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

 

 

VOL. CXLIV. No. l
Whole Number 3816

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JAN. 2, 1915.

50 CENTS A YEAR.
32 FOR 5 YEARS.

As Seen by the

European (lo-operative Agriculture American Commission

By WILLIAM B. HATCH, lVliChigan Member of the Commission.

HROUGH the co-operation of the
Michigan Farmer I am pleased
to give to the farmers of Michi-

gan, impressions—Commission and
personal, as well as some findings of
the Commission, which I trust may be
of interest to those engaged in “the
fundamental industry”—and perhaps
also, to those engaged in other lines
of industry, the success of which, de-
pends intimately on the food supply
—its economic production, distribution
and consumption.

First, a word of introduction as to
the “why” of the American Commis-
sion before we proceed to the “what.”

The Southern Commercial Congress
procured as the special attraction at
its annual convention at Nashville,
Tennessee, Honorable David Lubin,
representative of the United States, in
the International Institute of Agricul-
ture at Rome, Italy. Mr. Lubin spent
most of his time on the program on
the subject of co-operative agriculture
and especially the department of rur-
al credit. He so impressed the Con-
gress with the importance of the sub-
ject that steps were taken then and
there to assemble the American Com-
mission for the purpose of studying
co-operative agriculture in Europe.
The plan was to haveas many states
as possible appoint one or more mem-
bers. The result was that the follow-
‘ing states responded: Alabama, Cali-
fornia, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Massachusetts,
Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mis-
souri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp-
shire, New York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvan-
ia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington,
West Virginia, Wisconsin, and the
District of Columbia. In addition to
this response the Dominion of Canada
asked for and was granted the per-
mission to join with the representa-
tives of this country in the study. The
Provinces of Alberta, Ontario, Sas-
katchewan and Nova

Commissions concurred in the report
of the United States Commission on
this subject.

While'the American Commission was
being assembled, Sir Horace Plunk-
ett, the heart of the agricultural co-op-
erative movement in Ireland, was
present at a conference in this coun-
try and through his advice and that of

Mr. Roosevelt, who during his incum-
bency in office had appointed the
Country Life Commission, the scope
of the inquiry of the American Com-
mission was broadened to include ag~
ricultural co-operative production, dis-
tribution, finance, and organization of
country life.

The Commission sailed on the 26th

 

 

 

 

The International Institute of Agriculture, Rome, Italy.

of April from New York and returned
the 26th of July. It studied, collected
data, and reported on conditions in
the following countries: Italy, Egypt,
Roumania, Hungary, Austria, Russia,
Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Hol-
land, Denmark, Norway, Spain,
France, England, \Nales, Scotland and
Ireland. _

The route took the Commissions di-
rect to Rome, the home of the Interna-
tional Institute of Agriculture. On
the way over the Commissions were
very busy organizing and laying out
the work ahead and familiarizing
themselves through reports and ad-
dressed with the extent to which agri-
cultufal co-operation already obtains
in this country.

The first glance at intensive agri-
culture was obtained at Funchal, Ma-
deira Islands. In this Portugese pos-
session an American is compelled to
see that We have little conception of
the possibilities which our extensive
domain possesses when once the prin-
ciples of economy and conservation
which is here practiced obtain. These
mountain—side farms could scarcely be
described except in approximate di-
mensions of square feet. It seems
doubtful if the plow could be used in
many of them, they are so small and
so inacessible. You look at them
spread out on the mountain side and
they resemble a crazy quilt or checker
board with little chance of ever get-
ting into the King row. Not only do
they practice continual crop rotation
and raise several crops a year, but
grapes, the great staple, is trained on
trellises so as to shade other crops
from the too intense sun of summer,
and thus do we witness double-decked
intensive farming. There is said to
be over 150,000 people on this moun-
tainous island, twelve by fifteen miles
in extent. The snap shot shown was
taken from the incline railroad which
leads from near the sea to the sum-
mit. The sort of spider-web effect is

produced by the great

 

Scotia were represent-
ed. President Wilson
and Secretary of Ag-
riculture Houston took
a prompt interest in
the matter and it was
later decided to send
a small commission
known as the United
States Commission,
comprising s e V e 11
members with direct
authority from the
Congress. Both Com-
missions comprised
about 100 members.
They traveled togeth—
er, took,‘ transcribed
and translated testi-
mony together, and
made separate reports
on separate subjects.
The United States
Commission confined
its investigation un-
der the terms of its
appointment, to the
subject of Rural Cred-
it and Finance. Both

Madeira Islands.

trellises in conjunc-
tion with the boun-
dary lines of these
miniature intensive
acres.

Owing to the seem-
ingly vague concep-
tion which prevails,
apparently, in the
minds of most Amer—
icans as to the func-
tions of the Interna-
tional Institute of Ag—
riculture at ,Rome, I
am tempted in this in-
troductory statement
to speak briefly of this
Institute. It was here
the two Commissions
assembled and were
welcomed by the King
and Queen of Italy
"and by the various of—
ficial representatives
in~ the Institute.

The United States
of North America
have more than an or-
dinary interest in the

 

 


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International Institute .of Agriculture.
The Institute itself is the conception
of the Hon. David Lubin, the present
representative of this country in the
Institute. It came about in this way.
Mr. Lubin, who is a wealthy Jew from
California, conceived the idea of an
institute wherein the agricultural in-
terests of all nations could, in an in-
telligent and friendly spirit of co-op-

oration be promoted. He had difliculw

ty in getting encouragement, but fin-
ally succeeded in getting letters to the
King of Italy and was permitted an
interview with the King. He was
warned how important it was to go
properly attired, but he was so ab-
sorbed in his vision that he forgot
about dress and stalked into the pres-
ence of King Emanuel III, his old
slouch hat in hand, and not until he
was in the King’s" presence did he re-
member about the court dress; The
sudden realization of it nearly took
him off his feet, but rallying, he threw
his hat under the table and plunged
into his subject. The King, fearing
there might be a bomb in his old hat
had it removed from the room. Mr.
Lubin’s earnestness, which is really
contagious, attracted the King. At-
tendants came to inform Mr. Lubin
that his time was up, but the King
bade him stay. and he did stay for
two and one—half hours, with the re-
sult that King Emanuel III supplied
the permanent site, a beautiful one
overlooking the city, and in a setting
of trees and shrubbery of Ancient
Rome. He also provided the funds
for the beautiful building which is
now the permanent home of the Insti-
tute and is said to supply $60,000 a
year for its support. Mr. Lubin has
been the American delegate since the
inception of: the Institute, but it is
said has never drawn any salary.

The Institute collects, co-ordinates
and publishes statistical data on crops
and live stock, trade in agricultural
products and their prices on the dif-
ferent markets. In its crop reporting
data telegraphically reported to the
nations Concerned, it gives the total
supply of staples for each country and
the totals for all countries. It pub-
lishes the bulletin of agricultural sta-
tistics in five languages, also an inter-
national year book of agriculture. It
also collects, elaborates and publishes
information of a technical nature on
agriculture, agricultural industries,
stock breeding, etc. It makes known
the new diseases of plants which may
appear in any part of the world and,
if possible, their remedy. The bureau
of economic and social intelligence
connected with the Institute collects
and publishes information concerning
agricultural co-operation, insurance
and credit, as well as other questions
of agricultural economy. It issues
monthly in live languages a bulletin
of social and economic intelligence.

It is now aiding in the realization
of a National Marketing Commission
in this country, a joint resolution pro-
viding for which is now before Con-
gress. The Institute is also taking up
at this time the study of ocean freight
rates and their influence on the price
of staples of agriculture. To make
thiswork permanent and effective a
movement is now on foot to form an
International Commerce Commission,
with advisory, consultatory and delib-
erative powers for the regulation of
ocean freight rates on agricultural
staples.

The influence of the Institute in
counteracting misleading information
as to crop conditions, acreage, outlook,
etc., put out by the gamblers in farm
products, by substituting accurate and
reliable information collected by the
Institute, has already been felt and
the agricultural interests of this coun-
try as well as others benefited there-
by. There are over fifty adhering
states or countries represented in the
Institute, asfollows:

Germany, Argentine Republic, Aus-
tria, Hungaljy, Belgium, Brazil, Bul-
garia, 'Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba,

 

 

TH'E MICHIGAN FARMER

Denmark Ottoman Empire, Egypt, Ec-
uadOr, Spain, United States, Absyinia,
France, Algeria, Tunis, Great Britain,
Ireland, Australia, Canada, British In-
dia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Union of
South Africa, Greece, Guatemala,
Italy, Eritrea, and It. Somal, Tripoli
and Cirenaica, Japan, Luxumburg,
Mexico, Montenegro, Nicaragua, Nor-
way, Paraguay, Netherlands, Dutch
East Indies, Peru, Persia, Portugal,
Roumania, Russia, Salvador, San Mar-

ino, Servia, Sweden, Switzerland and

, Uruguay. ' ,

With this much of an introduction
and atmosphere on the “why” of the
American Commission and its work, I
purpose to proceed with the “what”
next. I plan to present the observa-
tions in the order in which they were
received, which will permit us to make
the journey with the Commission.
First consideration then will be given
to the agriculture of Italy.

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. This is the mum of 52 special articles to be published in consecutive
issues of the Michigan Farmer. This subject will be continued in a most
interesting series of illustrated articles in which the author will touch on
the varlous phases of European Co-operative Agriculture as seen by the
Amerlcan Commission in the several European countries visited. The spe-
cial article for next week willo be “The Gasoline Engine on the Farm.”

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Management of Hired Men.

HERE are likes and dislikes against himself. That doesn’t go, a1-
T characteristic of all hired men though I have seen a few men who
to which we farmers must cater say that “it’s the only way to keep a
if we would have satisfactory help. My man in his place.” In nine cases out
experience is that a good hired man of ten such a man has difficulty in
wants to be witha going concern, that keeping efiicient help. The proper at-
is, he wants to work 011 a farm that is titude for the ‘ average man on the
progressive and up-to-date and if he farm is a nice blending of friendliness
is managed right he Will take as much and firmness. If I see one of my men
interest in the progressiveness 0f the getting slack in his work I never hesi-
farm as the OWner does. This is the tate a minute in calling his attention
kind of a man to have on the farm. I to it, and 1 have never known one to
have employed several different men seriously resent it. What hired men
during my farming career and I know hate above all things is the man who
that it is not easy to find a man who does not call their attention to their
will “fit in” as we farmers like. but deficiencies but who goes around with
when such a man is found it behooves a surly bearing and may sulk for a.
US to employ every means that Will month about the misdemeanors of a
encourage him to stay. hired man, but never goes to him and
In addition to the help of two tells him about it in a straightforward
growrl sons, I keep two hired men the manly manner.
year round and during harvesting I I have found that by'giving my hire
have from 12 to 15 employed. Each ed help a small present, such as an
of my regular hands have a first-class addition of $2 or $3 to their monthly
team over which they are given entire wage when they have been particular-
charge and the pride that they take 1y faithful, along with a Word of
in their teams would do one’s heart praise, does a world of good in main-
good to see. I do not consider that taining a spirit of good fellowship on
there is anything unusual about this. the farm. 1 would rather give a pres-
VVhen good hired men are given a, ent than a raise in wages. The raise
good thing to look after they will look in wages the man 'soon comes to re—
after it well. gard as his right, while the present he
I know that .to be behind with the regards as a gratuity, and has that
farm work is a thorn in the flesh of much more respect for his employer.
the average hired man. Some farm- It also pays to show interest in the
ers may argue that it doesn’t matter man personally. My hired men have
to the hired man whether he is up families. If the Wife 01‘ a Child Of
with the work or not, that he is paid either happens to be sick I inquire
:0 much by the day or month and about them each day, and express my
that if there is any loss from being sympathy. When I am going to town
behind the farmer is the loser. But I bring the hired men’s supplies along
this is far from being the way to look with my own. It is a little trouble but
at it. Our hired men discuss the pro- it is worth the while. I never heard
gress of the season’s work among hired men except during rush seasons
themselves just as we farmers do. of the year when extra hands are used
Probably you remember having heard only a short time. I know from the
a neighbor’s hired man remark, “We testimony of dozens of hired men that
got the last of the corn in today,” and where they are boarded in the farm.
have seen his face fall when one of er’s 0WIl house that the farm women
your men remarked, “that’s nothing, have more to do with their contented
our com field is beginning to show state of mind than has the employer.
green all over.” A “superior” attitude on the part of
But if there is anything that will the farm wife, some little slighting
try the temper of the hired man it is word, and the hired man is in rebel<
being sent around from one small job lion. And I don’t blame him. He has
to another, completing none of them. feelings just as the rest of us have.
It is my experience. that the men like Each of my regular hands occupies
to have the day’s work mapped out a cheap but attractive cottage on my
for them. They admire a man who farm. These buildings are not such as
can lay out their work and knows to .some may designate as the hired
within a few minutes just how long it man’s house. They cost only abodt
should take to complete a jOb- EXCGDt $700 each but are attractive, kept well
in cases of emergency Inever have painted, and have several conven~
my men take up other work until they iences. These houses are not alto-
have finished the 301) they are 011- gether unproductive, by the way. The
This pleases the men and the result men pay a nominal rent for them and
is that more work is done. Time is an in this way 1 am able to pay them
essential element for which there is that much greater wages. . It makes
no substitute and when the hands are them feel independent to be paying
going from one piece of work to on rent for their home, and also it makes
other. leaving the first job uncomplet- them feel good to be able to state that
ed, much time is lOSi- their wages are so and so, which
The hired man knows that he is sounds greater than the wages paid to
paid to work and not Shirk and so neighboring hired men who get their
long as the farmer is fair in his de- house free of rent.
mands he will do his best to live up When extra men are hired my regu-
to his schedule. I know that the near- lar hands help to provide room for
or we come to making the men feel them, the cost of their meals being
that they are partners in our enter- charged to me. The wife of each man

prise the better they will work. The has a garden of her own and each]

farmer who goes around with a state- gets all the chickens and eggs she can
ly bearing and never opens his mouth produce. Each man gets all the milk

except to give orders, is We‘lirl\83m butter their families use free of

JAN. 2, 1915.

charge. Fruits for canning are also
supplied'free. " , "

During the holidays. as Thanksvig‘
ing and Christmas, the men and their
families are usually invited to my
home, preparations having been made
for us all to “enjoy a feast of good
things” on such occasions.‘ I. have a
touring car and on a Sunday or a hol-
iday, when either of the men and his
family want to 'visit a relative and I
do not intend to use the car myself, I
have much pride in letting them have
free use of it. Each man understands
the operation of the machine thor-
oughly, giving it as good care as pos-
sible and the little wear thus made on
it is more than paid for in the good
feelings of all concerned.

I haven’t mentioned the question of
amount of wages at all. I feel that
the price we farmers can afford to pay
our hired men depends not so much
on the kinPof man we have employed
as on the kind of managers we are.
Where each day’s work is well map-
ped out, with good teams and good
machinery, one can afford to pay
wages that puts him above competi-
tion in the labor market and still
make his hired help very profitable.

Illinois. W. M. HARDY.

MANAGING THE ONE-MAN FARM.

 

I read every issue of your valuable
paper with interest, but there is one
subject that I think ”will soon be a
very vital one that is but seldom
touched upon. And that is the suc-
cessful management of the one-man
farm. The help problem is getting
bigger every year, and the farms of
the future will be of two kinds—either
very large and run scientifically with
overseers managing every branch and
the help quartered in small hamlets,
or reasonably small farms that can be
successfully worked by one man with
the help that he can get by changing
work with his neighbors. It is easy
to foretell that live stock must play a
more important part in farming oper-
ations than heretofore, but if one man
tries to milk manycows and do farm
work, too, he cannot accomplish very
time): in either line, unless he has my
limited physical endurance and can
work all day and a good share of the
night too.

I would " like to hear from anyone
who is running a one-man farm suc-
cessfully, and is really getting more
than a mere existence out of it.

Cass Co. Sunscnmnn.

BEST PLACE FOR THE DINNER
BELL.

 

 

For a number of years we have had
our farm dinner bell high up on the
windmill derrick. By thus using the
derrick, one is able to put the hell
up much higher than where a post ls
used, which greatly increases the
sound or hearing distance of the bell,
especially when high buildings are
near by. Furthermore, there is not a
post to rot off and demand replacing
every few years.

A heavy board or plank is securely
bolted horizontally across two of the
derrick posts. These posts being steel
angles, we had a blacksmith bend a
short book on the ends of four bolts.
These books are gripped over one of
the wings of the angle and by passing
through suitable holes in the plank,
are drawn up and hold it firmly. The
bolts should fit close to the outside of
the derrick posts, thus if they should
in time become loose, the natural
spread of the posts will keep the plank
from slipping down. The bell is bolt-
ed to the plank midway between the
posts. In placing the plank care must
be exercised to have it come where
cross brace rods will not interfere
with the operation of the bell.

Ohio. ’ P. C. Gnosn. (

 

When each man is true to himself
then must all things prosper.——Spen_;
cer.

 

   
 

   

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JAN. ' 2, 1915.

-Thc Farm Labor at”

ATE last winter and early in the
L spring, Mr. C. P. Reed, of the

farm management department at
the M. A. 0., came to Newaygo coun-
ty, and assisted by Mr. H. P. Bland<
ford, county farm agent, took over 100
farm records of farm accounts and ex-
penditures in order to study the busi-
ness side of farming as carried on in
this dairy region for the year 1913.

It was the first time that any such
work has been attempted in this coun-
ty and some opposition was met from
many farmers. Some thought that it
meant a subterfuge to increase valua-
tions and more taxes would follow.
Some thought that this was prying
into their affairs for no good purpose.

When the records were taken and
tabulated it was found that in some
cases the statements were not clear
so that the number in the end was
brought down to 98 in all, represent-
ing dairy, fruit, dairy and fruit, and
general farms.

The main object sought was the de-
termining the labor income, which is
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tion of the story of “all the eggs in
one basket,” was shown when the 11
dairy farms without any cash crops
netted a labor income of $144, which
fact has been brought as in striking
examples in similar work that has
been done in New York, Ohio, Indiana
Illinois, and other states. On 10 farms
that combined potato raising with
dairying, there was a labor income of
$442. On 11 farms with peaches the
labor income was $324; on eight farms
with apples, $406; $513 on ten farms
having apples and peaches, and $351
for seven farms without a dairy. This
locality is noted for its diversified
crops, and the chart plainly shows
that a system of diversified farming
is a better paying proposition than
dairying from the market milk side
without other sources of income.

The second. chart took into detail an
account of all the farms, 26 unprofit-
able, 24 profitable farms, and 10 most
profitable farms. The average for all
farms was 84, total investment $8,787,
gross receipts $1,530; gross expenses
$820. The average crop acres per

 

   

THE MICHIGAN FARMERI

the crop returns for the various class-
es of farms, but the average for the
98 farms was 35 bushels of corn, 111
bushels of potatoes and 35 bushels of
oats per acre. On the unprofitable
farms the oats and corn remained the
same as the average, but the potatoes
went down 11 bushels in yield. On
the 24 profitable farms there was a
yield of 38 bushels of corn, 114 of po-
tatoes and 34 of cats. On the 10 most
profitable farms, 40 bushels of corn,
118 bushels of potatoes and 37 bushels
of cats, all of which were about the
average production for the average
run of the farms.

Combinations Are Profitable.

After the charts were explained a
sheet was handed out with tabulated
data of one of the farms of the sur-
vey which was of dairy type, without
fruit, and had a labor income of $192,
far below the average of 98 farms.
This data was compared on the sheet
with the average of the ten best pay-
ing farms without fruit and showed
a great many of the points where the
individual farmer was weak and where
others were strong. And in addition
to the 10 best farmers. a comparison
was made with the 98 farms so that.
the farmer was able to tell how he

 

 

as his pay .for his own work after all
operating expenses on the farm and
interest at five per cent on his invest-
ment had been taken into account.

The Department of Farm Manage-
ment at Washington desires that this
work be carried on for three to five
years in a locality, in order that
more accurate information can be
gained than is possible with one year’s
work.

In order to report to the farmers
the result of this work, a meeting was
held at Fremont on December 12, at
which Mr. Reed was present, and by
means of a general discussion and
charts the 21 farmers present were
shown what the results were for the
year as shown by the records taken.
While the 21 farmers represented but
a small amount of those whose rec-
ords were taken, they were an inter-
ested group of men and eager to get
every bit of information presented.

A Varying Labor Income-

The first chart displayed was to
Show the labor income for the farms
in the survey. This chart showed that
the average labor income for the 98
farms was $262., A strikingillustra-

mproving the First “Run” of Sleighing.

i‘opyrigllt l‘mlcromnl A: l'nrierwuml N. Y.

 

man 40, the crop acres per horse

and the receipts per dairy cow $54.

Crop Acres Per Man in Relation to
Profit.

On the 26 most unprofitable farms
there was a net loss of $246 on prac-
tically the same acreage and same in-
vestment. The gross receipts were
less by nearly $400 and the expense
was in excess by $126 of the average
farms. The crop acres worked by
man and horse produced a striking
lesson and served to show why in a,
large measure that that 26 farms
were playing a losing game. Only 15
crop acres per man were worked and
17 crop acres per horse. This was
five less per horse and 23. less per man
than on the 24 profitable farms. Some-
one had help that did not have .his
farm business so arranged as to give
them profitable employment.

On 24 farms averaging 112 acres
there was a labor income of $905. On
an investment of $17,305, gross re-
ceipts of $2,440 and expenses of $959.
On these farms 20 acres were cropped
per horse and 40 acres per man and
the income per cow was $70.

Nothing has been said in regard to

17,

stood in comparison with the average
and if his methods did not bring the
best results a chance was shown to
improve conditions.

Mr. Iced spent the. week in Fre-
mont, and went over these records
with the biggest share of the farmers
and everyone who called was very
much interested.

At the close of the meeting Mr.
Reed took a vote of the farmers in at-
tendance and 17 out of the 21 gave a
strong affirmative vote in favor of
continuing this work as it promises to
be a big benefit to the community.
Economic Facts Brought Out by the

Survey.

As a summary it might be said that
the results of one year’s survey show
distinctly that dairy farms, plus cash
crops are profitable and dairy farms
alone are not profitable, that the great-
er crop acreage per horse and man, the
greater income. Newaygo farmers
have been given the insight into poor
farm practices and should be ready to
correct these the coming season. Mr.
Reed will start the work of taking
records for 1914-15 in April or May.

Newaygo 00. K. K. VIKING.

Good Roads News.

OVERNOR FERRIS has named

a good roads commission to go

over the situation and to make
recommendations to the» 'next Legisla-
ture, which convenes in January. This
commission is composed of John C.
Ketcham, of Barry county, master of
the State Grange and chosen to repre-
sent the farming interests; James
Couzcns, of Wayne county, repre-
senting automobile interests, and G.
H. Haggerson, of Menominee, who
stands for the upper peninsula. The
commission was appointed on request
of the Lincoln Highway Association,
this body having presented a petition
bearing 50,000 signatures to the gov-
ernor requesting this action. The main
idea in this recent action is to secure
passage of a bill to provide funds for
construction of better highways in
the state, so that the various cities of
Michigan may be connected with the
main arteries of travel between the
different states.

The Lincoln highway, as is general-
ly known, will link the Atlantic and
Pacific shores of this country, and the
Lincoln association is also supporting
the plan of a similar highway skirt-
ing the shores of both oceans, open
for commerce in the days of peace
and very useful for coast defense by
means of armored motor cars and oth-
er mod'ern day equipment in the event
of war. These plans look big to us at
present but supported as they are by
the automobile. interests, which have
grown to be a tremendous factor in
the world‘s work, will no doubt be
realized.

Concrete Roads Under Construction.

Comii g down nearer home we find
road construction work of quite nota-
ble size under way. A stretch of the
old "national pike at Zanesville, Ohio,
built by the government in 1832, 24
miles in length, is being rebuilt with
concrete by a Kalamazoo company, at
cost of nearly half a. million dollars.
It is a, 16-foot roadbcd. with thickness
of eight inches in center and six inch-
es at the sides. A narrow guage rail-
road has been built alongside to deliv-
er material to the \‘fUI'kOI‘S and it is
estimated the road will be completed
in a little over a, year. The Grand
Highway association was organized in
November at Springr Lake and funds
are being,r raised to build and maintain
30 miles of concrete road between
Grand Rapids and (ii-and Haven. As
a reward for gifts of large amounts
the association will dedicate sections
of this highway and erect columns to
suitably mark such sections as a last-
ing memorial to any name, cause or
institution that the giver may desire.
Permanent good roads are declared to
be the greatest monuments that man
can build. since they confer greatest
good on the greatest number for the
longest time. Wm. M. Connelly, of
Spring Lake, is secretary of this as-
sociation.

The l'niversity of T\Iichigan is tak-
ing up the problem of Michigan road
building, and plans to go deeply into
the question of economic road con-
struction under the various conditions
existing in the state. A free course
in highway engineering is offered for
the benefit of township, county and
state highway officials, one week in
length, with lectures and demonstra—
tions by the most eminent road engi-
neers in the country.

Progress in Michigan.

Kent county commissioners have
spent nearly $140,000 on the main
roads this year. Their report shows
that 75 miles of road have been grad-
ed and that 71 miles have received
the first course of gravel. Of the 57
miles completed 47 miles have been
accepted by the state 'as state reward
roads.

Muskegon county has earned about
$25,000 as state reward money on its
roads this year, which is more than
the earnings in any three previous
years there.

The Marquette county road commie-

  


 

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

  

JAN. 2, 1915. ~

 

sion has suspended work until spring.
Much has been done in the past two
years. Work on the nine—mile stretch
from Palmer toward Gwinn is more
t“an half completed and will shorten
the distance seven miles between Ne-
;aunee and Gwinn. A three-mile piece
of macadam road between Michigam-
‘ ‘e and Champion is almost done and
i. :provements have been made on
roads near Skandia, Eagle Mills, the
Ziaron mine and other places.

The Bay county road commission
has voted to- take the management and
supervision of county roads out of the
hands of the individual commissioners
and place them under the direct super<
vision of the road commission super~
intendent and the entire commission.
About $60,000 will be spent next sum-
mer ‘for new and rebuilt roads and
most of the material used will be
limestone and gravel. One mile of
concrete work has been completed on
the Kawkawlin road and half a mile
more will be added next season.

Friction has developed between the
Lancer county road commission and
the board of supervisors. The road
commission demands a two-mill tax or
nothing, so the supervisors at their

regular session took them at their
word and voted nothing. Then the
supervisors in special session later

voted to borrow funds not to exceed
33.000 and this money with the aid of
the state rewards, it. is hoped. will
complete all unfinished highways in
the county.

\Vayne township, in Cass county,
has added three miles of state reward
road this year.

The Alpena county road commission
has ordered surveys made of the (‘ath-
ro road and the Stubbs road, both
well traveled highways leading to the
.I’resque Isle county line, with a vIew
to including them in the county road
system.

The Kalamazoo county commission
asked road builders for bids in con-
struction of roads next year. No bids
were received so the work will be
(lone as formerly under direction of
(‘ommissioners Bryant and Bohnet.
Surveys are being made of roads to
be built in 1915.

Ten and a quarter miles of good
roads are nearly completed in the dif-
ferent townships of Clinton county
and will soon be ready for state in<
spection, according to a recent report
of the commission. The Ovid bridge
is completed and a stone crushing out.-
fit which has been used in Lebanon
will be moved to “'estphalia.

A rousing good roads meeting was
held recently in the Buck schoolhouse
in Mason county and it was decided
to build a state reward gravel road on
the county line, from the I’entwater
ludington stone road east to the
Scottville road. The county will fur-
nish the, gravel, the farmers will con-
tubute the hauling, each one agreeing
to haul a certain number of yards,
and contributions will he solicited to
pay the shovelers, so that when the
reward money is paid on one mile it
will be available for continuing the
work on the next mile.

Oakland county commissioners have
just let contracts for building a mile.
of gravel road in both Groveland and
Lyon townships. The Grange Hall
road in Groveland will be nine feet
wide and the Grand River road. a
trunk highway, will be 16 feet, wide.
Many other roads are being improved
and in addition to closing up this
year’s work a total of 18 miles of new
road have been surveyed for next
year.

Hillsdale county is getting busy in
the good roads movement. Fayette
township is building stone roads. and
is building them at less expense than
would be possible in other sections
under different conditions. Litchfield,
Allen, Reading. Camden, Somerset and
other towns are active. ' One of the
savings banks of Hillsdale offers to
donate $100 toward a fund to be given
Hillsdale township on condition that
three-quarters of a mile of state re-

ward road be built next year through
the township, from the city limits
south 0n Howell street;

Keweenaw county will expend $25,-
000 on roads next year. It has been
practically decided to build two miles
of state reward road between Phoenix
and Eagle River, also two miles be-
tween Phoenix and Central. A con-
crete road will be laid near the Cliff
mine as an experiment. Keweenaw
commissioners attended the recent
good roads congress held in the city
of Milwaukee.

Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.

FARM NOTES.

 

The Place of Vetch in Michigan Agri-
culture.

Your paper of November 7 contain—
ed an article by Wm. C. Smith, on
“Doctoring a Rundown Soil.” In same
he advises vetch. This is something
new to me and I wish to try his plan
next season, but I wish to know more
about this vetch. What is it and is it
used for other. purposes than a green
manuring crop? How many pounds in
a bushel and what is the average price
per bushel and where can I purchase
it? I have asked for it in my local
market but they fail to know anything
about it.

Lapeer Co. 0. M. R.

Vetch is not a new plant, it is sim-
ply new to our agriculture and has
long been a staple forage and green
manure crop in many sections of the
Old World. It is peculiarly adapted
to use as a green manure crop in
Michigan in combination with rye, for
the reason that it can, be used as a.
catch crop for this purpose, being
sown in the fall and plowed down in
the spring, thus adding both humus
and nitrogen to the soil to better ad-
vantage than can be secured by the
similar use of any other legume. The
objection which has been most often
advanced against its use is the high
cost of the seed which has practically
all been imported from Europe, at
least until very recently. Some vetch
seed was grown for sale in Michigan
last year, and doubtless in the not dis-
tant future, the domestic supply will
bring down the price considerably.

Generally about 20 pounds per acre
are sown. There are 60 pounds in a
bushel of vetch seed, 'and it ordinarily
costs somewhere around $6 per bush-
el. It can be purchased of any of the
large seedsmen, some one or more of
whom always advertise same in sea-
son through the Columns of the Mich-
igan Farmer.

Pumpkins as a Catch Crop.

A few years ago if anyone drove
through the country in the fall they
would see corn field after corn field
dotted all over with pumpkins. And
farmers would gather them by the
wagon load, and feed them to stock.
Now you never see any pumpkins un-
less they are a few small pic pump-
kins, or a small patch on some so-
cluded part of the farm, and most of
them are left to freeze and rot on the
ground. Why this change of method?
Have the pumpkins lost their value,
or hassomething else taken their
place, or are they but little value at
best? Or is it too much trouble to
raise them, compared with their food
value?

Cass Co. Sunscmnnn.

Pumpkins were formerly quite ex-
tensively used as a catch crop in
Michigan corn fields. In favorable sea-
sons they produced a large amount of
succulent feed for cattle and other
live stock during the late fall and
early winter, as ,well as much good pie
material. Several factors have, in our
opinion, contributed to the abandon-
ment of this catch crop. Perhaps the
most important of these is the fact
that corn ground is now quite gener-
ally sown to some grain crop in the
fall, either wheat or rye, the latter be-
ing used as a green manure or pasture
crop if not harvested. Then, too, sil-
age has become the great staple suc-
culent feed on Michigan farms, and
can be produced and fed much more
cheaply than can pumpkins. While
pumpkins might pay as a side line
from a commercial standpoint to farm-
ers adjacent to large cities, other suc-
culent forage can be provided much

more economically, food value and
convenience of feeding considered.
Marl as a Soil Amendment.

I have a white marl pit on my farm
and. I would like to know what proc-
ess it has to go through to be ready
to spread on the land, and how much
of it to the acre. I have read that it
is valuable for land but am ignorant
of theway' to put it on.

Leelanau Co. SUBSCRIBER.

Marl needs no preparation before
applying to the soil to correct soil
acidity or increase its available con-
tent of lime as a preparation for the
sowing of alfalfa or other legumes. If,
however, it is dug out-of the pit and
piled up on the bank it will lose part
of its moisture and require less labor
in applying. It can be applied liber-
ally without any danger to the soil.
The amount which should be applied
for effective results would depend up-
on the amount of moisture ‘it contain-
ed when applied.
tons of ground limestone are ordinaro
ily applied, and a good grade of marl
is effective in proportion to the dry
matter which it contains. A good. way
to apply it would be with a good ma.
nure spreader. It may be applied at
any time, although the best results
will be. secured by applying it to a.
plowed surface and working it in when
fitting the soil for the crop. This,
however, is not essential if liberal
quantities are applied.

MORE BIG EARS OF CORN.

 

In your November issue Mr. Mc-
Gunn, of Livingston county, wrote of
having an ear of yellow dent corn
containing 1,152 kernels, all perfect.
My father has an ear of the same
kind containing 26 rows, 1,300 kernels,
all perfect.~—Isabel Roist, Muskegon
county.

After reading in The Farmer of Mr.
McGunn’s big ear of corn, want to re-
port that I have two large ears of yel-
low dent containing 20 rows; one
counts 1.160 and one 1,281 kernels. I
have a little record for a Michigan
farmer to beat in potato digging this
fall. I am nearly 62 years old and
dug off one acre, 191 bushels of pota-
toes, in ten hours. The last 33 bushel
in one hour and eight minutes. Pota-
toes were dug with a. five-tine fork.

Washtenaw Co. JOHN HARPER.

AWARDS AT MICHIGAN STATE PO-
TATO SHOW.

 

Prizes were awarded on 46 exhibits
at the Michigan State Potato Show
held at Kalamazoo, as follows:

Early Ohio Type.—First, Emil Hult-
gren, Wexford Co.; 2nd, Leo M. Geis-
mar, Houghton Co.

Early Rose Type.~—First and 2nd,
Wm. Ball. Wexford Co.; 3rd, E. M.
Pierce, Kalamazoo Co.; 4th, E. T.
Brehm, Wexford Co.; 5th, Leo M. Geis-
mar.

Irish Cobbler Type.—First, Leo M.

Giesmar; 4th, J. H. Baldwin, Kalama- .

zoo Co.; 5th, H. C. Mitt, Wexford Co.

Rural New Yorker Type.——First, H.
B. Blandford, Neywaygo Co.; 2nd, L.
F. Holt, Kalamazoo Co.; 3rd, Leo M.
Geismar; 4th, H. G. Hamilton. Kala-
mazoo Co.; 5th, B. Bever, Wexford
Co.; 6th, C. Pease, Kalamazoo Co.;
7th, J. R. Duncan, Kalamazoo Co.; 8th,
J. H. McLaughlin, Kalamazoo Co.

Russet Rural Type-—First, George
Pierson, Kalamazoo C0.:
Stofford. Otsego Co.;
gren, Wexford Co.; 4th, W. M. Hunt-
ley, Kalamazoo Co.; 5th, A. T. Stew-
ard, Wexford Co.; 6th, John McGreg—
or, Wexford Co.; 7th, Henry Bingham,
Wexford Co.; 8th, E. G. Read, Kala-
mazoo Co.

Green Mountain Type--—First, Mrs.
George McKenzie, St. Clair Co.; 2nd,
George McKenzie, St. Clair Co.; 3rd,
Myron W. Mills, St. Clair Co.; 4th,
Leo M. Geismar; 5th, Frank Kelly,
Clinton Co.

Ten Peck Display.—First, Mern W.
Mills, St. Clair Co.; 2nd, R. G. Hoop-
ingarner, Iron Co.; 3rd, J. F. Linmer,
Wexford Co.; 4th, George McKenzie,
St. Clair Co.

County Displays—First, St. Clair
Co.; 2nd,, Iron Co.; 3rd. Wexford Co.

Carpenter-Udell Special.~——First, E.
Nyquist. Iron Co.; 2nd, Geo. McKen-
zie, St. Clair Co.; 3rd, Emil Hultgreen,
Wexford Co.

Michigan Farmer SpecIaI.——First,
Matt Jeffries, Wexford Co.; 2nd, E. T.
Brehm, Wexford Co.; 3rd, Leo M.
Geismar, Houghton Co.; 4th, George
Ememck, Saginaw Co.; 5th, Cloney
Pease, Kalamazoo Co.

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HERE; are many who get discour-
T aged over the results they. attain

when wintering the pigs that
are farrowed in the fall. They fail to
comprehend what is necessary in or-
der to enable the pigs to grow rapidly
and attain market weights at an early
period in their lives.

