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Whole Number 378

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Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State.

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, IUNE 6,1914.

 

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Some Suggestive Experiences With Alfalfa.

HE importance of alfalfa as a

forage crop for Michigan is be-

coming better appreciated by
the average farmer each year. Every
season brings its fresh object lessons
which demonstrate the wide range of
adaptability to different Michigan
soils and farm conditions which is
possessed by this wonderful plant,
and more farmers are added to the
rapidly growing ranks of Michigan’s
alfalfa enthusiasts. But while the un-
qualified successes with alfalfa are be-
coming more numerous every year,
due to a better knowledge of its re-
quirements for success, yet there are
still enough partial failures to dis-
courage some of the new recruits
among alfalfa growers, hence a dis-
cussion of the methods by which suc-
cess is attained or the causes which
contribute to failure in any case is
equally important, if not‘ more import-
ant, than at any previous time in the
history of the alfalfa propaganda in
Michigan.

The Need of Lime.

While our knowledge of the require-
ments of the crop for a maximum suc-
cess has been broadened along many
lines during the last decade, perhaps
the most important of all the needs
of the alfalfa crop which have re-
ceived general recognition during re-
cent years is the absolute necessity
of an alkaline or at least a neutral
soil which will favor the maximum
development of the nitrifying bacteria
peculiar to the alfalfa plant. With
this knowledge has come the equally
important knowledge that a large part
of our older. Michigan farm lands
have gotten into an acid condition,
which must be corrected by an appli-
cation of lime before alfalfa can be
profitably grown. But while the ap-
plication of lime as a soil corrective
is not new to agriculture, it is- a new
practice with us, and we have had
much to learn about it, and indeed,
still have much to learn before we
can deal with the problem of soil
acidity with absolutely certain results
so far as the alfalfa crop is con-
cerned. '

A Change in Practice.

During the early history of the use
of lime in agricultural practice, caus-
tic lime was almost universally used.
But with the development of the need
of lime as a soil corrective as a prep-
aration for the alfalfa crop, and the
development of modern machinery by
means of which the raw limestone
rock could be finely pulverized, this

material, because of its greater safety

and convenience in application, has
come into general use for this pur-
pose and today a large part of the
lime used is ground limestone. The
efficacy of ground limestone when
used in a proper manner and in suit-
able quantities has been too thorough-
ly demonstrated to admit of a reason-
able doubt, yet the writer has become
thOroughly convinced through experi-
ences covering several years, that it
is not the best form of lime to use in
all cases, and that the beginner may

be disappointed in his results from its
unintelligent use. The pioneers in
the use of this form of lime as a soil
corrective early learned that rather
heavy applications Were necessary for
immediately profitable or maximum
results. Such men as Joseph E. Wing
of Ohio, and Ex-Governor Hoard, of
Wisconsin, who have perhaps grown
this forage crop with uniform success
for a longer period of time than any
other farmers east of the Mississippi
River, advise applying as much as
eight tons per acre of ground lime-
stone as a preparation of the soil for
alfalfa, and their advice is the result
of experience covering a period of
many years. But few Michigan farm-
ers have sufficient faith in the propo-
sition to make such a heavy applica-
tion with its attendant cash and labor
cost, even in an experimental way,
and applications of ground limestone

last resort and, in order to gain a
first-hand knowledge of the best form
of lime to use, ordered a mixed car
of ground limestone and caustic lime
with which to experiment. This was
applied in quantities varying from
four tons of ground limestone to one-
half ton of hydrated lime per acre,
and alfalfa was drilled in on a well
prepared seed bed in midsummer.
Owing to the fact that the weather
was very dry the alfalfa was drilled
rather deeply and a hard rain at just
the wrong time formed such a crust
on the surface that few of the plants
could get through and the resulting
stand was too poor to leave. This
was prepared and sown again the fol-
lowing year, and a good stand secur-
ed. This was somewhat thinned by a
hard winter, but the plants were
equally - inoculated over the entire
field where lime had been applied at

 

 

This Four Acres Yielded 65 Tons of Alfalfa Hay in Four Years.

have been much smaller than this on
most Michigan farms where it has
been used at all, and with varying
rather than uniform success. This is
true with the writer, as with others,
but this very fact has seemed to lead
to a profitable knowledge of the prob-
lem which should be of practical ben-
efit to others who have not yet ex-
perimented with alfalfa, for which
reason it is presented to Michigan
Farmer readers at this time.
What Experience Taught.

After making several unsuccessful
attempts to get a well inoculated
stand of alfalfa without the use of
lime, we decided to try liming as a

varying rates and the stand remained
for several years. Naturally we came
to the conclusion that two tons per
acre of ground limestone or a small
application of caustic lime was sufl‘i-
cinet to secure these results on our
soil.
Theory vs. Practice.

Acting on this theory we applied
hydrated lime at the rate of 500 lbs.
per acre on land intended for alfalfa
the succeeding spring. This land was
seeded in oats the following spring
and a good stand secured, but it did
not prove to be hardy and winter-
killed so badly that it was plowed up
for corn the next year. Conditions

 

 

Storage for Alfalfa Hay and Silage on

 

 

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Farm of O. F. Marvin, Muskegon Co.

were favorable for midsummer seed-
ing in corn and it was again seeded
to alfalfa in the standing corn about
the middle of July and a perfect stand
secured, which wintered finely, gave
two good crops last year and now
stands two feet or more in height and
very thick over the entire piece. Last
year, thinking that we had learned
all about the proposition, ground lime-
stone was applied at the rate of two
tons per acre to two fields and these
were sown to alfalfa in midsummer,
the seed being inoculated with apure
culture. An excellent stand was se-
cured, but contrary to our expecta-
tion no nodules could be found on the
roots of most of the plants last fall.
But the stand wintered well and there
is scattering inoculation all over the
fields this spring but not sufficient to
make the first crop a success. But
good fortune rather than foresight re-
vealed the apparent reason. We run
out of ground limestone ‘before the
entire area was covered, and here
caustic lime was applied at the rate
of 500 lbs. per acre. The surprising
result is that on this area there is
perfect inoculation of all the plants
and the first cutting will give a good
yield of hay. The same is true of a
strip across one end of the field
where. an application of ground lime-
stone was applied from the first lot
used five years ago as an experiment.
The Logical Conclusions.

From these experiences we seem
to have demonstrated conclusively
that an application of ground lime-
stone of not to exceed two tons per
acre is not immediately effective in
making the soil a fit home for the
bacteria peculiar to the alfalfa plant,
but that it will be thus effective if
applied one or more years previous
to the sowing of the alfalfa. We also
seem to have demonstrated quite as
conclusively that the application of
caustic lime in amounts as small as
500 lbs. per acre will produce this im-
mediately beneficial result, for which
reason we are now making such an
application to a field in preparation
for alfalfa to which two tons of
ground limestone was applied during
the winter and worked into the soil
this spring.

As a result of these experiences the
writer would urge every reader who
applies ground limestone t0 the soil
as a preparation for alfalfa, to apply
it at least the year before the alfalfa
is sown, or in case this cannot be
done, apply it in connection with
caustic lime, or use caustic lime alone.
The ground limestone is a much more
agreeable form of lime to use, and
its beneficial results will probably be
more permanent as it will continue to
become available for a longer period
of time, but unless applied in conSid-
erable quantities it does not appear
to at once produce ‘the desired soil
condition which is essential to the
success of the alfalfa crop. But it is
fully demonstrated that with an intel-
ligent use of lime, where needed, and
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will-be insured wherever the crop ls
once successfully established, that
this great forage crop can be success-
fully grown on practically all well-
drained Michigan soilsand it is sig-
nificant that every farmer who once
succeeds with the crop straigntway
becomes an alfalfa enthusiast.
Does it Pay?

But there will doubtless be many
readers of this article who will raise
the question as to why they should
go to the expense of liming their soil,
and the trouble of getting alfalfa es-
tablished, since clover will answer a
better purpose in their crop rotation.
If such a reader is getting good stands
of clover regularly in his crop rotation
he may have found a reasonable an-
swer to his question, although it is by
no means certain that even in that
case it would nottpay him to add al-
falfa .to his list of crops. To illus-
trate, we confidently expect to get at
least five tons of hay per acre during
the season from the tw-o-year-old stand
of alfalfa above described, which is
two or three times as much as we
could expect from an ordinary stand
of clover on the same land. But, the
reader will say, “This is but a single
year and ‘one swallow doesn’t make
a summer.’ ” Quite true, but we .are
fortunately able to present herewith
proof that the crop has a habit of
producing at about double the yield
of clover and other hay plants where-
ever it is well established. The ac-
companying illustration is from a pho-
tograph of a four-acre alfalfa .field on
the farm of O. F. Marvin, of Muske-
gon county, sown in the spring of
1908, which during the four succeed—
ing seasons yielded a total of 65 tons
of hay, or an average of a fraction
over four tons per acre, per year, and
this is but one of many illustrations
which might be cited to prove the su-
perior production of alfalfa as com-
pared with clever.

it is, however, true that clover

serves a place in our crop rotation to.

which we have not yet found alfalfa
adapted, yet clover failures are very
common on too many Michigan farms.
This fact has been very generally at-
tributed by the owners of these farms
to unfavorable weather conditions and
mainly to drought. But we have come
to believe that it is far more gener—
ally due to an acid condition of the
soil, or .at least to some soil condition
not favorable to the development of
the nitrogen-fixing bacteria. This de:
scription might include a lack of veg-
etable matter in the soil .and poor soil
management generally, but generally
it will be found that where a brush
heap has been burned the clover
grows even in a dry season, which is
an indication that the failure of the
clover is due to other conditions than
drought alone. Certain it is that
where alfalfa once starts well on soil
that contains active bacteria for the
formation of root nodules it dies, if it
dies at all, from other causes than
dry weather in our climate, and we
are coming to believe that the same
thing is -quite generally true of clover,
although, of course, clover does not
have the wonderful root development
which .is a characteristic feature of
the alfalfa ,plant where conditions fav-
or its maximum development.

If this conclusion be justified, then
every farmer will find it profitable to
study the question of soil acidity and
the .use of lime as a soil corrective,
and try it out in an experimental way
at least. It is true that much of the
best soil in our state will grow both
alfalfa and clover with uniform .suc.
cess without lime, and where yields
are uniformly satisfactory there is no
necessity for .the consideration of this
problem. But wherever .there is diffi-
culty in getting.uniform1y successful
seedings of clover or .good stands of
alfalfa with good cultural methods
and inoculation alone, no more profit-
able line of inquiry andoxperiment is
open to the farmer thus situated.

I

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

THE OBJECT Ann WORK or. THE
MICHIGAN STATE POTATO;
snowsns Ass-N.

 

The Michigan State Potato Asso-
ciation was organised! about six
months ago. Those who were respon-
sible for the formation of the organi-
zation felt that there was a pressing
need for such an Association. They
believed that a number of progressive
men banded together could, if they
worked in harmony, solve some of the
many problems confronting the pota-
to growers of this state more speedily
and economically than *could be done
without organization.

One of the first things to be under-
taken is the formation of local or-
ganizations. In other w-ords,‘to pro-
mote the community plan of organi-
zation. There have been three such
organizations formed this season and
others are contemplated.

The next step is for these local or-
ganizations to have some definite,
practical work to do. The organiza-
tions which have been formed have in
each case selected .a certain variety
of potatoes .to be planted for the late
crop. Seed of the variety selected
was purchased in quantity in each
case and delivered at .cost to the
members of the organization. This
will insure a much more desirable lot
of potatoes to place on the market
next fall than these same parties have
had .to offer heretofore.

Through the efforts of the local or-
ganizations several variety, fertilizer
and spraying tests have been started
this season. The results of these
tests will be :available for all of the
member of the local and state organ-
izations. There is need of a great
deal of this kind of work andif care-
fully .done it will be of great value to
a large number of people.

The meetings which the local Asso-
ciations hold from time to time afford
a splendid opportunity for the grow-
ers to compare notes. These can be
made valuable experience meetings.
When the strangeness so «often felt rhe-
twoen members of such an organiza-
tion, when it is first formed, has worm
off and a feeling of fellowship has die
veloped other weighty 'molblems loan
be taken up with assurance of satis-
factory collation.

While the success (of the organiza-
tion movement depends in a large rele-
gree open the local organizations and
the faithfulness of their members,
there are certain things which can be
done more easily .and effectively by
the State Association.

One of the first things which the
State Association will undertake .as
an Association in cooperation with
the Extension Department of the Col-
lege, is the securing of a card index
of the names, addresses, etc., of as
large .a list of potato growers through-
out the state as can .be secured. The
acreage grown by each party will also
be recorded. These growers will .be
kept posted as to the activities of the
State Association. The establishment
of a registration bureau for those who
care .to take advantage of the Oppor-
tunity is being considered. Each
grower would be allowed to state the
probable quantity of potatoes he will
have to sell next fall, together with
the name of the variety grown and
whether the potatoes were grown dor
seed or for market purposes (only.

The establishment of such 28. bureau
if made use of ‘szy :a oonsideralhle amm-
ber of growers would (enable the State
Association to milaoe (these mantles in
touch with the tingling public. {like
secretary would then the :aiblle :to am-
swer sm'ih {letter as rune which the
received recently ffixmm am one mm
in which like tinmfiny was made as ftp
where more] (cmilnads off mum
could lhe purchased.

The Association has under «cw-
emticn the matter (of seed maritime!»

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titles for seed purposes, from Maine.

"The introduction of serious iew pota-

to-diseases into the state of Maine
has resulted in a quarantine being
placed on shipments from that state
into other states without first being
inspected and passed upon by the U.
S. Government. So far these diseases
have not been found prevalent in
Michigan. The potato growers of this
state can. if they will take advantage
of the opportunity, dispose of a. much
larger quantity of potatoes for seed
this season than ever before. . If the
southern growers can be assured that
Michigan potatoes are free from dan-
gerous new diseases it will not be
difficult to get them to buy them free-
ly. The National Potato Association
has volunteered to record the names
and addresses of all growers of certi-
fied potatoes. This would afford all
growers who are fortunate enough to
have. their potatoes certified, a very
wide publicity. If sufficient interest
is shown in this particular line of
work it will be started this season.
Only those growers who are members
of local organizations will be entitled
to have their fields inspected.

The State Association will encour-
age better sorting and grading. When
there is but one variety grown, in a
community it will be much easier to
sort and grade well than when a
number of varieties are grown. Until
the community plan or organization
has been adopted by a large number
of communities and they have decid-
ed upon one variety, and only one, the
problem of grading will remain a diffi-
cult one.

Some other things which the State
Association stands for and which we
hope to be able to assist in bringing
about, .are seed improvement and dis-
semination; correct cultural prac-
tices; better distribution; better
transportation facilities; better re-
turns for the growers; better pota-
toes for the consumers, and greater
satisfaction for the dealers.

C. W. Wm,
Sodom-y State Potato Am.

roman MNWIONS on: me
«cost or A mow

 

Does Not {Favor mmmwn.

in your editorial in the issue of
May 23, on “Why Know the Best of
Producing a Crop.” you say, in «com-
mending the Potato Growers" Asso-
ciation: “Some of the work already

attempted in certain sections ofMich-

igan by this organization is undoubt-
edly well calculated to benefit pro-
ducers, especially the standamdization
of product, which is the line along
which most of the initial work seems
to have been done.”

in my opinion the only object of
the movement, and the only result
that can come from this proposal to
standardize potatoes, is to .reduce the
price to be paid to the farmer with-
out reducing the price to the cork
sumer.

It looks like the proposal of jobbers
backed by college men and others
who have no practical knowledge of
the conditions of production. The var-
iation in soil moisture and cultural
conditions which no one can control,
prevents producing potatoes of a spe-
cific size and shape. The man who
produces the best crop will be told
his potatoes are too large. The man
who "has :a poor crop, that his are too
small. it will lhe impossible to pro-
(dune ‘tstandamd" potatoes and we will
the mold nonr potatoes are not standard.
illhszt «over at some «other place they
are getting standard! {potatoes for such
as price. but they «cannot may that for
(ours. Matures will the thought lbelow
iifhe market purine, [because too large
(or one salimtt, lhut Will "the dilatmihxrted
and mild as good potatoes and no me-
qduction mode so the commoners ‘rbe-
:canse they many a W firm the
mmmihymhcjdhhensstomhe

tion. ’II‘he sowhem states have ibeen producers. This proposal ‘is evidently
buying potatoes in very large guan-

a trick for the commercial profit of

JUNE 6, 1914.

the pirate jobbers, at the expense of
the producers—John E. Bell. [near
CON-IV.
Thinks Fm Are Getting T”
Mulch “Help.“

Seeing so much in your paper about
the cost of raising an acre of pots.
toes, I would like to say that Mr.
C'rum and Mr. Hedrick can‘t be prac-
tical potato growers, or they would
not be here in Grand Traverse mun-
ty, for we certainly could not make
anything here growing potatoes if it
cost us from $59 to $67 per acre to
grow them. I think it is safe to say
that we average farmers grow them
for $25 per acre here.

Mr. Hedriclr’s price for planting
three acres is exorbitant. He allows
seven days’ work and charges $17.50
for it. Any man would easily plant
them in two days, by hand, or for $4,
or with a horse planter in one-halt
day, or for $3, and his digging item is
about as far out of the way, or would
be for this section. I have dug and

picked up many a day, 500 bushels]

with five men and one team and dig-
ger, which would mean $14 instead of
$30. But let that be as it may, dif-
ferent localities will have different
costs per acre.

I would like to say just a. word on
the Potato Growers’ Association. C.
W. Crum"s article strikes me as just
right. It is made up of middlemen
and agents, and so-called county ex-
perts. They are all a lot of bosh and
a public nuisance, pretending to help
the farmers and in reality are work-
ing for their own benefit and for the
salary there is in it, and we farmers
have to put up the money to pay
them. Now, brother farmer, don‘t try
to help raise that extra ten million
bushels of potatoes, but cut the crop
down and raise the price per bushel.
Nobody worried about the poor farm-
er ‘20 years ago when we had to raise
beef for two and a half cents and
hogs for three and four cents per
pound, and were luck-y if we got 20
or 25 cents for potatoes, and every-
thing else in proportion. But times
have changed .a little and others are
now paying the freight—Geo. W. Ar-
nold, Grand Traverse County.

Small Coop airings Loss.

1 had dropped out of the Michigan
Farmer class; somehow in the flood
of cheap farm papers it had been left
out, but I now see that I have miss-ed
something, for the very first thing
that struck my eye was “The True
Cost of :a Crop,” by C. W. Crum in
the April 25 issue. Here is my ex-
perience of last year:

Like a majority of farmers I gener-
ailsr plant a ‘Epatch" of potatoes for
home :use, .but last year we planted

 

 

 

four acres. It was a dead peach or-
chard recently grubbed out. The not
results. were :as follows:
Total :cost ................... $89.25
Potatoes marketed. .97 .bu. at
50c ............ .. .- ....... $ 48.50
Small potatoes (estimated). . . . 5.09
Total ..... . ..... . ....... $ 53.50
Revenue to owner of land ..... 17.83
My share of crop .............. 35.66
LOSS ...................... $ 54.59

The man who owned the land re-
ceived $17.83 for the use of his four
acres. I rented the land and lost
$54.59; that is, I lost all my hard
work and some money besides, but
as this is quite often the case I don’t
know as I should condemn the pota-

to growing on account of this com--

plots and humiliating failure. I might
say that I graduated from M. A. 'C.
in 1888. Probably they send better
stuff back to the farms now a days.—
John C. Stafford, Van ‘Buren County.

GOOD SEED CORN.

We still have a limited quantity of
Early .Maturing Northern Grown Seed
Corn and can fill orders promptly.- Ask
forsamples and prices. Address Al-
fred .I. Brown Seed 00., Grand ‘Rap—
ids, Mich... and please mention the

Michigan ”Farmers-Adv. ’

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 6, 1914.

LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

It was a whole week after the big
rain before we could do anything on
the land. The fields in many places
right over tile drains were simply
ponds of water It all went away in
time but it left the land hard. It came
off dry after the rain and our clay
land, some of it, formed a very heavy
crust. It came off warm enough for
corn weather and we were sowing
peas and oats, finishing up, when we
ought to have been planting corn. I
never sowed oats as late as we have
sown them this year and I have said
time and again that I never would
sow them as late, that if I couldn’t
get them in earlier that I would put
the field into something else, but I
have simply broken my good resolu-
tion. 'I had the seed peas bought and
mixed with the oats, ready to sow
two weeks before. If it had not been
for that I should have put this into
some later crop, soy beans or lima
beans or white beans, something of
that sort. I was afraid if I kept the
seed peas over for another year that
the weevil would get in and their
germinating power would be weaken-
ed, and so I finally resolved to sow
them and take my chances. It may
be that we will have proper condi-
tions and abundant time for the late
oats to fill so that we will have a
good crop, but I do not expect a good
crop—they were sown too late. '

During the wet weather we put in
the time when it didn’t rain, building
fence and hauling manure. Owing to
a rearrangement of the fields I had
to build about 120 rods of woven wire
fence before We could turn the young
cattle out to pasture. Of course, there
has been no hurry this spring be-
cause it was so cold that the grass
made but little growth. But the warm
days simply brought the grass along
in great shape and we, owing to the
wet weather, got the fence built in
time so that we could turn the year-
lings out sooner than I expected. The
manure, too, needed to be hauled and
we didn’t get through. Some way we
never get through as we ought to,
there is so much work to do, but we
got one field entirely covered and the
rest of the manure will have to wait
until after the first cutting of alfalfa
and then we will try to get it out as
a top-dressing on that.

. We got our sugar beets sowed on
Saturday before the big rain came on
Monday. ~I took particular pains to
keep the ground well packed so that
we wouldn’t get the seed in too deep,
and then it looked as though it might
be a dry spell and so I put on the
corrugated roller and rolled the field
after we had sowed them, prepared,
as you will see, for a dry spell. Then
the heavy rain came, and I think the
ground is packed down the most solid
of almost any ground I ever saw that
was once mellow for a seedbed. Es-
pecially on the clay and the little de-
pressions in the clay portions of the
field, the ground was so hard that it
didn’t seem as if the beets would ever
come up. I put a sharp spike-tooth
harrow on this field and we went both

.ways and we had a board across the

harrow so that when the man came
to the hard places the driver stepped
on and put his whole weight on the
harrow. In spite of that it is not dug
up very well on the clay. But the
sand was packed so hard the harrow
didn’t go in deep enough to disturb
the seed and we have killed millions
of weeds. The old saying is that
there is no great loss without some
small gain, and I think we have gain-
ed here in killing the weeds. I never
had the opportunity before. If it had
not been for the heavy rain and we
had put the harrow on the sandy
places we would have dragged out all
of the seed, but the ground was so
packed that it didn’t disturb it at all.
I see this morning, May 21, that the
beets are beginning to come up, even

THE MICHIGAN 'FARMER

on the hardest clay where the harrow
would hardly make a mark. It is a
wonderful thing, the power a young
plant has to push itself up through
a hard surface. I cannot understand
it. In many places on the sand you
can see the row for a rod now, while
on the clay they are just coming
up through, but if the warm weather
continues it will only be a few days
longer before we can cultivate them.

