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The Only Weekly Agricultural,





VOL. CXLIII. No.14.

Whole Number 3803.





 





HE potato crop is one of the most

important of Michigan’s cash

crops. Last year Michigan forg-



ed into first place in the produc-

tion of potatoes, and this year she will

be well in the lead of all the states in

the size of her potato crop if the offi-

cial September estimates are verified

in the final yield. The September es-

timate on our potato crop for this

year was 41,300,000 bushels, which is

700,000 bushels above the estimated

total crop for New York, our nearest

The Sep-

tember estimate of our crop for this

year is approximately 20 per cent

above the final estimate of Michigan’s

crop for 1913, as compared with an in-

crease for the country of less than 12

per cent. It will thus be seen that

the rapid increase in importance of

our potato crop during recent years

has been maintained during the past

year, which makes its harvesting a

more important item of fall work up-

On the average Michigan farm and' a

task Which requires careful planning

and e‘flEiCient prosecution if the crop is

to be saved in a condition which will

make it of maximum market value.

Preparatio'ns_ for Potato Harvest.

To the end that the work of har-

Vesting the potato crop may be rapid-

ly pushed when once begun, it is im-

portant that needed preparations be

made in adVance of the actual work.

On practically every farm where po-

tato growing is made a specialty, it is

now common practice to. handle the

crop in crates, hence it is the part of

wisdom to look over this equipment

before potato harvest is begun, and

see that it is adequate to the needs

of the method of harVesting which is

followed. Bushel crates are compar-

atively inexpensive and will last many

years if properly cared for, and it is

poor economy to undertake to harvest

any considerable area of potatoes

without an ample supply of crates.

Other equipment should also be in

readiness for efficient work from the

start. Where a horse-digger is used.

as is the case upon most farms where

potatoes are grown on a commercial





scale, this implement should be care-'





fully gone over and worn parts re-

placed with needed repairs, to the end





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that there may be 'no costly delays

from this cause'during the harvesting

season. If the potatoes are to be stor-

ed in the cellar directly from the field,

which is undoubtedly the most eco-

nomical method of handling the crop

Where it is to be held for winter mar-

keting, everything should be in readi-

ness for such storage in advance of

the beginning of the work. Time is

money in the harvesting of the pota-

to crop even more truly than in har-

vesting other crops, especially when

the work extends well into October,





 





freezes/A freeze which touches the

tubers ever so lightly is a costly fac-

tor in the future handling of the crop,

necessitating re-sorting and often re-

peated sortings if the crop is to be

held for any length of time and an ex-

tra handling even if marketed as soon

as practical. It is, of course, unde-

sirable to dig the crop before the tu-

bers are fairly well matured, but it is

better to err on this side than to leave

them too late before getting them out

of the ground.



Of course, it is impossible to lay





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when hard freezes may be expected

which will damage the keeping qual-

ity of the tubers, and every prepara-

tion should be made which will elim-

inate costly delays in the Work after

it is started. '

, The Time to Begin Harvesting.

For many years the writer has

made an effort to. begin the potato

harvest the first Monday in October

in order,to_ eliminate as much as pos-

sible the liability of loss from early





down any fixed rule which can be ad-

hered to under all circumstances as to

the time when the harvesting of the

late crop should be commenced. Un-

usual conditions will arise which will

make it necessary to vary the usual

program, but it is better to have a

standard which experience has dem-

onstrated to be safe practice and then

work as closely to that standard as is

practical under existing conditions.

This year promises to be one in





 





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aersting the Late Potato Crop.





which it will be necessary to vary our

rule and delay the beginning of the

potato harvest until after the usual

time. The distribution of rainfall dur-

ing the growing season of the crop

has been.unusually even and condi-

tions have been unusually favorable

for a maximum growth of vines. Our

potatoes are planted in drills 24 inches

apart, and the vines are so large that

they completely cover the ground be-

tween the rows and it will be impos-

sible to work them through a digger

until they have matured or are killed

by frost, especially when the ground

is wet and heavy as now promises to

be the case during early October. This

condition is quite universal in the best

potato sections of the state and prom-

ises to make the potato harvest unus-

ually late this fall. There is, of course,

less danger of damage to the tubers

by freezing when the ground is pro-

tected by a heavy growth of vines,

but this is not a safe dependence if





,the harvest is delayed too long. In

~'~.that..event -,we shall take the. precaur





tion to throw the earth up against the

rows with a shovel plow as an added

protection against damage from frost.

This is easily and cheaply accomplish-

ed and under unusual conditions, sucn

as promise to prevail this year, and’

might easily pay very large dividends

on the small investment of labor re?

quired.

Methods of Harvesting.



The scarcity and high price of farm

labor has increased the popularity and

use of the horse digger very rapidly

in recent years, as less efilcient help

is required to harvest the crop with

the machine digger than when dug by

hand. In many localities it is neces-

sary to employ the schoolboys and

girls to pick up the tubers after the

digger. In that case it is best to use

a stoneboat or sled for picking, as

this'li'ghtens the labor very material-

ly. A half-dozen or more crates may

be placed on the boat and a steady

horse will draw them along until fill-

ed with little attention, when they

may be set off to be hauled to the cel«

lar on the platform wagon, or drawn

directly to the pit, as the case may be.

Where men are employed to do the

picking this method is of doubtful
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economy where the picking is done

after a digger. It is a faster method

to have two men pick into one crate

and leave it where filled, if the crates

are thickly distributed along the row

from the wagon while the filled crates

are being loaded. If pitted in the

field, the potatoes Can be hauled to

the pits faster with the wagon than

on the stoneboat, and the Pits can be

made larger and located to better ad-

vantage-where this plan is followed,

and if the tubers are drawn from the

field to the cellar, or to market, this

plan will involve less handling.

Sorting and Storing.



Sorting in the field at digging time

is generally poor economy, as it takes

time when time is too valuable to be

so expended on that work. Some

growers leave the unmerchantable tu-

bers in the field, but this is poor econ-

omy, as they have a value as stock

feed which is far greater than the cost

of handling them. The best way is to

pick them clean and sort with a me-

chanical sorter from the cellar or pit

‘when the crop is moved or marketed.



Growers who are located close to a

good market or shipping point can

sometimes market the crop from the

field at digging time to good advan-

tage, but if the digging is not finished

until late, or if plenty of help is not

available, it is a safer plan to get the

crop out of the ground and in safe

storage as rapidly as possible, and

not run chances on delays in delivery

which will interfere with the work of

harvesting. Where cellar storage is

available it is, in the writer’s opinion,

far the best plan to place the tubers

directly into the cellar. It costs lit-

tle, if any more, to handle them into

the cellar than to pit them, and it

makes one far more independent as

to their future disposition where they

are so stored from the field. But if

pitting is necessary it is the best plan

to cover the pits securely with straw

or marsh hay and earth each night

than to use a temporary covering with

its consequent risk and later disad-

vantages. It is also best to keep the

tubers picked up as close to the dig—

ger as practicable, as there is less

risk of getting caught by rain and

having a disagreeable job of picking

and a mussy lot of potatoes to handle

later.



A Cover Crop After Potatoes.



Where the potato ground is to be

plowed the following spring it is an

excellent plan to sow rye broadcast

before digging is commenced. The

digger will work this into the soil in

fine shape and the ground will soon

be growing a cover crop which will

prevent any loss of soluble plant food

over winter and will add considerable

vegetable matter to the soil when

plowed down the following spring.

This is an excellent practice, particu-

larly where the land is rolling and

there is danger of loss from erosion

during the spring freshets, although

not advisable on level ground which

is to be put into a spring crop with-

out plowing.



There are many items relating to

the harvesting of the potato crop

which should properly be governed by

the conditions with which the grower

is confronted. In fact, good farm mam

agement is a faculty into which the

personal equation must ever largely

enter. The purpose of this article

will, however, be well served if the

attention of the commercial potato

grower who reads it is, for the mo-

ment, attracted from other important

and perplexing questions and directed

to the solution of this important mat-

ter of harvesting the potato crop. in

the manner best suited to his local

conditions.





Oakland Co. A. R. FABMER.





 





A NAME FOR‘THE FARM.





I wonder if you have noticed in re-

cent years, that the number of farms

and farm barns neatly placarded with

sign boards bearing the farm name

have increased, many-fold? It is quite





true they have, and some people have

probably inquired of themselves, what

motive it has been to inspire farmers

to do this. -



My observation has led me to con-'

clude, the farms, bearing names, are

usually operated by very progressive

men, moreover, naming the farm has

added a certain amount of dignity and

individuality to the farm and its

owner.



Those with artistic temperaments

may be induced to placard the farm

for sentimental reasons alone, but

there must be some reason deeper

still than this, or it would not be prac-

ticed to such an extent as it is.



The writer recalls that a certain

family has learned to recognize the

quality of butter as being clean and

fresh because it came from the Crys-

tal Lake Farm, and it had become an

established fact that the owner of that

farm marketed none but the best.

When any product has been marketed

for a few years, bearing the name of

the farm upon which it was produced,

it soon has a reputation, and if the

quality is deserving, the demand for

it isincreased, finally. the most care-

ful buyers will have no other unless

the brand they specify cannot be se-

cured. It is evident then, that farms

often hear names for other than senti-

mental reasons. It is a practice that

should be encouraged if it appeals to

an owner for any reason, sentimental

or otherwise.



Now that the time of pioneering is

gone, the farm buildings are con-

structed and the stumps are cleared

from the fields, more time and

thought is given to the appearance of

the farm home and farm barns. Dur-

ing the last few years of prosperity,

owners are more inclined to study the

home from the view that others see

it to improve their dooryards and

buildings to please the passer-by and

the visitor.



With the common use of automo-

biles and the increase of travel, per-

fecting appearances becomes all the

more important and it is the wish

that the progress will continue until

every farm worthy of a name will be

modestly placarded with an appropri-

ate and characteristic name. ~



Ingham Co. W. I. GILSON.





DOES BETTER FARMING PAY?





 





For years past we have been urged

by high authorities to grow bigger

crops—to raise more bushels per acre.

James J. Hill, president of a great

railroad system, has repeatedly de-

clared that unless the farmers of the

United States raise more grain per

acre, we soon will be importing more

than we are selling, and our farms

and country will be impoverished. We

are told that the farmers of Germany,

and other European countries, raise

more than twice as much wheat per

acre as we do, and leave the inference

that the European farmers are mak-

ing twice as much profit in raising

wheat as the farmers of the United

States. Attention is never called to

the fact that large crops may not al-

ways be the most profitable.



The price of labor is the element

that enters most largely into the cost

of producing all valuable commodities

-—farm products, coal, iron, lumber,

and manufactured goods. Better farm-

ing pays up to a certain point, after

which the increased cost of labor, and

fertilizers, overbalances the increased

value of the product.



No doubt some farmers are now

putting on as much tillage, and fer-

tilizers, as will produce profitable

crops at present prices for farm pro-

ducts, and the cost' of labor. Many

other farmers are not doing it.



The average number of bushels of

wheat produced per acre in the Uni-

ted States in the year 1912 and 1913

was 15%. As many farmers raise 20

and 25 bushels an acre, it is plainly

evident that many others do not raise

more than eight or 10 bushels. Some

of the latter are probably raising





wheat on land With unsuitable soil,

and had better change to rye, or buck-

wheat.



Thirty bushels of wheat per acre

is the average production in Europe,

but it should be remembered that la-

bor is cheaper there, and potash fer-

tilizers much cheaper. Not only this,

but the farmersthere obtain a higher

price for their products with the mar-

ket at their doors, which enables them

to be more liberal in expenditures for

labor and manures, and still leave a

margin of profit.



The question to, be decided is how

much labor and fertilizers can a farm-

er put on his fields in order to in-

crease the number of bushels per

acre, the number of dollars they will

bring, and leave him a reasonable

profit?



In an address at an agricultural

fair, (which the writer heard), Horace

Greeley said: “I suppose you have

got past the folly of hoeing corn?”

Some of us said, “No!" “Well,” said

he, “Corn is so cheap, and labor so

dear, you cannot afford to do it. Give

it good cultivation with a horse, and

let it go.”



Owing to the high cost of labor, and

the low price of farm products, com-

paratively, the farmers in times past

have been compelled to raise their

crops with as little labor as possible.

The higher prices which are now pre-

vailing have already increased the

yield per acre, as shown by the sta-

tistics of the United States Agricul-

tural Department.





Pennsylvania. J. W. INGRAM.





INCREASING CROP YIELDS.





 





The great problem confronting the

average farmer is the matter of re?

storing plant food elements to the

soil. Upon this largely depends in-

creased crop yields. Continuous crop-

ping of the soil has in a large meas-

ure, depleted the available plant food

constituents in the soil, until many

acres of valuable farming land in this

and adjoining states have become

greatly reduced in- profit paying re-

turns for grain raising. Profitable

crop yields depend very largely upon

the amount of readily available plant

food resources the crop has to draw

upon.



An increase in crop yields involves

a radical change from methods now

employed on the majority of Michigan

farms. Plowing and cultivating the

soil for what it will produce, regard-

less of any method of increasing its

plant food content, must ultimately

result in failure. The soil is the farm-

ers’ storehouse of wealth and upon

the methods employed to preserve

and increase its resources his future

prosperity is largely dependent.



Approximately speaking, general

farming in this state is divided into

two classes, the stock and stockless

methods of farming. Both methods are

practicable and successful. The farm-

er, however, following either method

should acquaint himself with the fun-

damental principles involved in in-

creasing crop yields, as success large—

ly rests upon keeping the soil in prop-

er physical condition and abundantly

supplied with mineral and organic ele-

ments in balanced proportion and in

quick-acting form. On my farm I

practice dairying and grain grawing.

I endeavor to apply large quantities of

stable manure to my soil, but I find

that barnyard manure and clover are

not sufficient to produce satisfactory

yields of crops. The stable manure

and clover increase the nitrogen ele-

ment of the soil, but both are defi:

cient in phosphoric acid and potash.

The dairy farmer who is/feeding his

herd heavily on such feeds as oil and

cottonseed meal, and preserving the

manure and applying it to the soil,

will not find it as necessary to pur-

chase large quantities of nitrogenous

fertilizer. The stockless farmer, how-

ever, who has not this barnyard re-

source to draw upon, will find it very

profitable to Purchase, nitrogen in





some form or «other in .order to main.





'tain a proper balance of plant food-





elements in the soil.



Where attention is directed to ap-

plying manure to the land as atop<

dressing for. wheat, both in the fall

and during winter, I find that splendid

clover catches can be secured, conse

quently returning to the soil 9. large

amount of organic matter. I never

allow a clover meadow to lay more

than one season and do not pasture.

I am annually increasing the amount

of commercial fertilizer on all my

crops as I find that more profitable

yields are secured when quick-acting

fertilizer is used as a supplement to

stable manure and green manuring.

I believe that every farmer, regardless

of whether he is practicing stock or

stockless methods of handling the soil

can afford to 'apply a liberal amount

of highly concentrated fertilizer to his

crops at sowing time. I find that with

wheat, oats, barley and beans that 200

to 300 pounds of quick-acting fertilizer

materially increases my‘ yields and

further assists in replacing plant food

constituents in the soil removed by

the crop grown.





Shiawassee Co. L. C. REYNOLDS.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





We finished sowing 70 acres of

wheat on September 15. The balance

will not be sown till the very last of

the month or the first part of October.

I don’t like to sow wheat in October;

it is pretty late for this latitude. If

the year is favorabie all is well. I

have had good crops of wheat sown

well into the month of October, but it

is pretty risky. Again, if sown early

the Hessian fly may ruin the crop. In

some sections of Michigan the wheat

was ruined this year by the fly, where

the wheat was sown early in Septem-

ber last fall. In this section we have

never been seriously injured by the

fly. Late years not at all. Several

years ago there was some injury. Af-

ter that we sowed late to prevent

injury.



' However, this year it was sow_ early

or have the seeding come just when

we wanted to pick sweet corn, and

this late sowing must be after sweet

corn and» beans. We will have a

chance to see which does best this

year, early or late sowing.



Sweet Corn.



I am somewhat disappointed in the

yield of sweet corn. After harvesting

the first field I estimated I would have

over 100 tons, but the late planted did

not yield as well and we onlyhave 90

tons. One field yielded over four tons

per acre, but on the whole, the aver-

age was a little less than 3 tons. At

the factory price of $8 per ton this

gives us $24 per acre for the ears and

we have the stalks for the silo. The

returns are a little better than that

for we have the husRand trimmings

also. When the teams came back

from the factory they brought a load

of husks, etc. This has made quite a

nice lot of silage, and is well worth

the hauling, especially when the teams

otherwise would come back light]



The third cutting of alfalfa is just

ready to harvest. The new growth is

just beginning to start from the crown

of the plant. We will cut in a day or

two. If this nice weather will only

continue it will go off rapidly. The

field I seeded with cats in May is

large enough to make quite a cutting,

but I shall leave this as a Winter pro-

tection for the plants.



Lima Beans.



I am pretty well satisfied now, Sep-

tember 24, that the late planted lima.

beans will not mature sufficiently to

harvest. The first planting was

drowned out by excessive rains and

the field replanted July 7-8-too late.

Well, I can make them into hay or

ensilage. The crop, however, will be

a failure. The way things have turn~

ed out it would have paid me better

to summer-fallow and sow wheat on

time, or perhaps better yet. to have

sown, to buckwheat. . .





   





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Hill Selection for Potato Improvement.





 





LL the seed potatoes used in the

country are necessarily grown

in the northern states some-



where, and since the drouth has caus-

ed such a shortage in the potato crop

of Indiana and Illinois, Michigan will

be called upon to furnish a large

amount of potatoes for next year’s

planting. The price which these will





bring will be somewhat dependent up-





on the way they were ‘Selected and

the freedom of the field from fungous

diseases. The men who grow pota—

toes as a truck crop in the south al-

ways send north for their seed at fre-

quent intervals. This is usually done

each year. On account of the differ-

ence between the northern and south-

ern climates, and that the growing

season is so much shorter, northern-

grown seed will mature a week or ten

days earlier than the southern-grown

seed. One of the weakest points in

some of the potato growing sections

of Michigan is the carelessness In

choosing a good grade of seed for

planting at home, and this means that

a poor class of seed will be eventually

sent to other parts of the country.

In some localities, the growers do not

pay any attention to varieties at all,

and the point that is deemed worthy

of notice is whether the seed potatoes

are red or white. Michigan has a

chance to make a still greater repu-

tation for herself along the potato





 





 





Boys’ State Fair School in Session—Dr. Mumford, of





containing a large proportion of good



sized potatoes.



Hill Selection Increased the Yield 350

Per Cent in Five Years.



But we do not have to theorize on

this point. Several years ago a prom~

inent Michigan potato grower began

to practice hill selection. He selected

for seed, tubers coming from hills

which contained six or more markets

able tubers with no culls. The first

season he found only 17 hills out of a

hundred that came up to the standard

he had set. The seed from these was

planted in a small lot apart from the

other potatoes, and in five years the

type of the potatoes had so changed

that 70 hills out of every hundred con-

tained six marketable tubers with lit-

tle waste. The amount of waste had

been reduced—conservation of plant

food and labor had been accomplished.

One grower in Wisconsin has been

able to materially increase his yields

by hand-digging the best portions of

the field and saving seed from the

most prolific and desirable hills.

Wherever tried, this method of hill

selection has not failed to give great-

er crops. The second year the select-

ed seed may be planted by itself and

the seed produced gives seed for the

commercial potato field.



One of the worst drawbacks of this

selection is that the potatoes must us-

ually be dug by hand. However, if





which had been in use for some time

required a reboring of the cylinder,

and, of course, a new piston was

needed. One was secured of the man-

ufacturers of the engine at a cost of

$1.50 and express charges, just for the

bare casting without any machining.





Later another engine of another make ’





but practically the same size, required

similar treatment and the new blank

for the piston was procured of the

manufacturers of this engine at a cost

of 30 cents and charges. The present

season these same engines both broke

their crank shafts, the one with lower

costs first. For this one the charge

was $4.00 for the new shaft. When

the other one broke a new one was

ordered and a remittance of $5.00 was

sent with the order, with the expecta-

tion that this should cover the cost

price. When the part came, however,

it had a C. O. D. charge of $3.70 more

attached. Probably in either case $2

to $2.50 would have afforded a rea-

sonable profit.



And in such cases it is not altogeth-

er the amount of money involved in

the transaction that is most signifi-

cant. The wear and tear on one’s sen-

sitive nerves is a matter of no small

moment. Such holdups, after patron-

izing those concerns and the repairs

become an absolute necessity, provoke

suggestions not considered quite law-





ful or consistent for a good deacon in .

the Methodist church to give expres-‘





sion to. A little investigation at the

start, before making the purchase,





 





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line by practicing a little better meth-

ods of seed selection. The standard

varieties must have better care in or-

der to hold their place on the market.

Some growers are successfully keep-

ing up the standard of the old reliable

sorts of potatoes and even increasing

their prolificacy by proper selection or

seed.

Selecting the Seed.



Two state experiment stations first

showed that the yield of potatoes

could be greatly increased by select-

ing seed from the most productive

hills, or those hills which gave the

largest amount of merchantable pota-

toes. The logical unit of selection to

maintain the strong qualities of the

potato is the hill and not the single

tuber. There may be freaks in some

families but as a general rule, the

progeny will follow the natural ten-

dencies of the parents. There is a

wide difference between individual

hills of potatoes. One hill may con-

tain seven or eight good tubers of

marketable size, while the hill next it

may have 16 or 17 cull potatoes with

only a single tuber large enough to

market. This large tuber would, if

planted, throw a hill of small potatoes

while a seed from the hill containing

seven or eight siza‘ble tubers would

be quite likely to produce another hill





the hills are far enough apart, one

can tell the most productive ones by

following in the wake of the digger.

This, however, does not give quite so

good results as hand digging.





I noticed in Mr. Crum’s recent arti-

cle on “The Cost of a Crop” that he

took 75 cents worth of time to select

his seed potatoes, and judging by the

plant food removed from the soil, he

had a much larger yield than did

either Mr. Hedrick or Mr. Peck, both

of whom practiced little, if any, se-

lection.





Ingham Co. I. J. MATTHEWS.





PRACTICAL POINTERS ON FARM

EQUIPMENT.





Farmers who have occasion to use

machinery to any extent may do well

to look out for those makes which are

reasonable in their charges for re

pairs. Dealers should have catalogs

giving the prices for the various parts

and a little foresight in looking out

for this matter may prevent a severe

“sting” later when repairs may be

needed.



The writer has had some severe il-

lu'minators of late, and some of his

experiences may be instructive to oth-

ers. Not very long ago a. gas engine





may be the means of guarding against

severe temptations. There is no dan-

ger of any manufacturer making too

low a charge, but in this case one

made a charge of more than twice

that of the other in the case of the

crank shaft, and of five times that of

the other for the piston blank. Man-

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Balanced Rations for Cattle and

Sheep.





We have on our farm this year, the

following. grains: Oats, peas, rye,

speltz, and wheat. Also 200 tons of

good corn ensiIage, clover hay, wheat

straw, oat straw and pea straw. for

feed. We also have sheep, cattle and

young horses to winter, and sheep and

cattle to fatten for market. I would

like to have you advise us what would

be a balanced ration: First, for fat-

tening the sheep, one carload of





lambs, and one carload of old ewes





for market. Also, fattening a carload

of steers right off the grass for the

market. Also, what you would con—

sider a good growing ration for the

sheep; yearlings, two-year-olds and

cows, and one and two-year-old cattle

for carrying over the winter. 4

Alcona Co. G. S. F.





The questions asked in this inquiry

are not easy to answer on account of





- the unusual character of the grains





which it is desired .to utilize in feed

ing this stock. Under present condi-

tions, however, the rye and Wheat

would have too high a market value

to be profitably utilized in this way

and may be eliminated from consid-

eration. ,



Speltz, or “emmer,” as it is more

properly called, is a grain which com-

pares very closely to barley in its

feeding value, except that it is a still

more bulky grain and contains a

somewhat higher proportion of fiber.

Authentic feeding experiments with

this grain are not numerous, nor do

they all point to the same conclusion.

At the South Dakota Experiment Sta-

tion about one-third larger gains were

secured from a given weight of bar-

ley than from speltz or emmer, and

it was found that the ration was

greatly improved by mixing-corn with

this grain. At the Colorado Experi-

ment Station where the grain was fed

with alfalfa, the speltz or emmer gave

as good returns, pound for pound, as

corn, and 13 per cent better results

than barley. ,



With plenty of ensilage, it would be

good economy to use about two

pounds per day per head in fattening

sheep and lambs, feeding with it from

one to one and a half pounds of grain,

using the speltz as a basis and mixing

oats and peas with same, provided

they have rat a greater market value

than corn in the locality where the

feeding is done. As a roughage ra-

tion, the clover hay would be most

suitable for the lambs, and the pea

straw could be utilized to good ad-

vantage for the sheep.



In fattening the steers, if the feed-

ing is done on pasture, a similar mix-

ture of grain could be used to advan-

tage, but here again the ration would

be improved by the addition of corn.



The maximum ration which it would

be profitable to feed, would depend

upon the age and character of the cat-

tle, and the finish which it is consid-

ered profitable to put on them before

marketing. In any event, if the feed-

ingperiod is to be short, they should

be gotten onto nearly full feed within

a month or six weeks from the start.

