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Whole Number 3818





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 1915.





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The Outlook For Michigan Stock Feeders.





By ROSCOE WOOD.





seems to be characteristic of hu-

man nature to attempt to foresee

the future, to learn before We get

to it what is to occur just ahead of

us. If it were possible for mortal to

accurately divine this with reasonable

accuracy and surety the uncertainties

of. life would be largely eliminated

and with them much of the pleasures.

In the present instance if the cattle

feeder or the sheep feeder could know

now what the market for his product

will be for the next six months he

would know just how to proceed, and

even then many would fail to take

advantage and profit by their knowl-

edge. Prophesying as to markets is

only a guess, and favored of fortune

indeed, is he who accurately fore-

casts more than half the time even

approximately their course.



The only criterion that anyone has

is what has been and it can only be

understood when the more important

accompanying conditions are consid-

ered in their proper relation. New





of their factory, and many more

should who do not. It seems almost

snperfluous to recount the advantages

of such procedure but the failure of

so many to take advantage of its ben-

efits impells us to call attention to

some of those most evident. Climate

and soil admirably adapted to live

stock feeding, a large production of

forage crops from _which the largest

monetary returns can be most eco-

nomically secured in this way while

the process of their transformation

into meat carries with it the mainte-

nance and improvement of the fertil-

ity of the soil and thus prevents de-

preciation in the efficiency and pro-

ductive power of the factory, the larg—

est cash markets in the world at the

very doors of these feedlots, these

factors should but emphasize the im-

portance of the industry to every

Michigan farmer. Add to these a

large production of grain feeds and a





 





feeding is concentrated in small areas,

as lamb feeding in the Fort Collins

country of Colorado, it is far easier

to consider supply than when it is

scattered over much country, as is

cattle feeding throughout the corn

belt. Likewise demand must also be

considered, and in this respect not

only the actual consumers must be

noted, but also their conditions as to

wants and ability to supply those

needs. Most men, and women and

children, too, like beef, but 110w much

they eat and whether it is a steak or

a stew depends upon how much mon-

ey they are making wherewith they

can get the beef.

Supply and Demand.



There has been a loud and long-

continued cry about scarcity of beef

and the metropolitan press has howl.

ed about high prices, but because the

city man can not get a porterhouse

steak for the same price he could ten





feeders and tight money prevented

many from filling feedlots, while the

quarantine of the last two months

has deterred many more. Judging

from market receipts and ideas of

well informed men the prospective

beef supply is much less than hereto-

fore.



The demand is undoubtedly less in

some respects and larger in others.

Industrial conditions are far from sat-

isfactory, despite attempted press ac-

tivities to the contrary, so that many

people must curtail their allowance

of beefsteak. On the other hand. the

European war must undoubtedly

create some demand for canned meats

while our own people are likely to

turn more to the cheaper cuts. Popu-

lation in this country is increasing,

and though their ability to buy may

not increase proportionately, yet it is

hardly possible that demand can ma-

terially decrease.



The Logical Deduction.

The. meaning of all this to the man





 





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The Future Supply of Fat Beeves and Other Meat- Producing Animals Must Come from the Farms Instead of the Range.





conditions are constantly arising and

many of them develop suddenly and

without warning. For instance who

could have foreseen the outbreak of

the great European war or who can

foretell either its immediate or ulti-

mate effects upon the American live

stock producer? Who could have fo1e

seen three months ago the foot-and—

m‘outh epidemic 1n this country and

itsr baneful effects upon meat produc-

ers’? These are but glaring examples

of numerous untowaid conditions that

may arise at any instant and which

but emphasize the complexity and im-

possibility of foretelling the future.

TJ1erefore what we may say regarding

the outlook for the Michigan stock

feeder is but a consideration of con-

ditions as existing now and our un-

derstanding of their correlation and

proportiOnate importance.



-’ Michigan Favorably Situated.

‘Michigan’s feeding industry is of

large importance in her general agri-

cultural operations. Through its chan-

nel many farmers market the products





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proximity to several primary markets

for various fattening feeds and you

can easily see that but few sections

are so favored by nature in making

of them an unsurpassed feedlot as is

this great state.



Factors in Determining Values.



The two great factors in determin-

ing market values are supply and de-

mand. Everybody knows. that, but

few men seem to fully realize that

this is a large world and that there

are many pepole and many conditions

involved in composing the aggregate.

A neighborhood, a township, a county,

a state, a nation but represent the

successive increasing gradations each

of which influence the whole in pro-

portion to their size and relative im-

portance. For instance, the supply of

fat cattle from all Michigan for a year

is of relatively small importance to

the American beef markets; and yet

the supply of fat lambs from a few

counties at a certain season makes a

marked impression upon the largest

markets at those times. Where much





or fifteen yea1s ago, in spite of the

fact that every product in whose man-

ufacture he may be concerned, either

directly or indirectly, has doubled and

tripled and in many cases increased

in value in even greater proportion,

immediately this cry of scarcity, cf

high price, of trust, even of boycott.

True enough, beef has been diminish-

ing in supply, but it was because the

producer could not secure a profit

from making it. When he could sell

his corn at the elevator and get more

money than he could by feeding

steers, what could be expected? And

yet, go to the Omaha or Chicago mar-

ket on any Monday and you will

think there is plenty of beef. The

course of the markets during Decem-

ber did not indicate much scarcity.

And yet the total cattle receipts for

1914 at Chicago, which is the largest

live stock market in the world, are

the smallest in thirty years. Likewise

the number of cattle on feed is con-

sidered by men best postedvto be less

than in several years. High prices of





feeding cattle must be clear. A fairly

remunerative market is the probabil-

ity. That it may be erratic and have

low spots is not to be gainsaid. if

December markets are any criteriOn,

but most experts insist that scarcity

and high markets follow gluts and

slumps. The level-headed farmer feed-

er has no reason to get excited, but

rather to feed his cattle to the best of

his ability. When they are ready for

market, or nearly so, he can exercise

ordinary business judgment and sell

when he can secure a fair price.

Our Lamb Feeding Industry.



Michigan is the pioneer sheep and

lamb feeding state. It was her good

farmers who were the first to raise

fat lambs for market and they were'

also the first to see and develop the

possibilities of fattening range lambs‘

that were not fit for the block. Some

of these pioneer feeders'r-nmd‘e large

profits, but with the advent of ever-

increasing competition for feeders,

combined with a supply which did not



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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

Planning for the New Year.





' T is well, and indeed helpful, for

every farmer to study the season

with reference to his work. It



means the difference between driving

and being driven. Business men have

learned the necessity of buying stock

and planning their business with ref-

erence to the season. If farmers are

to familiarize themselves with their

work and put it on a systematic basis

right now is the time to make plans

for the season’s work. In the general

management of his farm every farmer

understands that he must plant in the

spring, cultivate in the summer and

harvest in the fall, but there are more

definite distinctions that should be

considered in his calculations. There

is always an economical time for do-

ing certain things on the farm and

there are times when the doing of cer-

tain kinds of work conflicts with other

work.



Get a memorandum book right away.

If the country store does not keep a

good, large one—~two or three pages

for each week in the year, send to the

city. “Nonsense, not practical,” you

say; “we are not prophets.” Quite

true, but the seasons are before you.

You have formulated a general idea

of the big things of the year. You

know the things that must be done as

well as the things you contemplate do-

ing. If your brood mares are to have

colts you know that your team work

ought to be planned so that you can

spare their services at that particular

time. You should know when the

calves, pigs and lambs are to arrive





‘ so that if you are called away sudden-

‘ 1y you can leave them in charge of





a competent man, or if you are at

home you can make plans for their

reception. ‘



If you are going to build or repair

your buildings you'can plan to haul

the material before the roads are soft;

and before the farm work demands

the services of the men and teams. As

a general thing the spring time, im.

mediately after sowing and planting,

is the ideal time to repair farm build-

ings. Many farmers who have delay-

ed this work until late in the fall,

will agree with this advice. At this

season the days are long and pleas-

ant, the mechanics are not crowded

with work and if one is handy with

tools himself he can plan the work so

that much of the inside work can be

done at times when the weather is un-

favorable for outside work. If the

building is to have a stone or con-

crete foundation, as is the case with

a house or dairy barn, there is no fear

about the cold weather damaging the

mortar. One of the most serious mis‘

takes the writer ever made in build-

ing was that of beginning to remodel

a. dairy barn late in October. The

weather turned cold unusually early

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with the cows in the barn and the

men pinched up with the cold. On ac-

count of being rushed by the cold

weather and the lack of time, a large





had to be done over again the next

year.



Years ago farmers never thought of

getting the manure on the land during

the winter, but we know now that

the winter is the time to get out the

manure which is made during that

season. As soon as the spring’s work

begins there are other things that de.

mand attention. A manure spreader

can be furnished with lugs so that

it can be drawn upon the snow and

have grip enough to enable them to

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chunks that cannot be broken up and

spread properly. ,



Plans should be made to grow young

stock during the winter when they

can have better care than during the

spring and summer months. Young

colts and calves that are properly fed

and cared for during the winter

months are ready to go out in the

pasture as soon as the grass becomes

somewhat hardened along in June.

When we come to the smaller kinds

of stock, such as lambs, pigs and

chickens, plans must be made to have

them come as early as consistent with

the seasons and our conveniences for

handling them when they arrive.





As you consult your plans for the

coming season’s work you will find

yourself continually making notes in

your “efiiciency”~book and what is

more to the point, studying it ahead.

A farm run on schedule time is a, joy,

and it can be done easily if you only

think so.





One of the most valuable features

of this “efficiency” book is that the

slack times as well as the busy times

are pointed out ahead. Many bits of

work that can be done a few weeks

ahead of time can be done during the

slack season. The work for the whole

year is done easier, with less anxiety,

less rush, less expense and more profit

if these odd jobs are done a few days

or even a few months behind time as

is so often the case when the farm is

managed on a short—sighted schedule.

Even the most industrious of men will

fall far short of their possible accom-





plishments unless the entire farm is .





managed on a systematic basis. This

system must be planned to furnish

steady and profitable work for the

men and equipment every week day

during the year. It is the man with

the faculty of keeping everything g0-

oing along smoothly and steadily that

gets his work completed on schedule

time. it is not spasmodic effort to do

two days’ work in one and drive the

men and teams beyond their strength,

but the big average that counts'most

at the end of" the year. The odd min-

utes, hours and days saVed now and

again tell mightily in summing up the

results on the year’s,work.



Another advantage of making plans

for the year’s business is the fact

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ure the cost of labor, seeds, fertiliz-

ers, machinery and various other

items and plan our year’s business ac-

cording to our finances. It is almost

as important to know what the next

year’s expenses are likely to be as it

is to know what the past year’s in-

come amounted to. By carefully go-

ing over our plans and estimating the

cost of things needed for the coming

season’s activities it is possible to

plan our business so that every dol-

lar invested will add to the permanent

value of the farm or help to increase

the efficiency of the organization.



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A FARMERS’ SPORTSMEN ASSO—

ClATlON.





I am quite proud of a local associa-

tion in IShiawassee county, viz., that

of the sportsmen. The name is, how-

ever, to the public View, a misnomer.

A sportsman is usually associated

with a. “gent” in a khaki hunting jack-

et accompanied by a bird dog or a

hound, and who, careless in closing

gates, tries his high-priced gun on al-

most every living object.



This is the very opposite of the

work and belief of the men who make

up the Shiawassee County Sports-

men’s Association, and it is against

these “killers” of wild life that this

body is urging a relentless warfare.

The real sportsmen who associate are

trying to restore and recreate in a

limited way, national conditions and

wild life. Nature was profligate of

wild life, as was man, in its destruc-

tion. Few boys in southern Michigan

have ever heard the drumming of the

partridge in the springtime and the

whippoorwill’s call is but a memory,

or a tale handed down. Then there

was that Beau Brummel of the field

the prairie chicken cock, who, with

his grotesque antics at love making

time was the real country cut-up, but

now so rarely seen.



It is in order to restore in part the

lost conditions that these sportsmen’s

associations are securing game pre-

serves or refuges where hunting is ab-

solutely prohibited, even to the owner

of the land. In these protected areas

of forest, field and swamp there is to

be everlasting protection and, like the

millenium, there is nothing to make

them afraid. The time of peace be-





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Attend some of these sportsmen’s

meetings and catch the spirit of the

new view.~ There is need for the

eradication of the spirit of the barbar-

ian and associating ourselves with

those who are conserving wild life.

The readers of the Michigan Farmer

who are annoyed by trespassers and

“killers” should join or form an asso-

ciation of sportsmen. You.will have

their aid and protection from the dis-

reputable class. In the meantime do

not unnecessarily deprive the real

sportsman of the pleasure of a rabbit

hunt and let him clean up on the al-

ways surplus of rabbits who do not

work on the police force.



Kansas farmers have added to their

food supply by farm fish ponds. Nat-

ural depressions excavated by team

and scraper are not at all rare and

when fed by springs or flowing water

are a valuable adjunct to the farm.

The state’s advices with the proper

fish for stocking is at the disposal of

all citizens of Michigan.



Shiawassee Co. J. N. MCBRIDE.

ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE



BOY CLUB CONTEST.





Michigan Farmer readers are some-

what familiar with. the boy and girl

club movement in Michigan and the

growing of staple crops by boys and

girls in competition for prize awards.



A new development of this same

principle conducted by private enter-

prise is noted in the bean contest

which was conducted in four town-

ships of Huron county this year un-

der the auspices of A. L. Chamberlain,

president of a local produce company

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Prize-Winning Contestants in Huron County Bean Contest.





tween wild life and humanity has ar-

rived and is proclaimed by notices on

these preserves. Land owners who

have advanced ideas are solicited to

secure these refuges where wild life

may live and propagate. To those

having these ideas of conservation

not only is the ideal being served, but

also the extremely practical and fi-

nancial to the farmer.



Among the birds and animals we

have the most efficient rural crop

police ever created or possible to cre-

ate. On the night police force is that

ill-odored animal, the skunk, who

cleans up his beat of mice, moles and

grubs. Grafters there are, but rarely,

who seek the chicken coop, but these

give the species a bad reputation and

we forget the good they do. Among

the birds the woodpecker family go

up and around each tree, looking for

insect enemies. The warblers and

vireos carefully examine the leaves

on both sides seeking for the ban-

ditti against vegetable life. The “Bob

Whites" call should remind us that

his services, if paid for, approximates

$2 per year in insects and weed seed

destroyed. Bob White sends us no

bills but we might join the Sports-

men’s Association and provide for his

care and a preserve where he may be

protected. Pennsylvania, by mistake,

called all hawks and owls grafting

police and waged a war of destruction

on these members of the-farmer’s pro-

tectorate, only to suffer enormous

losses from insect attacks.





Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Association

which last year conducted a propa-

ganda of the planting of disease-free

seed throughout the bean growing sec-

tions of Michigan.



This contest was conducted under

rules formulated by Mr. Chamberlain

and approved by Dr. Mumford and

Prof. Muncie, of M. A. C., and Presi-

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survey may be taken as any criterion.

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choices for the apples most in demand

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eraged the highest price on their mar-

ket, and the variety which the great-

est number would personally plant in

an orchard of their own. In order to

test their choice in this last matter,

the question was then asked, “Do you

think an orchard of Northern Spies is

a. good investment, despite the long

time required for this variety to come

into bearing?” Their answers only

served to emphasize the overwhelming

popularity of this variety, for 65 of the

market men, or 90.3 per cent, ansWer-

ed in the affirmative, but seven men,

or 9.7 per cent, claiming that it would

not be a good investment. One man

objected to it on the grounds that it

was a "‘shy bearer” and another on

the old charge that it was “too long

to wait.”



It may take from 10 to 15 years for

an orchard of this variety to come in-

to hearing, but viewed as a long time

investment from the business stand‘

point, there is no doubt of the divi-

dend paying ability of the Northern

Spy, even on the accrued overhead ex-

penses which have added up during

the years of non-production.





Spy Favorite Michigan Variety.



When in addition it is considered

that fillers may be planted of either

peaches or early bearing varieties of

apples, or that bush fruits or cultivat-

ed truck crops may be grown between

the trees, and thus the years-of non—

production be made to at least pay for

expenses, it is plain that this invest-

ment may be made even more profit-

able. There was a marked tendency

in the answers to advise against this





an orchard, and that some early hear

ing varieties should be interplanted,

as the following extracts show: “Yes,

plant Spies but mix them with other

varieties," (three answers). “Use

Duchess and Wealthies as fillers,” and

‘Mix with Steele Red and Jonathan.”





Spy Orchard a Good Investment-



There is no doubt but that the

‘Iorthern Spy should be grown more

Widely in Michigan, because, as one

man wrote, “so few states can grow

them at all.” One man who has had

much experience in renting Michigan

orchards, wrote of his experience as

follows: “Have leased the largest Spy

orchard in Michigan, which has prov-

en a better investment than any of

our other orchards there.” Two men

considered this variety worth “double

the Baldwin or Greening,” but several

men expressed their opinions that it

was exceeded by the Red Canada.



Of course, some growers who are

prejudiced against this variety will

claim that the market men are not ac-

quainted with the problems of the

grower and that consequently their

judgment is biased. Consequently I

shall devote the remainder of the arti-

cle to a. brief study of the points for

and against each of the ten varieties

chosen by the commission men as the

best to plant in Michigan, looked at

from all important commercial angles.



The Northern Spy in addition to the

points already mentioned, is superior

to either the Baldwin or Rhode Island

Greening in flavor, when well grown.

It is a most excellent winter apple, be-

ing suitable for either culinary or des-

sert use, as the flesh is very juicy,

crisp and tender. Its size, beauty and

fine flavor quality usually cause it to

command high prices. It must be

handled carefully because of its thin

skin, and juicy, tender flesh, or much

shrinkage in storage will follow. Its

season is from November to the end





 





of the cold storage period. The tree





planting of Northern Spies alone in-





is hardy and healthy but both the





fruit and foliage is susceptible to scab ‘





injury.



Red Canada Popular Near Detroit.