The early sowed peas and the early
sowed oats are doing remarkably well.
The peas are getting up six and eight
inches high, so you can scarcely see
any ground at all, and it is the same
way with the early sowed oats. They
are making a good growth. I do not
know very much about growing peas
for the canning factory but, of course,
the canning men tell me that some
years the late sowed peas are a bet-
ter crop than the early sowed. I
really don’t expect to get a maximum
crop off from the early sowed peas
because I .never saw any kind of a
crop yet where a heavy rain came on
soon after they were sowed, before
they had time to get above ground,
where you had a splendid crop. You
lose your stand just as soon as this
rain comes for a maximum crop. You
may have a good fair crop, but I like
to see a crop get nicely started be-
fore a heavy rain comes.

We are preparing the land now for
alfalfa. I intend to sow about five
acres this year. I sent to Mr. Lyman,
of Minnesota, and paid $36 for a bush-
el of Grimm alfalfa seed. This is the
variety of alfalfa so highly recom-
mended by the government and it has
been brought about by the great law
of the survival of the fittest for the
last 30 years. Old Farmer Grimm
came from Germany and brought with
him “Everlasting Clover” and sowed
it in Minnesota. At first much of this
was killed out, in fact nearly all of it.
He saved that which survived and it
has been improving in hardiness ever
since so that now it is claimed by the
government and by Mr. Lyman to be
the hardiest strain of alfalfa. Of
course, this is paying a,good big price
and yet, if it is hardier and there is
no danger of its winter-killing, it is
money well invested, at least that is
what I thought. We are putting on
about a.ton and a half of ground
limestone to the acre, distributing it
with a lime sower. Then we harrow
it well and mix it thoroughly with
the soil and put in the alfalfa. We
will sow about a bushel of oats as a
nurse crop and then I shall cut the

oats for hay and get them off fromv

the field so as to give the alfalfa en—
tire possession when it begins to get
hot, dry weather. I am getting more
confideHCe in alfalfa. That which I
seeded a year ago looks so nice now
in all but one or two little places,
that I am really encouraged and be-
lieve that we are going to make a
success out of growing alfalfa.
COLON C. LILLIE.

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CARE OF WORK HORSES.

 

The horse, like the man, has but one
somewhat smaller, in pro-
portion than man's. considering the
comparative Weight. The stomach
cannot be made to hold rations for a
long period, like that of the steer, and
it must have food at short intervals
for the sustenance of the animal. Dur-
ing the working season, the diet of
the horse should be such as is easily
digested, for the periods of rest are
short and the digestion should be well
finished before it is necessary for the
horse to do hard labor. The roughage
used in connection with the grain
feeds should be free from dust or
moldiness. Bright timothy hay is one
of the best feeds for horses, and al-
falfa or clover, if clean, make splen-
did, nourishing feeds. Oats and corn,
in proportion of two-of cats to one of
corn, form a fine grain diet. Fourteen
pounds of oats and 12 pounds of good
timothy hay will serve a 1,200-pound
horse one day when the work is
heavy. If light, a less proportion will
answer. Corn and bran, or bran and
shorts, are fine feeds but cost more

than some of the others that answer

the purpose. The value of corn and
bran is in the smallness of the bulk
required and in the ease with which
it can be digested, thus preventing
any fermentations, which cause colic
and other such troubles that should be
guarded against, especially during the
working season. Such feeds are im-
portant for the rest periods are short
and the horse has but little chance
for digestion before the next work
hour comes.

The matter of water is of as much

, importance to the horse as it is to the

driver, yet the latter drinks often

gwhile his team goes from morn till
‘ noon without it.

The horse should be
watered early in the morning before
feeding, then give the roughage and
follow this with the grain rations.
Then, before going to work, water
again. The same course should be
pursued at the noon hour.

At night the feed should be heav-
iest, though not so heavy as to cause
the'horse to overload his stomach.
Rest of this organ after digestion, is
very essential to the health and pow-
er of endurance. Turning the horse
on pasture during the work season is
wrong. Grass has a tendency to
weaken by causing looseness of the
bowels. Dry feeding is always best
during the working season. If turned
out for a day at the end of the week
it will be sufficient.

A matter that is sometimes over-
looked, or is not given the attention
that it should receive, is the harness.
The collar and backhand are frequent-
ly the causes of a great amount of
pain and discomfort to the animal.
Galled and lacerated shoulders caused

and are a source of much distress to
the horse. Yet such disligurernents
are entirely uncalled for and could

have been prevented if proper pre-

cautions had been taken in fitting the
collar to the horse's neck. If a horse
shows irritation there is certainly a
cause for it, and the humane driver

will see that the cause is removed.

Rest is just as essential to our
horses as it is to ourselves, and no
time will be lost, so far as the total
amount of work is concerned, by giv-
ing the team a breathing spell fre-
quently when they are hard at work,
and especially when the weather is
hot. Kindness, also, will always pay

:in the treatment of horses. Naturally
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is to be gained by abusing a horse.
Treat him as you treat yourself and
he will repay you by giving you his
best strength. Give him a light, airy
and clean stall that is properly venti-
lated. It will add to the animal’s
health and comfort, and thus better
prepare him for work.
Indiana. C. H. WHEATLEY.

WINTERING SHEEP WITHOUT
HAY.

 

While attending the midwinter
meeting of Breeders of Improved Live
Stock, in conversation with the editor
of the Michigan Farmer, I told him
that I was surprised that so many

sheep and lamb feeders doubted the

advisability of using ensilage for the
feeding of this kind of stock, and that
we at Ingleside Farm were feeding
fattening lambs, store sheep and
breeding ewes almost entirely on on
silage, and he requested that after

the close of the season, I let him know ‘

my conclusions.

Our hay crop last year was very
poor—not enough, in fact, to feed the
horses through the winter, after sup-
plying the sale and show sheep
through the fall. We are in the habit
of feeding at least a double deck of
lambs and a car of steers, and find
that it takes at least that number, to-
gether with the dairy cows, breeding
sheep and horses to produce the
amount of manure needed and keep
the regular help employed through the
winter.

In looking over the situation we
made up our mind to Put nearly all
the corn in the silos, buy our grain
and depend on ensilage and oat straw
for the cbarse feed, not only for the
steers but also for the sheep and
lambs.

For years our neighbor feeders,
such as Amos Welch, Emery and Ed.
Townsend, and other extensive lamb
feeders, had depended largely on en-
silage for their fattening lambs, but
I had always been somewhat afraid of
its long continued use for the ewes
and store sheep, but after feeding it
the entire winter twice a day, with a.
light feed of oat straw or bean pods
at noon, I think it is the cheapest ra-
tion we can use. We do think, how-
ever, it requires a more careful and
watchful feeder, and had we the hay,
we would prefer feeding a lighter feed
of ensilage night and morning and
alternating a good heavy feed of hay
and cat straw at noon. The straw
left every other day would just about
supply the bedding needed to keep
the pens in a clean condition, and the
hay and straw together would supply
the dry matter needed to counteract
the acidity of the ensilage.

In the April number of the Ameri-
can Sheep Breeder appears a very
fine article on “Silage as a Sheep
Feed,” from the pen of Prof. W. C.
Coffey, giving the results of his ex-
periments pat the Illinois Experiment
Station, as well as figures from other
stations. This article, as is always
the case with the writings of Prof.
Cofiey, is worthy ‘of careful reading.
Prof. Coffey does not advise the use
of silage for the entire ration, but
comes to the conclusion that its care-
ful use is entirely safe and cheapens
the cost of the feed used. In this
conclusion I can heartily agree and
surely its use enables the average
farmer to increase the amount of
stock of all kinds fed, as well as to
bridge over an occasional year of the
shortage of hey.

I think for a large portion of the
winter our sheep consumed at least
three pounds per head per day. and
some of them perhaps even higher.

Even the younglamhs will begin eat-
ing the ensilage when .three' or four 1

weeks old.

Ionia Co. H. E. POWELL.

PREVENT STOCK FROM EATING}

DEAD BODIES OF CLOVER-
LEAF BEETLE.

 

From time to time there appears a
small, grub-like creature that feeds on
clover, a greenish, soft-bodied grub,
the immature form of the clover-leaf
beetle. It feeds usually at night on
red-clover, alsike, alfalfa, and some-
times on white—clover and mammoth
clover. Fortunately, nature has pro-
vided an agent which is likely to ap-
pear during excessive outbreaks of
the post, in the form of a fungus dis-

ease which deetroys the grub, first.

impelling the dying insect to crawl
up to the top of a grass spear and
curl its body around the point. Here
the grub dies and its body remains

clinging there afterward until washed.

off by the rains. The appearance of
the fungus disease has usually been

almost simultaneous with the coming.

of the grub so that the loss from the
clover-leaf beetle has been almost neg-
ligible thus far.

Now if this were the whole story
we would be content to let well
enough alone, but unfortunately the
dead bodies of the grubs when killed
by the fungus disease are poisonous
to, stock, usually not sufficiently pol-
sonous to produce death, but often
toxic enough to produce serious ill-
ness. It is therefore suggested that
during the present outbreak of the
grubs, stock be restrained from feed-
ing on grass hearing such dead 'grubs
(which will be found curled around
the tips of grass spears), until after
the weather has washed off their bod-
ies and again made the forage safe.

Mich. Ag. CoL R. H. PETTIT.

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

It is expected that the Illinois leg‘
islature will enact a hog cholera eer-
um control law. This is the hope of
Dr. 0. E. Tyson, Illinois state veteri-
narian. “Such a move as that made
by the United States Live Stock San-
itary Association in urging state con-
trol of serum makers not licensed by
the federal government should Win
favor from all state authorities," says
Dr. Tyson. “Hog growers who pur-
chase serum from unlicensed manu-
facturers are in many cases merely,
buying poison for their hogs. If pur-
chasers of serum from private manu-
facturers would first examine the la-
bel on the bottle and determine
Whether it is potent serum made un-
der government license, they would
save themselves tens of thousands of
dollars and also thousands of hogs.”

There is a lively demandin the Chit
cago market for choice little yearling
stock steers for grazing, and unprece-
dentedly high prices have been paid
recently, for offerings have been
small, most owners preferring to keep
them for grazing on their own farms.
Purchasers of well-bred cattle weigh-
ing around 600 to 700 lbs. figure it out
that if they obtain from 250 to 300
lbs. gain in weight on pasture this
summer, the cattle will make a profit
by next fall, even should they sell be-
low the first cost. This demand has
come largely from Indiana, Illinois
and Ohio, with some buying from
stockmen of Michigan, Wisconsinend
Pennsylvania. Very little demand ex-
ists for fleshy feeders, and the great-
er part of these cattle go to killers.
The advance in prices for the lighter
steers adapted for fattening and the
decline in prime heavy beeves bring
the extremes of cattle prices much
nearer together than earlier in the
year. An expert in cattle reporting in
the Chicago stock yards said the oth-
er day: “It is practically only 9. del-
lar spread in prices now for medium
to prime beef steers, since the bulk of
the crop going below $8.35 per 100
lbs. is only of a class suited for feed-
ers, and where killers get any consid-
erable quota of purchases below $8.25,
it is due to the fact that they possess
too much weight to make them at-
tractive as feeder purchases.”

Springer-s In the Chicago market are
in fair country demand, only the best
ones being wanted. and such cows go
for $75©85 per head. Buyers are
afraid to buy aged cows, fearing re-
actors in the tuberculin test, and or-
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Would you be so kind as to give
me some information about raising
soy beans for hay? Do you think
they are all right for that? Also, can
you give some information regarding
vetch for forage and hay?

Shiawassee Co. J. J. E.

Both soy beans and sand vetch
make good hay. Soy beans should be
planted in the spring after the ground
becomes warm, say right after corn
planting, from the twentieth of May
to the fifteenth of June, depending
upon the season. You could plant
them as late as the first of July and
they would get far enough advanced
so that you would get very good hay
out of them.

There are two ways of planting
them, in drills 28 inches apart and
cultivating them, in which case you
will need about three peeks of seed to
the acre, or you can sow them broad-
cast with the drill the same as you
do wheat, then you will want about
a bushel and a half to the acre. Prob-
ably the safest way is to put them in
drills, though if the season is favor-
able you can grow them much cheap-
er by putting them broadcast because
you don’t have to cultivate them. Cut
them when the pods are nicely devel-
oped, cock them up before they get
too dry, and cure them in the cockas
you would clover hay.

Sand vetch should be sown early
in the spring if you want to use it for
forage. Usually it is better to sow
this, the winter vetch, in August or
September, with rye. If you sow the
spring vetch in the spring it ought to
be sown early and with oats, because
the vetch has a reclining stem and
will lodge badly, in fact it will run
right along on the ground unless
sown with some other crop which
will hold it up. If you sow the spring
variety with oats it should be cut
when the oats are in the milk and
made into hay the me as you would
clover hay. If you sow the winter
variety in August or September with
rye, it should not be out until the next
spring when the rye is at the right
stage of maturity to make into hay.
In either case it is cured much the
same as clover hay and make fairly
good hay that stock relish and will
do well upon. You could use eight or
ten pounds of vetch seed per acre
and about a bushel of rye or a bushel
of oats. Both of these plants ought
to do well on your land, which is in-
clined to be sandy. Vetch is a soil
improver because it is a legume and
has the power through the bacteria
on the nodules on the roots, to draw
free nitrogen from the atmosphere.
Rye and vetch are very often sown
together for a cover crop and for
green manure. They cover the land
during the winter time when it is lia-
ble to wash and then the next spring
this is plowed under as a green ma-
nure. This is a splendid way of im-
proving light sandy soils.‘S There is
no reason why it cannot be grown,
and in fact it is grown on good soil
and harvested for hay. I purchased
the winter variety this year and s0W-
ed it with a mixture of peas and oats
and rape for a hog pasture. The
idea is to get as many plants as one
can to give variety to the feed.

 

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I am interested in V. P. Smith’s
method of building a silo and would
like more information regarding it. I
would appreciate it if he would an-
swer the following questions: 1.
What part of cement to sand did he
use to make the concrete wall that is
How thick

‘T‘HE MICHIGAN FARMER

did he build the wall? 3. How thick
the wall above the'ground? 4. How
did he reinforce his wall above the
ground? Some recommend wire or
band iron. 5. Where did he get his
iron frame and doors 6. How many
barrels of cement would it take to
build a silo 10x30 feet? J. K

With regard to my article on silo
building, in the Michigan Farmer of
May 2, and to give more explicit in-
formation, I herewith give answers
to J. K.’s questions in the order he
asked them:

1. One part cement to six parts of
ordinary bank gravel.

2 and 3. First 13 ft. mostly below
ground, six inches thick. Next 16 ft.
to top of silo four inches. After us-
ing this silo one year I decided to
go deeper. To accomplish this I dug
down on outside of silo three and one
half feet, putting in a wall about five
feet long, two feet high, one foot wide
at base, tapering to four inches at
top. This was built solid against the
silo wall on opposite side of the con-
crete entryway walls and drive bank
to prevent any possibility of the silo
being crowded over or settling. I
then tore out bottom of silo and dug
down carefully with a rounding shov-
el and with the butt end of a shingle
I scraped out the sand immediately
under wall. I put on a coat of ce-
ment plaster (one part cement to two
of sand) about one-half inch thick,
extending down about six inches. I
allowed time for each ring to set be-
fore digging deeper. Deepened silo
six feet in this manner, making it 35
feet in all.

4. For reinforcing I used one No.

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9 smooth old fence wire, laid in wall.

every eight inches, every third wire‘

being attached to three-quarter-inch
rods crossing silo door, these rods be-
ing two feet apart. Perpendicularly

I put in one red of three-eighth-inclr

iron each side of door, also joining
ends of cross bars.

At top of wall I used five strands of
wire to prevent spreading and to hold
the strain of pavilion cement roof. I
used woven-wire fencing to reinforce
roof.

5. Silo door frame is solid con-
crete. I built a door frame, or form,
of pine boards. Bored holes for the
cross bars and door fastenings before
setting frame up, nailed strip of lum-
ber on inside of door frame, or form,
of desired thickness to provide for
groove in cement necessary to admit
ends of doors to fit flush with inside
of silo walls.

To make doors I used two thick-

nesses of inch lumber with tarred pa-l
boards fit,E
into cement grooves in silo wall and

per ' between. Horizontal
lap two inches onto inside of door be-
low. Perpendicular pieces lap two
inches onto door above.

6. For this silo, including concrete
roof two inches thick and entryway
walls leading from basement to silo,
I used about 18 barrels of cement. The
total cost of silo, including my labor,
was $125.

If building again I should build on
a good base near top of ground, then
proceed to deepen silo, plastering on
ground as per previous method.

Allegan Co. V. P. SMITH.

 

SUMMER MEETING OF MICHIGAN
JERSEY CATTLE CLUB.

 

The summer meeting of the Michi-
gan Jersey Cattle Club will be held
at. the home of H. B. Wattles, Troy,
Mich, June 11, 1914. All Michigan
Jersey breeders are cordially invited
to attend this meeting. Mr. Wattles’
place is located on the Flint division
of the Detroit United Railway, Stop
26. Breeders intending to attend this
meetmg please notify Mr. Wattles by
mail, or otherwise, so that he may
make necessary arrangements.

A. P. EDISON, Secretary.

 

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manufactured by the J. M. Preston
Co., Lansing, Mich., is fully illustrat-
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alog sent upon request to the above
address. It contains detailed descrip-
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Have some nice pullcts and yearling hens. Eggs
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Price S2 and $3 each Choiceeggs 31 per setting.
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A HOME-MADE AUTOMATIC
FEEDER.

 

It is an easy matter to make a self-
feeder for the poultry house and yard
which will save much labor, and at
the same time give the fowls a chance
to balance their own ration. I use a
feeder at all times of the year, but it
is especially necessary in the winter
and when the birds are kept in small
runs without opportunity to forage.

The feeder is constructed of half-
inch pine lumber, being a. box some
four feet in length. two feet tall and
a foot or so in thickness. The bottom
is put on with a slant, sufficient to
allow the feed to settle towards the
front. This is set up on legs about
four inches from the floor. The legs
at the back are three times as long,
on account of the slanting bottom.
The top is fitted with a hinged cover.
Inside are compartments with open-
ings in the front of the feeder. As
many as desired may be made. A
trough projected from the front some
four inches, being one and one-half
inches in depth. I also have a strip
project over the edge of the trough
some three-quarters of an inch to pre-
vent waste of food. For cleanliness
and lasting qualities the bottom of the
trough should be tinned.

Compartments for Different Foods.

The openings at the front may be
of any size desired. I have three
about six by eight inches and one
smaller. Those used for ground feed,
such as dry mash and beef scrap, are
covered with three—eighths—inch wire
mesh, and the ones used for oyster
‘shells, grit, charcoal or clover with
one-half-inch mesh. In the summer
when dry grains are fed from the hop-
per, narrow strips of wood may be
tacked across the openings to prevent
the grain from coming into the trough
tpo freely. It is desirable-to separate
the feed trough into compartments
corresponding to the openings, though
this is not absolutely necessary. A
box four feet in length is about right
for four compartments. A larger box
could be used for a greater variety of
food, or two of them. I like two for
each pen, that there may always be
an abundance of hopper food avail-
able.

If one does not wish to make a box
with slanting bottom, any square box
can be fitted up, simply by putting in
a slanting board to push the feed to-
ward the front. After two or three
have been made, doubtless certain
variations will suggest themselves to
the builder, that may better suit indi-
vidual tastes and needs. The feeders
I am using at present are quite dif-
ferent from the first one I made.

It is but the work of an hour or two
to build one of these feeders, but the
saving in feed and added cleanliness
will mean dollars to the poultryman.

New Hamp. C. H. CHESLEY.

GREEN ONIONS FOR THE YOUNG
POULTRY.

 

When preparing green onions for
the table, or for market, we always
save the tops for the young poultry.
It is surprising to see how quickly
the little chicks learn to eat this
pungent vegetable. even when they
have free range where other green
stuff is plentiful. It is the same with
young turkeys. Goslings and duck-
lings seem to relish onions, when mix-
ed with some kind of a mash. Young
chicks and turkeys eat chopped on-
ion-tops, greedily, after they have be-
come accustomed to them, without
anything being added. >

At first we always mix the onions
with a little rolled cats or bread

crumbs, until they have acquired 8.

cases, the marketing of

taste for the onions, which is not
long, for, as stated above, they learn
very quickly. However, onion-tops
will not take the place of the regular
grain ration. For the benefit of be-
ginners, it should be stated, here, that
the green tops of onions are fed as a
sort of tonic, or to take the place of
other green stuff; sometimes both.
And we have heard it said that the
odor of onions would drive away ver-
min. We have often noticed that
young poultry, especially turkeys,
were always more thrifty when onions
played a. part in their daily ration.
Last season we planted an extra bed
of onions for the poultry to be used
at times when onions were not want-
ed for other purposes. We use a pair
of shears for cutting the onion-tops
small. Once a day is none too often
to feed green onions, when chicks
have free range; when they cannot
have free access to other green stuff
they should have onions twice a day
at least. ANNA W. GALLIGHER.

LOSS OF FEATHERS 0N NECK
AND HEAD.

 

Will you please tell me What makes
my hens lose their feathers around
the head and neck? What can I do
for them?

Newaygo Co. F. T. S.

There are two chief causes for the
loss of feathers from the head and
neck, feather eating and depluminz
mites. The latter is undoubtedly the
chief cause, and often leads to the
former habit.

These mites live on the epidermal
debris at the base of the feathers and
cause the feathers to break off at the
surface of the skin. These mites will
also be found around the rump of the
fowl, where the feathers are also lost.

For the control of these mites the
following ointment is good: Flowers
of sulphur, one dram; carbonate of
potash, 20 grains; lard of vaseline.
half ounce. The flock is usually in«
fested by the introduction of one or
more birds having the mites. It will
spread quite rapidly through the flock.

The feather eating due to this mite
is caused by the irritation they cause
the birds. They will start picking
their own feathers, and later the
feathers of others. The ordinary hab-
it of feather eating can be checked by
making the hens work for their feed
and furnishing them a. well-balanced
ration.

 

Well-bred queens are good for two
full years' work, and the great ma-
jority for the third year. A queen
batched in the early part of the sea-
son, so that the year of her hatching
she does much breeding, is aged and
very uncertain her third summer.
Hatched in mid or late summer she
will complete that year, all the next,
and make a good colony for the next
honey season after that, when she
ought to be superseded. Do not ex-
pect a queen to 'do more than two
hard summers’ service. Many will be
good for longer, but enough will not
to make it unprofitable to risk keep-
ing longer.

BOOK NOTICE.

Regardless of the fact that there is
an unlimited amount of poultry liter-
ature, the chicken enthusiast is al-
ways ready for some more. He will
not be disappointed with “Success
with Hens,” a book by Robert Joos.
for it is full of useful hints for both
expert and amateur. The book has a
very practical tone to it, the 55 chaps
ters giving full directions for the
hatching and brooding of chickens,
incubation, feeding and housing, in-
creasing the egg supply. cure of dis
eggs and
fowls and everything pertaining to
the care of hens. It is published by
Forbes & Co.. Chicago, Ill. Price $1.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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PESTS OF THE SMALL FRUIT
PLANTATION.

The small fruit grower does not
have the continual fight with insects
and diseases that the grower of tree
fruits does, because his season is
shorter. He has, however, pests which
bother him and make the returns he
gets fully earned before he gets them.