It has been -our privilege to travel
over a large portion of country In
Michigan and the middle west at dif-
ferent times of the year, and notwith-
standing the great amount of advice
that has been handed out through the
agricultural press, very many farmers
even in this enlightened day and age
of the world undertake to make pork
with pigs' compelled to survive under
miserable conditions. It is harrowing
to listen to the vigorous squeals of a
hungry pig as he runs along the fence
that incloses the yard from the house
yard,.‘bewai1ing his miserable condi‘
tion and worrying off what little meat
he has accumulated. It does not seem
as though any sane individual would
expect that a pig can thrive .when
compelled to shiver in the cold, wal-
low in the slush and mud, and not be
allowed a sufficient amount of food to
prevent absolute hunger, yet such an
example is'found quite frequently in
all portions of the country.

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be considered is comfort for the small

 

 

'VTH'E MICHIGAN FARMER

Fall Pigs ' in 7Winter.

.It has been found by experience and
experiment that pigs will thrive much
better if furnished sloppy feed at least
twice per day. It has also been found
that if the sloppy feed is given warm
the pigs will consume more of it and
eat the meal more quickly than if
given cold. If any feed is left in the
trough during cold weather it freezes
and the pigs cannot consume it, or if
they do, it would do them but little
good.- We will suggest that it more
than pays for all of the extra labor
and trouble to scald the feed and let
it soak for some time before feeding.
If one is feeding a' large number of
pigs and desires to have it soaked
and feed warm, the meals from which
the- feed is made can be soaked with
hot water and the barrel in which it
is soaked covered, which will retain
the heat until the next feeding time.
This will enable one to prepare the

morning’s feed in the evening and the

night’s feed in the morning.

It does not pay to use corn meal
alone for the sloppy feed. It pays
much, better to use an equal amount
of middlings with the corn meal. This
is true of the other kinds of feed usu-
ally ground for making sloppy feed.
Men of experience have found that
com and oat chop mixed with an
equal amount of fine middlings in
which there is about five per cent of

 

 

 

The Colts Should be Trained and Hardened During the Winter Season.

 

pig. In order to enable him to make
a satisfactory growth and profitable
returns he should be given a warm
place in‘which to spend most of the
time. That place should not only be
Warm, but free from dampness. Then
the pig should have a dry place in
which to run for exercise, and then
should be fed regularly of such feeds
as will not only satisfy his appetite,
but will meet his requirements in
growth and the accumulation of flesh.
Let us remember that the first inher-
ent desire of the pig seems to be to
make a “hog” of himself just as quick-
ly as he possibly can. In order to
meet those desires study.to see if you
cannot furnish the kind of feed that
will satisfy his hunger and will en-
able him to make a rapid growth. If
cold feed is thrown into the mud or
onto the snow, it requires an effort to
gather it up and other material is tak-
en along with the feed, which hinders
the process of digestion and assimila-
tion. So we will say, furnish a. clean
feed trough at least twice per day.

If one wishes to feed the pigs large-
ly on dry feeds, like whole corn and
peas, furnish a clean feeding floor that
will not hold filth and water. Before

’feeding, if a storm has put water or

snowguponthe feeding floor, clean it
ad to enable the'pigs to get only the
feed given them. '

the ration oil meal, that one has a ra-
tion that will be palatable and at the
same time will keep the animal in a
healthy condition. If one is feeding
,rround peas or ground barley, the
middlings can be mingled with that
feed to advantage and the oil meal ad-
ded to keep the stomach in a. healthy
condition and the bowels in as prime
condition as possible.

No feeder need expect to get the
best results if he compels the pigs to
subsist on one kind of feed alone. No
one feed meets the requirements of a
growing animal and at the same time
enables it to lay on~ flesh rapidly.
Let. us remember that it is the rapid
growing pig that makes the best qual-
ity of meat and at the same time
makes the most liberal returns for the
feed consumed.

Therefore, we will suggest that the
comfort of the animals must be con-
sidered both in providing a comfort-
able place in which to sleep and a rea-
sonably dry yard in which to exer-
cise, and also that if one will take the
pains to feed some forage feed like
alfalfa, or clover hay, or sweet corn-
stalks in small quantities at regular
intervals, that they will secure better
results and the animals will be main-
tained in a healthy condition and
make larger returns for the grain
feeds consumed than is possible when

the forage feeds are left out of the
ration. ,

Be careful frOm the time of begin-
ning to feed up to the time the pigs
are fattened for market, not to give
any more feed at one time than they
will consume readily. One of the first
considerations should be to maintain
a good appetite from the beginning to
the end of the campaign of feeding,
and unless one is careful to not over-
feed, it will be impossible to keep up
a steady, continuous growth. To over-
feed means to lose in the game;
therefore, we will emphasize the com-
mand—be careful and maintain a good
vigorous appetite by not overfeeding
from start to finish.

To make winter feeding of fall pigs
profitable one should study the needs
of the pigs. Be on hand to meet the
changes in climatic conditions during
the winter, and by giving them such
conditions as will make them com-
fortable, meeting their necessities for
feed, treating them kindly, keeping
them quiet and avoiding excitement at
all times, they will find that it is pos-
sible to make as rapid gains in winter
as in summer. In my own experience
I have been able to make more rapid
growth during the winter months than
in the summer. I have assigned as the
reason for this that the bracing at-
mosphere encourages a better appe-
tite, and by keeping the animals com-
fortable it has been possible for them
to make more rapid gains than when
they are sweltering. in the heat of the
summer a part of the time.

Wayne Co. N. A. CLAl’P.

ABOUT THE HOG CHOLERA SiTU-

ATlON.
Hog cholera is: rink onc live stock
disease which familiarity has made
the, public, in general regard as an

losses with as
cquanimity as possible. Not-
withstanding the various remedies,
serum il'ez’itnicnts, (.1; al, it is doubtful
if there has been any markcd (10(‘1‘92130
in the disease. in fact, it is rather
more than probable Ihat cholera is
more widespread in the sense of cov-
ering more territory hitherto immune.
The ravages of ihe hoof-and-mouth
disease are in the public eye and the
direct loss approximalcs a quarter of
a million dollars of appraised values.
The surplus values of pedigreed ani-
mals and indirect losses which have
fallen on individuals is, of course,
much more. It is doubtful, however,
if this loss is not exceeded by the
widespread small losses in Michigan
due to hog cholera. It is just this
condition that confronts not only the
swine grower, but directly concerns
the meat eater. The high price of cur-
ed meats to the man who eats is an
ever present consideration, just as the,
health of the swine to the grower.

Individually the swine grower
whose herd is attacked by cholera suf-
fers a loss. On the other hand, every
consumer of meat must pay a trifle
more to COlnDPDSall' for cholera loss-
es. Here, then, in a nutshell, is the
swine cholera situation: the disease
is more widespread. notwithstanding
the remedies in use. individual heavy
losses, and increased prices of meats
to the consumer.

What is the Remedy?

There ought to be a general consid-
eration of remedies to meet these con-
ditions. There arc these facts in re
gard to cholera outbreaks. Regard-
less of where the disease comes from,
or the source of the outbreak, the
mere fact of an outbreak is a menace
to the whole community and widening
areas of infection follows. The in-
dividual whose herd is attacked is
practically out of business with more
or less loss. And this loss depends,
in a measure, on a quick shift of stock
to the market, and a spread of the in-
fection. It is right at this point that
the contagion should be localized to
the source of outbreak by immediate
destruction of the herd, a thorough

evil and endure the

much

5——5
cleaning up of the infected- premises,
with a bar against maintaining swine
for a safe period, and compensation
after appraisal. '

, Compensation.

The question next arises as to the
source of compensation. Much of the
best swine area of Michigan adjoins
Ohio and Indiana. If one state were
to provide for compensation alone, it
would leave an unprotected area ad-
jacent to state lines unless other
states adopted similar legislation. My
own impression is that the same ap-
plication to swine diseases that has
been used in the foot-and-mouth dis-
ease would be the best arrangement,
not only for financial justice and
equity, but to make available the
trained force of inspectors now on the
federal staff. In other words, the
state to use its official machinery with
the United States force, and each pay
half of the appraisal based on com-
mercial values.

The Need of Regulation;

A cholera scare always sends imma-
ture young stock to the market. If it
were not for the danger of cholera
there would be developed a consider-
able feedcr proposition as is the case
of lambs and cattle. There ought to

a

be lodged in the discretion of the
State Live Stock Sanitary Commis-

sion, the power to make and post
rules prescribing sanitary regulations
under which swine must be kept. The
failure to maintain these conditions
would be. punishable by a fine, and no
compensation allowed for condemned
and slaughtered herds. Such rules
would clean up plague spots of gain
huge-fed hogs and improve general
conditions.

Swine are naturally clean animals,
but will live and thrive under such
unsanitary conditions that. even their
own limit is reached. 1 am under the
impression that we will have to come
10 the German standard of posting
""x'erbotm,” or forbidden, to many
practices and conditions that make
for disaster to ourselves and neigh-
bors.

Sec. ‘28 of Act No. 199, of public
acts of 1913, was enacted with a view
to control of hog cholera by the ser-
um method at slate expense. This
law might still remain and test, out
further the use of serum, but we are
not now nearly so certain of this af-
ter the lapse of even two years. Sup~
plcmenting this with the methods out-
lined of condemnation. appraisal and
compensation, with rigid enforcement
of sanitation, would now seem desir-
able.

The writer does not consider this
the last word by any means, and is
writing in part to call attention to a
situation and arrive at a consensus of
opinion that will express public senti—
ment. While it is the natural prov-
ince of the editor to invite contribu-
tory advices on this subject, the writ-
er is going to presume to request such
through The Farmer.

Shiawassee Co. J. N. Mcanu.

NORMAL WEIGHT 0F PER-
CHERON COLT.

I am a subscriber to the Michigan
Farmer and I take the liberty of ask-
ing you the following question: I
have a Percheron colt that, at four
months. weighs 635 lbs. How does
this weight compare with the average
weight of a filly of that age? I wish
to satisfy my curiosity about this.
This filly received the first premium
at the Huron County Fair at Bad Axe.

. E. R. L.

 

Your correspondent has secured
good weight for age in the case of
this colt. Generally speaking, a Per-
cheron should possess at 12 months
of age, half the weight which he is
expected to possess at maturity, and
should possess such weight, not by
reason of being fat, but because of
growth in bone and muscle. Your cor-
respondent’s colt should easily weigh
from 1,000 to 1,100 pounds at twelve
months. '

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TH'E MICHIGAN FARMER.

' JAN. 2, 1915..

 

0n Dry Feed

Right now is the most trying season of the whole year

for farm stock; they have been taken off

feed and thereby deprived of the natural axatives so liberally
supplied 1ndgrass; confined in stables with consequent loss of

exercise an pure air.

In my lifetime experience as a doctor of
many a time have

diseases; but the most common and dread

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ent during the stall-feeding period—during

are most reva

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HE twenty-fourth annual meeting
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Stock Breeders’ and Feeders’

Association, will be held at East Lan-
sing, January 13-14, 1915.

The program for Wednesday should
be of. interest to every Michigan farm—
er. Fat barrows of all the leading
breeds will be on exhibition in one
section of the pavilion, while in the
other section, judging demonstrations
will be conducted as follows:

9:00 a. m. The typical dual purpose
animal, illustrated by a ring of Short-
horn cows.

10:00 a. m. Judging rings of Per-
cheron, Clydesdale and Belgian colts.

11:00 a. In. Judging fat barrows.
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ed by an expert judge.

The meeting of all the 15 allied As-
sociations will be held Wednesday af-
ternoon. The Shropshire, Hampshire,
Oxford, and Merino sheep associa-
tions, after holding short business ses-
sions, will unite in the organization of
a Michigan State Sheep Breeders’ As-
sociation. A program of interest to
every owner and feeder of sheep in
the state, has been arranged and a.
large attendance is looked for.

Foot-and-moutli disease from the
farmers’ standpoint, is the subject to
be discussed in the first general meet‘
ing, called at 5:00 p. m.

Mr. L. Whitney Watkins, who has
appraised all cattle slaughtered in
Michigan, will have charge of this
topic. Following this will be the an-
nual banquet tendered by the State
Board of Agriculture.

The general meeting will be called
to order at 10:00 a. m., January 14,
and following a short business session
the following program will be ren-
dered:

“Our Future Beef Supply,” Abram
Renwick, General Manager American
Shorthorn Breeders’ Association.

“Feeding and Development of Pure-
bred Draft Colts,”'VVayne Dinsmore,
Secretary Percheron Society of Am-
erica.

“Variation of Fat Content in Milk,”
Prof. A. C. Anderson, Head of Dairy
Department, M. A. C. ,

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judged at 3:30 p. m., and gold, silver
and bronze medals awarded to the
first, second and third prize carcasses,
respectively.

The pure-bred draft colts shown on
Wednesday will be sold at auction on
the forenoon of January 15. V
Programs may be had by addressing
Geo. A. Brown, Secretary, East Lan-
sing, Mich.

ALLIED BREEDERS’ MEETINGS.
Michigan Horse Breeders’ Association.
10:00 a. in. Judging draft colts. in
the pavillion, agricultural building,
Secretary Wayne Dinsniore.
Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
m., January 13, room 206.
“What probable effect of the Euro-
pean war upon the pure—bred horse in-
dustry,” Secretary \Nayne Dinsmore,
Chicago, Ill. . .
“What we have tried to accomplish
with the pr sent stallion law,” Dr.
Judson Blac , President Stallion Reg.
Board. ' .
“How the present Legislature Will
be asked to change the law to make
it more effective,” Dr. J. E. Ware,
Librarian Stallion Reg. Board.
Michigan Holstein-Friesian Associa-

 

tion.
Meeting called to order at 10:00 a.
111., January 13, room 402.
Business meeting, new and unfin-

ished business.
1:00 p. m. “Holsteins at Lakewood

Farm; type, production and environ-

ment as factors in breeding,” M. W.
Wantworth, Battle Creek, Mich.
“World’s records and a little inside
history as to methods of breeding,
care and feeding,” G. A. Dimoc, Kala-
mazoo, Mich., one of the owners of
Ohio’s greatest Holstein herd.
“Foot-and-mouth disease and its dan-
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of the United States,” Dr. U. G.
Houck, government inspector In
charge of foot-and-mouth disease and
ica‘tion work in Michigan and Indiana.

Eradicating tuberculosis from the
pure-bred herd by systematic testing
and proper segregation 'of reactors,”
Hon. A. T. Roberts, Emblagaard Dairy,
Bi‘g‘r Bay, Marquette, Mich.

Day dreams of a Holstein enthusi-
ast, _Hon._ D. D. Aitkin, Flint, Mich.,-
Bres1dent Holstein-Friesian Associa-
tion of America.

Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Asso-
ciation.

_9:00 a. m.,.January 13, demonstra-

tion in payilion, “Judging Shorthorn

cows.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
was . .

“ e mi 0 a eet‘ c w,” . W.
Crfim, McBrides, Mich. o C

iscussion, C. F. Ottman, M rle
Beach, Mich. e

General talk on the hoof-and-mouth
disease, as seen by the official apprais
er, L. Whitney Watkins, Manchester,
Mich.

Disucssion, A. E. Stevenson, Port
Huron, Mich.

General review of the Shorthorns
and their future,” Abram Renick, Chi-
cago, 111
Michigan Red Poll Breeders’ Associa-

tion. .

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
111., January 13, room 316.

“The health of the Red Poll,” Elbert
Harvey, Jones, Mich.

. “The future of the Red P011 in Mich-
igan,” E. Vi”. 'English, Clarksville,
Mich.

“Why I prefer the Red Poll,” J. M.
East, Marcellus, Mich.

“Facts and figures concerning the
Red Poll,” W. C. Herbison, Lowell,
Mich.

Michigan Jersey Cattle Club.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
m., January 13, room 403.

Remarks by the president.

“The influence of the European war
upon the Jersey industry of the Uni-
ted States,” S. B. Wattles, Troy, Mich.

“A woman’s opinion of the Jersey
cow,” Mrs. Phebe H. Walker, Kalama~
zoo, Mich.

“The Jersey cow in the commercial.
world,” Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville,
Mich.

Election of officers. .

Discussion of plans for the club for-
the coming year. led by Dr. Water-
man, Ann Arbor, Mich. '

Michigan Aberdeen-Angus Association;
Meeting called to order at 1:30 p
m., room 314. a
“History and development of Aber-
deen Angus cattle,” Chas. Gray, Sec«
retary American Aberdeen Angus Reg.;
Association. -’
“Aberdeen Angus cattle and their
place on the Michigan Farm,” Hon. T.
A. Dean, Charlotte, Mich. -
“Advancing the interests of Aber-;
deen Angus cattle,” general discussion.
led by Alexander Minty, Ionia, Mich.
Michigan Berkshire Association.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p:
m., January 13, room 207. :

President’s address; “Some thoughts
on the prevention of hog cholera and
comments on the late quarantine as
affecting the interstate shipment of
breeding stock.” Discussion led by
E. L. Salisbury.

“A national swine show and the fu-
ture outlook for Berkshire breeders,”
C. S. Baldwin.

“The selection of show animals and
how to fit them,” J. L. Miller.

Michigan Hereford Breeders’ Associa-

tion.

Meeting called to order, 2:30 p. m.,
room 113.

Michigan Polled China Breeders'

Association.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
m., room 208.

Michigan Duroc-Jersey Breeders
Association.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
m., room 111.

Michigan Guernsey Cattle Club.

Meeting called to order at 1:30 p.
m., room 110.

The secretaries of the last mention-
ed associations, are getting out inter-
esting programs which no member
can afford to miss.

Michigan Oxford Sheep Breeders'

Association.

Business meeting called to order at
1:30 p. m., room 113.

Michigan Hampshire Sheep Breeders’
Association.

Business meeting called to order at
1:30 p. m., room 118.

Michigan Shropshire Sheep Breeders’
Association.

Business meeting called to order at
1:00 p. m., room 400

Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders'

Association.

Business meeting called to order at
1:30 p. m., room 405.

At 2:30 p. m. the above sheep breeds
ers will hold a joint meeting in room »
400, for the organization of a Michi‘

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JAN. 2, 1915.

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In this country opinion is somewhat
divided as to the advisability of de-
horning, some people taking the
ground and advocating the wholesale
removal of horns, while other parties
believe it to be cruel and unnecessary,
and I understand in some countries
the law prohibits dehorning. How-
ever, in this country owners are left
to decide this matter for themselves—
furthermore, in nearly all states of
the United States the layman is per-
mitted by law to dehorn cattle. Soci-

eties for the prevention of cruelty to-

animals have attempted to prohibit de-
horning on account of the painfulness
of the operation, but have not at-
tempted to prohibit castration, an op-
eration which is much more painful
and usually performed without the use
of anodynes or anaesthetics. Doubt-
less the operation of .dehorning causes
pain, but it is slight when compared
to the injuries inflicted by cattle on
each other with their horns.

Removing the horns seems to some-
what change the disposition of the an-
imal; they appear to be more quiet,
thrive better and ship much better;
besides, the risk of injury to man in
the care of them is lessened. It is
true to a certain degree that some of
the beauty of an animal is destroyed
by a removal of the horn. The horns
of a calf when two or three days old
can be chemically treated by using
any of the commercial preparations
advertised in the open market, pre-
vent entirely the growth of horn, and
if you do not care to purchase any of
the chemical dehorners, buy a stick
of caustic potash, lay the calf on it
side, clip the hair away from the lit-
tle prominence on the frontal bone
where the horn would be developed, if
not interfered with, dip the potash
stick in water and apply to prominent
spot for a few seconds, then treat the
other side of head in a similar man-
ner. Then repeat these applications a
time or two in close succession and
if you apply the caustic potash prop-
erly, no horns will ever make their
appearance. Should you notice that
the horns commence to grow, then re-
peat the application.

Now, in performing the operation of
dehorning an animal, it is important
that he be properly secured to pre-
vent struggling. First, apply a sur-
cingle, a strong halter and a rope at-
tached to it, passing rope under sur-
cingle and pulling the head back
against the ribs, then the horncan
be clipped off quickly and should be
removed close to head. The other
side can often be done without turn-
ing the head to opposite side of body.
\Vhen the animal stands in the stanch-
ion, a spring ring can be put in nose
head pulled to one side quickly and
horn removed with very little trouble.

Now then, to dehorne' grown ani.
mals where a common saw or meat
saw is used to cut off horn,.the animal
had better be cast and one of the
most simple methods is by using a
rope 40 feet long, one-half inch thick,
first fastening it around the horns,
half hitching it around the neck, then
around the waist and again around
flank and by pulling on this rope the
animal usually lays down with very
little trouble, then hopple the legs,
then proceed to saw off horn. In per—
forming the operation, it is important
to secure the animal so that he can-
not struggle enough to hurt itself or
move the head while the work is be‘
ing done.

There are many other simple meth-
ods of casting and restraining cattle
which are about as good and simple as
those I have mentioned. I might add
that every dairyman ought to own an
American nose clamp, they are not ex-
pensive, but very useful. A travis or
stocks is-also very useful on the farm.

In performing the operation of de-
horning it is needless for me to say

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

that the tools should be thoroughly
cleaned and washed with an antiseptic
solution of some kind before they are
used and every time that they are
used, for fear of spreading infectiOn,
or infecting the animal. After the op-
eration it is not very necessary to
treat the wounds; however, it is all
the better to wet the sores with a
three per cent solution of carbolic
acid, a five per cent solution of coal
tar disinfectant, or to apply one part
iodoform and nine parts boracic acid
and in some cases it is good practice
to cover wound with oakum and ban-
dage. In some cases the bone be-
comes diseased, but when it does the
diseased portion should be removed
and iodoform applied. Another very
good application is to dust on equal
parts powdered alum, oxide of zinc
and boracic acid, covering the wounds
with oakum and a bandage. The old-
er the animal the greater necessity in
doing the operation in a clean surgical
manner.

In some cases considerable bleeding
follows the operation, which will be
checked by the use of cold water ap-
plications, or apply Monsell’s solution
of iron.

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It is stated by men who are well
informed on matters relating to the
hog industry that the hog crop has
been overestimated and that many
stock hogs and breeding swine have
been marketed ahead of schedule. It
has been noticed that the packing con-
cerns show alacrity in securing as
many hogs as they can get hold of,
and manufacturing provisions is gen-
erally looked upon as a profitable
business venture.

Considerable numbers of sheep are
being fattened in Utah on beet tops,
oats and wheat, a big sugar beet fac-
tory in Garland being utilized for fat-
tening cattle, as well as sheep.

It is stated that fully as many
lambs are being fed in the Yellow-
stone Valley in Montana as a year ago,
and a few flocks of old ewes are being
fattened, but feeding generally is con-
fined to lambs. These lambs are ship-
ped to market late in January and in
the two following months. They are
fed on cheap alfalfa hay and on rath-
er high-priced wheat screenings.

The choicest beef cattle in the coun-
try have all been marketed for the
holiday trade, and from now on small
supplies of prime steers and heifers
may he expected. Owners of well-
bred steers who make them prime are
not likely to miss it when the cattle
are marketed. The demand is espe-
cially strong for fat little yearling
steers and heifers, and in the course
of a week considerable numbers of
mixed lots of these cattle show up in
the Chicago market.

With the entrance of the Italian
government into building up war
equipment, that country is buying up
horses in American markets, and this
is now an important feature in the
Chicago horse trade. In all probabil-
ity, all available horses in this coun-
try will be needed for equipping the
armies of Europe and this country.
Foreign agents are very particular in
selecting army horses, and many of-
ferings are rejected because the ani-
mals fail to come up to the exacting
requirements.

The Boston wool market has ad-
vanced, it is stated, from 20 to 30 per
cent since July, the unprecedented ad—
vance being attributable to the Euro—
pean war, and free trade in wool has
been followed by an unexpected boom.
Canada has been buying wool in the
Boston market, something new.

On the opening day of December
the Chicago warehouse contained in
the aggregate,58.851,207 lbs. of pork.
lard, short ribs, hams and other cured
hog products, comparing with 62,517,—
610 lbs. a month earlier and with 62,-
488,771 lbs. a year ago. Provisions
of all descriptions have declined
sharply in prices in recent weeks, and
quotations through the entire list
stand very much lower than a year
ago. Unfortunately, prices in the re-
tail markets of the country generally
have failed to undergo corresponding
reductions, and the dearness of bacon,
hams. etc., unquestionably results in
curtailing their consumption, many
families restricting their purchases to
the cheaper lines of these meats.
Fresh pork and roasts are in: extreme-
ly large demand everywhere, their
cheapness compared with other meats
being a strong point in their favor,
and cured hog meats are also in pret-
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scalding water or steam, and allowed
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should be protected from dirt at all
times.

Old Style Churns Wasteful.

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idly being relegated to the woodpilc to
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and swing churns, almost any one of
which is good.

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churn, the cream should be strained
into it to remove all lumps and to
mix it well, as lumpy cream is apt to
give mottled butter. If coloring is to
be used it should be added at this
time so that it will be thoroughly mix-
ed, through the butt‘er.~ Only pure veg;
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i The rubbing of’one particle of fat-
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The Time to Take for Churning.

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the right size, for if the granules be-
come too large it is hard to work the
butter and to salt, and if too small it
shows that all of the butter has not
formed and that quite a bit of it is
still in the buttermilk. See, also, that
the butter granules float well in the
buttermilk, for if they sink, it shows
that they have not been churned long
enough.

As soon as the butter has formed,
the buttermilk should be drained off
and as much pure, clean water should
be put into the churn as there has
been buttermilk taken out. This wash
water should “be two or three degrees
cooler than the buttermilk, and the
churn should be revolved 15 or 20
times. If the first wash water is very
milky, it may be necessary to wash a
second time, but if washed too much,
the water is apt to wash away the fla-
vor of the butter. Nor should the
wash water be too warm nor too cold.-
Too cold wash water causes the but-
ter to become chilled and makes it
hard to work out the buttermilk, and
too warm wash water makes the but-
ter greasy and poor-"in flavor. ' '
i Salting the Butter.

After washing, the butter should be
at once transferred to the worker, and,
salted. Either the, dry. salt or.‘the_
brine method may be used. In' the
dry salting, pure, dry salt is sprinkled
over the butter at the rate“ of ‘one
ounce to each pound of butter-fat. and
worked in. In the brine salting, the
salt' is used at the rateof one and;
One-half ounce to each pound of but:
ter-fat, but is first dissolved in water.
The butter is then allowed to soak in
the brine until it has taken up as
much salt as is necessary. _
. The 'dry salting method has the dis-
advantage in that it is “sometimes too
hard to work in the salt evenly, mak-7
ing the butter mottled o_r gritty. The
brine method has the advantage over"
the dry method of salting in' thesere-'
spects but has the disadvantagesof
using more salt, requiring more work
ing, and oftentimes difficulty in mak~
ing the butter take up enough salt.
Either method is good, however, and
the main care should be in using pure
salt. _ , -
‘ The butter shOuld then be worked
until it is firm, compact and until all‘
of the buttermilk and excess moisture
have been worked out. This is very
important as any buttermilk which re.
mains will make the butter mottled
and will also impair its keeping qual-
ities.

Packing Attractive Packages for High
‘ ' Prices. . - -

If the highest prices are to be ob<I
tained, the butter must be put up in
neat packages and for this purpose
there is-nothing better- than the ob“
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ifine paper and put up in wax cardl
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clean and‘sweet, and is put up in at-
tractive packages; it will bring the:
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much better' than thecreamery butter:
5 Sometimes the dairyman has trou«
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be due to a number of causes. some
times almost impossible to correct.
Cream from diseased cows, or cows
that are nearly dry, is often hard to
churn. This is due to the fact that
the fat globules are small and it is
much harder to get the butter to form.
Nothing can be done to correct this.
but the other causes of hard churning
are, usually easily remedied.

Having the churn too full, or having
the cream too sweet or too cold, may
cairse the butter to be slow in form-
ing. The churn-should never be more
than a third- fu—ll, and the temperature

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grees as possible if the butter is to be
made in the quickest time. Revolving
the churn too slowly or having the
cream too rich may also make the

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butter agow in coming. The best re-
sults will be had. if cream of about
35 or 40 per cent fat is used, and the
churn should be revolved'as rapidly
as possible without causing the cream
to whirl with the churn.

Effect of Feed on Butter.

Feed affects the butter in some
ways. Too much dry feed will make
the churning difificult, and will, in- ad-
dition, cause the butter to be hard.
Corn, wheat bran, linseed meal, and
cottonseed meal all tend to make the
butter hard and tallowy, and too large
quantities of these feeds should be
avoided. On the other hand, barley,
cowpeas, gluten feeds, and silage all
tend to make the butter soft and ex-
cesses of these should also be avoided.
If the butter is either too hard or too
soft, one of the feeds may be used to
either soften it or to harden it, as
may be desired. In any case, those
feeds which will produce the most
butter-fat in the milk should be fed,
but care must be exercised in feeding
protein feeds, such as cottonseed meal
or brewers’ grains, as too large quan-
tities often cause caking or congestion
of the udder.

The fundamentals of good butter-
making, then, are cleanliness, care in
souring the cream, and care in churn-
ing and working. If these things are
observed, if the cows are properly fed,
and if the butter is put up in ngt, at-

THE...MICHIGAN FARMER'

haven’t either one of them enough pro-
tein to balance up the corn silage.

Clover hay in itself is just about a
balanced ration and corn silage con-
tains too much carbohydrates in pro-
portion' to protein for economical di-
gestion and assimilation. When we
feed a grain ration then, with corn
silage and clover hay, we ought to
have some feed that is richer in pro-
tein than the clover hay. So I would
feed cottonseed meal, oil meal or glu-
ten feed, something of this nature.

Corn and oats are a concentrated
ration and work well with a bulky ra-
tion but they are not quite rich
enough in protein. I don’t think it
will do any harm to feed the heifers
of the old cows a moderate amount
of the cottonseed meal. I wouldn’t
feed any cow over two pounds per
day. If you will feed your cows two
pounds per day of cottonseed meal
and then a little ground corn and oats
with the corn silage and the clover
hay you will have a splendid ration
and the cows ought to do well. You
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similar concentrates if you do not
care for cottonseed meal. Gluten feed
is a by-product of the glucose sugar
factory or the cornstarch factory and
is digestible. The cows like it, and
do well on it.

About two pounds per day of these
highly concentrated foods and then a.

 

Good Cows, well Taken Care of, is One Essential in Good Buttermaking.

tractive packages, there is no reason

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Indiana. J. R. CAVANAGH.

EXERCISE FOR DAIR; cows.

 

Outdoor exercise in winter is a mat-
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filling the lungs a few times with pure
outdoor air is a wonderful tonic and
a bulwark against disease. Outdoor
exercise does not mean turning the
cows out in the morning and leaving
them to shiver about the yards till ev-
ening, but with a yard sheltered from
the wind, there are few days when
cows would not be benefited by a brief
turn out of doors. It might be only a
few minutes, or it might be an hour or
so, depending on weather conditions,
but it would give a chance to thor-
oughly air the barn. Many claim that
there would be less milk, if this plan
were adopted, but even so, the cows
would be infinitely more vigorous and
healthy. W. R. GILBERT.

WHAT GRAIN, IF ANY, TO FEED
WITH CORN AND OATS.

 

I wish a balanced ration for milch
cows. I have ensilage, clover hay,
corn and oats. What feed should I

buy?
Livingston Co. E. Z.

Corn silage and clover hay furnish
the best and cheapest roughage that
we can get, there isn't anything any
better. They form a nearly balanced
ration but they are too bulky. A cow
can’t eat enough corn silage and clo-
ver bay to do her best and we should
supply her with a concentrated ration
to go with this bulky ration. Corn
and oats are both splendid foods, and
you can’t get anything better. The
cows will do well on them. But they

small amount of ground corn and oats
in connection with the corn silage and
clover hay, will give you a ration
on which your cows ought to yield
well. If they are bred for dairy pur-
posses you can feed liberally of this
grain ration in connection with all the
corn silage and clover hay they want,
and get well paid for your feed.

CLOVER HAY AND POTITOES FOR
cows.

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Please balance me a ration through
your paper for my cows. I have plen-
ty of clover hay and potatoes, but no
grain of any kind. Which do you
think would be best to buy, cottonseed
meal or bran, and which would be the
least amount I should feed?

Montmorency Co. J. G. K.

Potatoes are a fairly good succulent
food for COWS if not fed in excess. A
half-bushel per day in two feeds—a
peck night and morning-4s about all
a cow should have.

Clover hay is a most excellent
roughage, and it is safe and economi-
cal to feed all the cow will eat if it is
good hay. Don’t let them waste any
of it but feed all they will eat up
clean.

As your roughage, clover hay is rich
comparatively in protein, you do not
need as much protein in the grain ra-
tion as you would if the roughage was
whole or part cornstalks or corn sil-
age. A little cottonseed meal will be
economical, say a pound per day per,
cow: the balance of the ration canl
well be corn mealand wheat branl
Mix 300 pounds corn meal, 300 pounds
wheat bran ~and 100 pounds cottonseed ,
meal or oil meal. I

 

Feed one pound of
grain for every four pounds of milk
given by the cow per day, or one
pound 3f grain for every pound of but-
ter~fat given in a week.

  

 

 

 

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B k Discuss Hon y Cons ption
EEMINGLY one of the most im- gated soil, or particular kinds of soil,
2” \_ / portant subjects discussed at the is attractive to bees, but ‘ Secretary
P ' o o ’l recent convention of bee-keepers Dadant explained that In hundreds of ,
Lum er an mg held in Chicago and representing dis- instances the alfalfa being raised
_ _ tricts in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, chiefly for roughage, it is out before
0 of all kinds at whole- W‘ . . . . .
1 ill and f t isconsm and Iowa, had to do With blooming and 1S therefore not avail-
ate" sa‘e m ac cry the matter of creating a greater de- able for nectar sipping purposes.
prices. We want to mand for honey More than this it is - - ' '
hearfrom every one who reads this and 'm t t t ‘fitd k t ’ k One entire evening was given over

is needing any lumber or building material 1 por an O 11. a majr et 0 ma 9 to a paper on the gI‘OWIIlg 0f Whlte

{Marie or sumllqganltiities. Iifyoukaroisoing up fl: some falling Off In the demand and red clover, this subject being

,0_ pu upancw 111 mg 0 any In 01') 0 0t er ears. . . _

ypuaregoingtomakerepairsrequiringbuild— For ‘nBSIt 't - h th t handled by 1?“)?- MOSIGI‘, 0f the Uni

ing material, write to us for our low prices 1 ance, 1 .was _5 own . a verSity of IllinOis, who urged increas-

agthinfogrigitiongigaggififiiggiggzlgegggg where last year :1 mg natlogallztgaking ed planting and culture of this effec-

0 0‘" “Sine 1 concern was ma in use 0 car- - -

grade dry lumber from which to fill orders. g tlve forage plant. 1 1" GRAFF'

. . loads of honey the same concern used

Ml“ Work We can furnish b . _ .

. Doors, \‘indow Trim, ut 15 this yeai, and this was honey TAKE CARE OF THE COLDS.

Moulding. Porch Work, Hardwood Flooringl that had cost but three and a half , .

alsonBfiiilglng Paper. Wall Board and Roofing cents a pound ”—— o E. MYERS 8’ BR0.

0 a in B. -

. - - As the cool weather comes on in the ASH-AND PUMP AND HAY TOOL WORKS

Home owners Procure our The falling off is explained on the 1 405 OrangeSt ASHL'AND OHIO

C V t mill prices be. theory that the honey-sweetened cakes fall, colds frequent y appear among ' ’ '

arpen ers 1,0,3youtbm,i1‘7lve capable of being carried through ov- the hens, and the careful poultryman

contraCtors 2.138 gflfefs‘gnoaii ens are much less in demand, the gen- W111 keep an eye out for the symptoms

material delivered to your station. Special . -. and take care of such cases at once.

billssawedout.Estimatesfurnishedpromptly. 9”“ consumer seems to have med 0f

W h' l b . that particular kind. Left to themselves, colds often devele
ecan 5 1p um erin . . ' . i .

Club Oréers the sulfide car to twolor The bee-keepers are trying to in- CD into 10111): 01 at 103513 the 001d 50

wflfieyfifitfiigfilfigfifi gi‘iufiziioidizamafigz crease the membership of their asso- weakens the system that T0119 germs,

abigsavmonamallordera. Ciations to organize a working ma- hitherto resisted, are able to get a

Send No Money chine that will originate some plan by foothold. Of course, inadequate or - .,

We ship directly to an! responsible party_on which the general public will be edu- poorly—planned quarters contribute toughhivih'i‘tthiteogfiséflsgeéifi

3 ‘tii‘évihipigii‘t°§§t€:’é"ii‘ayfii'}d35322236" “e“ cated into the desirability of honey as largely to the prevalence of colds. It otfi21§°t%2‘¥§ie§3%o¥? etfo§§°ifi°3

. Write us now for fun a food. It isn’t enough to paste a may be that the pens are too crowded show you how you can start witha

Write TOday . ,' l W . ‘ '. ‘ o . H 1, 11.1 t (1 H t th b- (15 amalloutlay and gets good big in-

d pr'htCiu M‘S- 'the can SthkGI beaung the gughestlon, Eat 01‘ DOOI‘) ven 1 a 9 SO 13 e 11‘ comecoming yourway.