Sheep which are to be carried over

winter may be profitably fed a limited

amount of silage and a little grain ra-

tion with the coarser roughage men-

tioned. If they are large sheep, from

one-quarter to one-half pound of mixed

grain might profitably be fed, depend-

ing on their condition.



Young cattle which are being car-

ried over winter can be fed very

largely on corn silage, and with a lit-

tle of the coarser roughage by way of

variety and a very moderategrain ra-

tion, while the ration fed to the cows

should depend altogether upon the

purpose for which they are being

kept. If used for dairy purposes,

they should have a far more liberal

ration than if being carried over for





next year.

mentioned would give excellent re-

sults for dairy cows, and would beall

right for balancing the ration of the

store cattle, sheep and horses, but the

ration for the fattening animals, as

above noted, would be improved by

the addition of corn if it can be ob-

tained at practically the same cost as

the market value of the other grains

mentioned.

Grain Ration for Small Pigs.





I have three litters of pigs. Will

have very little separator milk by the

time they are ready to use it. Have

corn silage. What would be the best

ration to keep them growing rapidly

when old enough to eat?



Saginaw Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Where separated milk is not avail-

able for young pigs, slop made of fine

middlings is the best feed for the has-

is of a ration. Other grains may be

used in limited amount to add variety

to the ration, and a little feeding mo-

lasses would add to its palatability.

Not much corn should be fed until the

pigs get some age, when it should be

supplemented with protein feed, such

as tankage, peas, etc. Corn silage is

not a suitable pig feed.



Rye as a Hog Feed.





In what shape is the best to feed

rye to pigs that are in clover? Also,

IS ry‘e serviceable to feed them after

penning them up to fatten, rye being

the only grain? Also, when I feed

my rye all up what is the best grain

to buy to feed them, or would wheat

be as cheap as anything for them,

considering its feed value? Also,

where will a hog gain the most, in

clover with grain or penned up with

all the grain they can eat?



Ionia Co. A. I. B.





Rye should be ground and made

into a slop for pigs, and will make an

excellent grain to supplement 9. clover

pasture. Rye is not as suitable as the

sole grain in the ration when pigs are

being fattened, although it can be so

used with fair satisfaction. Corn is

undoubtedly the best single grain for

fattening hogs, and at present prices

would be more economical than wheat,

being of slightly greater feeding value

pound for pound. Hogs will make

more economical gains in clover pas-

ture with a moderate grain ration

than when on an all-grain diet, but

they will make faster gains during the

fattening period when closely confined

ad fed on corn alone.





 





LIVE STOCK AWARDS AT THE

STATE FAIR.





HORSES.

Percherons.



Stallion, 4 yrs—Glendale Pride, D.

F. Anderson, Adrian, Mich., lst; Beck-

er, Deep Run Farm, Birmingham,

Mich., 2nd; Monet, Ferns Lumber &

Coal 00., 3rd.



Stallion, 3 yrs—President, T. May-

hew, Hawley, 1st.



Stallion, 2 yrs—Harry, Anderson,

lst; Huntsman, Wm. Aikman, Smith

Creek, Mich., 2nd.



Stallion, 1 yr.—Brilliant, Anderson,

lst; Glaucus, Anderson, 2nd.



Stallion Colt—Lenawee Dean, C. M.

Case, Adrian, Mich., lst.



Mare, 4 yrs.——Kaloric,

lst; Lady Duchess,

phine, Case, 3rd.



Mare, 3 yrs.—Limoite, A. E. Steven-

son, Port Huron, lst; Liaison, Steven-

gog, 2nd; Brilliant Linea], Anderson,

r . '



Mare, 1 yr.—-—Lenawee Duchess

Case, lst; Lenawee Dale, Case, 2nd.



Mare Colt—Lenawee Duchess II,

Case, 1st; Mable, Anderson, 2nd.



Mare and two colts—Lady Duchess,

Case, 1st; Delphine, Case, 2nd.



Champ. Stallion—Glendale Pride,

Anderson, 1st.



Champ. M’are—Limoite, Stevenson.



For the special prizes offered by

The Percheron Society of America

for registered horses, the awards

were: .



Stallion, 3 yrs. Glaucus. Anderson.

1st: Harry, Anderson. 2nd: Brilliant,

Anderson 3rd. '



Champ. Stallion bred by Exhibitor,

Glaucus, Anderson.



Reserve—Harry, Anderson.



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FALL SETTING OF STRAWBER.

RIES.





A few days ago a reader of the

Michigan Farmer called at out farm

to see our strawberries and get some

information upon growing them. He

said he had been reading our writings

in the paper and had become interest-

ed in strawberries and was planning

to set out a bed. Among the ques-

tions he discussed was the desirabil-

ity or feasibility of fall setting of the

plants.



The question of setting a strawber-

ry bed in the fall is often brought up,

usually by the novice. The commer-

cial grower of experience never sets

out a field to strawberries at any oth—

er time of year than the spring, and

just as early in the season as possi-

ble, consistent with efficient, proper

setting; that is, where the purpose is

to establish a new fruiting bed. If





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den bed for the family use, this is a

different matter. Where one has ac-

cess to good plants, and especially

Where some soil is removed with the

plants, strawberry plants may be set

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moisture present to secure prompt

and vigorous rooting. From such a

bed, a considerable quantity of fruit

may be expected the following sea-

sons, but this will be at the expense

of the following season’s crop. Then,

too, early and frequent cultivation is

required to secure proper growth and

filling in with new plants, and under

such conditions the ripening fruit

would necessarily become soiled with

earth. For commercial purposes the

plan is entirely impractical, and for

this reason is never followed by the

practical grower. In the hurry and

rush of spring work, the matter of

setting out a strawberry bed is very

apt to be neglected by the average

farmer. In a case of this kind it is

better to set out a bed of strawberry

plants in the fall so that the farm

table may be supplied with this most

appetizing of fruit the next year. '

Emmet Co. M. N. EDGERTON.





 





' TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





Imperfect Fruit—Watersprouts.



I have a young apple orchard about

15 years old, in which the fruit is very

imperfect, although We have used the

modern methods of growing fruit.

There are also some watersprouts in

the trees which are growing and sap-

ping them. Should they be cut out

immediately or left until the fall or

spring?



Wayne Co. Mrs. J. W.



The fact that your apples are im-

perfect would indicatethat there was





something wrong with your spraying.





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All other orchard operations could be

neglected but if spraying was done

thoroughly you would have clean fruit

but if all other orchard operations

were thoroughly done, and spraying

improperly done, or neglected, the

fruit would be imperfect. Not doing

the spraying thoroughly enough is the

most common cause of poor results

from spraying. Many do not realize

that it is necessary to cover every

part of the tree and fruit with spray

to get good results. Not getting the

spraying done in time is also a com-

mon cause of unsatisfactory results.

The proper time varies with the sea-

son and sometimes the best of fruit-

growers will miss it' a little on this

account. The proper materials are,

of course, also necessary. These are

often mentioned in these columns and

in bulletins from the experiment sta-

tion. '



There is a lot of truth in the old

saying that one should prune when

the knife is sharp, and unless there is

an excessive amount of watersprouts

in the trees it is not injurious to cut

them out now. Spring is the best

time for pruning, as at that time the

wounds heal up most quickly. If the

trees are making excessive growth a





pruning early in July is good, as there

is not likely to be any new growth

start as the results of cutting out the

old. There is also little danger of re-

curring growth if just the water-

sprouts are cut out now.





ADVANTAGES OF THINNING.





An experiment made recently by

the Utah Station calls attention to the

importance of thinning the fruit as a

means of producing the maximum

number of first-class apples. Eight-

year-old Ben Davis trees, with the

fruit thinned to a minimum distance

of four inches apart gave a net in-

crease per tree of $1.15 as compared

with unthinned fruit. The Jonathans

showed a net increase of 30 cents per

tree. The same Jonathan trees thin-

ned in the same manner in 1912 gave

a net increase of 71 cents per tree

over unthinned trees. In practice the

cost of thinning appears to be offset

by the reduced cost in sorting when

the fruit is packed.





 





CONTROLLING CABBAGE WORMS.





I had 7,000 head of cabbage one

year. I kept the worms from eating

them by dissolving all the salt in a

pail of water that would dissolve, and

sprinkling as often as the worms made

an appearance. The salt will also

help the cabbage grow.





 





 





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We sell a great many Pilot Lighting Plants

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than anybody else.



Our Dairy farmer patrons make these

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an extraline of pipe to each barn—and some-

times to other outbuildings. In these build-

lugs they fasten the great balls of Acetylene

light to timbers or rafters.



They also equip these lights with ignition

devices—to make them light with the pull of a

chain without matches.



Two of these Acetylene barn lights will make

a big dairy barn as light as day. They will

give more light than a dozen lanterns-and unlike

lanterns they cannot be tipped-over.



The same is true of 'Acetylene house lights

They burn in handsome stationary bronze





or brass fixtures securely fastened to ceilings





Acetylene is too. a double boon to the women

folks. In additionto the beauty of the light.

it brings even a greater convenience in the gas

cooking stove.



For Acetylene is used in gas cooking ranges

in thousands of country homes. just. as city gas

is used in millions of city homes.



In all of these homes the gas range has

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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.





THE STATE FAIR MILK CONTEST.





days’

held, in which two cows of each of

three special

were entered, namely,

from the herd of E. S. George, of De-





 

   

   

 

 

   

 

   

   

 

   

 

 

 

 

 





 





   





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g Dalr g fat content of the milk given by the

"'3‘ y. '5‘ contestants, particularly by the win-

; g ning cow. Very many dairymen are

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ricultural College, their accuracy is

properly vouched for.





 





At the recent State Fair at four

milk production contest was





purpose dairy breeds





tWO Jerseys AGE AND STOVER.





 





troit, two Brown Swiss entered re«

spectively by H. W. Ayres, Wisconsin,

and Hull Bros, of Ohio, and, two

Gurnseys entered by John Ebels, of

Holland, Mich.



While a production contest of this

kind is not of great value in deter-

mining the relative economic value of

the individuals entered, or the breeds

Which they represent, or even the ra-

tions which are fed, yet a test of this

kind will afford some interesting com‘

parisons to the general dairyman. The

winner in the contest'was the Jersey

cow Majesty’s Crocus, shown in the

first page cut. During the test this

cow was fed a daily ration made up of





rich silage I wish you would tell me

What grain ration would be best to

give my cows, with corn stover as

roughage.



Newaygo Co. H. H.





The fact that your silage was from

very heavily cared, well-matured corn





the ration.

balanced food. It contains carbohy-l

drates in excess,

should feed a grain ration rich in pro-





you could feed would be cottonseed

meal. I don’t like to feed cottonseed

meal alone, because it is such a con-

centrated food and it would be better





Brown Swiss Cow, Crocus A., Second Prize Winner in State Fair Contest. '





20 lbs. of alfalfa, 10 lbs. of unicorn

feed. three pounds of oats, at a cost

of 38.25 cents per day. The following

table is a record of her performance

during the test:





if you could mix the cottonseed meal

with wheat or ground oats. That is,

feed a portion of the ration, wheat

bran and ground oats. This need not





 





151;. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.

Milk, pounds ..... ..39.4 34.8 32.6- 29.5

Per cent of fat.... 5.43 5.52 6.27 5.85

Pounds of fat ...... 2.141 1.923 2.043 7 1.72

Value of product... .7554 .6735 .7033 .5981l

Cost .............. .3825 .3825 .3825 .3825

Net profit ......... .3729 2910 _ .3208 .2156

Total ......................... . . .. ............ 81.2003





of fact, it is better to feed the cotton-1

seed meal separately, sprinkled over!

the ensilage. Then you can feed the

ground oats, wheat bran or anything

of that sort as a part of the ration.

From two to four pounds of cotton-

seed meal per day, beginning with a

small amount and gradually increas~

ing, with the corn silage'and clover





 





The second prize winner in the con—

test was the Brown Swiss cow Crocus

A, shown in the accompanying cut.

This cow was fed a daily ration of 15

lbs. of mixed bay, 6%; lbs. of bran,

three pounds of royal meal, at a cost

of 32.68 cents per day. The following

table is a result of her performance

during the test: '





 





lst. 2nd. 3rd 4th.

Milk, pounds ...... 38.4 34.9 33.7 31.0

Per cent of fat..... 4.1 4.2 3.95 4.15

Pounds of fat ...... 1.574 1.467 .332 1.289

Value of product... .572 .5314 .4859 .4669

Cost .............. .2258 .2258 .2258 .2258

Net profit ......... .3460 .3056 .2603 2411

Total ................... . ..... .. .. .......... $1.153





 





It will be noted that both of these

cows shrunk materially in their milk

flow during the four-day period of the

contest. This was true of every indi-

vidual entered save one of the Guern-

seys, which indicates that the cows

were not fed a ration which satisfied

their maximum requirements for nor‘

mal production. Also, the fact that

the different rations were fed to the

different cows with different individ-

ualities makes a comparison of the

rations used, from a'standpoint of





hay, would make you a good ration.

If you could add wheat bran or ground

oats it would be better yet. The only

trouble with your roughage is that it

lacks variety. It is simply corn, corn,

corn. If you could only have some

hay or a feed of oat straw, but simply

cornstalks morning, noon and night,‘

and corn silage twice a day, gets i

monotonous.





Subscribe for the Michigan Farmer?

to- May 1, 1915, for only 25 cents. This}





 





economic production,. of little value. is for new subscribers only.





Iferhaps the most interesting feature.

of this contest is the‘variation in the





tests which show a widely varying:

content of fat in the milk of a given :

cow, but as these tests were conduct~ '





GRAIN TO_FEED WITH CORN SlL-V





As I have my silo filled with very.





scarcely changes the idea of balancing-

The corn plant is not a?





and therefore your





tein. The most economical ration that?





necessarily be mixed in. As a matter





 





 





 





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OCT. 3, 1914.





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Your Can of Cream at a .





BLUE VALLEY





 





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Does the Butter in your can of dream get Shaved hy

the Middleman in this Manner on





_ its way to Market?

f..- ......\





n marketing butter and

hauling cream under the

local creamery system and





LESS

shipping charges and middle-

mnn’s expense in bu ing

cream under the centre izcr

system of cream receiving

stations and cream hauling

wagons.



Agents Commission

Cream Haulor’s

Salary

Rent —— Fuel

Drayage to Depot





Upkeep, wear and tear on





Your Can of Cream at a





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





CREAMERY ' L '





 





 





The reason Blue Valley Checks are





 





wagons and horses and in-





‘eéiiflEtrih‘fih’élfi'étt‘ehi'n“g"' LOCAL OR

outfits and equipments. CENTRALIZER

CREAM ER Y





bigger





is because our shippers put a tag on their can of cream and drive .on down;

to the depot Wlth 1t, thereby sav1ng all the expenses of the M1ddleman.l





The Blue Valley Hand Separator

Shipping System

Supposing you take a load of hogs to town and one





buyerofl‘ers you five or ten cents more per hundred than the others

offer. The highest bidder gets the load of hogs, doesn’t he? Well,

Why not sell your cream that way? Why not sell it where you can

get the most money for it?





We are 1n a posrhon to pay you more money because

We save the expenses of the middleman system and add it to your

cream check. Ours is a direct-from-farmer-to-creamery-proposition.

No middlemen of any kind. No cream receiving stations. N 0 cream

wagon hauling routes. No commission men. No traveling men. You

ship your own cream and we send you the cash for each shipment.





Isn’t that just what you do with your hogs if the local

hog buyer dosen’t treat you right? Don’t you bunch with your neigh-

bor and ship a carload? We use Uncle Sam as our traveling man and





'We keep in constant touch with one another.





The average pnce pa1d for butterfat under the Blue

Valley Hand Separator Shipping System is higher than the average

price paid under any other creamery system! We Will mail literature

comparing prices paid under different creamery systems, the figures

being taken from official state reports.





What better evidence could be produced that it is

the right market for the producer? What better evidence could be

given that it is the right system for building up the dairy industry?





Besides cutting out all these mlddlemen expenses

we get a quality of cream under our direct shipping system which

enables us to make the best butter. It is sold in Blue Valley Trade-

mark packages in the big cities of the country at higher prices than

ordinary butter sells for and the farmer gets the cash difference.





We are constantly turmng money from the big c1t1es

back to the country. We get the money from the consumer in the big

city and put it direct into the pocket of the farmer in the country.

We help to build up your community more than your local middleman

because we turn more money into your community and put the

difference right into your own pocket.





Ours 1s a busmess system that appeals to busmess

farmers. Our more than 70,000 shippers at our eleven creameries represent the best

business element of their different communities because they realize what the extra

money on each can of cream means month after month and year after year.





Blue Valley creameries are located in wholesale





market centers Where there are a number of railroads, thus enabling each creamery

to get a large volume of cream Within a reasonable shipping distance and serve a

large number of cream producers. Creameries are located at Chicago, 111., St. Joseph,

Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Sioux City, 1a., Detroit, Mich, Grand Rapids, Mich.,

Hastings, Neb., Parsons, Kan., Springfield, 111., Clinton, 111., Cedar Rapids, Ia.

Ours is a. business creamery system built up to meet hand separator conditions,

thereby paying. highest prices for cream. Yours truly,





BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY COMPANY





 





 





How in Ship Your cream to a

Blue Valley creamery





OUR GUARANTEE





You take no risk, in shipping your can of cream to

a Blue Valley Creamery. You are sure of the money

for your cream and our binding guarantee insures the

return of your empty can. No farmer has ever failed

to get his pay for his can of cream during all the

years we have been in business. lVe are proud, and

we think justly so, of this record and it is worth a

great deal to the farmer who is looking for a high

price cream market and one that is at the same

time reliable.





\Ve have thousands of letters on file in our offices

from shippers. \Ve will send you copies on appli—

cation. Each is a glowing recommendation of the

Blue Valley System.





Cream is always shipped by baggage or express

and low shipping rates have been fixed for 5, 8 and

10 gallon cans. The shipping charge includes the

return of your empty can. Ask your local express

agent or railroad agent about rates to our nearest

creamery. If he can’t give you the rates just drop

us a postal card and we will see that he is informed.

Our wagons meet all trains. Ship on any train

that carries express or baggage.





Write for printed shipping tags or use an ordinary

shipping tag and address it to the nearest Blue

Valley Creamery. Be sure your name and address

is on the tag and turn the can over to the transpor-

tation company. We will do the rest.





Write today, for our handsomely illustrated and

interesting short story, entitled, “The Fable of the

Cow.” It is free for the asking.



Ship a can of cream to us today and try the Blue

Valley System. Address our nearest creamery.





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pUse the Attached Couponq





BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY 00., X44





Gentlemen :—Send me Free, copy of “The Fable

of the Cow.”





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DETROIT, OCT. 3, 1914.





4—1-





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A FEW LEADING ARTICLES OF

THE WEEK.





 





Harvesting the Late Potato Crop.

-—A brief consideration Of meth-

ods used and needed prepara-

tions for the work ............... 273



Does Better Farming- Pay?—A

weighing of the relations be-

tween increased returns and in-

creased cost of production will

determine ..................... 274



Hill Selection for Potato Improve-

ment—Examples of results at-

tained by the hill selection meth-

0d and reasons therefor ........ 275



‘Fall Setting of Strawberries.—

Some reasons why this method

is best for the farmer if not for

the commercial grower .......... 277.



The Country Home.——A discussion

0f modern improvements from

the standpoint of their advan-

tage in the country home ....... 286



The Sugar Situation.-—Comments

on the consumption of sugar in

the United States and sources of

supply ............ . ............. 287



The Bean Crop and Quoted Prices.

—Interesting side lights on the

bean situation at the present

time .......................... 288



Preparing Bees for Winter.-—A

practical discussion Of the dif.

ferent methods Of wintering the

swarms ........................ 292





 





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





With Michigan’s bean

harvest practically

completed, and the

threshing season at

hand, the situation as it relates to. the

crop and market prospects is one of

intense interest to a large class of

Michigan farmers. A careful review

of the situation as revealed by our

special crop reporting service and

field inspection in many bean-growing

sections indicates that earlier esti-

mates Of the probable yield have been

altogether too high. The state crop

report for September indicated 80 per

cent of an average crop in the state,

but more recent advices from many

counties in the state make it appear

certain that the condition of the crop

has declined during the month which

has elapsed since the observations on

which that report was based were tak-

en. Harvest reports from many sec-

tions indicate that the crop did not

prove as good as was expected, and

it may be predicted with some degree

of confidence that the October report

and threshing reports which will soon

begin to come in will place our bean

crop for the current year many points





The Bean Sit-

uation.





below previous estimates. Scattering

reports from New York indicate a.

somewhat similar condition in that

State, so that with old stocks well

cleaned up at advanced prices soon

after the outbreak of the European

war, and with the practical certainty

that few, if any, European beans will

be imported tocompete with our pro-

duct during the coming year,'growers

have a right to figure on considerably

better prices for their bean crop than

they have received in recent years.

Other things being equal, a shorter

crop and an increased demand will

naturally bring about this result, so

with our present indications pointing

toward a shortened yield, a careful

study of 'all conditions which may be

expected to influence the market will

be profitable at this time.



Last year the bean market opened

for the new crop at a fairly satisfac-

tory figure, but with liberal market-

ing at the start the price quickly de-

clined as the available supply in deal-

ers’ warehouses increased. There

was, however, a. general feeling

among well informed growers and

dealers who were frank enough to ex-

press an honest Opinion, that the mar-

ket would again advance as soon as

stocks commenced to move toward

the ultimate consumer. But an up-

ward trend of prices was long in com-

ing, the price of the commodity being

represented by a long, downward

curve for many months, due, it was

freely charged by many dealers, to a.

speculative influence exerted on the

market by the big operators in beans

by methods which virtually gave them

temporary control of the distributing

market. Be that as it may. this down-

ward market curve was similar,

though more marked, to that of imme-

diately preceding years. This year

very different conditions prevail at the

opening of the market season, and if

a speculative control of the market

were made to succeed it is apparent

that dinerent methods must necessar‘

ily be employed to that end. In an-

other column of this issue appears a

communication from a dealer in one

of the important bean growing sec-

tions of the state, in which certain

large operators are charged with an

attempt to “bear” the bean market at

the very ‘start through the making of

exceedingly low official quotations on

beans for future delivery on the De-

troit market. Pursuant to the out-

break of hostilities in Europe, what

was left of last year’s crop in dealers’

hands was moved at a price around

$2.90 per bushel f. o. b. Michigan

points. The communication above re-

ferred to, appearing in another column

of this issue, contains the statement

of which documentary proof is offer-

ed, that “the selling price at present

on the eastern markets is $2.50 to

$2.60 f. o. b. common Michigan

points." At the same time beans are

quoted in this market at $2.25 for im-

mediate shipment and $2.15 for Octo-

oer delivery. Advices from several im-

portant bean counties indicate that

farmers are getting $2.25 per bushel

for new beans at the local elevators.

The current Chicago quotations are

$2.90@3.00 for choice hand-picked

pea beans, and $2.25@2.75 for com-

mon. These prices are about compar-

able with the eastern quotations and

Michigan prices as above given.



It is natural and to be expected that

the high price at which the residue of

last year’s crop was finally cleaned

up would not be maintained with a

new crop of uncertain yield, but for

which crop statistics gave good prom-

ise, just ready to come on the mar-

ket, since the history of the bean mar-

ket in former years has been that a.

large part of the crop has been dump-

ed on the early market. The reduc-

tion in eastern quotations is a reason-

able one and to be expected. But not-

withstanding the low quotations on

sales for future delivery on the De-

troit market, the present outlook as

to yield and market demand does not

indicate a. decline in values. hence the





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conclusion that it would. be-thc part





'of wisdom for Michigan bean grewers





to market their crop conservatively,

this year. 'A careful consideration of

the wholly legitimate factors which

will enter into the market this year

also points to the same conclusion.

On account of the generally unsettled

conditions, money is being closely

held at the present time, and many

bean dealers will find it difficult to

finance operations on their usual scale

for the simple reason that their bank-

ers will not loan them the money.

This means that if prices are to be

maintained at their maximum level a

larger percentage than usual of the

Michigan bean crop must be held for

a time in original hands, to be sold as

the market will take them for imme-

diate distribution.



Many farmers will not be in a. panic

tion to hold their entire crap, as they

will need the money which the beans

will bring for immediate use. If itis

impossible to secure needed money in

any other way, they will be obliged to

sell at the market, which, on the

whole, will give them a. fair return for

their crop. In such cases conservative

marketing can often be practiced by

selling a part of the crop and holding

the balance against future needs. In

that case it will generally be more

satisfactory to sell to the local dealer

who will make the best bid, unless the

crop is particularly good in quality,

in which case a. market might be

found with the wholesale grocers of

a nearby city or in smaller quantities

with the retail grocers in adjacent

towns. For inexperienced shippers

this method will be more satisfactory

than attempting to ship standard

grades to distant markets. .



We shall undertake to give our

readers the most accurate information

possible regarding the extent and

quality of the bean crop as more defi-

nite knowledge becomes available.

We shall also endeavor to keep them

advised regarding the trend of mar-

ket values and their apparent rela-

tion to supply and demand. In the

meantime we have not hesitated to

advise strong holding or at least con-

servative marketing, to the end that

Michigan growers may reap a maxi-

mum proflt from this year’s bean crop

since, aside from the usual relation of

the crop to' the immediate demand for

consumption, beans are a staple pro-

duct which should share with grains

and other staple foodstuffs in any gen—

eral rise in values which may result

from the continuation of the devas-

tating European war.