The Red Canada belongs in the

same group with the Baldwin and

Esopus Spitzenburg and is of supe-

rior quality, though where it is grown

on clay soils the quality is apt to suf-

fer. The limit for commercial storage

is January or February and in cold

storage April. One objection is lodged

against the tree in that it is not hardy

and grows but moderately. This vari-

ety will find staunch supporters in

the territory adjacent to the Detroit

market.



The Oldenburg is one of the most

valuable of the Russian apples thus

far introduced into this country and

possesses excellent culinary qualities.

It stands shipment pretty well and

sells for a satisfactory price for a va-

riety of its season, but is rather per<

ishable and apt to deteriorate rather

rapidly. It is in season during late

August and September but may be

used for culinary purposes before it is

fully ripe. One of the greatest points

in favor of the Oldenburg is its great

hardiness.



Another variety which is especially

valuable because of its ability to with-

stand severe winters is the Wealthy.

Furthermore, being a red apple, it

sells well and is good in quality for

either dessert or culinary uses. Its

season is from October to early win<

ter or midwinter, and in ordinary stor-

age its commercial limit is October,

but in cold storage it may be kept un-

til January or later.





A Good Early ‘Variety.



One of the best of the early apples

is the Yellow Transparent which is

excellent for culinary purposes and

acceptable for dessert. However, It

must be handled with extra care as it

bruises readily, due to its delicate col—

or and tender skin. Several pickings

of the crop are required as it begins

to ripen in July and continues through

a period of three to four weeks. The

tree is a moderately vigorous grower,

hardy, healthy and comes into bearing

very young.



The Baldwin is a bright red winter

apple above medium in size, of very

good quality, and which stands hand-

ling well because of its firm texture

and thick skin. For an export apple

and for the cold storage trade it is one

of the leading varieties. The tree is

a strong grower, long lived and vig-

orous, somewhat slow in reaching

bearing maturity, but when mature

bears very abundantly. It is well adap‘

ted for general market, dessert and

culinary uses. The season is from No-

vember to March or April in common

storage, to May or later in cold stor«

age.



Greening Good for Culinary Purposes.



The apple which is with the Spit<

zenburg in the front rank of the cook-

ing apples is the Rhode Island Green.

ing. This variety is a good apple to

plant with the Baldwin, inasmuch as

it ripens a little earlier in the season

and can be picked and marketed be.

fore it is necessary to begin with the

harvesting of the Baldwin. The tree

is long lived, hardy, strong and vigor-

ous and usually pretty healthy, al-

though the foliage and fruit are often

injured by scab and the limbs are

somewhat susceptible to canker. In

ordinary storage it is in season from

October to March or April and its

common commercial limit'is January

or early February. It may be held

commercially in cold storage until

March or April.’



The Tompkins King is a beautiful

red apple with enough yellow mixed

in to give a contrasting effect, and is

symmetrical, uniformly large, and ex-

cellent in quality either for dessert or

culinary uses. It is well adapted for

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good demand for both general and

special trade, especially in the late au-

tumn and early winter. It is in' season

from late September to early January,

although with cold storage the fruit

may be held until February and later.

On account of the short life of the

tree, lack of vigor a d tendency to be

a. shy bearer, it i not extensively

grown in commercia orchards. Other

points against it are its susceptibility

to sun scald, canker and collar root,

and its tendency to winter kill. For

these reasons this variety should be

top worked on some hardier stock,

such as the Tolman Sweet, Northern

Spy or Rhode Island Greening.



Other Good Varieties.



The Maiden Blush is a beautiful ap-

ple of pale yellow color with a crim-

son cheek, and though not superior in

flavor is values especially for culinary

and market purposes. The season is

from September to December. It is a

good variety for commercial orchards

because the tree is a fine grower,

hardy, pretty long-lived, bears rather

young and is a reliable cropper.





The Russets are especially valuable

because of their long-keeping qualities,

but since the use of cold storage has

lengthened the season of red apples,

they have not proven so profitable. It

is an excellent storage variety, and is

particularly in demand for shipment

to northwestern and southern markets

and for export. The tree is hardy.

The season is from December to April

or later.



Having now reviewed these apples

from all angles we find that the

choices of the market men have met

all requirements from both market

and orchard standards, with the pos-

sible exceptions of the Tompkins King

and Russets. Therefore, with these

eliminated, the final lineup of the best

varieties to be planted in Michigan

stands as follows. Northern Spy, Bald-

win, Rhode Island Greening, Olden-

burg, Red Canada, Wealthy, Maiden

Blush, and Yellow Transparent.



J. W. FISHER, JR.





 





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This variety is known for its early

productiveness and lack of vigorous

growth; the tree rarely attains any

great size. For these reasons it is

considered one of the best winter va-

rieties to be used for filler purposes

in the orchard. While it is a variety

which belongs to the Spy type of ap-

ple it is the antithesis of that variety

in respect to growth, longevity, and

early productiveness. and needs just

the opposite in the selection of. soil

conditions and treatment in pruning.



0n light soils this variety often

makes stunted growth and overbears.

Therefore it should be put on the

heavier apple soils to encourage the

production of wood growth instead of

forming fruit spurs. Also, the pruning

should consist more of cutting out the

spurs which] contain the fruit spurs

than the larger limbs.





Well grown this variety is very

good for both dessert and culinary

purposes. Its color and general ap-

pearance also make it appeal to the

eye, .which is an important factor in

marketing fruit. — Probably because it

is so freely set on account of its early

prOductiveness, it brings a price about

that of the Baldwin and sometimes a.

shade lower. The fact that it often

bears fruit small in size undoubtedly

has something to do with the price

received on the market. In storage it

does not keep as well as many other

varieties; February being about the

limit in cold storage. It is very likely

to scald and after scalding it goes

down fast.



This variety does well in all parts

of the lower peninsula and best on the

heavier apple soils. It is somewhat

susceptible to the black rot canker

and on account of that and its poor

growth it would be an advantage to

grow it top-worked on more vigorous

stock.





 





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THE MICHIGAN FAR-"MER:





THE OUTLOOK FOR MICHIGAN

STOCK FEEDERS.





(Continued from first page).

increase, feeder prices were elevated

and profits correspondingly diminish-

ed. For the farmers in other states

quickly came to realize the possibil-

ities of lamb feeding and raised the

bid for a chance in the game. Many

quit, especially large. operators and

speculators.



Lamb tenders, for the, fattening of

mature sheep is practically inconse-

quential, are of two classes, the men

who feed and fatten the lambs they

raise, and those who buy their feed-

ers. mostly western range. lambs. The

most men probably qualify in the

first class, the most lambs in the lat-

ter. The conditions affecting the mar-

kct prospects of both are very simi-

lar and a careful notice of some of

them may prove interesting and pos-

sibly profitable: Most important is,

unquestionably, the total number on

feed. This, we feel safe in saying, is

materially less than for many years.

Northern Colorado is feeding its full

quota. and likewise is western Ne-

braska. Southern Colorado is short,

probably 25 per cent. lown. which

has been one of the largest lamb fat-

tencrs is way short of last. year. 25 to

40 per cent, judged by feeder ship-

ments from market points, and there

was practically no direct movement

from ranges to these fecdlots. Feed-

lots cast of Chicago are not up to

former years. From all obtainable





information Michigan as a whole is

way short.

The lambs were simply not to be





obtained. Forced liquidation of range

bands, due to cncroaehmenis of set-

tlers and dry farmersaud timidiiy of

bankers, have greatly reduced the to-

tal number of sheep now running on

the range. Few men seem to as yet

realize the amount of this reduction.

The 1914 lamb crop was of generally

good percentage, but the ewe end was

nearly all held to replace the old

ewes. The fat lamb sections, as Ida-

ho, had few feeders in their market-

ings. These all combined to largely

reduce the available supply of feed-

ers. Figures of shipments from mar.

ket centers substantiate this. Add to

this the status of the native lamb

supply. Many good farmers lost their

senses and sacrificed their flocks in

the last two years so the native sup~

plies are far less. The firmness of

the price levels, and at times even

their loftiness when business generals

ly was slow and money tight but add

evidence of short supply. Had it not

been for the impossibility of many

feeders to secure money this last fall

it is hard to tell to what heights feed-

er prices would have soared.



To be sure, there are many lambs

being fattened but there is a place

for every one, and at a good price. In

fact, it Would not be at all surprising

if new price records were established

for prime lambs before the season

closes. The demand for mutton has

been gradually increasing for several





' years, and in spite of this we are con-





fronted with the anomaly of a de~

creasing supply. An important factor

of the demand is that it has develop-

ed among people who can afford to

buy and pay good prices, while indus-

trial depression hardly affects this de-

mand so perceptibly as it does that

of beef and pork.



While many ridicule the idea, yet it

is a fact that wool prices have a pot-

ent influence on fat lamb values. An

active market for wool at a fair price

always induces the packer to buy

lambs.

profit to him. Present indications are

that wool values, especially for those

grades which prevail on fat lambs

will be fairly good and the demand

strong. This is a factor which helps

the feeder.



The general conditions of supply

and demand are thus seen to be.unus-

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JAN. 16, 1915.





the market every day is patent. Nelthr

or will they make good fat animals

out of poor, lily-fed ones. Judgment

is required in marketing. and the

most profitable lots are not always

those which get the highest price.

Time of marketing should be deter-

mined more by the condition of the

animals than by the desire and the

guessing ability of the feeder to hit

the high spot. Most important is good

care and plenty of feed. It takes

grain to make fat meat and that is

the kind that. brings the money.



In these times when men in many

lines of business are affected by great-

er or less depression, it seems to us

as if the outlook for the farmer iced-

er is extremely bright in comparison.

The day of cheap meat in this country

has passed. Free range has gone.

Cheap feed is no more. With their

passing went the big speculator. The

production of good meat is an estab-

lished business. Its factory is the

farm and the ranch. It requires caps

ital. brains, and labor. The more of

those involved, and especially the two

latter. the greater the profits. It is

up to the live progressive farmer to

get into this game and get his share.

There is no section in this great coun—

try that supplies greater natural ad-

vantages which operate for the bene-

fit of the. producer of meat, whether

it be beef, pork. or mutton, than does

the. good old state of Michigan. The

man who makes a settled policy of

feeding every year the capacity of his

factory. and markets his product in

accordance with his individual condi-

tions and ordinary business judgment

has as substantial profitable business

as the average man can reasonably"

desire.



The eleventh of 52 special articles

to be published in consecutive issues.

This article was just written by Mr.

Wood after a personal investigation

of live, stock conditions in the west,

and the corn belt, including Michigan,

and on account of its peculiarly timely

nature was substituted for the special

article on “Canning Factory Crops for

the General Farmer,” announced for





this issue. That article will appear

in an early number.——Eds.





LIVE STOCK NEWS. ‘





 





The Chicago sheep and lamb mar-

ket has been greatly injured by the

quarantine system, as it has been im-

possible for shippers to buy there, and

the local packers naturally took ad-

vantage of the situation, having no

competition. In short there have been

two Chicago markets, consisting of

the quarantined and the unquarantim

ed. In the quarantined division it has

been impossible to get stock yarded

early in the day, and sometimes it has

been eight or nine o’clock at night be

fore car lots Were weighed. This

means a great shrinkage, and in every

way owuers have suffered. Unfortu-

nately, a. large proportion of the re-

ceipts have been on the feeder order,

and owners should know better than

to send in such stock, particularly at

a time when no feeders can be sent

from Chicago. One of the leading

sheep sellers in the Chicago stock

yards said the other day that about

40 per cent of the lambs offered have

been of the feeder type and should be

kept at home and finished.



A great many hogs arriving on the

Chicago market have been placed in

the quarantined division of the stock

yards, and such consignments are sold

at a serious disadvantage to owners,

espec1ally if the swine offered happen

to be. of rather ordinary quality.

There IS frequently a difference of 20

cents per 100 lbs. or more in the

prices paid between hogs in quaran-

tine and those placed in the unquaran-

tincd division, and these abnormal

conditions are expected to last until

the quarantine restrictions are wholly

removed. Progress in stamping out

the foot-and-mouth disease is being

made right along, but the work is nec«

essarily rather slow.



H. L. Barnes, the well-known banks

or and stockman of McLean county,

Illinois, says no cattle are going on

feed in that region, and few are being

fed by farmers thereabouts, although

there is a great abundance of rough

feed. Similar statements are made by

other stockmen of the middle west.



J. S. Minch, a large land owner and

stockman of White county, Indiana,

arrived in the Chicago stock yards on

a recent day, bringing in 16 cars of fat

cattle, hogs and sheep, one of the

largest individual stock shipments ev-

er made from Indiana. .
JAN. 16, 1915.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Organization Benefits Holstein Breeders.





N his annual address before the



Central Michigan Holstein Breed-



ers’ Association, President John

Hull spoke as follows regarding the

work of the association:



Our rosters have been well scatter-

ed over the country and have, been re-

ceived with universal favor. We are.

beginning to see the results of such

advertising and have every right to

expect continued results along this

line. Our association by its location,

having the capitol and the college as

its center, has a large advantage. over

the other associations of the state and

it seems to me that by continued ef-

fort we can soon not only be the

largest but the most helpful to our in-

dividual members of any of the sister

organizations.



Increase in Registered Stock.



A few years ago the matter of con-

signment sale. was taken up by this

association but. it was found that our

holdings were too small to make such

a move advisable. However, the great.

increase in membership and in our

individual holdings brought about a

change. At least four times the num-

ber of registered animals are now

owned in the territory represented by

our association as were. six years ago,

and I believe that the time is now at

hand when this association should

take steps toward holding such a sale.

Perhaps not as an indiivdual money

maker, for at least for a time these

sales would be of no benefit to us,

but as an advertising medium it will

fully compensate us for such loss as

might be sustained. Having the col-

lege centrally situated, with all its

natural advantages for carrying on a

sale, we should no langer delay im-

proving the opportunity. I would,

therefore recommend that this matter

be taken up at this meeting, arrange-

ments made, suitable committees ap-

pointed, so that we can hold the first

of our annual consignent sales as

early as the coming fall.



Picnic Meetings Valuable.



A year ago, at our annual meeting,

when I invited the association and its

friends to meet with us at Silver

Creek Farm, I little thought of the

benefit that would be derived not only

to ourselves but to our community,

from such a meeting. Some of the

criticisms as to our plans on the farm

were well received and will cause ims

provements that will be a source of

pleasure to us in the future. Although

the day was cold and disagreeable a

goodly number of our neighbors met

with our membership and, in my judg-

ment, in no other way could the ben-

efits and pleasures of breeding god





animals, especially Holsteins, be

brought so emphatically before these

people.





,An equally well attended picnic was

held at the home of Creyts Brothers

in September. Too much cannot well

be said of the value. to any cause of

those interested in the cause meeting

together and profiting by the inter-

change of thought and experience.



I am satisfied that one of the great-

est benefits to be derived from our

picnics comes from incentive and in-

spiration gained by personal contact,

which inspiration sends us back to

our individual business or calling de-

termined to make a greater effort to

succeed.



Michigan Foremost in Holstein Cows.



At our national meeting at Chicago,

in June, it was demonstrated to the

eastern breeders that we in the cen-

tral and western states have as much

enthusiasm and interest as the older

breeders in the east. We have by

our talks and advertising told the

world that Michigan is the heart of

the Holstein business, and now it be-

hooves us to make these assertions

good. I am proud to say that since

that time we have succeeded in se-

curing in Michigan one more of the,

world’s record cows, and I still be-





lieve, as I said a year ago, that Mich-

igan holds in reserve the first fifty-

pound cow. The advantages we have

of having the president of our Na-

tional Association in our state should

not be overlooked by a single breeder

of our state.



The Holstein Not 3 Beef Animal.



Not long ago those who are mem-

bers of the National Association re-

ceived a circular from Secretary

lloughton which extolled the virtues

of the Holstein as a beef producer,

said circular claiming that our breed

would produce not only more gain in

pounds of dressed carcass, but a larg-

er per cent of the high-priced cuts of

meat than the so-called beef breeds.

It cited experiments to prove the

above assertion. In my judgment such

advertising is a step in the wrong di-

motion. The. Holstein cow is purely

a dairy animal. I do not want it un-

derstood that I do not favor a good

individual, but that individual should

be a good dairy type. if we are to

instruct the public we should show

the specimens of the breed good, not

only as individuals but as producers,

with a preference towards the latter.

Am sorry to say that many of the ani-

mals that are. being shown, and not

only shown but winning prizes, are

not good producing animals. I speak

of this in order that I may if possible

so impress upon the minds of the

members of this association the. fact;

that the primary object in our breed-

ing operations is to breed an animal

that is pre-eminently an animal bred

for the production of large quantities

of the best of dairy products, and let

us advertise and show how such an

animal to the public and not an ani-

mal that will please the eye, regard-

less of producing ability.





 





PROPER AMOUNT OF SALT FOR

COWS.





 





Is it harmful to milch cows to give

too freely of salt? Will it dry up the

milk flew? How much and how often

should salt be given? 'W. H. R.



A cow should have about two ounces

of salt daily per 1,000 pounds of live

weight. A little more will not hurt

them, but two ounces is sufficient. We

give our cows salt twice each day and

sprinkle it on the silage about one

ounce morning and night. I am sure

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constructed that you can keep salt be-

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way, but usually this cannot be done,

so the best way is to give them salt

regularly at least once a day.





 





IS COTTONSEED MEAL NEEDED?





 





Am I feeding my cows profitably

with the feed I have? I am feeding

cornstalks once a day and mixed hay,

clover and timothy, mostly clover,

twice a day. For grain I am feeding

equal parts, in bulk, of corn and cob

meal and ground oats twice a day at

the rate of 31/2 lbs. to every 10 lbs. of

milk a cow gives. I also feed 4 qts.

of potatoes once a day to each cow.

Would cottonseed meal be of any val-

ue? I have no silo. A. L. D.



This is a case where cottonseed

meal or some other food high in pro-

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seed meal would not cost you any

more than the present ration, and I

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at the great 1914

National Dairy Show





Dairy Co., of Chicago, which uses

both lie Laval .‘kzparators and Milk

tilariliers, the prize winning butter

lazing,r made from cream gathered

mainly from in rm users of l": Larval

lland Separations-score, Hill.