The grower of strawberries has few
insects and diseases to contend with
and in most cases the spraying of the
strawberry patch is a thing which is
not considered, because good crops
can be grown without it. Specialists
in strawberry growing say, however,
that it pays to spray the patch at
least twice about the blossoming time.
Besides controlling the strawberry
leaf spot or rust and the leaf roller,
the spraying adds tone and vigor to
the plants, and for this purpose spray-
ing would be profitable. The usual
sprayings should be made just before
the blossoms open, and again in about
ten days. Bordeaux mixture and ar-
senate of lead, or Paris green, are
the best sprays for this purpose.
Burning .Over the Strawberry Patch.

One practice which is of value in
controlling the pests of the strawber-
ry plantation is the burning over of
the patch after fruiting. The tops
should be mowed off and allowed to
dry and then when the wind is right

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perience stated above. Those having

this root trouble might well experi-

ment with lime for its control.
Raspberry Anthracnose.

The raspberry and blackberry grow-
ers have several diseases to contend
with which are hard to control. The
most common of these is the anthrac-
nose or raspberry scab. This affects
most seriously the black raspberry
and in some localities the growing of.
this fruit has been discontinued on
account of this disease. The trouble
is of a fungus nature and forms gray-
ish white blotches on the cane which
are somewhat sunken. These spots
destroy the cambium layer or the sap
wood of the cane, and in that way
restrict the circulation of the sap. It
is the most common cause of the her-
ries drying up just before ripening
time. There are no satisfactory rem-
edies for this trouble and spraying
has no effect on it. Preventative
measures are to cut the old canes out
immediately after the crop is harvest-
ed, good cultivation, and fertilization.
On account of this disease it is not
advisable to keep a black raspberry
patch longer than seven to eight
years. This disease also attacks the
red raspberry and blackberry, but is
never as serious on these fruits as on
the black raspberry.

Orange rust is troublesome on
blackberries and black raspberries,

 

 

 

A Well-Kept Gooseberry Plantation.

and the material is thoroughly dry,
burned over quickly so as to avoid
burning the crown of the plants. The
straw mulching left to keep the her-
ries clean and to prevent evaporation
of moisture, will facilitate the quick
burning. It is advisable to loosen this
mulching up a few days before burn-
ing so that it will dry out well. If
there is no mulching on the patch it
may be advisable to add some straw
to assist in the rapid burning. If the
leaf rollers have been present, spray
the patch again after the growth has
started.
White Grubs.

The white grubs of the May beetle
which often cause injury to strawber-
ry patches, can not be controlled ex-
cept by hand digging. Sod and old
manure are favorite breeding places
for them, so it is not advisable to set
a strawberry bed in sod ground or to
use manure made before the first of
August. The grub does its greatest
damage in loose, loamy soils. It is
not often bothersome on soils of a.
clayey nature.

\Vhat is called the black root has
been the source of considerable trou-
ble to many strawberry growers.-
Some of our best growers have found
that the application of lime to their
soils prevented this trouble to a great

extent and kept the roots in healthy-

condition. There is considerable con-
troversy regarding the effect of lime
on strawberries. Some say that it is
injurious, while others give the ex-

and the only thing to do when it is
present is to dig out affected plants
and burn them. This disease causes
an orange colored discoloration on the
under side of the leaves and is most
common in wet seasons. It was quite
prevalent last year on that account.

The raspberry yellows and the rasp-
berry blight are diseases which have
attracted attention in New York and
are sometimes found here. Neither
disease is controllable and should be
cut out when found.

Occasionally various chewing in-
sects attack the raspberries and the
blackberries and in case they do, a
spraying of arsenate of lead at the
rate of two pounds to 50 gallons of
water or Paris green, using five
ounces to 50 gallons of water, with
about a pound of slaked lime added
to it to keep it from burning the
foliage will check them.

Diseases of Gooseberries and Cur-

rants.

Most of the troubles of the goose-
berry and the currant can be controll-
ed by spraying. These are mainly the
currant worm, mildew, aphis, San Jose
scale and the European fruit scale.
The latter two can be controlled by
the dormant lime-sulphur spray,,and
the others can be controlled by spray-
ing with Bordeaux mixture and Paris
green. When the leaves are expand-
ing, and again when the fruit is about
one-fourth grown. For the aphis, to-
bacco extract should be used before
the leaves curl. The commercial to-

bacco extracts are best for this pur-
pose and should be diluted according
to the directions the makers give.

The cane borer is quite often trou-
blesome in gooseberry and currant
patches. These borers work in the
pith of the canes and in that way kills
them. When pruning in spring, canes
with black centers should be cut back
until the healthy pith is reached. The
borer always works downward and if'
not taken care of will work into the
crown of the plant and ruin it entire-
ly. \Vilted foliage usually indicates
the borer and affected canes should
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TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.

Cherry Trees Fail to Bear.

I have some seven-year-old cherry
trees, large trees that are covered
with blossoms every spring, but only
have a quart or two of cherries on
them. They also grow very rank.

Leelanau C0. J.

\Vhen trees blossom and fail to
bear, the blossoms may not be suffi-
ciently self-fertile and have no other
trees around to fertilize them, frosts
may get them or the trees blossom
so fully that the blossoms are weak
and therefore do not properly fertil-
ize. One can readily tell whether the
source of the trouble is the first two
mentioned, or not, and can plant com-
panion trees or protect from frost, as
the case may be. To rectify the trou-
ble with reference to overblossoming,
the tree will require pruning, and the
pruning should be such that quite a
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lateral spurs on the older wood, a
clipping back of the past season’s
growth would do no good, but a thin-
ning out of the head of the tree s0‘
that considerable of the older wood,
is taken out would be necessary. Thei
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I have an asparagus bod set out?
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always covered it thick with straw
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it is rather hard to bring it back. The
asparagus is a gross feeder and needs
much fertilization and in addition to
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good application of barnyard manure,
preferably in fall, would be advisable.

Probably the chief cause of the
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some insect or disease which you
have not noticed. The asparagus rust
is becoming quite serious and in some
cases serious enough to entirely ruin
the patch. The symptoms of this
trouble of the rusting or dying back
of the tops during the summer. The
best method of control is dusting the
bed with flowers of sulphur early in
the morning while the tops are still
wet with dew, and about three weeks
after the cutting has been stopped.

Asparagus beetle also causes con-
siderable trouble. The beetles feed
on the tender shoots, and the larvae
feeds on the leaves and tender bark.
Allowing poultry to have access to
the bed, dusting freshly slaked lime
on the plants in the morning when
the plants to grow up around the
the dew is on, or allowing some of
edges of the bed and spraying them
with arsenate of lead or paris green,
are the various methods of control
suggested.

While endeavoring to. bring the bed
back to good vitality it would be best
to cut it for a short time only. By so
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On May 29 the Mich-
igan Supreme Court
rendered an opinion
in which the 1913
amendment to the act providing for
the support of the Michigan Agricul-
tural College was declared void. This
action releases for the use of the in
stitution the funds derived from the
federal government, the use of which
was restricted b: the act of the Legis-
lature and which have been unavail-
able for use while the case which has
just been decided was pending. A
full account of the-events leading up
to this complication was published in
.0111' issue of April 4, and the refresh-
ment of the reader’s memory will re-
quire but their brief recapitulation
here. Briefly stated, the Agricultural
College receives federal aid to the ex-
tent of $120,000 per year, upon the
accepted requirement that it be ex—
pended in the teaching of agriculture
and the mechanic arts. State aid to
the college was granted in the form
of specific appropriations until 1901,
when the Legislature passed a law
providing for an annual appropriation
of one tenth of a mill on each dollar
of the assessed valuation of the prop«
erty of the state for that purpose.
Vl’ith the increased attendance and
demand for extension work more
funds were needed and the Legisla-
ture amended the. law, increasing the
annual tax to one-sixth of a mill, but
with a clause added during the clos-
ing hours of the session through the
influence of a few members of an im-
portant committee of the House upon
the pretext that the college was dup-
licating the work of the University in
its engineering department, providing
that “no part of this or any other ap-
propriation shall be available in case
a sum in excess of $35,000, from any
and all sources, shall be expended in
any one fiscal year for the support of
the Mechanical and Engineering De-
partment.” After careful deliberation
and upon the advice of reputable coun-
sel, the State Board of Agriculture,
charged by the constitution with the
administration of the college, declar-
ed their intention to limit the use of
state funds for the said department to
$35,000, making up the needed bal-
ance from the federal funds available
for the purpose. When the Auditor
General estimated that a total of $35,-
had been used in the conduct of the
Engineering Department, he refused
requisitions for federal as well as
state funds, upon which the Board pe-
titioned the Supreme Court for awrlt
of mandamus to compel the payment

M. A. C. Funds
Released.

of funds upon these requ1s1tions, thus
bringing the case before the court to
be decided on its merits.

The opinion, which was written by
Judge Ostrander, holds that the Leg-
islature exceeded its constitutional
power in attempting to control the
Agricultural College funds derived
from the federal government, and that
the act is for this reason void. As a.
consequence the federal and other
funds which would accrue to the in-
stitution under the old law are made
available for use, but the amount of
state funds available will be the one-
tenth mill tax provided under the old
law, instead of theone-sixth mill pro-
vided for in the amendment.

Under the heading
The Standardiz-a- of “Further Opin-
tion of Crops. ions on the ‘Cost
of 3. Crop,’ ” ‘will
be found two communications in
which the writers express derogatory
Opinions regarding the possible use-
fulness to potato growers of the Mich-
igan Potato Growers’ Association re-
cently organized in this state. In one
of these communications the opinion
is expressed with all sincerity that
such work as has been undertaken in
the matter of standardizing the pota‘
to crop will prove to be detrimental
rather than beneficial to the growers
of this staple cash crop. These opin-
ions are given prominence in this is-
sue for the reason that we believe
them to be expressive of the views of
a large contingent of Michigan farm-
ers who are engaged in this branch
of farming, and because a subject of
such importance to producers should
be publicly discussed from all angles
in order that public sentiment may be
crystallized in a manner which will
accrue to the greatest good of the
greatest number of interested pro-
duCers.

In another column will be found an
article written by the secretary of the
Michigan Potato Growers’ Association,
in which the aims and objects of that
organization are set forth. It will be
conceded, we believe, by any fair-
minded reader that the accomplish-

ment of those aims and objects would;

prove beneficial, rather than detri-
mental, to the 'potato growers of the
state. The one item of broadening
our market by developing a trade in
southern seed stock is of no small
importance, while the advantages
which would accrue along other lines
from an effective organization of
growers would not be inconsiderable.

So far as a standardization of the

'crop is concerned, the contention that

a standard fixed by the dealers might
be to the disadvantage of the grower
may be well taken, but this should
neither be the object nor the result of
an organization of growers. A com-
prehensive organization of growers
could certainly fix their own stan-
dards so far as varieties are concern-
ed, and by a study of cultural meth-
ods could help the membership of the
organization in the matter of controll-
ing quality much more effectively
than it is accomplished by individual
growers under present methods. Stan-
dardization of product, so. far as pos-
sible, has been beneficial to growers
in every line to which it has yet been
applied and there would seem to be
no good reason why the potato crop
should be an exception, so long as it
is brought about by and under con-
trol of the growers themselves. '
The Smith-Lever
co-operative agri-
cultural extension
law, which was
passed by Congress at the present
session and received the President’s
signature last month, has been before
the country so long and commented
upon so frequently that many Michi-
gan Farmer readers are more or less
familiar with its provisions. This law
provides that each state in which an
agricultural college is designated shall
receive as a. basic fund from the fed.

More Aid for Ag-
riculture.

eral government $10, 000 annually for
agricultural extension work, or, in the
words of the act, “the giving of in-
struction and practical demonstra-
tions in agriculture and home econom‘
ics to persons not attending orresi-
dent in said colleges in the several
communities, and imparting to such
persons information on said subjects
through field demonsrtations, publi-
cations, and otherwise.” In addition
to the $10,000 received by each state
without further obligation on its
part, the law provides for liberal ad-
ditional appropriations, to be distrib<
uted in the proportion that the rural
population of the state bears to the
total rural population of the country,
provided that the states, or their less-
er municipalities or individuals with-
in the states, duplicate the additional
amount appropriated by the federal
government for like use. These addi-
tional appropriations will be increas-
ed by a half million dollars annually
for the country, until the total federal
appropriation for this purpose shall
reach $4,850,000 annually, as will be
the case in 1923 and thereafter.

To avail themselves of this liberal
aid in the advancement of scientific
agriculture the states or their people
will be obliged to make liberal pro-
vision for the duplication of the fed.
eral funds, but the.law wisely pro-
vides for an original and perpetual
basic appropriation of $10,000 for each
state Without such obligation, which
will permit a trial of the kind of dem-
onstration work contemplated which
should test its popularity and inspire
enthusiasm for its enlargement as
practical results may warrant.

If the details of
The Organization of a s u c c e s s f 111
Bean Growers. plan can be sat-
isfactorily work-
ed out, an effort will be made during
the present year to organize the bean
growers of the state by a representa-
tive of the Office of Markets of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. The
object of the organization to be at-
tempted will be to improve the mar‘
keting conditions for this“ important
Michigan crop to the benefit of the
grower; to more successfully combat
the fungous diseases which are annu-
ally shortening the average yleld .of
beans, and to promote the more gen-
eral use of beans as human food,
thereby increasing the market de‘
mand for this staple foodstuff.

This would seem to be one of the
most promising fields for the organi‘
zation of growers, for the reason that
about 70 per cent of the bean crop of
the United States and Canada is pro-
duced in Michigan, and it is a safe
assertion that Michigan bean growers
have not in the past been well satis-

-fied with marketing condition as ap~

plied to this crop. As is well-known
to the bean growers of the state
there is a strong organization of bean
handlers known as the Michigan Bean
Jobbers’ Association, and there has
been a general feeding among grow-
ers that the purpose and work of this
organization has been inimical to their
best interests. This has been an en-
tirely natural result from their obser-
vation of the trend of the bean mar-
ket in recent years, which has gen-
erally started at a reasonable figure,
but quickly sagged when the bulk of
the crop came onto the market, only
to again rise at the close of the sea-
son when the bulk of the crop had
passed from first hands. It appears,
however, that this long, downward
curve to the market has been as dis
satisfying to all but afew big specu-
lators among bean handlers asto the
growers themselves,- since most of
them have been obliged to move their
beans during the low period when the
free offerings have taxed both their
resources and the capacity of their
plants. This condition of affairs led
to the advancement of a proposition
by the progressive president of this
organization that growers and dealers

get together and see if come plan

could not be evolved which would
remedy this unsatisfactory market
condition. Hon. James N. McBride,
President of the State Association of
Farmers’ Clubs, took the initiative
and called a meeting of representa-
tive growers, dealers and experts, who
met with a. committee of the jobbers
in February of the present year. Lit-
tle was accomplished at this meeting
except to add impetus to a propagan-
da. for the use of clean seed, in which
dealers and growers were mutually
interested.

Later, the co-operation of the new-
ly organized Department of Markets
was enlisted by the gentlemen who
first took the initiative in the matter,
and last month a representative of
that department, who is a well-known
Michigan man, met with practically
the same men who were present at
the former meeting for the purpose
of getting all possible information
bearing on the situation, with a view
of promoting an effective organization
of bean growers.

In/the event that a. workable plan
can be evolved, an effort Will undoubt-
edly be made to organize the bean
growers in some 25 counties of the
state where the bean crop is an im-
portant factor of production. With
as .accurate statistics of production as
can be gathered by the Department
of Markets, a committee composed of
representatives of these county grow-
ers’ organizations from each county
would be in a position to advise the
growers of the state intelligently on
the question of marketing the crop in
a manner which would largely elimi-
nate the speculative feature from the
market and thus benefit the growers
without injury to consumers. At the
same time a very considerable benefit
should accrue to growers from the
other activities above mentioned, it
the plans for effecting an organization
of Michigan bean growers are‘ suc‘
cessfully consummated.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

National.

At Connellsville, Pa., Sunday, a lo-
comotive left the track and killed five
persons and injured two others.

A fast train on the Michigan Cen-
tral was wrecked 17 miles south of
Lansing, Monday morning. With the
exception of the engine and the ten-
der, the entire train left the track. A
broken rail is blamed for the acci-
dent. No one was injured, due, it is
believed, to the use of steel cars.

The vote of the Senate on the canal
tolls repeal measure will likely be
taken this week.

It is now expected that the present
session of Congress will adjourn on
July 15

Home consumption of foodstuffs in
this country is fast overtaking pro-
duction, so that the amount of domes-
tic food products going out of the
country is growing smaller and the
quantity coming in is increasing, ac-
cording to figures compiled by the hu-
reau of foreign and domestic com-
merce.

F. E. Chafin, the prohibition party
leader, has presented the national
committee of the party with a 60-acre
park at Clinton, Mo., to be used for
educational purposes along prohibi-
tion lines.

Vice- president Marshall, in an ad-
dress at Charleston, W. Va. urges re-
ligion as an efi'ective means of com‘
hating labor evils.

Foreign.

On Friday, May 26, the steamship
Empress of Ireland, while proceeding
up the St. Lawrence river, was ram-
med by the collier Storstad, and in a
few minutes went to the bottom in 25
fathoms of water, carrying down 969
persons. Only 209 bodies have been re«
covered by Monday, and of these less
than a hundred had been identified.
It is expected that many of the bod-
ies will never be recovered because
of the strong outward current at the,
.point of the accident. The collision}
occurred during a fog. The blame has
not as yet been attached to either of
the boat crews, however, a royal com-
mission will make a careful investi-
gation into the cause.

By reason of his military successes
of late General Carranza, chief of the
rebel forces of Mexico, assumes the
office of president of the whole coun-

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that the cows and sheep were dying
of thirst, the good fairies gathered all
the dewdrops of the woodland and
rolled them into one clear, sparkling
stream, which has flowed down the
hill and across the meadows ever
since.

In order to guard the secret of its
source, the Queen established her
Court at the very beginning of the
stream, so that no harm might come
to the Mystic Brook, as it was called,
by the good people all about. For you
must know that there are wicked
fairies, who would laugh and dance
with glee to see the poor cows and
sheep dying with thirst.

The little craft in which the Queen
floated down the brook that balmy
morning was a beautiful shell lined
with the rosiest pink and cushioned
with the richest velvet-green moss,
and the sails were spun from spider-
Web threads which sparkled and
gleamed in the sunlight. Four glisten-
ing gold-fish were harnessed to the
small chariot-boat by the slenderest
strappings, and two pair of soft silk-
en reins guided the shining steeds
Wherever the Queen might wish to go.

Down the stream she sailed, past
the Violet dotted banks, until she
came in sight of the hut where poor
little, crippled Tim Crowner lived.
Away beyond she could see the man-
sion known as “Grey Towers,” which
was owned by a stern old man, who
lived all alone except for his servants
and he was said by them to be very
cross and surly. As the Queen’s
glance rested on the miserable but
with crippled Tim in the doorway, an
expression of pity came over her beau-
tiful face, but when she caught sight
of “Grey Towers” in the distance, her
expression quite changed, and with a
gay laugh she stood upright upon the
moss-green cushion and threw a kiss
straight toward the crippled Tim.

If Tim heard the laugh, he prob-
ably thought it was the glad note of
some bird songster; and had the sun
not been shining so brightly on the
Mystic Brook, he might even have
seen‘the Queen herself, with her halo
of golden hair held in place by a jew-
eled crown, and he might have caught
the shimmer of her
which looked for all the world like
those of an exquisite butterfly. But
Tim heard instead the shrll voice of
Mrs. Crowner and saw the beautiful
fields and glad sunshine in which he
could not run and play'like other
boys.

The Queen turned her little steeds
toward home and waving her wand
over them, was soon traveling rapidly
up stream. She journeyed so quickly

that in a short time she reached the.

entrance to the royal palace, which
was so large that it would hold as
many as a thousand fairies all at once.
Passing through long passageways of

gauzy wings, -

mother-of-pearl, she went directly to
the throne room. Here she paused
beneath a splendid blue-bell that grew
straight and strong. Without delay
she rung a silvery peal so tinkling and
clear that the fairies came trooping
in from all directions.

When they had
Queen spoke:

f‘I wish to tell you,” she said in a
sweet, high voice, “of my travels this
morning down the Mystic Brook. The
sunshine was so bright and the birds
and flowers so gay, that I thought all

assembled the

' the world must be happy too, but I

was mistaken, as even Fairy Queens
are, sometimes.

“Over by the but ”of Margaret
Crowner, there was a little crippled
boy, in whose life there is so much
cloud and sadness that very few of
the yellow sunbeams can struggle
through into his lonely, hungry heart.
Away beyond the little hut, stands
the great mansion on the hill, with its
cross, old master, who cares for noth-
ing but his money.

“Snowflake,” she continued, “I de-
sire you to take a band of seven fair-
ies and go this very night to ‘Grey
Towers’ and see if you can find a soft
spot in the heart of its crabbed own-

er. Snowdrop,” she said, turning to
Snowflake’s twin sister, “take the
same number of assistants, go to the
cabin of crippled Tim, and find out
what will make him happiest on
earth.”

The fairies were so overjoyed with
the prospect of making a poor, lonely
little boy happy, that they could hard-
ly restrain their impatience for night-
fall. But it finally came, as most
things do if we wait patiently.

Snowflake and her companions
found the master of “Grey Towers”
sitting alone in his library, with his
face buried in his hands and an open
letter upon his knee. She fiitted so
near that she could read the letter. It
really was not rude for the fairy to
do this, as she had to find out what
was troubling him if she wished to
make the old man happy.

The letter was dated five years be-
fore. It read:

Dear Father:

Please forgive me now, for I am
dying. Take my poor, little crippled
baby boy and love him for my sake.
You and he are all alone in the world
now, except for each other. My baby
and my love are all I have to send
you. Your Daughter,

Ruth Curry.

The old man groaned. A servant

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To Michigan

came to the door to inquire if he
could be of any service and his mas-
ter answered his kindly inquiry so
harshly that the fairies stole sadly out
into the silvery moonlight and flitted
homeward. Snowdrop had reached the
palace first and was telling the Queen
that she and her band had found Tim
asleep in a miserable bed, with his
cheek wet with tears, and a sob in
his throat. Below stairs they could
hear Margaret Crowner berating her
husband for wanting to keep Tim now
that times were so hard and he could
do little work, declaring that she her-
self would send him back to the or-
phan asylum from which he came.

The Queen looked troubled but as
Snowflake told her story, that troub—
led look vanished and she fairly
beamed with delight.

“I see it all,” she cried eagerly, “the
master of ‘Grey Towers’ is relenting
his harshness and hungering for his
grandchild, and he shall have him, for
the little fellow is not as far away as
the old man thinks.” Here the Queen
clapped her hands together. “Sun-
beam, Sunbeam,” she called, “go to
the master of ‘Grey Towers’ as he
sleeps and whisper in his ear that he
will find all the potatoes he wants for
the spring planting of his broad acres
down at the Crowner but by the Mys-
tic Brook; and then, my dear, go to
Margaret Crowner, who is sleeping
also, and tell her to tell the first one
who comes to buy the potatoes, how
unreasonable her husband is, and how
anxious she is to be rid of the burden
of the crippled orphan child.