Last week Secretary



Patriotism and of the Treasury Mc-

Bankers. Adoo took a practical

step toward reliev-



ing the financial situation which is to

some extent at least, handicapping

business, including the marketing of

farm products at fair prices. This





step was the publication of a “Black.





List ” of National banks that are

“hoarding” reserves beyond the per-

centage which the secretary thinks

“patriotic” under present conditions.

The published list of such banks in-

cludes about 250 banks, located most-

ly in the south and west, but includ-

ing three Michigan banks. This list

was based on reports to the comp-

troller of the currency in answer to

his call of September 12, showing that

the reserves in the published banks

run from 25 per cent to 74 per cent,

the legal minimum being 15 per cent.

The Michigan banks named reported

from 27 per cent to 33 per cent in re-

serves. The secretary takes the

ground that if the large amount of

inactive funds piled up in banks was

invested in commercial or agricultural

paper, or loaned on proper security

the present situation-would be greatly

relieved. He proposes to enforce a.

greater degree of “patriotism” on the

part of offending bankers by the pub-

lication of further black lists as cir-

cumstances may require, and by with-

holding future issues of currency or

deposits of federal funds from banks





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that " refuse ,rcasonabid" credits“: or

charge excessive interest rates. ,.



This is" a mOve in the right direction

and should accomplish beneficial re-

sults. If a similar “club” could be

held over state banks in Michigan it

would be a wholesome influence.

Viewed from the standeint of the av-

erage businessman, the average bank-

or is not much given to “patriotism”

in the matter of helping the business

situation when help is most needed.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





The European Wan—Although dos»





perate fighting has continued through-

out the past week, the positions occu-

pied by the different armies have

changed but little. In Prussia where

the Germans and Russians are man-

ouvering for advantage, there appears

to be little headway made by either

of the combatants. The last report

ggiggstsi however, that the Kaiser is



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move, however, necessitates the de-'





tense. of Krakow in Austria and Bres-

lau in southeastern Prussia, points

that are threatened by the Czar's

army now Operating in Austria. In

the latter country the Russians have

taken Przemysl and are now march-

ing _ against Krakow. The German

armies in East Prussia have been re-

inforced and Germans are also assists

ing the Austrians against the Russian

advance. The great battle in France

continues; for over two weeks the

Germans and the Allies have been in

a desperate conflict to the northwest

of Paris on the banks of the Marne,

_Ois_e and Meuse rivers. Reports would

indicate that the Kaiser’s troops have

been forced to retire at different

points along the battle front, although

on Sunday a desperate attempt was

made to break the Allies’ line at the

center near Rheims. The flanking

movement of the Allies' left is not

only forcing the German right back,

but. is also threatening her communh

cations through Belgium. Because of





this the Germans under General Von





Kluck are throwing heav f rces

against the English and Freii’ch. 0The

Servrans are reported to have taken

the most important of the islands in

the Save River near Belgrade. In a

14-hour battle between the Japanese

and Germans on the outskirts of

Tsing Tao, China, the Japanese are

said to have been successful. On

Sunday, Paris, Antwerp, Ghent and

nine smaller Belgian towns were at-

tacked by German aviators; while

several persons were injured by the

bursting bombs, but little damage

was done to fortifications. Last week

the German government asked per«

mission of Switzerland to allow Ger-

man forces to pass through that coun-

try. The request was refused, and

Italy has promised to aid Switzerland

in the event Germany attempts to

send troops across the little republic.



'Mexmo is again in trouble. Gen.

Villa hasrevolted against the Carran-

za administration. It is declared that

Carranza refuses to reform the land

laws which are held to be at the bot-

tom of all Mexican troubles, and to

which he was committed during the

campaign against Huerta. The latest

reports indicate that a majority of the

rebel chiefs favor Gen. Villa, and it is

expected that little fighting will be

necessary to oust Gen. Carranza. As

yet .no battles have taken place.



Sir James Whitney, premier of Ont-

ario, died September 25, after a long

illness. He was one of the Conserva-

tive. leaders in the fight against the

Reciprocity Treaty with the United

States during President Taft’s admin-

istration.



, National.



The House of Representatives has

approved the $100,000,000 war revenue

bill of the administration.



The Federal government has insti-

tuted a campaign designed to discour-

age banks from hoarding money. The

Secretary of the Treasury has already

begun the publication of lists of banks

that are hoarding funds or who refuse

to make loans on good security. The

first .list contains the names of 250

banking institutions. While Federal

banks are the first to be affected by

the secretary’s order, state banks are

also to be dealt with in a similar

manner.



.The Interstate Commerce Commis-

smn has been obliged to delay the

railroad rate question case for one

month.



Rear Admiral Herbert Winslow, U.

. N., retired, is dead at Florence.

Italy. He was in command of the

United States battleship in the battle

of Santiago, and landed the first de-

tachment of American marines at

Taku. China. during the Boxer trouble.



The revenue cutter Tahoma went

ashore on the Aleutian Islands last

week, and will probably be a total

loss. Sixty of the crew of 90 persons

have been res.

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A Land of Wasted Agricultural P0551b111t1es





TRANGE, indeed, it must seem



to the modern American farmer



when he pauses in his study of

commercial fertilizers and better

farming methods and reflects on the

startling fact that there is a land not

far away where many farmers, instead

of fertilizing, merely bury a wooden

idol in each field, and where, on many

farms, the same crops have been rais-

ed and the same primitive tools and

methods have been used for a thou-

sand Years! .



That land is Mexico. It is a land of

agricultural contrasts—where sleek

cattle browse in lush pastures and in-

dolent natives drowse in the shade

and use imported canned milk; where

in one field a young Mexicano with

snappy, black eyes may be seen driv‘

ing a team hitched to a modern steel

plow and in the adjoining field an old,

old Indian shuffles sleepily along be-

tween the bean rows, scratching the

soil with a. pronged stick; a land

where prodigal nature, with lavish

hand, has caused to flourish every va-

riety of vegetation found between the

Arctic Ocean and the Equator, yet

corn and beans constitute the princi-

pal diet and frequently not enough are

raised to meet the requirements of

home consumption.



“The merciful hand of Providence,”

says Lempriere, “has bestowed on the

Mexicans a magnificent land abound~

ing in resources of all kinds—a land

where none ought to be poor, and

Where misery ought to be unknown—a

land whose product and riches of ev-

ery kind are abundant and as varied

as they are rich. It is a land endow-

ed to profusion with every gift that

man can desire or envy, every sort of

climate from perpetual snow to trop-

ical heat-—and inconceivable fertility."



Compare that with the unpleasant

fact that most of the people are both

poor and miserable, that out of the

fifteen million inhabitants scarcely

more than five thousand are land

owners, and we naturally ask—~what

is the matter with Mexico?



The question partly answers Itself.

Most of the trouble in Mexico can be

traced to the fact that the land is in

the possession of between five and

six thousand persons, which leaves the

other millions little better than slaves.



The problem is really a deep~rooted

one. Years ago when there were no

transportation facilities such as exist

in Mexico today, the Mexicans were

obliged to cultivate large tracts, call-

ed haciendas, in order to raise every-

thing necessary for their own con-

sumption. With the building of rail-

roads and highways that need has

passed, yet the owners of these vast

ancestral estates cling to every acre

as a matter of family pride. In many

cases they do not have the capital to

work their entire holdings, even if

they needed to do so. Hence, it is the

old story of the “dog in the manger.”

The people who have land do not use

it and the poor people who want land

cannot get it; This has caused unrest

for many years and is at the bottom

of most of the trouble in that land

of revolution. Regardless of how the

present revolution is settled, and ir-

respective of what form of govern-

ment is finally established, there will

be no permanent peace in Mexico un-





By LEMUEL LAWRENCE De BRA.





til the land question is satisfactorily

adjusted.



If peace can be restored, and some

arrangement made for cutting up the

immense holdings and selling them to

the people in small tracts, the future

of Mexico, from an agricultural stand—

point, will be exceptionally promising.



It will be many years, however, be-

fore Mexico comes into her own as a

factor in the production of farm pro-

duce. Agriculture in that country is

today in somewhat of a Chaotic Condi-

tion. Blessed with splendid climate





rubber trees, and scores of other pro—

ducts, many with unpronounceable

names, but all useful and valuable.

Most of our binding twine now comes

from the sisal plantations of Yucatan.

The east coast is the richest and

there have grown up such wealthy

cities as Vera Cruz, Tampico, Merida,

and Campeche. On the west coast the

rainfall is not so dependable and the

country is not so prosperous, although

the cities of Guaymas, Mazatlan, Man—

zanillo, Acapulco, and Salinas Cruz

are lively, bustling places. The cli-

mate in the so-called hot lands is

really delightful. The average tem-

perature is eighty degrees F.





kind of a forked stick that their an-

cestors used many centuries ago. And

that sto’ry of the wooden idol is no

fairy tale. One-third of the popula.

tion of Mexico are full-blooded Indi-

ans and many of them conscientiously

bury an idol in each field so the gods

will give them good crops. That is

the nearest they ever come to using

fertilizers. Even the barnyard manure

is not used.



The lofty Cordilleras, some of whose

peaks are clothed with eternal snow,

lift their heads in the center of Mexi-





 





 





From an altitude of 3,000 up to

about 6,500 feet, is the temperate cli-

mate, with an average yearly temper-

ature of from seventy-three to seven‘

ty-seven, seldom varying more than

six or eight degrees. Here is the fin-

est Mexican climate. There are no

sudden temperature changes. At some

of the more favored spots in this sec-

tion the trees take on their new spring

leaves while still green with the ver-

dure of the old year. There are no

heavy frosts, and yet it is too cool for

the many varieties of noxious insects

which infest the hot lands. Semi-

tropical and tropical products flourish

here, and sugar cane. and Wheat may





 





Alfalfa Thrives Throughout Mexico but Primitive Methods Limit the Eco-





nomic Uses to whic





be seen growing in adjoining fields.

From 6,500 feet up to the snowline





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Corn is a Staple Article of Diet and





Centuries.





and rich soil, the country does not

raise enough to feed her own people.

In 1912, over thirty million bushels of

wheat, and considerably more than a

million bushels of corn were imported

from the United States; Many car-

loads of pork products, and even

trainloads of live hogs are sent each

year to Mexico by American firms.

There are no richer truck gardens in

the world than those in the sunny

Mexico valleys, yet the Mexicans buy

any quantity of canned vegetables

from us, and they even import'fruit

from California. ,



No doubt their archaic methods of

farming are partly responsible for this

condition. Unbelievable as it may

seem, it is nevertheless true, that

thousands of farmers in Mexico have

never seen a steel plow. They are





scratching the ground with the same





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comparison with the other sections.

The temperature ranges from thirty-

five to seventy-five, and averages six-

ty. The climate is mild but invigorat-

ing. Mexico City lies in this section

and here, too, are the world famous

cactus plantations, rich mines, and

cattle ranges.



Never heard of a cactus plantation?

Excepting tobacco, it furnishes the

poorer Mexicans of the highlands with

everything they desire in life. There

are nearly five hundred varieties of

cacti growing on the great plateaus of

Mexico, and they range from inisgnifi-

cant little creeping plants up to the

magnificent and imposing Candelabra

Cactus which often reaches the height

of fifty feet. The species known as

the maguey, and which we call the

“Century Plant” in America, is the

most valuable. lts roots are cooked

for food and are also distilled to make

- avvery fiery intoxicating liquor which

Has Been Grown on Some fields for the Mexicans love. Its leaves are us-

ed to thatch houses. Molasses, vine-

co like the ridge of a tent and slope gar. paper, twine, cloth, ropes, and

gradually on either side down to the many .other valuable products are

coast. Barely three hundred miles made from the maguey. And from

separate the frozen mountain peaks its sap, the Mexican ferments pulque,

from the steaming jungles along the the national drink of Mexico. It re-

coast, and that stretch of land em- sembles our beer; but only in certain

braces the tropical, semi-tropical, and reSpects, for in appearance, taste and

temperate climates, and in which odor it resembles nothing under the

flourishes every sort of plant grown sun. Millions of dollars are invested

between the Arctic and the Equator. in the Dulque business and it is one

The morning sun, rising out of the of the greatest agricultural industries

Atlantic, shines at the same time on of Mexico. Long trains, loaded with

the banana and coffee plantations of nothing but pulque leave the great

Vera. Cruz,.and the winter wheat lands maguey plantations each morning and

of the cold foot-hills only a few miles rush into the City of Mexico to supply

distant. the thirsty natives who spend an av-



From the coast inland to an altitude erage of $10,000 a. day for the bev-

of about 3,000 feet is what is known erage.

as the hot lands. Here is tropical In the hot lands of the coast, the

climate and here grow all the pro- cocoanut tree is to the natives what

ducts of the tropics: bananas, coffee, the maguey is to the Mexicans of the

sugar cane, dye woods, cocoanut trees, (Continued on page 283).
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CHAPTER V.-—(Concluded).



There was very little in their ap-

pearance to attract the attention of a

young woman of Miss Barrington’s

upbringing. They had grave br‘onzed

faces, and wore, for the most part, old

fur coats stained here and there with

soil, and their mittens and moccasins

were not in good repair; but there

was a curious steadiness in their gaze

which vaguely suggested the slow

stubborn courage that upheld them

through the strenuous effort and grim

self-denial of their toilsome lives.

They were small wheat growers who

had driven in to purchase provisions

or inquire the price of grain, and here

and there a mittened hand was raised

to a well-worn cap, for the most of

them recognized Miss Barrington of

Silverdale Grange. She returned their

greetings graciously, and then swung

herself from the platform, with a

smile in her eyes, as a man came has-

tily and yet as it were with a certain

deliberation in her direction.



He was elderly, but held himself

erect, while his furs, which were

good, fitted him in a fashion which

suggested a uniform. He also were

boots which reached half-way to the

knee, and were presumably lined to

resist the prairie cold, which few men

at that season would do, and scarcely

a speck of dust marred their lustrous

exterior, while as much of his face as

was visible beneath the great fur cap

was lean and commanding. Its sali-

ent features were the keen and some-

what imperious gray eyes and long

straight nose, while something in the

squareness of the man’s shoulders and

his pose set him apart from the prai-

rie farmers, and suggested the cavalry

officer. He was, in fact, Colonel Bar-

rington, founder and autocratic ruler

of the English community of Silver-

dale, and he had been awaiting his

niece somewhat impatiently. Colonel

Barrington. was invariably punctual

and resented the fact that the train

had come in an hour later than it

should have done.



“So you have come back to us. We

have been longing for you, my dear,”

he said. “I don’t know what we should

have done had they kept you in Mont-

real altogether.”



Maud ‘ Barrington smiled, though

there was a. brightness in her eyes

and a. faint warmth in her check, for

the sincerity of her uncle’s welcome

was evident.



“Yes,” she said, “I have come back.

It was very pleasant in the city, and

they were all kind to me, but I think,

henceforward, I would sooner stay

with you on the prairie.”



Colonel Barrington patted the hand

he drew through his arm, and there

was a very kindly smile in his eyes as

they left the station and crossed the

track towards a little, and by no

means very comfortable,» wooden ho-

tel. He stopped outside it.



“I want to see the horses put in and

get our mail,” he said. “Mrs. Jasper

expects you and will have tea ready.”



He disappeared behind the wooden

building, and his niece standing a mo-

ment on the veranda watched the long

train roll away down the faint blur of

track that ran west to the farthest

verge of the great white wilderness.

Then with a little impatient gesture

she went into the hotel.



“That is another leaf turned down,

and there is no use looking back, but

I wonder what is written on the rest,"

she said.



'Twenty minutes later she watched

Colonel Barrington cross the street

with a. bundle of letters in his hand.

She fancied that his step, was slower

than it had been, and that he seemed





 





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but he spoke with quiet kindliness

when he handed her into the waiting

sleigh, and the girl’s spirits rose as

they swung smoothly northwards be-

hind two fast horses across the prai-

rie. It stretched away before her,

ridged here and there with a dusky

birch bluff or willow grove under a

vault of crystalline blue. The sun

that had no heat in it struck a silvery

glitter from the snow, and the trail

swept back to the horizon a sinuous

blue-gray smear, while the keen, dry

cold and sense of swift motion set the

girls blood stirring. After all, it seem-

ed to her, there were worse lives than

those the western farmer led on the

great levels under the frost and sun.

Colonel Barrington watched her with

alittle gleam of approval in his eyes.

“You are not sorry to come back to

this and Silverdale?” he said, sweep-

ing his mittened hand vaguely round

the horizon.



“No,” said the girl, with a little

laugh. “At least, I shall not be sorry

to return to Silverdale. It has acharm

of its own, for while one is occasion-

ally glad to get away from it, one is

even more pleased to come home

again. It is a somewhat purposeless

life our friends are leading yonder in

the cities. I, of course, mean the

women.”



Barrington nodded. “And some of

the men! Well, we have room here

for the many who are going to the

devil in the old country for the lack

of something worth while to do, al-

though I am afraid there is consider-

ably less prospect than I once fancied

there would be of their making any

money.”



His niece noticed the gravity in his

face, and sat thoughtfully silent for

several minutes while with the snow

hissing beneath it the sleigh dipped

into and swung out of a hollow.





Colonel Barrington had founded the

Silverdale settlement ten years ear-

lier and gathered about him other

men with a grievance who had once

served their nation, and the younger

sons of English gentlemen who had

no inclination. for commerce, and

found that lack of brains and capital

debarred them from either a political

or military career. He had settled

them on the land, and taught them to

farm, while, for the community pros-

percd at first when western wheat

was dear, it had taken ten years to

bring home to him the fact that men

who dine ceremoniously each even-

ing and spent at least a third of their

time in games of sport, could not well

compete with the grim bushmen from

Ontario, or the lean Dakota plowmen

who ate their meals in ten minutes

and toiled at least twelve hours every

day.



Colonel Barrington was slow to be-

lieve that the race he sprang, from

could be equaled, and much less beat-

en, at anything, while his respect for

and scrupulous observance of insular

traditions had cost him a good deal,

and left him a poorer man than he

had been when he founded Silverdale.

Maud Barrington had been his ward,

and he still directed the farming of

a good many acres of Wheat land

which she now held in her own right.

The soil was excellent, and would in

all probability have provided one of

the Ontario men with a very desirable

revenue, but Colonel Barrington had

no taste for small economies.



“I want to hear all the news," said

the girl. “You can begin at the be-

ginning—the price of wheat. I fancied

when I saw you, it' had been declin-

ing." ’ . ’



Barrington sighed a little. ' “Hard





cans, an;

wheat is five cents down, and I a'm

sorry I persuaded you to hold your

crop. ,I am very much afraid we shall

see the balance the wrong side again

next year.”



Maud Barrington smiled curiously.

There was no great cause for merri-’

ment in the information given her,

but it emphasized the contrast be-

tween the present and the careless

life she had lately led when her one

thought had been how to extract the

greatest pleasure from the day. One

had frequently to grapple with the

problems arising from scanty finances

at Silverdale.



“It will go up again,” she said.

there anything else?”



Barrington’s face grew a trifle grim

as he nodded. “There is, and while

I have not much expectation of an ad-

vance'in prices, I have been worry-

ing over another affair lately. -1



His niece regarded him steadily.



“You mean Lance Courthorne?”



“Yes,” said Barrington, who flick‘ed

the near horse somewhat viciously

with the whip. f‘He is also sufficient





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to cause any man with my responsibil- .





ities considerable anxiety.” _



Maud Barrington looked thoughtful.

“You fancy he will come to Silver-

dale?” .



Barrington appeared to be express-

ing. an inclination towards vigorous

speech with some difficulty, and a lit-

tle glint crept into his eyes. “If I

could by any means prevent it, the an-

swer would be, No. As it is, you

know that, while I founded it, Silver-

dale was one of Geoffrey ,Courthorne’s

imperalistic schemes, and a good deal

of the land was recorded in his name.

That being so, he had every right to

leave the best farm on it to the man

he had disinherited, especially as

Lance will not get a penny of the

English property. Still, I do not know

why he did so, because he never

spoke of him without bitterness."





“Yes,” said the girl, while a. little

flush crept into her face. “I was sor-

ry for the old man. It was a painful

story.” ’



Colonel Barrington nodded. “It is

one that is best forgotten—and you do

not know it all. Still, the fact that

the man may settle among us is not

the worst. As you know, there was

every reason to believe Geoffrey in-

tended all his property at Silverdale

for you.”



“I have much less right to it than

his son, and the colonial cure is not

infrequently efficacious,” said Miss

Barrington. “Lance may, after all.

quiet down and he must have some

good qualities."



The colonel’s smile was very grim.

“It is fifteen years since I saw him at

Westham, and they were not much in

evidence then. I can remember two

little episodes, in which he figured,

with painful distinctness, and one was

the hanging of a terrier which had in

some way displeased him. The beast

was past assistance when I arrived on

the scene, but the devilish pleasure in

the lad’s face sent a chill through me.

In the other, the gardener's lad flung

a stone at a blackbird on the wall

above the vinery,‘ and Master Lance,

who, I fancy, did not like the garden-

er’s lad, flung one through the glass.

Geoffrey, who was angry, but had not

seen what I saw, haled the boy before

him, and Lance looked him in the face

and lied with the assuranCe of 'an am-

bassador. The end was that the gar-

dener who was admonished ended the

innocent lad. These, my dear, are

somewhat instructive memories.”





“I wonder,” said Maud Barrington,

glancing out across the prairie which

was growing dusky now, “Why you

took the trouble to call them up for

me?” _



The colonel smiled dryly. “I never

saw a Courthorne who could not catch

a woman’s eye, or had any undue dif-

fldence about making the most of the

fact, and that is partly why they have

brought so much trouble on everybody

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colder country. These lofty cocoanut

palms sleepily nodding in the ocean’s

breezes are the first things of the

tropics to greet the traveler’s eyes,

and they remain the longest in his

memory. The trunks are sometimes

two feet thick and they quite fre-

quently reach the height of fifty feet,

bearing great clusters of cocoanuts

amidst their crowning tufts of feath-

ery leaves. The nuts provide the

Mexican with food and drink and the





 





 





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leaves are used for matting, clothing,

bags, baskets, etc. Paper, dishes,

spoons, and other valuable and useful

things are procured from the noble

cocoanut tree.



All the varieties of fruit you ever

heard of, and a score of others which

you have not, grow in Mexico but

there is very little fruit-raising as we

know it. Mexico needs a Burbank.

First, however, she needs practical

fruit-growers familiar with modern

methods. Poor fruit is a rule. The

best fruit found on the city markets

is imported from the United States.





Market gardening throughout Mex-

ico is practically all in the hands of

the Indians. They use ancient meth-

ods and their vegetables are as free

from fine flavors as the Indians seem

to be of ambition. Canned peas, as-

paragus, etc., are shipped to Mexican

cities from the United States.



Cotton is a staple product but they

do not raise enough to keep their hun-

dred or more cotton mills going. We

send Mexico a great deal of cotton

every year.



The same is true of wheat. There

are several modern flour mills in Mex-





THE“ MICHIGAN F‘ARM'ER





ico where it is claimed that corn has

been raised continuously for over a

thousand years. The corn shown in

the photograph herewith is supposed

to be the direct descendant of corn

raised in that field long before Colum-

bus was born. Corn is the main arti-

cle of diet in Mexico and we ship

them about a million bushels each

year because they do not grow enough.



Alfalfa flourishes in all parts of

Mexico. In many places they grow

two or three crops a year. Primitive

methods of handling keep back this

industry.



Pasturage is fairly good on the east

coast and there are spots there where

it is excellent the year around. On

the west coast the rainfall is rather

irregular. On the central plateaus it

is very dry and pasturage is conse-

quently very difliicult to find at times.



Irrigation seems to be the hope of

the country but the average Mexican

farmer lacks the capital to put

through any irrigation scheme. Lately

the states, and even the federal gov-

ernment, itself, have taken an interest

in the matter and when the present

revolution broke out there were sev-

eral big irrigation projects on foot.

What land is now under irrigation is

held at prohibitive prices.



Stock raising is a growing industry.

The cattle and beef shortage in the

United States has been a big boost for

the business in Mexico. Each year

many carloads of yearlings and two-

year-olds are shipped from the great

cattle ranges of northern Mexico to

our country, where we fatten them for

market. A large number are also sent

down to the pasture lands of the east-

ern coast to be fattened up for home

consumption.



Mexican cattle are a peculiar breed.

They are a mixture of the old bull~

fighting breeds imported from Spain

and the Brown Swiss dairy animals.

In the north, where they often have

to travel long distances to find water

and pasture, they are small and very

hardy. Farther south, and along the

coast, where pasture is better, the cat-

tle are larger, but owing to the heat

and the insects, are not so hardy.





There is no dairying worth men-

tioning. Outside of the cities where

there is a large foreign population,

there is little demand for high-class

dairy products. What demand there

is exceeds the supply. Often the na-

tives are too indolent to milk the

cows, preferring to use canned milk

imported from the United States.





There has been considerable im-

provement in late years in the hog

raising business, although it would

still be more proper to say the hogs

are simply allowed to grow up. They

subsist mostly by foraging and when

the owner gets tired of having them





 





 





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sufficient quantity to meet the de-

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hence the United States is looked to

for many millions of bushels every

year.



Corn is the principal feed grown.

Mexico is supposed to be the original

home of Indian corn, such as we grow

in our fields. There are fields in Mex-





around he sells them. Seventy-five per

cent of the hogs marketed are used

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purpose. The rest are consumed as

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lovers of fine horses but as a rule no

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The mule is more in demand because

a better pack animal.