BITT'l‘lClt made from cream sepa-

rated by lic Laval Separators

made the usual clean sweep of all

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Dairy Show held in Chicago in

October iiiH, as it has always done

at. every convention of the National

Buttermakcrs Association ora Dairy

Show since the. beginning of these

important. annual contests in lHiiZ.



The Swee istakcs and Gold Medal

awards in t 19 various classes Were

as follows:





Whole Milk Creamery Butter

The highest. award in the Whole

Milk Creamery Butter Class was

made to Thomas Hadlcr, of ()clwcin,

Iowa. upon butter made with a [)6

Laval Power or Factory Separator

——score, 1mg.





Gathered Cream Creamery Butter





The highest award in the import—

ant- Cathercd Cream Creamery

Butter ( .‘lass was made to the L'nitcd





Farm Dairy Butter

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DETROIT, JAN. 16, 1915.





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





 





 





The Legislature con-

vened in regular ses-

sion on Wednesday of

last week and at once

proceeded to the routine work of or-

ganization. It is, of course, too early

to even predict the probable trend of

legislation which will be enacted by

this body. If, however, the suggestion

made by Governor Ferris in his mes.

sage, that better and fewer laws be

enacted is adopted, one of the first

things which will be done will be the

establishment of a joint committee or

the making of some other provision

whereby bills before the Legislature

may be more carefully scanned for

constitutional imperfections.



There has always been a consider-

able percentage of the laws passed

which would not bear the scrutiny of

the Supreme Court and which were

declared unconstitutional by that body.

This number has apparently increas-

ed in recent years and the suggestion

of the adoption of some means to ob-

viate this difficulty is one which will

commend itself to every thoughtful

citizen.



One important recommendation

made by the Governor in his message

was the granting to the Governor of

power to appoint all state officers be-

low Lieutcnant-Governor. This is in

line with the short ballot propaganda

which has found many friends among

all parties throughout the country, but

is a change so radical in character

that there is much doubt as to Its fav-

orable reception in Michigan, either

within or without the Legislature.



Another important recommendation

in the Governor’s message was one

advocating the establishment of a De-

partment of Markets or a Market

Commission. He called attention es-

pecially to the New York Department

of Foods and Markets established

early...in 1914, as worthy of the care-

ful study of the Legislature and point-

ed out the need of undertaking such

an activity by the state.



Several recommendations were

made with regard to changes in the

tax laws, the most important of which

was perhaps a recommendation for

the repeal of the present mortgage tax

law and substituting therefor a law

providing for an annual fixed payment

of taxes upon credits, whether secur-

ed or unsecured. Another recommen-

dation was made for a law which

would establish a maximum rate of

taxation for state, county, municipal

and school purposes beyond which

limit taxing ofl‘lcers could not go with-

out special authorization in each case.





State Laws in

the Making.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





.. The Governor would also change

the personnel of the state board of

equalization by making it consist of

the tax commissioners, the attorney

general and the governor of the state.

He also advocated a law providing for

the assessment of interurban railroad,

light and power companies and other

corporations whose property extends

through more than one assessing dis-

trict by the state board of assessors,

and the equitable apportionment of

such assessment among assessing dis-

tricts through which the properties

run.



Various recommendations were

made for changes in election laws.

Recommendations which have a direct

effect upon business as now conducted

favor the creation of a public utilities

commission, the joining with other

states in the enactment of a uniform

“blue sky” law to be prepared by a

committee of attorney generals of the

various states, establishment of an ar-

bitration board to settle industrial dis-

putes, the placing of private banks un-

der state supervision, etc. Among the

public questions touched upon in the

Governor’s message was the establish-

ment of a reformatory for women.



The work of the Legislature will be



carefully followed in these columns as

the session develops to the point

where actual business is being accom-

plished.

The Detroit Auto-

mobile Show, which

opens January 16th

and continues until

the twenty-third, is an event of inter-

est to the farmers of the state as well

as people living in the metropolis.

Here all lines of automobiles, com-

mercial as well as pleasure vehicles

and accessories and equipment for

same, are exhibited in one building,

permitting visitors to gain a wider

knowledge of the season’s construc-

tion than could be acquired in a much

longer time outside‘of this show. The

show this year is to be held in a new

building erected by a local lumber

company on West Jefferson avenue

between Junction and Campbell ave-

nues. This is a littlefarther from the

downtown section of Detroit than was

the location of last year’s show, and

the available floor .space is much

greater than has yet been available

for any show. It is expected that the

show will exceed in interest any other

which has been' held, for the reason

that while it had ,been thought that

automobile development had previous-

ly reached a high plane, and that fu-

ture construction would be along es«

tablished lines, yet there have been

more and greater developments during

the past year which will be presented

in the automobiles shown at this

event than ever before since the his-

tory of the industry. Every automo-

bile owner or prospective owner who

can do so should attend this show in

order to keep up with the develop-

ment of the modern automobile, both

as a pleasure and a utility vehicle.





The Automobile

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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European War. Reports do not

indicate any large movement of troops

the past week. Heavy snows have

made it difficult to handle forces in

the east and only minor engagements

have characterizedvthe fighting be-

tween the German-Austrian forces and

the’ Russians. The latter have made

slight advances south of the Mlawa

River. They appear also to be suc-

cessful in forcing the Austrians from

southern Galicia. Their operations,

however, in Hungary, which they

have reached through the Carpathian

passes would appear to be of only

minor importance. The Russians have

completely defeated the Turkish

troops operating in the Causasus

Mountains. The latest information is,

however, that the Turks are endeavor-

ing to re-organize the routed troops.





 





Some of the forts defending the Dar- 28





danelles are said to have been captur-

ed by the Allied fleets. The indica-

tions are that Roumania has already

declared war against Austria and her

allies and it is presumed that Italy

has done likewise. A report early

this week stated that a fleet had al-

ready been dispatched by the naval





degartment to, participate in active

fig ting. _In the west‘ the French have

made some progress 'in Alsace-Lor-

raine, while the general line to the

west has changed little except at

Lille, France, which is now claimed

to be in the hands of Allied troops. If

this report is confirmed it shows that

a' considerable advance has been made

at this point by the English and

French soldiers. A raid was made on

Dunkirk and along the English chan-

nel by German aeroplanes Sunday.



Troops under General Villa defeated

the constitutionalist forces at Saltillo,

Mexico, last week. Arrangements are

about completed for the establishment

of a neutral zone between Mexico and

the United States to avoid complica-

tions arising between the two coun-

tiries through fighting along the bor-



er. -



Great Britain has answered the pro-

test of the United States government

on delays to American cargoes

through their being held up for ex-

amination by British warships. In

general the note was friendly yet

frank. It asks for proofs of damage

being done to American commerce

with neutral nations. The note ex-

plains that England will hold up ves-

sels only when necessary for her na-

tional safety.



National. ,



It is alleged that a bread trust ex-

ists in St. Louis, Mo., and a suit has

been started by the state to oust the

concern from doing business in that

state.



Marshall P. Wilder, the noted Am-

erican humorist and author, died in

St. Paul, Minn., Sunday at the age of

fifty-five. .



A report by the United States dis-

trict engineer shows that Duluth,

Minn., ranks second to New York city





in the amount of ship tonnage of'





freight handled.



Many factories have opened up

since the first of the year. In Detroit

the large stove works have either

started manufacturing again or are

about to do so. Among the several

steel plants that have begun opera-

tions or increased their capacity is

the Bethlehem Works of Pennsylvania

where 11,000 men are now on the pay

roll. Orders of this last concern for

foreign delivery aggregate in value

$135,000,000.



There is hope of a settlement of

the coal miners’ strike at Fort Smith,

Ark, through the purchase of the

mining properties by the labor unions.

The work-men’s organizations have

made a bid for the property and it is

expected that all matters between the

present company and the miners will

be settled providing the offer is ac-

cepted.





MICHIGAN FARM ERS’ INSTI.

TUTES.





In addition to the list previously

published, the following Institutes

will be held during the last two weeks

of January:



County Institutes.--Charlevoix Co.,

East Jordan, Jan. 26-27.



Tuscola Co., Caro, Jan. 29-30.



One-Day Institutes.—~St. Joseph Co.,

Constantine, Jan. 14; Parkville, Jan.

15-16; Mendon, Jan. 18; Centerville,

Jan. 19; Leonidas, Jan. 20; Burr Oak,

Jan. 21.



Livingston Co., Gregory, Jan. 16;

Hamburg, Jan. 18; Brighton, Jan. 20;

Oak Grove, Jan. 21; Fowlerville, Jan.

22; Pinckney, Jan. 23‘. ‘



Jackson Co., Hanover, Jan. 18; Lib-

erty, Jan. 19; Napoleon, Jan. 20; Nor-

vell, Jan. 21; Michigan Center, Jan.

22; Jackson, Jan. 23.



Van Buren Co., Almena, Jan. 18;

Lawrence, Jan. 19; Hartford, Jan. 20;

Keeler, Jan. 21; Covert, Jan. 22; La-

cota, Jan. 23; Bangor, Jan. 25: Bloom-

ingdale, Jan. 26: Kendalls, Jan. 27;

Paw Paw, Jan. 28.



Emmet Co., Bear Creek, Jan. 20;

Epsilon, Jan. 21; Alanson, Jan. 22;

Brutus, Jan. 23; Island View,»Jan. 25;

Stutsmanville, Jan. .



Tuscola Co., Unionville, Jan. 20;

Akron, Jan. 21; Reese, Jan. 22; Vas-

sar, Jan. 23; Millington, Jan. 25; Fos-

toria, Jan. 26; Mayville, Jan. 27; Cass

City, Jan. 28.



Macomb Co., Warren, Jan. 22; Uti-

ca, Jan. 23; Fraser, Jan. 25; Meade,

Jan. 26.



Bay Co., County Line Grange, Jan.

23; Pinconning, Jan. 25.



Allegan Co., Trowbridge, Jan. 25;

Chicora, Jan. Leisure, Jan. 27;

Glenn, Jan. 28; Ganges, Jan. 29; Doug

las, Jan. 30. »



Genesee Co., Davison, Jan. 25; Gd.-

Blanc, Jan. 26: Swartz Creek, Jan. 27;

Linden, Jan. 28;. Gaines. Jan. 29-30. _



Arenac Co., Moores Junction, Jan.

26; Sterling, Jan. 27;, Pine River, Jan.

28.





Clinton Co., Duplain, Jan. 26;

Greenbush Twp, Jan. 27 ; Fow1er, Jan.





Ogemaw Co., Prescott, Jan. 29-30;

Rose City, Feb. 12 .

Lenawee Co., Blissfield, Jan. 30;

Madison, Feb; 1; Morenci, Feb. 2; Og-

den, Feb, 3; Tecumseh, Feb. 4; Ma-

con, Feb. »5; Hollowa , Feb. 6.

Farmers" Week,

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66—10





L Mr. Bigger Solves the Domestic Problem.





ARTHA, I’m clean beat out run-



ning over the country to find



somebody to help you,” said

Mr. Bigger, mopping his heated brow.

“Emmy Pearson said she wouldn’t

turn her hand over for nobody till her

berries Were out of the way, and

Grandma Brown is visiting her son,

and Aunt Mandy Phelps is on the sick

list—~well, there isn’t an able-bodied

female in this whole county—that is,

one that goes out to help. I’ll tell

:you what I’ll do. I’ll let you have Bob

till this extra work is over. Bob don’t

alike the hot sun any too well and he’ll

1be glad to lend you a hand. Sonny,

you just buckle to and help your Ma

through this extra ditching and I’ll

get you that bicycle you’ve been want-

ing.”



“Sonny” was a lank, lazy lad—the

baby of the big family—and he did

not take kindly to work of any sort.

Perhaps it is wrong to say he was

lazy, for he was growing so rapidly,

like most boys of fourteen, that he

had no energy left for anything like

work. Mr. and Mrs. Bigger were kind

and considerate parents, never over-

working any of their children, but in

busy times they did insist that Bob

should lend a hand somewhere else

than at the table. Bob had an enor‘

mous appetite and was always ready

for three big meals with lunches be—

tween, but he was apt to grumble

when riding the cultivator, or hoeing

the garden was proposed.



“That is an idea!” said Mrs. Bigger.





“Bob is right handy about the kitchen.





and we’ll get along first rate. Run

along, Sonny, and pick a basket of

string beans for dinner. And bring

some potatoes while. you’re there!”



It was rather pleasant digging po-

tatoes under the shade of the big

Rome Beauty and picking beans with

the currant bushes to shelter him

from the sun’s rays, but when Bob

was set to work peeling potatoes he

entered a vigorous protest.



“Ma, why dont you bake the pota-

toes or boil them in their jackets?

I’m most dead peeling and there ain’t

half enough. Yes, I’m peeling as thin

as I can. I can’t scratch the skin off.

It won’t come for me. Honest, Ma,

the men like the baked ones better. I

heard Joe Smith say so myself. Gee!

It would save me a lot of work if

you’d only do that.”



Mrs. Bigger looked at the drooping

figure and ran a hand through the

crock in which reposed a dozen “mar-

bles” which testified to the fact that

Bob was not scraping the new pota-

toes. “Well, I guess we’ll have to

cook them in the skins,” was her ver-

dict, “or you’ll have to dig the whole

patch to get enough.”



“Hurrah! And now for these ap-

ples. Say, Ma! Why don’t you have

one of your dandy big rice puddings?

I love pudding. These apples are so

mean and little that I’ll never get





through. I’ll beat up the custard, hon-

est I will. I’m tired of apple pie

anyway.”





“Bob Bigger! Your Pa says you’re

lazy and I believe it!” said Mrs. Big-

ger severely. “The men will go off

and say I don’t feed them enough if

you keep on.”



“No, they won’t,” said Bob. “I tell

you if I was a woman I’d hunt up

things that ain’t so fussy for big

meals. Do you think I’d stand over a

hot stove and fry ham. No, siree!

I’d plump it into a kettle and boil it.

The men folks like it better that way.

It don’t take half the time and it

tastes lots better.”



“Well, I’ll boil it if that suits you

better,” said the vexed lady. “Now,

Bob, I want you to set right to work

on those beans. I don’t want to hear

another complaint. I’m going to bake

cookies and I want you to answer the

telephone when I get my hands in the



'f dough. Now right to work.”





“Gingerbread is lots nicer!” re-





 





THE MICHIGAN FA‘RME‘R'





marked Bob, not a bit abashed by the

command. “I’m tired of cookies.”



“And easier to make,” said the lady

of the house to herself. “Ifsuppose

it’s foolish to humor a boy but if he

likes it better I’ll do it. The time will

soon come when Bob will be out in

the world with nobody to humor him,

so it won’t make much difference now

if I change from cookies to ginger-

bread. They say college meals are so

poor and others hardly get enough to

eat, so I don’t know how Bob will fare.

Seems to me I never saw such an ap-

petite as Bob has.”



Silence reigned for about five min-

utes and Mrs. Bigger felt hopeful, but

presently her son had another sugges-

tion. “Ma! Why don’t we pull the

oil stove out here on the screened

porch and set the table out here. The





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ditchers carry in a lot of mud every

time they come in to meals and out

here I could easily scrub it off.”



“I’ve thought of that, Sonny, but

there's never anybody to help me

make the change. Do you think we

could do it right now?”



“Of course! I’ll put out the fire

and we’ll have the stove out in a

jiffy. I tell you the men don’t like to

go into a stuffy house when they're

warm and tired.” .



Mr. Bigger and the hired men were

delighted with the change, and they

all praised the dinner to the skies.

“How is Bob getting along?” asked

Mr. Bigger when the meal was over.

“Is he more bother than he is worth

to you?” .



“Well, I’ve had help that could do

me more good,” said the lady of the





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Too Whoo Loses A Meal.





FTER all, I’m rather sorry for

A Slinker the Weasel,” said Tink-



er Teedle Tee, the merry little

elf. “To be sure he was a blood-

thirsty villain, and if old Too Whoo

the Owl hadn’t swooped down and

carried him off he would have made a

meal of Mr. Rabbit. But just the

same, I can’t help feeling sorry for

Slinker for, bad as he was, old Too

Whoo is even a greater villain, and is

more feared by the Little People of

the White Forest.”





“1 should think Slinker could have

dodged when he saw Too Whoo com-

ing,” said Billy Be By Bo Bum.



“That shows you don’t know old

Too Whoo,” Tinker replied. “He

should be called the Winged Death,

for he is quicker than Hookbeak the

Hawk, and flits through the woods as

noiselessly as a shadow.”



“Don’t his wings rustle as he flies?”

asked Billy. .



“Nary a rustle,” replied Tinker.

“His feathers are covered with afluffy

down that' deadens the noise. Then

his eyes are so large and sensitive he

can see better in the dark than most

animals can in the daytime. In fact,

the sunlight blinds him, so he does

his hunting at night, going to bed at

the break of dawn and sleeping until

dusk in some hollow tree.”



For several minutes Billy and Tink-

er trudged along in silence, their shad—

ows dancing along in front of them

on the snow like goblins.

off in the woods a bluejay was scold-

ing a red squirrel, who chattered back

in the most saucy manner imaginable.



“What under the sun is the mat-

ter?” asked Billy, as the racket grew

louder than ever.



“Oh, you must not mind them,”

Tinker replied. “That’s only Busy-

body the Bluejay and Frisky the Red

Squirrel, quarreling again. Busybody

is always squabbling with someone,

but he does not mean any harm. He

is the most inquisitive fellow alive,

and is forever poking into other peo-

ple’s business and meddling in things

that don’t concern him, but for all

that he is one of the best friends the

Little People have. As he is always

on the lookout to see everything that’s

going on, he is the first to catch sight

of Slinker, or any other enemy, and

neverfails to give the alarm.”



Tinker had hardly finished speaking

when Busybody gave a shrill cry, en-

tirely different from his noisy scold-

ing. At the first note, Frisky the Red

Squirrel stopped chattering, and Billy

could hear him scampering off through

the tree tops...