The next morning there was a reg-
ular .fairy picnic down the Mystic
Brook, for one and all wished to see
Tim discovered by his grandfather.
There was such chattering and such
laughter that the Queen was obliged
to wave her wand over the entire
party, so as to make them silent and
invisible as far as mortal eye was
concerned, but still capable of having
as good a time as ever in their own
fairy fashion.

This time the party moored their
little crafts and went over by the hut
under the hedge of Bouncing Betties
that grew there in the shade. They
saw the old man drive up and heard
him inquire for potatoes. They laugh-
ed and nudged each other when he
grumbled at ' the price Margaret
Crowner asked, and fairly danced with
glee when the old woman burst into
a fit of wrath at his remonstrations
and poured forth a tale of woe about
the hard times and the added burden
in their family.

Just at that moment Tim came to
the doorway and stood sadly leaning
on his little crutch. They saw the old
man start with surprise and heard
him ask in a trembling voice, “Where
did that boy come from?”

“Clear from Boston, Sir,” she whin-
ed, “an’ it’s only a mere penny we get
for his keep.”

“And his name?”

“They call him Timothy Curry
there. Folks hereabouts call him Tim
Crowner because he stays with us an’
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buggy ,

Even the fairies paused in their
gambols of delight when the old man
tenderly lifted the crippled boy upon
the, seat by his side. They.saw him
give the old woman a handful of coins
and then with one arm around the
little fellow, he drove slowly up the
long dusty white road toward the
“Towers.”

That night Snowflake went once
more to the stately mansion in obedi-
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found Tim sleeping sweetly in the
pretty room which used to be his own

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doctor down in the library tell his
grandfather that “the little fellow
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the cause of their happiness, nor did
Margaret Crowner’s husband attribute
to them the gift of the roll of money
Tim’s grandfather sent him, but the
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strong and well and in observing the
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to roof, and the south field to
drain, and a new floor for the

horse barn,” and Elwood Judson paus-
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attempt to disprove the formidable
strength of his statements.

“And there’s 80 rods of new fence
to buy, and the windmill to fix,” he
continued. “It’s the expenses here
that just about eat up everything we
take in.”

“Oh, yes, that may be true,’ replied
his wife as she closed the oven door
on her fast browning pies, “and yet
if you was to buy a farm somewhere
else I imagine you’d find something
there calling for money.”

“Maybe so, but we could take our
time and hunt up a farm that just
suited us.”

“Why, El,” argued Mrs. Judson,
“you’ve lived here for more than 50
years. We began housekeeping in the
old wing of this very house. It seems
to me that we could change over this
farm to suit us easier than we could
move to another."

Mrs. Judson realized the futility of
contending against the will of the os-
tensible head of the household. She
felt that if he had definitely settled
matters in his mind arguments would
no more change him from his course
than the snowflakes that floated
against his face on a winter’s trip to
town. For years the farm selling fev-
er had been of intermittent recur-
rence. Of late, however, these peri-
odic attacks had been increasing in
frequency, until now, like Poe's grim
haven, “the dirges of his song one
melancholy burden bore.” And she
quietly worked at her baking while
her husband continued the operation
of harness oiling, which uninteresting
occupation left his mind free to deal
with the more important and complex
affairs of life.

The following Saturday he returned
from his customary trip to town in
apparently not the best of spirits. Af~
for caring for the horse he strode in
and sat down before changing clothes
for the evening chores.

“Eliza,” he began, and there was a
sort of metallic ring of determination
in his voice, “I have made up my
mind."

“Why, what about?” inquired Mrs.
Judson, feeling a familiar sinking sen-
sation in her chest.

“Well, we’re going to sell the farm,”
he stated. “Troutline has petitioned
for that public ditch he’s been talking
about. It’ll go through all right, for
about everybody seems to be in favor
of it. That ditch’ll cost this farm
over two hundred dollars!"

“But wouldn’t it be worth that to
the farm?"

“It might be,” he conceded. “But
when El Judson does any ditching
it’ll be because he wants to, not be-
cause he has to. I was up in Tet-
low's ofiice today, and he’s sure he
can sell the farm for me for eight
thousand dollars. I put it in his
hands and he has until the middle of
next month to sell it.”

Mrs. Judson returned to her work

in the kitchen. Again she realized the
hopelessness of opposing her hus-
band’s plans. Opposition would only
strengthen him in his purpose, just as
the tree that resists the gales in the
open field develops a stronger root
system than the tree in the sheltered
forest.

A change might not be so bad after
all. And yet, here was where her
married life had begun. Here her
children were born. She stood in the
doorway and looked out over the fa-
miliar landscape. She remembered
setting her first hen- thirty years be-
fore in a box at the side of that old
smokehouse. And that lilac bush,
then a mere mass of tangled roots,
she had planted that same first
spring. It had perfumed the whole
back yard every May for twenty-five
uneventful years. She bore in mind
a multitude of moving pictures of the
noisy children that used to play be-
neath that old Baldwin tree. The
limb where Ruth and Ralph had tied
their swing had been broken by a
far back February sleet, but the tree
was the same tree, and to all appear-
ances good for another generation.
Ralph came back every Christmas,
and Ruth and her family drove over
almost every month, and each time
said, “the old place was home to her
yet.” Still, a new home might have
advantages.

“Tetlow and I.’ her husband was
calling after her, “Tetlow and I fixed
up a description of the place that’ll
sell it pretty soon, I fancy. Had no
idea we had such a farm till after he
got through. ‘Level fields of rich
loam, twenty acres of heavy timber,
splendid sugar camp, running water,
large buildings, beautiful shade, on
main road,’ and so on.”

“A man can’t sell a. farm every
day,” she rejoined.

“Well,” he defended, “Tetlow said
he was sure he could have it all fixed
up inside of a month. At any rate,
I hain’t going to put any more work
on the place until the matter is set-
tled one way or another. I’ve made
up my mind to go on a. little vaca-
tion.”

“Vacation? Where?”

“Why, for years you’ve been want-
ing to go down to Elm county to see
Jim and Lilly.”

“Jim and Lilly!
hundred miles!”

“Don’t care if it’s two thousand.
About all of our cousins are down
there, and I imagine we can put in a
month there without wearing any of
them out."

“When are you going to start?”

“We might as well start in a day
or two, that is, if I can get Ben or
Caleb to look after the chores while
we are gone.” And energetically
gathering himself together he went
into the bedroom to put on the blue
overalls for the milking and hog feed‘
mg.

Why, that’s two

It was the first protracted visitthat‘

Elwood Judson had ever made, and
it was the first time that Mrs. Judson
had been on the cars in twenty years.
Jim and his family and a. score of

 

JUNE 6, 1914.

other relatives gave them an enthusi-
astic welcome, and until the novelty
of the experience were off they really
had the time of their lives.

“Wish you folks could bring your-
selves to buy a farm down here with
us," remarked Jim one day at dinner
at about the end of the second week
of the visit.

“Good country down here,” ac-
knowledged Mr. Judson, "but it seems
a little hilly to anyone that has lived
fifty years up in Bennett county. ”

“You’re not exactly sure. about sell-,

ing?” inquired Jim.

“Yes, practically sure. I wrote Tet-
low the first of the week, and he re-
plied that he had two or three buyers
on the string, and that he was going
to do business with some of them be-
fore long.”

“You haven’t looked around for a
new farm yet?”

“No, not much. I guess we’ll hunt
up a farm that suits us back where
we came from. When we was in town
yesterday I went in to see that big
real-estate company that claims to
handle so many farms all over the
state.”

“One of the biggest real-estate
agencies in the state,” boasted Jim.

“I had quite a talk with them. I

told them that I’d prefer a farm in
Bennett county, and they said they
bad business connections with land
agents in every county in the state.
I told them what kind of a farm I
wanted and about how big, and they
said they’d have a list for me to look
over in ,a few days.”

The Smith & Tingler Real Estate
Agency was as good as its word. A
week later Mr. Smith spread before
Mr. Judson a. list of farm bargains in
Bennett county of so attractive a
character as to make any man proud
to be a native of so fat a land.

“Now, here’s about what you want,”
began the head of the firm, “one hun-
dred acres, clay loam soil, every acre
ready for the plow—~”

“No, that wouldn’t do," interrupted
Mr. Judson, “you know, I’ve got to
have a good-sized wood lot and a ma-
ple sugar camp. Always been used to
them, and I want about a hundred and
twenty acres for somewhere in the
neighborhood of eight thousand dol-
lars."

“Oh, yes, well, let’s see. Here’s a
hundred and twenty acres for eighty-
five hundred. And, let’s see—it_has a
sugar camp and plenty of timber.
Seven miles from town.”

“I wanted one closer to town.”

“Yes, I know it, and I tried to find
one, but our representative in Ben-
nett county said there were none ex-
cept this one within ten miles of town
for less than one hundred dollars an
acre.”

“Well, read the whole description
of that place.”

“All right. Number twenty-eight.
One hundred and twenty acres, slight
ly rolling, burr oak and sugar maple
soil, splendid corn and hay land, run-
ning water—”

“That’s about What I want. Been
used to a stream for the stock to run
to in the summer.”

“—good buildings, aristocraticaily
located in a noble maple grove, bank
barn, splendid orchard, fields all thor-
oughly drained except ten acres of
permanent pasture, and that will be
drained within six months.”

“That’s just about what I’m looking
for,” admitted Mr. Judson. “That's
the kind of farm I’ve always wanted.
That’d strike the woman mighty fav-
orably, too. I’ll look it over when I
get back."

“You didn’t intend to buy until you
sold your farm?”

“I’ll buy whenever I find a place
that suits me. I can sell the old one
quick enough. Fact is, I’d rather like
to have a place to move to as soon as
the old one’s sold.”

“Well,” resumed Mr. Smith, “it
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'JUNE 6, 1914.

hundred for this farm, this number
twenty-eight. The price is eighty-five
hundred. We have until the fifteenth
——why, that’s tomorrow—to sell it at
the eighty-five hundred dollars. Oth-
erwise the fellow that offered the
eighty-four hundred gets it.”

“It’s just about what I want, but it
don’t give me time to run up and look
it over."

“No, it don’t. And I never advise
any man to buy a farm without see-
ing it. Yet, you know the country up
there pretty well.”

“I know about every farm up there
about as well as I know my own ap-
ple trees.”

“H’mph. Too bad the times so
short. From the description that
farm’s about what you want.”

4 “Couldn’t been made to order much
better."

“Well, now, I’ll tell you what I’ll
do, and I never did it but twice be-
fore in my life; if you care to pay me
one hundred down on the place I’ll
wire our representative that we’ve
sold it, and that, you know, will knock
the other bidders out. And you can
go and look over the farm, and if it
isn’t according to the description, or
if it has some drawbacks that are
not mentioned, I’ll see that you get
your money back without any hag-
gling. I’ll give you a contract to that
effect. The hundred down simply goes
on the agent’s commission.”

It was risky. It was unbusiness-
like. But Elwood Judson did it. He
was in a hurry to have the matter
settled. He had not been away from
home many days before he discovered
that life for him'would be a rather
dismal affair anywhere except among
the familiar landmarks of Bennett
county. He was homesick for the
level fields and dark loams where he
had toiled until gray haired.

His wife appeared slightly more
cheerful that evening when he broke
the news to her. And yet——and yet
—“aristocratic maple grove” sounded
nice, but down in her heart she knew
that she’d be satisfied with the old
lawn with it’s five spreading sugar
trees where she had sat through many
and many a summer afternoon knit-
ting stockings for little feet that were
crawling, squirrel—like, along the
branches over her head.

The next day they returned to the
old home. And on the following
morning Elwood Judson drove off to
town. Smith & Tingler had told him
that their representative, his old
friend, Mr. Tetlow, would finish the
business for them. Mrs. Judson
stood by the window for some time
after he had disappeared around the
corners. The truth was she was feel-

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ting-room. She realized that she was
not wildly'enthusiastic about a “rich
clay loam.” The fields of the old
farm were attractive enough to suit
her. And neither did the “splendid
buildings” hold any charm for her.
She was satisfied with a plain old
two-story house, with a garret full of
ancient trunks that Were packed with
old dresses and little dresses, wee
shoes, tin horns, faded copy books,
the sacred driftwood from many a
long-ebbed tide.

It was six o’clock when her hus-
band returned. But then, he’d had
considerable business to attend to. He
stamped through the kitchen into the
sitting-room, and flung his hat and
coat on the couch. .

“Well,” began Mrs. Judson, “you
got everything settled?”

“Yes, I guess so,” he replied some-
what indifferently.

“What did you do?”

“Aw—I let a job for our share of
that ditch.”

“And didn’t you buy the farm?”

“Why, yes, I, guess I did.” His
cheeks were red. His eyes seemed to
be trying to look stern while his
mouth insisted on trying to grin.

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she wanted to know more about their
future home.

“It was this one. Them agents were
selling me my own farm. Well, the
trip was worth more’n a hundred dol-
lars, anyway. Is supper ready?”

 

PLANTING FOR THE BIRDS.

 

BY BESSIE L. PUTNAM.

“When we plant a tree, we are do-
ing what we can to make our planet
a more wholesome and happier dwell-
ing place for those who come after
us, if not for ourselves.”—Oliver Wen-
dell Holmes.

In Garrick, Pa., “Birdhaven,” it has I

been for some years the habit of a
wealthy citizen to give each spring
400 trees for planting, in connection
with an equal number of bird houses
to be placed by the school children.
If we would have birds with us, we
must supply food for them.

The mulberry is a favorite, espec-
ially as it furnishes fruit for several
weeks, and this at a time when the
small fruits of the garden might oth-
erwise prove provokingly tempting.
Then there are the wild berry bushes,
which furnish a delightful shelter for
nesting as well as for food. The tidy
farmer mayobject to seeing the tan-
gled bramble along the side of his
premises, but the thrifty raspberry
bush should not be an eyesore, es-
pecially when it supplies the birds so
nicely.

Besides the mulberry and sweet
cherry, there is the mountain ash,
which tempts the ruffled grouse to
our doors in mid-winter, when the
food supply is scant. The black haw
is another winter luxury. It is a joy
to add to the comfort of these song-
sters, and while making earth more
beautiful through the trees, we are at
the same time making it more enjoy-
able to birds.

A RAZOR SNAP.

 

A good imported German Razor at
35 cents sounds impossible, but while
the present supply lasts The Michi-
gan Farmer makes this remarkable
offer.

The razors are made of the est
German steel, five-eighth-inch blade,
and black handle. We will not say
just what these razors ordinarily re-
tail at, as prices on razors vary with
each dealer, but we have seen razors
no better sold at $1.25 and $1.50.

Every man who shaves ought to
have at least three razors as it is a
proven fact that giving a razor a rest
is beneficial to it, and here is your
opportunity to get a supply at very
little cost.

So, only while our present supply
lasts the price is 35 cents each, post-
paid, or a half dozen at $1.70, post-
paid.‘

A Strop Bargain, Too.

We also have a quantity of Presto
All—in-One razor strops that dealers
sold at $1.00 each. These strops are
made of finest horsehide leather and
one side is treated with All-in—One

solution which makes it possible t0'

put a hair splitting edge on the dull-
est razor. It combines the strop and
hone in one.

The special price on the strap
alone while the supply lasts, will be
35 cents, postpaid, but if ordered to-
gether with one of the above razors
the price of both will be only 65 cents
postpaid. Here is your chance to get
a good razor and strop at less than
half price. Send orders to The Mich-
igan Farmer, Detroit, Mich—Adv.

Although the first experiments with
the use of wireless in connection with
the navy were made in 1899, directly
after the war with Spain, now prac.

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of ways according to a recent report,
on this work.

After a test‘ extending over ten
months practical miners declare that
a coal mining machinehas been in-
vented that will do the work of ten
men at about one-half the cost.

 

 

 

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Annie asked me if I believed
any girl ever died for love, and
I said, ‘Yes. lots. They marry
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

JUNE 6, 1914;

 

MERICAN people never do any-
A thing by halves. There are doz-

ens of things I might cite as
proof, but the most noticeable, be-
cause the most recent, is the present-
day attitude regarding teaching the
sex question to children. From the
attitude of 25 years ago, yes, even ten
years ago, when mothers and fathers
thought the right thing was to keep
their children, especially girls, in com-
plete ignorance of all matters pertain-
ing to sex, we have swept to the oth-
er extreme, and the 12-year-old girl
of today knows more than her mother
did when she married.

Educators and physicians seem to
have gone mad on the question, and
a large percentage of editors have
joined their ranks. Some of the so-
called best magazines have gone to
such extremes on the matter that one
hesitates to leave them lying around
loose. Books and plays discuss the
problem (‘3), with a frankness that is
never short of brutal, and quite as
often salacious. Everyone, except a
few conservative parents, is making
such frantic efforts to advise the
growing generation that if any boy
or girl who can read is today ignorant
of all the facts of life it is because
the parents have kept them locked up
at home and burned up all the read-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing matter left at the door.

We are told that all this is done to
safeguard our young folks. \Yisdom
is to be their armor and ignorance
can mean only disaster, say the apos-
itles of the new teaching. Perhaps
!they are right, but I wonder? The
girls who were growing up 25 years
ago found ignorance and innocence a
sufficient protection, and to my mind
it would work as well today. SurelyI
lthe boys and young men of today are
las chivalrous as were their fathers
land older brothers And the decent
lyoung man of 1914 is going to protect
jthe other fellow’s sister, even though
she be ignorant, just as thoroughly as
did the man of the 90’s. It is not the,
ignorant girl who has cause to fear,
it is the over-wise young person who
frankly meets the man on his own
ground. He argues, and quite rightly,
that she knows what she is about,
and why should he regard her as a
weaker vessel, to be protected.

Personally, I deplore the extreme to
,which the movement has gone. 'It is
’very well to tell the children the truth
when their minds are ripe for it, and
you may know when that time arrives
by their questions. But this is one
case, where a little knowledge is far
from being a dangerous thing. Rath+
er, it is the safest thing for young
people in the adolescent stage. So
much attention to the subject can not
but arouse the wrong instincts, and
turn the mind upon a subject which
should be unknown for years to come.
It is quite modern, but to me horribly
shocking, to hear 14-year-old girls dis-
cussing quite frankly with boys things
which their mothers would hesitate
to talk over with one another.

So far the proposition to teach sex
hygiene in the public schools has met
with little favor in Michigan, a fact
for which I am sincerely grateful. I
want my children to know the truth,
but when it is told them I prefer to
have it done at home, not in a class.
by some teacher who may or may
not give the subject the proper moral
tone.

 

 

 

good it might be all right to have

If all teachers were wise and.

 

Where Too Much Knowledge is Dangerous.

them instruct our boys and girls along
every line. But unfortunately a la-
mentable percentage of them are half-
baked striplings who nothing of life
themselves by actual experience. And
still others have not the healthy mor-
al tone which should accompany such
teaching. That there are many, many
teachers much better, fitted to in-
struct the young than some of the

 

parents, does not alter the fact that
there are others who could only do
harm it they got beyond the three R’s
and over into the realm of Life.

The pendulum is bound to swing
back again. It always does. And
then between the foolish attitude of
those parents who tell lies when the
truth is sought, and the vicious ten-
dency of the others who tell a great
deal more than is necessary, we will
strike the happy medium of sane,
wise instruction. DEBORAH.

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A Few New Laundry Wrmkles—-By Anna Rutherford.

HERE are many reasons why
Tuesday is a better day for the
weekly washing than Monday,

as many housekeepers are beginning
to see. Not the least of the reasons
is that many women who have to do
their own laundering find the work
irksome and trying immediately after
Sunday. The “Sunday clothes” need
to be brushed and put away and per-
haps the extra tableware, and there
are usually many catch-up jobs to be
done because of the intervening rest
day. I

Then one can leisurely gather up
the laundry on Monday for next day,
mend what is best done before the
washing, remove stains from chil-
dren’s garments and table linen——it is
always best to mend such articles if
needed before putting in the wash——
and soak the most soiled clothing ov-
er night.

One tablespoonful each of salt, am-
monia and spirits of turpentine to
each gallon of water in which colored
clothes are soaked, will set the col-
ors. Soak them an hour or two be-
fore washing. '

The following is a very satisfactory
way to bleach laces, handkerchiefs,
etc.: First wash and rinse them thor-
oughly. Then prepare a bowl of strong
soapsuds and make very blue with
good bluing. Rub soap on the article,
cover with the water and stand the
bowl in the sun. At intervals stir the
things around and change the water
once or twice. Leave in the sun for a
day or longer. When sufficiently
whitened rinse and hang out to dry.

Fruit, coffee and tea stains are eas-
ily removed from white material be-
fore putting in the wash, by soaking
in cold water. '

Raw starch is as good boiled, and'

more easily prepared. It will not
stick to the irons if made in the fol-
lowing way: Mix with just cold wa~
ter enough to dissolve it, then take
one-fourth cup of cold water, fill it up
with boiling water and stir it into the
dissolved starch. It will be hot but
not cooked. Dip collars, cuffs, etc.. in
the usual way, wring and roll up for
about ten minutes.

Starch that will make black lawns
and organdies look like new and not
show on the surface, can be made
with black dye. Dissolve the dye as
you would for coloring, bottle and
keep for use as needed. Make the
starch quite thin and mix in a little
of the strained dye.

Hanging out the clothes is very ob-
jectionable to women who have weak
eyes, because of the reflection of the
sun on the white garments, but this
trouble may be relieved and many
headaches avoided as well, by wear-
ing a pair of dark glasses. Some-
times garments are needed and must
be ironed at short notice. Instead of
sprinkling, spread the article on a
Turkish towel that has been wrung

 

out of warm water, roll up for a few
minutes, when it will be in excellent
ironing condition.

Do not cover your ironing board
with an old wool blanket which holds
moisture ahd makes the clothes hard
to iron dry. An old cotton quilt makes
an excellent cover, with one thickness
of canton flannel over it, drawn tight-
ly, and over this one thickness of
smooth muslin.

AT HOUSECLEANING TIME.

 

From time immemorial the poet has
been telling us what are the “signs
that spring has come." Way back in
the song of songs we read that we
may know it for “the time of singing
birds has come and the voice of the
turtle is heard in the land.” Each
craftsman knows spring is either here
or on the way, by signs peculiar to
his own trade. The magazine editor
knows it when odes to April begin to
arrive. The sporting editor recog-
nizes the symptoms when base ball
fans begin to clamor for detailed ac-
counts of the doings of the team.
Father knows it when hints for spring
togs ripen into positive demands, and
the housewife knows it when the
housecleaning bug gets into her
veins.

Just what subtle influence connects
soapsuds and scrubbing brushes with
earth’s awakening who could say? But
the connection is there in spite of col-
umns of advice telling how much bet-
ter it is to do a little cleaning every
week in the year than to have one
grand upheaval each spring and a.
slight shock in the fall. Women will
have housecleaning festivals, when
they revel for a couple.of weeks in
suds and scrubbing powders and fresh
paint and varnish and new paper.
They enjoy having everything in con-
fusion and disorder so that they can
rush in and bustle about and bring
things to rights and then sit down
and say, “See what I have done.”
Houseclean, they will, so let them do
it in the easiest way.