From what has been set down above

it will be seen that Mexico is badly in

need of better stock, better methods

of farming, and better farmers. Most

of the country is still in a last cen-

tury sleep, but in some spots the Mex-

icans are sitting up and rubbing the

tag ends of pleasant dreams out of

their eyes.



American colonists are waking them

up. In late years many American

farmers have been induced to go to

Mexico and settle. Great colonies

have been formed and every effort

made by the Mexican government to

keep the American settlers.



Some colonists have done well, but

many have not. Most of the latter

failed to cosnider that they were go

ing to a strange country with strange

customs, and where the products of

the soil are quite different from what

we raise. Those who have succeeded

finally, managed to last until they be‘

came acclimated and had learned

their bitter lessons. \Vhere land can

be bought it is usually very, very

cheap, compared with the price of

land in the United States. But when

we consider markets the difficulty of

securing satisfactory labor, and all the

risks and dangers of pioneering it in

a new country, the proposition ap-

pears entirely different.



Opportunities there are aplenty; but

it takes the man of wide experience

and mature judgment to see them. As

time passes, things will grow better

in Mexico, and no doubt after the

present war is settled there will be a

great awakening.



Awakening! That’s the word. Mex~

ico is asleep. Centuries ago its in-

habitants were better farmers than

they are today. In opportunities,

alone. is Mexico a new land; in his-





, tory it is sadly old. There are trees





centuries old, who roots feed on the



crumbling ruins of great cities which



were apparently as rich and powerful



as any modern city in Mexico today,



yet their history, and even their



names, are lost in the dim mists of



antiquity. Says the poet:



“World wrongly called the new! this

clime was old



When first the Spaniard came, in

search of gold.



Age after age its shadowy wings had

spread,



And man was born and gathered to

the dead;



Cities arose, ruled, dwindled to .decay.



Empires were formed, then darkly

swept away:



Race followed race, like cloudshades

o’er the field,



The stranger still to strangers doomed





0 yield.

Till to invading Europe bowed their

- pride,

And pomp, art, power, with Monte-

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WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE.





 





(Continued from page 282).

connected with them. Further, it is

unfortunate that women are not infre-

quently more inclined to be gracious

to the sinner who repents, when it is

worth his while, than they are to the

honest man who has done no wrong.

Nor do I know that it is only pity

which influences them. Some of you

take an exasperating delight in pic-

turesque rascality.”



Miss Barrington laughed, and fear

lessly met her uncle’s glance. “Then

you don’t believe in penitence?”



“Well,”- said the colonel dryly, "I

am, I hope, a Christian man, but it

would be difficult to convince me that

the gambler, cattle-thief, and whisky-

runner who ruined every man and wo-

man who trusted him will be admit-

ted to the same place as clean-lived

English gentlemen. There are, my

dear, plenty of them still.”



Barrington spoke almost fiercely,

and then flushed through his tan,

when the girl looking into his eyes

smiled a little. “Yes,” she said, “I

can believe it, because I owe a good

deal to one of them.” .



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rented, for, dogmatic, domineering,

and vindictive as he was apt to be oc—

casionally, the words he had used ap-

plied most fitly to Colonel Barrington.

His word at least had never been

broken, and had he not adhered stead-

fastly to his own rigid code, he would

have been a good deal richer than he

was then.

comings which were burlesqued vir-

tues, and ludicrous .now and then,

greatly detract from the stamp of dig-

nity which, for speech was his worst

point, sat well upon him. He was in-

nately conservative to the backbone,

though since an ungrateful govern.

ment had slighted him he had become

an ardent Canadian, and in all politi-

cal questions aggressively democratic.



“My dear, I sometimes fancy I am

a hypocritical old fogy!” he said, and

sighed a little, while once more the

anxious look crept into his face. “Just

now I wish devoutly I was a. better

business man.”



Nothing more was said for a little

and Miss Barrington watched the

crimson sunset burn out low down on

the prairie’s western rim. Then the

pale stars blinked out through the

creeping dusk, and a great silence and

an utter cold settled down upon the

waste. The muffled thud of hoofs,

and the crunching beneath the sliding

steel seemed to intensify it, and there

was a suggestion of frozen brilliancy

in the sparkle flung back by the snow.

Then a coyote howled dolefully on a

distant bluff, and the girl shivered as

she shrank down further amidst the

furs.



“Forty degrees of frost,” said the

colonel. “Perhaps more. Thisis very

different from the cold of Montreal.

Still, you’ll see the nights of Silver--

dale from the crest of the next rise.”



It was, however, an hour before

they. reached them, and Miss Barring

ton was almost frozen when the first

square loghouse rose out of the prai-

rie. -It and others that followed it.

flittcd by, and then, flanked by a great

birch bluff, with outlying barns, gran~

aries, and stables looming black about

it against a crystalline sky, Silverdale

Grange grew into shape across their

way. Its rows of ruddy windows cast

streaks of flickering orange down the

trail. The haying of dogs changed in-

to a joyous clamor, when the colonel

reined in his team, half~seen men in

furs waved a greeting, and one who

risked frost-bite with his cap at his

knee handed Miss Barrington from

the sleigh and up the veranda star-

way.



She had need of the assistance, for

her limbs were stiff and almost pow.

erless, and she gasped a. little when

she passed into the drows warmth

and brightness of the great log-walled

hall. The chilled blood surged back

tingling to her skin, and swaying with

a creeping faintness she found refuge

in the arms of a gray‘haired lady who

stooped and kissed her gently. Then

the door swung to, and she was home

again in the wooden grange of Silver-

dale, which stood far remote from any

civilization but its own on the frozen

levels of the great white plaid,





 





CHAPTER VI.

Anticipations.



T was late at night, and outside the

prairie lay white and utterly silent

under the arctic cold, When Maud



Barrington, who glanced at it through

the double windows, flung back the

curtains with a little shiver, and turn-

ing towards the fire sat down on a

little velvet footstool beside her aunt’s

knee. She had shaken out the coils

of lustrous brown hair which flowed

about her shoulders, glinting in the

light of the shaded lamp, and it was

with a little gesture of physical con-

tent she stretched her hands towards

the hearth. A crumbling birch .log

still gleamed redly amidst the feath-

ery ashes, but its effect was chiefly

artistic, for no open fire cOuld have

dissipated the cold of the prairie, and

a big tiled stove, brought from Teu~





Nor did his little short-‘
OCT. 3, 1914.





tonic MinneSota, furnished the need-

ful warmth.



The girl’s face was partly in shad-

ow, and her figure foreshadowed by

her pose, which accentuated its round-

ed outline and concealed its willowy

slenderness; but the broad white fore-

head and straight nose became visible

when shemoved her head a trifle, and

a faintly humorous sparkle crept into

the clear brown eyes. Possibly Maud

Barrington looked her best just then,

for the lower part of the pale-tinted

face was a trifle too firm in its mod-

eling. (Concluded next week).





 





THE FARMER AND THE STUMP.





 





 





Old stump! You at last the earth

have left,



You clung to each clod and sod and

cleft.



Upturned you lie, like a giant felled—



’Twas a hard won fight that saw you





quelled.



Your tangled roots have cleaved to

earth-—



To old Mother Nature who gave you

birth.





Long years ago, ’ere the barons came

And left of the trees but the stumps-—

the name, .

Cutting the pines With the saw so

0 ,



Changing}:d the logs for the glitt’ring

go :



You reared your head to the sunny

Sky,



High, filigh up, Where the wild birds





y.

Two hundred feet your head you





reared,



You sang your night wind song as

wierd.



Your feathered branches gently

waved,



Yet many a boist’rous storm you

braved,



Where Nature’s whisperings never





cease

You lived, in the virgin forest peace.

Old forest guard! you never slept,

Full many a secret you have kept,

Of mated birds that builded nests

High in the highest trees’ tall crests.

Close guafd you stood o’er the Indian

trai .

Far on the lake you saw a sail.

Under your shade there walked the

bear;

Never was seen the sunlight’s glare

Upon the ground; for your plumage

wove

A mantle no sunny rays would move.

A carpet of needles soft you spread

For the feet of the many beasts that





Spe

Past to their haunts with a tread so





. light;

Or, stopped to quarrel a while, or

fight

Soft with your neighbors you com-





muned,





.To Nature’s chord was your will at-





tuned.





But man had need of your lumber .





fine,



Of the heart of the grand old forest

pine. .



To build a house wherein to live,



So he took what the forest had to

_ give.



Into your heart with a sweeping clash



Went the gleaming saw. With a

rumbling crash _



You came to the ground. The saw-

yers’ sang,



To the echoes clear the bright saw





rang.

Your heart they took to be stripped '





and planed



And only your plumes and this stump

remained!



This stump I’ve wrested from out the

ground



No more a thing to be plowed around.



Leveled the earth Where you stood

shall be



A growing crop Where there stood a

tree.



You served your purpose. You gave

your best .



That iglan with your bounty might be



est.



A part you’ve been in Nature’s plan



Of the forest timbered ofi by man.



So may Ibe. May I do my best



To make the world more happy. Blest



With the happy thought of a life well

spent



In helping others; a soul content.



And may I love and serve and fear



The Gfid who made me and placed me

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That is what users paid dealers last month





for this new-model HUDSON Six-40: that is,'





they paid weekly, on the average, $930,000.

They bought the limit of our output‘thO cars

per day—and urged us to build cars faster.





The World’s Record

Among Class Cars





That is the record demand for a'quality car.

The HUDSON Six-40 now- outsells any

car in the world with a price above $1,200.





HUDSON sales today are five times larger

than last year at this time. Yet the HUDSON

has long been a leading car. Such an increase

as that—five-fold in one year—was never before

made on a well-known car.





We trebled our output in July, when this 1915

model came out. But in 30 days we had 4,000

unfilled orders. Thousands of men—with other





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cars plentiful—waited weeks for this HUDSON

Six-40. No other car would do.





The Magic Model





You should see at once the new car which has

wrought this magic. It has upset all the old

ideals, and changed all former standards.





It is 1,000 pounds lighter than former cars of

this Size, yet never was a car more sturdy. A

new-type motor saves about 30 per carton fuel.





It brings out countless new attractions in

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He has worked for four years toperfectit. All

the 47 other HUDSON engineers have worked

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now. The 1915 models are out now, so you

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You have leisure now, and the coming months

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we have already shipped almost 1,000 cars by





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ty years for a. galvanized steel post.



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Do the Corners of Your Mouth Turn Up?





 





OU’VE all heard the story of the

famous artist who, with one

stroke of the brush could change



the portrait of a laughing child to a

crying one. And, perhaps you’ve heard

of the equally famous mother who,

with one stroke of the slipper could

work the same change in real life.

We’ve seen instances galore of laugh-

ing faces turned into sad or sullen

ones, and the change is never

pleasant.



Not so often do we heard of unhap-

py faces turned into happy ones, al-

though the change is so easily made.

The same will which draws down the

corners of the lips could as easily

draw them up, if so directed, and the

miracle is worked.





Have you ever stopped to think of

the moral obligation you owe your

family and society, as regards the cor-

ners of your mouth? Don’t you know

it is a crime which should be punish-

ed by solitary confinement to go about

with drooping mouth, when (by exer-

cising a little will power you could

make the corners quirk up pleasantly?

No matter whether you feel pleasant

or not, you have no right to go about

shedding gloom over others, when the

working of a few muscles could make

them feel joyous. You know yourself

how the sight of a smiling face makes

you feel good, while a gloomy, cross

countenance gives you the creeps.

What right, then have you to make

life harder for others, when such a

little thing as a smile can ease things

up so much?





The sunniest faced woman I know

is a music teacher who, a year ago,

was the gloomiest looking individual

in Michigan, yes, or the whole U. S.

A. I’ll admit she had much to make

her gloomy. Her husband failed in

business and blew his brains out as

a way of making things easier for his

wife. She was left with two children

to support, and nothing but a musical

education which had been slipping

away from her through disuse. Com-

petition was keen and her doleful

countenance didn’t help her much in

getting pupils, for children like cheer-

ful teachers. Life was certainly dark,

and instead of trying to pick out a

few bright things to think about, she

dwelt constantly on her troubles,

growing meanwhile more and more

sour of face and acid of speech.



It was a dirty-faced street urchin

who worked the miracle for her. She

was walking up the avenue, after just

having been politely told the children

had decided on another teacher, (by

way of parenthesis, why do the chil-

dren decide, nowadays, instead of

father and mother?), when she met a

particularly grubby-faced ragged news-

boy. Always hating dirt, she scowled

a little more deeply than usual, as the

lad took her in with an impish grin.

Her scowl, instead of abashing the

youngster, evidently appealed to his

sense of humor.



“Hello, lemons,’ he shrilled at her,

“Why don’t you join the sunshine

club?” And he dodged up the street

shouting, “Ho, kids, somebody fetch

a blue ribbon. I’ve found the prize

lemon.”



For the first time the little woman

saw herself as she appeared to oth-

ers. If she had grown so sour that

even the newsboys noticed her looks,





how must she appear to the people

whose patronage she sought? How

must she appear to her own two little

ones who had to spend their whole

time in her society? Was it any won-

der the children were beginning to

want to be away from home as much

as possible? Was it any wonder she

found family after family deciding to

take another teacher, even though

that teacher hadn’t half her ability

and recommendations? Who did want

a “lemon” around and, more than all

that, who cared for her sorrows?

Come to think of it soberly, probably

everyone had troubles of their own.

She had never been particularly anx-

ious to hear others complain, nor to

be with people who weren’t cheerful.

Why should she expect anyone to seek

her society if she was to mope and

mourn all the while?



Right there on the street she re-

solved to smile, no matter how she

felt. And although her first attempt

was a sorry affair she did force the

semblance of a smile to her face and

proceeded on her way. It was hard

work at first, to make her mouth turn

up instead of down. But a firm will





helped her out and in time she fixed

smile became a really one. From

looking pleasant, she began to feel

pleasant, for things came her way.

Pupils were attracted to her because

she looked happy, her class grew, and

as success came to her, worry reced-

ed and congenial work gradually

drove out unhappy memories. The

miracle didn’t happen in a day, nor

without a hard strugglefbut it came

about in time and repaid a hundred

fold.



It has often seemed queer to me

that so many good people seem to

think it a duty to look sour or sad.

Indded, I’ve often thought that the

greater professions of goodness some

folks make, the crosser they look, as

though goodness and smiles were in

some way incompatible. When you

stop to think how good inside a warm

smile from another makes you feel,

and how sort of doleful and unhappy

and dissatisfied with everything a

gloomy face makes you, isn’t it a.

pretty good hint to you that we were

meant to perk up and look \cheerful?

Really, it’s a greater wrong to look

cross than it is to steal, for a cross

look robs everyone about, while the

theft really only harms two people.



DEBORAH.





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HE COUNTRY HOME





._____





BY L. L. DE BRA.





Once upon a time, as all good StOI‘“





ies begin, a certain man and a certain

maid were joined in the holy bonds of

matrimony.



When they had partially recovered

from that delicious delirium known as

“Honeymoonitis,” and had learned

that they were still on this cold and

inhospitable earth, they began to

think seriously about a house to shel-

ter themselves.



“We’ll rig up the old cabin on my

lower forty,” said the man. “It will

do until we can afford to build a big

house of our own.”



“But,” mildly objected the young

wife, “can’t we have just a little house

built according to our own plans? I’m

sure We can afford it.”



The young husband was thoughtful

for a moment. The money was in the

bank; but he had intended using it to

buy more land and a few more head

of stock.



“Well, I guess so,” he replied, final-

ly, “but ”



“Just a cozy little cottage,” persist-

ed the young wife. “A place with a

pretty yard, a small garden, a few

flowers, and a nice, pleasant porch

where we can sit evenings and talk

and—’9



“Yes, dear, but—”



“And a large window so we can look

out over the fields, and a fireplace

where we can gather ’round of a win-

ter’s evening with a few friends and

pop corn and eat apples and—”



“Yes, yes, yes, my dear, but—"



“And cheery bedrooms with large

windows to let in the sun and air, a

roomy but handy kitchen with run-

ning water, and a restful little parlor

with a bookcase built in the wall,

and—”



“Jeber Socks!” broke in the hus-

band. “What kind of a house are you

thinking of?”



The young wife flashed him a happy

smile as she took the man by his two

ears and gently pulled his face down

to hers. ,



“Why, you poor, foolish man," she





 





murmured. “I’m not thinking of a

house at all. I’m thinking of a home!”

The man was a reasonable creature.

He thought of his own home. He re-

membered the plumbing they had al-

ways done without; he remembered

his mother bent sideways with the

weight of a water pail. His home had

been a home; but still there had been

something the matter with it. And

come to think of it, his father had al-

ways talked of building a new place;

and it has never amounted to anything

more than talk. '



So they went on a spree of books

and plans and dreams.



First of all to be decided upon was

the location. The cabin was near the

road but it was in a slight hollow.

They fixed on a spot farther up the

slope. Here they would be able to

look over their fields from the big

window. And besides, it would be in

the middle of their acres instead of

away off at one end.



When it was all over there was a

house-warming, of course. And the

house-warmers drove down a broad

lane from the road to be greeted by

a white, hospitable-looking house with

a large porch that fairly invited one

to sit on it.



In the living—room was a big, rough-

brick fireplace, and a built-in book-

case already weighted with books.

Back of that, through the folding

doors, was the dining-room with high

wainscoting and two big windows.





The kitchen, first of all, was light, for





that was where the young wife would

spend most of her time. The faucet

above the open plumbing sink was

piped from a large supply tank. The

young wife would never tire her back

with water hauling.



“It’s expensive,” said one visitor

dubiously.



“So it is,” admitted the man, “but

none too good for the wife.”



The bedrooms were full of sunlight,

as, indeed, all the rooms were, and

the bathroom was placed between the

two, largest, with doors opening into

each.



When the young husband and the

young wife had grown older they nev-





 





er regretted the money spent on their

home.



It has been said, and wisely: “The

home scenes with, which we are sur-

rounded have to do not only with our

enjoyment of beauty but go deeper

and affect our habits and character as

well.”



The importance of home environ-

ment is not over appreciated. It may

almost be said that what the home

is, so the children will be."



All bail to the farmer who believes

in plumbing, electric lights, ventila-

tion, sanitation, sunlight, a nice lawn,

and a big veranda. Be he the veriest

scoundrel, there is hope for him in

the hereafter.



True, those things, alone, do not

make a home. There must be a home-

feeling. But that home-feeling does

not flourish any too well in an ugly

box house with a stingy, rickety porch

and dirt yard. The possession of mon-

ey may bring some satisfactionl; but

charater is priceless. And character

develops best in a good home.





 





THE HUMBLE PUMPKIN.





 





BY ADELA S. CODY-





Hidden among the stately corn

A vine went cheerfully creeping ,

Gathering the dews of the golden

morn

Each day in its careful keeping.





On mats of its spotted leaves it set

Big flower-bowls, gold in color,



And kept on growing, and did not fret

As daily the flowers grew duller.





For gillolbes as golden their places





le —

Chests stored with the summer’s

bounty

And when the brave vine by the frost

was killed,

Its fruit took the prize of the

county.

Then when Thanksgiving Day came

apace,

And breezes with its spice grew

drunken,





Sugar and cinnamon, eggs and mace,

And milk were tribute to pumpkin,





Till circled by pie-crust, flaky and

brown,

Moulded by fingers most able,

Of the gifts of the harvest a worthy

crown,

It adorned the Thanksgiving table.





SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.





 





A roll of paper with a string tied

around the middle, so as to leave a

loop to hang by, makes a good hanger

for waists, light dresses, or children’s

clothes.



To make bluing get. five cents worth

of indelible blue at the drug store,

put in a large bottle and fill with soft

water. Keep filling with water as the

bluing is used out. This makes

enough to last an ordinary family two

or three years and is much superior

to the ordinary bluing—D. L. M.





TOPICS ~larc—FfifilfivvomEN's

CONGRESS.





 





Mrs. Julian Heath, of New York,

President of the National Housewives’

League, will be one of the speakers at

the fourth annual meeting of the Con-

gress of Farm Women to be held in

Wichita, Kansas, October 12-15. Home

sanitation, hygiene, better schools,

cooking, good roads and various sub—

jects bearing upon rural home life

will be discussed by notable persons.



The annual meeting of the Interna-

tional Farm Women’s Press Associa-

tion will be held at the sametimeand

place as the Congress of Farm Wom-





en, of which it isan auxiliary.
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THE SUGAR SITUATION.





 





BY FLOYD w. ROBISON. .



The American housewives, at this

period of the year, have become ac-

customed to an increase in, the price

of sugar. This has been called by

them the canning season raise in sug-

ar. The canning season during this

present year opens, however, clearly

without a precedent, and we are con-





' fronted with a general raise in prices





of food products all over the country.

The claim advanced as the cause of

this raise is the war situation abroad.

In this period farmers have seen a

marked rise in the price of wheat.

This rise has taken place in spite of

the fact that lack of transportation

facilities has prevented the exporta-

tion of wheat to Europe and evidently

is caused by an anticipated demand

for the prdouct a little later on.



The rise in the price of potash‘salts

is without doubt caused by the em-

bargo placed upon the exportation of.

potash salts from Europe. The rise in

the price of sugar likewise is un-

doubtedly caused in part, at least, by

the difficulty with which this product

is being imported from Europe.



United States Leads the World in



Sugar Consumption.



In the last few years the United

States has become an enormous con-

sumer of sugar. If one were called

upon to guess as to the per capita

consumption of sugar in the United

States it would indeed be remarkable

if he could anywhere near give an es.

timate of what this is. We have a.

population in the United States of ap-

proximately 100,000,000, and last

year’s consumption of sugar, for all

purposes, within the United States,

amounted to approximately 4,000,000

tons. This is 8,000,000,000 pounds of

sugar and means a consumption of

about 80 pounds of sugar for each

man, woman and child within the Uni-

ted States.



One is compelled to pause and think

of such tremendous figures as these

for it may be said that the consump-

tion of sugar has been but recently

removed from the columns of lux-

uries. ‘



Sugar is a modern product and its

everyday use dates not so far back as

to be beyond the memory of many

that are living now. It may be easily

understood, when one realizes the tre-





‘mendous grip which this food product





has upon the nation, that our pioneer

agriculturists in this country were

elated beyond measure when it was

found that by the raising of sugar

beets in the northern states, our farms

could be put to use in the production

of this food product with its ever in-

creasing demand. We distinctly re-

member with what a feeling of pride

our own Dr. Kedzie, who may be con-

sidered the pioneer in Michigan in ad-

vocating this industry, exhibited the

first hundred pounds of granulated

beet sugar produced in the factories

of Michigan, and Michigan beet sugar

even though produced in quite consid-

erable quantities is really but a drop

in the bucket in so far as the world

production of sugar is concerned.

Where the Sugar Comes From.



The United States during the past

year imported fully one-fourth of the

total European supply of sugar.



The opinion is current among house-

holders that there is a distinct differ-

ence between cane sugar and beet

sugar. As a matter of fact, probably

half of the granulated sugar which is

sold in the United States is beet sug-

ar, but refined beet sugar is just as

wholesome and just as valuable as is

cane sugar, and we do not believe the

difference can be detected in the or-

dinary procsses Of consumption. ‘



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Islands supply us with our largest

amounts of cane Sugar, but aside from

this, fully as much is undoubtedly im-

ported from Europe, and what we im-

port from Europe is not cane sugar

but beet sugar. In the zone which is

at present in the throes of one of the

most devastating wars of history ex-

ists practically Europe's entire sugar

production, comprising France, Bel-

gium, Germany, Austria and Russia.

Last year these countries produced

practically 8,000,000 tons of sugar;

8,000,000 tons is 16,000,000,000 pounds,

and one-fourth of this enormous quan-

tity, or 4,000,000,000 pounds, or 2,000,-

000 tons,'was shipped to the United

States to help staisfy the American

sweet tooth.



Of this quantity imported from Eu.

rope approximately 800,000 tons came

from France, which we know is the

home of the beet sugar industry.

Sometimes it is difficult to see where-

in war contributes anything to the

prosperity of a country, but we must

attribute to one of the greatest wars

of history, and credit to the most re-

nowned general of modern times the

inception of the sugar beet industry.

If history is correctly written, Napol-

eon is the father Of. the beet sugar in-

dustry, and his France in the year

1913 produced approximately 800,000

tons of beet sugar. The little coun-

tries Of Belgium and Holland together

produced approximately 500,000 tons;

Austria, 1,710,000 tons; Russia, 1,750;

000 tons, and Germany produced more

than one-third of Europe’s total sup-

ply, Or 2,738,000 tons. This total pro-

duction of beet sugar, approximately

8,000,000 tons, all within the circum-

ference of Europe’s war zone, may

give us something of an idea of why

we may expect sugar to be fairly well

advanced in price. Unlike the potash

situation, however, sugar can be, and

is produced in this country and the

war may be the means of stimulating

the production Of beet sugar in the

critical period of its existence.





 





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I have just built a rain water cis-

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charcoal. When I try to make a suds

with soap or washing powder it takes

two or three times as much as it

should. Can you tell me anything I

can do to remedy the trouble? I pre-

sume the cement is the cause but the

water is no good as long as it is in

this condition.



Grand Traverse Co. E. S.