Somewhere “





“Thaii; the danger signal,” shouted

Tinker ' eedle Tee. “The cry of warn-

ing all the Little People know and

heed. Come on Billy Boy, let’s go and

see what enemy is stirring.”



Of course Tinker, with his chubby

little legs, cou1d not run nearly as

fast as Billy, but be spread his wings

and darted on ahead, leaving Billy far

behind. A minute later he came skim«





’ming back through the air, and circ-





ling around Billy’s head, urged him to

run faster. And all the while Busy-

body the Bluejay kept screaming at

the top of his lungs, warning every-

one in the White Forest that an en-

emy of the Little People was afoot.

“Look, Billy, look,” shouted Tinker,





as they reached the top of the hill,,





and looking in the direction Tinker

pointed, saw Slinker the Weasel

bounding over the snow, making

straight for a big pile of rocks at the

base of a tree. The next minute he

dived into the rock pile and was gone.



“Why, I thought you said Old Too

Whoo the Owl carried Slinker off in

his claws,” said Billy, puffing and

blowing from running so fast.



“So I did,” replied Tinker. “This



certainly is a puzzler, and there’s Only

one way to find out about it, and

that is to follow Slinker’s tracks back

to where he started from. Old Too

W’hoo had him in his claws, all right,

for see, as Slinker ran he left blood

stains on the snow.”

So they started on the back trail,

following the bright red spots up hill

and down dale for more than a mile.

Then the tracks suddenly stopped.



“Now, how do you account for

that?” asked Billy. “An animal can’t

travel through the snow without leav-

ing footmarks, and yet Slinker’s trail

stops right here. A weasel has not

any wings, so he couldn’t drop out of

the sky.”



“Yet that’s just exactly what he

did,” replied Tinker, who had been

studying the ground. “He fell from

the air just as sure as my name is

Tinker Teedle Tee.”



“But a weasel can’t fly,” protested

Billy, who was not thoroughly puzzled.



“No, but Too Whoo can,” Tinker

replied, “and T00 Whoo was carrying

Slinker in his claws to make a meal

of him when he reached his nest.

Slinker must have managed to twist

himself around and sink his teeth

into Too Whoo’s leg. The owl was so

surprised he loosened his grip and let

Slinker drop out of his claws. Slinker

sure is a lucky weasel, and the next

time he goes hunting, I’ll bet hekeeps

his weather eye open for Too Whoo.”





JAN. 16, 1915.





-—-By W. c.

KOHLER.





house evasively. “Bob always wants

to do things diflerent.’



“Well, as long as he don’t get lazy

you keep him. I wish you could run.

to town this afternoon and bring us a

piece for the mowing machine. I

can’t go nor spare a man.”



“Send Bob.”



“He doesn’t want to go. He says

he worked hard all morning and he

doesn’t want to put on a collar and

tie. You’ll be back in plenty of time

for supper.”



With many misgivings Mrs. Bigger

departed and Bob lounged in the ham-

mock until she rounded the corner.

Then all his laziness vanished and a.

very lively lad sallied forth in the di-

rection of the old corn crib that stood

near the house.



“0, Bob! Have you started the sup-

per?” was Mrs.- Bigger’s greeting as

she drove into the yard at five-thirty '

that evening. “An automobile ran in-

to me and damaged the buggy so I

couldn’t get home any sooner. I was

so worried! You know I pride myself

on having my meals always on the

dot.” .



“Supper's ready and the men are

eating it,” said Bob proudly. “Come

on and I’ll put Nellie away after sup-

per.”



Mrs. Bigger felt disgraced forever

when she saw that’supp‘er but she

knew the men understood the situa—.

tion. Bob had a big platter of boiled

ham, a dish of beet pickles, a dish of

potatoes cut in two and fried in hot

fat, the gingerbread, boiled rice and

milk to drink. Usually Mrs. Bigger

served twice as much as that for sup-

per with various spreads for the warm

breads she delighted to set before her

hired helpers.



“Bob, this is the best supper we

ever had,” said one of the men. “It

isn’t so heating and it hits the spot. I

tell you, cool things after a hot day’s

work are awful good.”



“Well, if that’s the case I don’t

think I’ll bother to make hot biscuit

in this kind of weather,” said the mis.

tress of the house, who overheard

what the man said. “If they want

milk to drink and cold meat they can

have it.”



“Ma, I’m in a peck of trouble,” said

Bob when the dishes were washed

and Wiped—-—a proceeding that took

about half the usual time that night.

“I wanted to have a little surprise for

you, but I guess I’ll have to let it

out.” -



He escorted his mother to the old

corn crip which he had scrubbed and

cleaned in her absence and there

showed her a row of old beds res-

cued from the attic. “I can’t find any-

thing to put on the old springs,” he

said. “I’ve tacked mosquito bar over

the windows and it will be a dandy

place to sleep if I can get the beds

made up.”



“0, Sonny, the men would be insult-

ed if you asked them to sleep out

here,” said Mrs. Bigger. “It’s a good

idea and would save me lots of work

but it would never do in the world to

ask them to leave the house. I'm

sorry you spent so much time on this

old—”



“We’d be glad to sleep out here,

Ma’am,” interposed one of the ditch-

ers. “We’ve been used to a tent and

the house seems awful hot after that.

This place would be nice and cool,

with everything open.”



Very reluctantly Mrs. Bigger allow-

ed Bob to carry out his scheme and

the next day she was able to put the

extra rooms in order and close them

for the summer. The men were loud

in their praises of their new sleeping

quarters and even Bob begged to

sleep there during the hot weather.



A week later Mr. Bigger woke his

Wife from a nap and said regretfully,

“Martha, I hate to ask you, but could

you spare Bob for the rest of' the af-



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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





By WM. B. HATCH, Michigan Member of the





WENT with the section visiting



the Poe River Valley because I



was interested in dairying and this

was reported as one of the best dairy-

ing sections. I was not disappointed.

The snapshot which I took of a part

of the co-operative dairy at Soresina,

near Cremona, is here shown. This

is said to be one of the best organized

dairies in the world. Its main pro-

duct is Roman cheese which it sells

extensively in this country. Butter is

a by-product produced from the fat

taken out of the whey and then milk

sugar is made by the bagfull here as

another by-product. Pigs are also

kept with which to consume what

seems to be otherwise useless. Effi-

ciency is spelled here in a total waste

of but two per cent. There are 150

employes in this co-operative dairy.

There are 160 members controlling

4,000 cows. The shares are $10 each.

The land owner members have pledg-

ed themselves to supply this dairy

with their milk for thirty years, and

the tenant members are pledged to

supply this dairy with their milk dur-

ing their leasehold. The_ milk is pro-

duced naturally on a soiling system as

the land is worth $500 an acre and

much of it more. The dairy breed is

Brown Swiss of high grade quality,

produced by grading up with imported

pure-bred sires purchased and owned

by a co-operative breeding association.

The annual production per cow is

about 7,500 pounds, which is not a

very high percentage. Cows are worth

from $140 to $160 per head. The man-

agers of this enterprising creamery

were eager to get from members of

the American Commission the names

and addresses of prominent dealers

in cheese anywhere in this country.

And I have since my return received

a courteous invitation from the pres-

ident of this creamery to furnish sim-

ilar information because he said he

was about to make a business trip to

this country. I cite this simply to il-

lustrate the fact that American agri-

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culture is already in competition with

Italian agriculture in the American

farmer’s own home market, to say

nothing of his foreign market. I ask-

ed a prominent state official here for

the names and locations of the co-op-

erative creameries of Michigan. He

replied, “We have a few in name but

I doubt if there is a single real co-op-

erative creamery in Michigan.” This

Italian creamery is organized on a.

real co-operative basis, that is, one

‘man, one vote, regardless of how





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Commission.





near Gargano in the foot-hills of the

Alps in northern Italy. It manufac-

tures a fine quality of Taurel and

olive oil for export. It was organized

on a purely co-operative basis in 1839

and has been in continuously success-

ful operation as such ever since.



I came away from Italy feeling that

the thrift and economy and enterprise

of the Italian farmer is only equaled

by his whole souied friendship for the

American, and I came away with the

conviction that the Italian farmer is





 





 





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tion of

many or how few shares this man

may hold in the creamery. Capital is





simply paid the prevailing rate of in-

terest. The profit, less a certain re-

serve fund, is divided amongst the

patrons in proportion to their contri-

butions of raw material. So that it is

impossible in this kind of an organiza-

tion for a city man with no cows but

many shares of stock to take a. ma-

jority of the profits made out of the

raw material supplied by the farmers.

This creamery at the end of eight

years’ business has a reserve fund ex-

ceeding its original capital or cost.

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CHAPTER XVII.



Miss Barrington recalled the formal

court~martial that had once been held

in the hall of the Grange, when every

man in the settlement had been sum-

moned to attend, for there were of—

fenses in regard to which her brother

was inflexible. \Vhen it was over and

the disgraced man went forth an out-

cast, a full account of the proceedings

had been forwarded to those at home

who had hoped for much from him.



“No,” she said. “For the sake of

the woman who sent him here We

must stop short of that.”



Then Maud Barrington looked at

them both. “There is one person you

do not seem to consider at all, and

that is the man who lies here in peril

through Ferris’s fault,” she said. “Is

there nothing due to him?”



Dane noticed the sternness in her

eyes, and glanced as if for support

towards Miss Barrington. “I fancy he

would be the last to claim it if he

knew what we do. Still, in the mean-

while, I leave the affair to your aunt

and you. We would like to have your

views before doing anything further.”



He rose as he spoke, and when he

had gone out, Maud Barrington sat

down at a writing-table. “Aunt,” she

said quietly, “I will ask Ferris to come

here‘at once.” .



It Was next day when Ferris came,

evidently ill at ease, though he greet-

ed .Miss Barrington with elaborate





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courtesy, and would have done the

same with her niece but the girl turn-

ed from him with visible disdain.





“Sit down,” she said coldly. “Colo-

nel Barrington is away, but his sister

will take his place, and after him I

have the largest stake in the welfare

of Silverdale. Now, a story has come

to our cars which, if it had not been

substantiated would have appeared in-

credible. Shall Miss Barrington tell

it to you?”



Ferris, who was a very young man,

flushed, but the color faded and left

his cheeks a trifle gray. He was not

a very preposscssing lad, for it re-

quires a better physique than he was

endowed with to bear the stamp of

viciousness that is usually most no-

ticeable on the feeble, but he was dis.

tinguished by a trace of arrogance

that not infrequently served him as

well as resolution.



“If it would not inconvenience Miss

Barrington, it would help me to un-

derstand a good deal I can find no

meaning for now,” he said.



The elder lady’s face grew sterner,

and veryr quietly but remorselessly she

set forth his offense, until no one who

heard the tale could have doubted the

origin of’the fire.



“I should have been better pleased

had you, if only when you saw we

know everything, appeared willing to

confess your fault and make amends,"

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better organized than the American:

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a competitor but that he is going to

be more largely so later on. And, I,

believe, my convictions are supportedl

in the fact that the American Italian!

is acquiring large areas of Americanl

lands and successfully operating them:

where American farmers have failed;

If American agriculture is to success-?

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Ferris laughed as ironically as he

dared under the eyes which had lostg

their gentleness. “Y u will pardon me;

for telling you that I have no inten-i

tion of admitting it now. That youi

should be so readily prejudiced"

against me is nOt gratifying, but, you!

see, nobody could take any steps with-l

out positive proof of the story, andi

my word is at least as credible as

that of the interloper who told it to

you.”



Maud Barrington raised her head

suddenly, and looked at him with a

curious light in her eyes, but the eld.

er lady made a little gesture of depre-

cation.



“Mr. Courthorne has told us noth-

ing,” she said. “.‘iill, three gentle-

men whose worth is known at Silver-

dale are willing to certify every point

of it. If we lay the, affair before Colo-

nel Barrington, you will have an op-

portunity of standing face to face with

them.”



The lad’s assurance, which, so far

and no further did duty for courage,

deserted him. He was evidently not

prepared to be made the subject of

another court-martial, and the hand he

laid on the table in front of him trem-

bled a little.



“Madam,” he said hoarsely, “if I

admit everything what will you do?”



“Nothing,” said Maud Barrington,

coldly. “On condition that within a

month you leave Silverdale.”



Ferris stared at her. “You can’t

mean that. You see, I’m fond of farm<

ing, and nobody would give me what

the place cost me. I couldn’t live

among the outside settler fellows.”



The girl smiled coldly. “I mean ex-

actly what you heard, and, if you do

not enlighten them, the settlerslwould

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Ferris stood up. “I am going to

make a last appeal. Silverdale’s the

only, place fit for a gentleman to live

in Canada, and I want to stay here.

You don’t know what it would cost me

to go away, and I’d do anything for

reparation—send a big check to a

Winnipeg hospital and starve myself

to make up for it, if that would con-

tent you. Only, don’t send me away.”



His tone grew almost abject as he

proceeded, and While Miss Barring-

ton’s eyes softened, her niece’s heart

grew harder because of it, as she re-

membered that he had brought a.

strong man down.



“No,” she said dryiy. “That would

punish your mother and sisters, from

whom you would cajole the money.

You can decide between leaving Sil-

verdale, and having the story, and the

proof of it, put into the hands of Col-

onel Barrington.”



She sat near an open window re-

garding him with quiet scorn, and the

light that shone upon her struck a

sparkle from her hair and set the

rounded cheek and neck gleaming like

ivory. The severity of her pose be-

came her, and the lad’s callow desire

that had driven him to his ruin stirred

him to impotent rage in his despera-

tion. There were gray patches in his

cheeks, and his voice was strained

and hoarse.



“You have no mercy on me because

I struck at him,” he said. “The one

thing I shall always be sorry for is

that I failed, and I would go away

with pleasure if the horse had tramp-

led the life out of him. Well, there

was a time when you could have made

what you wished of me, and now, at

least, I shall not see the blacklcg you

have showered your favors on drag

you down to the mire he came from.”



Maud Barrington’s face had grown

very colorless, but she said nothing,

and her aunt rose and raised the ham-

mer of a gong. '



“Ferris,” she said, “do you wish to

be led out by the hired men?”



The lad laughed, and the hideous

merriment set the white-haired lady’s

nerves on edge. “Oh, I am going now,

but, for once, let us be honest. It was

for her I did it, and if it had been any

other man I had injured, she would

have forgiven me.”



Then with an ironical farewell he

swung out of the room, and the two

women exchanged glances when the

door closed noisily behind him. Miss

Barrington was flushed with anger,

but her niece’s face was paler than

usual.



“Are there men like him?” she said.



Miss Barrington shook off her anger

and rising laid a gentle hand on her

niece’s shoulder. “Very few, I hope,”

she said. “Still, it would be better if

we sent word to Dane. You would not

care for that tale to spread?”



For a moment the girl’s cheeks flam-

ed, then she rose quietly and crossed

the room.



“No,” she said, and her aunt stood

still, apparently lost in contemplation,

after the door swung softly to. Then

she sat down at the writing table.

There was very little in the note, but

an hour after Dane received it that

night, a wagon drew up outside Fer-

ris’s farm. Two men went quietly in

and found the owner of the homestead

sitting with a sheaf of papers scatter-

ed about the table in front of him.





“Come back tomorrow. I can’t be

worried now,’ he said. “Well, why the

devil don’t you go?”



Dane laid a hand on his shoulder.

“We are waiting for you. You are

coming with us!”



Ferris turned, and stared at them.

“Where to ?”



“To the railroad,” Dane said dryly.

“After that you can go just where it

pleases you. Now, there’s no use,

whatever, making a fuss, and every

care will be taken of your property

until you can arrange to dispose of it.





 





Hadn’t you better get ready?”





JAN. 16, 1915.





The grim quietness of the voice was





sufficient, and Ferris, who saw that

force would be used if it was neces-

sary, decided that it was scarcely like-

ly his hired men would support him.



“I might have expected it!” he said.

“Of course, it was imprudent to speak

the truth to our leader’s niece. You

know what I have done?”



“I know what you did the night

Courthorne nearly lost his life,’ said

Dane. “One would have fancied that

would have contented you.”



“Well,” said Ferris, “if you would

like to hear of a more serious offense

I’ll oblige you.” .



Dane’s fingers closed on his arm.

“If you attempt to tell me, I’ll break

your head for you.”



Next moment Ferris was lifted from

his chair, and in less than ten minutes

Dane thrust him into the wagon,

where another man, who passed a

hand through his arm, sat beside him.

It was a very long drive to the rail-

road, but few words were exchanged

during it, and when they reached the

settlement one of Ferris’s companions





mounted guard outside the hotel he‘





found accommodation in, until the

Montreal express crawled up above

the rim of the prairie. Then both

went with him to the station, and as

the long cars rolled in Dane turned

quietly to the lad.



’ “Now, I am quite aware that we are

incurring some responsibility, so you

need not waste your breath,” he said.

“There are, however, lawyers in Win-

nipeg, if you fancy it is advisable to

make use of them, and you know

where l and Macdonald are, if you

want us. In the meanwhile, your farm

will be run better than ever it was in

younr hands, until you dispose of it.

That is all I have to tell you, except

that if any undesirable version of the

affair gets about, Courthorne or I will

assuredly find you.”



Then there was a scream of the

whistle, and the train rolled away

with Ferris standing, white with fury,

on the platform of the car.



In the meanwhile Maud Barrington

spent a sleepless night. Ferris’s taunt

had'reached its mark, and she realized

with confusion that it was the truth

he spoke. The fact that brought the

blood to her cheeks would no longer

be hidden, and she knew it was a

longing to punish the lad who had

struck down the man she loved that

had led to her insistence on the for-

mer leaving Silverdale. It was a diffi-

cult admission, but she made it that

night. The outcast who had stepped

out of the obscurity, and into her

peaceful life, had shown himself a

man that any woman might be proud

to mate with, and though he had said

very little, and now and then his

words were bitter, she knew that he

loved her. Whatever he had done, and

she felt against all teachings of her

reason that it had not been evil, he





had shown himself the equal of the-





best at Silverdale, and she laughed as

she wondered which of the men there

she could set in the balance against

him. Then she shivered a little, re-

membering that there was a barrier

whose extent he alone realized, be

tween them, and wondered vaguely

what the future would bring.