It is useless to say clean one room
at a time, for half the fun of house-
cleaning lies in having everything
torn up at once and eating off the top
of the stove in the kitchen, because
all the tables are piled with dishes
and boxes. If we could restrain our-
selves, however, it would be easier on
the nerves to have the disease only
in a mild form and confine ourselves
to one room a day. Say it is the bed-
room, we all know every garment
must be taken out to the line and left
in the sun and fresh air for the day,
woolens carefully gone over and pack-
ed away in moth proof receptacles,
the walls brushed down, if not to be
papered, and shelves washed and
wiped dry. But how many of us take
the trouble to burn a disinfecting can-
dle in the room to rid it of germs or
possible moths and other pests?

Carpets must «be taken‘ outdoors

 

 

 

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JUNE 6. 1914.

and thorOughly beaten,.and it is much
easier to lay them on the grass and
beat them than to hang on a line in
the good old way. Beat on both sides
and sweep off all dust. They may be
brightened and freshened by laying
them on a clean floor and scrubbing
with a suds made of good white soap
and ammonia. then rinsing off thor-
oughly with clean, warm water. Of
course, they must be dry before they
are laid again.

Varnished surfaces should have as
little water and soap applied as pos-
sible. If there are soiled places
around the door lock, wash off with
a weak suds, then polish well with
paraffin oil and turpentine. This mix-
ture, a pint of oil and ten cents worth
of turpentine, makes one of the best
polishes for varnished surfaces. It
covers up scratches, and if well rub-
bed renews the gloss. As it is only
20 cents a pint it is much cheaper
than the patented polishes. Wood-
work and‘ furniture which have had
the right care through the year will
need no other cleaning than a good
polishing with this preparation.

If you have lace or net curtains
there is but one way to launder them
properly. Shake out all dust, then
soak for two hours in tepid water, af-
ter which wash carefully by squeezing
between the hands, in a suds made
of any pure soap. When the last suds
is quite clean, rinse through two wa-
ters and starch in thin, clear starch.

_If the curtains are ecru, dip in coffee,

which has been strained through two
thicknesses of cheesecloth, before
starching. There is but one way of
drying such curtains, and that is by
stretching. It is impossible to hang
them up and ever get them into shape

again. If you cannot afford one dol-
lar for curtain stretchers, stretch
them on your quilting frames. If you

have none, pin carefully to the mat-
tress of the spare bed, or lay an old
sheet on the grass to guard the cur-
tains from possible grass strains, and
stretch the curtains over. this. The
sheet can be held to the ground by
means of little sticks driven in, and
the curtains pinned down to the cloth.

The easiest way to clean the win-
dows and mirrors is with a cloth
wrung out of slightly diluted ammon-
ia, followed by a vigorous polishing
with a dry cloth. There are many
patent cleaners which are nice, but
they usually leave a dust which must
be cleaned up. Of course, the wood-
work must be washed and the sills
scrubbed with soap and water.

Brass and gilt articles may be clean-
ed by wiping off with a clean cloth
dipped in not too. strong vinegar.
Nickel is easily cleaned with any of
the scouring powders on the market.
Whiting makes the best sort of silver
polish, and is fortunately cheap. Ten
cents worth wouldglast two or three
years in the ordinary household.

TH E LETTER BOX.

 

Girls, Learn to Work.

Household Editor:—Having read the
article regarding young girls helping
their mothers.

I am nearly 20 years of age and
have always helped my mother in ev-
erything, and today I can do anything
in the house. I must do it, for a
while ago I had the misfortune of
losing my mother, and I was left with

five men to take care of, to cook,
bake, wash, iron, mend, sew, scrub
and clean. Besides, I take care of

the chickens. Now wouldn’t it have
been much harder for me if I had not
learned these things before?

Now, girls, start right in and learn.
It is never too early to learn. Don’t
say, “Well, I’m not going to get mar-
ried yet, so it’s not necessary for me
to learn. It is better to learn when
you are young, for then, no matter
what happens, you can do your work.

Regarding paint and powder. If
girls would not use so much they
would look a great deal better.

I don't believe in wearing these

T H E M I C H I
tight garments. I see many girlsand
young ladies wearing some so tight
that I would be ashamed to wear
them. There are lots of styles that
are suitable to wear. Skirts in tunic
effect, etc.—A Reader.

What Shall the Home Do?

Household Editorz—In the April 25
number of the Michigan Farmer, you
published a letter on “The Modern
Girl is Fighting the Good Fight,”
written by “Reader.” I am a teacher
and I want to ask your correspondent
to state clearly just what it is that is
expected of the school.

A boy shocks his parents by using
profanity. The school is to blame for
not teaching him better. He smokes
cigarettes. He learned it at school
and his teachers are blamed. His
shoulders are round and his chest
narrow. The school takes the blame.
The girl chews gum, uses slang, and
paints and powders, and the school
should prevent it. And yet, the pupil
is in school six hours per day for five
days in a week. The teacher must
not criticize clothing, manners, morals
«or mentality except in the mildest,
most indirect way, at the risk of his
professional life.

I want to know a few things. I want"
“Reader,” or someone else, to tell me
what is the home going to be respon-
sible for? Is it an out-of-date institu-
tion that has lived down ,all of its
functions except that of furnishing
raw material for the schools? Iwant
to know the responsibility of the
church. It never admits its failures,
but saddles them off on the school.
Is its function only raising missionary
money and holding conferences? Is
it, like the home, a “defunct’ institu-
tion leaving its legitimate part of the
world’s great work to the school?

I have taught for 15 years, and
speaking for myself, I know I speak
for the great majority of teachers
when I assert that we are everlast-
ingly teaching decency, morality, hon-
esty, cleanliness, sanity, even more,
Godliness, for all of these are attrib-
utes of Deity.

Candidly, Household Editor, I am
tired of all this inane twaddle about
the shortcomings of the school. Let
fond papas and mammas turn the
searchlight upon their own feeble ef-
forts at home and the things they will
discover will astonish them.—W.
C. W.

HOME QUERIES.

 

Household Editor:—-How can I
keep the cellar from smelling damp
and musty?—Newcomer.

It is almost impossible to keep a
cellar perfectly sweet if fruit and
vegetables in quantities are kept in
it. Absolute cleanliness, dryness,
ventilation and sunshine are helps.
Have all shelves clean and absolutely
dry. Look over the vegetables and
fruit frequently and remove all that
have started to decay, whitewash the
cellar and air it out every day. Keep
dishes of unslaked lime sitting around
to absorb the moisture and renew
them as soon as the change in the
appearance of the lime shows you
that it has taken up as much water
as it can. “Eternal vigilance” is the
price of a clean, sweet cellar.

Household Editor:—I would like to
ask through your paper how to clean
a mattress—~13. G., Sand Lake.

Of course, the best way to clean a
mattress is with a vacuum cleaner.
Failing this valuable assistant, take
the mattress out on the grass on a
sunny day and beat both sides with
a carpet beater until no more dust
will rise. If the cover is dirty it may
be scrubbed with a suds made of
good White soap, scrubbing a little
space at a time and rinsing immedi-
ately with clear water and a clean
cloth. Of course, the mattress must
be thoroughly dried before returning
to the bed.

Household Editor. —-Will you please
give amount of goosedown required
for quilts ?—Mrs. .F.

GAN FARMER-

dangers of contaminating

the food.

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For health and sanitary reasons, clean your Ice Box
with Old Dutch Cleanser.
lt thoroughly cleanses every part from ice grate to
Waste pipe; especially effective for cleaning enamel,
I porcelain and galvanized linings. Use it freely. avoiding

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Powdered Alum to a twenty-barrel cis-
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and in a few hours the sediment will
be settled and the water will be clari-
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Borax should be used in washing
cows. Nothing cuts the animal oil so
easily and keeps the animal’s coat so
glossy as Borax, besides rendering
it hygienicaliy clean.

Borax should be used with soap to
clean automobiles. buggies and bar-
ness. It removes the grease and dirt
from any polished surface, which soap
alone fails to remove.

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GRAINS, AND SEEDS.
June 2, 1914.

Wheat—With news still favorable
to the selling side of the market,
prices have been unable to hold to
last week’s level, although the decline
is small and the trade seems to have
remarkable recuperative powers, due
probably to the fact that there is
little cash wheat on hand. Conditions
continue favorable for developing the
excellent stand into an almost perfect
crop except in a few districts where
the Hessian fly and black rust have
appeared. Primary receipts are larger
than a year ago on account of the
promising harvest. At this time in
1913 No. 2 red wheat was selling at

 

$10714,» per bu. Quotation for the
past week are:
No. 2 No. 1
Red. \Vhite. July.
W‘ednesday . ..... 97 961/2 8 1,
Thursday . . . . . . .9714, 96% 88
Friday .......... 97 961/2 87%
Saturday .......... . . . . . . . .
Monday ......... 96% 9614 87%
Tuesday ..... .9634 961/}, 88
Chicago, (June 2).)——No. 2 red
wheat 961,130: July 870; Sept, 85-780.
Corn. Last week’s values have
been maintained. Notwithstanding

the fact that the new crop is getting
a good start in most of the important
corn districts, it is becoming apparent
that the supply of old corn is hardly
sufficient to take care of the demand
until the new crop is harvested. Rain
has relieved some sections, particu-
larly Kansas, of injury from lack of

moisture. One year ago the price for
No. 3 corn was 581/2c per bu. Quota-
tions for the past week are:
No. 2 No. 2
Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ......... 73 74%.,
Thursday ........... 7‘} T4 1/2
Friday ............. 73 741/;
Saturday . .......... .. . . . .
.‘xlonday ............ 73 741/;
Tuesday ............ 73 741/;
Chicago, (June 2).—July corn
6934c: Sept, 671,.1c; Dec, 585m.

Oats—Although some sections have
suffered from lack of rain the general
condition of the oat crop is so prom-
ising that prices found a lower level
this past week. Demand runs about
normal. The price here a year ago

was 42c per bu. for standard. Quo-
tations for the week are:

No. 3

Standard. \Vhite.

lWednesday ......... 45 441/2

Thursday ........... 44 431/2
Friday ............. 431/2 43
Saturday ........... . . . . . .
Monday ............ 43%; 43

Tuesday ............ 43 421/2

Chicago, (June 2).—July oats 400;

Sept. 38%0.

Beans.—-Business is small and
dull. The local board of trade quotes
immediate and prompt shipment at
$2.05; June $2.07 per bu. Chicago re-
ports steady prices. Pea beans, hand-
picked, choice, are steady at $2.20@
2.25: common $2@2.15; red kidneys,
choice $3.25@3.35.

Rye.——This cereal is higher. No. 2
is quoted at 670 per bushel.

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 $4.90; straight
$4.50: spring patent $5.10; rye fiour

$4.40 per bbl.

Feed.—In 100-11). sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $28; standard middlings
$238: fine middlings $32; coarse mid-
dlings $31; cracked corn $32; corn
and oat chop $28.50 per ton.

Hay.—Prices rule steady; offerings
iimited. Carlots on track at Detroit
are: No. 1 timothy $16.50@17; stan-
dard $15.50@16: No. 2, $14@15; light
mixed $15.50@16; No. 1 mixed $13.50
@15; No. 1 clover $13@13.50.

New York—Market a little higher.
No. 1 timothy $22@23; No. 3 to stan-
dard $18@21.50.

Chicago—Market is steady and de-
mand fair. Choice timothy quoted at

$18@18.50 per ton; No. 1 $15@16;
No. 2, $13@14.
Straw.—Steady. Rye $8@8.50: oat

straw $7@7.50; wheat straw $7@7.50
per ton.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

Butter.———Market is firm at prices
1,50 higher than last week. Extra
creamery 2595c per lb; firsts 241,40;
dairy 180; packing stock 15c.

Chicago.—The market is ruling
firm and the business extends to all
goods. Prices are 1,£,@%cthigher than
last week. Extra creamery 26%0; ex-

 

onds 20@21c;

tra firsts 25@260; firsts 22@24c; sec-
packing stock 17@18c.

Elgin.—Market is firm at 2614c per
1b., Which is léc higher than last
week.

New York—The market is steady
at an advance of 11,60 over last week.
Creamery extras 27@271,éc; firsts
25%@261,éc; seconds 23@24c; pack-
ing stock 17@171/éc.

Eggs.-Market is active at prices
340 higher than last week. Current
receipts of fresh stock quoted at
19140 per dozen.

Chicago—Market is steady at prices
averaging 140 higher than last week.
Good northern stock is selling well.
Miscellaneous lots, cases included 16
@18%c; ordinary firsts 1714@17%c;
firsts 1814@18%c.

New York—Receipts have
heavy and quality only fair.
grade stock in good demand. Prices
about 1,50 higher than last week.
Fresh gathered extras 221/2@231/§c;
firsts 19%@201,§c per dozen.

Poultry.—Liberal offerings and slow
demand made market easy. Prices
on springs and hens are about 1%0
lower than last week. Live—Springs

been
High-

7 42 17c; broilers 30@320 per lb; hens,15

@17c; geese 14@150; ducks 17@18c.

Chicago—Unusually heavy receipts
caused a'decline of 2c in prices on
fowls. Broilers and other poultry re-
main about the same. Quotations on
live are: Fowls, choice 131/2c; old
roosters 10c; broilers 1%@2 lbs.
weight 300; 1@11/1. lbs. weight 26@
28c; under 1 lb. not wanted; geese
100; ducks 130; spring ducks 18@20c.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

Potatoes.—Old potatoes steady al-

though trading is slow. Quotations
75@76c per bu. in sacks. At Chicago
the market was active and fancy

stock was absorbed at strong prices.
Fair quality stock also sold at fair
prices. Receipts are light. Good
Michigan round white quoted at 70@
800 per bushel.

Strawberries—A few cases of Mich-

“ igan berries which were water-soaked

by the rains of last week, were re-
ceived in Chicago and sold for $1.50
per case.

WOOL.

 

This market continues firm and ac-
tive. Buyers show an increased eag-
erness to obtain supplies and prices
are gradually climbing'upward. Shear-
ing has started in the fleece states
and the dealers are right upon the
ground to take the clip as soon as the
farmers will sell at prices that are
usually satisfactory to the seller. The
quality of the wool this year is excel-
lent and since there will be a short-
age handling it is likely to prove prof-
itable. Conditions abroad are similar
to those here. London sales advanced
prices while Australia sellers are ask-
ing more for their fleeces. In Boston,
Mich, fine unwashed is quoted at 23
@24c, while the other grades rule
from 25@27c. »

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

Southern Michigan strawberries
will be offered here this week and the
strictly home-grown berries will fol-
low soon, with prospects now of a
fine crop. Cherries also give promise
of a big yield. The lettuce and rad-
ish season with the glass farmers
closes this week, and cucumbers are
now in order, with tomatoes to fol-
low. The lettuce crop has been large
with prices fairly good. Not many
radishes are raised under glass. Egg
dealers are paying 171,420. In the poul-
try line live chickens are bringing 14
to 141/2c; broilers 25c. Dressed hogs
are worth around 101/30. Grain and
ray quotations unchanged.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

Considering the season, the market
showed a fair degree of activity on
Tuesday morning. Variety of offerings
is small. Potatoes are up to $1; let-
tuce around 40c for common and $1
for head; spinach 25@300 per bas-
ket; hens offered at 85c@$1; loose
hay is coming in sparingly and rules
at the old prices of $15@18 per ton.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
June 1, 1914.
(Special Report of Dunning and Stev-
ens, New York Central Stock
Yards, East Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts of stock here today as fol-
lows: Cattle 135 cars; hogs 90 d.
d.; sheep and lambs 26 d. d.; calves
1100 head.

With 135 cars of cattle on our mar-
ket here today and Chicago reporting
19,000 and a lower. market there, all
cattle here today weighing. above
12000 sold strong 25c, and.1n some

 

instances 350 lower than last Mon-
day. I notice our paper quotes these
heavy cattle from 15@25c lower, but
there has not been a load of cattle
weighing above 1200 sold here today
that did not sell fully 25c per cwt.
lower than last Monday. The market
was slow and dull from start to fin-
ish, but at the close about everything
was sold. Female stuff and light
butchering cattle did not suffer near
so much. The decline on the best
butchering grades was from 10@150
per cwt.

Receipts of hogs today were light
compared with past Mondays, about
90 double decks on sale. Lower prices
all over the west today forced our
market 10@15c below Saturday’s
sales, everything selling at $8.40 out—
side of a few selected handy weight
hogs. and the pig weights ranged
from $8@8.10, as to weight and qual-
ity. Roughs were extremely dull and
sold from $7@7.25; stags $6@6.50.
Late market was very dull, and with
a few going over. unsold, outlook is

times rallies in prices occurred, but

the undertone lacked firmness, and it
was easier to put prices down than
up as a. rule, as after Monday eastern
shippers were apt to operate rather
sparingly. Another weakening factor
was found in the fact that on differ-
ent days the big packing concerns re-
ceived large supplies of hogs direct
from western markets, which render-
ed them quite independent, and many
hogs were left unsold at the day’s
close. The principal bullish feature
of the market lies in the greatly re-
duced receipts in the markets of the
country as compared with last year
and year befdre last. Recent receipts
here have averaged 238 lbs., which
compares with 243 lbs. a year ago,
and probably further gains in average
weight will be seen in coming weeks.
Late in the week big breaks in prices
left hogs selling at $7.70@8.10 for
rough heavy to prime light shipping
lots, it being mainly an $8@8.05 mar-
ket. Pigs sold at $7@7.90. Prices
were the lowest of the year, the top
for hogs a week earlier having been

not very encouraging for the near $850

future.

The market was active today on
handy lambs and sheep. Prices are
steady with the close of last week.
Choice handy clips selling mostly at
$7.85@8. We look for steady prices
last of week with moderate receipts.

We quote: Choice clip lambs $7.85
@8; heavy lambs $7@7.25; cull to
fair lambs $6.50@7.75: yearlings $6.50
@725; bucks $3.50@4.50; handy ewes
$5.25@5.50; heavy do $4.50@4.75;
wethers $6@6.35; cull sheep $3.50@
4.50; veals, choice to extra $10.25@

 

10.50; fair to good $8.50@10; heavy

calves $5.50@7.
Chicago.
June 1, 1914.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today ..19,000 37,000 14,000

Same day 1913..21,505 44,924 21,622

Last week ..... 42,501 131,844 76,476

Same wk 1913..47,566 121,73 86,554

Cattle were in such small supply

for Monday today that prices were
maintained, although buyers were in
no hurry to purchase, with early trad-
ing largely in fat butcher stock and
handy little fat steers. Hogs were
about steady, although the top price
was $8.071/2, the market firming up
after early weakness. Hogs received
last week averaged 237 lbs., or three
pounds more than a week earlier.
Sheep and lambs are in such small
supply today that sellers are trying
to get a little higher prices for the
best class.

Cattle were in moderate demand
last Week as a genera rule, with the
bulk of the beef steers selling at $8@
9 and choice to fancy heavy beeves
taken at $9@9.35, the t0p being 5c
higher than a week earlier. The
common to fair class of light steers
brought $7.40@8.20, while a medium
class brought $8.25@8.60, with good
lots at $8.65@8.95. Hot weather cur-
tailed the consumption of beef and
caused buyers to turn more to steers
of light weights that were fat, with
handy little yearlings pyinie favorites.
Good to prime yearlings sold at $8.60
@925, with sales all the way down to
$7.85@8.25 for the commoner year-
lings, which Were discriminated
against by the packers and smaller
butchers. Discrimination continued
severe against dairy-bred cows, many
of which are coming to market, with
promise of still larger receipts. For
butchering cows and heifers there
was a good sale on the whole, how-
ever, sales ranging at $5.30@8.90 for
ordinary to prime grades, while cut-
ters sold at $4.70@5.25, canners at
$3.50@4.65 and bulls at $5.50@8.
Milch cows had to be choice to at-
tract much attention from buyers, the
range of prices widening out, with the
best higher and the poorest neglected
and lower. Usually, sales were made
at $60@90 per head. The season of
the year has arrived when cows on
grass come into milk, and from now
on forward springers and milkers will
be discriminated against. Calves mov-
ed off briskly during the first part of
the week, with heavy calves quoted
at $5.50@8.50 and light vealers at $9
@1050, but later the market became
slower and lower, with the best calves
selling at $9.50. The stocker and
feeder branch of the market displayed
considerable animation because of the
big decline in prices, with sales at
$6@8.50 and late top for weighty feed-
ers $8.15. Texas grass cattle are
moving freely, going chiefly to south-
western and Missouri River points.
The cattle market closed irregularly
lower for lots not, especially desira-
ble, with the best calves at $9.50.
while stockers and feeders sold 35@
500 under the recent high time.

l—Iogs were depressed a good deal in
prices on different days last week by
more liberal receipts, with a Monday-
run of 53,189 head and a drop of fully
150 for the day. On following days

receipts Were much smaller, and at

Sheep and lambs are not being
marketed in especially large num-
bers, and it is a changing season,
with a lack of choice live muttons and
too generous offerings of grassy and
low-dressing goods, causing a widen-
ing out in prices. Spring lambs of
choice quality are still offered too
sparingly, and some lots have sold

for $10 per 100 lbs., but packers usu-.

ally refused to go over $9.50. At the
close of the week spring lambs sold
at $8@9.75 with culls at $6@7.75.
Clipped flocks sold as follows: Lambs
$5.50@8.20; yearlings $6@6.75; weth-
ers $5.25@6; ewes $3.50@5.25; bucks
$4@4.50. Feeding shorn lambs were
valued at $5.50@6.10. Ewes suffered
a bad break, closing 500@$1 lower
than a week earlier. Shorn lambs
broke 10@25c, but springers advanc-
ed 25c. Wethers had a moderate
decline.

Horses sold all right early last week -

in spite of a big Monday supply, but
trade became much slower later, and
part of the trading was at a lower
scale of prices. Chunks sold at $175
@250 per head, according to weight

and quality, with few going near the ‘

top, while good to prime heavy draft-
ers brought $240@300, and one fancy
gray gelding sold at $350, but few
sold above $275. A pair of Iowa bays
that weighed 3,500 lbs. brought $570,
and farm geldings sold at $280@320
a pair, while some nice weighty farm
nares brought $400 a pair.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

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is in good shape, being a little dry on
top. A large tract of government
land will soon be thrown open to
homestead in this county. Eggs 15c;
butter 17c; cream 20c-

Dodge Co.—We have had consider-
able rain this spring, and the soil is
in good conditin for spring planting.
Alfalfa is about a foot high; wheat is
growing very rapidly, and oats in
good condition. Pastures are good,
and stock looks fine. Farmers are
busy planting corn. Fruit trees are
in blossom, and no winter damage to
trees is reported. There are not many
orchards being set out this spring.
The pig crop is very good. Market
prices: Eggs 180; butter 25c; wheat
78c; corn 62c; oats 33c; hogs $7.40;
spring chickens 160 per lb.

Cass Co.——There have been some
cold nights, with frosts touching po-
tato and tomato plants, but the fruit
seems to be unhurt. The bulk of the
corn is planted with a good acreage,
and first plantings are coming up
well. Wheat, oats, meadows, pastures
and alfalfa are fine. The pig crop is
short in this section. There is lots
of young poultry. Wheat 83c; oats
380; corn 660; hogs $7.80; hay $8;
potatoes $1.20 per bu; butter 25c;
poultry 130; eggs 16c.