. . irilis 0 W1. uar— , . .

Siféffi‘3§£§2§¥&?§. ii pastarfgrd £53017? yog Honey,” on the mail matter of bee are forced to breathe foul air. It is Old TrUSty
giiéezntilfiuinbie'i-gmabh‘ii‘diii} £532.33?“ 6 were men. It is more desrrable to map out just as important t0 keep the quar- provides an “suredincome with big
Home Lumber & Supply Co. a propaganda that, wide spread will tCI‘S Ciean and sanitary 111 001d weath- hatches theiegofiggg: .

343 5-De"b°"‘s" D°ph 3395- Chin” demonstrate in how many different er as in warm, and perhaps even more gagginghdgvgnfbiéogutlgm

ways honey may be used in the aver- so if the houses are of the closed ggty‘ffw‘gggveggg:

‘ age household, not only as a healthful type. .A frequent cause of colds is the gaming- trial—10 year .
Nelson Tank Heater food bllt as an economic move in the high roosting perches. If these are v4.51. ldfluson co.
' ~ . . way of reducing the cost of living. placed near the top of the building a. °“Y°°M°'-N-br-

-—TWO Weeks .Free Trial The chief reason why such a move- fall of snow on the roof at night tends PFILE’S 86' VARIETIE.
HE Nelson Tank Heater cuts fuel ment has never been started, so it is to .cool a space at the top of the room, ,mflim Land and Wam_qus_ 1339'
cost in half and heats watfginhg‘tf related, is that there has been no and this cold air on the backs of the gumwn-zgéuafafiu’grf-gm ($3;va

' i 81‘ - , _ . . . - -
or! Abggifi‘gleyrerggliiggtbswgggeg as entire money With which to do it. It re- birds is often a cause of trouble. 'mwfthgfnt‘ 13:1: Egg'gfhpigrm.
heath!!! surface i3 under ws‘er- Bums quires funds to originate and carry Boosting places in the winter should

00d, t , b.. bbisl'r—anY- POULT Y.
ffid'g'wthat:vifivhucfnrnirf081ulr‘rliace. Ashgf out such a movement. But a letter not be more than two or three feet R
removed in a few seconds without distur ‘. '. _ . be me
ing heater. Ask your deale rhave us Wiitten by an authonty and read to from the floor and all on t sa BARBIE” PLYMOUTH noexs
send you a Nelson Tank Heater 0n “’0 the convention, suggested that if ev- level. Wi“Hoos1i0ii' gig-tam." tEéifigbllflhztiliq 18:2. d
‘ ' . - riz l , ‘ i n
W“? free m" ” °'"' "‘k' ery bee-keeper would contribute the Symptoms of colds are sneezmg and Infiffiéigfrlln tivci’yegi; at}: iii? 01:31:30 soars]?
egg-66' Nd“; whglflcétco» price of a half-pound of honey, a great coughing, perhaps a discharge from fiqu‘mpwd sibjgcnftgnappi'lovzf"i’rhxdzsngelhlsonrhble.
beerfieid,wis. stride would be taken in the right di~ the nostrils and eye corners. If the wmeymnmts- G'E‘“ °°V°’-B'7-M“‘h°“°'hd-
_. ' . ‘ 'i ' AMMO'IH B T k dT i G
rection. Secretary Dadant said that swells the.disease is probably roup, MBarred Rockrgifiorgfs.eyfiegBeflihgilrseoe, 332?,
not more than one per cent of the beer and the bird should be isolated at sex. CHASE'SsTOOK FARM, a. 1. Mariette. Mich.
w‘thi th istrict re resents lice. Such “cases” should have warm _ -
keepers 1 n E.) d p 0 Mammoth Bronze Turkeys Pfiiéifiméflf'
ed by the convention, belonged to the quarters, or at least a place of even Hem, $4.00. COLLAR Em" Umpemine_ Michmm
ssociation. He said, however that tem erature and ood ventilation. . . . __7
a . . . . ’ . p g Palm and Willie Indian Runner Ducks 5,222: 3,?3
membership is increasmg and that, Rich warm mashes should be fed and “use,” Renown". Route 1' St, John Mich
CORSldenng the. poor crop that had plenty of green cut bone. Use .potas- Buff Rocks both sexesfrom12%lb.First0hicago
been produced in the last honey-flow slum permanganate in the drinking punmflup 9B9%%§.LAL€3§K§IXKRI$2L:giengeonfiafild
ERIOR DUPLEX M". Season, the Chicago convention was a water, enough to make it the color of ‘ ' ' '
m' _ . . i , l '
Double Grind'n R- if h . good 0118- There was an unusually Wine. A solution of the same drug, 8.0.“.6. 32233.1“§€.i§§db?&2k?&?3:mfiizéi
i . . . . .. - =' - -,.
positiveforcefeé‘d. §§SErsghosképrefilstfi great amount of interest, the short five 01‘ SIX times as strong as given tore. Satisfy customers .Jennie Buell,AnnArhor,Mi.h.
C°m°nC°b0‘gestaufgzsihihgggsrgfigfigf program embraced the greatest num- for drinking, may be used to bathe “MED BUCK cocflnfls~§uzghf§gg gags:
Rye, Wheat, Barley,(:otton' ber of important subJects that prob— the head of the affected bird. Anoth- Winnersformyoara.J.A.Barnnm.UnlonOity.Mich.
fii’i‘i'fi‘fi‘éfifi,f§,fii§§§§s ably ever has been arranged for such er way is to take the hen in the hand A fine bunch of n. and s. Comb [1.1.1194 cookerels ‘
9 sizes,sz'to 20 H.P. no; a meeting. and dip her head in the solution for a “$533;gagixwgf‘mhflpgg‘g95;;130‘3325é
. team or Gasoline - - _ - . .
" ‘ Engines. Fully It dISCUSSGd Amer}can bee keeping’ feVV Seconds. A “laChlne 011_ can 18 For Sale-50 fine Barred Plymouth Rockoockerels.
= Guaranteed Past and future, and It was Smwnthat effective to inject the liquid Into the ..........,.b€..."‘9.r. thisassassinate
. Write today for Cot-1°: some very portenious events had tak- nostrils and mouth. ton areas good as the best. Prir-e'rmmwtosseach.
WE SUPHHOR I"). & Hill (0. . . . Wil ship on approval. Geo. L. Kelner, Ionin. Mich,
58 swamp-4mm“. en place. Shipping bees to dIStant Generally speaking, it is not advis- R C bB Le h mt ch
' - ' ' “ N9 .0111 rown 0 rom
‘ Hhwwwjh {3100111 fields; COUDtrY'Wlde advertismg, able to attempt the Cure of advanced FOR SALE twoleadiil strains in gmerl‘ca. Price:
bee cellars by the 11%? Of which it is reasonable. CLAUDIA E’I‘TS. Hillsdale, Mich.

Where do the poultry profits go? Have you’ 1' .> { f~ 20 t 30 cases Of the roup. When the symp- o w Lo h i 31 h6f

ever figured this out? Wehave made an:l hoped to .save' a 955 0f tiodm th 2. h toms firSt appear the hen may Still eat Roguick', only 252% lgtoi‘iii'trgrathoelié’ot. nihiirféfigf

exhaustive study of thisim— 5*: , per cent in Winteiing ou SI e, e lg well and possibly continue to lay, and R, 1c. D. No. 23, Lnion Phone. Elsie, Michigan.

portantproblem and the answer 4% price 0f sugar, (11893595, stimulative at that time it will pay to doctor her. 1}}??? ¥A11C1£ID (:okLim'N and gl'llnglt‘WYAlNDCTTEZS—A hm.
. . . _ . a ., _ o a V to one eres weig irlg i 8 be. at 2 a d 33

:ngfihg‘grgsi?’s€§§l§6z{Egoakéggit feedlng.’ bee keéplnfi' astla busmess, Shouid She fall to respond to tl‘eat- eneli. Browning’s Wyandotto Farm. Portland, Michigan. "‘

to-day, and we will encioseour W919 dlscussed mte ’09“ y‘ _ merit, it is safest to use the ax for a BABBED Mill WHIIE HOCK8“L“~§$° mm raised l

Sifiii’si’e’ssrii’ggfiggl:5h2°g§uli One Of the meme“ 300011191131" surgical operation. Cured birds are $3twofor :5. Bred for beauty anii‘téiinogéf°k8§3'$‘g

tryowner. THEQLCONKEY CO. ' ments among apiarists is the perfect not fit companions for the rest of the maxim:- £§Ffii£$fifl¥fix $3,331”

133 Conkey Bldg--C'e'9‘8“d'°m°' control of non-swarming bees under flock for it is not improbable that the Barrod Rocks—All prize winnersand hreodingetock
The POI!“ Silo the high tenSion of honey production. germs of the disease are harbored in w. 0. oorrn‘i‘italfii’iifi‘."ewfi'éf't’opif‘ifiiszwfifffi
, I) The novice in bee-keeping was giv- the deeper tissues of the body and . . Write for circular.
6“ 3 “ohm." Gm“ 8.9mm" en some hard knocks. He is the man may be communicated to some other flhggkfihomf nflfimgflffi“eggpfgwgihs
angwiliiggonghifiewiiiasvi’nigoadf‘ who won’t be careful to keep disease bird that is lacking in constitutional POULTRY PLANT, 30‘ C-Ch‘flmte’ MiChigan-
Agcosrngsgil: (ii-{$115635 and out of his colonies, the result of Which vigor. It is especially true that they PIHECHESTWHHE UNFINGTONSTEfi‘if'Sfi winte:
- 'i . . u . \

“‘iififi‘ggifigfiifwrmmdu is state-Wide contamination and 1088- should never be used as breeders. I {aggravating allege:fiockeéelakhrens.alacollliepixiarfiez,
“agfif‘é‘l‘fiye SALES co It was pointed out that one of the am not prepared to say that such A m is on: me rec arm. ya. Oak. lch.

Dept. L.7llldbdfiviafmsgg' states has a law that has been en- “cured” birds kept by themselves and DOGS AND FERRETS.

, c . , _- , . .
(“and R” a forced so well that the whole state is given careful attention Will not make '

Will. well-nigh rid of foul, brood. paying layers. The smaller poultl‘Y- Fox and WOIf Hounds

Yon“ MONEY llE‘l' 5% Mr. Aspinwall, of Michigan, urged men will scarcely care to keep a few

if invested with this SogetY- Interest 1:53 the bee-keepers to give their whole birds by themselves, but those who i; 7 Mill: boxlEngllsll slrainlu America

. - , vo you name , . . . . - - ~ . 4o ‘ ' - - ,

fiirirliil'eggndlr‘i‘dlywelvaizllugell you of the advan- time to their apiarles once they went am in the business extensively may .4 _ the§3r§n5xifgi§if§swfoin Igireengilxgi

taxes Offered bi this Societytwgfigshas been into the tusiness for profit, it couldn’t W911 afford to have a separate D011 1f aporlt. Sage (your pig'sf sheep and
doing business or over won 3! - . . . ~_ ~ ‘ _ you try. on stamp or catalog

The Industrial Savings Society. well be div1ded With anypther bus1 they have any number of such cases 1‘ B HUD SPETH

219 Hammond Bldz..Detroitiifil%h-s“ ness unless it was the business of pro- It IS possmle, however. for the farmer Siblo‘ ' Ja'ckson‘ Count ' M
I. ROY WATEBBURY, Pres AUS‘HN N. I . 1. ducing bloom. With the small flOCk to 100k out for y, - y, 0‘
57BREEDS Fm 9““ b'eddflcfieng- There was a division of opinion as the colds and keep the roup germs Tmnodllunnlng F0! Hound:‘i°.’l,’§t‘$fii?§.‘?‘hg:: .‘
A r e . . ~ . . . . .°.
- orthem raised biifilivsfigefixbeautiul- to the extent to which bees work on from developing. The general heat ““1”- w E LECKY Hume‘m'ev 0N0- i,
.mgkgzggglngh§?r“m‘w°‘7 $2: ; the bloom of alfalfa. It is contended ment recommended forHrOéip should ' 3901:9322 Igugg-tfijgfingzir V
to fine loo-page 2m Annulll’ try . . . 1‘ V8 effective. CHAS. HESLEY. Delft” 3m" “J. . -\
arr. umroo..nox817.mw.m [that 0111! the Plant Produced 111 mi D 0 h on. a Box minnow.

 


JAN. 2, 1915.

 

THE MICHI

Convenience in the Podltry House.

 

HE farmer’s wife usually cares
for the poultry, and if anyone
- needs to save steps 'itis the
farmer’s Wife. Her work keeps her
moving a greater portion of the time,
and even a small saving in steps
means a lot to her. It is an easy mat-
ter to arrange the feed bins, nests,
coops for breaking up brooding hens,
water supply, and many other minor
things so the greatest amount of work
may be accomplished with the least
number of steps possible.

If one has only a few hens the feed
and water is not a vital question, as
usually one trip can be made to do for
both, but if one has over a hundred
hens this is impossible, and the weight
of the feed and water is no small load
for an already tired back. When this
carrying can just as well be avoided
as not it is foolish to keep on carry-
ing year in and year out. Make a
good tight bin under the scratching
shed, with door for putting in the feed
from the outside, and openings at the
bottom on the inside, covered, of
course, at will, for taking out the
grain as desired.

- Arrange for a Convenient Water
Supply.

The water supply can be arranged
by running a pipe from the well to
the trough used. If this is made so
the pipe can be run up through the
bottom and both ends of the pipe be

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aside. The laths of the sides and
ends of the jail shown were nailed on
the inside, as I thought it would pre-
vent them getting them loose, but it
was a mistake, as they loosened fully
as easily, and it is almost impossible.
to get at them to nail solidly when
replacing. The bottom of the jail is
slatted the same as the sides and top,
but there is a second bottom four
inches lower to catch the droppings.
The boards of this second floor are
loose so they can be removed for
cleaning. The next one I make I
shall raise the jail ten inches higher
and slant the dropping floor to the
front, and giving a little more room
above the nests.

A Convenience for Watering.

The feeding and watering problem
in this jail is easily solved. Fasten a
long narrow box along the side for
the grain and shell, and a shelf for
the water fountain. I have my foun-
tain on the inside in this illustration,
but I found it did not work so well,
and made a shelf for it. You will no-
tice that the door to the jail is hinged
at the top, and drops down against a
cross slat at the bottom. This allows
one to simply push the hen in and she
cannot open it from the inside to get
out. A simple catch holds the door up
when I want to let them out. Above
all things don’t do as I have done, pile
rubbish all over the top, for 20 or 25

 

A Labor Saving Arrangement Providing for Nests and a Place for Break-
ing up Broody Hens.

about level, a vessel may be attached
to the end next the well and when it
is kept full the water in the trough
will be at the same level. I find that
a twelve-quart galvanized or enameled
ware dish pan is about the best thing
to use. The pipe can be run up
through the bottom and lock-nuts used
to make it water-tight, using white
lead freely under them. Bury the pipe
a foot or more under ground and the
frost will not bother it in winter and
the water in the pan will not freeze
as easily, especially if the pipe is a
large one. Second-hand pipe may be,
purchased very cheap. I bought half-
inch pipe that served a good purpose
for years as water pipes for two cents
a foot, and one-inch pipe for four
(cents. Stakes should be driven down
about two or three inches apart all
around to keep the hens from getting
into the pan. 'Green poles about an
inch in diameter at the base and
drawn together at the top a couple of
feet above the pan work well and are
easily procured.
A Poultry House Jail.

I think the greatest labor—saving de-
vice in my hen house is the jail and
battery of nests as illustrated here.
There are some things about the nests
I would change, but the principle is
all right. This jail is six feet long,
32 inches wide and 16 inches high. A
lath cut so it will make one strip for
the bottom or top and one for the
side or end. Space your laths two
inches apart. That is far enough for
the hens to get their heads through
easily, and not far enough for them
to exert much force in crowding them

hens in the coop will need all the air
they can get when the hot sultry days
come.

These nests are all right except that _

the partitions should extend higher.
Then hens pick the nest material out
and put it in the one they are in, or
else drop it outside, and they try to
pull the eggs over from one to the
other, often breaking them. I would
make the nests 16 inches wide, too,
instead of 12, and put the partitions
12 inches apart. Put a four or six-
inch board across back of the top
nest for the hens to jump up on to get
into the nests, and two or three of
them back of the bottom nests, so
they can jump from the bottom to the
top.

Kansas. L. H. Conn.

 

FEEDING FOR WINTER EGGS.

The getting of eggs in cold weather
depends greatly upon the manner of
feeding. The early morning feed
should consist of equal parts of corn,
Wheat and oats. About three quarts
to each hundred hens should be fed.
The grain should be scattered in lit-
ter that is at least a foot deep. The
hens will scratch vigorously in the
litter the greater part of the morning,
and work up a good appetite for the
first full, satisfying meal of the day.
permitted to eat all of this they de-
sire. About four o’clock all the whole
grain the hens will eat should be
supplied. ' T. Z. RICHEY.

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A FEW LEADING ARTICLES OF
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European Co-operative Agriculture,
as Seen by the American Com-
mission.—The ninth of 52 spe-
cial articles to be published in
consecutive issues..; ........... 1

Management of Hired Men—HOW
one large farmer has solved this
question to his own satisfaction. 2

The Farm Labor lncome.—A brief
statement of facts developed by
a farm survey in Newaygo Co... 3

Fall Pigs in Winter.—~»Essentials in
the winter feeding and care of
fall pigs for best results ........ 5

Farm Butter- Making.~An enumer-
ation of essential factors in the
making of good quality butter on
the farm

Convenience in the Poultry House.
“Relating to feeding, watering
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Survey of World’s Grain Crop.—
Data gathered by the Interna-
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How fruit trees are grown in
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Service is an old word

which has been given a new
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",‘odern business in America. That
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plying an obligation on the part of the
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want when they want it, so far as
their particular line is concerned, ev-
en when such “service” was not a fac4
tor in the original transaction. This
modern business policy was at once
appreciated by a discriminating pub-
lic, with the result that the question
of adequate, service soon became a
well considered factor in the. placing
of orders by the discriminating fac-
tion of the buying public.

Service is more important in some
lines than in others. but in no line is
it more important than in a trade pub-
lication. The Michigan Farmer takes
special pride in its service depart-
ment, through which the individual
subscriber is given information which
will aid him in the solution of his
varying individual business problems,
and this feature will be made stronger
than ever during the coming year.

Our plans for the coming year,
which are definite and cumprehensive,
have been revealed so fully in pre«
vious issues that it seems unnecessary
to dwell on them further at this time.
Nine of the fifty-two special articles

' Service.

THE MICHI.GAN FARM-ER

to be published in consecutive issues
have already appeared and are their
own Witness of the quality of this fea-
ture. In addition to them we have in
hand a considerable number of ex-

ceedingly interesting articles on topics,

of unusual discussion in farm papers,
yet of more than ordinary interest at
this time. In presenting these spec-
ialties our usual seasonable and cur-
rent matter will not be neglected,
while our service department will be
enlarged.

In making our plans for the ensuing
year, we have anticipated the needs of
our Michigan patrons in so far as our
experience and judgment has enabled
us, and we have planned on a broad-
ened special service to our subscrib‘
ers by inviting them to suggest furth-
er general topics for such special dis-
cussion, in addition to the submission
of their individual problems to our
service department.

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igan Farmer as a trade paper, long
recognized by many thousands of
Michigan farmers, further enhanced
by a long list of special articles of
great value, and our regular service
in the way of reliable markets, free
veterinary advice, answers to individ
ual questions, etc, further broadened
as above indicated, we trust that ev-
ery present reader whose time expir-
ed with the last issue will send his
renewal at once, and thus avoid miss-
ing a single number, which is likely
to be worth more to him than the
price of a year’s subscription.

In another column
of this issue will be
found a synopsis of
the main facts
brought out in the farm survey con-
ducted in Newaygo county the past
season by the Office of Farm Manage-
ment of M. A. C. co-operating with the
U. S. Department of Agriculture. The
field for this survey was selected as
being a typical dairy region in Mich-
igan. The results secured mean little in
themselves as compared with the av-
erage results in the same field for a
series of years, which data it is plan-
ned to obtain. They are, however,
valuable as indicating certain facts
which are borne out by a comparison
with surveys made In other sections
of the country, and with which they
coincide on the main results noted in
the report published in this issue.
One fact which is emphasized by this
survey is that farm management plays
a very important part in the results
attained.

A study of the statistics shows that
the average yields secured on the un-
profitable farms were only slightly
less than the yields secured on the
profitable farms, the margin of dif-
ference not being sufficient to account
for the wide difference in the labor
income secured. In planning for next
year then, every farmer in Michigan
should take into account this fact that
the profitable employment of himself
and his help in ‘actual productive en-
terprises is absolutely essential to the
securing of‘a satisfactory labor income
from the farming operations.

Another fact which is plainly indi-
cated by this survey is that a diver-
sity of crops or products is essential
to the most profitable results in the
conduct of a farm. This fact is also
substantiated by the data secured
from surveys of a similar character
made in other sections of the country.
Thus, in planning the farming cam-
paign it is a good plan to avoid put-
ting all our eggs in one basket, since
by this method We not only run the
risk of a disastrous crop failure in
seasons of unfavorable climatic or
market conditions, but as well be-
cause experience has shown that bet—
ter average results are secured where
a variety of cash products are grown
upon the farm.

Another very essential fact brought
out by this survey is the relation be-
tween the working capital or the cap-

Interpreting the
Farm Survey.

ital invested-in live stock and equip-
ment and the labor income secured
from the farming operations. Parallel
to this factor but not quite so marked
is the relation between the investment,
in real estaterand the laborincome.
This isgparticularly important for the
consideration of the young man who
is about to start out in the farming
business. These two factors taken in-
to consideration seem to show con-
clusively that the young man who in-
tends to begin farming on his own ac-
cout in what might properly be term-
ed mixed dairy farming cannot make
hired man’s wages with an investment
in equipment, including live stock, of
less than $1,600, and that he had bet-
ter delay the venture until he accum-
ulates or is able to borrow at least
that amount of working capital. Then
he should preferably rent a good farm
until he is able to buy a farm of suf-
ficient size worth not less than $7,500.
The increase in labor income secured
from the investment of more than the
above amounts in equipment and real
estate were proportionately larger in
this survey. Other similar surveys
have been made in Michigan and
further results relating to them will
be presented through these columns
as soon as same are available. They
will provide data of no little value to
the thinking farmer who is giving
proper attention at this season of the
year to the planning of his future
farming operations.

In another col-
umn of this is-
sue appears an
article by one of
Michigan’s well known farmers who
has the temerity to advance the idea
of the eradication of hog cholera by
the strenuous but effective remedy
which is used in the eradication of
foot—and—mouth disease. He refrains
wisely, we believe, from advocating
the abandonment of attempts to con-
trol the disease through the use of the
serum treatment. So far as facts are
now available, a gratifying degree of
control has been accomplished
in the counties selected for co-opera-
tive work between the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture and the various
state authorities. The final results of
this work are not yet available, and
will doubtless be a valuable guide in
the making of future plans for the
control of hog cholera, including the
drafting of any needed legislation to
that end. It is quite apparent that
the unorganized attempts which have
been made to .control hog cholera
through serum treatment have not
been very effective in diminishing the
prevalence of the disease, but the
fact remains that without rigid quar-
antine measures and suitable disinfec-
tion wholly satisfactory results could

Control vs. Eradica-
tion of H09 Cholera.

-not be expected from that method. On

the other hand, there are good argu-
ments in favor of eradication by more
strenuous methods, as advocated in
the article above mentioned. This
method is used in some of the Cana-
dian provinces with apparently very
good results, but the different condi-
tions under which the hog industry is
there carried on is an unknown factor
in the determination of results. In
any event, little effective work could
be done along this line except through
co-operation with the federal govern-
ment. A careful study of the situa-
tion by the farmers of the state is,
however, well worth while, and will
be a material 'aid in the control or
eradication of this troublesome dis‘
ease by whatever method may be fin-
ally adopted as the best public policy.

 

ALLIED BREEDERS’ MEETINGS.

 

(Continued from page 6). .
gan State Sheep Breeders’ and Feed-
ers’ Association. The following pro-
gram has been prepared: '

“Opportunities for the development
of a greater sheep industry in Michi-
gan,” W.F. Raven, Live Stock Ext.
Agent, M. A. C.

“The value of publicity to the sheep

breeder?” Hon. 1. R.-Waterbury, Edid.
tor Michigan Farmer. '

“How can we be of mutual benefit

through co-operative organizations?”
C. A. .Tyler, Secretary American
tHampshire Sheep Breeders’ Associa-
ion.
’ Legislation essential to the protec-
tion and preservation of the sheep in~
dustry,” Roscoe M. Wood, Secretary.
Standard Delaine Sheep Breeders’ AS<
sociation.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

Foreign.

The European War. Practically'all
of the armies are occupying the same
positions as a week ago. It appears
that the Russians have checked the
advance of the Germans on Warsaw.
They have also held firmly to the po«
srtions at either end of the long line
of battle. The most severe fighting
has occurred at the center, but the
strong positions occupied by the
Czar’s forces has enabled them to re-
pulse the attacks. In the south the
Servian forces seem to have gained
a complete victory over the Austrians
by driving them from Servian soil.
While no great changes have occurred
in the battle line. in the west, reports
would indicate that the Allied armies
have made slight advancement at dif-
ferent points along the fighting line.
The French have gotten within firing
distance of Metz. In western Belgium
EgaGermans are planning to hold Ant-
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erp to the last. There Is a possibil-
however, of their evacuating
Ghent. The English r’eciprocated to
the German attack of a fortnight ago
on east coast towns, by making a
raid with submarine, air and surface
craft on the German coast off Cuxhav-
en. The extent of the damage done
during this raid on either side has not
been reported; however, the attack
appears to have caused the same con‘
cern in Germany that the raid on the
English towns caused among the Brit-
ish. It is stated that Great Britain is
gathering a fleet of antiquated vessels
to send into the Baltic Sea. and block
the east end of the Kiel Canal. If
this can be done it will aid in clearing
the Baltic Sea forRussian commerce.

The French war department which
-is still in Bordeaux will return to
Paris on January 7.

The political situation in Mexico is
still in disorder. Three factions are
developing under the leaderships of
Generals Villa, Zapata, and Gutierrez.
A large number of executions has re-
cently been carried out at Mexico
City, which is arousing public senti-
ment against some of the leaders,
both in Mexico and abroad.

Italian interests in Albania have
been menaced to such an extent that
troops were recently sent to occupy
Avlona. It is believed that the rebels
operating in that province have been
incited by Austrian agents. It is re-
ported that Italy may be compelled to
put down the revolt and maintain or«
der, which would undoubtedly cause
her to join one side or the other in
the present war.

Several disorders at different points
in the Philippine Islands occured on
Christmas Eve. It was at first feared
that a general uprising had been plan-
ned, but later reports indicate that
the disturbances were merely local
and that they had been suppressed by
local police. Forty men were ar—
rested. .

Venezuela has formally proposed to
all the neutral governments of Eu-
rope, Asia and America that a confer-
ence be held in Washington to revise
or supplement the rules of interna~
tional law respecting the rights of
neutrals in the present war.

National.

. A grand jury called to investigate
election returns at Terre Haute, Ind.,
has already Lreturned indictments
against Mayor Roberts and 124 other
persons. It is suggested that the in-
vestigation will be extended to Indi-
anapolis before the jurors are done
with their work.

The House sub-committee on naval
affairs W111 recommend the sugges-
tions of Secretary Daniels, which in-
clude the building of two dread-
naughts, ten sub-marines and a large
fleet of air craft. The bill as tenta-
tively drawn, appropriates $145,000,-
000 for naval purposes.

It is announced that 1,200 coke ov-
ens in the Connelsville district are to
be relighted. In addition 350 mer-
chant ovens are to be added this week
while other additions 'will be made in
January. The increased demand for
iron and steel has made it possible to
open these opens after months of
idleness. ,

 

Does Your Neighbor take the Mich-
igan Farmer? If not send yourown
order and his both a year for $1 and
we will send you one of our cornfi-
nation maps. The War, ‘The ’World.
Michigan. Anatomical Chart ‘24:?36,
poatage paid. The maps will be sent
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LITERATURE ‘17": FARM BOY

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14—14 -

How to

Work. ’ ‘

By H. A. BEREMAN. .'

UMAN nature is pretty much
H the same the world over. but in-

dividuals differ in temperament.
Some are deliberate, sluggish, thor—
ough. Others are nervous, emotional,
imaginative. Neither type is perfect,-
ly well balanced. The slow need to
wake up and cultivate their imagina-
tions; the creative need to put on the
brakes. Either can be done by will
power.

Some scientists say that each per-
son is endowed with a certain amount
of life force, and that if he doesn’t die
from accident, he will use up all of
this precious elixir in that marvelous
journey starting at the cradle and
ending at the grave.

If you would travel far and well you
will not mis-use this gift of the gods
in wrong living, in excesses of any
kind, nor indulging in the national
disease “hurryitis.” Energy can be
lost by worrying, and to worry about
what can not be helped is only a little
less foolish than to worry about what
can be helped.

It takes three times as much coal to
run an engine eighty miles an hour as
to run it forty miles an hour. The
same principle applies to the human
machine. To walk a mile leisurely is
a pleasant pastime in which one of
small strength may safely indulge. To
walk a mile rapidly makes the pulse
bound and the nerves tingle and uses
up five times as much human fuel. To
run a mile at top speed brings ex-
haustion and perhaps death. Athletes
(lie from'enlarged hearts and “arterio
sclerosis,” or hardening of the arter-

 

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By HOWARD T. KNAPP. :-

ies due to physical over-strain. The
marathon runner is a deliberate sui-
cide.

The naturally phlegmatic need no
warning, but the man or boy, especial-
ly the boy, of active temperament
needs to get into the habit of working
with less haste. He is so ambitious,
so impatient, so imbued with the
driving habit that he is apt to wear
himself out before his time by wast-
ing energy. Parents should be extra
cautious about allowing children to
overwork lest it ruin their 'whole lives.

All people with this inclination to
work feverishly should remember that
“slow and steady” is best. In the long
run it gets more and better work ac-
complished.

Learn to save steps. Make every
lick count. Get into a rhythmic swing.
Let the muscles recuperate between
strokes. Ride when you can and rest
when the chance offers. Cut out the
tension. You can lift a pail of water
with small effort or you can expend
a vast amount of fixing the mus-
cles. Work with poise and do not
allow the muscles to work against
each other. Learn to relax.

In this program are involved two of
the greatest ideas of todaywefliciency
and conservatism. Efficiency means
doing a job right, in the shortest pos-
sible time, with the least expenditure
of power. Conservatism is only anoth-
er word for wastelessness.

Conservation of soil, forests, mines
and water-power is good, but the con-
servation of human energy is vital to
the life of a nation that is to endure.

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Tracks in__ the Snow.

 

F you could have seen Billy- Be By

Bo Bum as he poked along the

lane leading to the “hire Forest,
you would have thought he had eaten
Crumble Pie for breakfast, for an ugly
pout puckered up his lips and two big
tears rolled down his cheeks.

Crosspatch drew the latch,
Sit by the fire and spin,
Take a cup and drink it up,

And ask the neighbors in.

sank Tinker Teedle, the merry little
elf, as Billy climbed over the stump
fence that separated the cow pasture
from the White Forest.

“No, I’m not a crosspatch.” protest-
ed Billy, but all the same, the corners
of his mOuth turned down more than
ever.

“\Vell then, why were you crying
demanded Tinker Teedle Tee, who
was such a jolly old fellow that he
could not bear to see anyone else un-
happy. “Don’t you know that little
boys who cry when there is nothing
the matter, miss lots of bully fun in
this world ?"

“I lost my jackknife,” replied Billy,
and as he thought of his loss, a big
tear rolled down his cheek and splash-
ed on Tinker’s head.

“It’s beginning to rain,” cried the
«if, hopping up and down and shaking
himself like a Newfoundland dog com-
ing out of the water. “I’m wet clear
through to the skin and there’s not a
toadstool in sight for me to take shel-
ter under. These showers certainly
are. bothersome.”

“It’s not raining at all at all. Why
see. the sun is shining as bright as can
be,” said Billy, beginning to laugh
again at the idea of anyone mistaking
a tear—drop for a shower of rain.

“Well, if it’s not raining, how did I
get soaking wet. just tell me that.
will you, Billy Boy?” and the elf

9n

scowled as though he would like to
bite the head off of anybody who dar-
ed contradict him. »

“That was only a tear,” replied
Billy. '

“There, didn’t I tell you that crying
always made trouble for someone,”
said the fairy, who was inclined to be.
rather cross for the minute.

“I am very sorry, indeed,” replied
Billy, “and I’ll try not to let it happen
. gain. But Tinker, I should think you
would get lonely here in the big
woods all by yourself.”

“Why, bless your heart. I have hun‘
dreds of playmates,” Tinker answer~
ed. “Every bird and animal in the
Vt'hite Forest is a particular friend of
mine.”

“But 1 have been tramping through
the woods all morning and have not
seen even a chick~a~dee,” said Billy.
“I don’t believe there are any animals
in the woods any more.”

“Oh, you don’t, eh ‘.’” demanded Tink-
er. “VVell, will you just tell me, then,
who put all these tracks in the snow.
Every track is the footmark of a bird
or animal, and tells a mighty interest-
ing story to anyone who has learned
to read Old Mother Nature’s book of
woodcraft. Why, Billy Boy, just by
looking at these tracks I can tell you

everything that happened in the
White Forest last night.”
“You can? Oh, please show me

how,” cried Billy, hopping up and
down, like a jumping jack, he was so
excited. -

“All right, Billy Be By Bo Bum,
come with me and I’ll show you how
to learn all about the Little People
just by studying their tracks in the
snow,” and Tinker spread his wings
and darted off through the bushes.

“Here ‘we are, here’s our first les-

 

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son,” he shouted a minute later, point-
ing to a series of fan-shaped marks in
the snow, twd big tracks in front and
two smaller ones behind, each set of
footprints looking like a capital Y.

“These are the tracks of Mr. Rab-
bit, Billy Boy,” he said, looking very'
wise.

“Yes, I know that much myself,” re-
torted Billy, “but I don’t 'see what
they tell you just by looking at them.”

“Oh, you don’t, eh?
tice how far apart each set of tracks
is. That shows Mr. Rabbit was in a
mighty big hurry, for he was taking

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the longest jumps he could. He had
good reason‘ to hurry, for see, here
are the tracks of Slinker the Weasel,”
and Tinker pointed to a set of neat
little footmarks that were mixed up
with those of Mr. Rabbit. “He, too,
was running as fast as he could, for
he was hungry and had made up his
mind to catch and eat Mr. Rabbit for
supper. Let’s follow them and see
what happened.”

So Billy Be By Bo Bum and Tinker
Tee set off to run down the tracks and
find out how Slinker came out with
his hunting.

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Winston of the Prairie

BY HAROLD BINDLOSS.

Synopsis of Previous Chapters.
Farmer Winston, a bankrupt homesteader, accepts a proposal to simu-

late Lance Courthorne, an adventurer.
with the police, kill Trooper Shannon,

CourthOrne and his pals struggle
who leaves evidence pointing to Win-

ston as the murderer, and smuggle through some illegal distillery products.
To Silverdale, a settlement founded by Colonel Barrington, Maud Barring-

ton, his niece and ward, has just returned from Montreal.

The Colonel is

   

worried over a fall in wheat prices, and also over the coming of Lance
Courthorne, Miss Barrington’s cousin, to Silverdale to claim a share of his
father’s estate. Maud Barrington learns more of her Cousin’s unsavory
past. Winston, in the meantime, pushes on to Montana, is held for Court~
home by an officer, who discloses to him the belief that Winston is the
murderer of Shannon. Mail for Courthorne is opened by Winston. Comply-
ing with instructions in the letter, he meets and confers with a lawyer re-
specting Courthorne’s inheritance at Silverdale, visits the colony. Some
of his actions fail to tally with Courthorne’s reputation. He wins the good
will of Dane, the Colonel’s adviser. The real Courthorne, supposed to have
been drowned during the smuggling, now reappears in Montana, meets
Ailly Blake, whose life he had blighted and who is now engaged to one
Potter, rancher. Winston, returning from W'innipeg, finds MiSS Barrington
at one MacDonald’s, and in an attempt to reach Silverdale they are caught
in a blizzard. The night is spent at a_ lonely building and the following
day they reach home through the heronc efforts of Vv‘inston. Miss Barring
ton promises ‘Winston to sow her land to ,wheat the following spring. He
in due season. begins planting operations in spite of the Colonel’s adverse
criticism. Miss Barrington commends Winston for his successful efforts to
break the gambling habits of Ferris, a young Englishman. Winston is paid
for the work done on her lands shortly after which Courthorne appears at

Silverdale and asks Winston for money.

CHAPTER XV.——(Continued).