A cistern which has been built of

cement is, as a rule, not impervious





to water and will very frequently be





found to give up its soluble lime salts '





to the rain water. This is a very an-

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as rain water. Of course, it is a nui-

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We think the best way to handle the

situation, however, is to pump the

cistern dry, thoroughly dry it out and

then coat the inside thoroughly with

one of the various paints of an as-

phaltic native, known as asphalt

paints, such as are used on founda-

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The Bean Crop and Quoted Prices.





 





I sincerely think it is the duty of

some person who is familiar with the

bean situation at present, to come for-

ward and set forth conditions on

beans as they appear at present. My

main object for assuming this respon-

sibility is on account of the extreme

low quotations being published by the

Detroit Board of Trade for future

beans. Namely: At the close Sep-

tember 21, $2.15 per bushel. It would

not surprise me in the least to see

those quotations constantly reduced

until they strike a $2 basis for Octo-

ber shipments.





Now, then, let us see if there is any

justification on the part of the De-

troit Board of Trade in making those

extremely low quotations. In the first

place, the last Michigan state statis-

tics given out by our state officials

quoted the bean crop for 1914, at 80

per cent of an average crop. I have

every reason to believe this quotation

entirely too high, for the reason that

no doubt their basis was taken, pos-

sibly three weeks ago, and at that

time the bean crop appeared much

better than it does at the present

time. I believe that I am perfectly

safe in saying that the counties of

Sanilac, Lapeer, Macomb and St. Clair

will not produce over 40 per cent of

the beans they did in 1913. And from

What I can learn from other sections

of the state, there is not one single

county that claims a normal crop. To-

gether with the very backward and

uneven conditions of the bean crop in

the state of New York, it would ap-

pear to me that the markets are not

going to be flooded with early offer-





 





ings. Again, when we take into con-

sideration the factor that foreign

beans have been upon our market for

several years past, we can only con-

clude that if such were not the case,

beans would have commanded a price

of at least $1.00 per bushel more than

has been realized. Now, on account

of the great European war this stock

of beans will be entirely out off, and

markets will have to be supplied en-

tirely by our domestic stock.





A practice has been indulged in by

a great many of the large bean job-

bers of the state, which has not met

with the approval of the entire mem-

bership of the Michigan Bean Jobbers'

Association, that is in the selling of

future stock. Some of those I refer

to being closely related with the De-

troit Board of Trade, might have been

too liberal sellers in the last few

months, and there may be an inten-

tion now of bearing the future price

of beans down away below their ac-

tual value. It strongly apears to me

that beans today should be the strong-

est product on the market. And you

producers take it for granted that you

are going to realize the highest price

for your 1914 clrop that you have ev-

er realized, if judgment is used in of-

ferings.





Suppose that I should go to a mem-

ber of the Detroit Board of Trade to-

day and endeavor to purchase a car

of C. H. P. beans at $2.15 for October

shipment; they would simply laugh at

me and say that I was not familiar

with market conditions. The selling

price at present on the eastern mar-

kets is $2.50 to $2.60 f. o. b. Michigan

common points. This is true, as I

have correspondence in my possession

which will bear me out in those fig-

ures. ‘



It is a common rule the world over

that supply and demand are the con-

trolling elements of our markets. And

the supply of beans we are going to

have from the 1914 crop will prove to





 





be the lightest we have had in several





years, and with the consumption of

beans increasing so rapidly, only high

prices can prevail.





St. Clair Co. ’ M. P. SHANAHAN.





 





MICHIGAN’S LAW ON THE SALE

OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





That readers may be the betterin-

formedyon the requirements of the

act passed by the last Michigan legis-

lature to prevent fraud and deception

in the sale of fresh fruits and vegeta-

bles, we are running the entire text

of the measure, which is as follows:





Section 1. In this act unless the

contents otherwise requires, the term

“closed package” shall be construed.

to mean a barrel, box, basket, carrier,

or crate, of which all the contents

cannot readily be seen or Inspected

when such package is prepared for

market. Fresh fruits or vegetables in

baskets or boxes, packed in. closed or

open crates and packages covered with

burlap, tarlatan or slat covers, shall

come within the meaning of the term

“closed package.” None of the pro-

visions of this act shall apply to other

than Michigan grown fruits and vege-

tables.



Section. 2. Every person who, by

himself or by his agent, or employe,

packs or repacks fresh fruits or vege-

tables in closed packages intended for

sale in the open market, shall cause

the same to be marked in a plain and

indelible manner, as follows:



First, with his full name and ad-

dress, including the name of the state

where such fresh fruits and vegeta-

bles are packed, before such fresh

fruits or vegetables are removed from

the premises of the packer or dealer;



Second, the name and address of

such packer or dealer shall’be printed

or stamped on said closed packages

in letters not less than one-quarter

inch in height.



Section 3. No person shall sell, or

offer, expose or have in his possession

for sale, in the open market, any

fresh fruits or vegetables packed in a.

closed package and intended for sale,

unless such package is marked as is

required by this act.



Section 4. No person shall sell or

offer, expose or have in his possession

for sale, any fresh fruits or vegetables

packed in a closed or open package,

upon which package is marked any

designation which represents such

fruit as “No. 1,” “Finest,” “Best,”

“Extra Good,” “Fancy," “Selected,”

“Prime,” “Standard,” or other supe-

rior grade or quality, unless such fruit

or vegetables consist of well grown

specimens, sound, of nearly uniform

size, normal shape, good color, for the

variety, and not less than 90 per cent

free from injurious or disfiguring

bruises, diseases, insect injuries or

other defects, natural deterioration

and decay in transit or storage ex-

cepted.



Section 5. No person shall sell, offer,

expose, or have in his possession for

sale, any fresh fruits or vegetables

packed in any package in which the

faced or shown surface gives a false

representation of the contents of such

package, and it shall be considered a

false representation when more than

20 per cent of such fresh fruits or

Vegetables are substantially smaller

in size than, or inferior in grade to,

or different in variety from, the faced

or shown surface of such package,

natural deterioration and decay in

transit or storage excepted.



Section 6. Every person who, by

himself, his agent or employe, know-

ingly violates anyof the provisions of

this act shell, for each such offense,





OCT. 3. 1914.





be deemed guilty of a. misdemeanor,

and upon conviction thereof shall be‘

punished by a fine not exceeding ten

dollars, or by imprisonment in the

county jail for a period‘not exceeding

30 days, or by both such fine and im-

prisonment in the discretion of the

court.





 





NEW YORK GRAPE GROWERS EX-

PECT A GOOD SEASON.





 





The grape season in the Lake Erie

valley is well under way, the Concord





season opening up in general on Mon-





day, September 28. .



Prices of basket stock opened

strong with the early varieties quoted

at from 13 to 17 cents in eight~pound

baskets. Opening Concord shipments

brought an average of 15 cents net to

the grower. This is an excellent show-

ing for the opening of the season, and

when ,takenin conjunction with the

large demand for Wine grapes in bulk,

and the local demand for grape juice

for which the bigger companies are

offering contracts at a minimum of

$35 per ton, puts the business this

year on the best financial basis of

some years.



There is a general belief that there

is a 6,000 carload crop in sight, with

some experts figuring 500 cars above

that figure. This is compared with a

less than 4,000 carload crop in 1913,

and a crop approximating 7,800 cars

in 1912. All figures quoted are for the

total crop, not the crop shipped out

to the general markets, that is, local

wine and grape juice consumption in-

cluded.



Because of this system of figuring

the crop, the total figures mean a.

larger difference between grapes sent

to outside markets than really exists,

for with small crop and consequent

high prices, the local consumption,

particularly for wine, is shut off,

while in 1912, for example, with a

bumper crop, and low prices, every

wine maker in the grape belt went to

his capacity in pressing juice.



This same thing ‘will happen this

year, the demand for sour wine being

greatly increased by the cutting off of

a large part of the French imports of

sour wine. The general impression is

that the demand for wine grapes, both

at home and in the larger cities, will

double that of any year in the recent

past. One large shipper already re-

ports five times the inquiries ever be-

fore received before the shipping sea-

son fairly started.



The naming of a minimum price in

the large grape juice companies con-

tracts of $35 a ton, has gone very far

toward establishing a bulk price this

year. These companies require a,

yard-inspected stock, really consider-

ably better than what passes in the

market as vineyard run bulk, and

their price of $35 is considered equiv-

alent to $30 for regular vineyard run

wine stock. At this price the local

buyers say that they will make up

practically the local plant’s capacity.

At the same time the grape juice

plants will buy freely at their estab-

lished price of $35.



It is estimated that the big grape

juice plants will this year use not far

from 18,000 tons or 1,500 carloads. The

wine makers will probably take 10,000

tons more, or say 800 carloads. In

other words, more than 35 per cent of

the crop seems to be taken care of so

far as initial market is concerned,

before a carload of grapes go outside.

Under these conditions there should

be no trouble with marketing the crop

this year.



Michigan grapes have been quoted

lower than the above figures indicate

that the eastern crop will bring. The

situation again calls attention to my

suggestion of nearly two years ago

that a working arrangement of some

kind be brought about between the

two grape belts to prevent unneces-

sary duplication of shipments and

price cutting. A. M. Looms,



Sec’y Chautauqua & Lake Erie Fruit



Growers’ Association.
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encounAeme craze-r. SELLING.





HE direct selling boom is about

T to come. Thus far the work has



been elementary. The govern-

ment is now behind a great campaign

to boost. it. The press is getting in

line with the lead started by The

Michigan Farmer three years ago. Box

manufacturers are coming to join the

ranks and cheap, stronggdurable con-

tainers are now to be had. The public

is awakened to a sense of its opportu-

nity. These factors are all co-operat-

ing to effect a great chance in our

marketing system.



Every farmer, poultryman, fruit

grower, dairyman, should enlist. The

fight is for the producer and the con-

sumer. They must at least establish

a system of trading that will hold in

check the outrageously high taxation

imposed by middlemen. This can be

done by building up a direct trade.

For, when margins become exorbitant

then the trade will find a way around

the men who exact more than they

should.



We are instituting a recruiting sta-

tion and are now ready to enlist those

who would join in the campaign for a

simpler and less expensive marketing

plan. You can enlist by sending your

name and address, together with the

products you will have for sale this

coming month, to the Farm Commerce

Department of the Michigan Farmer,

Detroit. Your name will be placed on

a list with others and the list distrib-

uted among well-to—do families of the

city asking that they correspond with

you to arrange for direct sales.



Besides enlisting men we are going

to furnish some of the ammunition.

We have arranged with a box concern

to supply our readers with one of the

most practical shipping boxes on the

market. This steel-crated box, meas-

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The box is light, durable, easily

packed and made ready for shipment,

and can be used over and over again.

We can furnish the box for 50 cents,

or with the Michigan Farmer one year

at 80 cents; add to these prices eight

cents for postage in the first and sec-

ond zones; 12 cents in the third, and

19 cents in the fourth zone from De—

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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.



Wexford Co., Sept. 21.——Threshing

and corn cutting about done. Corn

is a fair crop; oats were good; hay

was good. Potatoes are a fair crop,

some being large, while others are

very small. New beans are worth

$2.25; hogs, live $6@7; hay $10@15;

chickens 14@15c; potatoes 600; rye

65c; wheat 90c@$1. ‘



Eaton Co., Sept. 19.—-Bean harvest

and corn cutting is in full play, and

the weather is excellent for both.

Wheat 950; beans $2.25; oats 400; rye

75c; corn 85@900; potatoes 600; but-

ter 20@250; eggs 22c; hogs live $8.75;

lambs $4@7; cattle $6@7.50; hens

13c per pound. -



Hillsdale Co., Sept. 17.—-Corn is be-

ing cut, and is a fine crop, A large

acreage of wheat is being sown, and

the ground is in fine condition. Pota‘

toes are a better crop than usual.

More calves have been raised than





 





usual, and there are about the same .





number of hogs as last year. Eggs

250; butter 20@300; hogs $8.60; hay

$12; potatoes 75c. As yet but little

wheat or oats have been sold.



Ottawa Co., Sept. 19.—-—Corn will be

two-thirds of an average crop. Pota-

toes promise a fair crop; onions seem

to be plentiful and qmte cheap in the

market. Beans will be a normal crop;

clover seed is a short crop. First-

class apples are not very plentiful, as

too many farmers neglect spraying.

There will be a larger acreage of

wheat and rye sown this fall than us-





 

 

 





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ual. The highest price paid for wheat

was $1.13; eggs 24c; butter 30c; pork,

dressed 12%c.



Gratiot Co., Sept. 19.—The weather

has been fine for the bean crop which

is mostly secured. Much corn is yet

to be out. A great many silos have

been put up this fall. Many fields of

wheat are up, some farmers are sow-

ing, and others have yet to fit their

ground. A larger acreage than usual

is being put in. Threshing is about

completed. Late potatoes promise a

good crop.- Wheat sold for $1.15 for

a day or two, but is less than $1 now.

Oats also dropped from 490 to 44c.

Beans $2.25; eggs 230.



New York.



‘Genesee Co., Sept. 21.——Rains have

improved the corn and late potatoes

wonderfully. There will be good crops

as we have had no frost. Onions and

beans are somewhat below normal.

There is no clover seed. A large

acreage of wheat has been sown, but

little rye sown here. Apples are very

plentiful, and quality is fair. There

is not much live stock produced here.

Potatoes 60@70c; dairy butter 30c;

creamery 33c; pork 11c; hogs 8c;

eggs 250; spring chickens 18c; lambs

15; new wheat $1; oats 500; beans

$2.25@3; loose hay $11@13.



Niagara Co., Sept. 21.—Corn is ex-

cellent; the outlook for potatoes is

fair, but recent rains have brought

them along wonderfully. Onions are

small and sell for $1 per bu. Beans

are good; clover seed is just coming

on since the rains. Winter apples are

abundant, small, but highly colored.

Eggs 26c; butter 300; wheat $1.15;

corn $1; oats 60c; calves 9c; hogs 90.



Pennsylvania.



Tioga Co., Sept. 21.—Old meadows

show a good growth, and new seed-

ing is extra good. Farmers generally

have secured a good catch of clover.

Pasture is getting short. Silage corn

in the valleys was killed by the frost

September 10, but upland corn is still

green. Late potatoes need rain to

make a normal crop. Onions are good.

No wheat'or rye has been sewn on ac-

count of dry weather. Farmers are

marketing their lambs and beef cattle

freely, both being in good condition.

Apples are a good crop. Milch cows

$40@75; veal calves llc; hogs $8.50;

lambs 7c; potatoes 50@60c per bush-

el; winter apples 500; eggs 27c; but-

ter 400; hay $12.



Ohio.



Columbia Co., Sept. 21.—-—We had

some rain recently, but it came too

late to help the corn crop. Some corn

is being cut, but will not be a big

yield. Late potatoes are good. Some

clover has been cut for seed, but none

threshed as yet. Apples are a fair

crop, but the market is slow. Wheat

is about all sown, and more rye has

been sown than for several years. A

few hogs and cattle have been sold,

bringing good prices. Wheat $1.10;

oats 550; corn 900; eggs 24c; butter

28c a pound.



Warren, Co., Sept. 22.—Rain is much

needed. Corn cutting is in progress,

and is reported to be about 75 per

cent of average crop; 2,000 acres went

into silos, 5,000 acres sweet corn was

sent to canneries. The canning sea-

son will close this week. Potatoes are

not yet harvested, but are reported to

be only half a crop. There is very

little clover seed this year. There

were not enough peaches for home

use. Apples are only half a crop, and

small owing to the drouth. A larger

acreage of wheat and less rye will be

planted. There is very little live stock

for sale at present. Corn 850; wheat

$1.05; hogs $9; beef $7.25; milch

cows $75; apples $1.25 per bushel:

peaches $2.25; eggs 24c; butter 300.



Brown Co., Sept. 19.~—Farmers are

busy filling silos and cutting corn and

tobacco. Corn is an average crop;

late potatoes are looking well; beans

and field peas are good; there is no

clover seed. There are scarcely any

late apples. Many farmers are pre-

paring to sow wheat and rye as soon

as corn is in the shock. A good many

hogs are being fed for fall market,

and all live stock is looking well on

account of the fine fall pasture. Local

prices: Choice packers and butchers

$8.75@9; corn 75@8OC; wheat $1@

1.05; hay, N0. 1 timothy $17.50@18;

butter 240; eggs 22c.



Hancock , Co., Sept. 19.-—Farmers





‘are busy harvesting corn, which rip-





ened unevenly, and will be only a fair

crop. Late potatoes are looking good.

The clover seed crop will be very

short on account of the drouth; fall

pastures will be short. No Wheat has

been sown yet, but about the usual

amount will be sown. There is not

much live stock being marketed.

There Will be a good crop of fall pigs,

and no hog cholera has been report-

ed. Some feeding cattle are being

shipped in from the west, but the high

prices of feeders will put many farm-

ers out of business. Apples are about

a failure, and no winter apples are to

be had at any price. Wheat $1; corn

$1.10 per cwt; oats 47c; rye 750; bar-

ley 55c; clover seed $9.50; butter 34c;

eggs 25c; chickens 11@13c.

(Continued on page 290).





 

 





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September 29, 1914.



Wheat—The advantage has, been

with the buyers this past week, al-

though the decline is not as large as

the heavy increase in supplies at ele-

vators would probably cause under

difierent circumstances. The increase

in the visible supply amounted to

8,561,000 bushels. Future wheat is

stronger than cash. There is a large

amount afloat and Liverpool trading

was easier Monday. Russian crop re-

ports were bullish. While deliveries

to primary elevators in the spring

wheat districts have been heavy there

seems to be a disposition developing

among farmers to sell conservatively,

as they are looking for the market to

hold up. One year ago the price for

No. 2 red wheat at this point was

93%c per bushel. Quotations for the

past week are:





No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec.

Wednesday , ..... 1.10% 1.09 1.16%

Thursday ...... 1.09% 1.08 1.15

Friday ......... 1.09 % 1.08 1.15

Saturday . . 1.08% 1.07 14 1.14

Monday ........ 1.07 1.06 1.13

Tuesday ....... 1 0 1 06 1.13





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Chicago, (Sept. 29).—No. 2 red

wheat $1.09%c; December $1.09; May

$1.157/30.



Corn—With wheat working to a

lower level and weather conditions

favorable for the maturing and gath-

ering of the corn crop, that cereal has

settled to a lower basis of prices dur-

ing the week. There are buyers, how—

ever, who take hold on the tips and

this keeps values from tobogganing,

although the statistical situation is in

keeping with reasonably high quota—

tions. One year ago the price for No.

3 corn was 740 per bushel. Quotations

for the past week are:



No.3 ‘ No.3

Mixed. Yellow.





Wednesday . . . . . . 82 84

Thursday 81 83

Friday ..... 81 83

Saturday . . . . . . . . . 81 83

Monday ...... 78 80

Tuesday .......... . . 77 79



Chicago, (Sept. 29) .—September

corn 73 %c; December 67 7/3c; May

70 7/gc.



Oats.——Increased prospects for





heavy shipments abroad have given

this deal strength and in spite of the

decline in the other major cereals

oats remain at last week’s high quo-

tation. The deliveries are small,

farmers believing in the future of the

grain and are willing to take chances

on holding. The visible supply in-

crease is insignificant. One year ago

the price for standard oats was 41 %c.

Quotations for the past week are:





No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday ......... 50 49%

Thursday 49% 49

Friday 49% 49

Saturday coo-coco... 49% 49

Monday 49% 49

Tuesday . . 48% 48





Chicago, (Sept. 29).—September

oats 453/80; December 477/3c; May 51c.



Rye.—This grain is dull at a price

of 93%c for No. 2 .



Clover Secd.—Prices continue to

drop. Prime spot is quoted at $9.10;

December $9.25; March $9.50; prime

alsike sells for $9.



Beans.~—Market is inactive. There

has been a slight decline in prices.

Detroit quotations are: Immediate

and prompt shipment $2.20; October

$2.10. Chicago—The trading is small

with offerings limited. Prices on pea

beans are lower. Pea beans, hand-

picked, choice, are quoted at $2.55.@

2.60; common at $2.25@2.40; red kid-

neys, choice $3.75@4.25.





FLOU R AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.—Market is slow, with prices

slightly lower. Jobbing lots in one-

eighth paper sacks are selling on the

Detroit market per 196 lbs. as follows:

Best patent $6.20; second $5.65;

straight $5.55; spring patent $6.50;

rye flour $5.80 per bbl.



Feed.—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $25; standard middlings

$25; fine middlings $32; coarse corn

meal $35; corn and oat chop $29 per

ton.



Hay.-—Carlots on track at Detroit

are: New, No. 1 timothy $16@16.50;

standard $15@15.50; No. 2, $14@14.50.



Chicago.——Demand good and supply

fair. Prices slightly higher. Choice

timothy quoted at $17@17.50 per ton;

No. 1, $15.50@16.50; No. 2, $14@14.50.



New York.—-Market weak and dull,

especially for lower grades. Prime

new timothy $216,321.50; fancy light

clover, mixed $19.50@20 per ton.



Straw—Steady. Rye $7.50@8: oat

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

per ton.





 





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Button—Market active and easy.

Prices are lower. Extra creaniery 29c

per lb; firsts 27c; dairy 210; packing

stock 20%c.



Chicago—Market is easy with de-

mand limited. Prices are slightly

lower. Trade is slow. Extra cream—

ery 29c; extra firsts 28@28%c; firsts

26@27c; seconds 24@24%c; packing

stock 20%c.



Elgin—No sales made but 28%c

was asked with Chicago inspection.

With Elgin inspection 290 was bid.



New York—The market is steady;

prices slightly lower. Creamery ex-

tras 30@30%c; firsts 27%@29%c; sec-

onds 25%@27c.



Eggs.——Market is firm with a light

supply. Prices unchanged. Fresh

stock sells at 23%c per dozen; cur-

rent receipts 22c.



Chicago—Market steady with pric-

es slightly lower. Offerings are good.

Miscellaneous lots, cases included 18

gall/ac; ordinary firsts 19%c; firsts



c





Poultry.——Market steady, with fair

supply. Springs 150; hens 14@15c;

ducks 14@150; young ducks 15@16c;

geese 11@120; turkeys 19@20.c.



Chicago—Heavy receipts of fowls

and springs caused a decline in their

prices. Quotations on live are: Fowls

12%@13c; Spring chickens 12%c;

ducks, good stock 140; guinea hens,

per dozen $3.50; young guinea hens

$2@4; turkeys 160; geese 11@12c.



New York—Western chickens,

broilers 13%@14c; fowls 157/8@16%c;

turkeys 15@160 per pound.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





Fruits.——Pears, Bartletts, $1.25@

1.50 per bu; common 75c@$1; plums

$1.25@1.50 per bu; grapes 13@14c for

blue, per 8-lb. basket; peaches, Elber-

tas, choice $1.50@1.75; A, $1.25@1.35;

B, 750 per bushel.



Chicago—Michigan peaches 500@

$1.25 per bushel; Bartlett pears $1.50

@5 per bbl; grapes 11@12c per 8-lb.

basket; Hyslop crab apples $3@3.5O

per bbl.



Vegetables.—Home - grown cabbage,

$1.25 per bbl; new beets 650 per bu;

radishes $1@1.25 per hundred bunch-

es; green corn 75@800 per sack.



Potatoes.——Michigan $1.50 per sack;

bulk 500 per bu; at Chicago, Michi-

gans are quoted at $40@500.



Apples.——Supply is liberal and de-

mand is fair. Average receipts 50@

750 per bu; $1.50@2.50 per bbl.



Chicago—Liberal supply of both

bulk and barrel stock. Demand fairly

active. Prices on bulk lower. Weal-

thy $2@2.50; Kings $2.25@2.75; Maid-

en Blush $2.25@2.50; Alexander $2.25;

Wageners $2@2.25; Jonathans $3.50@

4; bulk apples 75@90c per 100 lbs.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





 





Both bean and potato markets show

strong sagging tendencies at the op-

ening of the week. Local dealers are

quoting only $1.90 to farmers for

white pea beans and they insist that

while the early crop is short in some

sections the state crop as a whole

will be fully up to last year. The po-

tato market is off several cents from

last week with local buyers offering

only 35@38c, the higher price govern-

ing in territory taking the Grand Rap-

ids shipping rate. Beans have drop-

ped fully 500 from the war scare pric-

es in August. In meats dressed hogs

are worth around 11%@12c; chickens,

live 12%@13c. The fruit season will

soon be over. Grapes will be in good

supply this week with prospects of

rather better prices than last week.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





 





Market Tuesday morning was ac-

tive. Prices have changed but little.

Cauliflower is 750 per basket; cab-

bage 25@300; onions 90c for common;

apples 50@75c; pears 750@$1; pota-

toes more plentiful at 70@750; toma-

toes 3_5@40c; celery 10@25c per

bunch, according to size and quality;

navy beans 25c per qt;~*grapes 12@

14c per 4-lb. basket; loose hay in good

demand at $17@19 per ton the ma-

jority of the sales being around the

top figures.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.



September 28, 1914.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-



ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-



tle 230 cars; hogs 75 d. d.; sheep and

lambs 48 d. d.; calves 750 head.





 





With 230 cars of cattle on the mar-v





ket here today and 23,000 reported in

Chicago, our market was slow an

draggy and from 10@150 per cwt. low-

er on the best cattle, and from 15@

25c lower on all others. Fat cows,

heifers and medium steers all selling

from 15@25c per cwt. lower. At the

close there were several loads of cat:

tle unsold. but which were ordered to

be'shipped out for New York' this ev-

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be pretty-well cleaned up at the close.