Dixon Co.—We have had several
good rains this month. A severe
windstorm the last of April blew out
a great deal of the wheat, and as a
result more corn' is being put in. The.
pig crop is light, due to cholera and
shortage of feed. The fruit crop is
better than the average.

North Dakota. .

West Central Otoe Co.—The ground
is getting dry and the cr0ps need rain.
Wheat and cats are doing fine, though
there was not much oats grown this
spring. Corn planting is about done,
and early plantings are coming up
nicelv. Early potatoes and gardens
were damaged considerably by frost.
Apple prospects are good at present,
but only a few orchards are sprayed.
There were not many orchards set
out this spring. Alfalfa is looking
fine, and the first crop is about ready
to.mow. Pastures are good, but need
rain. The' pig crop is reported to be
about the same as usual. Corn 650;
wheat 83c; eggs 15c; cream 20c;. but-
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DETROIT LIVE crock MARKETS.

Thursday's Market.
4 ' June 4, 1914.
Cattle.

Receipts 794. Market steady to 10¢
lower than last week.

We quote: Best heavy steers $8.25
@875; best handy weight butcher
steers $8@8.50; mixed steers and heif-
ers $7.75@8.25; handy light butchers

$7@7.50; light butchers $6.75@7.25;
best cows‘ $6.25@6.75; butcher cows
$5.50@6; common cows $4.50@5;

canners $3@4.25; best heavy bulls $7;
bologna bulls $6.25@6.75; stock bulls
$5@6.50; feeders $7.25@7.75; stock-
ers $6.50@7.50; milkers and springers
$40@80. . ‘

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Go.
1 cow wgh 1140 at $5.50, 2 steers av
820 at $7.75, 1 bull wgh 870 at $6.25,
10 cows av 997 at $6, 1 steer wgh 97
at $7.50, 4 butchers av 800 at $7.25,
8 cows av 966 at $6.25, 2 steers av
960 at $7.50, 1 bull wgh 910 at $6.25,
3 do av 1147 at $6.50, 3 steers av 1007
at $8.15, 3 cows av 1290 at $6.50, 23
steers av 1215 at $8.35, 1 bull ,wgh
500 at $5.50; to Rather 2 bulls av
1010 at $6.25; to Home 4 cows av
1022 at $5.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 2
cows av 1020 at $5.75; to Armstrong
2 do av 785 at $4.25, 5 do av 966 at
$5.50, 2 do av 1000 at $5.50, 7 do av
891 at $5.35; to Rattkowsky 2 do av
1080 at $6.15, 2 do av 1160 at $6.15, 2
do av 960 at $6, 2 do av 810 at $6.25,
3 do av 857 at $6; to Bresnahan 2
stockers av 715 at $6.25; to Beach
7 do av 487 at $6.50; to Hammond, S.
& Co. 2 cows av 920 at $6.50, 3 bulls
av 1080 at $6.60; to Heinrich 24 steers
av 796 at $7.90; to Thompson Bros. 2
bulls av 890 at $6.25; to Newton B.
Co. 11 steers av 780 at $7.40; to
Beach 1 feeder wgh 870 at $6.75; to
Converse 2 cows av 775 at $5.65; to
Mich. B. Co. 9 steers av 966 at $8.25,
1 cow wgh 900 at $4.25, 1 do wgh 1060
at $6.25.

Roe Com. Co. sold Watts 3 steers
av 957 at $8.20; to Bresnahan 5 heif-
ers all 734 at $7.50: to Rattkowsky 2
bulls av 795 at $6.25, 1 do wgh 1440
at $7.25; to Hammond, S. & Co. 4
cows av 1017 at $6; to Home 3 do av
860 at $5.35; to Grant 2 do av 910 at
$6.35, 8 do av 966 at $6.15; to Goose
1 bull wgh 1460 at $6.60; to Kamman
B. Co. 3 cows av 1043 at $6.50, 5
steers av 774 at $7.75, 22 do av 835 at
$7.75; to Mason B. Co. 2 bulls av 1045
at $6.50; to Bresnahan 5 steers av
774 at $7.75.

Haley & M. sold Mason B. Co. 2
cows av 1260 at $6.75, 1 bull wgh 1280
at $6.70; to Converse 2 cows av 645
at $5.85, 7 stockers av 500 at $6.95; to
Watts 1 cow wgh 1090 at $7, 2 do av
910 at $7.15; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 bull
wgh 1020 at $6.50; to Mich. B. Co. 20
steers av 914 at $8.10; to Black 3 do
av 823 at $7.75; to- Chamberlain 17
stockers av 480 at $7.

Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1
steer wgh 1260 at $8.25, 1~c‘ow. wgh
980 at $6.60; to Strong 2 stockers av
675 at $7.50, 11 do av 556 at $7, 12
do av 433 at $7.25; to Rattkowsky 1
cow wgh 850 at $5.75, 1 bull wgh 1140
at $7.25, 1 do wgh 1420 at $6.75, 1 do
wgh 1180 at $6.75; to Kull 2 butchers
av 805 at $6, 1 heifer wgh 650 at
$7.25; to Mason B. Co. 20 steers av
1004 at $8.20; to Hirschleman 4 do
av 925 at $6.50, 7 do av 863 at $8; to
Goose 1 bull wgh 1900 at $7, 1 do wgh
1960 at $6.50; to Rattkowsky 4 do av
1007 at $6.60; to Mich. B. Co. 2 do av
675 at $6, 2 heifers av 775 at $7.75, 17
steers av 925 at $8, 1 cow wgh 1150

at $6.50.
Veal Cales.

Receipts 887. Market steady to 25c
hi5goher. Best $10@10.50; others $7@
9. .

Haley & M. sold Kull 2 av 155 at
$9.50, 9, av 165 at $9.50; to Newton B.
Co. 9 av 155 at $10; to Shapiro 6 av
155 at $10.50.

Spicer & R. sold Shapiro 4 av 155
at $10, 2 av 145 at $10; to Thompson
Bros. 3 av 150 at $10: to Parker, W.
& Co. 10 av ,122 at $9, 1 wgh 220 at
$8, 6 av 135 at $8, 55 av 160 at $10.

Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 5
av 120 at $8, 14 av 160 at $10; to
Rattkowsky 24 av 160 at $10; to Rat-
ner 9 av 15 at $10.
$ “geeks sold Lowenstein 15 av 150 at
9.7 .

Sheep and Lambs.
Receipts 1189. Market 10@15c
higher. Best lambs $7.85@8; fair do

$7@7.50; light to common lambs $6.50
@7; fair to good sheep $4.50@5; culls
and common $3.50@4.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co.
31 sheep av 115 at $5; to Kull 16
lambs av 80 at $7; to Sullivan P. 00.
8 spring lambsav 45.at $9, 10 lambs
av 59st $9, 6 sheep av 120 at $5, 4
do av 95 at $4, 90 lambs av 65 at
$7.75, .7 spring lambs av 65 at $10; to
Nagle' P.‘ Co. 50 sheep av 135 at $4.50.
252 lambs av 78 at $7.85; to Harland

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

7 spring lambs av 55 at $9.50, 14
lambs: av, 56 at $9; to‘Newton B. Co.
113 lambs av .75.at $7.75, 11 do av
88 at>'$4.50;’ to Hammond, S. & Co.
97 sheep av 125 at $4.75; to Thomp-
son Bros. 4 sheep av 125 at $5; to
Fitzpatrick Bros. 41 do av 78 at $4.65,
27 do av 80 at $4.50, 14 lambs av 75
at $8, 36 do av 70 at $7, 32 do av 73
at $1.50; to Barlage 37 sheep ave 80
a .

Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 4 sheep
av 111 at $4.75, 4 spring lambs av 80
at $8, 13 sheep av 120 at $4.50, 3 do
av 95 at $4.75.

Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 7
spring lambs av 65 at $9, 4 sheep av
145 at $4, 28 do av 115 at $5.

Spicer & R. sold Parker, W. 6’: Co.
9 sheep av 115 at $5.25, 10 do av 108
at $5.25.

Hogs.

Receipts 5136. Pigs $8.15; others
$8.20@8.25.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co.
460 av 195 at $8.25.

‘Spicer 8: R. sold Parker, W. & Co.
815 av 190 at $8.25.

Haley & M. sold same 227 av 200

Bishop, B. & H. sold Hammond, S.
& Co. 2510 av 195 at $8.25. ‘

LIVE STOCK NOTES.

0 at $8.25.

 

The Illinois Live Stock Commission
reports a decrease of 132,643 cattle,
688.354 hogs and 82,892 sheep in that
state during the last five years. The
tenant system in Illinois, character-
ized by short-term leases of farm
lands, is held partly responsible for
the diminished interest in cattle rais-
ing, and a rapid increase in dairying
in the state is a second cause for the
meat—cattle shortage. The calves are
sold for veal, and do not grow to ma-
turity as is the case with the beef
producing breeds. The decrease in
the hog supply is in a measure due
to the prevalence of hog cholera, and
in the hope of combating this plague
and the use of unlicensed serum of
doubtful potency, the commission is
preparing rules and regulations to
govern the sale and distribution of
hog cholera serum and virus. It is
expected that these regulations will
provide for a deputy state veterinar-
ian, Dr. 0. E. Dyson, in administering
serum and enforcing sanitary regula.
tions, displacing the veterinarians
who have been playing on the fears
of hog raisers to promote their own
business.

Action has been taken by the board
of directors of the International Live
Stock Exposition in eliminating the
three-year-old cariot cattle classifica-
tion after the 1914 show, and unques-
tionably the passing of the three-year-
old class will meet with general ap-
prov’al in the production of show
peeves. Feeders have found it un-
profitable to finish the aged cattle and
compete against the tidy yearlings
and two-year-olds for the grand cham-
pionship honors, says General Super-
intendent Bernard H. Heide, and the
heavy beeves are unpopular with the
buyers of show cattle for the Christ-
mas holiday trade. In recent years
the heavier the steers the poorer ra—
vor, they met with in the auction ring
because of their having too much fat
and waste.

The Chicago hog market has suffer-
ed some big breaks in prices recently
on account of exceptionally liberal re-
ceipts, considerably over 53,000 hogs
showing up on.a recent Monday. The
prices reached the lowest level of the
year, and numerous stockmen decided
that it was best to wait for reactions
before sending in their matured
swine. Taking a broad survey of the
future prospects of the hog market, it
hardly seems possible that prices will
fall so low as to prevent owners from
obtaining substantial profits in fat-
tening their holdings, for the large
shortage is undisputed. Even on the
recent declines, prices stood much
higher than in other years at corres-
ponding dates, 1913 and 1910 except-
ed. Receipts of hogs in 11 markets
this year show a falling off of 360,000
head from the corresponding period
last year, and of 1,859,000 from the
same time two years ago.

Prof. H. 0. Allison, in charge of the
experimental feeding at the Missouri
Agricultural Station, says cattlemen
in that state have had abad season,
since corn and silage were both of
poor quality, and corn costs them
higher than feeders pay in other
states. They lost a considerable
amount of money feeding cattle -in
most instances, and this season, With
thin cattle costing higher than ever,
there is a general disposition to let
the light cattle alone.

Sudden changes of the weather to
hot and sultry spells are disastrous to
big, heavy hogs crowded too close
together in cars, and many dead hogs
have been removed from cars arriv-
ing in the Chicago stock yards. With
hogs selling at present high prices.
every dead hog means quite a loss to
owners, and too much care in this

matter is impossible. Besides allow-
ing hogs plenty of room, cars should
be well cleaned and a bedding of sand

‘or cinders placed on the floors of the .

cars.
' Low priced hogs are not expected
this summer, as there is quite a short-
age in the supply throughout the corn
belt states, and for the season so far
Western packing shows a large falling
ofi from the pack of a year ago.
Stockmen who are so fortunate as to
be the owners of healthy, growing
young hogs should make them good
before sending to market, and it is
always a good plan to endeavor to get
them marketed when it is not ex-
tremely hot weather. Reports from
Iowa are that spring pigs are doing
well, and where the usual numbers of
sows were bred, a good pig crop is
reported, but in a number of locali-
ties cholera cut down the numbers of
breeders last year. Taking the coun-
try as a whole, the pig crop is not an
extremely large one, and it is far from
keeping pace with the growth in pop-
ulation.

With wintered flocks of sheep and
lambs mostly marketed, while very
few spring lambs are ready for mov-
ing to market, owners of live muttons
are obtaining extremely high prices.
Many inquiries are made for feeders,
but scarcely any are offered for sale.

Horses were offered in moderate
numbers last week and sold better on
the whole, recovering much of the de-
cline of the preceding week. Many
transactions showed advances of
about $5 per head or more, with farm
mares going at $190@240, the best go-
ing to northern Wisconsin. Farm
geldings sold in pairs for $279@375.
Chunks sold singly at $165@250, ac-
cording to weight and quality, ex-
pressers at $220@250, wagoners at
$185@235 and drafters at $250@300
for the better class. Choice animals
were not plentiful.

The desire among former feeders of
cattle to change over to feeding sheep
and lambs is increasing because of
the dearness of stock steers, and buy-
ing orders in the Chicago market for
feeder lambs has far exceeded the
offerings.

 

(Continued from page 588).

try. He has already begun the selec-
tion of a cabinet, has made Saltillo
the capital, and expects to be at the
head of political afl‘airs before the
mediators at Niagara Falls, Canada,
reach an agreement on terms of set-
tlement. Plans are now being made
by the rebels for the capture of Mex-
ico City.

Many persons and companies of
Tampico, Mexico, have paid the ran-
soms demanded of them by the rebel
troops for sparing lives and property
during the recent bombardment and
capture from the federal forces. Cit-
izens, business houses, Spaniards and
dignitaries of the Roman Catholic
Church constitute the classes of whom
demands have been made, and unless
payment is made by a certain date a
death penalty is promised. The Vic-
time are closely guarded. Efforts to
intercede on the part of those who are
unable to meet the sums called for
have been without avail. .

A strong effort is being made by the
department of state at Washington to
get the rebel constituency of Mexico
to become a partner in the peace con-
ference at Niagara Falls, Canada, but
thus far the effort has been in vain.
General Carranza holds out against
the invitation and continues to push
his military activities as fast as pos-
sible. He apparently hopes to gain
such a footing that he can command
the respect of the nations and there-
by strengthen his position.

The Moro outlaw, Alameda, and 300
of his followers have peacefully sur-
rendered to the United States author-
ities in the Philippines. The leader
was an old foe of the Spaniards be-
fore the occupation of the islands by
the United States.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

 

JUNE 6, 1914.

 

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Shall We Market by Parcel Post?

ARCEL POST is making good.

Every month there is a substan-

tial increase in the amount of
matter sent, and the service is ex-
tending into new channels daily. The
ultimate reach of the system under
rational guidance is difficult to con-
template. Because of the unexpected
uses to which it is being put no one
dares to conjecture just where it will
fail to serve the American people.

While the farmer appreciates the
Value of the parcel post system be-
cause of the ease with which goods
can be gotten to him, his greatest ex-
pectations were connected with the
possibility of marketing the products
of his farm through the post office.
But does the experience of those who
have tried justify the statement that
the parcel post is succeeding at this
point? Will the farmer have to be
content with the use he gets of the
parcel post in ordering goods from the
city. or is the hope of a better meth-
od of marketing certain products be-
ing realized?

Failures and Successes.

it is true that many have tried and
failed. Their shipments did not get
through the mails without accident.
Improvised containers frequently fell
short of the demands made upon them

when crowded into tumbling mail
bags. But in spite of these failures
the business has grown. The super-

intendent of the parcel post depart-
ment at the Detroit post office has
just informed the writer that the
growth of the parcel post business, as
pertains to the shipment of farm pro-
duce to the cities, is constant and
rapid. It is even now reaching large
proportions. Some have failed, but
the larger proportion of the shippers
have succeeded, and their success is
causing those who failed to investi-
gate and learn the reason for short-
comings.

But failures and successes have both
been educationally important. They
have clearly shown the things that
should not be done and the things
that should. They emphasize the im-
portance of careful packing, of fol-
lowing the requirements of the postal
department, of being particular about
correct addressing and adding the
name and post office of the sender, of
marking the packages with the words
“Eggs,” "Perishable,” “Fragile,” ac-
cording to the contents thereof, etc.
The experience of all shippers fur-
ther lays stress on the need of a strong,
light box that can be adjusted to a.
variety of uses—suited to the ship-
ment of eggs entirely, or to the hand-
ling bf a variety of products, like
ggs, butter, lard, fruits, meat, etc.

Then, too, men are coming to real-
ize the advantages of the mixed or-
der. Where a city housewife orders
a little of several different kinds of
products the aggregate makes a con-
siderable shipment, but of such char-
acter that it is used up by the one
household in a few days. This re-
quires frequent shipments, keeps fresh
stock on hand, and obviates the high-
er rate caused by the shipping of
small quantities, besides it does away
with the distribution among one’s
neighbors.

Everybody Has a Chance.

This experience leads us to repeat
that there are pertinent reasons why
the farmer should not decide against
the parcel post system of getting cer-
tain of his products to the consumer.
The system is thoroughly organized.
In the country the rural routes reach
\ out to every farm; while in the cities
the delivery autos go to every house

on any street that a parcel may be
addressed to, making a service that
is complete in its comprehensiveness.
Goods can be started from the farm
home and delivered at the door of the
city residence. This advantage is very
important, since the- farmer, when he
is busy, cannot afford to drive to town
with a few dollars worth of produce
in order to keep his customers satis-
fied, as his time may be worth much
more when given to the work of the
farm; but he can pack the goods and
leave them for the rural carrier to
collect. This is one advantage that
the parcel post has over other sys-
tems, which the farmer must take into
account.
Suiting the Service to the Demands.
A second reason for considering the
plan is that the government is pro-
ceeding carefully to suit the service
to the requirements of the people. We
have already seen how the weight
limit has been increased from 11 to
20, and now to 50 pounds for the first
two zones, and from 11 to 20 pounds
in the zones beyond the second. We
have also noted the changes in pack-
ing and the alteration of methods in
handling the packages above 20
pounds which are now taken as ex-
press and do not go into the mail
bags. Then, too, the government has
designated ten cities, of which De-
troit is one, where a special effort is

being made to see what can be done
in the way of getting farmers to send
produce direct to city consumers.
When it has beenshown that the plan
is feasible, (and the experience thus
far justifies the statement that it is),
then this service will be made uni-
versal throughout the country. It is
also declared that the limit will be
increased to include packages of still
greater weight in a short time.
Other Advantages.

Besides the above reasons there is
the insurance provision which enables
the sender to have the safe delivery
of the goods insured by the payment
of a nominal charge of five cents for
all parcels valued up to $25, and ten
cents to those valued up to $50. Then,
too, the collection-delivery service be-
tween money»order post offices ena-
bles one to make certain that the
goods sent will be paid for or return-
ed. This service costs ten cents for
parcels not to exceed in value $100,
and this ten cents charge also insures
the same parcel to a sum not to ex-
ceed $50.

It is not anticipated that the parcel
post plan of marketing will jump into
the forefront at once. The change
will be gradual—an evolution. Both
consumers and producers will become
educated to its advantages by experi-
ence. Producers will find new cus-
tomers through serving old ones well.
They will learn the best containers
to use, the best kinds and varieties of
products to produce or grow to satisfy
their patrons, the correct method of
packing, the proper time to ship to
avoid delays by reason of holidays,
etc. And when they become accus-
tomed to the new order they will won-
der again and again how “inconvem
lent” it would be to return to the old.

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. N O . I .
A Co-operatlve Shippmg Assoc1at10n.

BOUT a year ago, the writer

contributed to these columns,

an article on the Litchfield co-
operative creamery. One progressive
step leads naturally to another, and
the home of this successful co-opera-
tive creamery would seem a fitting
place for another experiment in co-
operation. This second experiment is,
indeed, interesting, and gratifying in
the extreme, to all who believe more
of the profits of farming should go to
the producer. The history of the
Litchfield Shippers’ Association is as
follows:

In April of last year, the associa-
tion was organized and incorporated
under the state laws. One thousand
dollars’ worth of stock was assessed,
one hundred members holding shares
of ten dollars each. One-fourth of this
amount, or two dollars and fifty cents
for each member, was called in, for
the purchase of grounds on which to
do business, scales, etc. Five direc-
tors have complete control of the
business of the association. These
directors hire a manager and a sec-
retary-treasurer. These officers are
paid by a tax of five cents on every
hundred of live stock shipped. An
additional two cents is levied, as a
contingency fund, to cover losses and
defray other incidental expenses. This
seven cents constitutes the only
charge, except freight rate and com-
mission. All business is done on a
strictly co-operative basis. Shipments
are made for non-members, at a slight-
ly higher rate. So far, the shipment
of live stock has constituted the prin-
cipal business of the association, al-
though straw, hay, oats, and potatoes
have also been shipped.

In giving a brief history of the or-
ganization and workings of this co-
operative shipping association, a word
of praise is due the leaders in the
movement. The organization was not
affected without opposition from influ-
ential quarters. The local newspaper
and some of the leading local busi-
ness men fought the proposition to

the last ditch. The farmers knew
what they wanted, however, and what
is more, they knew how to get it, and
all opposition was in vain.

The members of the organization
have taken a long step in the right
direction, and are doing much to solve
the perplexing problem of giving to
the producer the proper returns for
his labor. At least one middleman is
eliminated, and his profits go directly
to the men who have produced the
wealth. The step would not be diffi-
cult in any community, if the farmers
would only unite and work together.
It is disunion which makes farming
an uncertain calling in many respects.
The farmer is at the mercy of the
seasons to a large measure, and of
necessity, must always be. But in re-
gard to adequate market prices for
his products, he can better his condi-
tion by co—operation. This method
gives to the producer something like
his just share without raising the cost
to the consumer, which is already too
high. The following quotation from
one of the directors of the assciation,
in reply to the question as to whether
he considers the experiment a suc-
cess will form a fitting conclusion to
this article:

“You ask if I consider the idea a
success. I say most decidedly. so; in
fact, it is the only way and should
have been started many years ago.
This and our co-operative creamery
jog along side by side, and mean
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Michigan.

Delta Co.——It is very dry here, and
forest fires are doing lots of damage.
Winter grains and meadows came
through the winter in good shape. A
good many fruit trees are being set
out. There is a considerable amount
of hay in the farmers’ hands, selling

at $13@15 per ton. Spring pigs are
in good. demand at $6@10 a pair.

Eggs sell at 200 per dozen; butter 25 .

@30c; potatoes 60c per bushel.
Ottawa Co.—The pig crop is about
as usual, and no serious losses are
reported. On account of the increase
in the dairy business, farmers are
gradually giving up raising sheep, for
which reason the lamb crop is much
smaller than last year. The average
price of wool is 220.. There will be a
slight increase in the amount of corn

and beans that will be planted this -

spring. The condition of wheat and

rye is above the average, and that of ,

meadows and pastures about, nor—
mal.
wire-worms and unfavorable weather
conditions. Fruit prospects are fair
where spraying is practiced; where
not donescale is killing the trees.
Eggs 17c; butter 25c; hogs 80; Wheat
93c; oats 40c; corn 65c.