“No,” and Courthorne laughed again.
"You see, I could pick up a tolerable
living as Lance Courthorne, but there)
is very little to be made at my busi-
ness when you commence in new
fields as an unknow man.”

“Well,” said Winston coldly, “I
don’t know that it wouldn’t be better
to face my trial than stay here at your
mercy. So far as my inclinations go,
I would sooner fight than have any
further dealings with a man like you.”

Courthorne shook his head. “I fixed
up the thing too well, and you would
be convicted. Still, we’ll not go into
that, and you will not find me unrea-
sonable. A life. at Silverdale would
not suit me, and you know by this
time that it would be difficult to sell
the place, While I don’t, know where
I could find a tenant who would farm
it better than you. That being so, it
wouldn’t be good policy to bleed you
too severely. Still, I want a thousand
dollars in the meanwhile. It’s wine,
you see.”

Winston sat still a minute. He was
sensible of a fierce distrust and hat-
red of the man before him, but he
felt he must at least see the consuim
mation of his sowing.

“Then you shall have it on condi-
tion that you go away, and stay away.
until harvest is over. After that, I
will send for you and shall have more
to tell you. If in the meantime you
come back here, or hint that I am
Vt'inston, I will surrended to the po-
lice, or decide our differences in an-
other fashion.”

Courthorne nodded. “That is direct.”
he said. “One knows where he is
when he deals with a man who talks
as you do. Now, are you not curious
as to the way I cheated both the river
and the police?”

“No,” said Winston grimly, “not in
the least. We will talk business to-
gether when it is necessary, but I can
only decline to discuss anything else
with you.” ,

Courthorne laughed. “There’s noth-
ing to be gained by pretending to mis-
understand you, but it wouldn’t pay
me to be resentful when I’m gracious-

ly willing to let you work for me.
Still, I have been inclined to wonder
how you were getting on with my es-
timable relatives and connections.
One of them has, I hear, unbent a
trifle toward you. but I would like to
warn you not to presume on any small
courtesy shown you by the younger
Miss Barrington.”

Winston stood up and set his back
to the door. “You heard my terms,
but if you mention that lady again in
connection with me, it would suit me
equally well to make good all I owe
you very differently.”

Courthorne did not appear in any
way disconcerted, but, before he could
answer, a man outside opened the
door.

“Here’s Sergeant Stimson and one
of his troopers wanting you,” he said.

Winston looked at Courthorne, but
the latter smiled. “The visit has noth-
ing to do with me. It is probably ac-
cidental, but I fancy Stimson knows
me, and it wouldn’t be advisable for
him to see us both together. Now, I
wonder whether you could make it
fifteen hundred dollars.”

“No.” said \l'inston.
pleases you.”

Courthorne shook his head. “I don’t
know that it would. You don’t do it
badly, Winston.”

He went out by another door, al-
most as the grizzled sergeant came in
and stood still. looking at the master
of the homestead.

“I haven’t seen you since I came
here, Mr. Courthorne, and now you re-
mind me of another man I once had
dealings with,” he said.

Winston laughed a little. “I scarcely
fancy that is very civil, Sergeant.”

“Well,” said the prairie rider, “there
is a difference, when I look at you
more closely. Let me see, I met you
once or twice back in Alberta.”

He appeared to be reflecting, but
Winston was on his guard. “More
frequently, I fancy, but you had noth—
ing definite against me, and the times
have changed. I would like to point
that out to you civilly. Your chiefs
are also on good terms with us at Sil-
verdale, you see.”

(Continued on page 16).

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JAN. 2, 1915.

TH E, M.I C H.I.

‘ 3 ' An American Shrine.

By EDITH HOLMES FREDERICKS.

 

MERICANS are the travelers of.
A the earth and more good Amer-

ican money has probably been
spent by Americans who wished to
see and admire and explore the won-
ders and beauties of Europe than any
other pe0ple, barring not even Eu-
ropeans themselves. Neither is it be-
cause the scenery is so much more
beautiful than our own; the Alps can-
not compare with the majesty of the
Roclries; the Rhine and the Rhone are
a disappointment when we compare
them with the Hudson.

The fascination of Europe lies in
the fact that it is a shrine of sacred
memories. Hundreds or thousands of
miles we eagerly travel to look on
Ann Hathaway’s cottage or sit in the
chair that Shakespeare sat in. We
conjure dreams and give scope to our
imaginations as we visit these places
made immortal by some deathless
message. Every place is filled with
romance, history and tradition.

Our own country, too new to have
made much history and too young to
appreciate what does lie behind her
——f0r youth is too thoughtless to see

is now open only to the personal
friends of- the private individual who
owns it.

It is a pathetic story, the passing of
Monticello into stranger’s hands. Jef-
ferson inherited ten thousand acres
of land included in which was the
mountain on which he later built his
home. Sixty-one of the best years of
his life Jefferson gave in faithful, lov-
ing service to the building up of a
nation at a time when it needed a
keen brain and a steady hand to guide
it over the untried sea of democracy.
He spent liberally as occasion de-
manded to uphold the dignity of his
office. He entertained all who came
to Monticello, and when he died, .his
estate was sold to pay his debts. He
had had no time to build up a private
fortune, and he had become poverty-
stricken to meet the expenditures en-
tailed by his office.

Monticello was sold to a stranger,
but the people of Philadelphia, indig-
nant that Jefferson’s only daughter,
Mrs. Randolph, should be left home-
less, raised a fund of $3,000 dollars to
buy back the house and 218 acres of

 

 

Montecello, the Home of Thomas Jefferson, once Willed to the American
People, still Remains the Property of a Private Individual.

the splendor and beauty in the past——
has few places where we might make
yearly pious pilgrimages even though
we were so inclined.

It is to the women of America that
we owe the preservation and perpetu-
ation of some of the landmarks of
American history. Their patriotic so-
cieties have followed the trails and
placed tablets commemorating deeds
of heroism and martyrdom. It was a
woman who was instrumental in hav-
ing VVashington’s home given to the na-
tion as he left it, and it is another
woman, Mrs. Martin \V. Littleton,
wife of the congressman, to whom we
shall owe the preservation of another
great historic landmark. for it was
she who conceived the idea of having
the national government buy Monti-
cello, the Virginia home of Thomas
Jefferson.

To Jefferson the United States owes
fully as great a debt as it does to
\Vashington. It was Jefferson, the
greatest of all democrates, who con-
ceived of a government founded upon
a doctrine which has lived as a last-
ing memorial to him~—the doctrine
that all men are equal and endowed
with equal rights to life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness. It was he
who declared that the state had no
jurisdiction over the church. and man
should worship according to the dic-
tates of his own heart, (a line which
is said by many to be the greatest in
the Constitution). To him we owe
freedom of speech and of the press.
Yet not a monument has been raised
to show any love or respect from his
countrymen.

To those Americans who love the
simplicity, the generous hospitality of
Jefferson’s nature, who haVe read of
his home, during his lifetime thrown
open toall whom he had helped, all
who cared to come, the pity is that it

land attached to it. A young man, a
relative of the Jefferson family, was
delegated to carry out the transaction.

It was a stage-coach journey in
those days, and a traveling companion
of the young man, Capt. Ilriah P.
Levy, became interested in the mis-
sion. The youth, foolish and irre-
sponsible as it turned out, became in-
toxicated and lingered at a village on-
route, but Capt. Levy journeyed on to
Charlotteville and bought Monticello
for $2,500 the day before the young
man arrived. Repentant and sober,
the messenger begged Capt. Levy to
take the $3,000 which had been so
generously given for that purpose.
Capt. Levy refused to give 11p his bar-
gain, but at his death he willcdthe
beautiful home to “the people of the
Ilnited States to he held as a memor-
ial of Thomas Jefferson.” In case the
government refused it, Monticello was
given to “the people of the State of
Virginia and by them held for the
same purpose.” The Levy heirs con-
tested the will and it was decided on
a technicality that “people of the U‘ni-
ted States” was too indefinite to be
binding and so the property staid in
the hands of the Levy family.

High up on Monticello Mt. the house
stands overlooking, one might almost
say, with benignant peace, the Univer-
sity of Virginia, the last work of Jef-
ferson’s hands. The long road winds
up the mountain and is guarded at the
base by the lodge-keeper who answers
the bell of guests and strangers, just
as, no doubt, a smiling black face
greeted Jefferson’s guests. Stately,
majestic, radiating Jefferson’s person-
ality in all his simplicity, the house
stands as it did when he lived in it.
The building of this home was the
dream and solace of his hard-worked
public life, the joy he turned to for re-
laxation from the stress and care of

.GA N . F.A.R.M~E R

almost overpowering responsibility.
He was thirty-six years in the build-
ing of this beautiful home, but no such

home was probably ever built so en- '

tirely by its owner. Jefferson drew
the plans himself, made the bricks of
which it is constructed, mixed the
mortar, and forged the very nails. He
brought from abroad many of the
trees which stand guard over it and
from the choicest gardens of'Europe
came roses and shrubs and blossoms
for his terrace garden.

The government can at will acquire
Monticello under the law of eminent
domain as it acquired Gettysburg,
where the right of one individual is
set aside for the good of the many.

Mrs. Littleton believes that her long
fight to preserve Monticello will be
successful, for President W'ilson is an
enthusiastic advocate of making it a
memorial to Jefferson.

And that is as it should be; the
trees he planted should not be allowed
to fall, the terraced garden to sink
and decay, and the beautiful blossoms
obliterated by weeds. Surely the Am-
erican people have left too long un-
paid their debt of gratitude to the au-
thor of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, and they will wish to make pil-
grimages to the home of a. man whose
life stood for unselfish devotion and
loving loyalty, who left so much for
which Americans should be grateful.

HOW FIGS GROW.

 

BY ELLA E. ROCKWOOD.

To those whose knowledge of figs
has previously been limited to the ob-
servation afforded by the article pre-
pared for market in the form of a
compressed mass, it is interesting to
be able to see them growing and to
study the habits of the tree.

The fig is a deciduous tree, drop-
ping its foliage annually, the same as
the apple and the peach. There is a
sturdiness of form about the tree. It
branches much like an apple, but
there is a heavier growth of wood.
Even the twigs are thick and stubby
and stand stiffly erect, save when
loaded with fruit.

The leaf is something like a grape
leaf and has five sections, each con-
taining a prominent mid—rib. Large
leaves are the size of one’s hand. The
foliage starts in April and by June
first the growth is completed It is a
rich dark green, affording a substan-
tial shade.

. Differing from other fruits the fig
has no blossom. The botanist may
recognize something which answers
for a bloom but the ordinary observer
discovers only that at the intersection
of the leaf stalk with the branch sud-
denly appears a tiny green bud, slight-
ly flattened, which is the immature
fruit. As this grows it assumes an
elongated shape and becomes, when
ripe, about as large as a Bartlett pear.

There are several varieties and the
color of the fruit is sometimes so
dark a purple as to be called black,
again it is so pale a yellow as to be
classed as white. The fruit is very
soft and pulpy when ripe, and con-
tains a multitude of fine seeds. In
taste it is sweet, of rather insipid fia-
vor, extremely perishable in its nat-
ural state. Dried, it forms the article
of commerce familiar the world over.

In places where they grow figs are
highly esteemed by housewives, who
make from the fresh fruit the most
delicious preserves and sweet pickles.
Healthful and inexpensive it is one of
the best of the semi-tropical fruits
which abound in the southwestern
portion of the United States.

 

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BY ARTHUR W. PEACH.

 

“I haven’t done‘one-half of all I
planned,”
Thus often do lips speak when eyes
review
The vanished toil the fleeting day
has spanned. ‘

“So much to do, so little done,” old is
the cry, '
And noblest hearts of earth have
said it o’er,
Seeingtheir labor frail behind them

1e,
While wide their brightest dreams
stretched on before.

But grief should never be in such a
thought;
And good it is that God touched
every heart

\Vith longing to aspire, so when is

wrought
One deed, our eager hands for oth-
ers start.
Death stills the soul that looks not on
to life;
And if all work were done we plan
, to o; ,
If morn came not with call to daily
strife;
If ne’er before us shone the futures
View;
The strength that labor gives, the
joy of deed
Well done, the thrill of well-earned
victory,
Would be no more; and with no furth-
er need,
Each soul would languish in dull
misery!

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WINSTON OF THE PRAIRIE.

 

(Continued from page 14).
The sergeant laughed. “\Vell, sir, I
meant no offense, and called round to

» requisition a horse. One of the White-

sod boys has been deciding a quarrel
with a neighbor" with an axe, and
While I fancy they want me at once,
my beast got his foot in a badger-
hole.”

“Tell Tom in the stables to let you
have your choice,” said Winston. “If
you like them, there’s no reason you
shouldn’t take some of these cigars
along.”

The sergeant went out, and when
the beat of boots sank into the silence
of the prairie, Winston called Court-
horne in. “I have offered you no re-
freshment, but the best in the house
is at your service,” he said.

Courthorne looked at him curiously,
and for the first time Winston noticed
that the life he had led was telling
upon his companion.

“As your guest?” he asked.

“Yes,” said Winston. “I am tenant
here, and, that I may owe you noth-
ing, purpose paying you a second
thousand dollars when the crop is in,
as well as bank-rate interest on the
value of the stock and machines and

 

the documents handed me, by Colonel
Barrington. With wheat at its pres-
ent price nobody would give you more

 

 

’unconditional use of the farm until
within three months from harvest.
have the elevator warrants for what“
ever wheat I raise, which will belong
to me. If you do not agree. or remain
here after sunrise tomorrowyl shall
ride over to the 'outpost and'mak—e ‘a
declaration.” '

can consider it a deal.”

 

CHAPTER XVI.

Facing the Flame.
OURTHORNE rode away next
morning, and some weeks had
passed when Maud Barrington
came upon Winston sitting beside his
mower in a sloo. He did not at first
see her, for the rattle of the machines
in a neighboring hollow drowned the
muffled beat of hoofs, and the girl,
reining her horse in, looked down on
him. The man was sitting very still,

in. his'» hand, gazing straight before
him, as though he could see something
beyond the shimmering heat , that
danced along the'rim of the prairie. .
Summer had come, and the grass
which grew scarcely ankle-deep on the

 

 

“I left undone so much'l hoped to do ”' ,
scented With peppermint, harsh and

I‘ you not. bring it about?”

. “Well,” said Courthorne slowly, f‘yeuvown;

great levels, was once more white and -
dry, but in the hollows that had held
the melting snow it stood waist-high,

wiry, and Winston had set out with
every man he had to harvest it. A1-
ready a line of loaded wagons crawled
slowly across the prairie, and men and
horses moved half-seen amid the dust
that whirled about another sloo. Out
of it came the trampling of hoofs and
the musical tinkle of steel.

Suddenly Winston looked up, and
the care which was stamped upon 1t

‘fled from his face when he saw the

girl. The dust that lay thick upon his
garments had spared her, and as she
sat, patting the restless horse, with a
little smile on her face which showed
beneath the big white hat, something
in her dainty freshness reacted upon
the tired man’s fancy. He had long
borne the stress and the burden, and
as he watched her a longing came up-

on him, as it had too often for his,

tranquility since he had been 'at'Sil-
verdale, to taste, for a short space of
time at least, a life of leisure and re-
finement. This woman who had been
born to it could, it seemed to him, lift
the man she trusted beyond the sor-

did cares of the turmoil to her own

high level, and as he waited for her to

speak, a fit of passion shook him. It
betrayed itself only by the sudden
hardening of his face.

i‘It is the first time I have surprised

yoh idle. You were dreaming,’ she
said.

Winston smiled a trifle mirthlessly.
“I was, but I am afraid the fulfillment
of the dreams is not for me. One is
apt to be pulled up suddenly when he

~ventures overfar.”

“we are inquisitive, you know,” said
Maud Barrington; “can’t you tell me
what they were?”

Winston did not know what impulse
’swayed him, and afterwards blamed
himself for complying, but the girl’s
interest compelled him, and he show-
ed her a little of what was in his
heart.

‘ ~“I fancied I saw Silverdale gorging
the elevators with the choicest
wheat,” he said. “A new bridge flung
level across the ravine where the
wagons go down half-loaded to the
creek; a dam turning the hollow into
a lake, and big turbines driving our
own flouring mill. Then there were
herds of cattle fattening on the strip-
pings of the grain that wasteful peo-
ple burn, our products clamored for,
east in the old country and west in
British Columbia—and for a back-
ground, prosperity and power, even if
it was paid for with half the tradi-
tions of Silverdale. Still, you see it

‘ ~niay all be due to the effect of the
,the money I have used, as shown in. fierce sunshine on an idle man’s.

‘ fancy.” .
Maud Barrington regarded him
steadily, and the smile died out of her

for the land. In return, I demand the; eyes.‘ “But,” she said slowly, “is all.

that quite beyond-realization. Could»

Winston saw her quiet confidence
and something of her pride. There
was no avarice in this woman, but the
slight. dilation of the n0strils and the‘
glow inl‘her eyes told-of ambitions,
and for a moment his soul was not his -.

“I could,” he said, and Maud Bar-
rington, who watched the swift
straightening of his shoulders and lift-
'ing ofhis head, felt that he spoke no
more than the truth. Then with a
sudden access of bitterness, “But I
never will.”

“Why ?” she asked. “Have you grown
tired of Silver-dale, or has what you
pictured no charm for you?”

Winston leaned, as it were wearily,
against the wheel of the mower. “I
wonder if you could understand what
my life has been. The crushing pov-

which was unusual for him, hammer-(arty. that rendered every effort-useless.
-.from the beginning; the .wounds that.

come from using imperfect tools, and
the numb hopelessnessthat follows
repeated. failure;
hard to bear alone, but it is more dif-
ficult to make the best of them when

They .are tolerably -

JAN. 2, 1915.

the poorly fed body is “as worn out as
the mind. To stay here would ~be—
paradise—but a glimpse of it will
probably have to suffice. Its gates are
well guarded, and without are the dogs
you know.” ,

Something in Maud Barrington
thrilled in answer to the faint hoarse-
ness in Winston’s voice, and she did
not resent it. She was a woman with
all her sex’s instinctive response to
passion and emotion, though as yet
the primitive impulses that stir the
hearts of men had been covered if not
wholly hidden from her by the thin
veneer of civilization. Now, at least,
she felt in touch with them, and for
a moment she looked at the man with
a daring that matched his own shining
in ,her eyes.

“And you fear the angel with the
sword,” she said. “There is nothing
so terrible at Silverdale.”

“No,” said Winston. “I think it is
the load I have to carry I fear the
most.” '

For the moment Maud Barrington
had flung off the bonds of conven-
tionality. “Lance,” she .said, “you
have proved your right to stay at Sil-
verdale, and would not what you are
doing now cover a great deal in the
past?”

Winston smiled dryly. “It is the
present that is difficult,” he said. “Can
a man be pardoned and retain the of-
fense?” i

He saw the faint bewilderment in
the girl’s face give place to the re-
sentment of frankness unreturncd, and
with a litttle shake of his shoulders
shrank into himself. Maud Barring-
ton, who understood it, once more put
on the becoming reticence of Silver}-
dale. ‘

“We are getting beyond our depth,
and it is very hot,” she said. “You
have all this bay to cut!”

Winston laughed as he bent oveif
the mower’s knife. “Yes,” he said,
“it is really more in my line, and I
have kept you in the sun too long.”

In another few moments Maul Bar‘-
ringtonrwas riding across -the-pl-aiiie‘,
but when the rattle‘of the machine
rose from the sloo behind her, she
laughed curiously.

“The man knew his place, but you
came perilously near making a fool of
yourself this morning, my dear,” she
said.

It was a week or two later, and very,

hot, when, with others of his neigh-
bors, Winston sat in the big hall at
Silverdale Grange. The windows were
open wide and the smell of hot dust
came in from the white waste which
rolled away beneath the stars. There
was also another odor in the little
puffs ofwind that flickered in, and far.
off where: the ’arch ‘of indigo dropped.
to the dusky earth, wavy linesof crim~,
son moved along the horizon. It was
then the season when fires that are
lighted'by means which'no man knows:
creep up anddown the waste of grass:

'until they put on speed and roll in a.

surf of flame before a sudden breeze.-
Still, nobody was anxious about .them'
for the guarding furrows that would.
oppose a space of dusty soil to the-
march. oflthe flame had been plowed,
round every homestead at Silverdale."
. Maud Harrington was at. the, piano,
and her voice was good, while Win-
ston, who had known what it was to
toil from red dawn to sunset without
hope of more than daily food, found.
the simple song she had chosen chime
with his mood. “All day long the
reapers.” -

A faint staccato-drumming that rose
from the silent prairie throbbed
through the final chords of it, and
when the music ceased, swelled into
the gallop of a horse. It seemed in
some curious fashion portentous, and
when there was a rattle and jingle.
outside others eyes than Winston’s
were‘ turned 'towards .the' door. It.
swung open presently and Dane came-
in. There was quiet elation andsome¥
diffidenee in" his » bronzed face as he,
turned to Colonel Barrington.

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the settlement, sir, but I have great the prairie, laughing at the risk of a
news,” he said. “They have awoke to stumble in a deadly badger-hole. Yet,
the fact that stocks are getting low in in the haste of saddling they found
the old country. Wheat moved up at time to arrange a twenty-dollar sweep-
Winnipeg, and there was almost a stake and the allowance for weight.
rush to buy yesterday.” Up the long rise, and down the
There was a sudden silence, for back of it, they swept, stirrup by stir-
among those present were men who rup and neck by neck, while the roar
remembered the acres of good soil they of the hoofs reft the silence of the
had 1101: plowed, but a little grim smile prairies like the roll of musketry. Be-
crept into their leader’s face. hind came the wagons, lurching up
“It is,” he said quietly, “too late. the slope, and the blood surged to the
for most of' us. Still, we will not brave young faces as the night wind
grudge you your good fortune, Dane. smote them and fanned into bright-
You and a few of the others owe it to ness the crimson smear on the hori-
Courthorne.” zon. They were English lads of the
Every eye was on the speaker, for stock that had furnished their nation’s
it had become known among his neigh- .fighting line,
bors that he had sold for a fall, but counted no sacrifice too great that
Barrington could lose gracefully. Then brought their colors home first on the
both his niece and Dane looked at racing turf. Still, careless as they
Winston with a question in their eyes. were in most affairs that did not touch
“Yes,” he said very quietly, “it is their pride, the man who rode with
the turning of the tide.” red spurs and Dane next behind him,
;He crossed over to Barrington, who .asked no better allies in What was to
smiled at him dryly as he said, “It is 'be done. ' ‘
a' trifle too soon to adlnit that I “Was ‘Then the line drew out as the pace
wrong.” began to tell, though the rearmoSt
Winston made a gesture of almost rode grimly, knowing the risks the
impatient deprecation. “1 was won‘ leaders ran, and that the chance of
dering how far I might presume. sir. ‘being first to meet the fire might yet
You have forward wheat to deliver?” fall to them. There was not one
“I haVe,” said Barrington, “unfor- ‘among them who would not have kill-
tunately a good deal. You believe the ed his best horse for that honor, and
advance Will continue?” for further incentive the Colonel’s
,“Yes.” said Winston. “It is but the niece, in streaming habit, flitted in

beginning, and there Will be a reflux front of them. She had come up from '

before the stream sets in. Wait a lit- behind them, and passed them on a
tle, sir, and then telegraph your hl‘Ok‘ rise, for Barrington disdained to
or to cover all your contracts when breed horses for dollars alone, and
the price dI'ODS again.” there was blood well known on the
“I fancy it would be wiser to out my English turf in the beast she rode.
losses now,”. said Barrington.
Then Winston did a-somewhat dar- rose blackly across their way. but no-
ing thing, fOI‘ he raised his voice a body swung wide. Swaying low while
trifle, in a fashion that seemed to in- the branches smote them, they went
Vite the attention of the rest Of the through, the twigs crackling under
company. fOOt, and here and there the red drops
-“The more certain the advance trickling down a.flushed, scarred face,
seems to mrthe fiercer Will be the for the slanting rent of a birch bough
beare’ last attack.” he said. “They cutsi like a knife. Dim trees whirled
have to get from under, and Will take by them, undergrowth went down, and
heavy chances to force prices back: they were out on the dusty _ grass
AS' yet they may contrive to check 01‘ again, while, like field guns wanted at
turn the stream, and then every wise the front, the bouncing wagons went
111311 WhO has SOld down Will “'3' to through behind. Then the fire rose
cover, let 110 one can tell hOW far higher in front of them, and when
it may carry us, once it sets strong‘ they topped the last rise the pace
ly in!” grew faster still. The slope they
The men understood, as did Colonel thundered down was undermined by
Ba'rrington, that they were
warned, as it were, above their lead- but they took their chances gleefully,
er’s head, and his niece, While resent- sparing no effort of hand and heel, for
ing the slight, admitted the courage of the sum of twenty dollars and the
the man. Barrington’s face was sax" credit of being first man in. Then the
(101110, and a less resolute man would smoke rolled up to them, and when
have winced under the implication as eager hands drew bridle at last, a
he said: youthful voice rose breathlessly out
“This is, no doubt, intuition. I of it:_
fancy you told us you had no dealings "‘Stapleton a good first, but he’ll go
onnthe markets— at Winnipeg.” ; back on weight. It used to be black
ViDStOIl looked steadily at the ahd orange when he was at home.”
speaker, and the girl noticed with 3. There was a ripple of horse laugh-
curious approval that he smiled. i ter. a'gasping cheer, and then silence,
‘tPerhaps it is, but I believe events for now their play was over, audit
will prove me right. In any event what was with grim quietness, which is not
I had the honor of telling .you and ,unusual with their kind, the men of
155 Barrington‘ was the fact.” .Silverdale turned towards the fire. It
‘Nobody SPOke, and the girl was rolled towards the homestead, a wav-
Wjondering by what means the strain ing crimson wall, not fast, but with

COUld be relieved, WhiCh. though few remorseless persistency,‘ out of the 1
w l R Bend twenty.five cents for latest mm. For Sale—60 acre farm near Lena. Ste honson County-

heard what Barrington said, all seems dusky prairie, and already the horses

ed to. feel, when out of the darkness ,were plunging in the smoke of tlli. Lwnsr 165 STREI'ET, NEW YORK CITY

came a second heat of hoofs, and by That, however, did not greatly con-
and by a man swaying on the driving- cern the men, for the, bare fire fur-
seat of a J'olting wagon swept into the rows stretched between themselves
light from the Windows. Then there and it; but there was also another
were VOiceS outside, and a breathless blaze inside the defenses, and, unless
13d came in. it was checked, nothing could save
“A big grass fire 001111118” right down hbuse and barns and granaries, rows
on Courthorne’s farm!” he said. of costly binders, and stock of prairie
In an instant there was commotion hay. They looked for a leader, and
and every man in Silverdale Grange found one ready, for VVinston’s voice
was on his feet. For the most part, came up through the cuackle of the
they took life lightly, and looked upon fire:
their farming as an attempt to com- “Some of you lead the saddle-horses
blue the making of dollars with son back to the ,willows and picket them.

tlemanly relaxation; but there were -T_he rest to the stables and bring out ,
no legends-among; them when» there the-working. beasts. The plows are by ~_

was a. perilous work to be'done, and the corral, and the first team‘ that

they went Ollt to meet therfire -JOY' .COmes up‘ is to be harnessed to each '

ously. Inside of five minutes scarcely ,in turn. 'Then st'ai‘t'in, and turn over
a horse remained in the stables, and a full-depth furrow a furlong from the
the men were flying at a gallop across fire.” (Continued next week).

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AIRIES once lived along the
banks of rivers and readily cross-
ed from one side to the other.

The terrible fate of one, proud, river
fairy, however, brought evil on all
the river bands, and now fairies can
not go upon the water. A punishment
has been laid on them by the Queen
of all the Fairies. She has taken
away their power of traveling up and
down streams, across rivers, and over
great, wide seas.

It happened this wise: One fair
day, hundreds of years ago, when the
sun was shining brightly on the Hap-
py River, thousands of fairies were
playing games that day on the river.
Up and down its broad, blue sheen
they were racing in their tiny boats
or seeing who could hop farthest from
ripple to ripple.

Suddenly a sound like unto nothing
they had ever heard before aroused
great fear among them, and upon
looking they saw, slowly moving along
the water, a great ship with huge,
white sheets bending to the wind. As
it came along to where the fairies
were playing, it ruthlessly sailed
among the tiny boats, upsetting all in
its path. Some of the fairies near the
banks of the river managed to reach
the shelter of the shores, but those
directly in the path of the Ship were
thrown into the water.

Now, as everybody knows, a fairy
can not drown, so there was no real
danger. But hundreds of capsized
fairy boats floating on the water cause
ed the greatest consternation among
the fairies on shore. Thousands were
trying to clamber onto leaves and
flower petals, or were clutching at
straw and bits of bark.

Finally, after many of the fairies
became nearly exhausted they were
able to reach the river’s bank. where
they stood with wet, green coats and
limp and bedraggled wings, and they
all felt outraged and humiliated before
their companions.

Their indignation was only equaled
by their wonder as they watched the
great ship go slowly on its way up the
Happy River. Ilastily, the fairies
dried themselves in the sun, and mut-
tered all kinds of threats against the
big boat that glided on.

Among the many fairies that had
fallen in the water was one proud,
fiuanting fairy named Never Forget.
It was he who made the bold sugges-
tion that the elves fly out to the ship
and see what manner of mortals it
was that did these dreadful deeds.
Swarms of fairies then flew to the
boat and saw mortals with pale faces
and light-colored hair, wearing a dif-
ferent manner of clothing to the Indi-
ans. Never Forget watched the
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How the River Fairies Were Punished
By HELEN A. SPAFFORD.

ing to be avenged of the affront to his
dignity. But the fairies saw there
was nothing they could now do to this
great ship, so they flew away and con-
tented themselves with sending mes-
sages to the other bands of River
Fairies warning them of this monster
ship, and urging that some means be
devised to stop it.

Another year had passed when the
startling news came that this same
ship was in the northern waters. Nev-
er Forget, true to his name, remem-
bered the day he had been thrown in-
to the water, so he stepped out in a
Council of the Happy River Fairies
and urged that their band should ‘go
in pursuit of the vessel and find some
way to avenge the insult that had
been offered to so many of their num-
ber. It was easy enough to persuade
his comrades for all fairies love mis-
chief, and soon the entire band of
Happy River Fairies started north-
wards in pursuit of the mortals’ boat.

As they traveled the Happy River
Fairies told all the river elves they
met of the outrage and urged them to
join in their pursuit. “If,” said Never
Forget with great truth to these fair-
ies, “these monster ships are permit~
ted to sail on our peaceful waters,
there will be no safety for the River
Fairies.”

The, woods and the delves through
which they passed saw band after
band join the throng, which was grow-
ing wilder and more uncontrollable as

.their numbers increased.

As doubtless you know, a fairy feels
neither cold nor heat, so the legions
of elves had no discomfort from the
frozen regions they soon reached. Up
in a bend of an icy stream they found
the boat they sought, lying at anchor,
with the captain and his crew camp-
ing on the shore. Never Forget ex-
ulted when he found the mariners 0*:
the land. Here. he thought, he would
find an opportunity for retaliation.

The sailors were awaiting the com-
ing of Spring and the thaw of the ice-
bound northern waters to sail to their
far-off homes. Unknown to these poor
sailors, bands of fairies hovered about
them seeking and devising ways to
make their wintry sojourn one of suf—
fering. It was Never Forget who or-
ganized chasing parties to scare away
the game the mortals depended on for
food. -

Was it a still, cold night? Then
Never Forget would lead an army of
fairies to hover over the rude huts of
the sailors and make a hissing sound
that resembled the song of an icy
wind, and this would bring terror to
the hearts of the men within. Did a
sailor try to break the ice to catch a
fish? The fairies would nip his fin-
gers, and pinch his ears and nose un-

A One-Sided Argument.

til the shivering fisherman would
abandon his 'quest and return to the
but for warmth. The fairies blew out
the candles at night, and threw flakes
of snow in the sailors’ eyes. In every
possible way they tormented the cap-
tain and his crew.

When Spring came, the fairies saw
the mariners making preparations to
leave. This filled the excited elves
with fury, for they knew these pale‘
faced mortals would now escape their
vengeance; so Never Forget assem-
bled all the River Fairies and address-
ed them: -

“They must not escape,” he cried
in ringing tone. “We, thousands
strong, must follow these mortals out
on the water, and when near the jag-
ged rock at the mouth of the river, we
will swarm around the ship, hover in
the air and about the sails, and flut-
ter close to the sailors’ eyes. Our
great numbers will create a great fog,
and bewilder the mortals, who will
sail on the jagged rock and perish.”
A great shout of triumph went up
from the River Fairies in welcome of
this cruel plan. .

Finally all was ready and the great
boat sailed, the sailors singing their
folk-songs in their delight at the hope
of soon seeing their native land. The
vessel neared the mouth of the river,
and the crew, seeing the jagged rock,
steered a careful course. Then, led
by Never Forget, thousands of fairies
suddenly hovered about the ship,
while hundreds more swooped down
on the deck, and although they were
invisible, it was as if a great strom-
cloud had dropped on the vessel. The
captain and the sailors called help-
lessly one to another in the black-
gray fog and each moment the ship
sailed closer and closer to the jagged
rock. Soon, thought Never Forget,
the fairies shall be avenged.

But without the slightest warning,
a sudden fiurrying and scurrying hap-
pened among the fairies who were
high in the air; their bands fell apart,
and some of the storm-cloud lifted.
Over on the shore a golden light
gleamed and grew so strong that it
made a path like sunlight on the wa-
ter. The sailors gave a glad shout
and the boat sailed on the lighted
pathway past the cruel rock, and out
on the crested sea.

In broken bands the River Fairies
fluttered in their fright, and whisper-
ing to one another, for they well knew
the meaning of the golden light
gleaming on the water. They trem-
bled as they returned to the land, and
as they neared the shore, they saw
Queen Golden-Heart, the Queen of All
the Fairies, seated on her throne. For
miles along the coast glittering fairies
of her court were streached in a bril-
liant array.

The Queen had traveled from the
center of her kingdom when she heard
of the terrible deeds of the Wicked
River Fairies. \‘i‘ith a wave of her
wand, she now beckoned these fairies
forward, and their gold and silver
wings trailed humbly on the ground
as they approached her. Standing up
in majesty, the Queen spoke:

“O, wicked River Fairies, did you
think toescape my justice? I know
of your cruel acts. Stand forth, proud
fairy Never Forget, and tell me why
you led your brothers to do these dire
and evil deeds.” Never Forget, with
his beautiful wings drooping in his
shame, told of‘the coming of the great
boat on the Happy River, and of how
ruthlessly it had upset their fairy
boats and play-things.

“And for this slight thing you would
have caused the death of brave and
valiant mortals. Come forth, my Wise
Fairies, and tell me how to punish
these wicked River. Fairies,” said the

Queen.
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JAN. 2, 1915. .,

of Queen Golden-Heart came forth
from their hiding-place at this com-
mand. They were clad in soft purple
garments and carried each and every
one, a key. All the fairies and the
Queen bowed low before the wisdom
of t ese fairies. Silently, the Wise
Fairies looked in one another’s eyes
and seeing the same judgment, all
spoke slowly together.

“The River Fairies shall be like un-
to other fairies. Nevermore shall a
River Fairy go across the water.” The
Queen and her Court heard this sen-
tence in profound silence. Golden-
Heart saluted the Seven Wise Fairies
and raised her jewel-studded wand
high in the air.

“So be it,” she proclaimed in aloud
voice. “And so may evil deeds al-
ways find their just punishment.”

Then, the River Fairies fell at the-
feet of the Queen and begged to have
this terrible sentence removd. But
Golden-Heart looked on them Without
pity, and commanded that all the Riv-
er Fairies should slowly pass her
throne. When Never Forget came her
way, the Queen touched his wings
with her wand. and the pinions of this
proud fairy were broken. Never For-
get moved dejectedly along, and the
River Fairies wept at his plight; for
in all fairyland there is no sadder
sight than that of a crippled fairy.

The Court of the fair Queen then
departed. and the River Fairies trav-
eled sadly to their homes, and, never,
since the Seven Wise Fairies pro‘
nounced their just decree, has any
fairy been able to cross the water.

 

THE TREE ON THE TOWER.

 

BY CARL S. LOWDEN.

At G-reensburg, Indiana, a small ma-
ple tree grows luxuriantly from the
tower of the court house. No one
knows how it came there, but the gen-
eral supposition is that some bird
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which had collected on the side of the
tower, and rain caused the seed to
sprout and the tree to develop. One
of the older residents of Greenburg
says: “The first shoot was noticed
about forty years ago. Later, other
shoots were noticed and at the time
the court house was remodeled, twen-
ty-three years ago, the first tree show-
ed signs of decay and was removed.
The stump of it, however, is still
standing about a foot above the stone
blocks which form the roof of the
tower. The remaining tree is in a
healthy condition.” The tree has ad-
ded very materially to the general
fame of the town of Greensburg and,
in fact, the town is well known as
“The-tree-on-the-tower city.”