Trade was; active and 10@15c high-

er on_ best grades of hogs, while pigs

and (lights advanced fully 25c per cwt.,

owmg to short supply here and at all

other markets, there being about 75

cars on sale here. Best grades of

handy weights sold at $9.40 generally,

With extreme heavies quotable at $9.20

@930. Pigs generally 9c per 1b., and

light hogs up to $9.30; roughs $8@

8.25; stags '$6.50@7.75. Late trade

was active and a good clearance was

made.



The market was active today on

lambs and sheep with prices 350

higher than the close of last week;

choice handy lambs selling mostly at

$8.50@8.60. 'We look for lower prices

balance of the week as we are too

high compared with other markets.



We quote: Lambs $8.50@8.60; cull

to fair $6.50@8.25; yearlings $6@7;

bucks $3@4.25; handy ewes $5.50@

5.75; heavy do $5@5.50; wethers $6.25

@650; cull sheep $3.50@5.50; veals,

choice to extra $11.75@12; fair to

good $10@11.50; heavy calves $6@9.





' Chicago. .

September 28, 1914,

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..22,000 20,000 50,000

Same day 1913..25,382 40,776 38,206

Last week ..... 46,405 91,713 172,171

Same wk 1913..54,932 137,412 231,647



There is another large Monday cat-

tle supply for these times, including

8,500 from western ranges, and other

western markets report liberal offer-

ings, with 29,000 at Kansas City. Good

to_fancy beeves are going at steady

prices, with one consignment of black

cattle held at higher figures, but they

were'not sold at a late hour. Others

than good cattle promised to sell at

least a dime lower. Hogs were ad-

vanced about a dime, with sales at

$7.80@9.15. Hogs received last week

averaged 239 lbs., comparing with 247

lbs. a week earlier, 241 lbs. a fort-

night earlier and 214 lbs. a year ago.

There were a few early small sales of

choice lambs to city butchers at $7.60

@7.75, but Lackers held off, and it

was thought that aside from fat sheep

the general market would break 150

or more, with such liberal offerings.



Cattle of the class selling below $10

were largely 10@15c lower on Mon-

day last week under a larger supply

than usual, the run amounting to 24,-

845 head, but the decline was recover-

ed on Wednesday, when only 13,253

showed up. Monday was the only day

of the week when the supply could be

called large, and the week as a whole

was a good one for sellers, with a new

high record for the year, as several

sales were made of fancy heavy

beeves and one lot of 1141-lb. year-

lings at $11.05. The bulk of .the steers

sold at $8.40@10.65, the commoner

class of light~weight grassy steers go-

ing at $7@8 and the better class of

corn-fed cattle at $10@11.05. Grassy

cattle made up a large share of the

offerings, both in Chicago and other

western markets, these including

farm-fed cattle and western rangers,

while many grass cattle reached the

southwestern markets. The spread in

prices for steers has been extremely

wide, with choice beeves selling far

higher than a year ago, while the

poorest steers were lower than then.

This is explained by the poorer av-

erage quality of the cattle coming to

market. After the western range cat-

tle stop coming there will be a better

show for native cattle. The medium

grades of steers are selling at $8.75@

9.75, While butchering cows and heif-

ers are free sellers around $5.15@

9.50, with few going as high as $8.60.

Yearling steers are selling anywhere

from $7.75@8.50 for the commoner

lots up to $9.50@11.05 for fair to

prime offerings. Cutters sell at $4.65

@5. 0, canners at $3.50@4.60 and bulls

at 5@8.25. Tightening of the money

market and inability of stockmen to

borrow money in numerous instances

on any terms have resulted in check-

ing the sales of stockers and feeders,

the former going at $5.25@7.75 and

the latter at $6.75@8.20. Limited

sales are made of stock and feeding

cows and heifers at $4.90'@6.75. Calves

have brought $5@11.75 for rough

heavy to prime light vealers, while

milch cows sold at $60@95 per head.

Grassy cows and heifers and stockers

and feeders closed 15@25c lower than

a week ago.



Hogs have suffered several sharp

declines in prices recently, last week

opening with a $9.50 top, with bad

breaks subsequently, the packers tak-

ing a decidedly bearish stand and

making the best of their opportunity

afforded by the lack of a fair eastern

shipping demand to force the market

lower. The receipts in Chicago and

other western packing points contin-

ued small in number, however, and





 





a packing operations since March 1 at





last accounts were 1,918,000 hogs less

than for the same period last year.

There has been a further falling off in

the average quality of the hogs of-

fered, with a liberal percentage of

heavy old sows, and the great bulk of

the offerings have sold far below top

prices each day. Recent receipts of





hogs have averaged 247 'lbs.,* compar-





ec'r. 'é, ,191’4.

ing with 210 lbs. 3.

two years ago and 2





tinues extremely large, and prime

light hogs sell at the highest prices,

with big, heavy packing sows lowest

of all. Pigs are scarce and sell rela-

tively high. Provisions, however,

have developed a good deal of weak-

ness, and lard sells much lower than

a year ago, exports having been large-

ly stopped since the war began, while

bad business and financial conditions

down south have affected the demand

greatly. The week closed with hogs

selling at $7.65@9, while pigs brought

$5@8.50





Sheep and lambs have continued

to undergo enormous fluctuations in

prices, with alternate extremely large

and very small offerings. September

saw the highest prices ever recorded

in that month, with $9 lambs week be-

fore last, and this boom brought in

such exceptionally large supplies on

the opening day last week that prices

went all to pieces. The week’s re-

ceipts increased enormously, and sell-

ers got far the worst of it. In addi-

tion to heavy shipments from Idaho,

Montana and Nevada ranges, large

numbers of native lambs arrived, and

the market was glutted most of the

time. The week closed with lambs

selling at $6@7.80, feeding lambs at

$6.85@7.50, yearlings at $5.50@6.25,

wethers at $5.35@5.85, ewes at $3@

5.25, bucks at $3.50@4.25 and breed-

ing ewes at $5@6.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





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(Continued from page 289).



Medina Co., Sept. 21.—Most farm-

ers have finished threshing, and wheat

yielded much better than usual, from

20 to 33 bushels, but oats were rather

poor, from 25 to 25 bushels. About

two-thirds of the wheat is sown; corn

is nearly ready to cut, and is a fair

crop; many silos are being filled; the

potato crop looks promising. There

is a fair crop of apples. Wheat $1.02;

oats 500; hay $13; prime beef $6.50@

8; hogs'90; butter 300; chickens 150;

eggs 260. -



Indiana.



LaGrange 00., Sept. 21.—The rain

that appeared after the drouth greatly

helped the corn, even if it was badly

affected by drouth. A great amount

of corn has been cut. The silos are

filled. The potato crop is late but

will make an excellent crop if the

frost stays away. .Onions are ripe and

are producing a good crop. The bean

crop was very short and was badly

affected by the drouth. No clover

seed in this section. The apple crop

is about normal. Farmers are not

sowing as much wheat this year as is

usually sown. Very little rye is sown

in this section. A few fat hogs is the

only class of live stock for sale.

Wheat $1.10; corn 77c; oats 47c; eggs

24c; butter 32c.



Kansas.



Marion Co., Sept. 15.—-—Corn is half

a crop. There has been considerable

damage by rain to the grain in stacks.

No seeding done except for pasture.

A11 plowing finished, and there will be

more wheat sown than usual if condi-

tions permit. There are no apples,

and few potatoes. There is no alfalfa

seed to speak of. Pastures are still

good Where not- over-stocked. Some

cattle are being brought from the

west, but the usual amount of stock

will not be kept on account of the

high prices for grain. Hogs are not

plentiful, and not all healthy. Hay is

plentiful and rather cheap. Cattle $5

@8; hogs $8.50; wheat $1; oats 38@

400; butter 300; eggs 220; apples re~

tail at 50 per lb; potatoes $1 per bu.



Smith Co., Sept. 12.—The recent

rains have kept the corn green and

made the ears firmer. Potatoes are

about half a crop. There is a large

acreage of wheat, but very little rye.

There are few hogs, a fair number of

cattle, and a good supply of horses

and mules, despite the brisk bidding

of horse buyers. There are very few

apples. Wheat $1.05; corn 70c; eggs

15c; butter 200.



. Missouri.



Nodaway Co., Sept. 18.——The long

drouth has been broken with plenty of

rain, and pastures and meadows are

coming out fine. No small grains have

been sown, as the farmers were una-

ble to plow the ground. There is not

much live stock in'farmers’ hands ex-.

cepting hogs. Much corn is being cut

up and silos are being built and filled.

Fruit, except apples, is good. There

is a big demand for cavalry horses

here, and they are bringing a good

price. Hogs $8.80; cattle '$5@7; corn

750; wheat $1; hay $10@15; chickens

11@15c; butter 250; eggs 17c; but-

ter-fat 250.





POMONA GRANGE MEETINGS.





.Wayne County Pomona will meet



With Huron Grange, Saturday, Oct 10,

for election of officers and other bus-

mess.

. The next meeting of Kent Pomona

Grange will be held With Kinney

Grange, Walker township, Wednes-

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1me. .





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

September 24, 1914.

Cattle.



Receipts 1779. Canners steady; all

others 25c lower than last week; qual-

ity common.



Best heavy steers (quotable) $8.50

@8.75; best handy weight butcher

steers $7.50@7.75; mixed steers and

heifers $6.75@7.15; handy light butch-

ers $6.50@7; light butchers $5.50@

6.25; best cows $6.50@6.65; butcher

cows $5.50@6; common cows $4.75@

5.50; canners $3.50@4.50; best heavy

bulls $6.50@6.75; bologna bulls $6@

6.25; stock bulls $5.25@5.85; feeders

$6.75@7.40; stockers $6@6.50; milk-

ers and springers $40@90.



Bishop, B. & H. so’d Sullivan P. Co.

3 bulls av 1170 at $6.40, 2 cows av 865

at $4.75, 3 steers av 850 at $7.25, 1

bull wgh 910 at $6.25, 4 steers av 958

at $7.25, 2 do av 835 at $7, 1 cow wgh

1080 at $5.25, 2 do av 1040 at $6, 4

canners av 875 at $4.25; to Mich. B.

Co. 2 cows av 950 at $6, 2 do av 1020

at $5.50, 2 bulls av 1410 at $6.75, 1 do

wgh 1000 at $6.75; to Sheldon 17 feed-

ers av 842 at $6; to Newton B. Co.

bulls av 1335 at $6.50; to Berg 25

feeders-av 860 at $7.25; to Parker, W.

& Co. 2 cows av 935 at $5; to Grant

3 bulls av 570 at $5; to Reid 35 stock-

ers av 700 at $6.50; to Ratner 2 oxen

av 185 at $6.25; to Findlay 8 stockers

av 520 at $6.75, 12 do av 652 at $7; to

Rattkowsky 3 cows av 1127 at $5.75;

to Breitenbeck 9 bulls av 952 at $5.65;

to Marx 19 butchers av 863 at $7.10;

to Houck Bros. 10 stockers av 705 a

$7 ; 'to Kamman 3 cows av 860 at

$5.60; to Mason B. Co. 2 bulls av 1215

at $6.50, 5 steers av 986 at $7.40; to

Schumaker 3 do av 880 at $6.90; to

Sullivan P. Co. 4 cows av 1000 at

$5.25, 2 do av 1000 at $6.25, 1 bull wgh

1250 at $6.25, 1 do wgh 1430 at $6.75.



Spicer & R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2

cows av 775 at $5, 5 do av 1080 at

$6.35, 4 butchers av 717 at $6.75, 6 do

av 876 at $6.15; to Brayman 28 feed-

ers av 854 at $6.50; to Hotchkiss 12

stockers av 565 at $6; to Sullivan P.

Co. 3 cows av 970 at $575, 2 do av 1085

at $6.50, 2 do av 1040 at $4.75; to

Kamman B. Co. 1 steer wgh 1220 at

$6.75, 6 do av 780 at $7; to Denner

22 stockers av 630 at. $6.50, 14 do av

556 at $6.50; to Holmes 5 do av 532

at $6.25; to Rattko'wsky 4 cows av. 845

at $5.50; to Kamman B. Co. 8 steers

av 943 at $7.10; to Grant 3 butchers

av 710 at $6.25, 2 cows av 885 at $5:

to Schriber 25 feedrs av 740 at $6.75;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull wgh 1120

at $6.25, 2 do av 1240 at $6.25. 1 do

av 950 at $6, 2 do av 1170 at $6.25.



i Veal Calves. '



f Receipts 451. Market 500 lower

than last week. Best $11@12; others

$7@9.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

‘1 wgh 110 at $11, 2 av 210 at $10.50,

3 av 165 at $11.50, 2 av 140 at $11.50,

11 av 125 at $11, 13 av 120 at $11, 9

av 155 at $11.50; to Parker, W. & Co.

2 av 140 at $12, 2 av 190 at $11.50, 3

av 180 at $11.50, 15 av 160 at $11.75.

7 av 160 at $12, 1 wgh 190 at $11; to

Mich. B. Co. 2 av 160 at $11, 2 av 160

at $12, 4 av 200 at $10.50; to McGuire





 





3 av 165 at $12, 18 av 160 at $11.50,





Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 7078. Market steady with

Wednesday; lambs $1 lower than last

week. Best lambs $7.50@7.60; fair

lambs $6.50@7.25; light to common

lambs $5.50@6; fair to good sheep





/ $4.50@5; culls and common $3@4.





Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 91 lambs av 75 at $7.50; to New-

ton B. Co. 18 do av 60 at $5.50 26 do

av 60 at $7.50, 21 do av 80 at 7.50. 3

sheep av 125 at $4.50; to Hammond.

S. & Co. 25 lambs av 50 at $6.25, 22

do av 55 at $6.25; to Nagle P. Co. 92

do av 75 at $7.50. 132 do av 80 at

$7.25; to Thompson Bros. 15 do av 65

at $7.60; to Hammond, S. & Co. 27 do

av 65 at $7, 72 do av 73 at $7.60; to

Thompson Bros. 46 sheep av 95 at $5:

to Mich. B. Co. 40 sheep av 105 at

$4.75, 20 do av 120 at $4.75, 47 do

av 115 at $4.75, 37 do av 110 at $4.50,

30 lambs av 45 at $6.25, 32 do av 70

at $7.35; to Sullivan P. Co. 19 do av

50 at $6.25, 46 do av 70 at $7.50.





Hogs.

Receipts 6122. Market 40@50c low-

818 5than last week; all grades $8.80@





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

375 av 190 at $8.85, 150 av 160 at

$8.80, 175 av 200 at $8.90.



Spicer & R. sold same 320 av 190

at $8.85, 160 av 150 at $8.80, 215 av

200 at $8.90.



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





‘ & CO. 1675 av 190 at $8.85, 560 av 150





at $8.80, 710 av 200 at $8.90.

175106 (238511 t (3&8 01.?5 Sullivan P. Co.

av a . ,' av 40 .80,

100 av 200 at $8.90. at ’8

Market closed with sales 50c lower





than last week's top.





Friday’s Market.

. September 25, 1914.

Cattle.



Receipts this week 1930; last week

1779; market dull at Thursday’s

prices. Best heavy steers (quotable)

$8.50@9; best handy weight butcher

steers $7.25@8.25; mixed steers and

heifers $7@7.50; handy light butchers

$6.75@7.50; light butchers $6.50@7;

best cows $6@6.75; butcher cows

$5.25@5.75;

canners $3.50@4.50; best heavy bulls

$6@6.75; bologna bulls $5.50@6.%

stock bulls $5@5.50; feeders $6.7

7.50; stockers $6.25@7; milkers and

springers $40@80.



- Veal Calves.



Receipts this week 439; last week

451; market steady. Best $11@12;

heavy $6@7; others $7.50@9.



Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts this week 6705; last week





7078; market steady. Best lambs

$7.50; fair lambs $7@7.25; light to

common lambs $5.50@6.75; fair to





good sheep $4.50@5; culls and com-

mon $3.25@3.50.





Hogs.

Receipts this week 6056; last week

6122. Market 50 lower; pigs $8.75;

others $8.80@8.85.





LIVESTOCK NEWS.

Recently there has been a regular





boom in the Chicago lamb market, the

greatly 'inadequate receipts of choice





 





2 fat lots resulting in lively competition





between local buyers and shippers to

the eastern markets and sending up

prices with a rush. Yearlings and fat

sheep moved up. with light offerings,

and most of the time it was impossi-

ble to nd any prime fat little year-

lings. Feeders went like hot cakes,

country buyers wanting not only thin

range lambs but also range yearlings

and wethers suitable for finishing. It





t is everywhere known that shipments





of feeders into feeding districts this

season have undergone a great falling

off from such shipments last year, and

everything now points to scarcity and

high prices for finished flocks during

the coming winter and spring months.

In the absence of fat lambs, killers

have purchased quite a number of

lambs really on the feeder order. con-

sisting of partly fattened lots, thereby

competing with the feeder demand.

Choice lambs are much sought after

by eastern shippers, especially those

from New York, and they will pay al-

most any price rather than get left. A

good inquiry for breeding ewes is re-

ported, with few to behad.



A prominent live stock commission

firm of Chicago, with branches in oth-

er live stock centers of the west, has

received numerous inquiries from var-

ious sections asking advice as to the

advisability of feeding corn from four

to six weeks to grass cattle weighing

from 700 to 1,100 lbs. Replies have

been made that it seems a better pol-

icy to buy cattle weighing from 1,150

to 1,300 lbs. and carrying good flesh,

with the view of feeding them from 60

to 90 days. The firm believes that

where feeders are buying cattle for a

short feed, they should buy them

with as much weight as possible, and

with good flesh, as it does not take

long to prepare such cattle for the

market. It advises against buying 700

to 1,000-lb. cattle and taking them

back to the country, as it has been

found that such cattle will bring just

as much money if shipped off of

grass. Quite recently Missouri river

markets have been receiving good

runs of heavy-weight half-fat cattle

that can be fed. it is believed. to

make money. Late reports indicate

that there is a serious shortage of

corn-fed steers available for market-

ing during the next 90 days, and with

ruling market prices for good steers,

it looks like a safe proposition to

start in feeding cattle this autumn.

Where buying orders are placed with

commission firms for stockers or feed.

ers, money is often saved by allowing

from 20 days to a fortnight for filling

them, as the firm can take advantage

of any declines in prices, saving

sometimes from 15 to 25 cents per 100

pounds.



Horses were marketed in recent

weeks in much larger numbers than

a year ago, but the good demand for

army horses has made a good outlet

for suitable offerings at well main-

tained prices, and smaller receipts of

heavy drafters checked the previous

decline in prices. The bulk of the

horses offered go below $200 per head.

army horses going at $120@160 and

heavy drafters at $240@275, While

lighter drafters fetch $200@235. Wag-

oners sell at $150@200, and inferior

to fair horses sell at $60@115.



.Word comes from Omaha that not-

w1thstanding short pastures, high-

priced grain and tight money, the de-

mand for choice feeders is as brisk as

ever.



The price of corn fed to live stock

in the Chicago stock yards has been

raised to $1.25 a bushel, an advance

of 25 cents. 4



Within a short time a carload of

fancy Hereford yearlings that aver-

aged 719 pounds was picked up in the





6 so

Chicago stock yards by a. western .Terms cash. We do not pay freight.





 





 

 





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Indiana feeder at $8.25 per 100 lbs,

the highest price paid for that class

in several months. On the same day

a sale was made of four carloads of

1071-lb. feeders to an Illinois stock-

man at $8.25. Shipments of feeding

cattle from Chicago during July and

August were only a little more than

half the number shipped out- in the

corresponding time four years ago,

when shipments aggregated 74,560





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acres cleared, 5 timber. house. barn. fruit, etc. Price

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year. Particulars regarding is farm and other!

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35 Acres gapered. 3 large hon houses, capagay

600 banal!) pple trees, Pears, Cherries, Peaches,

Grapes. Barn 30140, )6 mile Church. Creamery

School. Included to quick buyer pair box-seq.

harnesses, wagon. top buggy. plows. barrow. a. lot or

tools.‘ all for $1350 cash. balance time.

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try. fruit and truck—these are a few of

the big moneyvmaking lines. Along the

Southern Ry" M. &0.and G. S. 8! F. Ry.

are manyogenings. Write now for ‘ 'South.

ea Field magazzne and land lists.

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age. hens 5 to 81b9,, 15 eggs $1; Mammoth Bronze

Tom Turkeys 8 to 35 lbs, according to age. Price $8

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prices. Browning's Wyaudottc Farm. Portland. Michigan.





 





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Ballad "calls at half price. Won 20 prizes last, winter

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PREPARING BEES FOR WINTER.





 





After the honey flow is over, man-

age to keep the colonies only moder-

ately strong, so that there will be

young bees and not a large amount of

old bees as consumers in the hive.

Young bees are essential to good win-

tering, while old ones are a detriment.



In locations where the winters are

quite severe, breeding is suspended

for several months. Care should. be

taken during late summer, so that the

colony goes into winter quarters with

plenty of young bees. In case any

queen shows lack of vitality, she

should be replaced early, so that the

colony r‘ill not become queenless dur-

ing the winter.



If, as cold weather approaches, the

bees do not have enough stores, they

must be fed. Every colony should

have from 25 to 40 pounds, depending

on the strength of the colony and the

method of wintering. lf'feeding is need-

ed, honey may be used, but syrup

made from granulated sugar is just

as good and is perfectly safe. Never

use or buy honey for feeding that you

do not know positively to be free

from bee diseases. Honey-dew should

not be left on the hive because it pro-

duces dysentery.





Use Dry Packing.



In wintering bees out of doors the

amount of protection needed depends

on the severity of the winters. A

case allowing four to six inches of

packing between the hive and the case

will work well. This packing can be

of dry autumn leaves, shavings, saw-

dust, or chaff. Dampness is harder

for bees to withstand than cold, and

when it is considered that bees give

off considerable moisture, care should

be taken that, as it condenses, it does

not get on the cluster. A mat of old

burlap, or a cover of burlap with fine

shavings, chaff or ground cork on top

makes a good absorbent. A cheap

way to pack is to procure large boxes

and remove tops and bottoms. Set

these over the hives and fill with your

packing material. A waterproof top

now completes the wintering case. An

opening must be left in front so the

bees will be able to leave their hives.

Some hives are made with double

walls, the space being left empty or

filled with chaff. This style of a hive

is good for outdoor wintering. The

hive entrance should be lower than

any other part of the hive, so that any

rain beating in may be able to run

out. Entrances should be constructed in

cold Weather, not only to prevent cold

winds from entering, but to keep out

mice.



Wintering in the Cellar.



With care, cellar wintering is very

successful. The cellar must be dry,

and so protected that temperature

stays between 40 and 45 degrees F.

The ventilation must be good or the

bees become fretful. Light should

not be admitted into the cellar, con-

sequently means of indirect ventila-

tion is necessary.



Cellar wintering requires less con-

sumption of stores to maintain the

proper temperature in the cluster and

is therefore more economical on the

stores. Bees so wintered do not have

the opportunity of a cleansing flight,

but the low consumption of stores

makes this unnecessary, as a general

rule.



The time for putting bees in the

cellar will vary with localities. They

are put in before severe cold weather

comes. The time for the easiest hand-

ling of them in putting them in the

cellar is at night, after a rather chilly

day.



The hives may be piled one on top

of the other. The lower tier is raised

a. short distance from the floor. The





entrance should be three-eighths of an

inch by the width of the hive. Do not

close the entrance with wire cloth as

the dead bees ,will accumulate more

or less on the bottom boards and may

cut off ventilation. Entrances may be

cleaned out at any time.

Shiawassee Co. N. F. GUTE.





 





SOW RYE FOR THE HENS.





 





Some kind of green food is neces-

sary for the hens in winter, and some-

times it is a little difficult to know

just how to' provide it. Bluegrass

pasture usually affords green grass al-

most all winter, but not all of us can

have a good large bluegrass range.



Most everyone who has hens has a

garden that they can use for provid-

ing green for them. Not only do you

get value from your garden in the

winter when it would be laying idle

otherwise, but you are benefiting the

soil at the same time. Almost any

winter-growing cover crop will an-

swer, but there is nothing so easily

produced or that provides green so

quickly as rye. Sow it rather thickly,

and it will be green all winter and

the hens will have a treat at all

times. In the spring it will make a

mass of foliage to be plowed under to

enrich the soil and place it in a splen-

did mechanical condition. When you

plow for the rye do not make the seed

bed level, but leave it as rough as you

can. This will cause it to gather the

rain and hold it, and in the spring the

soil will have stored a good supply

against the summer drouths.



Seed Pens to Rye.



If you have your hens shut up in a

pen it is a good idea to seed this pen

to rye, and it can be done if you can

shut the hens out of it for awhile un—

til the rye gets a good start. If you

can divide the pen into two it will

make the feeding more easily attend-

ed to, for they can be given free range

on one lot until they begin to get it

pretty short, when they can be trans-

ferred to the other and let that one

grow up again.



If you cannot, or do not care, to

sow rye you can sow wheat instead,

though it will not grow nearly so fast.

Neither is wheat of so much value as

a soil enricher.



Cabbage can be purchased rather

cheaply in the winter where they are

bought wholesale by the crate, and it

is better to use a few crates of it than

to let the hens go without anything

of the kind. Alfalfa meal is good, but

it does not quite fill the bill. Hens

like some juicy succulent food in win-

ter as well as people do.