It was a week or two before Wins-

ton was on his feet again, and Maud

Barrington was one of the first to

greet him when he walked feebly into

the hall. She had, however, decided





on the line of conduct that would be.





most fitting, and there was no hint of

more than neighborly kindliness in

her tone. They had spoken about var-

ious trifles when Winston turned to

her.



“You and Miss Barrington have tak-

en such good care of me that if I con-

sulted my inclinations I would linger

in convalescence a long while,” he

said. “Still, I must make an effort to

get away tomorrow.”



“We cannot take the responsibility

of letting you go under a week yet,”

said Maud Barrington. “Have you
JAN. 16, 1915.





anything especially important to do?”



”Yes,” said Winston, and the girl

understood the grimness of his face.

“I have."



“It concerns the fire?”



Winston looked at her curiously. “I

would sooner you did not ask me that

question, Miss Barrington.”



“I scarcely fancy it is necessary,"

said the girl, with a little smile. “Still,

I hav.) something to tell you, and a

favor to ask. Ferris has left Silver

dale, and you must never make any

attempt to discover what caused the

fire.”



“You know?"



“Yes,” said Maud Barrington.

‘fDane, MaCDonald and Hassal know,

too, but you will not ask them, and if

you did they would not tell you.”



“I can refuse you nothing,” said

Winston with a laugh, though his

voice betrayed him. “Still, I want a

quid pro quo. Wait until Ferris’s

farm is in the list and then take it

with the growing crop.”



“I could not. There are reasons,”

said the girl.



“Winston gazed at her steadily, and

a little color crept to his forehead. but

he answered unconcernedly, “They

can be over-ridden. It may be the

last favor I shall ever ask of you.”



“No,” said Maud Barrington. “Any-

thing else you wish, but not that. You

must believe, without wondering why,

that it is out of the question!”



Winston yielded with a curious

smile. “Well,” he said. “we will let it

drop. I ask no questions. You have

accepted so much already without un-

derstanding it."





CHAPTER XVIII.

With the Stream.



It was Winston’s last afternoon at

the Grange, and almost unpleasantly

hot, while the man whose vigor had

not as yet returned to him was con-

tent to lounge in the big window-seat

listle'ssly watching his companion. He

had borne the strain of effort long,

and the time of his convalescence

amid the tranquility of Silverdale

Grange had with the gracious kindli-

ness of Miss Barrington and her niece

been a revelation to him. There were

moments when it brought him bitter-

ness and self-reproach, but these were

usually brief, and he made the most

of what he knew might never be his

again, telling himself that it would at

least be something to look back upon.



Maud Barrington sat close by,

glancing through the letters a mount-

ed man had brought in, and the fact

that his presence put no restraint on

her curiously pleased the man. At

last, however, she opened a paper and

passed it across to him.



“You have been very patient, but

no doubt you will find something that

will atone for my silence there,” she

said.



Winston turned over the journal.

and then smiled at her. “Is there

anything of moment in your letters?”



“No,” she said, with a little laugh.

“I scarcely think there is—a garden

party, a big reception, the visit of a

high pflicial, and a description of the

latest hat. Still, you know, that is

supposed to be enough for us.”



“Then I wonder whether you will

find this more interesting: “The bears

made a determined rally yesterday,

and wheat moved back again. There

was later in the day a rush to sell,

and prices now stand at almost two

cents below their lowest leve .”’



“Yes,” said Maud Barrington, notic-

ing the sudden intentness of his pallid

face. “I do. It is serious news for

you?”



“And for you! You see where I

have led you. 111 or well, I must start

for Winnipeg tomorrow.”



Maud Barrington smiled curiously.

“You and I and a handful of others

stand alone, but I told you I would not

blame you whether we won or lost.

Do you know that I am grateful for

the glimpses of the realities of life

that you have given me?”



(Continued next week).





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none of these sensations can be prop-

erly labeled happiness. For happiness

consists not in possessions, nor comes

through the realization of ambitions.

It is not synonomous with pleasure or

excitement. In short, it has but one

other name, and that name is service.



George Eliot is, to me, the most sat-

isfactory of English novelists. She is

the one who can most skilfully an-

alyze human nature in all its moods

and tenses, the one who can go- most

truthfully to the bottom of the human

soul. She has written many great

things, but the greatest words she ev-

er penned were those she put in R0-



. mola’s‘ mouth,



“Sometimes we can tell happiness

from pain only by knowing that it is

the thing we would have chosen above

all else.”



Ever since the serpent started

things in the Garden of Eden, men and

women have gone about seeking hap-

piness. That so few have found it is

because they have gone about it in

the very hardest way. The great ma-

jority have had not the slightest idea

of what it was or where it might be

found. They, both men and women,

have sought it through conquest,

through fame, through wealth, through

idleness, through pleasure, through

ambition, through hard work, through

selfishness. And they have missed it.

They may have found some substitute

in the satisfaction of realized ambi-

tions, but in time they have realized

that their substitute was not worth

much. It might do for public exhibi-

tion, but for private use after the “tu-

mult and the shouting died,” it was

rather useless. The gold was really

tinsel on close inspection.



A few only in every age find the

real thing. And they are never the

ones we suspect of having it. In fact,

we always look upon their lives as

mean and empty. They are never the

world’s successes. Usually they are

the ones upon whose backs the tinsel

heroes have climbed to success. We

would never call them happy. Per-

haps they do not call themselves so.

As a matter of fact, if we could look

into their hearts we would probably

see they had never given happiness a

thought, at least by that name. They

have known it only as service, and

know it as their closest companion.





Always service has been at their e1-

bow when they would have gone out

on their quest for self. When they

sought education, a mother, sister or

aunt needed their help. When they

would have spent hard-wrung savings

for books or music, there was coal to

buy or a doctor’s bill to pay. When

they wanted money for investments





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broke his leg or mother had pneumon-

ia or the house needed shingling and

the money went back home. There

was always someone dependent, some-

one who needed help, just at hand to

keep one from starting out to seek

happiness.



But, like all the good things in life,

happiness .comes unsought. Comes





so quietly and unobtrusively that we

do not know it's there, until we look

about on the restless and discontent

of those who are seeking it, and fin~

ally come to know that this quiet

which fills us is the wonderful thing

the rest are seeking with such clamor.



Happiness, service, they are synon-

yms. He who would possess the first

has only to make friends with the

second.



DEBORAH.





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Happy Babies—No. 9.





By DEBORAH.





 





HE diet of the nursing mother is

of prime importance if she is to

have a healthy, happy baby. No



mother who is not well nourished or

who habitually eats foods which she

can not digest can expect to have a

healthy child. Good nourishing food

is a prime requisite, but what that

food shall be must be decided by the

digestive powers of the mother. While

a strong, vigorous woman who does

not know the meaning of indigestion

can eat freely of a large variety of

foods, the nervous, anaemic woman

who is a poor digester‘must eat care-

fully. It is a case of each woman be-

ing a law unto herself. .



Speaking generally, the mother

should have plenty of good milk, eggs,

meat, bread, butter, cereals, and the

easily digested vegetables. Cabbage,

onions, pickles and relishes must be

dispensed with, entirely in most cas‘

es, though occasionally one finds a

woman who can partake of these

things sparingly. Everything must be

eaten moderately, as an excess of any

one food may upset the baby’s stom-

ach. One mother carefully refrained

from sour foods, and then ate a great

deal of maple syrup. The excess of

sweet upset the baby for two days.

Temperance in eating and drinking

must be the rule.



Stimulants of all sorts must be

avoided. Strong tea and coffee and

alcohol in any form are not good.

though weak tea and coffee may be

taken in moderation. Nursing mothers

are often advised to drink beer and

malt as these make milk. While it is

true that they increase the quantity

of milk, it is of an inferior quality.

Mothers who are inclined to be bil—

ious are often made worse by malt,

and the infant cries with colic and

stomach disturbances as a result.



Instead of beer and malt the mother

should drink gruels made with milk.

Corn meal gruel or oatmeal gruel are

easily prepared and palatable. If

theSe can not be digested, any of the

cereals used as breakfast food can be

used as a foundation for gruel, and

from the number any normal woman

can find one which she can easily di-

gest. A bowl of gruel in mid-morning

and mid-afternoon and at retiring will

help increase the flow of milk and

keep up the mother’s strength.



If the mother’s milk is low in fat

she should eat freely of beef, mutton,

eggs and milk as these foods increase

the proportion of fat in the milk. If

there is too much fat, she should de-

crease the quantity of these foods and

eat more vegetables and grains.



Aboveall things the nursing moth-

er should never be worried, frighten-

ed or overworked.‘ The nervous con-

dition affects 'the'quantity and quality

of the milk more than the food she

eats. Worry, anxiety or nervous ap-





prehension of any sort so changes the

quality of the milk as to make it im-

possible for the child to thrive upon

it. _It can not be too strongly im<

pressed upon the entire family that

the mother is to be freed from every

care during this period of the baby’s

life. Nothing the father or mother

can give the child is so important as

good health, and there is no better

way to insure it than by feeding him

naturally the first few months of his

life. The mother’s duty is to refrain

from useless worry, anger or other





‘passion, and the father must see that





neither he nor anyone else gives her

real cause for grief or care.



To the inexperienced this statement,

that the mind affects the milk more

than any bodily disturbance, may

sound like foolishness. Every nurs-

ing mother who has allowed herself

to be completely upset temperament-

ally knows by her own experience

that her supply of milk was injured

more in this way than by any mistake

in diet. Not only is the quantity of

milk affected, but the composition is

changed. If the nervous upheaval is

only temporary the child may get off

with an attack of colic. If the tem-

per, or worry, is long continued the

milk is so affected that the child be-

gins to run down and a. change has

to be made. In cases of extreme agi-

tation the milk often acts as a poison.



Knowing these things careful moth~

ers will practice self-control, and in-

telligent fathers will realize that they

have a place to fill this early in their

child’s life.





RUG-MAKING AS A PAYING ART.





 





BY JANET THOMAS VAN OSDEL.



It is not many years since the wom-

an living on a farm aimed to have an

ingrain carpet in the parlor at least,

and if she was unusually ambitious,

in the sitting-room, as well. The rag

rugs were then relegated to the bed-

rooms and the kitchen. Today the

rag rug is no longer a rather despised

floor covering, it has come into its

own. A‘n excursion through the rug

department store reveals counter af-

ter counter given up wholly to the dis-

play of rag rugs. Slightly different it

is true, from the rugs of, say ten years

ago, but rag rugs, nevertheless, such

as any woman who has ever made a

rug can produce. Even though a nov-





ice in the art, with just a little prac-





tice she can do quite as effective

work as is shown in the beautiful

floor coverings that are in such de-

mand just now.



These rugs are produced wholly

from rags and warp. They are the

same braided, crocheted, woven and

tufted rugs as were made generations

ago. The difference between these





,rugs and those of long ago lies chiefly





in the colorings and the combination

of colorings. One reason for this dif-

ference is that the grandmothers and

the great-grandmothers had not the'

facilities for coloring that today’s wo-

man has. These older women made

their own colorings while today any

shade of dye can be purchased, and

so perfected are these dyes that their

use is a simple matter as compared

with the dyeing process of long ago.

In a display of hundreds of'these

rugs, one that attracted the attention

of all observers was of woven rags in

a solid soft gray body with a six-inch

border of deep rose color about two

inches from the edge. It was a thing

of beauty, a work of art and would

cause any ingrain carpet placed be-

side it to look tawdry. The rags were

cut a bit narrower than most women

out their carpet rags and this gave a

finer appearance to the rug. It was,

nevertheless, just an old-fashioned rag

rug, yet it would scarcely be recogniz-

ed as even a distant cousin to the

many-colored, hit-and miss rug.





Another rug that attracted attention

was a bedroom rug made of an apple

shade of green, with here and there a.

shot of pink through it. The pink was

exactly the right shade to harmonize

with the green by contrast. The shot

effect was, of course, obtained by oc-

casionally sewing in amongst the

green rags several of the pink. Nor

must the pink be used too frequently

or the restful effect obtained in the-

green rug will be changed to a garish

effect. The warp used in this rug was

of pink, the same shade as the'pink

rags. Another bedroom rug was made

on the same plan as this with the





body color a new blue, instead of the ‘





green, and shot with a lighter shade

of blue. In this the warp was also of

light blue.



A living-room rug that bespoke ser.

vice, warmth and cheer all at once,

was made of golden brown rags with

a five-inch border of burnt orange,

eight inches from the edge. A hit-

and-miss rug that did not seem at all

hit-and—miss, was made of dull brown

and dull green woolen rags, out very

IlElI‘I'OVV.



The braided, the crocheted and the

tufted rugs showed all the same har-

monizing 'shade combinations. A

braided rug, oval in shape, six feet

long. sold for six dollars. The mak-

ers of these rugs have been careful to

cut the rags of uniform width and

from materials of uniform thickness,"

thus insuring a smooth, symmetrical

rug. The warp used in sewing the

braided rugs was in all cases of an

inconspicuous color, as nearly like the

predominating color of the rug as it

was possible to obtain.



The tufted rug was made with gun-

ny—sacking or burlap as a base. The

rags were drawn through the burlap

by means of a bodkin and each stitch

of rag is pulled up a couple of inches

above surface of burlap or sacking.

This is later cut in the middle and

thus the tufted effect is secured. Old

stockings are particularly effective in

this kind of rug as they give it a

fluffy appearance. Perhaps it may be

a helpful hint to some to suggest that

instead of cutting the stockings up

and down and then sewing the strips

together, the feet be cut off the stock-

ings and then the stocking started

round and round. In this way the

whole stocking will be in one strip,

necessitating no joining. The latest

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carpets and rugs is to sew together





on the machine by means of a flat

French seam the pieces of goods be

fore they are cut into strings. This

makes the work quicker and surer

and as the joinings are more even the

result is a smoother rug.



There is a big demand for these

rugs. Because they are beautiful is

one reasons, because it is a day when

handicraft is the rage is another, and

because they are the most sanitary

floor coverings known, is another.

This opens a new field to the woman

on the farm who has leisure during

the winter months which she would

gladly turn into dollars. The above

descriptions of colorings are only sug~

gestive. That they may be used ef-

fectively has been proved, by any wo-

man who takes up the work in ear-

nest will soon learn to strive for orig-

inality of coloring and of design. The

best teacher in the use of effective

coloring is nature. By studying her

rich, harmonious blendings of color-

ings, new effects, striking, but never

startling, may be obtained. Designs

as well can be taken from nature.

Some of the most famous woven

blankets and hangings in the world

have in them designs adapted from

nature by the Indians.





MR. BIGGER SOLVES THE DOMES-

TIC PROBLEM.





(Continued from page 69).

ternoon? I want him to drive a team

in the hay field. John is not feeling

well and is lying down in the sleep-

ing room. I don’t think we’ll need Bob

longer than a day or two.”



“I can spare him easily,” said the

lady. “Since I have adopted Bob’s

camp ideas of cooking and sleeping I

am not overworked. Every afternoon

I have a nap, and this morning I pick-

ed up a new crochet pattern out of

the farm paper.”



“Come along, Bob!” said his father.

“As soon as haying is over you can

pick out that new wheel and when

August comes you can go camping up

at the lake with your crowd. I’m

proud of you, Son. For years I’ve

tried to get your mother to drgiuv: in a

little and take life easier, she

wouldn’t listen to me. I’m glad you’ve

done it. A boy who can do that is

smart enough to be President.”



“I don’t know as I want to be a

President,” said Bob, lazily uncoiling

himself from the hammock. “I’d have

to be awful fashionable and like as

not wouldn’t get enough to eat for

style. I’ll take the bicycle and the

camping for mine. Say, Ma! I guess

I’ll have to have some gingerbread

and a glass of milk before I go. You

sit still and I’ll wait on myself. I’m

kind of glad to be released from

housework and get back to the field,

but when you need me again just tell

me. Well, I guess this will stay my

stomach till supper is ready,” he ad-

ded, taking a huge section of ginger-

bread and ambljng down the steps.



“Who Would have thought a boy

knew so much?” said Mrs. Bigger

proudly, as she watched her husband

and son drive off. “Dear boy! His

father said the domestic problem

would never be solved for the farm

until the daughters came back from

the factories and stores, but I guess

he’s mistaken. Anyway, my problem

is solved and I’m happy.”





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HouSehold Editorz—Having seen

Mrs. M. C.’s request in The Farmer

of December 5, thought I would an-

swer it. The catsup is as follows:



Ripe Tomato Catsup. '



Half bushel of ripe tomatoes, cook-

ed and strained, boiled down to eight

pints; three tablespoons of salt; not

quite half a teaspoonful of red pepper;

half tablespoonful of whole cloves;

half tablespoonful stick cinnamon;

one pint of vinegar; one cup of light

brown sugar. Put cloves and cinna-





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taste.



Here is the way I make apple but-

ter, either with sweet cider, not boil-

ed, or no cider at all. One peck of

apples, peeled and cored; one quart

of water or sweet cider. Cook until

apples are tender, mash, or strain, and

to each quart of fruit add two cups of

dark brown sugar, one teaspoonful of

ground nutmeg, one-quarter teaspoon-

ful of ground cloves, one tablespoon-

ful of ground cinnamon. Return to

fire and cook slowly until thick

enough to keep.



I have no mustard pickle recipe

that calls for green tomatoes, but here

are two ways that I use my green

tomatoes that we like.



Green Tomato Chowder.



Four gallons of green tomatoes

chopped fine. Sprinkle with salt and

let stand over night, drain in the

morning and add one dozen onions,

one head of cabbage, chopped fine; six

green peppers; half a teaspoonful of

ground cloves; one tablespoonful of

cinnamon, half a tablespoonful black

pepper; two teaspoonfuls tumeric pow-

der; half cup mustard seed; two

pounds of dark brown sugar, vinegar

enough to cover. Cook until tender.



Green Tomato Mince Meat.