Mecosta Co.—The usual amount of
spring crops are being put in, but
there will be a less acreage of beans,
and more corn and potatoes planted.
About the usual amount of sheep are
raised, wool bringing from 17@22c.
ADDle prospects are fine; peaches are
a failure; plums poor; pears and cher-
ries fair, and berries light. Cows are
bringing $50@65; young horses vary
in price from $150@250.

Lapeer Co.—Many losses of spring
pigs have been reported, but the lamb
crop is up to the average. Many
sheep were sold off last fall; the price
offered for wool is 21c. The usual
acreage of oats has been put in, but
on account of the cool weather is not
looking good. Rye looks splendid;
pastures are poor, stock being kept
off until later. Under favorable con-
ditions meadows will do well, but
some clover was killed out last win-

ter. Fruit trees blossomed full. Some
spraying was done. Wheat 920; oats
390; rye 600; eggs 18c; butter 21c;

good cows $60; pigs $3@4 each.
Hillsdale Co.—Oats, wheat and all
grasses are doing fine, with prospects
of a good crop. Owing to the heavy
rains, but little corn has been plant-
ed. Fruit came through the winter
in good shape, but many orchards are
injured by scale, small fruits being

badly affected. Eggs 19c; butter 18
@300; oats 37c: wheat 93c. ,
Ohio.

Hancock Co.—Owing to the back-
ward season, no corn has been plant-
ed yet. About the average acreage
of spring grains are being put in.
.Many farmers lost nearly all their
spring pigs, but lambs are doing well.
Wheat and rye were damaged some
by the recent weat weather. Pros-

pects are good for a large hay crop. ,

Spring sowed clover and pastures are
looking good. Fruit prospects are
good, but not much spraying is being
done and not many trees set. Wheat
920; corn 940 per cwt; oats 370 per
bu; rye 55c; barley 45c; butter 200:
eggs 18c; chickens 130; cattle $6.50
@7.50; hogs $8.

Clermont Co.——The pig and lamb
crops are about the average. Hogs
are in good condition. Wool is selling
at 22c. Wheat and rye are looking
fine, and meadows and pastures are
in good condition. There are pros-
pects_of a fair fruit crop, but little
spraying is done. About the usual
amount of oats will be sown, the av-
erage amount of corn planted and a
large amount of tobacco raised. But-
ter 250; eggs 15c; hogs $8.50.

Guernsey Co.—Many sheep men sold
off their flocks last year, therefore
the production of lambs and of wool
has decreased. Wool brings 21@22c.
More than the usual acreage of oats
and corn will be grown. Corn plant-
ing was delayed on account of the
cold, wet Weather. Wheat is fine, rye
poor, hay and pastures promise well,
but need rain. There are good fruit
prospects, and the majority of the
trees were sprayed. Eggs 15c; butter
16c; hens 14c, live; dressed 250.

Sandusky Co.——Farmers have been
much delayed on account of cold, wet
weather, and cats were late, with a
poor stand, while very little corn is
in, but planting will be finished with-
m the next two weeks. There is
good lamb crop, but a shortage in this
pig crop. Meadows and'pastures are
in good condition. Fruit prospects
are poor and no spraying is done. It
is estimated that 200,000 young trees,
mostly peach, have been set. Wool
20@23c; hogs $8.10; corn 95c per
cwt; oats 390; eggs 17c; butter 18c.

Ashtabula Co.-—May has been cold
and. wet, and farmers are behind with
their work, as oats are not all sown,
and very little corn and potatoes are
planted. Orchards are about all spray-
ed, as we have a compulsory spray
law here. There is a poor outlook for
fruit. Many orchards have been set
out in the peach .belt. The pig and
lamb crops were small. "

been clipped yet, owing to the cold:
weather. Meadows, pastures and win-
ter grains are the best in years. But-
ter 180; eggs 17c; beef, dressed 8@
100; chickens 14@15c; oats 400; po-

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tatoes 60c; hogs, live $8.50;'veal, live
$8.50; wheat 95c.

Shelby Co.——Corn planting has just
started, and there is a fair acreage
to plant. Oats are looking fairly well.
Wheat suffered quite a little, but pas-
tures and meadows are looking good.
There are about half the usual num-
ber of spring pigs. Fruit prospects
are poor, as the buds were all frozen
last winter. Eggs 17c; butter-fat 230:
hogs $8.10; wheat 90c; oats 37c; corn
930 per cwt.

. New York.

Genesee Co.-—The pig and lamb
crops are about the usual size. There
is quite a large acreage of peas for
the cannery. About the usual acreage
of other crops was put in. Wheat,
rye, meadows and pastures are in ex-
cellent condition. There will be few
peaches, but apples promise to be a
fine crop. Spraying is somewhat neg-
lected; no new orchards are being
set. Dairy butter 25c; creamery 30c;
hogs $8; 'eggs 180; spring chickens
25c; lambs 160; wheat $1; oats 45c;
potatoes 65c; beans $2@2.15; loose
hay $11@13.

Pennsylvania.

Crawford Co.-—Meadows and wheat
look fine, and pastures are good. Most
of the oats are in, but very little corn
is planted. It is thought the apple
crop will be good, but the peach crop
is uncertain. Farmers are behind
with their work on account of so
much rain up until the middle of May.

Perry Co.-—Pigs and lambs are not
as plentiful as in former years. Wool
brings 17c per pound. Less oats were
sown than usual, and about the aver-
age acreage of corn will be planted.
but it will be late, as there is still
some plowing to be done. Wheat and
rye are not doing well on account of
so much rain. Grass is slow in grow-
ing, but is a good stand. Fruit of all
kinds is expected to be plentiful. Very
few orchards are being set out, but
better care is being given to old or-
chards than formerly. Eggs 17c; but-
ter 20c; chickens 12c: fat cattle $6@
7; wheat 95c; corn 850; oats 550; pc-

tatoes $1.10. .
Indiana.

Elkhart Cop—May has been a good
growing month, and wheat .and rye
promise a good crop. There is a very
poor stand of clover. Farmers are
raising more corn and less oats_than
last year. Cherries and plums will be
a. light crop. There were quite a
number of new orchards set out this
spring, but not much spraying has
been done. Corn 65c; oats 35c;
wheat 91c; rye 57c. .

Laporte Co.——Corn planting was fin—
ished last week under good condi-
tions. Pastures are good, and_cows
are doing well, while all stock is im-
proving fast. Potatoes Will not be
planted until June. Wheat and rye
are heading out, with prospect of a
good yield. Chickens are domg well.
Eggs 18c; butter 30@35c: creameries
are paying 270 for butter—fat. Hay is
scarce and high. .

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Champaign Co..—Average pig and
lamb crop; only few sheep raised,
and very few kept for wool._ Normal
acreage of corn and oats being sown.
Wheat, what little there is, looks
good; meadows and pastures unusu-
ally good. Very hard rain packed the
ground about May 10; ground work-
ing hard now and needs shower. Oats
do not look extra well; corn seems to
be all coming and is a good stand
except where water stood after the
big rain of May 10. No spraying is
being done. We will have the usual

amount of fruit; no fruit section here. alfalfa

Eggs 16c; butter 250; corn 63c; oats
36c; hogs $7.75. .
Lincoln Co.-—-This section is in all
its glory; has had a fine rain, good
for all crops. Wheat looks fine; corn
is mostly up fine. Pastures are get-
ting good, although some of the grass
died from the draught last year. The
corn acreage is low in this part, hav-
ing no cornstalks on the, land last

.year, most of the land was sown into

wheat. Not much, doing in the line

of fruit. Eggs 1‘80; butter 200; hogs

$7.80; corn anw wheat 80c, per bu;
Wisconsin.

Wausahara Oo.—The pig and lamb
crops were about an average. Wool
brings 18c per pound. There is very
little wheat grown, but rye, meadows
and pastures are in good condition.
There are not as many fruit blossoms
as usual, and no spraying is done.
Butter 28c; cheese 14c; wholesale
price of eggs 160; potatoes 55c.

Missouri.

Polk Co.——-Pig crop smaller than us-
ual; lamb crop normal. Oats an av-
erage crop seeded. and in prime con—
dition. Peaches and apples promise
almost a full crop. Berries short on
account of few plants that survived
drouth of 1913. Eggs 15c; butterlfic;
no wool selling at this point.

Vernon Oo.—-The weather is fine
for growing crops; wheat and oats
are headed out and look to be the
‘best ever «raised here. Corn is all

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

planted. Grasses, especially alfalfa,
are looking fine. There are some few
pigs in the country. There will be
some fruit of all kinds. Stock cattle
$4@6; hogs $8; hens 13c; spring
chickens 20c; butter 150; eggs 170:
cows $50@80. Horses and mules of
good grade are high.

Barton Co.——Corn is all planted and
about half cultivated. We have the
finest prospect for wheat we ever
had. Oats look well, but need rain.
Gardens are fine, but small fruit kill.
ed out badly on account of the long
drouth. Peaches will be about half a
crop, and apples almost a failure.
Some hogs are being shipped at $8;
butcher cattle are bringing $6; corn-
fed steers $7.85. ‘

St. Louis Co.-—The weather is very
hot, roads are dusty, and all growing
crops are in need of rain. Wheat is
good in some places, but same is be-
ing plowed under for corn. The fly
has done damage in some fields. Rye
is being cut. Cherries and raspber-
ries will be a large crop.

Kansas.

Cloud Co.——A dry spell of weather
is here, but wheat looks well. Oats
not so very good ; pastures poor: the
wild native grass has not started yet
this spring and may be about all kill-
ed by the drouth last summer. The
hog crop is good and pigs are doing
as well as usual in a dry season.
Most of the fruit is killed by the late
cold spring. Putting up first crop of
alfalfa is the main work for the pres-
ent. It is up in fine shape and is a
fair crop as to quantity.

Marion Co.—More oats sown than
usual, also wheat and rye, sown last
fall, all very promising for a crop.
but we need rain soon. The pig crop
is small; not many sheep here; feed-
ers are bought in fall, fed and mar-
keted. Fruit prospects not very good.
No spraying done. A great many
fruit trees were set out last fall. A
great deal of kaflir to replant; corn
doing fairly well, but has been a little
too cool this month to grow it, and it
is a little backward. First cutting of
alfalfa being cut; it is a good crop.
Hogs $7.80; corn 82c; oats 480; eggs
15c; butter 18c; old hay $12 per ton;
new $10; no fat cattle and few fat
hogs.

Dickinson Co.-—A very favorable
spring for growing crops. Wheat in
splendid condition and heading out,
though slight damage from Hessian:
fly is reported in some fields which
were early sown. Corn a fairly good
stand. Oats looking well. Alfalfa
will be a. heavy crop the first cutting.
Potatoes and garden fine, but dam-
aged 3. little by late frosts. Cool
weather all month. Pastures good and
stock doing well. Farmers are in the
corn fields with weeders. Large num-
bers of chicks raised this spring. Eggs
16c; butter-fat 20c.

Finney Co.—-Wheat fields are look-
ing fine, plenty of moisture in the
fields. There will be plenty of ap-
ples, plums and cherries, which are our
principal fruit crops here; maize, fet-
erita corn and cane are our main
spring crops. Alfalfa is also fine and
ready to cut, (May 18). Everyone
having an orchard is spraying; our
wild grass is the “short grass,” it is
fine and stock looking well. Butter
200; eggs 17c; chop $1.60; wheat $1
per bu; hogs $7.75; very few cattle
selling, and very high; lots of calves
and pigs here. but very few sheep and
lambs.

Nehama Co.—Wheat, rye, meadows
and pastures look very good. A large
acreage of alfalfa was sown, and old
has made a fine growth, and
will soon be cut. There was a large
acreage of oats sown. Fruit prospects
are good, peaches and cherries are
line. There was not much spraying
done, and only a few new orchards
put out. The pig .crop is only half the
average, and the lamb crop only fair.
Wool is 21c per pound, and a good
crop. Corn is all planted, most of it
is up and looks well. Corn 78c: wheat
760; oats 450; fat cattle $6@8.25; hogs
$7.50@7.75; hens 121/2c; cream 22c;
hatter 250.

Nebraska.

Pierce Cor—We have had plenty of
rain. and it has been quite cold and
damp for May, but we have prospects
of good crops. Oats look fine, corn
is coming up well. though some fields
are bothered with cutworms. Pas-
tures look fine; quite a lot of alfalfa
is being sown. Cattle and horses

look good. Hogs $7.80; oats 340;
are 570; butter 220; cream 22c;
eggs 16c

Scotts Bluff Co.—The pig crop is
good, and pigs are growing nicely.
There is a good acreage of spring
grain, but little corn will be put in.
Beet planting is about finished, and
potato planting has begun. Grain, pas-
tures and meadows are better than
usual at this time of year. Fruit
trees wintered‘ well, with a good crop
in prospect. Water has been started
in the irrigation canals, and ground

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pears the Club name and location, the
date for which the program serves
and the date of the organization of
the Club, which was 1898, and the an-
nouncement of the date of the meet-
ings, which are held on the second
Thursday of each month. The back
cover is devoted to a list of the offi-
cers of the Club and the names of its
executive committee. On the inside

 

pages appear the programs for the

monthly meetings, one to each page.
The farms of the members are nam-
ed and the farm name appears, to-
gether with that of the host and host-
ess in each case. An announcement
of the hour at which the meeting will
be called appears at the head of each
program, afternoon meetings being
held in May, June and July, and all-
day meetings for the balance of the
year. A special order of business
adapted to the needs of each meeting
is printed in connection with each
program. Roll call is responded to
in a variety of ways, the manner for
each meeting being announced in the
program for the month. The pro-
grams as printed are quite complete,
assignments of music and recitations
being made as well as for papers and
discussions. In the latter case the
questions are announced and some
member is named to lead the dis-
cussion. The question box is made
a feature of each meeting and every
program is closed as well as opened
with music by the Club. At the close
of each, program appears an appropri-
ate question, expressing something of
the thought of the general subject or
trend of the program. Special fea-
ture meetings are: A temperance
meeting in February; a “Corn Spe-
cial” in April; Children’s Day in July;
a basket picnic in August, and a Club
Fair in October. One or two timely
questions are announced for discus-
sion at each meeting. A novel fea-
ture of this yearly program is the
fact that for two of the three months
in which the half-day meetings are
held, the questions are adapted to dis-
cussion by the ladies and lady mem-
bers are announced as leaders. This
doubtless insures a more complete
program than would be possible by
leaving this duty to the men during
the busy haying and harvest season.
Altogether this program is a model of
utility and attractiveness, as might be
expected from a Club which has had
long experience in the use of yearly
printed programs in its routine work.

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Our Motto—“The farmer is of more,
consequence than the farm, and should
be first improved.”

GRANGE HABITS.

 

 

With the advent of many new
Granges in the state, there come
questions upon good of the order. All
such questions sustain the conclusion
that it is wise to begin right. The
only way to be able to begin right is
to learn how from the experience of
others.

There are a few fundamentals that
should be recognized by everyone. If
a Grange sets itself by these founda-
tion principles at the start its course
will be straight. One of thesethat
should be inculcated in a new Grange
from the beginning is that of opening
early enough to close in time for
members to reach their homes not
later than midnight. No farm family
can profitably withstand the deple-
tion of late hours regularly for a ser-
ies of years. A Grange should plan
to be a constructive factor, not a de-
structive force even in the physical
life. of its members. Therefore new
Granges need to husband very care-
fully their hours of calling and clos-
ing. Begin right, continue right. 'lhe
“8-9-10 plan” is admirable for evening
Granges; that is, call at 8:00 p. m.,
begin program at 9:00, and close at
10:00. This leaves it optional with
members to remain later for social
features. ‘

Another habit to emulate is the ob-
servance of the lecture hour at every
meeting. The order of business calls
for it. The lecturer has been solemn-’
ly enjoined to prepare for it. The
members may easily be led to under-
stand from the outset that each will

JUNE 6, 1914.

be expected to contribute toward the
program when asked to do so. Few
will refuse or fail if the sentiment of
the Grange as a whole is one of ex-
pectation that everyone will respond.
It is a, matter of habit—habit of the
Grange quite as much as of indivi-
dais.

Hand in hand with the above nam-
ed habit should go that other very
important one of expecting that every
lecture hour will furnish matter for
serious consideration as well as hu-
morous and entertaining features.
Granges lose immeasurably that do
not establish this habit early in their
careers.

The practice of dispatching busi-
ness by assigning much of it to com-
mittees before it is brought before
the Grange for final action, is another
excellent habit that is better learned
early than by long or sorry experi-
ence.

There are many seemingly unim-
portant practices that readily grow
into undesirable habits if allowed a
foothold in the new organization. For
instance, failure to enter or leave a
closed Grange in proper form; failure
to rise when voting, also when mak-
ing a motion or speaking in Grange,
and failure to address the Master in
doing so; discussing a subject before
it has been brought before the body
by way of a motion; failure to con—
trol the time of the business portion
of the meeting so that it will not in-
fringe upon the lecture hour; and—
greatest of all—neglect of the spirit
of cordiality and thought-taking fra-
ternalism. -

Little things, these? Yes, but one
way or the other they work for the
weakness or strength of a new Grange.

JENNIE BUELL.

 

AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

Work and Education.~——Gratiot Po-
mona Grange held its quarterly rally
with North Wheeler Grange, Satur-
day, May 9. Although it is the busy
time of the year for farmers there Was
a very good attendance of grangers
and visitors. After a well-served din-
ner a very full and happy company
was called to order to listen to the
program which Worthy Lecturer Cora
Carter had prepared. Music by You—
rys orchestra. Paper, “Man’s work
fiifty years ago and now,” Mrs. Klees.
The writer presented a scholarly ac-
count of the improvement in methods
of performing man’s work in the last
fifty years. “Woman’s work fifty
years ago and today,” by Edward Tit-
us. Pomona does not care to go on
record as endorsing all the opinions
set forth in this paper. After a short
executive session to consider the mat-
ter it was decided to spare the writ-
er’s life if he would promise never to
do it again, and the program was re-
sumed. Address, State Speaker 0. D.
McClure. The speaker told of his
own schooling in the lumber camp,
the hard school of experience, and
later in college. He believed the Weal
of woe of future generations lay in
the hands of the middle classes and
what that class will be, ethically
speaking, will be determined largely
by the ideals and standards which we
set before our youth of today. He
took a mild rap at our present sys-
tem of education and a hard rap at
those who are opposed to education
at all. Music by N. Wheeler Grange.

Paper, “In Memorium,” was read
by Mrs. Howe. Readers of the State
Health Bulletin will find the entire
paper in the next issue. Recitation,
Bro. Ford. Music, Youry’s orchestra.

Bro. Parks was called on for a reci-.

tation. He said that a lady who was
quite capable of fulfilling her threat
said that if he ever recited “The Mid-
night Murder” again she would throw
him out of the window, but in its
stead he'gave several recitations that
were much liked by his audience. The
meeting closed with a question box.

.The fifth degree session was held in

the schoolhouse, Bro. Klees presiding.

 

COMING EVENTS.

 

Charlevoix Pomona Grange meets
with Boyne River Grange at the town
hall in Boyne Falls, Thursday, June
11. State Master J. C. Ketcham will
give the principal address.

Kent County Pomona Grange will
meet with Paris Grange, June 10.
Fruit culture will be the leading sub-
ject for discussion, all of the phases
of fruit growing will be considered.
State Master Ketcham will address
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Veterinary.

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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. 8.

Miscarriage—I have a cow that
dropped her calf three months too
soon; would yOu advise me to keep
her? J. L., Grand Rapids, Mich—If
your cow aborted the result of an in-
jury, then she might not have a sim-
ilar experience if you bred her and
.kept’her. If' she is the only one of
your herd that has aborted and it is
the result of contagion, she should be
disposed of to someone who is famil-
iar with the facts and will treat her.
Kindly understand that there has not
yet been found a sure preventative or
cure for contagious abortion; how-
ever, the disease can be held in check
by treating them.

Bloody Milks—Cau you tell me what
will cure a cow giving bloody milk?
Occasionally bloody milk comes from
one quarter of udder and part of the
time I can feel a small hard sub-
stance in teat. The teat in quarter
is not at all tender. therefore, I am
inclined to believe that the bunch is
a sort of blood clot and I might men-
tion that this is her first milking pe-
riod. S. J. G., Dryden, Mich—Your
cow bruises udder or else the udder
may become congested. the result of
over-feeding. Cut down her grain
supply and apply one part tincture
arnica and seven parts water to bruis-
ed udder two or three times a day
and if you can locate the injured
part, apply ice water two or three
times a day to only the diseased or
injured portion of bag. ‘

Cough—I have a mare three years
old which has a cough that has been
bothering her for past four months; I
also have a two-year-old heifer that
gives‘ bloody milk from both hind
quartersof udder. S. L. 8., Silver-
wood. Mich—Mix 1 oz. guaiacol in
15 ozs. of raw linseed oil and give her
1 oz. at a dose three timesu day. See
treatment for bloody milk in this col—
umn. ,

Choking—I bought a sow two
weeks ago that had 12 pigs; she is in
good condition but when eating she
swallows food with difficulty and I
am inclined to believe she occasion-
ally chokes on feed. Five of her 12
pigs died, all showing similar symp

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toms. We are feeding them fresh
milk with a small amount of calf
meal in it. She is due to farmw the

middle of August and I would like
to know’ if you advise me to keep
her. C. B., Chief, Mich—By feeding
them a thinner slop and allowing
them to exercise more. you will suc-
ceed in relieving them, and also pre-
vent this ailment. You should avoid
feeding food that they are likely to
If your sow is in a heal-
thy condition, I know of no reason
why you should sell her.

Sore Feet—Last year during hot
weather my lambs were troubled with
sore feet, the same ailment is now
affecting this year's lambs- I might
say that they run in woods pasture
and have access to a stream of water
the whole year round. M. M., Shep—
herd, Mlch.——-It is possible that your
lambs poison their feet or may make
them tender by too much walking;
however, I am most inclined to be-
lieve that the cause is a poisonous
herb. Apply one part carbolic acid
and 30 parts water to feet three times
a day; be sure and keep the animal
in a clean place or allowed to run
out doors.

White Diarrhea.-——Have lost a great
many incubator chicks from what
seems to be a white diarrhea. M. G.,
Merle Beach. Mich—~11: order to prev
vent white diarrhea. it is important
to know that the hen that laid the egg
be healthy, that the eggs are kept in
a clean sanitary place that is not too
hot, that the incubator should be thor-
oughly disinfected before it is used,
plenty of fresh air admitted in the
room while hatching is going on, and
as soon as chicks hatch out keep
them in a clean sanitary place with
lots of sunlight. and prevent them
getting chilled or wet with a cold
rain; also be sure that their food and

water supply is of good quality. Kind-r
- nvowaLE.

ly understand this ailment is the re-
sult of a bacterial infection; there-
fore a removal of the cause will cor-

rect it much quicker than attempting

to drug chicks a few days old.

Bruised Breast—My colts have soft
bunches on brisket which vary in size
and part of the time are badly swol-
len. J. J. 5.. Belleville, Mlch_——Apply
one part tincture iodine and five parts
spirits of camphor to bunches once a
day, and if you believe they contain
either serum or pus. make an opening
with avsharp clean knife and allow it
to escape. Give each colt a teaspoon
ful ' of powdered nitrate of potash at
a dose in feed-once or twice a day.
This is-dose enough for a yearling or
two-wold.