Carrots, beets, sprouted oats, cull

potatoes, or anything in this line will

answer to supply the vegetable por-

tion of their diet and cause your hens

to lay in winter, and if you cannot

provide the rye you should not fail to

give them something to take its place.



Kansas. L. H. COBB.





EGG CANNING EXPERIMENTS.





 





The Department of Agriculture is

conducting experiments in a number

of egg-breaking establishments in or-

der to assist the manufacturers in

canning perfect eggs for Winter use.

According to the specialists of the

Department there is no reason why

eggs cannot be broken, canned and

kept as an excellent food just the

same as other products are canned

and kept for use when the fresh sup-

ply is low. As in all canning, how-

ever, the specialists have' made clear

that it is essential that nothing but

perfect eggs be canned and that they

be canned under such conditions of

cleanliness and kept in such low tem-

peratures that they have no chance

to spoil.



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tonsignod by the Howell Sales Company of lileIgsloII to.





Da hters of 30.11). Bulls bred to 30- lb. Bulls. A. R. 0b.

oowsussnd daughters 0 A.R .0. cows to Ell-lb

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CATTLE.





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Bull calves and yeerlin ready for service. Bired

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Gynnd empions—Brother, Sister, Sire. Sire's

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Inset prospective purchasers either at

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You ere bound to get od calves from these bulls

even with strongly dairy type grade oows.

GEO. B. SMITH o 00..

ADDISON AND SOMERSET. MICHIGAN.





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if ers and bulls. also Berkshire ho

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AND BULLS. Now is eéour chance

to stert s herd One of the best Bired

yLsundry Girl Butter Boy.





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Colsnthe Vale. 'Elnevere Johoflne D0 of

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Price ism Isper ir andi

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n REGISTERED HOLSTEIN

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THE MICHIGAN





(Continued from page 276).



Mare, 3 yrs. —Briiliant Lineal, An-

derson.



Mare, under 3 yrs. —Lenawee Dale,

Case, lst; Lenawee Duchess, Case,

2nd, Lenawee Duchess II, Case, 3rd.



Champ. Mare bred by Exhibitor—

Lenawee Dale.



Reserve—Lenawee Duchess.



1 Get of Stallion—Dean Udell, Case,

st.



Produce of Mare—Case, 1st

2nd; Anderson, 3rd.



Best of Three Mares—Case,

Anderson, 2nd.



Champ. Stallion—Open———Glendale

Pride, Anderson.



Reserve—Glaucus, Anderson.



Champ. Mare—Opcn—Limoite, Stev-

enson; Lenawee Dale, Case.



Heavy Draft Mares or Geldings.



FouI yrs. old-B F. Anderson, Ad-

rian, lst; . M. Case, Adrian, 2nd;

Geo. Ackerman, Elkton, 3rd and 4th.



Three yrs old—A. E. Stevenson,

Port Huron, 1st; Ackerman, 2nd; An-

derson, 3rd; Stevenson, 4th.



Two yrs. old—Case, Isl: and 2nd.





and

lst;





I One yr. old—~Case, 1st and 2nd; Ack- 2”





erman, 3rd and 4th.



Colt—Case, lst; Ackerman, 2nd;

Anderson, 3rd; Case, 4th.



Brood Mare and Colt—Case, lst;





4Atrlilderson, 2nd; Ackerman, 3rd ; Case,

Heavy Draft Pairs—Stevenson, lst;



Anderson, 2nd; Case, 3rd; Ackerman,



Light Draft Pairs—Ackerman, 1st



and 2nd; Case, 3rd.



Shire Horses.





The Hendrie Farms, Detroit, had the

only exhibit in this class, the four-

year-old stallion, Royal Oak Gilbert,

who was given first prize.





Belgians.





Geo. Ackerman & Son, Elkton, had

the only entries in this class. His im-

ported stallion, Georgess, was made

champion. ,



Clydesdales.





The entries were from Geo. Acker.

man & Son, Elkton; J. H. Johnston.

Wayne, and Daniel McIntyre, Sault

Ste. Marie. Ackerman won all except

three-year-old stallion, which went to

Johnson, and one-year-old stallion won

by McIntyre.



Champ. Stallion—Lysanders Sylvan-



ers Favorite.



Champ. Mare—Ackerman.





Hackneys.





The display of Hackney horses was

the largest that has been seen at any

of the state fairs this year. Ever-

green, from the Endicott Farm at Bir-

mingham, gave a wonderful spectacle

of high action and was awarded the

championship for stallions. Drift~

wood, from the same ownership, one

of the best .nares of her breed in Am-

erica, was made champion mare.



Stallions, 4 yrs—Evergreen, Endi-

cott Farm, 1st; Sharplow, Endicott

Farm, 2nd; Gold and Silver, J. H.

Johnstone, 3rd.



Stallions, 3 yrs—Sir Walter, Harry

Hodson, Flint, lst; Speculator, Endi-

cott Farm, 2nd; Sam Weller, Endicott

Farm, 3rd.



Stallions, 2 yrs—Executor, Endicott

Farm, lst.



’Stallions, 1 yr.—Refiner, Geo. Ack-

erman & Son, Elkton, lst; Everlast‘

ing, Endicott Farm, 2nd.



Stallion Colts—Lord Warwick, Ack-

erman, 1st; Starplex, Endicott Farm,





2nd.



Mares 4 yrs. old—Driftwood, Endi-

cott Farm, 1st; Intelligence, End'icott

Farm, 2nd; Carlam’s Coquette, Endi-

cott Farm, 3rd.



Mares, 3 yrs. old——Seabreeze, Endi-

cott Farm, lst; Forest Primrose, Hod-

son, 2nd; Splasher, Endicott Farm,





3rd.

Endicott





Mares,

Farm, Isl.



Stallion and Get—Sharplow, Endi-

cott Farm, lst.



Marc and 2 Colts—Warwick Prin-

cess, Ackerman, lst; Warwick Maid,

Endicott Farm, 2nd; Dorothy, Mrs.

Grace Gordon, 3rd.



Champ. Stallion—Evergreen, Endi-

cott Farm.



Champ. Mare—Driftwood, Endicott





Farm.

Standard Bred.



Stallion, 4 yrs—Baron Peter, W. W.

Collier, Pontiac, Mich, 1st; Eminence

Chief; W. S. Robinson, Mt. Sterling,

0., 2nd; San Frisco, F. H. Colby, De-

troit, 3rd; Marble Grit, A. M. Stark-

weather, Northville, 4th.



Three yrs.——F. H. Colby, lst; Tib-

bitts' Bros, Northville, Mich, 2nd;

Collier, 3rd; Colby, 4th.



Two yrs.——Tibbitts Bros, 1st; G. W.

Slaughter, Birmingham, 2nd and 3rd.



One yr.——Collier, lst.



Stallion Colt—Starkweather, lst.



Brood Mare and Colt—Collier, lst

and 2nd; Starkweather, 3rd; Mrs.

Louis Wolff, Birmingham, 4th.



Mare, 4 yrs—Slaughter, lst; F. P.

Mitchell, Columbus, Ohio, 2nd; F. P.

Kerby, Detroit, 3rd; Collier, 4th.



Two and 3 yrs. -—-Colby, 1st: Slaugh-

ter, 2nd and 3rd; Daniel Lyons, High-

land Park, 3rd; Collier, 4th.



Collier,





2 yrs—Satellite,





 





gne yr.—Slaughter, 1st;





FARMER,





Mare Colt—Collier lst; Starkweath-

er, 211d; Mrs. Wolff, 3rd; Starkweath-

and





er, 4th

Get—Collier, 1st;

Starkweather, 2nd.





Stallion



Champ. Stallion—Baron Peter, own-

ed by W W. Collier.



Champ! Mare—Lady Cassldy, G. W.

Slaughter.



Welsh Ponies.



Aged Stallion—Geo. A. Heyl, Wash

ington, 111., 1st and 2nd; Endicott

Farms, Birmingham, Mich.,3rd.A11

other classes were won by the Key]

ponies, they being the only exhibitor.



Shetland Ponies.



Stallion, 3 yrs. old—Heyl, lst and

2nd;A11es, 3rd and4 t.h



Stallion, 2 yrs. old—Heyl, lst; Alles





211 d.

Stallion, 1 yr. old—Heyl, lst; Alles

2nd '





Stallion Colt—Alles, 1st; Gordon,

2nd and 3rd.



Mare, 3 yrs. with colt under 2 yrs.

——Heyl, 1st, 2nd and 3rd; Gordon, 4th.





glare, 1 yr. old—Heyl, 1st; Alles

Mare Colt—Gordon, lst; Heyl, 2nd.

Four Get of One Sire—Heyl, 1st;





Alles,,~2nd; Gordon, 3rd.

Two Produce of One Mare—Heyl,

1le and 2nd; Alles, 3rd.

Champ. Stallion and Mare—Hey].

SWINE.

Berkshires.

Boar 2 yrs. or over—J. L. Miller,

Caledonia, Mdich., lst; F. E. Kite, St.





Paris, 0.,



Boar, 18 mos. and under 2 yrs.—

Kite, lst; Miller, 2nd.



Boar 12 mos. and under 18 mos.—

Kite, lst; Miller, 2nd.





Boar, 6 mos, and under 12 mos.—

Hibbaid & Periy, Leslie, Mich, lst;

Mille1,2nd and 3rd.



Boar undeI 6 mos.——Kite, lst and

2nd; Miller, 3rd and 4th.



Sow, 2 yrs. or over—Kite, lst; Mil-

ler, 2nd.



Sow, 18 mos. and under 2 yrs.—

Kite, lst; Miller, 2nd and 3rd.



Sow, 12 mos. and under 18 mos—-

Kite, lst and 2nd; Miller, 3rd.



Sow, 6 mos. and under 12 mos.—

Miller, lst; Hibbard & Perry, 2nd and

3rd; Miller, 4th.



Sow, under 6 mos.—-Hibba1‘d & Per-

ry, lst; Miller, 2nd and 3rd.



Exhibitors’ Herd—Miller, lst.



Breeders’ Herd—Kite, lst;

2nd.



Four of either sex, get of same boar

and bred by exhibitor—Hibbard &

Perry, lst; Kite, 2nd; Miller, 3rd.





Miller,





Four of either sex, produce of same.





303v, under 6 mos—Kite, lst;

n .

Champ, Boar—Miller, lst.

Best herd of Berkshires, America

Berkshire Association Special—Hib-

bard & Perry, 1st; Miller, 2nd.





Duroc Jerseys.





Boar, 2 yrs. or over—E. C. Stemen

& Sons, Middle Point, 0., 1st; C. J.

McLaughlin, Pleasantville, 0., 2nd.



Boar, 18 mos. and under 2 yrs.—

Brookwater Farm, Ann Arbor, lst;

Stemen & Son, 2nd.



Boar, 12 mos. and under 18 mos.—

Stemen & Sons, lst; McLaughlin,

2nd; Brookwater Farm, 3rd and 4th.



Boar, 6 mos. and‘ under 12 mos.—

McLaughlin, lst and 2nd; Brookwater

Farm, 3rd; Stemen & Sons, 4th.



Boar, under 6 mos.——Brookwater

Farm, lst and 4th; McLaughlin, 2nd

and 3rd.



Sow, 2 yrs. or over—McLaughlin,

lst and 3rd; Stemen & Sons, 2nd;

Brookwater Farm, 4th.



Sow, 18 mos. and under 2 yrs.—

Stemen & Sons, 1st and 2nd; Mc-

Laughlin, 3rd; Brookwater Farm, 4th.



Sow, ‘12 mos. and under 18 mos.—

Brookwater Farm, 1st and 4th; Mc-

Laughlin, 2nd and 3rd.



' Sow, 6 mos. and under 12 mos.—

McLaughlin, 1st and 3rd; Stemen &

Sons, '2nd and 4th.



Sow under 6 mos. —McLaughlin, 1st,



3rd and 4th; Stemen & Sons, 2nd.





Miller,





Exhibitors’ Herd—McLaughlin, 1st;

Stemen & Sons, 2nd; Brookwater

Farm, 3rd.



Breeders’ Herd—Stemen & Sons,

lst; McLaughlin, 2nd; Brookwater

Farm, 3rd.





Four of either sex, get of same boar

——Stemen & Sons, lst; McLaughlin,

2nd and 4th; Brookwater Farm, 3rd.



Four of either sex, produce of same

sow—~McLaughlin, lst; Brookwater

533m, 2nd and 4th; Stemen & Sons,

r .



Champ. Boar, 1 yr.

men & Sons.



Champ. Boar, under 1 yr.——Brook-

water Farm.



Champ. Sow,

Laughlin.



Cha 1p.

Laug ' .



Gd. Champ. Boar—Stemen & Sons.



Gd. Champ. Sow—McLaughlin.

National Duroc Jersey Record Asso-



ciation Special.



Best Boar and three Sows—Brook-

water Farm.



Best young herd under 1 yr, boar

and three sows—Brookwater Farm.





(Continued next week).





or over—Ste-





1 yr. or over—Mc-





Sow, under 1 yr.——Mc-





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(Continued from last Week).

In this connection one of the





Ohions made the significant remark,

“Our Grange put that school there.

We should have been discouraged

long before if we had not met regu-

larly at Grange and so renewed one

another’s courage.” Which goes to

show how much stronger community

courage is than individual courage.

It also illustrates the saying of Supt.

Kern to the effect that it “makes all

the difference in the world whether

you enlist for 90 days or the entire

war.” These men enlisted for the

war—and won.



This leads me to tell, also, of some

interviews with patrons of consolidat-

ed schools of Illinois. Mr. O. J. Kern,

Superintendent of VVinnegabo county

schools, was illustrating his talk with

stereopticon views. He threw onto

the screen a picture of a country

school building—a most inviting-look-

ing building with four schoolrooms,

attic for gymnasium, and basement

for manual training, agricultural ex-

periments and domestic science. The

woman next to me whispered, “That’s

our school. The lecturer of our

Grange is principal and has just spent

six weeks at Madison University

studying, and now will spend four

weeks at Stout, trying to keep up

with the procession.” “Ah,” said I,

under cover of the darkness, “tell me,

is the transportation of the children

satisfactory?” My seatmate answered

heartily, “Most of them are pleased.

Of course, some object, just as there

are always some ‘kickers’.”



Just then other scenes were thrown

on the screen—~scenes on the 24-acre

campus of the far—famed Swaney

school of Putnam county, Illinois.

This campus was the gift of John

Swaney, a resident farmer, who there.

by immortalized his faith in farm boys

and girls. Think of it! A district

school-yard of 24 acres, bearing 300

fine trees upon it, with hills and a

stream, athletic field, and an experi-

mental garden. While I marveled at

these facts my neighbor on the left

whispered, “Thats my school,”where-

upon I began another rapid fire of

questions: “Indeed, how far is it

from town?” “Three miles from any

town and way off from a town of any

size.” I further learned that this

Swaney school receives nearly $1,000

in tuition fees from pupils of other

districts who attend it in preference

to town schools. The building is equip-

ped with modern conveniences and

the courses of study include agricul-

ture, animal and dairy husbandry,

horticulture and household economics,

with laboratories and a library. A

glee club, orchestra and athletic asso-

ciations furnish the school with those

social accessories so dear to the

young. ‘



(Concluded next week).





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Grange Holds County Fair.—Baraga.

County Pomona held their county fair

on September 25-26, at L’Anse. There

were the usual premiums for farm

crops, fruits, vegetables, live stock,

preserves and sewing. Besides these,

there were special contests in corn

growing and alfalfa and clover. There

was a tomato growing contest for

girls, and a potato growing one for

the boys. The business men of the

Upper Peninsula rendered valuable

assistance by offering good premiums

for the exhibits. A well arranged pre-

mium list of 50 pages was issued sev-

eral weeks before the fair.





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Arrange for Club 'Fair.—-On Septem-

ber 16, “a perfect September day,” be-

tween 50 and 60 members of Pitts-

ford Farmers’ Club met at the home

of George Cousins and family. Prompt-

ly at noon a feast was served, after

which the company met on and

around the front porch and were pho-

tographed. Then, last but not least,

came the program, consisting of read-

ings, recitations, and singing. The

question box was well filled with

questions that brought out good and

interesting discussions. Arrangements

were made and committees appointed

for our Club fair to be held the third

Wednesday of October, at Locust

Grange Hall. After one verse of “God

be With You Till we Meet Again,”

the Club adjourned.——S. L. 0., Sec.



Hold Club Fair in October.—The

Columbia Farmers’ Club held their

September meeting at “Home Dale,”

with Mrs. C. M. Crego. A good at.

tendance and interesting program was

in evidence. The roll call was re-

sponded to with “Towns. in Michigan

and Facts Concerning Them.” This

brought out many historic and in-

structive facts. Mrs. Grace Nash gave

a most excellent paper on “The Econ-

omy of Right Living.” She said we

must economize in our home as re-

gards the size of the house, false ex-

penditure that does not bring com-

fort; economize on time, so we may

use it wisely; economize our strength,

our food, our dress, so that they shall

give us the best," so that we may live

for the highest and cultivate the Spir—

itual. A fine musical program was

furnished by invited guests, Miss Eth-

el Reed, Miss Hazel Brooks, Miss

Marion Palmer, and Alice Davison,

gave recitations, also Mrs. Effie Gary

favored the company with a reading.

Mrs. A. R. Palmer, of Jackson, and

Miss Julia Raven, of East Lansing,

were Welcome guests. The next meet-

ing will be the annual Club Fair, held

with Henry Peterson—Maude Smith,

Reporter.



Meet at a “Pioneer” Home—The

September meeting of the Ingham

County Farmers’ Club was held last

Saturday at “The Maples,” with Mr.

and Mrs. Sylvester B. Davis. It was

a pleasant fall day, a good attendance

and an unusually good time, for Mr.

and Mrs. Davis are royal entertainers.

As this was the first meeting at “The

Maples,” a word about the farm will

not be amiss. It consists now of 280

acres, 160 of plow land and 120 acres

of wood land and pasture. For the

120 acres across the road they have

the deed from the government, dated

February 1, 1849. This was the birth-

place of Mr. Davis. The 80 acres

where the buildings are was purchas-

ed 37 years ago as a wilderness and

Mr. Davis slashed nine acres the first

winter, so they are really pioneers

and know of the labor necessary to

make the wilderness blossom like the

rose. A strictly modern farm house

was erected five years ago of cement

blocks, and with necessary and con-

venient barns we see the home of the

twentieth century farmer. The meet-

ing was called to order by President

Ives and a good program rendered, an

interesting number of which was a

talk by E. A. Densmore in which he

described a trip to southern and west-

ern states.



Promote Organization of New Club.

——‘—Mrs. Tanswell called attention to

the fact that this was the first meet-

ing we had ever held in the township

of Onondaga and while we were

known as the Ingham County Farm-

ers' Club there was room for others

and she would be glad to see a new

Club formed. Everyone was busy,

but these meetings would add much

pleasure to an active life and was

more like a Farmers’ Club family

than other organizations. E. B. Cory-

ell said when a young man, he work-

ed for our former president, Mr.

Wood, and had always known of the

workings of the Club and whenever

he had attended a meeting, he went

home feeling that his time had been

well spent. In this day one wanted to

be progressive. President Ives thought

the charter members buil'ded better

than they knew, and he would be glad

to see and help organize a new Club.

This has been a cry of the State As-

sociation and Mr. Cheney suggested

that some interested farmer set a day

and invite those interested to talk

things over, but he did not want them

to take the second Saturday of the

month, for some of us might want to

attend. This discussion was brought

out by being ten miles from Mason,

the central point of our Club, and see-

ing several interested ones, could not

help but drop the seed and offer en-

couragement. The next meeting will

be the second Saturday of October,

with Mr. and Mrs. C. E. SWift, at Lone

Pine—Mrs. Tanswell, Cor. Sec.





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Rheumatism Affecting Hind Quarters

—-—Knee Sprung—I have a horse that

has shOWn some lameness and stiff-

ness in hind quarters for several

months. When down seems to get up

fairly easy, but steps very short and

gradually walks out of this soreness.

The same horse is knee-sprung in one

fore leg and has lost flesh lately. W.

V. H., Fennville, Mich—Rub back and

hind quarters with spirits of camphor

twice a day and give 2 drs. of sodium

salicylate at a dose in feed night and

morning. Apply equal parts turpen-

tine, aqua ammonia and sweet oil to

tendons of fore leg twice a week.



Eczema—Skin Blotches.——I have a

seven-year-old mare that has perhaps

been over-heated and blotches came

out over her body, mostly on shoulder

under collar and alongside where tug

rubs. I have had her treated by our

local Vet. and blotches are now al-

most gone, but her skin must itch as

she bites her sides a good deal, is

hard to clean because she insists up-

on being curried continually. G. R,

West Branch, Mich—Give her .a des-

sertspoonful of Fowler’s solution at

a dose in feed three times a day and

wet her body with one part bichloride

mercury and 750 parts water twrce a

day. Dust on some finely powdered

sulphur to itchy parts occasronally.





Sore Leg.———My cow met with an in;

jury last winter, she fell on ice and

injured hind leg low down. One of

the bunches that formed is now dis-

charging pus, but she is in good state

of health. She also has two or three

blotches on side which may perhaps

be the result of same fall. W. R. 0.,

Wayne, Mich—Give your heifer a des-

sertspoonful of Donovan’s solution at

a dose in feed or water twice a day

and apply equal parts of oxide of zmc

and boracic acid to open sores twice

a day; also paint bunches With tinc-

ture iodine three times a week.



Rheumatism.——My chickens are not

doing well and I am inclined to be-

lieve that they are afflicted with a

contagious disease. First show lame-

ness in one leg which lasts a week or

ten days, then both legs are affected,

gradually grow poor and die in two

or three weeks. None of these fowls

have recovered. F. M. Z., Ann Arbor,

Mich—From the symptoms you give,

I am at a loss to make a correct diag-

nosis. If their joints swell, they may

have rheumtism; if not they possibly

die of tuberculosis. You should have

one of them examined by a competent

veterinarian.



Feline Distemper.-—A number of

years ago our cats became infected

with distemper; since then we have

not been able to raise a kitten. You

undoubtedly know of symptoms, run-

ning or watering of eyes, sneezing ex-

cessively, after several seconds at a

time. In later stages they sneeze

strings of excreticns from nose. Re-

fuse to eat, and grow very weak, and

sleep much of the time until they _fln-

ally die. of complete exhaustion. Kind-

ly give remedy, if any, as I have some

young angoras which I would very

much like to raise. H. F., Francisco,

Mich—Why don’t you have your kit-

tens vaccinated with canine distem-

per vaccine, and the sick animals

should be treated with curative vac-

cine serum. Giving drugs to them

will not give you satisfactory results.

A cat with distemper should be given

V. gr. doses quinine four times daily.

If they refuse food, mix whiskey, egg

and milk together and give them some

five times a day. Remember, half a

teaspoonful of Whiskey is enough at

a time for cat. Keep the animal in a

well ventilated place and ofler the cat

kind of food they prefer.



Catarrh.—I have a rooster and hen

that breathe as if they had the croup

or something in their windpipe. This

ailment is not infectious for my other

birds are rfectly well. F. W., Fre-

mont, Mic -—Your hen and rooster

suffer from catarrh and will be bene-

fited by giving e ual parts of ground

gentian, nger, b carbonate soda and

charcoal it their faed tiiree timesula

day' r can e ven uacaps e

or bolus-dour grains is about the

right dose for a full-grown chicken

and the medicine should be given two

or three times a day. .





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1 THE {MI'CHIGAL'N'FARMER





macaw-m. saurnsesvms.





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





 





We have for sale .imported and

home bred Bull Calves, guaranteed





free from tuberculosis. They are

fine and have had the best of care.

‘Send for sale list, or what is better

for both parties, come and see them.





OAIPBELL & llllEVlIE. counter, Ilcll.





 





 





 

 





 





Buy Ouarnselstur Profit





Your investment in GUERNSEYS

will return a larger profit than that





from an‘ykother dairy breed.

ITE FOR Ll skaruns.

Guernsey Game club, Box 25, Peter-boroJlJl'





 





cesarean sunscreen-035.3





ALLEN BROS" Paw Paw. Michigan.





 





 





Purebred Registered





HOLSTEIN

CATTLE





Six years' study of dairy operations on over

twenty farms in three different parts of Minne-

sota. showed Prof. Cooper of the state experi-

ment station that dairying is most profitable

in the “Holstein section" of the state.



In 1905, the average refit per cow was

810.10. In r909 it was 8.45 per cow. In-

crease was due to improved herds. purebred

registered Holsteins having been substituted

for grades.



When dairylng is put on a systematic basis.

the Holstein cow comes to the front. For

facts and figures



Sand for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklet.





Holstein-Frieda Assa, F. L, lloughton. Sec’y.

Box 164. Brattleboro. Vt.





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jerseys ‘





Bulls ready for service. several from Register of

Merit Cows. Four bred heifers. good ones. Herd

Tuberculin tested. Prices reasonable.



COLON C. LILLIB. Cocpersville. Michigan.





 

 





23—295





—Both cox. Wt“.





00 Ie Ce SWIN your-wants.





BUTTERNUT FARM. Lupton. Michigan.





0 I C —Choioo spring boars from A No. 1

e e e Stock. Pcd' furnished.

N. _H. WEBER. Roy Oak. Michigan. .





 





one s. Bulls ready for service. extra quality sired

by acoba's Fairy Emanon. No. from high

producing dams. SMITH 6 PARKER. Howell. Mich.