Eight pounds of green tomatoes,

chopped fine and drained well; four

pounds brown sugar; two quarts of

water. Boil one and a half hours,

then add two cups strong vinegar;

four tablespoonsful cinnamon; one ta-

blespoonful cloves; half tablespoonful

pepper; two pounds good suet, ground

fine; two pounds raisins, salt to taste.



Hoping Mrs. M. C. and Mrs. J. W. B.

will like these recipes as well as we

do, and thanking you again for the

help I get through the Household De-

partment, of our paper, and that it

will prosper long years more, I am

your weekly reader, Mrs. F. H.





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COOPERATIVE organization of



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permanently successful. The reason

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service which it is expected to per-

form if it is to have strength enough

to live in the face of the competition

to which it will be instantly subjected.

It must compete with existing o1gan-

izations and this competition will be

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to any one and when he is face to

face with the skilful arguments of

those who aim to break the organiza-

tion and keep him working as an in-

dividual, he is likely to weaken and

finally leave the organization unless

he had felt the effect of hard times, a

helplessness arising from a combina-

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ducts, excessive freight, or commis-

sion charges, or other forms of 0p-





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vestment of the farmer must have

been threatened by existing conditions

before he has been able, in the past,

to overcome his individualism suffi-

ciently to work with his neighbors in

(lo-operative work. The country is

strewn with the wrecks of co-opera-

tive organizations that were born pre-

maturely anti which died by the way-

side, because the farmer himself de-

Berted in the first real conflict with

the established agencies that have

handled his business. Clo-operation,





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Diflicultics In Path





HE subject of co-operation in



marketing farm products is a



very common topic of late. \Ve

hear it advocated and urged on all

sides. The matter is terself stated by

the Secretary of Agriculture in the

Yearbok of the Department of Agricul-

ture for 1913. He says: “It is clear

that before the problems of market-

ing, the individual farmer, acting

alone, is helpless. Nothing less than

concerted action will suffice. Co—oper—

ation is essential. The same business

sense and the same organized genius

which have placed this nation in the

front rank in industry must be invok—

ed for agriculture. Reflection suggests

this; experience demonstrates it. All

the successful attempts in the mar-

keting of any produce anywhere in

the world have come through organ-

ized effort. The individual farmer has

neither adequate information nor the

facilities.”



In the way of successful co- opera-

tion two chief difficulties are met. The

f11 st is that the individual farmer fails

to lealize this difficulty mentioned by

the Secretary of Agriculture. Selling

goods is an alt. Traveling all up and

down our land ale tens of thousands

of men whose sole business is selling

ghods. All successful lines of busi-

ness, whether manufacturing orrmer-

cantile, have such representatives,





to be successful, must be founded not

only on economic necessity, but it

must grow through gradual evolution.

It must have a small beginning and

grow in strength through experience

step by step, rather than by leaps and

bounds. The fundamental mistake

that is being made in many localities





ing to a specialist in his line, a long

3step will have been taken.



The other large difficulty is to find

the specialist to do the selling. There

are enough of them, but the trouble

is they can make more working for

themselves than the farmers are will-

ing to pay them for their services.

Wherever an organized effort at mar-

keting has been undertaken and fail-

ed, the trouble will more often be

found in the inefficiency of the man

employed to do the selling than in

any other cause.



When the common farmer comes to

appreciate his limitations in the way

of selling and is willing to commit

that end of his’business to a compe-





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lf Catering to a Select Egg Market have Hens of Uniform Type.





is to form a farmers’ organization all

at once on the plan of an organization

that has taken years to develop. The

plan may be sound but a cooperative

organization can only succeed when

given the unflinching support of the

members who through years of expe-

rience have acquired an appreciation

of the fundamentals that underlie a.

successful association of this kind.

The success of any organization de-

pends on its members, not on its

form. H. G. POWELL.





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of Mutual Selling.





men who are experts in their lines.

They are one factor in the organized

effort spoken of by the Secretary of

Agriculture—~simply one wheel in the

complicated machinery and Without

them the whole machine must stop.

The foreman in the manufacturing

plant does not go on the road selling

goods. The engineer or mechanic or

other artizan does not venture an at-

tempt at selling; much less the com-

mon workmen or roustabouts. The

trouble with the present methods of

the ordinary farmer is that the person

untrained in salesmanship has to do

the selling. This is not intended in

a derogatory sense; but the fact is

the common farmer knows absolutely

no more as to the actual value of his

products than the rosutabout does of

the worth of the goods he trundles in

and out of the factory. Nor has he

more experience or skill in the art of.

selling. He can only accept whatever

price the buyer offers him, and he

knows so little about the actual value

of his goods or of general market con-

ditions that he is not prepared to

make any sort of argument regarding

the equity of a higher figure. When

the . common farmer comes to under-

stand ~his limitation in this respect

andis ready to confine his efforts to

the one specialty of production, and

is willing to commit the work of sell-





 





tent salesman; and when enough such

farmers can unite to employ a thor-

oughly competent man to do the sell-





ing, an effective organization can be

formed. Enw. Htrrcnms.





 





CO-OPERATIVE CREAM ERIES

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Seven of the eleven co-operative l

creameris of Jackson county, ’Wis-

consin, have formed a general organ-

ization to gain mutual advantages.

There had developed more or less of

competition between the separate as-

sociations and the relations with the

buying world were somewhat hamper-

ed where the different associations op-

erated independently. By reason of

the new organization it is anticipated

that there will be much closer rela-

tion between the operators and pa-

trons of these creameries.



The managers of each of the cream-

eries represented have already map-

ped out a common program. The ends

they hope to gain are:



1. To increase the richness of the

cream that leaves the patrons’ farms;



2. To divide the territory covered by

the cream haulers of the different as-

sociations so as to do away with the

necessity of having more than one

hauler pass a farm;



3. To so plan the routes that all

cream can reach the factories before

noon, and



4. To carry on an educational pro-

gram looking toward the general im-

provement of factory and farm condi-

tions.



The new organization adopted as its

motto, “Better butter and better mar-

kets.” By carrying out the plans in-

dicated above it is the hope of the

managers to secure a higher quality

of cream at the factories. With this

a superior grade of butter can be

manufactured, and by reason of being

able to offer a high-grade of butter in

large quantities, there is every excuse

for their hope of securing premium

prices for their output.





 





 





 

   





 

 





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Buy pure bred BTALLIONS and MARES

now. we have both Imported and Home

Bred Stock, and for quality our Belgians





and Percherons cannot be excelled. It

will pay you to see our horses.





LIGONIER, IND.





BiACKS AND MULES





e mules and get‘ rich. 280 head fine large



Jack s. Jennys. and mules 4

to 17 hands high. Large re -

istered Jacks and Dra t

Stallions. cheap now. Mules

by the pair or carload. Stock

:0 u.aranteed Write for prices



day. Address





.. KREKLER’ S JACK FARM





West Elkton. Ohio.

Branch Barns. Clinton. Indiana.





METZ BROS.,





Importers and Breeders of





Percheron Stallions and Mares





We have a fine selection of stallions and mares

ranging from 1 to 6 years old. Prices reasonable.

terms to suit purchaser METZ BROS Niles. Mich.





PEROHEHON STALLIONS





FOR SALE.





15 two and three- year-olds. black. These are (food

weights and desirable horses of our own bree ing

We sell direct to the farmer at reasonable prices.

and invite inspection





A. A. PALMER & SONS

R. R. Station Orleans. P. 0. Belding. Mich.





Registered Percherons.

B300 MARES. FILLIES AND YOUNG

STALLIONS at rices that will surprise you.

L. C. HUNT a 0.. 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. OSGOODS: SONS. Mendon, Michigan.





 





   

 





 





Reg. Shetland Ponies. mostly

”3800 PO"! Farm— spots. 1 Tagitated stallion and oung





stock for sale. Dr.W orriscn. Pigeon. ich.





FOR SALE—Span of Mules,





3and4 ears old well broke. kind and right. For ar-

ticularei' addressW. G. REEVES. Stookbridgc, Mi’ch.





tofit 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 C0..196 Vickers Bldg. . Cleveland. Ohio.





AUCTION SALE





WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2001.





on my farm 1% miles West and ’4 miles North of

Northville Village. Wayne Co. Farm tools and stock

including 30 head of high grade and registered

Holstein cows and helf ers.





.REID.





916 Chamber of Commerce, lsDetroit, Michigan.

Phone Main





BREWERS‘ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.

Strains re resented consist of Trojan Ericas. Black-

birds and rides. only. Black uality Ito. abull of

rare individuality and merit eads the he

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





‘YflsmflEvé—One of the foremost dalr breeds. The

hmost economical milk sr uccrs. Calves

for sale. hite ghorn oockere Duroc rsey

swine. Micvvhigan School for the Deaf. Flint.Michigsn.





MILO D. CAMPBELL. CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





OUR HERD BULLS ARE:

lst Rosett’ s Stranford of Ingleside No. 22533 with

six dams that average 706 lbs. fat.

2nd Violet 3rd. son of Iowa No. 24107. with four

dams that average 697 lbs. fat and three sires

with over 90 AR .Daughters. and his grand

dam is champion three-year-old cow of

all breeds.

3rd Horizon No. 23091 whose dam made 632 lbs. fat.

Bull calves from these Sires and A. R: Dams

and also a few older Bulls for sale.

~ EVERY BULL GUARANTEED TO PLEASE.





CAMPBELL <31 ANGEVINE.

.— COLDWATER. MICHIGAN.

lIllIIISDYS.—Fam°m May Rose Strain. A select herd.





Tub Tested. Several .

J. K. Blatchford. Windermere Farm.Watervliet. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





“fa have for sale a number of pure Guernsey cows.

heifers and bulls. also Berkshire ho

VILLAGE FA ARM. Grass Lake. Mic can.





H EREF 0 RD' . fifiw‘zu'y'efii'fifa “‘1





ALLEN BROS. Paw PBW. Michigan.

Hereford Bulls for Sale-32232; $3.";





and some Pollled bull calves about seven months old.

These are well bred, oodanimals and will be riced

mm. BEAVER LAKE RANGE 00.. Alpena. 101..





ROOKWOOD HERD—Herd headed by Beauty



Walker Pietertze Prince

2nd No.107658. His Dam is the largest record daughter

of Hengerveld'. DeKol. Bull calfi or sale. dam and

sires dam average ‘8. 331bs .hutter 11 7d ays also calf

from untested dam. Traoyi'. Crandall. Howell. Mich.





Magnificent Holstein Bull

4311]! .





From a ill-lb. bull and an 18-1b. three-year-old dam.

A fine individual. Write for particulars.





HILCREST FARM,





Kalamazoo, Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





TH'E ..MICHI.GAN





FOR SALE.

Three Flne Young Bulls





Ready for Service

rom 18. 20 and N-lb. cows.

each one giving over 10.000

lbs. hull: a year—prices. $100.

81% and $150. The two old-

est nicely marked-the other

has black back and sides.wi th

some white. De Ko 1

B.B. 3rd. and King of the

Pontiacs' blood.

BIGELOW'S HOLS 'EIN FARM

Breedsvllle. Mich.





——Sire hasSO- lb. dam and G.

HOLSTEIN BULLS dam. Hie sire is Friend

Hengerveld DeKol Butterboy 25% oil! fall prices.

Must move six at once to make room

LONG BEACH FARM

AUGUSTA MICHIGAN.





FOR SALE





Ready for light service from a 30-1!) sire.





HOLSTEIN BULLS





rich in the blood of Hengerveld De Kol. Friend

Hengerveld De K01 Butter Boy. and Pontiac Korn-

dyke three hisso King of the Pontiacs. and

Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. Pedigrees on application.

D. S. LEWIS. Marshall. Mich





HATCH HERD

REGISTERED HOLSTEIII- FRIESIIIS





YPSILANTI. MICH. oflers

HERD HEADERS from choice A. do dams and

King Pontiac Jewel Korndy ke. 50dams in his

pedigree avers e 31.25 pounds in y7 days. Averageflprgt



cent of fat of t ree nearest dam 3.4 37. Sires inR

three generations in his pedigree have 500A.

daughters. Prices reasonable.



Make our own seuection at Ashmocr 6gJl'nrms.

Tecumse Michigan. R ..D No. 2.01'rad



HATCH HERD. YPSILAN'I‘I. MICHIGAN.





High Class HOLSTEINSM held





is headed by Smithdaie Alcnrtra Pontiac, whose

is the famous Alcartrs Polkadot. Have few young” bulls

and females for sale at reasonable prices lbuy

a few heifers about 15 months. not bred. Farm if mile

from court house. SETH B. RUBER’I‘. Howell. Mich.





OHIy 25575-1413“? fnm‘PMBeBisgeredHolmii:





calf from

cow. 251b. bull. Best bloodl i.nes Excellent





individual. BOUGEMONT FARMS. Detroit. Mich.





534 31 lb. 3X-yr.-old sister 22.92 lb. dam. A son of

Johanna Korndyke DeKol delivered when

2 1110. old on easy terms. Martin I... McLaulin. Redford. Mich





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Guernsey Bulls. Berkshireho 11.80

For sale,“ an 115 ilts bred fore spring fartow rite

JOHN EBEL R. 10. Hol nd Michigan.





 





Mo. old Holstein Bull—Sire has 34.31 lb. sister—Dam has

25.77 lb. sister. De K01 2d. Butterhoy 3d breeding. Price

low, quality cons1dered. ELMER E. SMITH. Redford. Mich.





 





' —30 lb sire; 20-lb. A. R. 0. dam. grand-

lllllSlOlIl Bu" daughter of Pietertje Hengerveld's

Count DeKol (100A R 0. daughters 4 above30-lbs.

6 weeks old. S75 brings him to you with all pagers

safe arrival guaranteed. Hobart W. Fay. Mason. ich:





“Top-Notch" Holsteins.





Extra large fine young bull. 35 ”white. born Oct 4.1913.

am has official record of 2940 lbs. butter in 7 days.



117. 50 lbs. in 30 das Sir'e' s dam isa 22 64 lb. 4- yr.-old



daughter of a 30. 5 lb b.



M McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





olstein-Friesian Cattle. Young bulls ready for

service out of cows. Satin action guaranteed

or money refunded. Jones a Lutz. Oak Grove. Mich.





 





from 2 to 6 months old from good

Dams WM. GRIFFIN. Howell. Mich.





$5 —Takes your choice of 6 fine bull .calvss,





Holstein-Friesian Breeder‘figf “beg“. $335

represented. D. D. AITKEN. Flint. Michlgan.





ESPANORE FARM,





LANSING. MICHIGAN.

orrnns FOR SALE A





YOUNG HOLSTEIN BULL OALF.





Write for particulars.

A Few Choice Heifers for sale.





CHASE s. OSBORN,

ADAM E. FERGUSON, 2 owner“





HOLS'IEIIIS 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 1n December.





L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





ready for service. and bull calves. also females.

FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. Michigan.





 





 





 





olsteln Bull Calf; Born Sept. 11. Splendid individual.

well grown. nicely marked. llis dam and sire' s dam have

A.R.O. records that averane 7 days Butter 24 80 lbs. Milk 557. 8

lbs. both as 4-yr-olds. W. B. READER. Howell. Michigan.





MllllllOillL llOgE 1RillO lilillllllO SOHOOL

MICHIGAN

Breeder of High Gide Holstein Cattle. Lists and

prices upon application.





 





 





Jerseys. Bulls ready for service. extra quality sired

by Jacoba' 6 Fairy Emanon. N. 111. from high

producing dams. SMITHS PARKER. Howell. Mich





 





' ' —Jersey Cattle. Yorkshire Hogs.

l-IIIIO FaIIIISIoad Oxford Sheep. Write for what you

want. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.





NOW IN SERVICE—x"... Tsi.§.’p%§fi1£§°1‘i%°..€i§?

GREGORY & BORDE . Howell. Michigan.





MAPLE Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd—Tu-

berculin testedb Government. For sale

later of Merit cows. also bulls. bull calves and

1131 or calves. having from 3 to 7 Begisterof Meritdams

in their pedigrees. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.





JERSEYS —For list of stock for



sale and JeWde facts

writeA. P. EDISON. Sec. M.J ..C 0.. 326W rid ge,

Grand Rapids. Mich. If a breeder and a member

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





 





 





 





 





The Wildlrood Herd Registered Jerseys.





Herd headed by Majesty' s Wonder No. 90717. a son of

Royal Majesty and Derry’ s Jolly Togo 122984. son of

Togo' s Lad. Bul lie and heifers offered for sale from

the above breedl us. from high producln dams.

AL VLIN BALDEN. CAPAC. MICHI AN.





BUTTER BRED ”E‘dfii’i‘sflé‘“





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.





Silver Creek. Allegtm County. Michigan.





 





 





F A R M E R

A Pure-Bred ,. K 1*.





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bull counts for more than

the dam in grading up.

You should be developing

some 400-pounds—of- -butter cows. The thorough-

bred bull is worth all he costs on grade or

full-blood Jersey cows. Like begets like.

THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB

324 W. 23d St. New York City.





 

 

 

 

   

 





 





ERS EYs—YEARILINGA BULL READY FOR

Also bull calves.

rookwater Farm. R. If. D. N.o 7 Ann Arbor. Mich





 





from high-producing dams.with

JOY"! BUIIS Ior sale testing Asso. records. also on

semi-official test. 0. B. Wehner. R. 6. Allegan. Mich.





 





—-Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

SIIOIIIIDIIIS ages for sale at farmers prices. C. w. Crum.

Secy. Cont. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders' Ann-1n“ McBride. Mich.





AIRY BRED SHORTHORNS—Young Bull





9-mo. old for sale. Price $125 cash or good note.

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.





llEO SHORIHORN BULL FOB SilEfiiJKlfidsuim





blood. W. E. MORRISH. Flushing. Michigan.





 





 





 





FOR SALE-Bhorthorn Bulls. red and roans. by

sons of Avondale and Victor Linwoodlboth Interna-

tional winners John Schmidt. H. 2. Reed City. Mich.





 





—I"or sale Marion's Pride 2nd No.142734

shorlhom cow due to calve 1st of Feb. Also twa

Heifers. A. A. PATTULLO. Deckerville. Michigan.