Our times of greatest pleasure are
when we have won some higher peak
of difficulty, trodden under foot some
eVil, and felt, day by day, so sure a
growth of moral strength within us
that we cannot conceive of an end of
growth.—Stopford A Brooke.

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N five days more the day of good
resolutions will be. upon us, the
day when the very young vow
great vows impossible of fulfillment;
when the middle-aged smile contemp-
tuously at their former idealism, and
the old indulge in charitable reminis-
cences on the frailty of human nature.

There will be a great rustling of
new leaves turning over, solemn re-
solves to be less hasty, more kindly.
slower to anger and quicker to for-
give. Some of us will resolve to give
up a pernicious habit, drink. tobacco.
gum, candy, or strong tea and coffee,
and for 24 hours at least, high hopes
and aspirations will run high in our
breasts. With Sir Galahad, we will
feel our ”strength as the strength of
ten,” while the fever of renunciation
is upon us, and will anticipate no
slump in our reformation.

That a slump will come. as come it
has for every year that. we can re"
member, will make no difference in
our resolving. And it is well that it
will not. For the very fact that we
desire to do better hard enough to re-
solve upon it, augurs well for the good
in human nature That we fall is sure
enough, but there is also the certainty
that we can get up again if we so de-n
si1e. For, '
“Every day is a fresh beginning,

Every day is a world made new.
You who are weary of 501 r011 and sin—

nin
Here is a gbeautiful hope for you.
A hope for me and a hope for y.ou’

So that the New Year s 1esolution
habit, while it has become a subject.»
for joke to humorists. 'so-called. is af-
ter all one of the biggest indications
of the good that is in us.

Not the least important of the reso-
lutions most of us could make with
profit to our own little w011d is the
iesolution to be good— —natuied. IX omen
who stay much at home and are occu-
pied with the routine of little things
are so prone to grow irritable over
those small duties. Any disarrange-
ment of the usual routine, any disturb-
ance to their well-organized plans as~
sumes the importance of a life or
death matter. Many women fret more
because the washing isn’t out on time
or the bread burns than they would .it'
the house should burn down. Their
petty regime is thrown out of gear
temporarily and they haven’t the
largeness of vision to see that the
home spirit depends more upon a
calm soul than upon clean clothes and
prize bread. There is no real excuse
for a slattern, but better a good-na-
tured slattern than a perfect house-
keeper who is always out of sorts.

Then there is another resolution,
which I have promised myself to make
and that is to do my work, not from
a sense of duty, but with a sense of
enjoyment. I got the idea from the
srnall boy of the house. He had been
called in from play for the fifth time
one day to straighten up his room.
Seeing the chance for a lecture on or-
derly habits I wisely remarked that if
he would straighten up his room pe-
fore leaving it he would never have
to come‘ in from play to do his work.”

“Why, if there’s anything I love to
do it’s to straighten up my room," he
responded, jabbing a pencil into the
desk and snatching up a. handful of
papers for the wastebasket as _he
spoke. “I just love to come in from

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' The Day of Good Resolutions

play to work for you mamma. Now
can I go back?”

Thinking it over afterwards I rather
envied the small chap his point of
view. To do our work, not because
We think we ought to, but because we
“just love. to.” It isn’t work then, it’s
play. I’ve decided to head my resolu-
tions with this one, even though I for-
get it before February arrives.

There’s another one the boys have
helped me to decide upon. quit un-
consciously on the part. And that is
to TRY not to stop them from doing
things which simply irritate me and
are in themselves not actually wrong.
I decided that when I heard the eight-
year-old say to the six-year—old one
day.

“My, but I’ll be glad when I get
married and I can whistle in the house
whenever I want to.”

“Me, too,” replied the six-year-old.
“If I forget and slam the door hard
after I’m married you bet my wife
won’t dare make. me come back and
shut it softly.”

For a day I kept count of all the

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times the boys were corrected by both
sides of the house. Of all the don’ts.
two per cent counted. The other 98
per cent arose from frayed nerves on
the part of the elders.

There are so many habits children
have which really do not matter. Lit-
tle tricks they will forget inside of a
week: to pick. up others. So many
things they are scolded for that do not
make a bit. of difference so far as the
real issue. character forming, is con-
cerned, but which annoy father 01'
mortify mother. If we could only for-
get them they would do no harm.
home would be pleasantcr for the chil~
dren, and life wouldn’t be quite so ir-
ritating for us.

So this is the second and the great
est of my New Year’s resolutions, to
see and hear in the children only the
things that matter. I expect to break
this resolution with a loud and re—
sounding crash before the close of
January 1, 1915. But I’m hoping that
I’ll have grace enough to pick it up
and mend it and start out with it
again January 2. For I shall try to
remember the little verse above,
“Every day is a fresh beginning,
Every day is a world made new.”

DEBORAH.

The Domestic Crucible—5.

Grace Undergoes Tempcring.

REN’T you going to salt that
roast, Gracie?” Mother Ludlow
called out from the dining~room

- as Grace opened the door .ofithe oven

to thiust in the huge rolled roast for
dinner.

The hot blast of air from the oven
might have been responsible f01 the
flush on Grace’s cheek. She shoved
the roaster in, slammed the door vig-

orously and turned to reply to her.

husband’s mother.
. “I never
been in awhile,” she replied.

' “Oh, you ought to salt it when you

put it in If you don’t it never soaks
clear into the meat, and John don’t
like his meat if it tastes flat,” pro-
tested John’s mother. “I always salt
my roasts when I put them in. Then
I’m sure not to forget it.”

“Well, I don’t, and I never forget
the salt,” said Grace positively. “My
DTOthPI‘ always said if you salted your
meat before it got seared over in the
oven the salt drew out all the juices.
and so I’ve always done as she said.”

“Well, if it does draw out the juices
you get ’em in your gravy, so what’s
the difference?” pursued Mother Lud-
low. “I always salt it. first.”

Grace turned quickly and flew out
of the door, calling back over her
shoulder, “Those hens are bound to
get my tomatoes before I get any
myself.”

Outside she sniffed impatiently. “Of
course, her way is right,” she said to
herself. “But I mustn’t hurt her feel-
ings the first time she comes,” she
added. “I hope I’ll remember to count
at least ten every time before I an-
swer her.”

The imaginary chicken having van-
ished, Grace returned finally to. the
house with enough early potatoes for
dinner.

“New potatoes!” Mother Ludlow
greeted her. “We’ll have them cream-
ed. John just dotes on them that way.”

Now if there was one task on earth
Grace abhorred it was scraping new

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potatoes, her thrifty soul would nev-
er allow her to pare them and waste
quantities of valuable food in the
process: She had planned to scrub
the tubers clean and cook them, slip-
ping off the jackets just before they
went to the table.

“You get right, at it and scrape
them,” pursued Mother Ludlow, “and
I’ll make the raspberry pie” you want-
ed. John always loves my pies. He
says nobody can beat mother when it
comes to piecrust.”

Grace’s mouth shut in a tight little
line. John liked her pies, too,‘ and
she’d far rather make one than scrape
potatoes. But she must remember
Mother Ludlow meant to be kind. She
set about her task of preparing the
potatoes while Mother Ludlow hustled
about. happy in the thought that once
more she was baking pie for John.

“\Vhat stingy little pie tins.” Moth-
er Ludlow objected. “John could eat
the whole pie if I baked it on one of
them. Haven’t you got anything big-
ger? Here,” as she spied a large blue
plate in the cupboard. “That’s more
like it. I’ll bake it on this.”

“That was my great grandmoth-
er’s,” protested Grace. “The heat will
ruin it.”

“Couldn’t be a mite more cracked
than it is,” Mother Ludlow replied
cheerfully. “And if it does get a bit
damaged it’ll be in a good cause. John
shall have all the raspberry pie he
wants today.” And she deftly swept
the crust into position on the plate,
and patted it into shape.

Grace forgot economy of food mate-
rials and viciously slashed huge slices
out of the potatoes. It was better to
waste potatoes than to be rude to
John’s mother, and the wicked cut-
ting relieved her feelings. Suppose
she should go into Mother Ludlow’s
home and take to running things like
that? Would Mother Ludlow sit quiet-
ly down and take it? But then, she
was old and John’s mother.

The silence was broken only by the

sound of the rolling pin and the click-
click of the knife as Mother Ludlow
trimmed off the crust. She slipped
the pie into the oven finally with a
sigh of satisfaction, and turned to
Grace.

“Now, I’ll just run out and pick a
Iress of peas for John, and you watch
my pie. I guess you can tell when it’s
done.”

Grace had been hoarding the few
peas for her own mother and father.
who were coming in a couple of days.
“if I tell her that she’ll think I don’t
want her to have any,” thought Grace.
“Oh. dear, why doesn’t she see that
she’s taking things right out of my
hands in my own house.” But she
only replied:

“Yes, I ought to know when it’s
done. I’ve been baking pies ever since
I was ten year: olc,” she tried to
laugh off her reply. but the laugh
sounded hollow to her own ears.

Left to herself she tried to sing. to
think of her mother’s coming visit, to
plan what she’d wear to the next
Farmers’ Club. lint through it all
would creep the thought, “Why can’t
she see she’s bothering me instead of
helping? “7111‘ doesn’t she wait for
me to ask ‘1er to do things instead of
going ahead and doing things I do:
11 ant done?”

An odor of burning juice told her
that even Mother Ludlow couldn’t
make a berry Dit' that wouldn’t cook
out. a knowledge which did much to
console her. She peeped at the pie,
sprinkled salt in the juice that had
cooked over, and deciding that she
had potatoes enough ready. slipped
away to arrange her hair before fin-
ishing dinner.

\Vhen she returned to the kitchen
Mother Ludlow had potatoes and peas
together in the kettle. boiling away on
the range. “They both have to be
creamed, so I thought they might as
well all go into one pot,’ she explain-
ed. ‘ “I cut the potatoes up small so
they’d get done the same time.”

If there was anything Grace loathed
it: was peas in a cream sauce. She
wanted them boiled alone in a granite
sauce pan. with inst enough water to
cover, and a huge piece of butter ad-
ded just before she took them off.

“Potatoes and pens both spoiled for
me.” she reflected. “But I’ll have to
stand it and say nothing. She’s John’s
mother. Now if it were mine I could
tell her. But I wouldn’t need to. she’d
know.”

“You can set the table. Iracie. and
I’ll finish up here." went on Mother
Ludlow placidly. all unconscious that
her well meant efforts at helping were
Working such havoc in her daughter-
in-law’s breast. “I know just how
John likes P'v"i‘l'}’iliill,2‘.”

Grace reflected that she thought. she
knew. too, but she hit her lip and said
nothing. “Just put on the every-day
dishes.” ordered Mother Ludlow. “I’m
not company. And I’ll put the pota-
toes and peas in this big dish.” She
brought forth a huge mixing bowl that
Grace had bought at the ten-cent store
as she spoke.

Grace turned purple at the thought
of that dish 011 her table. “But that’s
only a cheap mixing bowl,” she re-
monstrated. “Use this one with pink
rosebuds.”

“Oh, that’s too small,” said Mother
Ludlow, putting it back on the ‘shelf.
“We’ll take this and save us getting
up to fill it again.”

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cellar for butter and cream. “She’ll
be telling me next how much I can
eat,” she remarked to the glasses of
strawberry jam. “Why don’t old lad-
ies remember that theyliked to order
their own house when they were first
married, as well as they do now. I
shall certainly scream or be rude to
her if she doesn’t go home tonight. I
didn’t suppose one person could make
another so miserable without mean-
ing it.”

, “I’ve been helping Gracie all morn-
ing,” Mother Ludlow beamed at John
across the dinner table. “She’d never
have got through without me.”

“Fine business,” replied John, fill-
ing his mouth with roast beef. “Holy
Smithereens, which one of you cooks
forgot to salt the meat?”

“I told you you’d forget it," Mother
Ludlow crowed triumphantly. “There
is only one way to do it, and that’s to
salt it first.”

“I never forgot before,” Grace de-
fended herself. “And I wouldn’t have
forgotten it this time if I had been
left to finish the dinner in peace,” she
added to herself. V

“ ‘Too many cooks spoil the broth,
John quoted as wisely as though he
was the first one to say it. “It’s a
good thing one is going to leave to-
night.” .

“Amen,” Grace responded fervently
under her breath. “But I ought to be
ashamed when she means well.”

DEBORAH.

’7’

SEEKING THE NATURAL BENT OF
ONE’S CHILDREN.

 

BY CHARLOTTE BIRD.

For each of us there is some special
life work to which we are best: adap-
ted, a work which we may do day by
day, not in the spirit of the drudge at.
his task, but in that of the master in
love with his employment. Not every
child born on the farm, is adapted to
farm life. And every parent owes it
as a duty to his children to discover
as nearly as possible the bent of each
child towards that life work to which
every morning he may return with
new joy of heart. Every child needs
this guidance. and his parents are the
only ones to give it..

A certain boy was a farmer’s son.
Yet it was as clear as daylight that he
was a born mechanic. All through his
childhood his little fingers tried to
make things mechanical. At twelve

-he rigged up a threshing machine at

which people gapcd with surprise and
admiration. . ,

Yet his parents took no hint. In
their blood they felt the instinct of
none but farm work. So the boy was
allowed to drift on, attending school
a few months in winter and the rest
of the year doing whatever farm work
he could not avoid.

The boy’s exterior indicated the sub-
normal. If he found no work which was
interesting to him, he might go to the
bad. The interesting work was not
even sought for him and his greatest
attraction to the farm became the
wheat which he stole from his father’s
bins and sold at the elevator in town.

At twenty—one he was a confirmed
thief; at twenty-two he was tried for
highway robbery and sent for an in-
definite term to the state reformatory.
Here he was put on his good behavior
and at the end of a year, out of re-
spect to his high-standing family, he
was released on probation.

He now Went to work in a machine
shop, where he should have been plaC<
ed years before. And he succeeded
definitely-with both his work and his
morals. No more is now heard of his
thievery. One might argue that his
severe lesson had‘changed him, but
prison statistics do not often bear out
this theory. Far more likely is it that
an agreeable occupationdrove the bad
thoughts from his mind and, though
he was subnormal, turned his mental
life into a healthy channel. Had this
boy’s manifested bent been treated
sympathetically and had he early been

THE MICHIGAN FAR‘M'ER'N

apprenticed in a. machine shop, it is a'
safe guess that he never would have
become a social delinquent.

The next case is not so glaring, but
to those who have the inner vision it
is just as pronounced and pathetic. A
young country girl of b00kish tastes
and educated'family married an uned-
ucated young farmer of unambitious
family. With a wrench the girl wife
gave up her reading and settled her-
self into the grooves of that grade of
farm life which seeks no modern im-
provements.

Their second child, the only boy, de-
veloped the bookish tastes of his
mother. He was slight of physique
and refined of face and had his moth-
er’s weak chin. He was sent, like oth-
er children, to the country schools but
no effort was made by anyone to find
his bent and foster it. His unusually
keen-minded mother was stupid here.
The boy was left just to grow up and
follow whatever course chance might
direct.

As this boy did not like the farm, he
Went into a city factory. But this was
even more distasteful than the farm
and in disgust he returned home.
Then came an opening in a town
clothing store. Here his more refined
surroundings made life pleasant. Yet
he preferred his books in a quiet cor-
ner to salesmanship, and again he
failed. Seeing that he was not earn-
ing his pay, though he would not oth-
erwise have been discharged, out of
sheer honesty of heart he resigned a
place which he liked. Meanwhile, he
had met a girl who had somewhat
shocked him by energetically giving
him other VieWS of life. His advances
she met with the, declaration that she
would never marry any man who had
not “made good” at something. This
made him realize as never before, his
pitiful situation.

This young man, though so ill adap-
ted to manual work, had never had

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even 'a high school education and now,
at twenty-two, he felt too old to enter
the high school. So back to the farm
he went. He was going to make good;
he would study and pass the examina-
tion for railway mail clerk and draw
a fine salary, which from time to time
would increase.

This work would have suited him
admirably. ,But the mental require-
ments for this office had been raised.
and again the lack of even the most
elementary training barred his way.
He has now been at home a year With
no real work of his own. And there
is no telling how long he will stay
there—~a pathetic self-confessed indus-
trial failure. And his very worst fail-
ure is in believing himself a failure.

And yet, all this has been so very
unnecessary; there is none of his ac-
quaintances who does not feel that
this fine, clean young fellow has tuck-
ed away somewhere inside of him the
elements of a praiseworthy success.
lf, when he was too young to direct
himself, his mother could only have
opened her blind eyes and directed
him, he could haveovercome the lack
of ambition, inherited from his father,
and become useful in some necessary
career suited to his tastes.

Then, with alittle sacrifice on the
part of the parents, all the children of
this family might have had, at least, a
high school education. They had not
much money. But on the farm they
had meat, milk, butter, fruit, and veg-
etables to repletion and the children
could have boarded themselves. The
remaining expenses would have been
quite within the limit of the family
purse.

And in the outcome it would have
made all the difference in the world,
even to those who were inclined to
farm life with no thought of earning
money by means of book-learning. So
much does mental training add to the
real enjoyment of life.

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Michigan’s Happy Babies—No. 7.

By 1) HBO RAH.

HE young mother who would
have a healthy baby can best ac-
complish that desired result if

she shuts her ears to advice from ev—
eryone, who has not made a study of
the subject. While it is true that the,
helpless ignorance of the. average
young mother is pitiful, it is equally
true that if she attempts to follow the
advice of everyone who tells her what
to do, she bids fair either to lose her
baby, or have it a sickly infant and a
delicate child, for everyone will tell
her something different. The only
sane thing to do is to buy a good book
written by an acknowledged authority
on infants, or to take a reliable moth-
er’s magazine and adhere to its teaclr
ings.

The time is coming when the care
of infants will be included in the
course of study in every school. But
so far false modesty has kept this, the
most necessary thing a girl can know,
far removed from her. Teachers and
mothers both fail to prepare the, girls
for woman’s most important work,
while religiously cluttering up their
minds with a jumble of material they
will never remember after they leave
the school room. '

Perhaps the most pernicious advice
the young mother gets is to take the
baby to the table as soon as it begins
to hold up its head and take notice,
and to give it a taste of everything
the mother has. Nothing could be
worse for the child. Its stomach is
only prepared to digest milk and even
the small bits of potato, bread or cake
crumbs, gravy and other food the de-
luded mother gives it can not he as-
similated. The result is impaired
powers of digestion, which, if they do
not immediately make themselves felt,
come to light in later life and give the
world one more chronic dyspeptic, and
grouch. '

The healthy infant should never be

given anything at all but milk before
it is six months old, and it is better
to keep it entirely on milk until it is
seven months old. The delicate in-
fant who can not digest milk must
have another food, but that must be
given by the. physician’s orders, and
would certainly not be potatoes, bacon
rinds or ham gravy.

At six or seven months the child
who is normal may be given a cracker
or a, bit of toast or zweiback to nibble
on. Do not make the mistake of soak-
ing these foods in hot water or milk
and feeding with a spoon. Let him
take the cracker or toast in his hand
and chew on it, watching to see that
he does not get particles off that could
choke him. He will get all the starch
he needs in this way. and biting on
the hard food will help the teeth
along. ,

A week or two after the starch has
been started the half of a soft boiled
or coddled egg may be fed once a day.
If he digests this properly he may be
later given a whole egg, half in\the
morning and half in the afternoon.
Up to a year old the child should not
be given more than one egg a day, un-
less you find that eggs agree better
with him than milk. In that case les-
sen quantity of milk If he is not fond
of eggs, give only every otherday. If
feeding eggs, remember that because
of the sulphur in the yolk some people
are. unable to digest eggs properly.
This difficulty is gotten around by
cooking the eggs so that the white and
yolk are thoroughly blended, as in a
custard. If you make custard for your
baby it is better to make it without
sugar, simply using egg and milk.

To soft boil an egg place in boiling
water and boil three minutes. To cod-
dle,‘ break‘the egg in boiling water and
set for five minutes on the back of the
range where the water will not boil.

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JAN. ‘2, 1915.

A SUCCESSFUL COUNTRY: CHAU-
TAUQUA‘. L ‘

BY HILDA RICHMOND.

Since Chautauquas have become so
common the country over a number
of young folks in an Ohio community
decided to have one ‘of’their own in
a pretty grove where water could be
obtained easily. It seemed an auda-
cious undertaking as they had no mon-
ey to spend, but it proved successful
the first year and has been held for
a number of years since. Itis always
given “between corn plowing and corn
cutting,” that brief respite in summer
before wheat threshing is in full blast,
and it lasts nearly three days. It is
not for the purpose of making money
and none of the speakers receive any
compensation, but the program is al-
ways varied and satisfying.

It is always easy to get prominent
ministers, candidates for office, edu-
cators, “boosters” for various enter-
prises and musicians to give their ser-
vices, and really often the guests at
this particular Chautauqua think the
attractions superior to the bald con—
ventional workers who make the
rounds summer after summer of these
popular gatherings. Of course, it
takes effort and, of cOurse, the ex-
pense.s of the speakers and singers
must be paid, but in the winter when
work is slack most of the details are
arranged.

Such expenses as the tent, the en-
tertainment of speakers, advertising,
putting the place in order, and all oth-
er necessary outlay are met by sell-
ing light refreshments, ice cream, pea-
nuts and candy and cold drinks at
the “stand” by the members of the
association. Admission is free and
people who once lived in the commu~
nity are urged to make the occasion
a home-coming. There are family re-
unions and picnics each summer in
the pretty grove when the Chautauqua
is in progress and hundreds of strang-
ers also are attracted by the good
program.

indirectly as well as directly, the
whole neighborhood is benefited. Peo-
ple plan to clean up their premises
and generally make the most of their
surroundings for that week, as well as
prepare to take three days off and go
to the meetings. Many of the fam-
ilies entertain guests on this occasion
finding it easier to have a house full
at once than a few at a time when
work is more pressing. Plenty of
simple food is prepared and the house-
work reduced tO the minimum so that
the whole family can go to the grove
early and stay late. Certainly as a
means of “getting together” and en-
joying a breathing spell between the
heavy work of early and late summer,
this little country Chautauqua has
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THE VALUE OF KNOWING HOW
TO COOK.

 

BY ANNA RUTHERFORD.

Some time ago a wealthy old lady
of urban residence advertised for a
nurse-companion, offering a salary of
$15 per week. The position went beg-
ging because a knowledge of house-
keeping, and especially of preparing
food for invalids, was required. Here
was a good home and excellent pay
for a young woman, and many a one
who would have been glad of the
place was either rejected or did not
apply because of incompetency. Such
places as this and similar ones, are
frequently in need of competent per-
sons to fill them, while so many are
fOrced to accept positions as store and
“office” girls, that pay as low as three
or four dollars per week, barely
enough to sustain them. '

That so many girls reach woman-
hood and go out'into the world of
work with no knowledge of “home-
craft” and cooking,"i_s due largely to
a mistaken idea 'of mOthvérs who look
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over-burdening themselves. This idea
seems to be more prevalent among
mothers whom necessity has forced to
work, and who seem to think that ig-
norance of it will place their daugh-
ters on a higher.plane of existence.
One mother of this class declared that
she would “work her fingers to the
bone” rather than let her daughter do
kitchen work. She was ambitious to
make a “lady” of her daughter and
her ideal lady was, evidently, a wom-
an deficient in practical knowledge of
home-making and preparation of food.
She did not realize that a knowledge
of these things would not only in no
way prevent her daughter from being
a lady or anything else she might as-
pire to, but that more than likely it
would be a valuable asset to her in
.later life, should she become the mis~
tress of a home of her own.

One of the most accomplished and
educated girls of my acquaintance is
a fine housekeeper and cook. She
studied homecraft, not only in the
classroom, but under the tutorship of
a sensible mother. This girl is now
the wife of one of the finest men in
the country.

Ordinarily there is no better place
in which to learn how to cook than in
the mother’s kitchen, especially in the
rural home. Yet it is surprising how
many country girls know nothing
whatever of the art, for there is in—
deed art in knowing how to do it well.
A great many people seem to think
that anybody is good enough and in-
telligent enough to cook, that the
work requires no education, no phil-
osophy or brightness, hence ignorant
girls and women, usually from the
Negro population in our southern
states, are employed as cooks and the
feeding of the. family given over to
them. Of course, the pay is small,
which is the chief consideration. They
do not realize how much the health
and happiness of the family depend
upon good cooking.

A surgeon in the city of Maw York
who claims hundreds and sometimes
thousands for a single operatiOn, pays
his cook ten dollars a week. Is not
this too much at the top and too little
at What is incorrectly esteemed the
bottom? And is it not time that cook-
ing, domestic science, as an occupa-
tion be looked upon as an honorable
one and one demanding good pay?
Thinking people are beginnig to real-
ize the importance of good cooking.
that even “the fate of a nation de-
pends upon the kind of food they eat.”
and demand for instruction in food
preparation and food combination is
growing. Cooking is being taught in
our schools and thousands of girls owe
their knowledge of this most neces-
sary work to what they have been
taught in the class-room. Even the
high schools of the country, such as
the Washington Irving and the Wad-
leigh High Schools, of New York, are
establishing cooking departments at
a good deal of cost. These “home-
craft” courses are aiming to meet
practical demands in girls’ education,
to answer the everyday needs of those
who desire to be real home—keepers,
for everything relative to home man-
agement as well as cooking is taught.
And the courses throughout are prac~
tical rather than theoretical. The av~
erage country girl does not as yet
have the advantages of domestic
science training. but let us hope that
the time is not far distant when it will
be a compulsory course in all our rur-
al as well as our city schools. For,
when intelligence and culture are re-
quired in the kitchen, then will the
cook’s position be looked upon as an
honorable one and one demanding bet«
ter pay; then will more girls who are
forced to earn a livelihood have good
homes and friends to take an interest
in them instead'of working in public
stores, factories, etc., and living cheap
in unsatisfactory boarding houses.
Then, with ouripure food laws, will
good digestioni- and‘ health be more
general and then," with the economy

THEAHCHIGANFARMER.

that these educated cooks will know
how to put into practice, will the
“high cost of living” be perceptibly
reduced.

, . FARM HOUSE BREAKFASTS.

BY GRACIA SHULL.

In the average farm home there is
but one pair of hands to prepare the
early breakfast, attend to morning
duties in milk room and among the
poultry, dress fretful babies and assist
impatient school boys and girls off
to school, not counting the hundred
and one emergency calls from one
source or another that are sure to
come, and require our time and atten-
tion. Breakfast getting is apt to be a
hurried affair, slighted wherever pos~
sible and with little thought given to
its palatability (just so it can be eat-
en and “fills up”), or whether it is
suited to the needs of each member of
the family.

Getting the farm breakfast need not
be a troublesome problem, for, with a
little forethought and planning a pala-
table, wholesome meal may be pre—
pared quickly that need not offend the
eye, the palate or the pocketbook.

Many things may be prepared the
night before that will assist greatly in
the preparation and serving of the
morning meal. Coffee may be ground
and nieasured into the percolator, cold
boiled potatoes may be chopped for
hash or for frying. Hominy, oatmeal
or rice may be washed, placed in the
boiler, boiled a few seconds then plac-
ed in the fireless cooker where the
cooking process goes on without any
further attention. Ingredients for
cakes, muffins or waffles may be meas‘
ured out and placed ready to hand,
eggs and butter placed conveniently
near. Syrupand cream jugs may be
filled, ham or bacon sliced and trim-
med ready for the broiler. If toast is
to be served, the bread may be sliced,
placed on the rack all ready to be
slipped into the oven and browned
quickly and evenly while we are wait-
ing for the hash to brown or the ket-
tle to boil. Baked apples come in
nicely for breakfast and are consider~
ed healthful. We usually manage to
have fruit, either cooked or fresh, of
some kind for breakfast the year
round. Fried corn meal or graham
mush are old standbys and are quick-
ly fried to a nice brown if a little milk
or a spoonful of sugar is added to the
water when the mush is being made.
It requires a deal of care and thought
to prepare a suitable breakfast when
mornings are frosty and tempers are
walking the tight-rope. The table
should be made as neat and dainty as
possible. No haphazard arrangement
of dishes or food. The cloth should
be spotless and free from wrinkles.

The food should be temptingly and’

daiiitily arranged on clean dishes.
Left—overs should be thoroughly dis-
guised, well seasoned and daintily
served. Cleanliness, and orderliness
are two things that must not be dis-
pensed with, and a row of smiling
faces around the board is ample com-
pensation to the careful housemother
for extra care and forethought requir-
ed to prepare and serve such a tempt-
ing meal.

A NEW YEAR MAKE-READY.

 

BY M. PEI/ION \VHITE.

When dismantling the Christmas
tree remember there are Christmases
to be; what you save this year you
will not have to buy next year. Pack
the tinsel trimmings and ornaments
——-wrapping the fragile ones in cotton
first——in boxes and put away in a dry
place where they will not be likely to
tarnish. The baubles were never de-
signed for playthings. Children would
have them broken within the hour and
probably out fingers as well.

One of the most beautiful trees I
have ever seen was in the home of
people in very moderate
stances. The mother told me that the

circum-n

sum expended each year for tree trim;
mings was small.

“Those were on my first tree,” her
ten-year-old boy pointed proudly to
some gilded trinkets, and his sisters
and brothers Were quite as eager to
exhibit the decorations that had
adorned their “first” tree.

There are other things beside tree
trimmings worth conserving. Put
away all the pretty Christmas boxes.
They will come in handy next year,
and save money and time spent in
shopping for new ones. Untie the rib-
bons and smooth with a hot iron.
They will be quite as good as new. If
the tissue paper wrappings are not
torn badly or too much mussed—a
warm iron will remove many of the
wrinkles—put them away for future
use. Many of the stickers that are
used 'for fastening parcels instead of
string are too pretty to be consigned
to the waste basket. Hold the paper
to which they are attached over the
spout of a steaming teakettle. They
will loosen quickly and be ready to
adorn the next season’s Christmas
packages. They may easily be stuck
on with mucilage, library paste, or ev-
en the white of an egg.

SHORT CUTS TO HOUSEKEEPING.
For the old-fashioned flalirons with
the handles fast on the iron, we found
the thick. clumsy holder inconvenient
and tried one made of two or three
layers of sheet asbestos covered with
sufficient cloth to make it a comfort-
able thickness. It is a success. As-
bestos can be procured at any hard-
ware store and costs very little. For
three cents I get enough to make half
a dozen holders. Of course, we keep
them just for ii‘Oiiing.——-K. F. M.

 

FASHIONS BY MAY MANTON.

Our large Fashion Book, containing
illustrations of over 700 of the sea-
son’s latest styles, and devoting sev-
eral pages to embroidery designs, will
be sent to any address on receipt of
ten cents.

No. 8458—Girl’s Costume. With
three-quarter or long sleeves, with
circular skirt with or Without circular
tunic. Sizes 8 to 14 years.

No. 8125—Child’s One-piece Dress.
With high or square neck, short or
long sleeves. Sizes 6 mos, or 1 yr.
and 2 yrs.

No. 8157—Blouse for Misses and
Small Women. With long or three-
quarter sleeves. Sizes 16 and 18 yrs.

No. 8201—TWO-piece Flounced Skirt
for Misses and Small Women. With
two circular flounces that can be
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high or natural waist line. Sizes 16
and 18 years.
No. 8249—Child’s Rompers. With

high or square neck, short or long
sleeves. Sizes 2 to 6 yrs.

No. 8465—Child’s Dress. With long
or short sleeves. Sizes 2 to 6 yrs.

The above patterns will be mailed
to any address by the fashion depart-
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Cattle or llorso hide, Cult, Dog. Deer
or any kind of skin Wllll hair or fur on.
We Ia." and llnish them right: make
them into coats (for IlH'll and Women),
i‘ubl-s.rugs or gloves when ordered.

1 our fur goods \\ ill (‘ost you less than
to buy them. and be Worth more. Our
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formation which every stock raiser
should have. but we never send out this
valuable book except upon request.

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both ways :_B.bout; our safe dyeing pro~
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Adams. N. Y.. has discovered a process of making
a new kind of paint without the use of oil. He
calls it l’owdrpaint. lt comes in the form ol‘a
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Survey of World’s Grain Crop

HOULD farmers sell or hold their
surplus grain? This question is
supremely important to a very

large number of Michigan farmers to-
day. To furnish those debating the
proposition with the most reliable
data to be had We give below a res-
ume of the situation throughout the
world for wheat, rye, barley and oats,
based on official information commu.
nicated up to the present to the Inter-
national Institute of Agriculture.
Wheat.

The production in the year 1914 in
the group of countries represening
about 80 per cent of the total produc-
tion of the Northern Hemisphere
amounts in round numbers to 792 mil-
lion quintals, while the corresponding
production in the same countries in
1913 was 872 million quintals. Hence
there is this year in these countries
a diminution in absolute figures of 80
million quintals, or 9.2 per cent in rel.
ative figures. The 1914 production fig—
ures, however, for Austria, France,
Norway, some governments of Russia
in Asia, Egypt and southern Germany
are not yet known, but in these coun-
tries the total production in 1913 was
145 million quintals. It is only known
from reports received from the latter
countries during the past months, that
the 1914 harvest was average. Hence
there will be a diminution all the
same of nine per cent compared with
last year. In some other countries
for which no information either for
1914 or for 1913 is to hand, the pro-
duction may be estimated at 60 mil-
lion quintals.

It must, however, be noted that the
1913 production was exceptionally
large and much above the average, so
that, compared with the average pro-
duction for the ten years 1903-12 (686
million quintals), this year’s produc-
tion is 106 million quintals, or 15.5 per
cent, above the said average.

In an examination of the world sit-
uation as regards wheat production
at the present moment, the coming
harvest in the countries of the South-
ern Hemisphere cannot be left out of
account. The total production in Ar-
gentina, Australia, Uruguay and New
Zealand in 1313-14 was 66 million
quintals, which is much below both
the preceding year’s production and
the decennial average. Hence if the
production in these countries in 1914-
15 were Only equal to the average, it
would be higher than that in 1913-14,
a situation which could not but have
favorable consequences as regards ex-
porting countries especially.

Although harvest is still fairly dis-
tant, the forecasts that can be made
just now are not good for the Austral-
ian crop which, on account of drought
is forecasted at from 51/2 to eight mil-
lion quintals, against 28 million in
1913-14. For Argentian official data
on the next crop are not known yet,
but the area cultivated in 1914-15 is
slightly less than that in 1913-14, be-
ing 6,300,000 hectares in 1914-15 and
6,600,000 in 1913-14.

Transport difficulties created by the
present political situation have led to
a general rise of prices. The latter is
more or less accentuated according to
the geographical and political position
of the country concerned. In some
countries prices are almost double
what they were last year, such as on
the markets of Vienna and Budapest,
where wheat was quoted at from 42
to 44 francs per quintal on the-13th of
November current, compared with 22-
23 francs on 14th November, 1913. In
Great Britain the rise is also very con-
siderable and, though slowly, has con-
tinued during October and November.

In London wheat was quoted at 25 to
27.50 france on November 6, 1914,
against 18.50 to 21.50 francs on No-
vember 14, 1913. On the markets of
exporting countries the difference, al-
though less perceptible, reaches nev-
ertheless 4.50 to 6 francs per quintal.
In Winnipeg quotations on November
13 were about 21 francs, against 15
on November 14, 1913, and in Chicago
they reached 22 francs for qualities
which at the same date in 1913 were
quoted at about 17 francs. '
Rye.

The production in 1914 appears low
compared with that in 1913, although
in less proportion than in the case of
wheat. Also for this crop the 1914
production data are not known for
southern German, Austria, France,
some governments of Russia in Asia,
and some other countries of minor im-
portance which could not in any case
modify in a perceptible degree the
value of the figures which we give be-
low and which refer to a group of
countries representing more than 85

13 current, rye was quoted in Vienna
at 35 and in Budapest at about 36,
against 17 to 18 at the same date in
1913.
Barley.

A diminution still more perceptible
than for wheat and rye is to be re-
marked in the production of barley in
the countries of the Northern Hemis-
phere. The principal countries ‘ex-
cluded from the figures we give are
still southern Germany, Austria,
France and Russia in Asia. For the
other countries, representing more
than 90 per cent of the total produc-
tion in the Northern Hemisphere, the
production of this year is estimated
at 261 million quintals, or 89 per cent
of that in 1913.

The 1914 production for this crop
is also above the decennial average,
1903-12, which for the countries in-
cluded in the estimate was 244 million
quintals. Hence the increase is 7.1
per cent. The harvest in the South-
ern Hemisphere which is absolutely
negligible cannot affect these results.

As regards prices, there is in the
case of barley the same upward
movement on the markets of Germany
and Austria-Hungary. Barley was
quoted in Berlin at 32 francs per quino
tal on October 23, against 21.5 on
November 14, 1913, and in Vienna it
was 27 to 28, against 16.5 last year.
On the other hand prices on the Eng-
lish markets for home-grown and Am-

 

 

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are being moved during harvest, and.
. about 4,645 cars put

 

 

 

Gas Power Enlarges the Field of Direct Marketing by Reducing the Cost
and Time of Transportation.

per cent of the total production in the
Northern Hemisphere. For these coun-
tries altogether the total production
is estimated at 387 million quintals
against 403 million in 1913, a diminu-
tion in absolute figures of 16 million
quintals, or four per cent in relative
figures.