 





APLE Lane Register of Merit J ereey Herd—Tu-



berculin tested by 0.8. Government. Bull calves

from cows in R. of.M. test. Heifer calves whose dams.

grand-dame. and vent lgrand-dame are in the Register

of Merit. IR IN OX. Allegan. Michigan.





NW IN SERVICEn.§°s.t‘ptn.:§°rt%°..zis





GREGORY & BORDEN. Howell. Michigan.





CliOlJSli’S our neussmn .rrrnssrs

Aromrstockcd and will sell at bargain prices. heifers

and bulls all ages. four bulls ready for service.

Tuberculln tested. Foundation stock. amous

Mouton Herd. Write for rloes.



J. B. CROUSE. artland. Michigan.





JERSEYS —-For list of stock for



sale and Jemeé facts

write A. P. EDISON. Sec. M. J. O. 0.. 3% W. ridge.

Grand Rapids. Mich. f a breeder and amember

of M. J. O. 0. send list of stock for sale to the above.





ERS EYs—YEARLINO BULL READY FOR

L0 SERVICE. Alec bull calves.

kwater Farm. 8. F. D. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.





BUTTER BRED JEfifi'sifi‘”





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK Fm





Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michlgdn.





l

F0 R . S A L E h3§§?§.l°$’hgll§.3

WATEBMAN & WATERMAN. Ann Arbor, Michigan-

Oairy Ind Shorlhom. lFur Females For Sale.

J. B. HUMMEL.‘ Macon. Michigan.

sl'IORTHORN and POLLED DURHAM COWS. with





calves by their side. you bulls and heifers.

Got prices. FRANK BARTL TT. Dryden. Mich.





n | c —Bred cows and apringige. large and growthy.

I . I Pairs and trios. not in. Write your wants.

GLENWOOD STOCK FARM. Zeeland. Mich.





9 —-—Large boned. shipped on approval.

0. I. C S ire not akin. roglste free.

J. W. H0 LL. Elsie. Michigan.





 





 





hoicely Bred Chester Whiter. Spring pigs either sex pedi-

gree furnished. Sent C. O. D. subject to examination. for

prices and breeding. Address. John Gintling, Bronson. Mich.





 





0 March, April and May plge- the bi .

I i I owthy kind that always ma as d,

LEMUEL N10 OLS. R.F.l). No. 2. Lawrence. ioh.





o ! C's—Spring pigs. pairs and trioa. not

0 e akin. from state fair winners.

AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Michigan.





 





 





0 l —Choice spring boars of March and

e - o Aprt furrow. Prices right.

JOHN BERNEB l SON. Grand Ledge. Michigan.

0. I. C’s—8.22:3?” Gepiinguliodars. Batis-

A. n. GRAHAM. nu‘h’l‘? MICHIGAN. '

0. l. C. SPRING PlGS“§l¥2fl'l‘3 “A“r'r‘l £223





pigs. ’1. W. MANN. Danevllle. Mic igan.





 





 





 





u I c 3"" -Also Holstein Bull calf sired by a wlb.

I I I l . son of Ypsilanti Sir Korndyke DeKol.

Clover Leaf Stock Farm. R. N





o. 1. Monroe. Mich.



- —May I have the pleas-



Oe 1. Ce SWine uroot receiving your

order for a pair or trio. not akin. of April

and May furrow. They are bred right. Satisfaction

guaranteed. A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Dcrr. Mich.





 





O I C! —I have a fine lot of last OCT.

. . S. GILTs. bred. Weight 300 to 350.

Also last spring BOARS. Half mile west of Depot.

Nashvlllc. Michigan. OTTO B. SCHULZE.





 





hung Shutters lull: suggests“ “mm“

H. B. PETERS. Burton. Mlchlgnn. R. R. Elsie.





-Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

Shaman“ ages for sale at farmers prices. 0. W. Crum.

Secy. Cant. Mich. Shorthorn Breedcrl' Assn., McBride. Mich.





SllOlllllOllll BULLS FOll SHE‘ESS. ‘Hrams’i'vt





10.180 lbs. milk and 518 lbs. butter with first calf In one

year. Reasonable price. Write. EW. Johuon.0uetcr.llch.





SllOlllllOllllS: O OllOlOE IOUllO BULLS FOR SALE

W. h lga





W. K 'APP. Howell. Mich n.





 





 





 





10 HOLSTEIN‘BULLS





FROM 1 to 3 YEARS OLD





Ten Bull calves, two to ten months old.





Ten cows, Your Choice from my entire

herd. Don’t let any Body make you

believe he can sell you a better bull for

less money than I can. Don’t delay the

purchase of bull until the other fellow

gets the one you want. Write me or

come at once.



L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





HATCH HERD

BEOI§LESIIED HOLSTEIll-FBIESIAIS





ILANTI. MICH.. offers



HERD HEADERS from choice A. R. 0. dams and

King Pontiac Jewel Korndyke. 50dams in his

pedigree over 0 81.25 pounds in 7 davs. Average er

cent of fat of t ree nearest dams 4.37. Sires in rat

three generations in his pedigree have 500 A. R. 0.

daughters. Prices reasonable.



Make our own selection at Ashmoor Farms.

Tecumse Michigan. 1 F. D. No. 2, or ad recs



BATC HERD. YPUI ANTI. MICHIGAN.





I Will Buy and Sell Holstein Oallll swam“;





s cialt . Large acquaintance among the breeders.

ank re erences. Freeman J. Fishbeok. HowolLMich.





 





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ULSTEIN FRIEBIAN CATTLE. Bulls for sale.

the kind that will satisfy or money refunded.

JONES & LUTZ. Grove. Michigan.





BIGELOW’S IIOLS'I‘EIN FARMS





Breedsvllle. Michigan.

Breeder of high class





Registered Holsteins.

“Top-Notch" Holsteins.





Extra large fine young bull. ’5 white, born Oct. 4, 1913.

Dam has oficlal record of 29.40 lbs. butter in 7 days.

117.50 lbs. in 30 da ‘s. Sire's dam lea 22.6! lb. 4 yr.-old

daughter of a 30.5 b. cow.



McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





50 gets 6 weeks old bull. Rire line bred Pontiac

orndyke. Dam .R. 0. daughter of Pontiac

Pauline Paul. Martin L. MoLaulin, Redford. Mich.





—Klgh rade Holstein calves by % lb.

For sa'. sire. gWeek old bulls 810.. crated.

CHAS. S. RILEY. R. No. 1. Metamora. Michigan.





H OLSTEIN BU L —27.42 lb. dam. her





dam 30.59 lbs. 5

nearest dams average 25 lbs. Born Nov. 1911. Gentle.

quick. sure. $150 delivered. Robert W. Fey. Insou. Mich.





FOR SALE—At a reasonable rise. a fine Reg-

istered Holstein bu looming 3-yrs-old.

CLYDE FISHER. St. Louis. Michigan.

EOISTERED HOLSTEINS—Hord headed by Albina

Bonte Butter Boy No. 931 whose dam has semi-





24.

oiiiolal yearly record. Butter 802 lbs. Milk Mlbs. as a

2-yr.-old. No stock for sale. W. ll. Reader. Howell, Iieh.





Bull Ball ready for light service





Breeding exceptionally good.

Color-even black and white. A splendid individual.

A Bargain for a quick sale.



Write (or particulars.

[SPANOII FARM. Lansing. Michigan.





s. oseonrr. L. M. HATCH.

gliders. rnaccsox. l 0"“ Supt.





IlOlllOlI llOIE III Illllllll SOHOOL

LAP“ MICHIGAN





Breeder of High Grade oletein Cattle. Lists and

prioee upon application. .





 





 





 





SHEEP.





 





 





 

 

 





- l'l‘ PAYS 1'0 BUY PURE BRED SHEEP

~ OF PARSONSx :fifigeflmfl





   





l e ev .

' wshere and“, oer;-

,. , . ”tart c ee._ mil



. . , . ' . on mm c

will"; 33'. . 3.) l. L. H . , “grit. {0! club

.upa [1.5.0 n 5:7,.“ ofi'cr and dose vo

, .21.: , 3 -, , t. ' _. .- } 4;“ price but.i ,

2' _'v ,. - . _ -

E4117") " gl‘srq-(ézbfi (TP‘ 1“ e Foiled-





' ’ \ \ De 5.

PARSONS, Grand Ledge. Michigan R 1





 





 





 





 





RAms—iHBOPSHIRES OXFOBDS AND



HAMPSHIRES. Good strong well



wooled fellows ready for business. Shipped to you



without the money. Ien.t that fair? 'f so write

KOPE KON FARM. Kinderkook. Michigan.





POLLEO OELllllE RIMS FOO leEEESdlgiii





shearere. F. L. BROKAW, Eagle. Michigan.





' ‘ ' —B d ' ll 40 . i .

Ohro Oclarnesdllorrnos 531:8: €5..."Z’if§.§.ii

Priced right. 8. H. BA ERS. Aahtabula. Ohio.





Oxforddown Yearling: and Ram Lambs

M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.





hropshire Yearling and Ram Lambs. large frames.

Wool and Mutton tygg. Also . . swine.

G. P. ANDREWS. ansvllle. Michigan.





SHRoPSHIREs-msss:stemm

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mlchlgnn.





SHROP RAMS





Registered. 5 choice yearlings. $12.50 to 81 5.

Long Beach Farms. Augusta. Kalamazoo Co. , Mich.





SHROPSHIRES‘ii’lWfl.S§2§i-’§a '33:: ”8'

w. P. PULLING & SON. Parma. Michigan.

OUUWSHIUE RIMS lllll Eli: FUR “LE

DAN noonnn. 11.11%. 1, Marion. Michigan.

R E G. SH R 0 P S H I R [SI—r3313; $120.33;





HARRY POTTER. R. No. 5. Davison, Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





HE MAPLES SHROPS—We offer 20 extra yearling

rams. a 2-yr-old stock ram bred by Campbell. also

ewes. E. E. Leland It Son. B. R. 9. Ann Arbor. Mich





H005.





' ' --A few extra Sept. Boers and h nch

Dumcsav'clonas of Gilts for let of April fag-ow.

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





FEEDER HOGS FOR SALE

SERRADELLA FARM, Oeooda. Michigan.

BERKSIIIRES Choice spring boars and gilte.

stock. nnmnuns ”£1950? fifthf‘l‘tllbi’it‘ifiii





nomrorr IHEO rrnrsmgrs-fgesss“ .m





with papers. :20 to 825 one .

D. F. VALENTINE Sup't.. Temperance. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





' ’ —Reg. Berkshire Boers ready for services

B'TkShlns also spring pigs either sex at farmer.

prices. White Oak Farm, R. No. 4. Brown City, Mich.





BERKSHIRES‘fifimSh‘USOecGL‘o“ “$.35."

A. A. PATl‘ULLO. ervllle. Michigan. ‘





 





 





o l c's—For 1! years I have been breeding Big Type 0.I.C.

: I swine and now have one of the best Big Type herds

in the land. quality considered. Herd boar. Lengthy Prince

No. 3816], vol. 1% 0. I. 0. record. a 700 lb. bear in breeding

condition. White Monarch No. 42053. vol. 16. 0. I. 0. record.

a 500 lb. Jr. yearling. Dame of equal size and merit. Young

stock for sale at all time. Prices reasonable. Will ship 0.0.1).

NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM. I. No. l. Marlo“: Mlchlgan.





Chester 'l'lll“-n§" Bired Cute—Orders taken for

pairs at nm.rd’piitfii“£&h§°£fi“m





 





 





' o I c Choice Gilts for Spring Farrow. Not bred.

O O





oMay igs. Ohorce serviceable bears the long

bodied kind. A VIN V. HATT. Grass Lake. Mich.





Duroe Jersey Bears





From Prize-Winning Stock.

Write. or better still. come.





Brookwater Farm, Ann Arbor,Mlch.,fl.F.n.l.





ounce Jesus-2s. ss.2n:..r°a:.sd-...Pvus

Prices right. MYRON SHUR’I‘EN. Quimby. Erich.





 





—25 choice boars. some fine March gtlta

Duroc “my and a few bred cows for October

farrow. W. O.





TAYLOR. Milan.

—-For sale. of the heavy boned type.

Duroc Jerseys A few choice boars and (all pigs.

M. A. BRAY. Okemos. Ingham 00., Michigan.





KOllI-EL STOOK FIRM 32.233; 2.32% $3221.53:





prices. I. R. CORNELL. Howell. Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS, Bred Gills For Sale.



CAREY U. Ennonns. Hastings. Michigan.



—s . . _



UUllUO JERSEYS agiéngr‘llfi?f “llifii ”Refills?"

w. J. BAUMAN. Burr Oak. Michigan.





Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





Hours of the large heavy boned t 0



time Jersey .1... . - ‘ ’ '

prrng grlts and July i sfor ea c.



Plum Creek Stock Farm. R. No. 1. Mgngoe. Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS'§§J§§£..§L“ “$225.” “if 8'.‘

BTAHLMAN.Cherry Lawn Farm.lt.2_S epherd,Mich.





AMPSHIRE Bwine—Broedin stock of all ages

from most popular strains. givrite for breedin ,





- \





Inspection invrtcd. I‘ oyd Myers. R. 9. Decatur. In .

pom» cums—“sari. statements”?

Prices right. W. J. HAGELBHAW. Augusta. Mm.

—S . . .

POUND OHIUIS gfétilypéfgcf‘ilfi’rafifi “32°;

L. W. BARNES & SON. Byron. Michigan.





 





Poland Chinas, either sex. all ages. Somethinggood

at a low price. Bargains in boars ready for ser-

vice. P. D. LONG. R. F. D. 8. Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





BUTLER'B Big Boned Prolific Poland Chinae. Grow

big. keep easy, mature early. ready for market at

Omonths. Why? Because we've bred them that In



for more than 20 years. 50 big boned. long bodied. hig



class boars at farmers' prices. Buy one and make more

money on your hogs. You can’t get any better at any

price. RC. Hrstory Free. J.(i. Butler, Portland.Mich.





L‘naE IYPE P c —Lalr]gest d" Mich._ Falliplgs all

I Immorerasrin '

by the largest boar in the U. 8.. weight 50d) 1%;ng

months old. Come and see. Expenses aid if not as

represented, W. E. LIVINGSTON. arma, Mich.





BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS'fii‘S’y ”lg:





new homes. They are oorker’s and i .

WM. WAFFLE. Goldwater. bflcl‘ilil-grllll?d





 





 





' of the big type. March a d A ll

Pallnd Ohm” farrow. The kind that plgaseglir

customers. A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. Mich.





‘R SALE—Choice Poland China pigs. April fax-row.

. either sex. one yearlrngboar. Come and make selec-

tion if convenient. A. 0. Shinabargar. B. 1. Crystal. Iich





ARGE STYLE POLAND CHINA SPRING nd F

L PIGS Dairy Breed Shorthorn Bulls and 0x333

Buck Lambs. Prices right. Robert Neva. Pierson. high.





—A choice bunch of March and A '

FOll S‘LE p188. a few herd headers. Prices refslgiidjglgf

Satisfaction guaranteed. R. W. Mills. Saline. Mich.





Bred sows. bred tits a II

"III. FOOt pigs. not related. or sallia. rim:

faction guaranteed. G. C. KRIGLOW. Ada. Ohio





YOU‘KSI'UIRES_MM‘“re boars and sows. A fine

for prices. OSTRArlllIfiER £383§°§EO$§§M¥1TO





YORKSHIRES





The large. lo -bodled. prolific kl d. 6']

September alligd Ooto r furrow.n A etiolzsrledl: {3;

spring boats and slits. Prices reasonable.



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





llllle Farmstead Yorkshiree‘





833109 gt}: ”1131 gilts bred lfor Sgpteinber {snowy

e or sex a re a

Sail-Mon guaranteed p n roe no ‘1‘ n.





COLON c. LILLIB. Cocpereville. mung...i





 





Mention the Michigan Far-men





 





when writing to adveriieore.
lumber Savings





 





Shipments Direct From Chicago, Washington.

Texas and Mississippi -- Point Nearest You





 





 





Best Metal Roofing $11.9 Per Sq.





Never before have we been so splendidly

wuipped to supply best roofing at lowest prices.

are originators of roofing direct to the con-

sumer. In oontrollingour own factories we have

made better arrangements for this season than

ever before. to sup pp gositively the best roofing DB.

81.19 bu uyl 100 sq. t. d new corrugntcd' Iron roo ngzn

all around covering; light weight. sheets about 2ft. :2

t.. dunpainted. Painted 10 c per square ext

Order lot No. DRPZ‘. Price per 100 qut. f.o.b. Chicago $1.19

$2.15 Sysbu 100 sq. ft. of brand new lvanized steel roof-

Eg. Perfect lightweight sheets. 22' Inc eswide and 72 inches

n . 1 1—4 inch corrugated.

Order by lot No. DR- 25. PriceperlOOeq.ft..f.o. ..Chi. 82.75





 





1.75 our l I

$759 Buys the Material 1:. his... m" .. mayhem w . N pen; Bad

to a, con n n qua us an semce or years. 9W 8| wank“

// . goo-with everyro sissnd cementlnclu ded. Orde rby EtN o.DR- £7. baggy weight barbed





 





To Build this Home





This' Is our modern Harris Home

No. 6-A. Easily built under our no

shortage, ’ILO extras system. with 08i-

tive accurate plans. A beautifu

£0336. full 2-story. 7 room home with





 

 

 

 

 

 





- The low price above clear]; indi-

cates a saving of from1-4to 1- made

gossiblle by our difere'nt motbode. All

' rst cl use material. sound construc-





,, ,, _‘ out door and window frames; Inside

7‘ - * door jambszw outside door nndw window casin

“lanes in length: to work wiethoutcn ttinovy waste crcver possible. All glass n

and back putticd . s will ahIp without one cent in advance. Ask

about terms. Special coupon ”below nsnd 51. 00b ngs complete set of blue print plans.

specifications. material list and guaranteed delivered price to your station. gular

rice for this service is $2. 00. if the plans do not suit. return them and 50:: will be re-

udn dad. here are 99 cthu‘ designs In our free Book of Plans. Write for your copy

today. or send rough pencil skctrh of the home you have in mind and we will make plans

after your own ideas. Portable Houses. Garages and Out-bulldlngs at Berg-III Prices.





ready roof coverings. We call your attention to

these three big snaps.





faced per fact. 'tlas ting roof cover

brandi

In every roll

ply order by lot No DR-zs. For 2

sq. 85¢. Order by lot No. DIE-29 29. ply



pefsq.15¢. Order by lot No .DR-80.r For l.ply





£13301: 309% gin-em contain iJ08 sqi 13rd" Ito:





Ready Roofing 49c Per So.





Greatest known values in dependable





95c buysf the best and heaviest 8 1Elly-Orubbersur-





in rolls contain ng 108 sq. ft. n'ogto 3 pica:

Nails and cement included. For

price lper





caper square49 o. Order by lot No. DIE-18.

51.15 buys high1 grade red or greent slateas-





 

 

 





Theshovepflose-nf.e.b..¢threUnprepal





' CHICAGO HousE WREcxmch'oi‘





gublic everywhere as “The Great Price reckers."



or more than twenty years the four Harris Brothers

have been the executive officers and owners. They

have finally decided to operate under the name of

HARRIS BROTHERS CO. There is no change

in our business, except that the four Harris

Brothers will advertise and sell their goods





 





SEND US Your Lumber Bill

4 Big Shipping Points





We slph from Washington. Texas.

Mlselsslppl or Chicago. Polnt nearest

to you to reduce freight expenses.





Prices on lumber absolutely busted to

pieces—so low that they will gositively save

yout big money. Evtsry piece is rand new and

E33000 rude. Weh ave on hand upwards of .



feet of high grade lumber. suitable ‘

forthe constructiono buildings of ever kind. Pay us a visit here in

Oh icago—See this mammoth stock rig t here in our own lumber

yard. Make dyour selections and watch us load your car. Here

on will fin material in just the géa ades ou wish what or

umber. shingles or structural iron. est 0 all big savings

in dollars of our money await vou. Get in touch with

us at once. Write today. Cash in advance not required.





98c Buys This Door





This splendid door bargain is b at

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Theremsrkablevsluesweareofferins

this season In heating plants of every kin

mildie‘: easily outdistances the great bur ains offered

' heretofore. Whether you inten to install a

steam. hot water or warm air heating plant. your

interests demand that you get our figures before

making any decision whatsoever. Our free expert

engineering service makes it easy for you to do

W your own installing. In this way you eliminate

@ . the unnecessary and useless or once of high priced

& mechanicsind Spmehidea of cures Egg}: stagge‘oaéo‘g [£5



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The specimen bargains chosen

at random from our enormous

stocks must clearly indicate

our determination to

make this Fall Sale

of 1914 a memo-





rable onewith

this com- During

DanY- the many





years of our ex-

istence we have In-

augurated bargain sales

that have made history in

the merchandise world. These

sales have been the dawn of a.

new era. in merchandising made

DOSSible by our price smashing methods;

they have created for us an enviable repu-

tation and justly earned title- The World’s

Greatest Bargain Center."





Our Guarantee Is Your Protection





There' Is no ’half way about it—every purchase you

make from us will be exactly as represented. and you will

be satisfied to the fullest extent. or we will take back any

article not up to (your fullest expectations. refund the pur-

chase lprice, an stand all freight in the exchange.

Our responsibllit can be quickly established by referring

to any publisher. ank or express company.





We Sell Practically Everything





Our stock includes every needed article in everyline. No

matter who ou are. or what your vocation in life y0u have

use for us. he quicker you realizethisfact. the sooner you

will profit by the big savin waiting here for you.



We have been fiominenty yknown everywhere fora) ears

for low prices. ur ability to satisfy thousands. on the

diil'erent methods of purchase and sale we employ has

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H. P. Gasoline Engine $216.2





The lightest. strongest. most

compact dzasoline engine ever pro-

duced. heerfully sent 01130 days‘

trial and if not satisfactory. money





 





Complete Bathroom Outfit $21





That’s an actualsa gto you of on ebalf. The

price above is for a brand"In new white enameled 0bath tub. all

nickel plated trimmings including double bath cock for hot

and cold water. Lavatory is one piece of latest design. all

white enameled; nickel plated basincccks and nickel plated

trimmings. he ta is an approved pattern. etee w ite.

fiercelainbgnameled. Easy. noiseless nd per rect auction.





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returned with transportation

charges included. Biggest and best ‘ ‘ "

value you ever saw or the money An engine specially

constructed or all purpose use. 4 cycle. self contained-

horizontal. hopperoool ed. ounted on heav wood skids.

withbat the box. Has automatic governor. start-

An en Inc or the home. shop. factory or farm. (91min a

sure” s ter non-bulking and steady running. rder by

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have decided that their best interests require

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Fencln ortunstely secured recently etc I- Own price.

lendi fencing for ho all generalt arm1 urposes.

£41101: 11. “1119 w.res Sufism-ed“) mesh st ”(hazel inches

apart. Put up in rolls of 20,1-dery1 g;

No. DIR-33. Same as above.e :gggt‘z roaagtgy. space

inches. per rod 21c. Order lot

Staples for erection. 100 lbs. $1.18. Order by lot

0. 03- Our wire catalogue tells more.





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reels of about 100 lbs. 2 point bnrbs. Strong

and well made for long service. Pri



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Galvanized Barbed Wire light

weight. first gradeand” best made.

putl up2 exact y 80 rod othe

reel . 2‘13Iolnt5bombsd rdPrice

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Best quality bar-

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Smooth galvanized Wire

positive necessi bout the farm. Suitable for. (names. stay

twins evines an all purposes for_which wire is generally need

upin rolls 9of in nefularm lengths 9ranging from50t0250fc .

lowprlce Is forh 100 mm of our gauge. the standard also mostly



In dem nd. We have eve TG desired siNzoe in this lot at Igropertionstely low

prices. Order by lot No. DR—3 Galvanised Staplescherl





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fig-m” , lnfihes. °'s1c. c No. nil-40. Pot celain,

Width :hflg‘°fi;;fiy fight” w its enamel Ink. $2.55. Large:- ”i so





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Nllchaelsen’s Paint Hog Trough

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guarantee of quailt for80 In nitrous. dmble touch- for hoc- and

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su'pe ion. r or by lot

/- N D 41. For best ready

m e house paint st 890

porgnl. Michaelsen' s Darn

Paint at 550 per gallon has no supe peélor. Order

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Mixed Wire Nails

{:2 $1.28

Standard wire

ens. uni-Iii? andmg-ggs.

mixed





Iron Pipe and Fittings

3c-ft.





Good iron pipe in random

lengths complete with couplings. Suitable

fair “f“.m oil. "water and conveyance of all



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$4.59 Buys This Vacuum Sweeper





Combination Vacuum Cleaner and Some . Bestbyevm

test. A machine that does the work and does i thorou ugh”-

Vacuum cleans carpets and rugs. Bucks out all dust an

takes up threads. lint. etc.. in one operation: gets

close to the wall. Powerfqu suction “pro-





   





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4000 Dressers Save 1/2 0"

BeautIfuI Rugs





At Half

Finest rugs from auc-





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sizes aidemade’bf the angst want to 39° thebiggest “‘9'

woodsincludingMahogany, linoleum and carpet bar-

Walnut t, Bird’s eye maple. ains ever offered the

Chairs and dressing tables merican buying public;

to match. Lin 6 dresser '39 sure to 98" them in

actual colors in our book.





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