—Bi bargain in bulls ready



cigiflgo Illll SIIIIIIIIIIIIIS forguse. also cows do heifers.

brood sows. Write today for special‘frice



list. PMaplewocd Stock Farm. Allegan. ich.





SHOHIHOHNS: OOHOIOE lOllllO BULLS FOR SALE

W. W. ENAPP. Howell. Michigan.





CAL PURPOSE SHORTHORN CATTLE—Young

bulls for sale. All 111 cows are hand milked.

. A. BRAY. Okemcs. ngham 00.. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





SHEEP.





l ' i —Yearling and ram lambs from Champion

“I”: er: flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select Berk-

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.





RAMS—BHROPSHIRES OXFORDS AND

HAMPSHIBES. Good strong well

wooled fellows ready for business. Ship ed to you

without the money. Isn.t that fair? f so write

KOPE KON FARM. Kinderkook. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





IT PAYS TO BUY I’URI'I‘Th BRED SHEEP OF

PARSONS "121° ”Sgggggaexp 1‘

11’} l -\ I sell and ship everywhere and pay

I; 1 . ch srg tefo ocr club offer a‘nd edfirice' “list.

flJOxfords, vvaropshires and Pol elaines





MPARSONS.GrandLedge. Mich. Bl.





 





 





 





 





 





ling. flamboilleiShu “LENSES: dé’éé’f’ii‘e‘idrfé’;

registered stock. J. MIT H.Morrice. Mich.





OXFORO- OOVlll SHEEP, llO SIOOK FOR SALE.





M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.

INCLESIDE FARM offers 14 recorded shropshire ewes





of good ages which are bein bred to an im orted

ram HERBERT E. PO ELL. Ionia. ich.





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OEIlKSllIllES miti'ieysoiv‘if§r§&1%§2313§i§'}?o‘w‘ifig

pricedtosoll. B. B. BEAVEY. Akron. Michigan.





BERKSHIRES‘S325.2§.%T°§3€°Y§§





choice. all guaranteed. G. H. RIDER. Almont. Mich.





BE RKSHIRES' :_g$gggilosn%llld'ss 800d boar.





ST. AUSTELL FARMS. JACKSON. MICHIGAN.





liOlILTOll IBEO OERKSHIHES’EAin’fiLiS‘LELiEt





tered stock with langers .' at farmers' prices

D. F. VALENTIN up 't.. Temperance. Michigan.





HAMPSHIRE Swine-Breedingwstock of all age

from most po ular strains rite for breeding.

. Floyd Myers.R . 9. Decatur. Ind





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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ampshire swine, some good Boats for Breeding and some

Fall pigs both sexes at right prices. West Wind Farm.

Pontiac. Mich. E. P. Hammond, owner. N. A. Wiser. manager.





 





nything in Reg. Chester White Swine. 10 weeks

oldéngs 810. Reg. Holstein Herd Bull cheap.

RA B. PARHAM. Bronson. Michigan.





 





"ESTER WHITES. August and September pigs. from

sires as Chickasaw Bud. Modeler. Bronson King. A certificate

of registry with each pig. John Gintling. Bronson. Michigan.





—Service boars. also its



0. I. Ce SWine of Spring farrow. p ace

your order with me before they are sold. et my

price on pairs and tries of Aug. and Sept. farrow.



.EGORD N. R. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.



——8pring pigl, pairs and tries. no.



0. 10’s akin from state fair winners.

AVONDALE STOCK than. Wayne. Michigan.

0 L C —10 good boars, 818 to $25 each. One very





choice boar S30. Registered 1'

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Michirggn.





 





 





 





o. I. 0 Three serviceable boars. gilts and year-

I lings bredM for March and April furrow

Also Sept. pigs. H. W. MANN Dansville Mi<higan.





o. I. C’s—STRICTLY BIO TYPE. For 12 yrs.

have been breeding for size and



length with quality. Len thy Prince one of the largest

boars the breed ever pro uced. heads our herd. assisted

yWhite Monarch and Frosts Choice. 2nd. prize under

E)” Month: bolalart at Mo. Intter State Fat):- 191ngka

or an e a 11 mos. pr oes reasonab e ress.

NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM R. No. l, Marlette,Mich.





0 I C,S_gn:|hi‘ngtlfor Isale at pregeni.

a s ac on a wavs guaran ee

A. R. GRAHAM. FLINT. MICHIGAN.





0' I. c. —8pringflboa1is all soéd. tZVehi have some

fine

JOHN Bnasnnc H“ p "s m‘ y 8“





 





 





 





ip.

SON. Grand Ledge. Michigan.





0 l Bred Sow Sale Jan. 21. will sell 40 head of



' very fine stock. also a few extra good last

spring boars. )6 mile west of Nashville Mich Write

for catalog at once. Otto B. Bchulze. Nashvilll. Mich.





O l C’ —One boar. Gilts bred for BMarch and

5 April furrow. Gu and

ANDREAS. Dansville. 1&3.





o. l' c ls—Io have some good Sept. boars ready

shi . Farm2miles South-Westof

Ovid. J. W. HOWEL R, No.17. Ovid. Michigan.





FOR SAL —SIX 0. l. C. BOARS. weight from

Price ‘12 h f'15 Id 100 pounlglesd. and they tage daindies.



one i so soon. reesw one one

F. W. MACKINDER. IIar-i-Ieville. Michigan.





 





I pay express. G. P.





 





 





. o I. C’s-Good thrifty stock for sale at all





it mes. Choice sows bred for 8 ring





farrow. TED DRAPER. Munith. Mich gen.





 





 





52W WEIGHED 952 LBS.





23 MONTHS OLD

‘ lON‘IA arm.





I have started more breeders on the road to sue-

oessthan any man l1ving. I have thelargest and flu-

est hard in the U. 8. Every one an early developer.

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

Kim one hog in each community to advertise my

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

11033.1 . I. “Mummies...“ Portlend. Islet.





 





O I C'--2_5 sows bred for Spring farrow. 75 Fall

urge and growthy. Write your wants.

GLENWOOD Lil’I‘O OCK FARM. Zecland. Michigan.





 





o I. 0. Choice gilts bred for 11 ring far-row. Sept. pigs.

«serviceable boar weighing lbs. price 330 '1 be long

bodied and blfl' boned kind. Alvin V. Hatt, Grass Luke. Mich





DUROC JERSEYS





From Prize-Winning Stock.

Write. or better still. come.





Breakwater Farm, Ann Arbor,Mlch.,ll.F.D.7.





-- . di’

DUROC JERSEYS 55.333321233133 iiifiil’ého‘lf

Turkeys. Bert Sweet. R No.1. Hudsonville. Mich.





 





uroo Jersms: A few choice boars and bred gilis

Also 8 C W. Leghorns and Bull Rmk Cookerels.



J. MoNICOLL. Sta.A ..li No 4.Bay City. Michigan.

—15 spr1ng bears and



Duroc Jerseys 1590ws: also 60f11ll





pigs fromt the principal strains: pairsandtrios. S.

C. STANLMAN. Cherry Lawn Farm. Hhepherrl. Mich.





UROO JERSEYS—Aug and Sept lpigs with plenty

of size and great Jfbmlity'li Also gi ts bred to prrze

Winning stock. rodto..1 Monroe. Mich.





Bred Sow Sale MO. I. c. and Chester Whites





0N JANUARY 22.



included in this we have 40 (- hoice gilts and ten tried

sows and ten boars. these are good hord boars that so

have used ourselves and they were in our show herd

also all the sows from our great show herd. Write for

catalogues and pictures. come and spend one day with

the biggest and leading heard in the state. We also

have full igs and service males for sale. Shigped C.

O. I). so €011 Can See Them Before Pay For ’I‘





ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM,

Cass City, :—: :-: Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYs—ggg;gggdgogssgga 2. ma





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hastings. Michigan





CHOICE DUROC GILTS





Bred to Highland King. Fancy Col Again or Cherry

Prince for sale. This 111 one of the strongest trios of

herd bears in any one herd in the state. We also

have a few spring males for sale.





Send for catalog of our Bred Sow Sale

FEBRUARY 23, 1915





Remember we have 200 sows and gilts to select from.





KOHLI 6 MISHLER, New Paris. Indiana.





—Aug. pigs either sex. Also 3 Holstein

“lilac itrstys bull calves and White Wyandotte

roosters at reasonable prices. E. H. Morris. Monroe. Mich





DUROCS—A few good boars. weight 200 lbs. 325.

Can ship anywhere in Mich. About 30

gilts will be bred for April. best blood lines. Also

Holstein Calf. H. G. Keesler. R. No.5. Cassopolis.Mich.





-B d it f M

nunoc JERSEY taxi-few; gliresd right agdlpri‘dle‘il right}

W. C. TAY -:- Mil an. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





ounoo JERSEYS’EElénfifili‘Lf" this; “sashes?”

W. J. BAUMAN. Burr Oak. Michigan.

POUND OHWS'SFJJRL ”353.1? $3532: 11%}?

L. W. BARNES SON. Byron Michigan.

POLAND CHINAS‘SONELS...’31‘2‘233x.b°“"

A. G. MEADE. Colby Ranch. Stanton. Michigan.

liners lYPE 11.11-31.12" nationalisa- as:

bred gilts. W. J. HAGELSBAW. Augusta, Mich.





 





 





 





 





' —A few spring boars left, one litter of

LdIgB Sham P- Ii. May boars combining the blood of





Big esmolnes 194417 and Giant Defender 104419. and gilts

bred to Young Hadley 11nd Bigr Defender that weighs 600 as

yearling. 0. SW A" TZ. Schoolcraft, Michigan.





 





Bigiz Type Poland China Boar: and Gills lenty of





eand groai ualit;.. I know I run p ease you.

ROBERT MAli’I‘I . R. F. D. No 7. Hastings. Mich.





POLAND CHINA SOWSb. °‘ 3"“ ‘fiid‘é‘i‘liifi





furrow. R. J. LANE. R. 7. bCelare. Michigan.





Large Styled Poland China 3.231852%}. $3393.: fif‘é‘

Bock cock' is at bargains Robert Neve. Pierson. Mich.

Palllld China: of the bi type. March and April





farrow he kind that please our

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





 





 





 





 





Poland Chinas. either sex. all ages. Somethmg good

at a low rue Bargains in boars ready for ser-

vice. P.D ONG. 8 Grand Rapids. Mich.





 





' Sows and Gilts bred for March and

Pillalld china Aprilfurrow. Also fall igs. satisfaction

guaranteed. G. W. HO LTON. Ka amazoo. Mich.





 





HE FARMERS' HOG.—Butler's Big Boned Prolific

Poland Chinas grow big. kee easy. mature early.

ready for market at. 6 months. by? ause we've

bred them that way for more than 20 years. 50 bl

boned. long bodied. sows. also 1(1) fall pigs at farmers

Briaes Buy one anda mke more money on your hogs.

History Free. J. O. BUTLER. Portland. Mich.





 





 





—Largest in Michigan. Bred

Large Type P. C. Gilts. sired by and bred to

the great boar. Big DesmoinesN 0. 194417. weight 1035

lbs. at 31 months. and out of sows that weigh up to

700 lbs. Gilts of March and A ril furrow wei h from

250 to 32 5 lbs. Come an nd see. xpenses paid If not as

represented. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich.





ULE FOOTS. 45 head of all ages. Suprin boars.

bred gilts. fallp . pairs not ak 611111111

anywhere in Mich. ACON. Ridgeway. Mich“





 





' ' —We have some nice May igs. both

IDIMSIIII' DWI". sexes Write for descrhgrtion and

prices. OSTRANDER BROS. Morley. ichigan.





50 YORKSHIRES‘tL‘gfié‘S“D§$ $1213.23 ‘iimfi:

Books. I. B. Ducks. E.8 . CA BB. Homer. Mich.

Possess-Kaelaeaees

Meadowland Farm. :-: Ann Arbor. Michigan.





YORKSHIRES





Bred gilts. service boars. September and OcybeMpigs

Prices reasonable. WC COOK. R. 42.A
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GRAINS AN D SEEDS.





January 12, 1915.

Wheat—The fluctuation of who

prices has been a matter of genera

information the past week. Although

a decline of three cents was noted on

the local market Monday, trade took

an upward course on Tuesday, regain-

ing all but a fraction of the loss. The

statistical condition continues bullish.

Australia is reported to be 20,000,000

bushels shy in, her surplus wheat. In

this country the visible supply de-

creased nearly 3.000.000 bushels, and

notwithstanding the increased receipts

at primary points due to high rices,

exporters have taken away gr'in as

fast as it accumulates. 'l‘he bears are

hopeful that the Allied fleets may op-

en up the Dardanelles in which event

Russia’s large crop can be delivered

in western Europe. It is not probable

that this will occur in the immediate

future. Flour is higher and domestic

milling continues at fullest capacity.

One year ago the price for N0. 2 red





 





wheat was iiSl/ac per bushel. Quota-

tions are as follows:



No.2 No.1



Red. \Vhite. May.





“'ednesday . . . .133 1.30 1.137%





1.31 1/2 1.





Thursday ...... 1.34 ‘4; 0

Friday ......... 1.38%.» 1351/2 1.42%

Saturday ..1.‘.l61/2 1.33% 1.401/2

Monday . . . .. . . 1.33% 1.301%; 1.37%

Tuesday ....... 1.36 .33 1.40





Chicago. (Jan. 12):» No. 2 red

wheat $1.40: May $1.38: July $1.24.



Corn.—-—\\'hile corn values have fol-

lowed wheat in a general way. the

margin of fluctuations has not been

so wide. and the close ’l‘uesday was

one cent below that of a week ago.

Receipts have been large and the vis-

ible supply shows an increase of over

3.000.000 bushels. May corn in Chi-

cago shows a fractional advance over

last week. One year ago No. 1‘. corn

was quoted at 63c per bushel. Prices

for the past week are:





No. 3 No. 3



Mixed. Yellow.



\Vednesday . . . . . . 70%, 71%

Thursday ........... 7 2

Friday .............. 73 74

Saturday ........... 72 ‘ 3

Monday ............ 7 72

Tuesday ............ 70 71



Chicago. (.Ian. l‘.’).-No. 2 yellow





70@71c; May 76c.



Oats.»-Market was firm on Tuesday

with prices a fraction below the high-

est point of the season. The visible

supply has decreased although stocks

are liberal and farmers are marketing

quite freely. One year ago standard

oats were quoted at 41c per bushel.

Prices for the past week are:



No.3





Standard. White. '





Wednesday ......... 53 o- ,5

Thursday ........... 53 15 53

Friday ............. 54 1/2 54

Saturday ........... 54 1/2 54

Monday . . . ......... 4 53 ié

Tuesday ............ 54 58%

Chicago, (Jan. 12) .——No. 3 white





51@52c: standard 52Gi53c: May 53c.



Rye.——A strong demand and. small

supply have resulted in further ads

vances. No. 2 is now at $1.14 per

busheL



Beans—Market is firm at advanced

quotations. At Greenville farmers are

selling on a $2.50 basis. Detroit quo-

iations are: Immediate and Decem-

ber shipment $2.85: February $2.95;

May $3.00. Chicago prices higher.

Stocks are small. Pea beans. hand-

picked, choice. quoted at $2.90@3;

common at $2.60@2.80; red kidneys

choice, at $3.25 (13.50. .



Clover Seed.~—Transactions are on

a lower basis with the tone steady

and business moderate. Prime spot

$9.55 per bushel: March $9.70; prime

alsike sells at $9.30. _



Toledo—Common seed lower, while

alsike is 'higher. Prime cash $947175;

March $9.60; prime alsike $9.40.



Timothy Seed—Five cents lower.

Prime spot $3.45 a bushel.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





Fiour.—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $7.10; second $6.80; straight

$6.10: spring patent $7.30; rye flour

$6.30 per bbl. . .



Feed.——ln 100—lb. sacks, Jobbing lots

are: Bran $28; standard middlings

$28; fine niiddlings $32; coarse corn

meal $30; corn and oat chop $27 per

ton.

Hay.———Quotations are steady. Car-

lots on track at Detroit are: New,

No. 1 timothy $16@16.50: standard

$15@15.50: No. 2. $15@15.50; No. 1

clover and mixed $13@13.50. . .



Chicago—Market higher: offerings

small. Choice timothy $18@18.50; No.

1, $16@17; No. 2. $14@15.



New York—Firm. Prime $23; No.

1, $22; No. 2, $21 per ton.





 





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Straw—Steady. Detroit prices are:

Rye straw $7.50@8; wheat and oat

straw $7@7.5O per ton. . ,



Chicago—Rye straw $11@11.50; 'oat

straw $ @950; wheat straw $8.50@9.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Button—Increasing offerings caused

a. 10 decline. Demand good. Extra

creamery 32c; firsts 290; dairy 21c;

packing stock 20c lb.



Chicago.—~The feeling is easy on

account of increased receipts. Even

at lower prices the demand is tame.

Extra creamery 310: extra firsts 29%

@31c; firsts 27@281/éc; seconds 24@

26c; packing stock 21@211,éc.



Elgiii.~—Dullness after the holidays

has caused a decline of 10 in price,

the qpotation being 32c.



P uitry.—~Market is steady at prices

slig itly advanced for all except ducks

and geese. Springs 13@14c; hens

8@13c; ducks 13@14c; geese 12@13c;

turkeys 17@180.



Chicago.——Little change in market

conditions. P’rices remain the same.

Hens and springs are in greatest de-

mand. Turkeys 13@14c: fowls 13c;

springs 130; ducks 131,é@14c; geese

11@13c.



Eggs.——Demand for fresh stock good

and offerings light. Prices unchang-

ed. Fresh stock sells at 34c per doz;

current receipts 301,60 '



Chicago.w—-Mai'ket firm for strictly

fresh stock because supply is limited;

other grades are in moderate supply.

Prices higher. Miscellaneous lots,

cases included 22613850: ordinary firsts

321/é@34c; firsts 35@36c per dozen.



Pork.—Market steady for dressed

hogs, light weights selling at $8.50@9

per cwt; heavy $7@8.