But as stated for wheat, so for rye
the production in 1914 though below
that in 1913 is notably over the decen-
nial average of 1903-12. In fact, on
comparing the 1914 production of the
countries for which the figures are
known at present with the average
production of these same countries
during the years 1903-12, which was
345 million quintals, an increase is
noticed of 42 million quintals in abso-
lute figures, or 12 per cent in relative
figures.

These results of the harvest in the
Northern Hemisphere cannot be in-
fluenced by the coming harvest in the
Southern one, as this crop is very lit-
tle grown in the countries of the lat-
ter hemisphere.

Nevertheless, although the situation
is not unfavorable for rye, prices, like
those for wheat, have undergone a
very considerable rise. This is ex-
plained on considering that rye, up to
a certain point, can be substituted for
wheat as a food, especially in north-
ern countries.

In Berlin prices per quintal actually
reached 27 to 28 franCS at the end of
October, against 19 in November, 1913.
In Vienna and Budapest the rise was
still more noticeable; on November

erican qualities of this year tend to
remain at the same level as at this
date a year ago.

Oats.

The yield of this cereal has been the
most deficient. For the group of
countries representing about 90 per
cent of the total production in the
Northern Hemisphere this year’s pro-
duction was 497 million quintals as
against 568 million last year, or 87.5
per Cent of the latter amount.

But as already stated in the case of
wheat, rye and barley, so in the case
of oats also this year’s production is
higher than the average for the ten
years 1903-12 On comparing the two
amounts an increase of seven per cent
is to be noticed, the decennial average
production being only 464 million
quintals.

On this crop, however. the results
of the coming harvest in the Southern
Hemisphere will exercise a fair influ.
ence, but no official forecast has yet
been made in the countries in this
hemisphere. It is known that the area
under cats in 1914-15 is a little less
than that in 1913-14 both in Argentina
(1,142,000 hectares against 1,249,300)
and in New Zealand (146,899 hectares
against 161,872).

As regards prices, a considerable
rise is reported on the markets of both
importing and exporting countries. In
Berlin oats quoted in 13th November
current at 26 to 27 francs per quintal
were, at the same date in 1913,20
francs. In Great Britain also the rise
is fairly noticeable, quotations in Liv-

erpool and London being 23 to 26 at
the beginning of November, against
17 to 20 in November, 1913. In Win-
nipeg and Chicago the use was re-
spectively seven and three france per
quintal.

 

COMMERCIAL MOVEMENT 0F ON-
IONS AND CABBAGE.

 

Reports received from 290 shipping '

points in 16 principal late-onion pro-
ducing states show that approximate-
ly 18,934 carloads of onions were ship-
ped from these stations in 1913. Of
this number about. 12,239 cars were
moved during harvest time and 6,695
carloads were held in storage at those
points for later sale. From these re-
ports the estimated commercial onion
crop for the year 1914 at the same
points is 21,623 carloads, and the es-
timated quantity going into storage at
those points 7,879 carloads.
states produce about 75 per cent of
the annual crop.

Reports received from 328 shipping
points in ten principal late-cabbage
producing states show that approxi-
mately 18,694 carloads of cabbage
were shipped from these stations in
1913. Of this number about 14,465
were moved during harvest time and
4,229 carloads were held in storage
at those points for later sale. From
these reports the estimated commer-
cial cabbage crop for the year 1914
at the same points is 20,390 carloads,
around 15,745 cars

into storage.
These ten states produce about two-
thirds of the annual crop.

 

REPORT ON liasm CROPS FOR
4.

 

The December estimates of the Crop
Reporting Board of the Bureau of
Crop Estimates of the production of

States in 1914, 1913, and 1912, based
on the reports of the correspondents
and agents of the Bureau, are as fol-
lows:

Corn: Bushels.
1914 .................. 2, 672 804, 000
1913 .................. 2,44,6 988, 000
1912 .................. 3,124,,746 000

\\ intel \\ heat:

1914 .................. 684,990,000
1913 ................. 523,561,000
1912 .................. 399,919,000

Spring Wheat:

.................. 206,027,000
1913 ................... 333,319,000
.................. ~ , 4 ,

A119VVheat: 8 000
19141 .................. 891,017,000
191.) .................. 763,380,000
1912 .................. 730,267,000

Oats:

,1914 .................. 1,141,060,000
191.} .................. 1,121,768,000
1912 .................. 1,418,337,000

Barley
1914 .................. 194,953,000
1913 .................. 178,189,000
1912 ................... 223,824,000

Rye:

1914 .................. 42,779,000
1313 .................. $513,381,000
.................. , 4,

Buckwheat: 66 000
1914 .................. 16,881,000
1913 .................. 13,833,000
1912 .................. 19,249,000

Flaxseed
1914 .................. 15,559,000
1315 .................. {€853,000

Poltgltges 073,000

.................. 405,921,000
1913 .................. 331,525,000
1912 .................. 420,647,000

Hay: Tons.
1914 .................. 70,071,000
1913 .................. 64,116,000
1912 .................. 72.691000

Sugar Beets Tons.

914 .................. 5,147,000
1913 .................. 5,659,000
1912 .................. 5,224,000

 

WIDE TIRES.

 

0n the common earth reads and in
the field horses can, on an average,
pull 50 per cent more load on avwide-
tired wagon than on one with narrow
tires. In other words, two horses can

pull as much load on the Wide tires '

as three can on a narrow-tired wagon.
The wide tires helppack the road, the
narrow tires make ruts.

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JAN: “2', 1915‘."

MIXING VARIETIES OF APPLES IN
' 'BARREL. ,

 

In the direct marketing of apples it
is necessary to study the needs of the
consumer. A plan successfully used
during the past season by the Fre-
mont Co-operative Company, was that
of packing him or more varieties in
the same barrel.

Apples thus packed were, of course,
designed for a special trade. A solici-
tor was employed to secure orders in
a prosperous-lndiana town. Orders
for various combinations were taken.
These were then filled in the com-
pany’s packing house. '

Baldwins and Spies, Baldwins and
‘Wageners, and Baldwins and Green-
ings, were the favorite combinations.

Many families do not feel that they
can purchase an entire barrel of each
variety. By such the opportunity to
secure a barrel containing assorted
varieties is much appreciated.

It will be found best for the grower
or packing association to decide in
advance 'upon suitable combinations,
which can be conveniently filled from
the stock available. If this is not done,
much extra work will be required and
substitutions may become necessa .

Kalamazoo Co. C. A. ROWLAND.

NATIONAL CROP REPORT.

 

The Crop Reporting Board of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates of the Uni-
ted States Department of Agriculture
makes the following estimates from
reports of its correspondents and
agents: .

Winter Wheat.—~Area sown this fall
is 11.1 per cent more than the revised
estimated area sown in fall of 1913,
equivalent to an increase of 4,135,000
acres, the indicated total area being
41,263,000 acres. Condition on De-
cember 1 was 88.3, against 97.2 and
93.2 on December 1, 1913 and 1912,
respectively, and a ten-year average
of 90.3.

Rye—Area sown this fall is 2.8 per
cent more than the revised estimated
area sown in fall of 1913, equivalent
to an increase of 78,000 acres, the in-
dicated total area being
acres. Condition on December 1 was
93.6, against 95.3 and 93.5 on Decem-
ber 1, 19.13 and 1912, respectively, and
a ten-year average of 93.0.

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Crop and Market Notes.

Michigan.

Delta Co., Dec. 16.—We had a mild
fall, and farmers were plowing up un-
til December 2. New seeding is in
good condition. All stock is in good
condition; no diseases of any kind.
Not many sheep raised here. Lots of
potatoes in farmers’ hands. There
are a few farms changing hands. P0-
tatoes 35@500; hay $13.50; oats 500;
dressed chickens 18@200; milch cows
$50@75.

.Eaton Co., Dec. 19.-—Wheat is in
fair condition. Not much rye sown
tins fall. As a result of the quaran-
tine for foot-and-mouth disease, there
is no surplus of feed in the farmers’
lands, farmers being unable to mar-
ket their stock when expected. There
are a few cattle and hogs being fed.
Steers 6@7c; hogs, live $6.25; chick-
ens 10@11c; beans $2.25; wheat $1.07;
oats 45c; corn 750.

Isabella Co., Dec. 16.—-The weather
is clear and cold, with light snow, not
enough for sleighing. Some wood cut-
ting and corn shredding being done.
Stock of all kinds looking fine. Not
much grain being marketed, as farm-
ers are looking for higher prices. But-
ter 28c; eggs 28c; cream 30c; red
wheat $1.04; white wheat $1.05; beans
$2.30. No sale for horses, and cows
are lower in price than formerly.

Kalkaska Co., Dec. 22.-VVe are in
the midst of a snow storm, but no
sleighing yet. Stock of all kinds has
been marketed quite closely, but re-
cent prices have not been as good as
earlier in the season. Potatoes aver-
aged around 100 bushels, corn 40 to
50 bushels; cats 40 bushels; beans 10
bushels. Potatoes 25c; corn 75c; oats
50c; hay $12; beans $2 from machine;
butter-fat 300; eggs 30c; beef $5@7;
hogs $6 alive; milch cows $50@75.

Mecosta Co., Dec. 17.——We are hav-
ing real winter weather, —the temper-
ature reaching four below zero. Be-
fore the cold and snow Came, howev-
er, farmers had‘their fall work com-
pleted and considerable plowing was
done. Live stock went into winter
quarters in good condition, and feed is
bringing average prices. The 'prob-
lem of disposing of potatoes seems a.
conundrum to farmers, as the price
has been around 250 all season. Eggs

 

2,851,000 3

TH E ‘M I"‘C'H 'I‘G'AN FAR’M ER

28c; butter-fat 310; butter ~28c; hens
80 pound.

Washtenaw Co., Dec. 21.—In review-
ing the season’s crops, it is found that
yields have been very satisfactory.
General business is good and collec-
tions easy. Potatoes averaged 200
bushels and have been marketed free-
ly at 350. Beans rather a poor aver-
age, with a few very good yields, but
quality poor. Corn was extra good.
The condition of wheat and rye is
more promising than usual, now nice-
ly covered with snow. Not a large
surplus of grain for sale. This is a
dairy section and most grain finds a
market through the cows. A large
number of dressed hogs are being
marketed at $8.50.

Shiawassee Co., Dec. 18.——The fall
was very favorable for fall work and
plowing. Wheat and rye are looking
fine. Corn about all husked, and
yielded well. Potatoes extra good;
beans about half a crop, and northern
seed will have to be procured next
spring. Farmers are well supplied
with feed. Not much stock being fed
except hogs. Beans $2.35; wheat
$1.08; oats 450; eggs 300; hogs $7;
hay $11@14.

Mecosta Co., Dec. 15.——Potatoes are
somewhat below average yield, and
not as good quality as usual. Wheat
and rye looks good. Some hogs and
cattle are being fed. There has been
no foot-and-mouth disease in this coun-
ty. Farmers are well supplied with
feed for their own use, but not much
grain for sale. White beans $2.30; red
$3; potatoes 250; hogs $6. Cows and
horses are lower in price than last
year.

New York.

Niagara Co., Dec. 18.——Good crop of
potatoes. Beans did not harden well
on account of wet weather. Wheat
and rye are in good condition. The
surplus grain is sold. Pea beans are
$2.35; red marrows $3; hay $12@14;
shelled corn 800; potatoes 400; wheat
$1.10; oats 550; eggs 400; butter 35c.

Pennsylvania.

Perry Co., Dec. 14.—lt has snowed
and rained continuously for a week,
and there is sleighing now. Wheat
and rye made only a small growth due
to late seeding, but is now covered
with snow. Potatoes yielded very
poor, averaging about 40 bushels per
acre. Corn 100 bushels per acre.
There is more feed in farmers’ hands
than last year at this time. This coun-
ty is still under quarantine for foot-
and mouth-disease. Wheat $1.06; oats
55c; chickens 12c; turkeys 17c; eggs

30.
Ohio.

Co-lumbiana Co., Dec. 14.——Have
been having fine winter weather with
some snow. Wheat is in better shape
than a few weeks ago. Farmers sold
most of their potatoes, but some were
stored. There is not as much surplus
corn as was expected, as the hogs
were fed longer than is usual, on
account of the quarantine. There will
be a good many young cattle being
wintered. Butchering is the order of
the day. There are a good many farm
sales, and things are selling at good
prices. Hogs $7; chickens 100; but-
ter 340; eggs 300.

Guernsey Co., Dec. 14.—Potatoes av-
eraged 100 bushels per acre. Corn
40 bushels. Early sown wheat and
rye injured by Hessian fly, and late
sown affected by drouth, but improv-
ed with the recent rains. Most feed
is still in farmers’ hands. No quanti-
ties of wheat and corn ever shipped
out, it being necessary to import these
grain for feeding stock. The epidemic
of foot—and—mouth disease is about un-
der control, one suspected herd under
inspection but no cases developed. Ap-
ples 600 per bushel; wheat $1; corn
80c; eggs 30c: butter 32c.

Madison Co., Dec. 14.——Most farm-
ers have finished husking corn and
about all surplus hauled to elevators,
bringing 55c. Wheat and rye are-in
fine condition. The mild fall saved
the winter feed. Rough feed is not
plentiful. Very little fat stock moving
on account of quarantine and depres-
sion of markets; this county has not
been released for shipments out of
state; however, we have no disease
among stock in the county. Wheat
$1.05; oats 45c; rye 80c; potatoes 650;
eggs 350; butter 300; chickens 12@
14c; turkeys 18c. _

. Illinois.

_ Marion Co., Dec. 15.—-—We are hav-
ing cold weather with snow. Pota-
toes were a failure; corn did not av-
erage over five bushels per acre.
Wheat and rye are in good condition.
Scarcely any feed in farmers’ hands,
no surplus of grain to sell, and all will
have to buy feed to carry the stock
through the winter. N0 disease
among stock. No stock being fed ex-
cept a yery few hogs, and farmers are
marketing only daily products. But-
ter 300; cream 310. This has been
one of the hardest years that farmers
have had for some time.

Minnesota.

Lyon Co., Dec. 14.—'I‘he fall was un-
usually fine, and considerable plowing
was done up to the first week of De-

(Continued on page 24).

 

23—23

Why Ford ‘Owners
Use Gargoyle Mobiloil. “E”

Low Cost per Mile

The high quality of Gargoyle Mobiloil
“E" means long “wear”. Correct body
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For all types of Gasoline and Oil En-
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sees a Bull tractor wants one.

A tractor at the right price. A three wheel machine: two in the hard smooth furrow, and
one on the stubble. A two-cylinder, four-cycle motor, water-cooled type. Delivers 12 h. p. at
the belt, and pulls at the draw bar more than five good big horses. Never gets tired. sick or
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

JAN. 2, 1915.

 

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

December 29, 1914

Wheat—Prices have held well
above the average of the previous
week and the market has been favor-
able for sellers. On Monday, however,
there was a small reaction upon the
' publication of increased receipts from
farmers in the southwest,- and larger
estimates of Argentina‘s surplus. The
South America crop is being cared for
under good weather condition and the
quality is declared to be excellent.
European countries continue to buy
liberally especially Italy and England.
In spite of the heavy primary offer-
ings last week the visible supply
shows a decrease of 1,361,000 bushels,
due largely to the heavy export move—

 

ment. One year ago the price for No.
2 red Wheat was 981.10 Quotations
for the past week are:

No. 2 No. 1

Red: White. May.
\Vednesday . ...1.253/4 1.22% 1.30%
Thursday ...... 1.26%, 1.23 14 1 31
Friday .........................
Saturday . . . . ...1.27% 1.243); 1. %3
Monday ........ 1.26% 1.23% 1.32
Tuesday ....... 1 26 1 23 1.31%

Chicago, (Dec. 28).——No. 2 red
wheat $12614 @129; May 1.28%.

Corn—Trading resulted in further
advances in prices for corn. The in-
fluence of wheat helped to keep the
control in the hands of the bulls. Al-
though the visible supply shows an
increase of fully 2,500,000 bushels, the
effect was not depressing to any great
extent because at this season deliver-
ies by farmers are expectd to be large.
One year ago the price for N0. 3 corn
was 64c per bushel. Quotations for
the past week are:

No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ......... 68 69
Thursday ........... 69 70
Friday .............. . . . .
Saturday ........... 7 71
Monday ............ 70 71
Tuesday ............ 69 % 70%

Chicago, (Dec. 28).——No. 2 yellow
corn 67%@68%c; May 73c.

Oats.——Prices average above those
of last week. There is a good foreign
demand, over a million bushels hav-
ing been shipped on Monday. Domes-
tic buying has also been heavy. One
year ago the price for standard oats
was 41c per bushel. Quotations for
the week are as follows:

No. 3

Standard. White.
Wednesday ......... 52 % 52
Thursday .......... 52% 52
Friday .............. . . . .
Saturday ........... 52 12 52
Monday ............ 521/2 52
Tuesday ............ 52% 52

Chicago, (Dec. 28).-—No. 3 white

oats 49%@500; May 53%c per bushel.

Rye.-—A continuous strong demand
and a limited supply have kept the
rye market bullish. Last week’s loss
was regained and No. 2 is now at $1.10
a busheL

Beans.—The market is steady at
unchanged prices. At Greenville
farmers are selling on a $2.35 basis.
Detroit quotations are: Immediate and
December shipment $2.55; January.
$2.60. Chicago prices are steady. Of—
ferings moderate. Pea beans, hand-
picked, choice, quoted at $2.70@2.80;
common at $2.40@2.55; red kidneys
choice, at $3.25@3.50.

Clover Seed—Transactions are on
a higher basis with the tone firm and
business moderate. Prime spot $9.50
per bushel: March $9.70; prime alsike
sells at $9.30.

Toledo—Higher. Prime cash $9.65;
March $9.80; prime alsike $9.321/q.

Timothy Seed.———Prime spot $3.45 a
bushel.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

Flour.—Jobbing lots in one—eighth
paper sacks are selling on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs, as follows: Best
patent $6.20:_ second $5.80; straight
$5.25: spring patent $6.50; rye flour
$5.80 per bbl.

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

e: Bran $25; standard middlings
$25; fine middlings $32; coarse corn
meal $28; corn and oat chop $25 per
ton.

Hay.—-Quotations are steady. Car-
lots on track at Detroit are: New,
No. 1 timothy $16®16 50: standard
$15@15.50; N0. 2, $15@15.50; No. 1
clover and mixed $13®13.50.

Chicago—Demand good, offerings
fair. Choice timothy $16.50@17; No.
1, $156216; No. 2, $13@14.

New York.——Higher. Prime $23; No.
1, $22; No. 2, $20 per ton.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.

 

Butter.——Market continues firm at
an advance of 10 over last week’s
pries. Extra creamery 34c; firsts

31c; dairy 21c; packing stock 20c lb.

Chicago—Trade is steady and sup-
ply ample, especially for poor grades.
Prices unchanged. Extra creamery 330;
extra firsts 31@32c; firsts 28@290;
seconds 24@26c; packing stock 20%
@20%c.

Elgin.—Market firm for high-grade
stock; 1c higher than last week, or
34c per 1b.

Eggs—Market firm, with prices
unchanged. Fresh stock sells at 340
per dozen; current receipts 30%0.

Chicago—Market steady for strictly
fresh stock because supply is limited.
A moderate supply of other grades.
Prices unchanged. Miscellaneous lots,
cases included 226171330; ordinary firsts
30@31%c; firsts 33@331,5,'c per dozen.

Poultry.——Market inactive and sup-
ply moderate. Prices lower. Springs
10@11c; hens 8@11c; ducks 13@14c;
geese 12@13c; turkeys 15@160.

Vea'.~—~Qu0ted steady at 11@11%c
for fancy and 8@9c for common.

Pork.—Market steady for dressed
hogs, light weights selling at $8.50@9
per cwt; heavy $7@8.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

Apples.—Trade is steady but quiet.
Common storage stock plentiful and
prices are higher. Baldwins $2.50@
2.75 per bbl: Greenings $2.75@3; Spy
$3; Steele Red $3.50;- No. 2, 40@50c
per bushel.

Chicago.~Market is dull, especially
on common storage stock. Refriger-
ator stock moving more freely at mod-
erate prices. Prices quoted are for
refrigerator stock. Common storage
sells for 5OC@$1 less. Baldwins $2@
2.50: Kings $2.75@3.25; VVageners
$2.25W250: Jonathans $3.50@4;
Greenings $2.75@3.25; Northern Spy
$361350. Western box apples are sell-
ing for 75c@$2.25 per box.

Potatoes—Market steady with no
change in prices. Carlots‘35@38c per
bu; in bulk 400 per bu. in sacks; at
Chicago the market is steady at. last
week’s prices. Michigan white, in
bulk, are quoted at 35@42c per bu; at
Greenville, Mich, 25c in bulk.

WOOL.

The market is improving in activ-
ity, with a firmer feeling as to prices.
The sales of last week were fully
three times as large as for the pre-
vious week. Interest in fleece wools
is being maintained while prices are
tending toward higher levels. Quarter-
bloods are moving at 29c; {lg-bloods
30c; delaines 27c.

 

 

GRANDHRAPIDS.

Not much change is noted in the po-
tato situation, with buying prices at
loading stations around 25c and the
Grand Rapids quotations at 35@400.
A better market tone is looked for af-
ter the holidays. Strictly fresh eggs
are quoted at 33@35c to the trade and
city consumers who go to the stores
for them must pay at least 42c. No.
1 dairy butter is worth 26@27c. Let-
tuce grown under glass is very cheap
now, with growers realizing only 4c
per pound, which is below cost of
production. Dressed hogs are selling
at 8@8%c, though the market fluctu-
ates sharply from day to day, depend-
ing on receipts. Hay is somewhat
lower, selling at $106212. Wheat is
worth $1.19, oats 48c; buckwheat 800,
rye 900.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

There was a fairly good market on
Tuesday morning with former prices
maintained in most lines. Apples con-
tinue to move freely at steady prices
ruling from 50c@$1.25 per bu; some
fancy Spies sold last week at $1.40.
Potatoes 45c; carrots 500: cabbage
ii5@500; parsnips 400; onions $1:
pork $10.50; chickens, 65c for average
size; eggs 45c. No loose hay in sight.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
December 28, 1914.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-
ens, New York Central Stock
Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-
tle 45 cars; hogs 110 d. d.; sheep and
lambs 50 d. d.; calves 500 head.

\Vith only 45 cars of cattle on our
market here today, and 18,000 report-
ed in Chicago, the prices were some-
what excited and fully 25@35c per
cwt. higher than last Monday. Ev-
erything was quickly cleaned up and
there could have been 25 or 30 more
loads of cattle sold, had they been
here, without in any way causing a.
depreciation in price. The feeling is
strong at the close of the market and
we think the low day has been over
for a long time to come. However,
there was not as much gain in price
on the low grades of thin, slippery,
half-fat stuff as there was on the
good grades of all description.

‘We had a very light supply of .hogs
here today and a strong and hlgher
market on all kinds, the good weight
hogs showing most advance.

 

and medium grades sold at $7.25@
7.30; yorkers from $7.30@7.40, as to
weight,- and pig stuff up to $7.50;
roughs $6.25@6.50; stags $5.50@6.
The market closed strong and with a
good clearance, prospects faily good
for the balance of the week.

The market was active today on
lambs and sheep, with prices 150 high-
er on lambs than the close. of last
week; choice handy lambs selling at
$8.85@9. We look for steady to strong
prices balance of week. .

We quote: Lambs $8.85@9; cull to
fair $5@8.75; yearlings $6@7.50;
bucks $4@4.25; handy ewes $5.25@
5.50; heavy ewes $4.75@5; wethers $6
@625; cull sheep $3.50@4.25; veals,
choice to extra $10.50@10.75; fair to
good $7.50@10; heavy calves $6@8.

 

Chicago.
December 28, 1914.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
Receipts today..18,500 32,000 14,000
Same day 1913..22,001 34,203 24,969
Last week ..... 13,235 205,521 52,997
Same wk 1913..30,542 120,103 73,311

With not much over 13,000 cattle
received last week, the limited sup-
ply today made a firmer market, there
being a better demand. Hogs advanc-
ed 10@15c this morning, with. sales
at $6.85@7.40, the lower prices being
paid in the quarantined division.
Sheep and lambs advanced 10.717150 on
meager offerings, tops being $9 for
lambs and $5.75 for ewes.

Cattle sellers got such hard luck
week before last, when the receipts
aggregated 70,394 head, that they
were slow to ship in any cattle last
week, and the supplies went to the
other extreme in volume. Naturally,
prices followed an upward course, but
it was not possible to recover all of
the decline of the previous week, as
the demand for beef is restricted
around Christmas and New Year holi-
days, while the packers had stocked
up heavily with beef during the past
week. Christmas was observed in the
stock yards as a close holiday, no
stock being sold. The advance in
prices for the week amounted to 500
@391, some lots showing a greater im-
provement. The bulk of the beef
steers crossed the scales at $7@8.75,
the choicer class of heavy beeves
fetching $9@9.75. and the common to
fair class of light steers fed a rather
short time going at $5.50@7.75. A
medium class went at $8.25@8.60 and
good steers at $8.65 and upward, while
desirable handy weight yearling steers
found buyers at $8.65@9.50. Butcher
cows and heifers sold at $5@8, with
limited sales of prime heifers up to
$850, while cutters sold at $4.55@
4.95, canners at $3.25@4.50 and bulls
at $4.50@7.25. Calves were in fairly
active demand, with prices extending
from $4@10 for inferior heavy to
prime light vealers. Country shippers
should be careful to avoid overloading
the cattle market for the present, not
forgetting that quarantine is still
maintained in the stock yards, and
stock in quarantine is at a serious
disadvantage. The best course to fol-
low is to market cattle only as fast as
they are put in fat shape, for the thin
kind are selling badly.

Hogs are being marketed rather
freely most of the time, but stockmen
are disposed to hold back their swine
after any considerable break in prices,
for they have increased confidence in
the future of the market. This faith
causes them to ship in fewer pigs and
underweights than several weeks ago,
and there has been quite a marked
gain in the average weight of the
hogs within a short time. All the
hogs offered for sale are needed, and
the range of prices has narrowed ma-
terially, with prime medium weight
butcher hogs topping the market and
prime light hogs ranking second in
prices paid. Recent receipts have av-
eraged in weight 229 lbs., comparing
with 221 lbs. a fortnight tarlier and
with 215 lbs. a year gao. Because of
the much smaller offerings of pigs,
they are selling better, and recent
lots of prime pigs of good weights
have sold as high as prime hogs. A
good many swine are required for the
fresh meat trade, as well as for man-
ufacturing lard and cured meats.
Smaller receipts late last week firmed
up the market. with closing sales at
$6.90@7.25, pigs fetching $5697.25.

Sheep and lambs are being market
ed at the present stage of the season
in materially reduced numbers, and
for this reason the undertone is decid-
edly strong. with quick rallies follow-
ing breaks in prices. Lambs comprise
the great bulk of the offerings, and
the proportion of aged and yearling
sheep is not very large, with wethers
positively scarce. A good many flocks
go into the. quarantine division of the
stock yards, but quarantined flocks
have sold better than was the rule a
short time ago. Demand Was as good
as could have been expected during
Christmas week. and prices were firm,
even if lower than a week previous,
lambs closing at $6@8.65, yearlings at
$6.25@7.65. wethers at $5.50@6.35.
ewes at $4@5.50 and bucks at $4@

Mixed 4 50

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.
(Continued from page 23).
cember. This year’s corn crop was
the largest on record. Roughage is
plentiful, andstock is doing well. Fall
pigs gots a. nice start before the cold
weather. Land owners are mostly
feeding their crops, while renters haul
their crops to market. Wheat. $1.07;
oats 390; corn 500; barley 50c; flax

$1.34; butter 270; eggs 27c.

owa.

Osceola Co., Dec. 21.—We have
about five inches of snow, and sleigh-
ing 1s good. There are more public
sales than in former years, and ev-
erything sells fairly well. Not much
corn shelled, as the price is not satis-
factory, but is excepted to advance.
Corn 530; oats 400; barley 57c; wheat
950 per busheL

_ Kansas.

_Marion 00., Dec. 21.—~Corn averaged
25 bushels per acre. Wheat made a
small ‘growth, but is in good condition.
Rye IS also good, and is protected
With several inches of snow. A few
loads of corn have been sold and
shipped out, but most of it will be fed
at home. Many cattle feeders who
hesitated early in the season are now
filling up their pens and preparing to
feed, also a good many stockers are
being bought, as feed is plentiful and
cheap and there is no market for it.
These cattle are costing about $7.50
per cwt., freight paid. There are a
good many late pigs; not many hogs
gomg to market. Some cholera yet.
All corn in cribs, but bad weather
came before the Kaflir was threshed,
and. most of it is still in shock. Stock
is in good condition. There are a
good many sales, and everything sells
well. Wheat $1.06; corn 600; oats
38c; butter 250; eggs 30c; chickens
100; potatoes shipped in retail at 800;
apples shipped in $1.25.

MICHIGAN FARMERS’ INSTITUTES
FOR JANUARY, 1915.

 

County Institutes.—Presque Isle Co.
Millersburg, Jan. 56.

Alpena 00., Long Rapids, Jan. 6-7.

Alcona 00., Harrisville, Jan. 7-8.

10500 00., Whittemore, Jan. 8-9.

Arenac 00., Standish, Jan. 11-12.

Ogemaw (30., W. Branch, Jan. 12-13

Gladwin Co., Gladwin, Jan. 14-15.

One-Day Institutes—Bernie (30.,
l’latte, Jan. 4; Honor, Jan. 5; Lake
Ann, Jan. 6; Inland, Jan. 7; Thomp-
sonville, Jan. 8; Frankfort, Jan. 9.

Newaygo 00., Sitka, Jan. 4; Fre-

mont, Jan. 5; White Cloud, Jan. 6;
Bitely, Jan. 7; Troy, Jan. 8; Neway-
go, Jan. 9; Big Prairie, Jan. 11; Ens-
ley, Jan. 12; Hawkins, Jan. 13.
_ Hillsdale 00., Jonesville, Jan. 4;
Pittsford, Jan. 5; Ransom, Jan. 6; Al-
len, Jan. 7; Montgomery, Jan. 8;
North Adams, Jan. 9.

Cass Co.,Lagrange, Jan. 4; Marcel-
lus, Jan. 5; Jones, Jan. 6-7; Union,
Jan. 8; Adamsville, Jan. 9; Edwards-
burg, Jan. 11.

lsabella 00., Shepherd, Jan. 5-6;
Weidman,Jan.7; Blanchard, Jan. 8-9.

Barry (30., Middleville, Jan. 5; Carl-
ton, Jan. 6; Woodland, Jan. 7; Glass
Creek, Jan. 8; Prairieville, Jan. 9;
Hickory Corners, Jan. 11; Banfield,
Jan. 12; Lacey, Jan. 13; Maple Grove,
Jan. 14; Nashville, Jan. 15.

Midland 00., Smith’s Crossing, Jan.
5; Poseyville, Jan. 6; Crane, Jan. 7;
Homer, Jan. 8; Midland, Jan. 9; Hope,
Jan. 11; Averill, Jan. 12; Geneva, Jan.
13 Coleman, Jan. 14.

Mecosta Co., Stanwood, Jan. 5; Al-
tona, Jan. 6; Barryton, Jan. 7; Mill-
brook, Jan. 8.

Huron 00., Grant Twp., Jan. 5; Pig-
eon, Jan. 6; Elkton, Jan. 7; Ubly, Jan.
8; Verona Mills, Jan. 9; Bad Axe, Jan.
11; Port Hope, Jan. 12.

Branch 00., Ovid Twp., Jan. 11;
Bethel, Jan. 12; Butler, Jan. 13; Sher-
wood, Jan. 14; Girard, Jan. 15.

Montcalm 00., Greenville, Jan. 11;
Sidney, Jan. 12; Trufant, Jan. 13;
Howard City, Jan. 14-15; Lakeview,
Jan. 16.

St. Clair 00., Capac, Jan. 11; Em-
mett, Jan. 12; Blaine, Jan. 13; Star-
ville, Jan. 14; Avoca, Jan. 15; Smiths
Creek, Jan. 16.

Ingham 00., Leslie, Jan. 12; Stock-
bridge, Jan. 12, (evening), 13; Dans-
ville, Jan. 14-15; Locke, Jan. 19; Holt,
Jan. 20; Aurelius, Jan. 21.

Sanilac 00., Lexington, Jan. 13;
Croswell, Jan. 14; Sandusky, Jan. 15;
Snover, Jan. 16; Argyle, Jan. 18;

‘Shabbona, Jan. 19; Marlette, Jan. 20;

Melvin, Jan. 21.

Saginaw C0., Burt, Jan. 14; Bridge-
port. Jan. 15; Frankenmuth. Jan. 16;
Hemlock, Jan. 18; Lawndale, Jan. 19;
gpaulding, Jan. 20; Chesaning, Jan.
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Clare Co., Farwell, Jan. 15; Harri-
son. Jan. 16.,

Grand Traverse Co., Kingsley, Jan.
15; Monroe Center, Jan. 16; Williams—
burg, Jan. 18; Peninsula Twp., Jan 19.

Farmers’ Week, Agricultural Col-
lege, East Lansing, March 1-6.

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"F153 is THE FiRST‘EDlTION.

In the first edition the Detroit Live
StoCk Markets are reports of last
week; all other markets are right up
to date. Thursday’s Detroit Live Stock
markets are given in the last edition.
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the last edition Friday morning. The
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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Thursday’s Market.
December 24, 1915.
Cattle.

Receipts 683. Market steady with
last week but trade a tiifle slow; no
market here December 25. Best heavy
steers $8@9; best handy weight
butcher steers $7@7.50; mixed steers
and heifers $6.75@7.25; handy light
butchers $6.50@7; light butchers
$5.50@6.25; best cows $5.75@6;
butcher cows $5@5.50; common cows
$4 25@4.;75 canners $3@4; best heavy
bulls $6@6. 50; bologna bulls $5. 50@6;

 

 

 

' stock bulls $4.50@5.

Spicer & R. sold Thompson Bros. 3
cows av 1193 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 1150
at $5.75, 2 steers av 1090 at $8, 1 do
wgh 550 at $5; to Mason B. Co. 1 bull
wgh 1550 at $6.50, 4 do av 1250 at $6;
to. Sullivan P. Co. 2 cows av 895
$4.25; to Goose 1 do wgh 990 at $,

3do av 1017 at $4 50; to Hammond,
S. & Co. 4 do av 947 at $4; to Kam-
man 4 bulls av 500 at $5; to Newton
B. Co. 4 steers av 720 at $6.40, 9 cows
av 1102 at $5.65; to Thompson Bros.
9 butchers av 953 at $6.75, cows av
840 at $5.50; to Hammond, 3S. & Col
3 do av 930 at $4; to Mason B. Co
do wgh 790 at $5.50, 15 butchers av

744 at $6.50; to Bresnahan 2 heifers
av 635 at $6.15.-
Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co.

12 butchers av 833 at $5.50, 2 cows
av 825 at $3.50, 21 butchers av 828 at
$6; to Newton B. Co. 4 cows av 1000
at $5, 2 do av 1170 at $5.75, 1 steer
wgh 860 at $6.75, 1 cow wgh 1000 at
$3.75, 16 do av 1030 at $5, 12 steers
av 1096 at $7, 1 do wgh 1090 at $6,
8 cows av 966 at $5. 85, 1do wgh 1060
at $5, 3 steers av 85 7 at $7.5 cows av
.1128 at $6.1 do wgh 970 at $5, 8
butchers av 794 at $5.75,1 cow wgh
4do av 883 at $4, 5 steers

1 cow wgh 1140 at $5. 75; to Sullivan
P. C0.1 bull wgh 1120 at $5 75, to

 

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Applebaum 3 butchers av 580 at $5;
1 o Kamman R Co. 7 do av 920 at,
1 7.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 10' cows av
'1006 at $5, 10 canners av 862 at $4, 8
steers av 956 at $7. 35, 1 bull wgh 800
at $6, 8 butchers av 940 at $7, 2 cows
av 975 at $4, 1 do wgh 980 at $6, 2
bull$s5 av 1030 at $5.50, 3 cows av 970
at .

Roe Com. Co. sold Kamman B. Co.
8 butchers av 7911 at $6.60, 1 steer
wgh 830 at $7.50, cow wgh 1100 at
5. 50; to Mason B. 1.Co 19 butchers av
914 at $6 70, 7 do av 593 at $5. 75,2
cow and bull av 83 5 at $5; to Kam-
man 1 bull wgh 900 at $5; to Ratt-
kowsky 2 cows av 1085 at $4. 50, 2 do
av 1085 at $5; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 do
wgh 740 at $3.50; to Kamman 1 heifer
wgh 800 at $6.75; to Hammond, S. &
Co. 1 cow wgh 630 at $3 75.