 

THE ~MICHIGAN FARMER

West Michigan llolsteln Breeders
' THIRD ANNUAL

JUNE consignment SALE,

Tobe heldonWost Michigan State
Fair Grounds in Grand Rapids

WEBHESBAY. Juno mm, 1914

f 11 b '
105 HEAD 8.5.23 amificfi’filfi

AUCTION!

90 head of high class females consisting of some good
A.B.O. cows, choice heifers and heifer calm. Bevorcl
well bred young bulls and bull caJveuiovernl grandsons
and granddaughters of Pontiac Komdyko.fienzervold
DeKol. Friend Humanoid DeKol Butter Boy. and
Pontiac Amie Komdm. Grandson and Grand-
daughters of the chit-by pond cow Trevor-e Princess
Wax. and sweet Friend Amie. A son of Johann-c
McKinley Sula who in a can of King Sonic and the 40
pound cow Johnna. DcKol You Been.

If you are interested write for cafe catalogue or
what it it'll hatter 1&th the sale. -

W. R. HARPER. Mlddlcvfllc, Mich.
saleo Managr.

THE PROOF or

   

THE HAY PRESS
to u: Wig-Earning rower.
I MAY "I“ c

m cc make great
and definite claims proven by the pros. in action
or I. uh. Nature of contract protects you. Cover-I
every claim a W figures. More tons per hour
named an by any other
press. came sine hale.

Bend for now catalogue

J. A. SPENCER
4 mm. anus.
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Michigan livestock Insurance 00.
Capital Stock~$1fln,oon. Surplus~$100.ooo.
Home Office-Charlotte, Michigan.

Only Home 00., in Michigan.

COLON C. LILLIE President.
H. J. WELLS, Secretary-Trenton

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AND HOW TO FEED
Mailed Free to any address by the author

~ H. CLAY GLOVER. V. S.
l 18 West 3 l st Street New York

DEADLY SCOURS

We. Tented. Safe and SURE CUBE
FOR 75 CENTS

we will and prepaid bottle to last a year.

refunded if it falls. »

ROUGEMONT FARM REMEDIES. Detroit. Mich.

[Feeding Molasses

 

 

 

 

Money

to your pigs is guaranteed to increase your profits 20
to 0 per cent. Forfricu and full particulars
I

. write
“In.“ & MM Box 13. Lilchfield, Him.

 

Registered Percherons.
BROOD MAKES. FILLIES AND YOUNG
STALLIONS at prices that will cu rise you.
L. C. HUNT & (30.. Eaton Rapids. chican.
For Sale—Write W. A. Ewalt. Mt. Clement. Mich“ for
those beautifully bred cable and white much collie
puppiesmatnral healers from trained otockaucranteed
n‘vfln cmcxs—«B. O. W. Leghorns—Oommorce
attain—Cor delivery Jun. 8th and

9th. .8 per 100. Everfresh Egg Farm. Ionic. Mich.

BREEDERS’ rumour.
CATTLE.

Aberdeen Angus Battle

We have just received a wire to chi. all out cu in:
young bulls of serviceable an to innocents. itn

 

 

 

 

 

grand-dams. and

  

Llllio Farmstead Jeroo s

hmy lull:

ESPANORE ' FARM,

LANSING. MICH.

Register’dflolsteins

Bull Calves 850 to 3200.
An absolute guarantee with each purchase.
omen s. OSBOBN 30' L. M. nuon.
wax u. rumor-ion, non. Snot.

H I t ' —11 High Grade Wu belfeu fromfiocvy
0 3 I'll: Milken. Also Registered Bull. Price for
the bunch '1”) F. O. B. l. C. BARNE‘I, Goldwmr. Inch.

BIGELOW’S BOISTEIN PARIS

Breedsvllle Michigan.
Breeder odour ch.

Registered Holsteins.
A. ll. 0. IOLSTEIN COWS FOR SALE.

6 very fine A. R. O. cows. bred to Johanna Concordia
Champion, and DukeOrmcb Platonic DcKol. Price
$1850. Service bulls and bul calves. Kindly write
me Just what you want,

L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

~80~lb. dam, 1261bs. in
Holstein Bull 39...... 2......1... mostly
white and ~a beau: . Write for etc. at... or come
and Ice him. H0 ART W. FA . Manon. Michigan.

F Sal —Eight choice registered Holstein yearlin-
or e heifers. come-ace bred. Also ur cows.
E. A. BLACK. 8. No. 6. Lakovlow. Michlnn.

Hlflflml "DIE All) TIMI!“ scuooi

LAPEER. MICHIGAN.
Breeder of High Grade Holstein Cattle. Lists and

prices upon application.
A “W C”! Holstein Erie-ion Bull Calves
for Sale. A. R. 0. Stock.

GREGORY I BORDER. Howell. MI an.

 

 

SIX Choice Falctein Frieoian bull calves from one
to twelve months old for o. MICHIGAN
FARM COLONY FOB E ILEPTICS. Coronlchigcn.

' ' ' Herd Headed by Albina Bonte
"0'81"" Ffmn elf“. Butter Boy No. 93124. Average
for dam and site’s dam A.R.0. at 4 yrfi- butter 7 days
28.37 lbs. No stock for sale. W. 3. Reader. Howell, Mich.

“Top-Notch” Holstolns.
Ohoicc bull calves from 1 to '7 mo. old. of fashion-

able breeding and from dame with official milk

and butter records for sale at reasonable prices.

IOPHIISOI PARIS 00.. Howell. lkhlgcn.

Purebred Registered
HOLSTEI N C A TT L E
The Greatest Dairy Breed
‘ ‘ Sand for FREE Illustrated Booum
"om-Frieda. Am..Box l 64. Brcttlobon.Vt.

 

JERSEYS—gfrgffi'yviiofififlirfild £30357???

SMITH 8: PARKER. Howell. Michigan.

MAPLE Lane Register of Merit Jersey Berth—Tu-
boroulin tested by 11.8. Government. Bull calves
from cows in R. of M. test. Heifer calves whose dams.
rent strand-dams are in the Register

of Merit. I“ IN FOX. Allergen. Michigan.

The Jersey

The sire is of vital importance.
‘ Buy a thoroughbred Jerse

bull and grade 11 . Wor

towards the 40 -pounds-
of-butter cow. It costs no
more to produce 400 lbs. of
butter With a good cow than
200 lbs. with a poor one.
Let us send you some Jersey facts.

AMEllCAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB
824 W. 231! St. New York

(Tuberculin toned. Guaranteed free from ubor-
oclc. 80ch good bulls am bull calve- out of
[cold-1118.00" for calc. No .ouclcc for Inlc at

. notion crawl.
OOLON C. LILY Coooccrlflo. Mich.
Yearli

and two-yeu-oid. Ell ible
to re is or.
right. Address LERWIB BI EY. Motamora, Mich-

 

8 londld breeding. rice

JERSEYS’EEL‘. “213 3:32 .33: Kéfé‘il:

Beachwear Form. B. l'. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

BUTTER BRED JE‘égEstLUé‘LS

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

FOR SALE—14 Pollud Mam d. Sharihom Bull:

from d to 24 months old. 0. OAELSON. Leloy. Mich.

 

grade Angus yearling: boiling at $125.00 to 5150.“)
these mngbu is. closely related tofive Internatdloncl
Gran “ammonia. should be worth case to Michigan
far-morn with a dozen or mom‘s-brads cowl. W to.
’pbonc or write at one for poser-v n.

GEO. B. SMITH
Addison and Somerset. Mich.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS
. Elli“) FOUND!!!) III 1909.

E?”.€.*‘§’.i°§’.‘i""2‘o‘§f“§i‘.§§ tundra: fill”;
and .cnt, heads the herd.

E - moor. FAR“. ham. Kim.

“B S‘LE“2 ‘ auemy “H.381“! 4 your: 0'3!
. 3:“ rimbstdrzti‘a .22? w o

s ’ about. Ber
35%?! nouns. n. 3. 10. Holland

UERNSBY BULL CALF. nicely marked. 8 week'-
601 ISO

old great grandson . . “he Ill.
8100‘ FARM. I‘m Wm.

amass! mummrmsgss'

at c Win. a. a. mom. WWII“. sea.
HEREFORD BULLSi'igflfitfi'fi
ALLEN rmos . M M. W

82 2 5 Buy-a Minced heifer 8 mo. old and m.

 

 

not akin. B. 8. I!!! m. Akron. Michigan.
' Offer to ll cdvcc. .bolcc A.
“a fi. 3.. 0 bated c and up.

LE sacrum contain. rpm-u. um“...

mm was AT Fdlflllts‘l’lllm
townflcfi‘fa‘i'mfifupfigdl .m' ”main... _
‘Homrm ram-1a mm 311mm of

ill! ascend cows. Young bulls of: farmers prices.
JOSE. l wrz. 01k GM”. and”

 

wood milking cows.

' Nil! Nil MIMI! Sim Wmft'fi‘u’ii.

‘ofl mu. J. a.

' F03 SALE—One Registered Sherman bull 13
mos. old. Write forpcdime WM

 

W’Y‘“
, locket
flan-who. ll-huct
littered buillmo. old. both 3‘ white. not. :

hot-thorn Bulls For Sale—One roan 3-yr-old weigh-
ln‘lfon. Price 3250. 3 calvcsd no. old. from
M. A. EBAY. Okcmoc. Mich.

KUKMEL. Macon. Michigan.

D. MoHU‘LLEN. 6'1 Mail-on St. Adrian. Mlohlmn'.

 

”or“. 8500buys two cows three and four um.
"I: one yearling heifer and We aim six
month. A. A. PATTULLO. Downhillul.

SHORTHORN CATTLE

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Mlehim.
SHEEP.
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toct Form. Almost. Mich.
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mason. Mich.

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NEWER MllES'fliégfifittf, “apgi‘gmgi m
MEADOW VIEW srocx FARM. Hollandfilliclfigan.
O, I. C’s‘fi‘ofif' fifiifihfle?’ “31.3%?
new swoon FARM. 11. No.1. Monroe. Michigan.

 

O I c, -—I HAVE A NICE LOT 0F

c o 5. LAST

HAND. OTTO B. SCHULZE. One-half mile
west of Depot. Nashville. Michigan.

0 l c —Ta.ke orders fora ringglfa. One 8mo. flue
- . 0 type Jersey Bu 1. roe reasonable.
N. H. Weber. OakView Farm. Royal Oak. Michigan.

0 I c —Sows bred for June furrow. We are
I I I also taking orders for s in. 139.
JOHN BERNEB & SON. Grand L ch.

 

 

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o ' c ~Bred cow. and spring gins. large and growthy.
- 0 I Pairs and trlos, nota in. Write your wants.
GLENWOOD STOCK FARM. Zeeland. Mich.

 

o I C ~gi‘lts bred. for June and July furrow. Also
0 D . ring $188, Servioeable boars all sold.
. . ANDREWS. Dansville. Mich.

 

I pay express.
I All sold. Would he loaned to b k
0- 'u c 8 your order for 3 {$113 in, 00

C. J. THOHPSON. Rock! . M can.

0 I C —Tlu-ee September Boers. four
mg" {or OiSeptemaer Gilts. Am al’sgdtakiug

sprng n 8. or are extra .
unwmsu's smock ham. 3. No. I.Mar one. 13%;.

—Boars six months old. a r' ' ,
0. '0 C0 giltc. Satisfaction 33.251639“;
A. B. GRAHAM. FLINT. MICHIGAN.

vMay I have the lens-
00 I. C. swine “re of receivingpyour
order for pair or trio. not akin 0 April
and May furrow. They are bred rifiht. batiafaction
guaranteed. A. J. GORDEN. B. o. 2. Dorr. Mich.

UBOO JERSEYS—Fall ilts of the l
D boned type. bred for Au?) and Se t. 233;..113333
spring plan. not skin. I". J. rodt. R3. Monroe. Mich.

DURocs—A good growthy fall pi immuned

and bred for August gal-row will

flake hyou Insanely;l GIN]? lmac yourmfrdgr now for
c. a x men. so a are re '
hop‘h KON FARM. Kinderhook.’Migiiggiflce'

0R SALE DUROC JERSEYS—College Boy 138557
far-rowed Be . 7. 1911. Spring pica after June
l, ”1.4. J. H. BANGHAB’l. Lansing. Michigan.

 

 

Fancy bred Dnroc Jerseys—Boats a Gilt: of sprin &
summer furrow. Good individuals at. reasonable
prices. John McN boll. Station A. R4. Bay City. Mich.

KUBI'EL STUCK F‘m ngwoifer Duroc Jersey pi 5
prices. 1:. n. mafini’ilfefixgiftmrfiéfifiilfh
DUROC JERSEYSfitfiea‘éxg‘i'io‘iiii‘éf
CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan.
lURflC JERSEYS”?§.’§§“ .53.” film" "a? 8‘
BTAHLMAN.Ohen-y Lawn Hugues SEEM. Mich;

-—8 ring boars from pri
nurOC‘Jmeys nfnfi strains. flows in] ages
Breakwater Farm. R. F. . No. 7. Ann Arbor.Mich.

SfiEX PIGS-From Michigan's oldest herd. Get
your order in for somethi good. You know the

kind thatcomea from the Flint. iverFarm. You have
heard of us before. E. P. OLIVER. Flint. Mich.

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POLAND CHIVAS—193i? ‘Elffii‘immfin‘lu 3°22”

Prices right. w. J. naennsruw. Augusta. Mfohi

Hand China Bear; Sow: Bud, All of “II Big Typo.

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

MY OH MY!
What an Opportunity.

Starting May lat. we are going to give to the farm-
ers and b . are an opportunity to not. started right
in the breeding industry. We are going to ive you
a chance to get. hold of foundation ctockt at will
give you a nucleus for one of the finest and best

erds in your community. We are oinztoshow you
as we have others. that you wi have greater
success wlth our big typo

POLAND CHINAS

than with _any other breed. We want to place at
least one pi . or a pau- in every community. to adver-
tise our both. We will give agency. if not already
taken. If interested. write for our plan and prices.

HILLCRES’I‘ FARM. KALAMAZOO. MICE.

 

 

 

~Fall boars and elite. Sprin i 3. Sb rth
P. 6.. females. Oxford Sheep. 0W filRUM? 803;:
Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Ass'n.. McBridos. Michigan.

 

GLAND CHINA PIGS—From large Prolific stock.
Shorthorn Bull Calves. Eg a 81 per 15 from choice
Barred Rocks. ROBERT NEVER Pierson. Michigan.

 

UTLER'B Bis Boned Prolific Poland Chinas. Grow
big kee& any. mature early. ready for market at
6months. by? ecause we've bred them that way
for more than 30 cars. We have 25 his bonedlsows
for fall)! furrg'w. uy tone and mgke more money on
out 95s. on can' set any otter ct. an ice.
.0. History Free. J. C. BUW LER. Portland? fill-lob.

 

30 Poland China Full Pigs—Good ones from immune
sows 810 and $15 each. while they last. Bred sow
ale Feb. 27th.cend your name for catalog if you want to
buy Big Types with Quality. w... wane, Goldwater. Mich.

 

350 BIG TYPE MULE .FOOT EGGS—America's
(lhampion Herd. Prolific. hardy. Best for Mich.
Also Ponies. J. DUNLAP.Box M.Wi Iiamsport. Ohio

Mule Foot Bred cows. bred guts and boat

pigs. not related, or sale. Satin
faction guaranteed. G.

C. KREGLOW. Ada. Ohio
Yulgggcggggr;ng Rh? M Excellent Quality.

Monroe. Michigan.
FOR SALE-—Ycrkshire boars ready for service.
Sow: bred for Sept. (arrow. Prioec
reasonable. C. H. JOBSE. Mt. Clemens. Mich.
YORKSHIRE Bwi lie—March dc Apr. pigs ready to ship.

Pairs not akin. Coll Princess and (looks 13
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long deep and well fleshed Pigs ready for
delivery. Not akin. Cr-ibbc Bloc. Watervliot. Mich.

YORKSHIRES

: The lane. long-bodied. prolific kind. out... bred for

Madurai:
of April furrow. .,
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A choice lot of
rmes’ wuonablo

Michigan.

July. August and September furrow.
spring piuodnndtrioanot akin. P
W. C. COOK. R- 42. Add.

Lillie Farmstead Yorkshires

Open silt: and tits bred for September fan-ow.
Spring 9 eithgr. cox. pain and tries not akin.
Satisfaction guaranteed.

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THE VARIATION IN TEST INKMILK
. AND CREAM.

BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.

In the relationships between the
dairyman and the creamery there has
always been a great deal of dissatis-
faction over the variations in fat test
from day to day of the patron’s milk
and cream. This is perhaps the most
trying feature in the dairyman’s bus-
iness, and particularly since the ad-
vent of the cream separator has there
been such wide-spread dissatisfaction
over creamery tests.

To explain to the dairyman the rea-
sons for repeated and constant varia-
tions in test has been an almost im-
possible task for the creameryman.
Dairymen knowing that by adjusting
the power separator they are able to
vary the richness of their cream, try
to reason with considerable force that
when they do not adjust the separat-
or there should be practically a con-
stancy in the percentage of fat in
their cream from day to day. So
difficult an argument has this been to
meet that we have known creamery-
men to actually change the results
they have obtained, raising or lower-
ing the test as the case may be, in
order that this variation from day to
day will not occur, and therefore as
they figure keeping the dairyman sat-
isfied as to his product. This is not
at all unnatural or not to be expected
outcome outcome of a condition for
which perhaps neither the dairyman
nor the creameryman has understood
the real cause.

Width of Cream Zone Not a Reliable
Guide.

There are a great many factors
which influence the percentage of fat
in cream or in milk. We have been
accustomed to value the richness of
milk by the width of the cream zone
on the milk when it is allowed to
stand unmolested for a period of time
and here some dairymen wonder why
it is that while the cream zone on
their milk is very visibly greater than
the cream zone on their neighbor’s,
according to the Babcock test at the
creamery, they cannot secure credit
for as much butter-fat as the neighbor
with the narrower cream zone.

The width of the cream zone on
milk will vary in the same milk from
day to day, and it will vary materially
from one herd of cows to another,
caused undoubtedly by very many
factors such as the size of the fat
globules, undoubtedly by the content
of solids not fat in the milk, and
many other factors which influence
the gravity and viscosity of the milk
and cause a rapid rise of the cream
or a slow rise of the cream. One con-
dition possibly causing the incorpora-
tion of much material not fat, and
therefore increasing the width of the
cream zone, and the other condition
causing a more complete separation
of the fat globules from the milk and
hence a narrower cream zone.

We had occasion to investigate this
matter a few years ago and had two
notable examples or illustrations call-
ed to our attention. In one of these
milks the cream zone was very nearly
twice as wide as in the other and yet
the one with the narrower cream zone
contained a greater amount of butter-
fat. This was using the natural or
gravity rise of the cream and is the
condition which would exist in milk
and cream when the separator is not
used. When the separator is used, of
course, there are other factors, both
mechanical and physical, which enter
in, complicating the conditions.

(Continued next week).

 

Any boy or girl can earn a watch
after school hours or on Saturday.
Write for particulars to The Michigan
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' THE iM.I.CH.IGAN..FA,RMER

; NOISE
The motor’scomplain't against. .’

incorrect oil

. If‘your‘inotor makes some unusual sound,

stop your car. Investigate. '

' Noise. frequently means unnecessary friction,
-—the direct result of incorrect lubrication.

Common noises are:

JUNE 6. 1914.

   
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   

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On Clever, Alfalfa, Flax, Vetch, Peas,
TimOth‘y, short grain, etc. A rake
or tedder will knock off and waste
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Correct Lubrication

Esplanati‘os : In the schedule. the letter
opposite the car indicates the grade of Car-

h“Thumping."—A dull thump at each revolution of 3°“: ”will?“ ‘1’" ‘h°?.ldb¢“3€d- For ‘1‘ With the

t e main shaft indicates Worn main or connecting rod empty" " means ..G"‘°V1° Moblbl‘

bearings. This trouble is hastened by oil of low quality "A" . "Am" means 'Gargoyle M°b‘1°'l T H O.R N B. U R G H'
or inco rrect body—will finally result in badly worn bearings Am‘c' F" all electric "hm" “5‘3 Gar— Side-Delivery

goyle Mobiloil "A." The recommendations
cover both pleasure and commercial vehicles
unless otherwise noted.

and knocking.

“Knocklng."—This may be due to loose wrist-pins.
It may be due to badly worn hearings or bushings which
should be refitted or replaced. Incorrect lubrication will

BUNCHER AND WlNDROWER '

Easily attached to ANY Mower
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“Carbon Knock.”—A sharp muffled ring, at ignition g i g g g g hollow bunches or lnwlndrows: ea. san eaves
indicating excessive carbon deposit usually caused by oil 3 ? i E . g i é‘ g :33:nter.istl.{ems.which hold the sap ' sticking out
Of low quality or incorrect body. . '... if ‘ Af'AI— i531: Z " Savoring; Seed and leaves and half the labor
Lu‘égounding.”——Due to engine laboring under overload. " 2 £2; 2 “A: '2 2: 2 £5; 2 2;: Saves making extra trips over the field Wit];

cation plays no part in this trouble. 2 E ii ‘1’,“ 2 Age. .A...‘ A” A” dump-rake. side-delivery rake and tedder.

“Hissing.”—Frequcntly due to heavy scoring of cylinder .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. _. .. .. .. .. .. ..An:.Arc. Cures Quicker—No Bleaching—Costs Little and
walls. Itis most often brought on by inefficient lubrication. if“; 2 A; 3 A: fl A; X‘A’r’a’ pa” f" “3°” Every Day U’°d‘

There is only one insurance against the results of in- 1.31"}! A}? A}; "(rm-l4} it“; OVER ”0’0“ SATISFIED USERS
correct lubrication. That is the use of oil of the highest g g j“ A: Q If: fi If: m"? P Wfltgwdaflm‘
quality which is correct in body for your type of motor. ['K” 2 A} Q": A Q's} Al“ REEandA Lgnlt‘lgna

You can secure this oil by referring to the Lubricating so. I? B B B 3 B 3 A13“: dealer's name 1
Chart which is partially shown at the right. he'll}? "gr; muffin. ..‘ m

Our complete Chart will be mailed you on request. I? 1‘; E A1? 323; ..

We_will also send on request a pamphlet on the Con- 'K'Ai‘c‘.‘ii"'n“ ‘i' ii”
struction, Operation and Lubrication of Automobile ii All: 3 All l x:

Engines. It describes in detail the common engine troubles f '5' f A" ‘3‘ A;
and gives their causes and remedies. Arc Arc. A i A An:
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Stationary and Portable Engines and Tractors

Water
cooled ——- Use Gargoyle Mobiloil "A" in summer; use Gar-
goyle Mobilml “Arctic" in Winter. Air cooled —- Use

For all types of Gasoline and Oil Engines.

  

The Thornhurch Manufacturing Co.
Dept. 0, Bowling Green. Ohio

 

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sealed five and one-gallon cans. See that the red Gargoyle,
our mark of manufacture. is on the container. ;

For information. kindly address any inquiry to our
nearest office. The City address will be sufficient.

VACUUM OIL .CO., Rochester, N. Y., U. S. A.

Specialists in the .manufncture of high-grade lubricants for

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