 each. while they last. B16323:
gale Fob. 27th.send your name for catalog if you want to
buy Big Types wtth Quality. Wm. Waffle. Goldwater. Rich.

350 BIG TYPE MULE FOOT HOGS~America's
Champion Herd. Prolific.hnrd . Best for Mich.
Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP.B0x M.Wil,liamsport. Ohio

ORKSHIRE SWINE—Boats all sold. Yearling
sows bred for March furrow. Wennling lgs ready
May 1st. GEO. S. McMULLEN. Grand Le go. Mich.

Bred sows. bred life a d b

Mule Float pigs. not related. or salt? 8.33:
faction guaranteed. G. C. KREGLOW. Ada. Ohio.

—-Yorkshlr~es. milk fed. a rin i d l‘
F0" S‘LE few sows bred for Aprilp fargro‘w.“ Place:
0. H. JOBSE, Mt. Clemens. Michigan. ;
- Guaranteed tonot dieof Choler . P no . '
Ywhhlr“ long deep and well fleshed. Feb. 2nd lMart-(h I
pigs. Trice not akin. Boon. Cribbc Bron. Watervlieunieh. ;

Yorkshim-Springnl'igs (ll Excellent Quality.

GUY J. DOTY. Monroe. Michigan.

YORKSHIRES

The large. long-bodied. heavy-boned rolltic kind. l
Sow. on gilt. bred for spring furrow. head of Sop-
hmber.00tobor and November pigs. Prices reasonable.

W. c. COOK. R. ‘2, A“: Mlchlnfl-

lillie Farmstead Yorkshires

0 en gilta and gilts bred for September furrow.
Sprln pigs either sex. pairs and tries not akin.
Satin action guaranteed.

COLON C. LILLIB. Cooper-"Illa. Michigan.

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