Haley & M. sold Bresnahan 9 butch-
ers av 753 at $5 60 to Newton B. C0._
7 do av 950 at 6; to Breitenbeck 2;
steers av 930 at 6.50, 1 cow wgh- 1180
at $5.25, 4 butchers av 855 zit-$6.50, 4.
do av 822‘ at $6.25; to Parker, W. &
Co. 3 cows av 900 at $4; to Kamman

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‘ B. Co. 2 butchers av 760 at $6.25, 5-

do av 864‘ at $6575; to Rainer 5 d0'av:
656 at $6; to Shaparo 1 bull wgh 1580
at $6. 50; to Goose 1 cow wgh 940 at'
$5. 50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 6 cows-
av 891 at $4. 25'
$5.50,1 do wgh 1120 at $4 50, 2 do aV'
1150 at $5.25, 1 do wgh 1000 at $5. to
Bresnahan 7 heifers av 720 at $625,
3 cows ‘av 1100 at $5.25; to Newt‘On
B. Co. 3 do av 1187 at $5.,50 2 do av
1050 at $4 50; to Kull 3 steers av 847
at $6.50.
Veal Calves.

Receipts 358. Market steady. Best
$8.50@9; others $6@8.

Haley & M. sold Sullivan P. Co. 2 av
8.50, 13 av-
130$§1t0$8, 1 wgh 170 at $9, 1 wgh 140
at

 

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Roe Com. Co sold Newton B. Co.
2 av 155 at $7.50, 7 av 175 at $9; to
Mich. B. Co. 3 av 155 at $8, 3 av 180
at $8, 3 av 160 at $7, 2 av 230 at $8.

Sheep and Lambs.

' Receipts 4827. Market steady5. Best
lambs $7.50@7.75;fa11 do $6 50@7;
light to common lambs $5.50@6: fair
to good sheep $4@4.50; culls and com-

mon $2@3. .
Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson
qu s 15 sheep av 105 at $4 50, 28

lambs av 62 at $625,131 do av 58 at
$6. 25; to Nagle P. Go.- 25.110 av 82 at:1
$..’7 75, 20 do av 70 at $7.75, 33 do av
80 at $750,151 do av 80 at $7.75, 85
do av 75 at $7. 50; to Parker, W &
Co. 36' sheep av 90 at $4 25 118 lambs-
av 75 at $6. 75, 11 sheep av 115 at $4:

to Sullivan P. Co. 8 do av 110 at $4,

 

1 do wgh 1310 at, '

at $7.25, 15 sheep av 85 at $3.50, 22
do av 105 at $3 50, 35 do av 90 at
$4.25, 20 do av 115 at $4.10, 20 lambs
av 75 at $7.50, 42 do av 73 at $7.25;
to Mich. B. Co. 6 do av 70 at $7.65; to
Nagle P. Co. 40 do av 80 at $7, 27
sheep av 110 at $4, 28 do av 120 at
$4.50, 331 lambs av 85 at $7. 75, 129
do av 85 at $7. 50; to Young 44 do av
80 at $765,15 do av 60 at $6. 50; to
Nagle P Co. 116 do av 75 at $7. 50,
133 do av 75 at $7.75, 58 do av 70 at

$7.50; to Parker, W. & Co. 41 do av
50 at $6.50.
Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 106

lambs av 93 at $7.60, 87 do av 85 at
$7.75.

Ho 089

Receipts 10, 922. None sold up to
noon; packers bidding $6. 8.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &
Co. 2500 av 200 at $6. 85.

Spicer & R. sold Hammond, S. &
Co. 510 av 200 at $6 .85.

Haley & M. sold same 450 av 200
at $65.8

Roe Com. Co. sold Sdllivan P. Co.
400 av 200 at $6.85.

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

Holiday Angus and Hereford steers
that were fattened in first-cl‘ass.style'
in Iowa on barley, corn and linseed
meal were sold 011 the Chicago market
for the Christmas trade at $11.50 per
100 lbs. and attracted much' attention;-
They weighed from 1,098 to 1,115 lbs.
and were of the blocky type.

. A special train of 19 cars of mules
destined for Europe left Atlanta re-
cently, and about the same time a.
train of 20 cars of mules left Nash-
ville, also bound for European armies.

Chicago received a train of 16 cars

of Canada cattle from Alberta in a
recent day. -
{James McLay,‘ the widely known'
sheep rancher of Wyoming, died a
short time ago. Among his posses-
sions were a thousand splendid Hamp-
shire sheep that were imported from
England. It was regarded as one of
the choicest flock of Hampshires in
the United States.
‘ Arthur—Reynolds, president» of the.
Des Moines National Bank, says the
cattle quarantine instituted by the fed-
eral government has done immeasur-
able harm to the live stock interests
of that state. It has checked the mar-
keting of cattle and pIeyented the,
feeder from realizing on his property-
It has tied up collections by the coun-_
try banks. Another thing which has
worked against collections is the fail-
ure of farmers to sell their grain until
it reaches. a certain .point in price-
Mr. Reynolds says farmers are not‘
paying their loans.

In the Fort Collins district of Col-
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but in the Arkansas Valley of that
state, which ranks second in import-
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cent less than a year ago. The num-
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2400,000 head. In all parts of that‘
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the higher cost of the lambs when
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Arkansas Valley for around $4.50 per
ton, while last year it cost $10. Com
m: that region costs $1.25 per 100 lbs.
or 10 cents less than last year, and it
isicheaper in.the Fort Collins district
also. Late purchases are reported at
$5 a ton comparing with $7 last year.
Sugar beets are used extensively in
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26—26

The Fruit Tree’

TH’E' MICHIGAN FA-RMER.

s Nursery Days.

 

RUIT growing is an interesting

and educative occupation and,

when it is so considered, it is also
a profitable one. The fruit grower
must understand his trees and their
care to make a success of his bus-
iness.

While the fruit grower knows how
to care for the tree after it comes into
his possession, very often he knows
little of the life of the tree before it
reaches him. The origin of the fruit
tree, the methods of propagation, are
often entirely foreign to him. This is
because the nursery business is a
business distinct from that of fruit
growing. There is study and practice
necessary in the operating of a nur—
sery as there is in orcharding. There
is really more expert work necessary
in the nursery than in the orchard be-
cause many of the operations, such as
budding, do not require milch time but
it is very important that they be done
well to get good results.

Nursery Work a Special Business.

The business of the nursery is plant
propagation, while that of the orchard
is fruit growing and therefore it is
rarely advisable for the fruit grower
to do his own propagation. This be«
ing an age of specialists, the fruit
grower should leave the propagation
to the nurseryman. By so doing he
can get better trees cheaper than by
growing his own trees.

While the nursery business is a
separate business, it should be of in-
terest to the fruit grower to know
how fruit trees are started. Therefore
the following description of nursery
methods is given.

The stock used for grafting purpos-
es are imported seedlings. The pear,
plum, cherry and quince seedlings and
a large proportion of the apple seed-
lings are imported from France, the
principle seed beds being in the val-
ley around Angiers. It is cheaper to
import thestock than to grow it here
on account of the cheaper European
labor.

Starting Peach Seedlings.

Peach seedlings are grown from the
natural peach pits gathered from the
wild peach trees in the mountains
of Tennessee and North Carolina.

They do not have to be started in seed
beds and transplanted in the nursery
cherry

like pear, plum, apple and

cherry seedilngs arrive from France,
usually in January, they are unpack-
ed immediately, unless they are froz-
en. If frost is in evidence, the seed-
lings are left in the box and put in a
cellar, where they will thaw out grad-
ually. They are then packed away in
sand, to be taken out and trimmed
during the winter months. One man
can trim 'about seven thousand seed-
lings in a day.

Good Grade of Seedlings Generally

Used.

There are several grades of seed-
lings. Most growers use the best
grade, which measure from six to nine
millimeters in diameter at the collar.
They are trimmed back severely about
seven inches of root and eight inches
of top allowed to remain. The seed-
lings are then tied neatly in bundles
of fifty or a hundred and placed in the
cellar in layers, roots together, with
a covering of sand on the roots of
each layer.

Planting takes place in April. Eight-
een thousand seedling are planted on
an acre. The ground is thoroughly
prepared, plowed in the fall if heavy
clay, and harrowed again and again
in the spring to make it mellow. A
trencher marks out the rows, cutting
the ground like a knife to a depth of
ten inches. Boys and men follow the
trencher, putting in the seedlings,
about nine inches apart ill the row.
The rows are three and one-half feet
apart. In the olden days, nlen, usu-
ally heavy fellows, would i‘ollow the
planters, tramping the earth alongside
of the seedlings with their heel. The
modern method is to use a firmer, a
heavy truck with its Weight all on two
wheels that run on each side of the
row, three inches from the seedlings.
This firmer packs the dirt well around
the stock.

From planting time until July there
is nothing to do but cultivate and grub
the seedlings. The more cultivation
they get the better they will grow.
Some nurserymen cultivate them twice
a week. A two-horse cultivator may
be used, and the operator can run it
up very close to the seedlings, so as
to make the hand grubbing easier.

The Budding Time.

Pear stocks are ready to be bud-
ded about July 10, cherry and quince
stock about July 20, plum stock about

 

 

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seedlings. The pits are packed in
sand or sawdust and put in warm,
frost-proof cellars in January, and the
ones that germinate and crack open
in the spring are sown late in April or
early in May in rows three and one-
half feet apart, and about two inches
apart in the row. These-peach meats
start growth at once, and are large
enough to bud in September. They
have an average thickness of a lead
pencil at that time.

When the apple, pear, plum and

 

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August 20, and peaches about Sep-
tember 1, varying, of course, with the
season and the time the seedlings
were planted, and their growth and
general condition of thriftiness.« The
first essential is to have the seedlings
growing. Unless they show green at
the tips, indicating that the sap is
flowing freely, the bark will not peel
readily and the buds are not apt to
unite.

The operation of budding is very im-
portant. It makes over the natural

seedling, which, if left to grow up,
would produce nothing but small
worthless fruit. It is through budding
that the nurserymen produce varie-
ties of fruit trees, for instance, Bald-
win apples or Elberta peaches

The selection of scions for budding
requires skill and judgment. They are
cut, for the most part, from one-year
and two-year-old trees in the nursery.
If the nurseryman wants to grow
Bladwin apples he must cut the scions
from a Baldwin tree, and the same
holds true of all other varieties. It
makes no real difference whether the
tree from which the scion is cut is old
or young, provided it is thrifty and
free from disease and produces a good
limb growth. The scions must be the
current seasons growth of wood. This
new growth 011 two-year-old trees in
the nursery row in July measures on
an average eighteen inches. Plump

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JAN. 2, 1915.

gresses. The budder opens the bark

slit about an inch leng, and a cross
cut at the lower end of this slit three-
eighths of an inch wide. This is done
on the trunk of the seedling, about
two inches above the ground. Under
this bark, thus opened, is the cambi-
um layer or growing tissue of the
seedling. The trick is to get the
“eye,” or bud, out of the scion and
place the growing tissue of this “eye”
flat against the growing tissue of the
seedling. It is done this way: The
“eye” is right under the leaf stem on
the scion. There are, on an average,
about ten of these “eyes” on each
scion. The budder uses a knife as
sharp as a razor, and, beginning about
half an inch above the “eye” and just
deep enough to get all the bark, he
cuts. out a bud, about an inch long,
with the “eye” in the center. This

 

Tree Digger and Part of String of Teams Attached to it for Digging.

limbs of this new growth in the top
of the tree are selected, 'not shade
limbs. A man cuts two hundred
branches or so and takes them in the
shade so they will not wilt until all
the leaves are trimmed off from them
with a sharp knife, leaving a quarter
of an inch of each leaf stem on the
scion. These scions are then tied in
bundles of a hundred each and wrap-
ped in damp cloths, so that'they will
keep fresh and plump until such time
as the budder uses them. They will
keep for about three days if cared for
in this way.
Budding Requires Skill.

A budder, a tier and a boy to clean
away the dirt from around the seed-
lings constitute a nursery “gang” for
the work of budding. The tier carries
along in a box which he pulls after
him in the row about a hundred
scions, wrapped in damp cloths. He
hands two at a time to the budder as
he calls for them. The. budder and
tier both sit down on sacks on the
ground to bud, moving along from
seedling to seedling as the work pro-

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bud must be cut very thin, just deep
enough to get all the bark and all the
growing tissue. If the budder cuts
the bud too deep so as to get into the
wood of the scion, the bud will not
unite with the seedling, and if he
cuts the bud too thin there will be the
same trouble. It requires great skill
and experience to cut a bud from a
scion rapidly and do it right. This
tiny bud, one inch long, with the “eye”
in the center, is pushed up into the
cut made for it in the seedling. Im-
mediately, before the sun strikes it,
the tier comes along and wraps the
wound up tight with rafi‘ia, a palm leaf
fiber imported from the Island of
Madagascar. This raffia is very stout
and pliable, and an experienced tier
can wind it around the Seedling very
tight. This presses the Cambium lay-
er, or growing tissue of the bud, close
to the growing tissue of the seedling.
A little, tiny part of the wound is left
exposed around the “eye” and leaf
stem on the bud. This is done so the
“eye” can live and breathe.
(Continued next week).

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Grower’s Favorite Apple Varieties
By J. W. FISHER, JR.

HE questions as to the maximum

age attained by apple trees in

commercial orchards and as to
the age When orchards of this fruit
reach the zenith of their commercial
productivity are problems which have
long interested horticulture. Two in-
stances drawn from other sources of
information throw the clearest light
upon this subject, and consequently
the writer takes the liberty of includ-
ing theln in this article.

The first ,source of information is
the surveys made by the Cornell Ex.
periment Station of the apple 'or-
chards in New York. In these surveys
it was determined that the maximum
yield and consequent largest income
was found to occur generally about
the fortieth or forty-fifth year in the
life of the orchard, with a gradual de-

crease in productiveness in later
years. But, although the average age
of an apple tree is commonly suppos-
ed to be about forty-five years, several
orchards were found which had been
set before 1820 and were still-profit-
abl in 1905 when the surveys were
m.de. There is also pictured in the
ulletin describing this work a tree
inety-six years old, one of 145 trees
still standing of the original 270 trees
set in an Orleans county orchard. The
trunk of the tree was three feet in
diameter and apparently sound and
healthy. In commenting upon this il-

 
    
 
 

lustration the writer says: “It is'

probable that the returns for good
treatment will be even, more marked
in prolonging the life ’Ofrthe orchard
than in increasing the annual yield.”

The second source of information is.

  
 

 

 

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a clipping from a fruit paper of recent
date, which refers to apples from an
Albermarle Pippin tree said to be 131
years old. ‘Five trees of about the
same age were remaining. They were
neglected until a few years ago. when
they were trimmed up and put in
pretty good shape. The crop last year
on the tree from which the apples
were picked amounted to eight barrels.

The liberty has been taken of intro-
ducing these examples from other
sources because no other instances
could be found which would so force-
fully bring out the desired points, to
the effect that an apple orchard de-
serves to be considered in the light of
a permanent investment and that the
best of care and treatment is none too
good, for the period of productivity is
spread over such a number of years
that any attention accorded the or-
chard is sure to show positive results.

Average Age of Apple Trees in

Michigan.

In the Michigan survey no questions
Were asked oncerning the maximum
age of varieties in Michigan orchards,
but an attempt was made to ascertain
the average age of the commercial
trees now planted in the state. The
average age of all the trees reported
in this survey, representing a total
acreage of approximately 2,500 acres,
was 17.48 years. This seems rather
small when compared with the aver-
age age reported for the trees in New
York, i. e., 30 to 35 years, but the
probable reason is that commercial
apple orcharding in Michigan is not. so
long-established an industry as in New
York. Between the years of 1879 to
1899 orchard planting in New York
was on the steady decline, although
since 1899 active work in planting has
recommenced. It will be seen from
these facts, nevertheless, that the
great majority of commercial orchards
in New York state were set before
1879. In Michigan, peaches have al-
ways constituted the great commercial
fruit crop, and apples cannot be said
to have really come into their own as
a state—wide industry until the devel-
Opment of the newer sections in the
northern fruit belt.-

.As was hoped, the data. in this par-
ticular matter showed the planting pe<
riods for the different varieties, were
in keeping with the market likes and
dislikes. It showed that the maximum
average age reported was 30.88 years
for the Russets, with the Baldwin fol-
lowing with an average age of 27.5
years. Thus we are led to suppose
that these varieties were in greatest
favor during the period of 1880 to
1885, and that the greatest activity in
the'planting of these varieties occur~
red at that time."

Popular Varieties.

The Stark, Tompkins King. Red
Canada, Alexander, Northern Spy and
Rhode Island Greening follow in the
order named, the latter having an av-
erage age of 16.5 years. Thus it will
be noticed that five of the first six va-
rieties chosen by the commission men
in last week’s article as the best mar-
ket varieties are here found to have
an average age over 16 years. The
sixth variety, the Oldenburg, has an
average age of pratically 11 years.

The bearing age of any one variety
is a. variable quantity differing greatly
according to local conditions and
methods of treatment. For instance,
the Red Canada is commonly consid-
ered to be a late bearing variety. Mr.
T. A. Farrand, at a farmers’ meeting,
told of trees of this variety at Ply-
mouth, Michigan, which took 22 years
to come into bearing, while in his own
orchard at Eaton Rapids, trees of the
same variety bore in nine years.

He also spoke of Northern Spy
trees that came into bearing in six
years in the southern part of Michi-
gan, while his'own trees of this varie-
ty did not bear for 33 years. Although
he did not specify as to remedies, he
claimed that there was no need for
this excessively long period of non-
production, and that proper methods
of orchard treatment would do much

 

THE -MICHIGAN FARMER

to shorten the non-productive period.

Another table was compiled show-
ing the total acreages reported in each
variety by the growers answering the
survey questions. In all 2658.5 acres

were reported, and of theSe 501 acres,_

or 18.9 per cent were in Oldenburg,
361.5 acres, or 12.6 per cent were in
Baldwins, and 100 acres each in \Vag-
eners and Red Canadas. Then follow
in order Jonathan, Tompkins King
and Ben Davis, with several varieties
of lesser importance runnii g below 50
acres. It is interesting to note that
although the Oldenburg led in total
acreage, but sixty growers reported
plantings of this variety while 82 re-
ported the Baldwin, which ran sec-
ond. Thus we see that more orchard-
ists planted either Northern Spys or
Baldwins than the Oldenburg, but be-
cause the Oldenburg plantings were in
larger units the total acreage was
brought above those of the two latter.
Omitting 200 acres of Oldenburgs re-
ported by one grower, the Baldwin
would undoubtedly take the lead as
the variety most widely planted in
Michigan.

Inspection of the list of leaders
shows that the six recommendations
of the market men are the most wide-
ly planted in Michigan, namely the
Oldenburg, Baldwin, Northern Spy, R.
I. Greening, Red Canada and Tomp-
kins King. The only other varieties
besides these in the nine leaders of
the list are the Wealthy, Wagener and
Jonathan. The two former show such
large acreages due probably to their
extended use as fillers and not so
nuch because of the market value of
the fruit, while the Jonathan appears

because it is a good market variety in '

its season.

Varieties of New York and Michigan
Compared.

,An interesting comparison can be

made between the rank of the most

widely planted varieties in Michigan

as shown by this survey, and those in -

New York as mentioned in the “Ap-
ples of New York.” Surveys taken
in 1896 and'1904 showed that the

Baldwin was undoubtedly the leading .

Variety in New York, and that “prob-
ably more Baldwins are put upon the
market than all other kinds in the
'state put together.” Then comes the'
Rhode Island Greening. “It is doubt-
less speaking within bounds to say
that these two varieties supply at
least two—thirds of the apples grown
for market in New York.” Then comes
the Northern Spy, Tompkins King
Roxbury Russet (and Golden), Hub-
bardston, Esopus Spitzenburg, etc.
Thus we see that four of the six lead-
ing Michigan varieties are among the
first in the list of New York apples
most widely grown. The two of the
six Michigan varieties that were not
mentioned in the New York list, were
the Oldenburg and the Red Canada.
These do not seem to be so widely
grown in New York as in Michigan.
But the fact that the Baldwin, North-
ern Spy, R. I. Greening. and Tompkins
King are found among the six leading
apples in both states should add a
great deal of importance to these va-
rieties.

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ground one must watch out for the
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around the base of the trees.

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STATE GRANGE MEETING.

 

(Continued from last week).

Introductory to his report of the ex-
ecutive committee, Mr. Geo. -B. Hor-
ton spoke in general on the Grange
and its purposes. He said that the
original Declaration of Purposes was
so strong that no one has ever seen
fit to change it. It is to the Grange
what the Declaration of Independence
is to the United States. The Grange
has always been taking advanced
stands" on the matter of reform, politi-
cal and otherwise, many of these
stands being severely criticized when
they were first made, but have since
become popular and in general use.
The report of the executive committee
consisted chiefly of resolutions rec-
ommended for the consideration of
the Grange. The first resolution was
on taxation, recommending that the
L gislature fix the rate per thousand.
Another was on the mill tax, asking
the Legislature to change the mill tax
rate so that the public institutions
would get benefit according to their
importance to the state. A resolution
on the relations between the l7nn'er-
sity and M. A. C. urged that in order
that the enmity between the two in—
stitutions be lessened, the courses of
M. A. C. be designed for industrial
purposes. A resolution on publichigh-
ways recommended the. building and
keeping in repair the farmers’ roads
instead of trunk line roads, recom-
mended the reduction to a minimum,
the administrative expenses in build-
ing good roads, so that most of the.
money would go to the actual road
building. The resolution did not favor
the bonding method of raising money,
but was in favor of each county doing
its own work according to its own
needs. The resolution with reference
to the primary laws recommended
changes so as to make it stronger, but

was decidedly against any changes
which would make the convention

method of nomination compulsory.

Thursday afternoon was also taken
up with the reports of oflicers and
committees. The committee on co—op-
eration recommended a more general
Use of the contract system for buying.
and also urged the local Granges and
farmers to take advantage of the
new laws regarding co-operative or-
ganizations. It was also favorable to
the Rochdale plan of co-operation.
President J. L. Snyder. of M. A. C.
gave a short but interesting talk upon
the relation of the College to the
farmer. As it was probably his fare-
well address before the State Grange
as president of the College. he told of
the growth of the College during his
twenty years of service there.

Old Members Presented Carnations.

At Master Ketcham’s suggestion all
those present who have been members
of the Grange for thirty years or more.
were presented with a carnation. Mr.
Ketcham spoke a word of appreciation
for the work that these pioneer Grang-
crs had done, saying that the new
generation now in active charge of
irange affairs were under obligations
to them for the splendid organization
they have handed down to them.
These remarks were followed by a.
very well given and impressive memo-
rial service exercises. Mr. Charles M.
iardner, High Priest Demeter and Ed-
itor of The National Grange. who
spoke that evening at the Adventist
Tabernacle on “Community Service
from the Grange Standpoint,” was in-
troduced to and welcomed by the as-
sembly. In his response he presented
greetings from the Massachusetts
State Grange which he had attended
the day before.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

All day Friday was taken up in the
reports of committees and the passing
upon the resolutions presented by
them. Many of the resolutions caus-
ed spirited discussion, the one caus-
ing the most contention being that fav-
oring the tonnage tax measure, which
was finally passed. On account of the
great amount of work on hand, this
final session did not close until long
after midnight.

The Exhibit of Farm Products.

Battle Creek was a good host to the
Grange, its Commercial Club being
ever ready to assist in making this
meeting a success. The meetings were
held in the Masonic Temple, which
while a little small for the large at-
tendance, afforded many other com-
forts to make up for this lack. On the
ground floor was an excellent exhibit
showing the fruit and farm products
of Battle Creek and vicinity. The ex-
hibit of fruit was very good, and serv-
ed to advertise the fact that there
were many progressive fruit growers
around Battle Creek. There was also
a display of old relics consisting of
ancient farm and household equip-
ment. The oldest thing on exhibit in
this display was a wine glass said to
be. 300 years old, and once the prop-
erty of Sir Isaac Newton. A wooden
shovel over 100 years old brought to
the mind the crude implements men
had to work with in the past. At one
end of the exhibit ball \as the farm
exhibit in three sections. One show-
ed the chip yard at butchering time,
with hogs and all instruments for
butchering, in their natural places:
another showed the old barn floor, and
the last showed the pioneer farmer’s
cabin, with its old-fashioned beds,
patch quilts, rag rugs. fireplace and
spinning wheel. This exhibit was got-
ten up by the Chamber of Commerce,
and showed that although its mem-
bers were city people, they were well
acquainted with farm conditions. Per-
haps some of the scenes of the old
farm back home which were indelibly
impressed on their minds were here
illustrated.

 

A MICHIGAN GRANGE LECTUR-
ER’S CREED.

 

I BELIEVE in the Bigness of the
Grangemin its splendid past and its
sturdy present; but, most of all, I be
lieve in glorious possibilities for its
future usefulness.

I BELIEVE in a program at, every
meeting.

I BELIEVE that, as Lecturer, I
should love to do my work.

I BELIEVE I am entitled to take a
large responsibility in realizing my
irange ideals among my own neigh-
I)()l‘Srilf need be by fanning breath in-
to dormancy; wringing success from
defeat: coaxing strength to grow from
weakness, and changing Grange pur-
poses from self-seeking to community
building.

I BELIEVE I am elected to work——
the pleasant, ceaseless work of help~
ing others to do better work in field,
home and state than they have ever
done before.

I BELIEVE the program hour
should dominate the Grange, and that
for good.

I BELIEVE even the entertainment
features of the program should lead
to thought.

I BELIEVE plenty of light, fresh
air, music, and good cheer are indis-
pensable parts of every truly success-
ful lecture hour.

I BELIEVE the, lecture hour is the
hand-maid of the Grange—not greater
than its legislative, (to-operative, so-
cial, or other departments, but the
s€rvant of each and all of these.

I BELIEVE 1n appealing to the eye
as well as to the ear; to the love of
action; to an interest in public affairs,
and to a sincere desire to lead an effi-
cient, all-round life in the country.

I BELIEVE a Grange Lecturer must
have hope; often show more confi-
dence in members than they feel in

themselves; exert tact; plan far
ahead; keep his program disappoint-
ments to himself; and smile.
I BELIEVE, finally, I should today
resolve to beat my own record.
JENNIE BUELL.

 

AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.

The First All—day Meeting of the
Ganges Grange for the coming winter,
was enlivened by the presence of
State Master John C. Ketcham, whose
presence no doubt helped to attract
the farmers. There was a very lib-
eral attendance for this busy week,
probably 100 at the tables, and 150
at the open meeting in the afternoon.
Mr. Ketcham instructed us in routine
work in the forenoon, suggesting im-
provements here and there. In the
afternoon after paying a tribute to
the work of the ladies in the dining-
hall, he took as his subject “Pro-
gress,” and after defining it as a defi-
nite movement toward a definite ob-
ject, he prbceeded to show how and
where the Grange is making progress.
He told a story of John Sherman’s
early life in the forties, to illustrate
the position of the Grange now. John
Sherman’s friends wanted to help him
and met together to do so, but the
principal speaker bemoaned the fact
he had not much chance to distinguish

 

himself because of all the great ques-.

tions of the day had been disposed of.
Anyone who thought the. days of use-
fulness of the Grange were ended
were like the speaker just mentioned.
By way of encouragement he stated
that the year just ended in October
had been the greatest year of progress
the Grange had ever seen._ The num-
ber of new Granges organized during
the year in the United States was in
the vicinity of 500. Michigan has the
largest number of Granges of any
single state, Viz., 900. To illustrate
the progress of the Michigan State
Grange, he stated that the contents of
their strong box had increased from
$40,000 to $50,000 in the past five
years. While wealth is not everything.
it does not detract from the respect
paid to a person or a society, to know
that they hold a good~sized bank ac-
count. Hc eulogized woman suffrage
and said the Grange set a good exam-
ple to other fraternal societies by tak-
ing our wives and daughters with us
as full partners and advised those

holding contrary views, when they
saw the steam rollers of universal

suffrage coming down the road, to get
out of the road and jump into the
band wagon. We had visiting mem—
bers from Laketown Grange and also
East Casco Grange, who helped in the
discussion of co-operation in selling
our fruit crop. All joined heartily in
a rising vote of thanks to Brother
Ketcham for the very able and inter-
esting address—M. W. Kitchen.

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Farmers Clubs

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Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to
Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.

THE ASSOCIATIONAL MEETING.
(Continued from last Week).

The Vl'ednesday evening session of
the Associational meeting was not cov-
ered in the general report published in
the issue succeedng the meeting. The
Greenbush quartette furnished the
music at this sesstion most acceptably
as they did at most of the former ses-
sions. Hazel Belle Crosby, of Ceresco
Farmers’ Club, rendered two appreci-
ated readings. Prof. Fred Killeen, of
Lansing, contributed to the musical
program by two solos and President
J. L. Snyder, of M. A. 0., spoke f the
work and needs of that institut- n.

The address of the evening was giv-
en by Mr. James Schermerhorn, of
Detroit, who chose for his topic,
“Thirty years as a Michigan Inkist,”
and with the Beatitudes for a text
captivated his audience with his pleas-
ing personality and witty compari-
sons. Following this address the re-
tiring president, Mr. McBride, closed
the session with a few Well chosen
remarks.

The Junior Club Exhibit.

One feature of the Annual Meeting
not touched upon in our previous re-
port was the Junior Club exhibit, for
which provision was made at the last
annual .meeting, and the burden of
looking‘after which was placed on the
shoulders of the President-elect, R. J.

 

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JAN. 2, 1915.

Robb. While considerableinterest was
manifested in this work by different
Clubs throughout the. state, this ini-
tial exhibit was largely confined to
the work of the boys and girls of Ing-
ham County Club. It was, however,
an interesting feature of the meeting,
and promises still greater interest for
succeeding years when the,exhibit will
doubtless become more general in
character. '

The °Reso!utions:

In the published report of the meet-
ing, the resolutions reported by the
committee and adopted by the dele-
gates were summarized as a means of
saving space. For the benefit of del-

 

President R. J. Robb.

egates who may desire to report these

reSolutions at their local Clubs, we
give their full text below:
State Affairs.

\‘.'e favor the taxation of our water

powers on a basis that shall place

them on an equality with the other

wealth producing property of our
state.
\Vhereas some salaried, business

and professional men seem to be es-
caping taxation, be it resolved that we
recommend consideration by the Leg-
islature of the advisability of an in-
come tax whereby this seeming in-
equality be remedied.

Be it resolved that we reafl‘irm our
position in favor of woman suffrage,
the tonnage tax, the elimination of all
private banks and the Torrens system
of land transfers. -

We favor such amendment to our
marriage laws as shall necessitate the
public announcement of every propos-
ed marriage thirty days before such
marriage can take pIace, thus com-
pelling more deliberation before as-
suming the sacred relation of husband
and wife.

Be it further resolved that we favor
a clean bill of health from a reputable
physician for both parties as a requi-
site in procuring a marriage license.

thereas, it is generally understood
that Dr. J. L. Snyder has tendered his
resignation as president of the M. A.
C. therefore we desire to express our
high apprciation of the service ren-
dered the state by Dr. Snyder during
the 20 years of his administration.

Resolved, that we favor such a re-
vision of the primary and general
election laws as shall eliminate all
party names, placing every candidate
upon his personal platform and mak-
ing necessary a choice of individual
candidates by the voters.

We disapprove of the duplication of
work and the multiplication of ex-
pense caused‘ ‘by the carrying of minor
cases from the’ justice court, and rec-
ommend that a limit be made that
where the amount at issue is small
the justice court verdict shall be fin-
al, if unable to settle by arbitration.

Whereas, we recognize the educat-
ive value of the two great fairs held
annually at Detroit and Grand Rapids
respectively, therefore We suggest to
the Legislature the propriety of rea-

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sonable state aid‘for these great fairs.
Be it further. resolved that, as a
condition for the financial support
from the state, the sale of intoxicating
liquor, all gambling devices and shows
of a questionable character be abso-
lutely prohibited.

We commend the work of Mrs.
Spencer in our state library, and rec-
ommend that ways and means be de-
vised to make our state library useful
in every school district in the state.

\V'hereas, the baneful cigarette evil
is everywhere visible and rapidly un.
dermining the physical forces of our
young men and boys, we demand the
enactment of a law that shall prohibit
the keeping of cigarettes and cigarette
making material within the boundar-
ies of our fair state.

We approve the idea of a dry zone
around our educational institutions.
The larger the zone the better we will
be suited.

National Affairs.

Whereas, the all wise Creator saw
fit to place the United States of Am-
erica in a commanding position
among the nations of the earth, and
to endow said country with munificent
natural resources, and grant wisdom
unto those who built her Constitution
and framed her laws, these working
together to make her all powerful, be
it resolved, that we heartily commend
the policy of the President of the Uni-
ted States in keeping this great nation
free from all foreign embroglio. and
that we encourage our President in at-
tempting by all honorable means to
place the services and influence of this
nation at the disposal of the nations
at war, with the end in view of speed-
ily terminating the awful conflict, and
we congratulate ourselves as a people
that instead of being engaged in a
mission of destruction, ours is one of
mercy in that we are privileged to
feed the millions impoverished on the
other side of the water by the most
appalling conflict the world has ever
known.

Resolved, further, that while being
committed to no particular bill, sev-
eral of which have been introduced in
the National Congress, we favor the
enactment by that body of some sys-
tem of farm credit.

Resolved, further, that we commend
the national government for its active
interest in agricultural matters and
local educational affairs.

Resolved, further, that American
conditions incident to the European
war compels the conclusion that the
United States must be an industrial
entity with practical dependence on
our own resources in production, and
that to this end adequate government
control of tariff‘schedules to prevent
disastrous competition, either inter-
national or national, in the manufac-
ture and sale of products is essential
to national greatness.

Temperance.

Whereas, reliable statistics show
that a very large percentage of the
poverty. suffering and crime which ex-
ists, is the result directly or indirectly
of the use of intoxicating liquors as a
beverage, and whereas, we believe it
to be one of the highest and most im-
portant duties devolving upon us as
good citizens to aid in all proper ways
in destroying the drink curse.

Therefore, be it resolved by the
Michigan State Association of Farm-
ers’ Clubs, that we do hereby ask
most earnestly that a state-wide pro-
hibitory law be enacted at the next
session of our state Legislature,
whereby we banish from our beautiful
state the baneful effects and influence
of the liquor traflic.

Memorial.

Whereas, the sad news has been re-
ceived of the death this day of our
highly esteemd honorary mmber and
faithful co-worker, Mr. Z. W. Carter,
of Lake Odessa; resolved, that we the
Michigan State Association of Farm-
ers’ Clubs, do hereby extend to the
sorrowing relatives and mourning
friends our sympathies in this their
hour of deep sorrow.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

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HYGIENIC CONSIDERATIONS ‘OF
FRUIT.

 

BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.
Scientists and experimenters have
tried to ascertain in what way scien-
tifically the consumption of fruit pro-
ducts fits into the human dietary. In
spite of all the work which has been
done by scientific men on the influ-
ences of various fruit products in the
diet there is still a large field which
has quite successfully resisted the ef-
forts to chart. Dieting has to a large
degree been reduced to a matter of
scientific manipulation, but other fac-
tors enter in to modify and effect re-
sults which it has seemingly been im-
possible to classify.
Fruits are Probably the Oldest of
Foods.

The use of fruit and fruit products
as an accessory to the diet is a very
ancient custom but just in what re—
spect fruit is an advantageous item in
the dietary has never been fully and
satisfactorily proven. It may be stat-
ed as a general principle and fact that
fruits are wholesome and palatable as
a rule. In fact, it is undoubtedly true
that their palatability has an import-
ant bearing on the desirability of the.
product as a food. We would not be
understood as minimizing the direct
food values of the product for they
do have a distinct food value but it is
probably not strictly from their food
value relationship that they are of
such value in the dietary. Certain
foods are counted more as accessor-
ies to the diet, contributing on that
account the more or less intangible
items which add attractiveness to the
diet and at the same time fulfill a
distinct scientific principle in the die-
tary.

Scientific Excuse for Use of Fruits.

There are other considerations than
considerations of food value and pala-
tability considerations. Foods, as a.
rule, contain a preponderance of the
alkalies and as such therefore tend to
neutralize the acidity of a modern
diet. We do not mean by this that
food products are alkaline as consum-
ed with reference to the reaction of
the product. They all of them con—
tain varying quantities of organic
acids and consequently in that respect
are acid in reaction, but the acids, be
ing organic, are in combination with
alkaline bases which in the digestivr
mechanism exert their influences as
alkalies. There is therefore abundant
excuse for the employment of fruit in
the diet from a dietary and hygienic
point of View. They have seemingly
unconsciously adapted themselves to
the diet and we think it is because of
their ultimate effect on the general
physiological tone of the body.
Idiosyncrasy Exhibited Toward Cer-

tain Fruits.

Certain fruits are, however, by no
means universally used. In many in-
stances individual idiosyncrasy pre-
vents the use of this or that fruit pro-
duct in its natural state. Many per-
sons, for example, cannot eat raw ap-
ples; others cannot eat strawberries.
But another peculiarity of this is that
in most of these instances this idio-
syncrasy refers principally to the raw
fruit. Baked apples, or cooked ap-
ples, for example, do not affect the in-
dividual in the way that the raw ap-

ples do.

Fruits Are Usually Laxative.

Again, fruits exercise an important
influence in satisfying the craving of
the appetite for sour things. As we
have stated, most fruits have consid;
erabe acidity. In apples the acid is
malic; in grapes, the characteric acid
is tartaric acid; in lemons it is citric
acid. Fruits as a rule likewise have
laxative effects upon the human body,
and this ,is by many considered to be

Science.

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the main function of fruit in the diet.
Of course, a modern diet is highly im-
proved if it may contain something in
food form which is mildly laxative in
its properties. This is one serious ob-
jection to high grade patent flour at

the present time. The process of mill-f

ing has become so perfected, so me-

chanically perfect, that most of tlle‘

coarse fibrous parts of the wheat have
been removed. The fibrous matter
has a function of a similar nature to
fruit from this one viewpo’nt. it fa-
vors the onward movenr-nt of pro—

ducts in the alimentary canal and is;

therefore antagonistic to autointoxi—
cation.
Fruits Make Red Blood.

Another important function of fruit
products is in the furnishing to the
diet of an iron in organic form. Along
with the alkaline bases iron is carried
and being in the form which can be
assimilated by the digestive juices be—
comes of direct value in building up
the hemoglobin of the blood.

Aside from the valuable constituents
contributed by fruit such as iron, al-
kalies, and fruit acid, the cellular
structure of fruit, together with its

high content of water, makes it an ex- 1

ceedingly bulky food. This is again
of distinct advantage, for besides con-
tributing liquid to the diet it furnishes
what is a very important factor, i. e.,
bulk.
The Succulence of Fruits.

Undoubtedly one of the most im-
portant contributions of fruit is the
water which is contained therein.
Fruits are succulent foods and have
the same significance in the human
diet that succulent feeds have in the

diet of live stock. This is an item of
great importance and worth much con-

sideration. There are a great variety
of popular opinions regarding the mer-
its of this or that fruit product, but
almost without exception fruit pro-
ducts are scientifically considered to
be valuable additions to the diet. Med-
ical properties are ascribed to many
different food products and who is not
familiar with the common expression,
“An apple a day keeps the doctor
away?” Inasmuch as most of the ills
of human beings can be attributed to
dietary faults it is not strange that
this observation should be focused on
the public mind.
Some Fruits Secrete Enzymes.

Many fruits secrete enzymic fluids
I‘robably the most notable example is
pawpaw, which contains a digestive
enzyme similar to pepsin, called pa-
pain. This enzyme- has the important
property of digesting nitrogenous sub-
stances and when taken in the food
does exhibit in the alimentary canal a
function similar to that of the pepsin
of the gastric juice.

Coefficient of Digestibility of Fruits is
Low.

What data is available upon the di-
gestibility of raw fruit products seems
to indicate that the percentage of di-
gestibility is rather low. We have
many times pointed out, however, and
it is quite fully recognized among
writers, that a fruit product cannot be
valued solely upon its digestible food
nutrients. There are many other con-
siderations which enter in, such as
palatability, succulence, the balance of
its basic salts, etc., which are not rec-
ognized when the calorific, or fuel,
value of the product alone is consid.
ered, which do modify the effect of
the product and influence in a very
material way its general acceptability
as a food product.

It is in this way that fruits prove
themselves valuable. There are many
items which cannot be measured by
laboratory considerations and they
bear a very important relationship to
fruit hygiene.

(To be continued).

 

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JAN. 2, 1915.

 

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

Advice through this department is
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symptoms of the case in full; also
name and address of writer. Initials
only will be published. Many quer<
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same ailments. If this column is
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Cow-pox.—The lower part of bag
and teats of my cow are covered with
blisters which later on form a dry
scab, but they do not seem to be deep.
A. L., Port Huron, Mich—Apply one
part oxide of zinc and four parts vas-
eline to sores and give each cow 1,5
oz. hypo-sulphite of soda at a dose
twice a day.

Chronic Leucorrhea.—Some time
ago I wrote about my mare, which
had leucorrhea; you prescribed a rem-
edy, but she does not appear to get
much better. Now what I would like
to know is, can she be cured? G. 0.,
Chicago, Ill—Failure in effecting a
cure in cases of chronic leucorrhea is
generally the result of improper at-
tention in carrying out instructions.
Now, if you will give your mare 1 dr.
doses of sulphate of iron three times
a day and dissolve two teaspoonfuls
of carbolic acid and 1/2 dr. of tannic
acid in a quart of clean boiled water
and wash her out thoroughly two or
three times a day, you will soon make
an impression on the case. It is need-
less for me to say that she should be
well fed, but not given too many roots
or food that contains a great deal of
acid.

\Varts on Teats.—I have a cow that
is not now giving milk, that has a
great many warts on teats. C. II,
Benton Harbor, Mich—Clip off those
that have necks and apply acetic acid
to flat ones every day or two; also ap-
ply olive oil to udder once a day.

Scours—Barrenness.~—I have, a cow
five years old which has been troubled
with scours for some time; also fails
to get with calf. F. C. H., Marcellus,
Mich—Give her a teaspoonful of pow-
dered sulphate iron, a dessertspoonful
of ground cinnamon bark, two table-
spoonfuls of ground ginger at a dose
in feed two or three times a day and
when she gets in better condition,lshe
may perhaps get with calf.

Chickens Losing Feathers—I have
38 White Leghorn pullets which seem
to be in good condition and most of
them are lame. There are a few that
are losing the. feathers from around
their head and neck, and I cannot un-
derstand what is the cause. I am
feeding wheat and corn morning and
night. Also a dry mash of wheat bran,
niiddlings and ground meat cracklings
before them all the time. Also oys-
ter shells, gravel, and good fresh wa-
ter. W'ould like to know the cause of
them losing the feathers? L. V. W.,
Sunfield, Mich—Feeding an unbalanc-
ed ration, keeping birds too warm and
not allowing them to have sufficient
exercise and fresh air, has a tendency
to produce an irritation and itchy con-
dition of body, but as your fowls are
in good condition, I am inclined to be-
lieve that it is a vice acquired by
some of your birds that pull the feath-
ers. Give them free run, make them
scratch and exercise for their food
and if you have fed the kind of food
you are feeding them for any great
length of time, change and feed some
animal matter with their grain. Per—
haps some skim-milk with meat bone,
vegetables or green feed and change
often. Apply vaseline to bald parts,
dusting on or rubbing into vaseline
some powdered aloes, and if you dis-
cover any of your flock inveterate
feather pullers, do away with them.
Give each fowl one or two grains of
hypo-sulphite of soda at a dose twice
a day.

Chronic Cough—My fifteen-year-old
horse has had a cough since last
spring; it troubles him most in the
morning. H. H., White Cloud, Mich.
~~Mix together one part ground nux
vomica, two parts ground licorice, two
parts ginger and one part powdered
lobelia and give a teaspoonful at a
dose in damp feed three times a day.

Poll-evil.——For the past six months
my horse has been troubled with poll-
evil and I have been unable to heal
sore. Would you advise me to have
him treated, or sell him? H. B., Fre-
mont, Mich—If you can get a fair
price, sell him; if not, have your Vet.
give him bacterin treatment and put
a small quantity of iodoform to bot-
tom of abscess every day or two. Poll-
evil is never easily cured.

Chronic Lymphangitis.——I have a

,mare that had lymphangitis one year

ago and ever since right hind leg

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OUR PRICE ONLY $2.15

ATTENTION—On any one of these
combinations you save the price of
the Michigan Farmer three years and

 

 

on some considerably more.

 

stocks, but exercise seems to reduce
it some. She is 12 years old and I
have been advised to blister leg, but
hesitate to do it until I hear from you.
A S., Dorr, Mich—«Give your mare
regular exercise and when she is not
\working, feed sparingly of grain and
leave her leg alone, because it is im-
possible to reduce a leg of this kind
and keep it reduced.

Eczema—Both of my horses have
an itchy condition of body and I
would like to know what to do for
them. W. M., Rapid City, Mich—Clip
them and apply one part bichloride
mercury and 1,000 parts water twice
a day; groom them well and give each
of them a dessertspoonful of Fowler’s
solution at a dose three times a day.

Collar Galls.—For a long time my
horse has been troubled with sore
shoulders and although he wears a.
nice-fitting collar, I have been unable
to heal wound. G. R. C., St. Louis.
Mich.——Apply equal parts of powdered
alum, oxide of zinc, boracic acid and
iodoform twice a day.

Bitter Creanm—«Ever since last Aug-
ust the cream from one of my cow's
milk appears to become bitter soon as
milk sours. F. F., Miloster, Mich.—
Your cow being healthy leads me to
believe that some mistake is made in
the care of milk; therefore I would
suggest a thorough investigation of

surroundings such as cleaning stable,
cleaning udder before milking and to
remove any substance which may give
off a foul odor where milk is kept; be-
sides, plenty of fresh air should be
admitted to your creamery.

Shrinkage in Milk Flow—I have a
young Gurnesey cow which freshened
about four months ago, after calving
she had some udder trouble, the two
front quarters being caked. I applied
camphor and lard for several days
and the trouble seemed to be over. For
the past two weeks she has been
shrinking in her milk and is now giv-
ing only one-fifth of normal amount;
but the udder appears to be all right.
0. W. H., Pearl, Mich—A liberal sup-
ply of nutritious milk-making food and
good care is all you can do for her.
Drugs do not out much of a figure in
these kind of cases; however, if her
bowels are costive, give her three or
four ounces of epsom salts daily; also,
give her 1 oz. doses of hypo-sulphite
soda two or three times a day.

Periodic Ophthalmia.—Both eyes of
my three-year-old fiIIy have been af-
fected and although they appear to
get well after each attack, the eye is
somewhat blue and not as clear as it
should be. S. 13., Bay Port, Mich.—
Give your mare a dessertspoonful of
Donovan’s solution at a dose in feed

twice a day and dissolve 40 grs. of
borate of soda, 50 grs. of boracic acid
in four ounces of clean boiled water
and apply to eyes twice a day.

Cows and Calves Cough—I bought
a cow last fall, about one year ago,
which was in good condition, but some
time later she commenced coughing,
a few weeks after that some of my
other cows commenced coughing; also
two of my calves occasionally cough.
G. F. B., Kibbie, Mich—Put 1 oz. of
guaiaol in 15 ozs of raw linseed oil
and give each cow 1 oz. at a dose two
or three times a day, and dose calves
according to their weight.

Indigestion—Last June I purchased
four pigs that were then four weeks
old and they have never thrived real
well. I discovered they had some
black teeth whicthroke out, and this
failed to help them. J. F., Cheboygan,
Mich—Give each pig a teaspoonful of
ground gentian at a dose two or three
times a day.

Ringworm.—I have a sow 18 months
old that has several sores on body,
causing her to itch, but she does not
apear to be sick. M. G. S., Hillman,
Mien—Apply one part iodoform and
five parts powdered alum. to sore
spots once a day and give her 20 grs.
of sulphur at a dose two or three
times a day. -

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JAN."2,‘-’ 1915.

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(W0, MARI“ Rommd.) I I

 

Rev. H. J. N icholls, Circuit Parsonage.
Greenville, Mich. Writes: Enclosed find check for
another bottle Save-The—Horse. . The last I had
from you at Ludington cured a ring bone.

No blistering or loss of hair. A Signed .Cori-
tract Bond to return money if remedy fails o
Ringbone— There in— SPAVIN -— and ALL—
Shouider. Knee, A e, Hoof and Tendon Disease.

You risk nothing by writing; it costs nothing
for advice and there Will be no string to it.
Save-Tho-Horae BOO Sample Contract and

ADVICE—Ali Free (to Home Owners and Mana-
gers.) Address.
TROY CHEMICAL CO..m Con-ass A I}

Drngglsta everywhere sell auntie-Horas WI!!! 00!-
CT. onto renal by Parcel Post or

LIIE SE B “0%.

Buy pure bred STALLIONS and MARES
now. we have both Imported and Home
Bred Stook, and for quality our Belgians
and Percherons cannotbe excelled. It
will pay you to-see our horses.

LIGONIER, IND.

JACKS AND MULES

Raise mules and get rich. 280 head finela
'. ‘ Jacks, Jennys. and mules 4
to 17 hands high. Large re -
istored Jacks and Dre t
Stallions. cheap now. Mules
by the pair or carioad. Stock
guaranteed. Write for prioes
ay. Address

, KREKLER’S JACK FARM

‘ *' West Eikion. Ohio.
Branch Barns. Clinton. Indiana.

PERCHEBCN STALLICNS

. FOR SALE.

15 two and throe-yeabolds. black. These are good

weights and desirable horses of our own breeding.
We sell direct to the farmer at reasonable prices.
and invite inspection.

A. A. PALMER 8: SONS

y
R. R. Station Orleans. P. O. Beldlng. Mich.

Registered Percherons,
B3001) MARES. FILLIES AND YOUNG
STALLIONS at prices that will surprise you.
L. C. HUNT & (30.. Eaton Rapids. Michigan.

PERCHERONS—Imposant. one of the heaviest
. horses in state, at head of stud.
Brood Mares as good. young stock for sale.

CHAS. OSGOOD & SONS. Mendon, Michigan.

 

   

' ~Reg. Shntland Ponies, mostly
PIE.” PM" Farm spots. 1 spotted stallion and young
stock for sale. Dr. W. T. Morrison. Pigeon. Mich.

Profit From Hogs. Our free book. “The Hog from Birth
to Sale." tells how to make big profits. Send for it today
THE L. B. SILVER (10., 196 Violets Bldg" Cleveland. Ohio.

Bnrusns’ nmrcronv. ‘—
CATTLE.

ABERDEEN ANGUS

Buil calves and yearlings ready for service. Sired
by Louis of Viewpont II. Closely related toliive
Grand Champions—brother. Sister. Sire, Sire s
Brother and Grandsire. (International Grand Cham -
ion for three years in succession. Prices 875 up. Wi I
meet prospective purchasers either at Somerset.
Addiwn or Addison Junction.

You are bound to get good calves from these bulls
even with strongly dairy type grade cows.
GEO. B. SMITH G 00..
ADDISON AND SOMERSET. MICHIGAN.

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.
Strains rs resented consist of Trojan Ericas. Black-
birds and rides, only. Black Quality Ito. a bull of

rare individuality and merit. hoods the herd.
WOODCOT STOCK FARM. Ioniu. Llich.

‘YRSH'BEs—Ouo oi' the foremost dairy broods The
most economical milk reducers. Calves
for sale. White Leghorn cookers s; Duroc. Jersey
swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint.Michigan.

MILO D. CAMPBELL. CHAS. J. ANGEVINE.

BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS

We have for sale pure bred Bulls at very low
prices. whose dams are in the A. R. or soon will
be. and Whose sires have the following noted
animals in their pedigree:——Masher Sequel,
Governor of the Chene. Imp. May Rose King,
Imp. King of the May, Gleiiwood Boy of Haddon
Stratford 9 Glenwood of Pinehurst, Dairy Maid
of Pinehurst 910 lbs. fat. Selma of Pinehurst 762
lbs. fat. Daisy 71-1 lbs. fat, Dolly Bloom 836 lbs. and
many other good ones. Write for particulars.
Satisfaction guaranteed in every case.

CAMPBELL Cd ANGEVINE.
cowws'rsa. MICHIGAN.

a —Fanions May Bose Strain. A select herd.
""13." Tub. Tested. Several A. . 0. Cows.
J .K. Blatchford. Windermere ForunWatervliet.Mich.

Beg. Guernsey Bulls. Berkshire ho a. cow
For sale, an lgills bred for 8 ring far-row. rite
JOHN EBE . R. 10. Ho nd, Michigan.

 

 

“7's have for sale a number of pure Guernsey cows.
heifers and bulls. also Berkshire hogs,
VILLAGE FARM. G Michigan.

HEREFO RD; 3333.?" 31.31 and

toss Lake.

ALLEN sacs. Paw Paw. Iiicmxa'n.
Hereford Bulls for Sale—32:333.; 25m

and some Polled‘bull calves about seven months old.
These are well bredfiood animals and will be riced
(ht. BEAVER LA I RANCH C0.. Alpena. lch.

 

 

T‘ H E' M ‘I c HI

GAN FA‘RMER

 

FOR SALE.
[Three Flne Young Bulls

8. 9 and 10 months Old. from
. and 20 pound cows.
each one givmg Over 10.000‘
lbs.;milh a year—prices. $100.
8125 and $150. The two old-
est nicely marked—the other
has black backand sides.with
some white. DeKol 2nd.
R. B. 3rd, and King of the

Pontiaos’ blood.

BIGELOW’S HOLSJEIN FARM

Breed svllle. Mich.

. BIG

 

comes into maturity early, is
long-lived and is often found
making records even to ad-
Vanced age. She stands
above all other breeds for
economic production. Shall we mail
you free a good book on the Jersey?

m AMERICAN JERSEY cams CLUB.
324 W. 23d St. New York City.

The: Jersey

  
  
 
  
 

 
 

 

 

FOR SALE

Ready for light service from a 30-lb sire,

 

 

HOLSTEIN BULLS

rich in the blood of Hengerveld De Kol. Friend
Hengerveld De K01 ButterBoy, and Pontiac Korn-
dyke. three his sons. King of the Pontiacs, and
Pontiac A3818 Korndyke. Pedigrees on application.
ED. 8. LEWIS. Marshall. Mich.

HATCH HERD
BECI§TEIIEII IICLSTEIII-FIIIESIAIIS

PSILANTI, MICH.. Ofiers
HERD HEADERS from choice A. Ii. 0. dams and
King Pontiac Jewel Komdyke. 50dams in his

 

ULLs
BU TTE R B R E D JEIriglitistE

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

. _ . . h
Jersey Bulls for Sale {Sgt‘i‘nhg‘gi’si’éf’i‘é‘éfilfii‘fil‘cl"30
semi-oifioiai test.

0. B. Wehner. R. 6, Allegan. Mich.

J ERS EYs—YEARLINCI BULL READY FOR
SERVICE. Also bull calves.

Breakwater Farm. 11.1“. D. No. '1. Ann Arbor. Mich

—Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all
Shut-thorns ages for sale at farmers prices. C. W. Crum.

Sscy. C :iit. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders’ Assn.. McBride. Mich.

 

pedigree average 31.5 pounds in 7 days. Average 1'
cent of fat of three nearest dams 4.37 Sires in iii-2t
three generations in his pedigree have 500 A. R. 0.
daughters. ices reasonablt

AIRY BRED SHORTHORNS—Young Bull
9-mo. old for solo. Price $125 cash or good note.
J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.

 

Make hm. owr selection at Ashmoor Farms,
Tooumse . Michigan R l". D. No. 2. or address
HATCH HERD ~YPUILANTI. MICHIGAN.

 

blood.

BEII BIICIIIIICBII BULL FCII SILEivtaé’JEXfidsnilffii

W. E. MORRISI—I. Flushing. MiChigan.

High CIass HOLSTEINSthg-ld FOR SALE—Shorthorn Bulls. red and teams. by

is headed by Smithdaie Alcartra Pontiac. whose
lathe famous Alcartra Polkadot. Have few young bulls
and females for sale at reasonable prices. Will buy
a few heifers about 15 months. not
from court house. SETH B. BUBEBT. Howell. Mich.

M nifioerit Registered Holstein
only $75- buaII calf. from A. B. O. 25 lb.
cow, by % lb. bull. Best blood lines. Excellent
individual. KOUGEMONT FARMS. Detroit, Mich.

 

 

34 3 1 lb. 3%-yr.-old sister 22.92 lb. dam. A son of
o Johanna Korndyke DeKol delivered when
2 mo. old on easy terms. Martin L. McLaulin, Redford. liich

FUII SALE, fififil‘éfifl’éfi“ IICLSIEIII IIEIFEIIS

1 to 3 cars. Re istered Berkshireboar igs3 months
old. SIVERVIIIW FARM, it. No. 8. Vgssar. Mich.

 

 

ll). old Holstein Bull—Sire has 34.3] lb. sister-Dam has
25.77 lb. sister. De Kol 2d. Butterboy 2d breeding. Price
low. quality considered. ELMER E. SMITH. Redford. Mich.

 

REGISTERED HOLSTEINS, great foundation pair. grand-
daughter of l’ioicrtje Hciigcrveld's Count DeKol, 100 A. R.
O. Daughters. 4 above 301bs., 5 months old. A.R.0. Dani. A Son
of a 25 lb. cow, grandson of Pontiac Butter Boy. 58 A. R. 0.
daughters. 8 above 30 lbs.. 3 months, large. fine condition. 3250
brings the pair to you with all papers. Hobart W.Fay,Malon,Mich

“Top=Notch" Holsteins.

 

list.

SIICBIIIUIIIIS: B CHOICE ICUIIC BULLS FUII SALE

prices.

wooled fellows ready for business.
without the money.

sons of Avondalo and Victor Linwoodlboth Interna-

tional winners. John Schmidt. R. 2,Itecd City. Mich.

I’M- Fm‘ 3“ mil” Closing ouI Shorihornsfilgut‘tfiiéfi gm‘shgm‘g
A

lso P. C. brood sows. Write today for special price
Maplewood Stock Farm, Allezan. Mich.

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.
UAL PURPOSE SHORTHORN CATTLE—Young

bulls for sale. All my cows are hand milked.
. A. EBAY. Okemos. Ingham 00.. Michigan.

SHEEP.

I AM SOLD OUT of rams but have a few aged.

bred. OXFORD-DOWN EWES at farmers
M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.

-——Yearling and ram lambs from Champion

LUICCSIEIS flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select Berk-
shire swine.

Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.

RAMS—SHROPSHIRICS OXFORDS AND

HAMPSHIRES. Good strong well
Ship ed to you
Isn.t that lair? f so write

KOPE KON FARM. Kinderkook, Michigan.

 

Extra large fine young bull. as white. born Oct. 4.1913.
Dam has oficial record of 29.40 lbs. butter in '7 days.
117.50 lbs in 30 days. Sire’s dam is a 22.641b. 4 yr.-old
daughter of a $1.59 lb. cow.

McPHERSON FARMS CO.. Howell. Michigan.

 

1T PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP 0F
PARSONS fizfigsgggs .
é \ I sell and ship everywhere and pay express

. ) I’M . charges. Write for club offer and Vi'ice_list..
. g .’ Oxfords. Shropshirea and Pclled- )elaincs.

    

 

 

'/ ‘PABSONS.GrandLedge.Mich. n1.

 

 

Holstein-Friesian Cattle. Yo bulls ready for
service out of A.R.O. cows. Satis action guaran
or money refunded. Jones A Luta. Oak Grove. Mich.

 

Holstein-Frienan Breederfifif “”21“,“. gas:
represented. D. D. AITKEN. Flint. Michigan.

ESPANORE FARM,

LANSING. MICHIGAN.
orrsss FOR SALE A

register.d stock. J. L. A.

ram. HER

—Percheron Horses and P010
and China Hogs. bred from
SMITH. Morrice. Mich.

Bog. Bamboillel Sheep

INOLESIDF FARM offers 14 recorded shropshire ewes

of good ages which are being bred to an imfirtod
‘ BERT E. POWELL. Ionia. 10h.

Rams

RECISIEHEIII oxrosn instills?“-

. F. MILLER. Flint. Michigan.

 

 

YUUNC IIULSTEIII BULL CALF.

Write for pantlculars.
A Few Chaice Heifers for sale.
CHASE S. OSBORN.

priced to sell.

HOCS.

—T t -i‘ h '- ‘l . ' l’
BERKSHIRE: mgttiixi'eysoalsl:grgdbfgslsxgigg‘i‘hrlfogwfigg
B. B. BEAVEY, Akron. Michigan.

 

'ADAM E. FERGUSON. 2 Owners-

BERK S H I RE 5 “335C.2§..%’.°3mi°l‘l§0

choice, all guaranteed. G. H. RIDER. Almont. Mich.

 

HULS'I'EIIIS FOR SALE

5 Good Bulls, ready for service.
10 Very Choice Bull Calves.
2 TWO-year-old Heifers, bred.
1 Six-year-old grand-daughter of King
Segis, due in December.

L. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio.
FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls

ready for service. rind bull calves. also females.
FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell, Michigan.

HOLSTE|N BULL READY FOR

BUSINESS.
World record stock £100 to 8300. LONG BEACH
FARMS. Augusta. Kalamazoo 00.. Michigan.

oistein Bull Calf; Burn Sept 11. Splendid indivilual.
well grown. niccl .' marked. llis dam and sim‘s diimhnve
A.I{.O. records that avcra c 7 days Butter 24.86 lbs. Milk 557.8
lbs. both as i—yr—Olds. \V. B. READER. Howell, Michigan.
by an own

A HOLSTEIN BULL CALF bro...“ 0.-

a World's Champion and out of an A. R. O. dam. A
rare opportunity to get into champion blood lines.
BILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Michigan.

MICIIICII ~IIIIIIE ill) lIliIIIIIIC BCIICCL
HIGAN

 

 

BCYILTCI BIlEll nsnxsmass-ashwzgizz‘dsiizz
tered stock with '
D. F. VALENTINE. Sup't., Temperance, Michigan.

papers. at farmers’ prices.

 

nything in Reg. Chester White Swine. 10 weeks
old pigs $10. licg. Holstein Herd Bull cheap.
RAY B. PARHA M. Bronson. Michigan.

“ESTER WHITES. August and September pigs, from
sires as Chickasaw Bud, Modeler. Bronson King. Aceriificnte
of registry with each pig. John Giniling. Bronson. Michigan.

 

HAMPSHIRE Swine—Breedingvstock of all age
from most popular strains. rite for breeding.

Inspection invited. Floyd Myers. R. 9. Decatur, 1nd

 

}IAMPSII IRE SWINE-Choice young stock for fall brooding,
both sexs. prices reasonable. West \‘ in-l l’arin. Pontiac,
Mich. E. P. HAMMOND. i wner. N. A. WISER. Manager.
0 I c —Brod sows and spring ivigs, large and growth y.

. - . Pairs and trios. notukin. Write your wants.
GLENWOOD STOCK FARM. Zeeland. Dlich.

‘ —Servioe boars. also gilts

0- In Co SWIne of Spring farmw, place

your order with me before they are sold. Get my

price on [Win rind trios of Aug. and Sept. furrow.
A. J. GORDEN, R. No. 2. Dorr, Michigan.

 

 

O I C ss—Spring pigs. Pains and tries. no.
0 o akin, from state fair winners.
AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Michigan.

 

LAPEER. MIC
Breeder of High Grade Holstein Cattle. Lists and
prices upon application.

erseys. Bulls ready for service. extra quality sired

o I c Boats ready for service. Also spring
I I I gilts. stock recorded in Goshen Ind.
H. W. MANN. Dansvllle. Michigan.

 

by Jacoba's Fairy Emanon. No. 107111, from high
producing d'lms. SMITH & PARKER. Howell. Mich.

Yorkshire Hogs.

0. L C'-—10 good boars. $18 to $25 each.

. One very
choice boar $30. Resistor-rd free.
0'. J. THOMPSON. Rockford, hiichigan.

 

- ' —Jersey , Cattle,
LIIIIS FIImSIead ()xforl Sheep. Write for what you
want. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.

 

—-Heii'ers from Register of Merit
For :3" IGISCYS Ancestry, Raleigh—King and Exiln
of St. Lambert breeding. Also cows with Register of
Merit records. Waterman h Waterman. Ann Arbor. Mich

NOW lN SERVICE—K“.02‘s'égi’0‘pil‘ii330ii‘grili‘.’

 

! —STRICTLY BICI TYPE. For 12 rs.
OI II c s I have been breeding for size ind

length with quality. Lengthy Prince one of the largest
boars the breed ever produced. heads our herd.assisted
by White Monarch and Frosts Choice. 2nd.prize undo:-
six Months boar at Mo. Inter State Fair 1914.
for sale at all

NEWMAN’S STOCK FARM R. No. l, Mariette, Mich.

Stool;

times. prions reasonable. Address.

 

GREGORY & BORDER. Howell. fillehizan.

MAPLE Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd—Tu-
berculin tested by U 8 Government. For sale.

’ —thhing for sale at present.
0- I. C S Satisfaction always guaranteed.
A. R. GRAHAM. FLINT. MICHIGAN.

 

Register oi‘ Merit cows, also bulls. hull calves and
heifer calves. having from 3 to 7 Begisterof Merit dams
in their pedigrees. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.

—For list of, stock for

JERSEYS sale and Jersey facts

write A. P. EDISON. Sec. M. J. C. 0.. 326 W. Bridge.
Grand Rapids. Mich. If breeder and a member
of M. J. C. 0. send list of stock for sale to the above.

akin. will have a. bred sow sale in Jan
of depot.

o I c —Spring boars all sold. We have some
I I I fine fall pigs ready to ship

JOHN BERNER a SON, Grand Ledge. Michigan.

0 I B’s—J have extra line lot of last spring boars
I I and a lot of this fall piss. either sex, not

‘ . mile west

OT'IO B. SOHULZE. Nashville. Mich.

 

The Wlldiwod Herd Registered Jerseys.

Herd headed by Majesty's Wonder No. 90717. a son of

Oct. pigs.

0 I C's—Two serviceable boars. Gilts bred for
I - Mar. and April furrow. Aug. Sept. and
G. P. ANDREWS, Dansville. Michigan.

 

Royal Mmesty and Derry's Jolly Togo 122984. son of

Togo’s Lad. Bulls and heifers offered forsale from

the above hreedlnc. from high producin dams.
ALVIN BALDEN. CAPAC. MICHI AN.

 

0. I. Cls—I have some good Sept. boars ready

arm 2 miles South-West of

‘ to shi . E
0nd. J. w. HOWELIB. B. No. 17. Ovid. Michigan.

 

 

 

31—31

‘THIS

I o. I 0 e. ‘g‘
sow WEIGHED 932 us.
A 23 mourns om

ileum GIRL

I have started more breeders on the road to suc-
cess than any man living. I have the l argest and flu-
est herd in the U. 8. Every one an early developer.
ready forthe market at six months old. I want to
place one hog in each community to advertise my

erd. Write for my plan.“How to Make Money from
Hogs." O. S. BENJAMIN. IJIQ. I 0 Portland. Mich.

01.6. and Chester White Swine

We won this year at Ill. State Fair. nine first
prizes. four second and five Champions including
both Grand Champions; at Wis. we won twelve first
prizes. five seconds and all Champions. We have over
700 pigs on hand of every age. All stock is shipped
on their own merits. C, 0. D.

ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM,
R. No. 2, Cass City, Michigan.
0 l‘ 'C’S—GOOd thrifty stock for sale atoll

limos. Choice sows bred for Spring
TED DIIAPER. Munlth. Michigan.

 

 

furrow.

0 I. 0. Choice gilts bred for spring furrow. Sept. pigs,
'SOX‘\'1(‘.OflblB boar weighing 360 lbs. price $30. The long
bodied. and big boned kind. Alvin 'V. Hutt, Grass Lake,l‘vlich.

 

o I c’ -We can ship you some extra good young sows.
I I s bred to registered hog. Registered in your name
free for $40 each. If you want qual ty try one of them.
Three of my sows raised 60 pigs this seasons. I can furnish
you pairs no kin. of Sept. pigs. I am the man from Indiana.
for 12 years I have shipped O. I. C. hogs iron East to West and
from North to South, J. R. WAY, R. 2. Pompeii, Michigan.

UUBCC JEBSEerpi‘rlln‘éi‘liiifillf'ufii‘ hillilée‘lifi
Turkeys. Bert Sweet. R. No. 1. Iludsonvillo. Mich.

 

uroc Jerseys: A few choice boars and bred gilts.
Also S. C. W. Loghorns and Buff Rock Cockorels.
J. McNICOLL. Sta. A. R. No. 4, Bay City, Michigan.

Duroc Jersey Boars

From Prize-Winning Stock.
Write. or better still. come.

Brookwaier Farm,Ann Arbor,Mich.,R.F.D.7.

—l:3 spring boars and
Duroc Jerseys 1.30.0. 0100 60fall
pigs from the principal strains: pnirsandtrios. S.
U. STAHLMAN, Cherry Lawn Farm. Shepherd. Mich.

 

UliOC JERSEYS—.4 ng. and Sept igs with plenty
of size and great (finality. Also gi ts bred to prize
Winning stock. F. J. rodt. Ii. No. 1. Monroe. Mich.

DURCC JERSEYS, Spring Pigs For Sale

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Diichix'an.

—Aug. pigs either sex. Also 3 Holstein
Duroc Iersoys 00.. .01.... and White Wyandotte
roosters at reasonable prices. E. H. Morris, Monroe, Micl.-_

DUROCS—A few good boars. weight 200 lbs. $25.
Can ship anywhere in Mich. About 30
gilts will be bred for April. best blood lines. Also
Holstein Calf. 11.6. Keesler. 1i..No.5. Uassopolis.Mich.

——B d "It f M d A ‘
Dunuc JERSEY {artfowfiliresd right nag-dlpriléd riglli-il
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DUHUC JERSEYS—Slifénfifléiif” instants?"
W. J. BAUMAN. Burr Oak. Michigan.
Pouin cums—5532:.partisan: 0&3:
L. W. BARNES & SUN. Byron. Michigan.
POLAND cums-2201133....
A. G. MEADE. Colby Ranch. Stanton. Michigan.
LiilCE TYPE 1’. chills?scenarios.£3:
bred gilts. “I. J. IIAGELSHAW. Augusta. Mich.

 

Big Type Poland China Boars and Gilts plenty of
size and great unlit). 1 know I can please you.
ROBERT MAii'l‘I . R. F. D. No. 7. Hastings. Mich.

' —()no extra good fall yearling
Larg. Sham P- c' and the best lot of spring hours
from large litters of the host. brooding; 9 sons form“ ing
to pigs. H. 0. SVVARTZ. Schoolcraft. Michigan.

 

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Large Slyled Poland Chlna illilé’ii‘im.$3533.13?

Rock coch'lri at. bargains. Robert Neve, Pierson. M It'll.
of the big type. March and April

Paland China: fan-ow. 'llie kind that plous'onur
customers. A. A. IVOOD & SON. Saline. Mich.

 

 

I)oland Chinns, either sex. all ages. Somethingzgnod
at n low prii'B. Bargains in boars ready for sci“-

vice. 1’. I). LUNG. R. I“. D. 8. Grand Rapids, Mix-Ii.

 

' Sows and Gilts bred for March 20.1
Paland CliIIla Aprilvl'urrow. Also fall pigs, satisfactimi
U. Vi. BOLTON. Kalamazoo. Mich.

1110 lr‘AllMljliiS' HUG.—*Butlel"fi Big Boned Prolific

Poland Chinas grow big. keep easy. mature early.
ready for market at 6 months. “'11)"! cranes we've
bred them that way for more than 20 years. 50 big
honed. long; bodied, snvw. also 100 fall pigs at farmers"
priros. Buy one ziuda mlm more money on your hr 5.
1’. (I. History Iv‘rec. J. i). BIVJ‘LPLK. Portland. Mic .

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Large Iype P: C- (iilis, sired by and luv" in
the great boar. Big Desmoinos No. 194417. weighi .0l>
lbs. at 31 months, and out of sows that. weigh up in
700 lbs. (iilts of March and April [arrow weigh iron
2.3") to 3‘33 lbs. Come and no. ‘ Expenses paid if not. as
reproseiiti d. \i. E. LIV lNGS'I‘ON, Parma, Mich.

 

EDIUM type P. O.'BOIII‘S. one dandy yearling. A
. fcw. big type sired by Big Smooth Jumluv.
priced right. B. J. LAN E. It. NO. 7. ("lnre. Michigzix‘.

 

7V ULISFOOTS. 45 houdof all ages. Spring boars.
l III‘Oil gilis, filllplgfi.‘{)1til‘d not akin. (‘an ship

anywhere in Mich. C. l‘ BACON. Iiidgeway, Micli.

I ' —We have some nice M. ’ .. b ,t!
Yorksmre swme sown. Write for dcsgiYiEIIErSn {ml
prices. OSTRANDER 131108.. Morley, Michigan.

50 YOKKSIIIRES‘6L‘s253“'nJISf $.33}. 929?“?

Books. I. R. Ducks, ,J. S. CARR, Homer, Mich.

YORKSHIRES

The large, long-bodied, prolific kind. Gilts bred for
September and October furrow. A choice lot of
spring boars and gilts. Prices reasonable.

W. C. COOK. R. 42 Ads. Michigan.

 

 

 

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