Veal.-—Quoted steady at 12%@13c

for fancy and 9@10c for common, a

slight advance over last week.





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





Apples.—Market easy. due to liberal

supplies; Open weather favorable to

selling. Baldwins $2.50@2.75 per bbl;

Greenings $275603: Spy $3623.25;

Steele Red $3.50; No. 2, 40@50c per

busheL



Chicago—Supply liberal. The low

prices warrant better demand than

exists. Some stock shows effects of

holding. The prices quoted are for

refrigerator stock. Common storage

sells for 5OC@$1 less. Baldwins $2@

2.50: Kings $2.75@3.25; \Vageners

2.2567250; Jonathans $3.50@4;

(ireenings $2.75@3.25; Northern Spy

$3012.50. Western box apples are sell-

ing for 7SC@$2.25 per box.



Potatoes.——Market steady and prices

lower. (‘arlots 30@33c per bu; in

bulk 36@40c per bushel in sacks; at

Chicago the market is fairly brisk at

quoted prices. Michigan white, in

bulk. are quoted at 40@48c per bu;

at Greenville, Mich., 28c in bulk.





GRAND RAPIDS.





Fresh eggs are quoted at 35c; dairy

butter at 26@27c. In grain, wheat

starts the week at $1.24; oats 53c;

corn 70c: rye 90c; buckwheat 75c;

beans $2.50. The hay market is steady

at $11@13. The potato market has

made slight improvement, with Green-

ville prices at 30 last week. In poultry

live fowls are worth 11@12c; ducks

gone; geese 10@110; turkeys 14

17c.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





 





 





Much business was done at the

Eastern market on Tuesday morning.

Farm produce was liberally offered

and buyers were out in numbers. Ap-

ples moved freely at 50c@$1 with

good Spies and Steele Reds going at

the high price and Baldwins at 75c;

potatoes 500; parsnips 50c; cabbage,

white 50c: do. red 60c; turnips 60@

65c; pork $10; chickens 14c; hay,

loose, $18@20 per ton.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

January 11, 1915.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. .



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 165 cars: hogs 135 d. d.; sheep

and lambs 80 d. d.; calves 900 head.



With 165 cars of cattle on our mar-

ket here today and Chicago reporting

33,000, and much lower, we certainly

had the worst market here today that

we have any recollection of. The

same class of cattle all the way

through, from' the top-notchers to the

commonest grades, sold from 30@50c

per cwt, lower than last Monday, and

we know of several instances where

cattle weighing 1,250 lbs. sold 65c per

cwt. lower than was bid for the same

kind last Monday. At the close of

this market, which was dull and drag-

gy from start to finish, there are quite

a number of loads of cattle here un-

sold, that so far the salesmen have

not been able to get a bid on. Our ad-

vice would be to our customers to go

slow and buy these cattle much





 





 





cheaper or let them alone, until. the





big rush gets over,.as eople seem to

be panic stricken in t e country on

account of the foot—and-mouth disease.



We had quite a good many hogs

more today than was generally ex-

pected, consequently a dull trade at

about Saturday’s prices; all good

weights selling at 70 generally; light





mixed and yorkers $7.10@7.25, and'





the general run of pigs from $7.25@

7.40, with a few selected at $7.50. Our

late market was rather dull and hogs

that were yarded around noon are go-

ing over unsold. Looks like'we would

not have to sell hogs any cheaper,

but at the same time, under present

conditions, we do not look for much if

any advance for a few days. Roughs

sold at $6.25 and stags at $5.50@6.

The market was active today on

handy lambs and sheep, dull on heavy

with prices steady with the close of

last week; about four loads of choice

handy lambs in the modified section

sold at 9c. Choice handy lambs sold

at $8.75@9 and we look for about

steady prices balance of the week.

We quote: Lambs $8.60@9; cull to

fair $5@8.50; yearlings §6@7.50;

bucks $4@4.25; handy ewes 5.75606;

heavy do. ‘$5.25@5.50; wethers $6@

650; cull sheep $3.50@4; veals,

choice to extra $11.50@12; fair to

good $7.50@11; heavy calves $6@8.





Chicago.

January 11, 1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today..30,000 60,000 37,000

Same day 1914. .28,612 47,598 50,696

Last week ..... 51,953 277,944 116,396

Same wk 1914..51.712 190,243 124,740



The market was overstocked today

with everything in. the live stock line,

and prices were. decidedly lower.

Hogs broke. a dime, with sales at

$6.55@6.90 and top price of pigs $6.80.

Hogs marketed last week averaged

221 lbs. Cattle trade started in very

late, and it looked like a 10@25c low-

er market, but this was a guess, as

very few sales had been made at a

late hour. Sheep and lambs were

slow and 15@25c lower, with choice

lambs at $8.65. ,



Cattle were weakened in values last

week by the increased receipts, but

there was a reaction after Wednes-

day, the Thursday run being only mod-

erate, and part of the decline being

recovered. There was much smaller

supply of the best class of beoves

than heretofore, and the bulk of the

steers brought $7.40@9, with sales of

prime heavy cattle at $9@9.70, and a

good class going at $8.40 and upward.

The commoner class of steers went at

$5.50@7.50, the quarantined cattle be-

ing discriminated against by buyers,

and they averaged considerably lower

than cattle offered in the unquar-

antined division. Sales of fair steers

were at $7.70 and upward, with a me—

dium class going at $8.15 and over.



Hogs have been marketed with a

great deal of freedom of late, especial-

ly when prices were strong, but on

some days the liberal offerings caused

declines, notwithstanding the good 10-

cal and eastern shipping demand for

desirable kinds. Recent receipts of

hogs have averaged in weight 222 lbs.,

comparing with 227 lbs. a week earli-

er, 209 lbs. a year ago and 227 lbs.

two years ago. The offerings are on

the whole excellent in average grading

and sell largely at prices not far from

daily top quotations, with a much re-

duced percentage of pigs compared

with several weeks ago. Sentiment

regarding the future of the hog trade

is optimistic, but stocknien should

study conditions and endeavor to get

their matured swine on the market at

as favorable a time as possible. Corn

is selling at high prices, but it is not

too dear to feed to hogs, especially to

swine that are following cattle. The

past week was a peculiar one, with

the best selling up to $7.35 for two

days, while a subsequent break caused

by much larger supplies than usual.

sent values down to $6.60@7 at the

close, pigs going at $4.50@6.85 and

hogs averaging 206 to 275 lbs. top-

ping the market. The week’s receipts

were extraordinarily large, and it was

the prevailing opinion that the follow-

ing week would see much smaller

supplies and much better prices.



Sheep and lambs are headed up-

ward most of the time, because of the

great shortage in feeding‘ districts

generally, and in all probability values

will -soar extraordinarily high ulti-

mately. Recent sales of the best

lambs, yearlings, wethers and ewes

were at the highest prices seen for

weeks. Lambs comprise the bulk of

the offerings, and Colorado flocks are

arriving on this market and sell high

as a. rule. Killers are discriminating

in favor of fat medium-weight lambs

and. against too heavy lambs, and

owners should act accordingly and‘not

hold on too long. Of course, thin and

half-fattened flocks are selling com-

paratively low, and a serious mistake

is made in marketing immature stock.

Prime lambs sold up to $9 last week,

while yearlings rose to $8 and weth-

ers to $7. Closing prices were: Lambs

$6.50@8.90; yearlings $6.50@7.85;

wethers $4.75@6.65; ewes $4@6.25;

bucks $4@4.50.





 





 

 





JAN. 16, 1915. i





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prices in large or small quantities.





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday's Market.

January 14, 1915.

Cattle.



Receipts 1379; cancers steady; all

other grades very dull and 500 lower

than last week.



Best heavy steers $7.50@8; best

handy weight butcher steers $7@7.50;

mixed steers and heifers $6.25@6.75;

handy light butchers $6@6.50; light

butchers $5.50@6; best cows $5.75@

6; butcher cows $4.75@5.50; common

cows $4@4.50; canners $3@4; best

heavy bulls $6.50; bologna bulls $5.25

@6; stock bulls $4.50@5.25.



Reason & S. sold Golden 1 cow wgh

970 at $4.50, 1 do wgh 950 at $4.75;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 11 steers av

1111 at $7.50, 1 do wgh 720 at $6; to

Mich. D. Go. 4 cows av 1262 at $5.85,

1 steer wgh 720 at $5.85; to Sullivan

P. Go. 2 steers av 1200 at $7.75, 4 do

av 800 at $6.75, 1 cow wgh 970 at $5,

2 do av 1130 at $4.50, 1 bull wgh 1420

at $6.50; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 do

wgh 1230 at $6.25; to Mich. B. Co.

10 butchers av 884 at $6.75, 2 cows

av 1065 at $5.50, 3 do av 1083 at $4.60,

1 canner wgh 770 at $3, 5 cows av

1048 at $5.35, 2 do av 1060 at $4.25.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 1 cow

wgh 780 at $3.75, 6 do av 861 at $4.85,

2 heifers av 720 at $6, 3 steers av 890

at $6.85, 3 do av 550 at $5.60; to

Breltenbeck 2 cows av 880 at $6; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 2 oxen wgh 1305

at $6.25; to Applebnum 1 cow wgh

970 at $4.25; to Mich. B. Co. 3 do av

1120 at $5.35, 1 do wgh 950 at $4.75, 5

butchers av 616 at $5.75, 4 steers av

792 at $6.65, 4 do av 807 at $6.65, 2

bulls av 1030 at $5.50, 3 cows av 950

at $4.75, 2 oxen av 1480 at $6.10, 4





 





 





butchers av 800 at $6, 5 do av 684 at F





$5.25, 16 do av 652 at $6, 2 cows av

1155 at $5, 2 steers av 955 at $6.65,

2 bulls av _1160 at $6.25, 1 cow wgh

940 at $5,



Sandal, S. B. &. G. sold Kull 17

butchers av 662 at $6.25, 26 do av 831

at $6.65; to Kamman 13. Co. 4 bulls av

925 at $5.50, 1 steer wgh 800 at $7, 1

bull wgh 1100 at $6; to Mich. B. Co.

1 do wgh, 870 at $5; to Newton B. Co.

2 cows av 1160 at $4.25, 3 do av 883

at $5; to Hammond, S. & Co. 5 do av

942 at $4.25, 2 do av 1060 at $4.25; to

Thompson Bros. 10 do av 1070 at

$4.75; to Mich. B. Co. 1 do wgh 1690

at $5.10, 1 do wgh 920 at $4, 2 steers

av 1120 at $8, 4 do av 1015 at $6.50,

1 bull wgh 1450 at $6.40, 3 cows av

970 at $5, 1 do wgh 1070 at $4, 1 steer

wgh 1200 at $7.50, 6 butchers av 840

at $6.75, 1 bull wgh 1150 at $6.50, 1

do wgh 1220 at $6, 8 butchers av 702

at $6, 5 cows av 938 at $4; to Goose

6 do av 975 at $4.75.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 365. Market dull; 500 10W-

er than last week. Best $10@10.50;

others $6@9.50. ,.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson

Bros. 1 wgh 160 at $7, 1 wgh 140 at

$10, 2 av 135 at $10; to Parker, W. &

Co. 8 av 150 at $10, 3 av 165 at $11,

2 av 160 at $10.50; to Brooks 5 av

150 at $11; to Hammond, S. & Co. 9

av 145 at $10, 3 av 130 at $10, 4 av

155 at $10.25, 3 av 140 at $10; to

Rattkowsky 12 av 150 at $9.50, 1- wgh

200 at $10.50; to Newton B. Co. 14

av 145 at $10; to McGuire 5 av 150 at

$10.50, 7 av 180 at $10, 3 av 195 at $10.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 6,784; sheep steady; lambs

25c lower; heavy lambs weighing 100

to 110 lbs. very dull at $7@7.50. Best

lambs $8; fair do. $7.50@7.75; light to

common lambs $6@7; yoarlings $7.25

@750; fair to good sheep $4.50@5;

culls and common $3@3.75; heavy

lambs $7@7.25.



Reason & S. sold Parker, W. & Co.

5 lambs av 40 at $7, 107 do av 75 at

$8; to Thompson Bros. 20 sheep av

95 at $4.10; to Parker, W. & Co. 102

lambs av 80 at $8.15, 32 do av 80 at

$8.25, 29 do av 55 at $7; to Sullivan

P. Co. 23 do av 65 at $7.65, 62 sheep

av 120 at $4.75; to Mich. B. Co. 3 do

av 145 at $5, 36 lambs av 78 at $7.85,

31 do av 90 at $8.



Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P. Co. 141

lambs av 73 at $7.90, 17 do av 68 at

$7.85, 22 sheep av 95 at $4.75; to

Mich. B. Co. 4 do av 105 at $5, 23

lambs av 90 at $7.50, 35 do at 55 at





Hogs.

Receipts 9,279. 11 grades at noon

$6.75@6.80.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. &

Co. 3500 av 200 at $6.75.





 





R. & Smith sold Parker, W. & Co.

300 av 200 at $6.75.





‘ Haley & M. sold same 380 av 190st

$6 75





Sandal, s., B. & a. sold same 270

av 190 at $6.75.





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Malignant Sore—My horse cut hock

on barb wire fence, making a wound

which has never healed. The sore

now spreads over a surface the size

of a dinner plate and I would like to

know what to do. J. V. M., Milford,

Mich—Apply equal parts of powdered

alum, oxide of zinc and tannic acid to

sores twice a day.



Unthrlfty Colt.——I have a colt eight

months old which acts dull, dumpish,

has poor life, eats fairly well, drinks

a lot of water, but is not thriving. A

swelling took place on belly which op-

ened and discharged pus. F. T. 8.,

Adrian, Mich—Mix equal parts of

ground geniiun, ginger and cooking

soda together and give colt a table-

spoonful at a dose three times a day.



Rheumatism.—’l‘hc joint of my cow’s

hind leg cracks when she moves, and

she travels some stiff but gives a good

[low of milk. G. H. M., Sherman, Mich.

——Give her 1 dr. salicylate of soda

and 1 dr. powdered nitrate of potash

at a dose in feed three times a day.



Debility.———My ten-months-old calf is



unusually weak, cats but little and is

hardly able to move. I also have a.

horse that kicks stall post and wall.

V. J. 1)., Empire, Mich—Give calf 15

grs. quinine, 30 drops of fluid extract

nux vomica and 60 drops of fluid ex-

tract of gentian at a dose three times

a day.

Chappcd Teats.—~I have a heifer

that has chapped teats; her udder al-

so has a few sores on it. E. W., Hand

Station, Mich—Apply one part oxide

of zinc and three parts vaseline to

sore parts twice a day.



Cow Holds up Milk—I have a cow

that had calf six wecks ago; the calf

sucked her for four weeks; sold calf,

then commenced to milk her by hand.

She holds up milk and appears ner-

vous; every third or fourth day she

lets dowu milk nicely. J. T. H., Ban-

gor, Mich—Feed her at milking time

and treat her kindly is perhaps all

you can do to overcome this habit.



Barren Cow—Feeding Question—I

have a three-year-old heifer that had

a calf in July, which has been served

several times without getting in calf.



. W. B., Freeland, Mich—When she

comes in heat, inject her with the fol-

lowing soda solution, made by dis-

solving 2 ozs. of bicarbonate soda in

three pints of tepid water, but don’t

breed her for five or six hours after

she has been treated. If frosted beets

are well cooked, they should not do

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Forcing Hens to Lay.





HEN a hen begins to lay the

Q” first thing that many poultry-

men think of is how to force

it to lay without ceasing. Frequently

the poultryman concludes that the

more food he gives the hen the more

she will lay, but that is just the rock

upon which so many are wrecked. The

forcing process does not limit its op-

erations in any one direction. In forc-

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many other things which we do not

want her to do. She may be forced

to become too fat 01' even diseased

and thus made to become utterly

worthless for any purpose whatever.

Her capacity is limited and when she

is forced to go beyond that capacity

she breaks down entirely.





Forcing Not Effective.





No hen can really be forced to lay

eggs. Nature has given her a certain

period of time during which the eggs

are to be developed and it is only. by

care and judicious feeding and man-

agement that this period can be made

to extend its full time and the hen be

made to produce her maximum num-

ber of eggs. It is not so difficult to

supply her with the needed elements

for this purpose, but any surplus be-

stowed will only be a waste, or if she

cannot divert the materials to the pro-

duction of eggs she will either void

them or lay them up in the storehouses

of her body as fat, and thus impair

the functions of the egg producing

organs.



There are several ways by which

some poultrymen attempt to force

hens into the production of eggs when

nature decrees otherwise. One meth-

od that is frequently employed for

this purpose is to put red pepper in

with the chicken feed to stimulate the

fowls. These men are not aware that

red pepper has no more influence on

the generative organs of the hen than

so much sugar or salt, and that the





stimulant effect is really imaginary.

If the hen is healthy and has a good

appetite any such method intended





to force egg production cannot im-.





prove her condition. Egg laying is

not improved by the use of powders

and pills, but by the use of good,

wholesome food and proper care. A

healthy hen is no subject for medi-

cines or tonics. If she is sick or

drooping it is not out of the way to

endeavor to assist her to recover her

health with a tonic, but as long as

her comb is red and bright, and she

scratches and works vigorously, en-

joying her food and laying eggs as

fast as nature permits, the use of

stimulants and tonics will not benefit

her or enable her to lay more.



Proper Feeding and Exercise Give



Best Results.



Forcing, as a rule, is useless as it

usually makes the hens too fat, in

which condition they cannot lay at

all. The hens may lay for a. short

time after an attempt has been made

to force them, but they will soon

cease because too much pushing is

not natural and always throws them

out of condition. There is but one

really good method of forcing'a hen

to lay and that is by keeping her in

perfect health. ‘To do this compel her

to scratch and work for her food. She

should have all of the food that she

requires but she should be made to

earn it by hard work. This exercise

brought about by scratching uses up

the fat materials in the hen’s body,

and thus keeps her warm as well as

healthy. She will be able to digest

and assimilate the food and thus con-

vex-t it into eggs. Keep the hens busy

from early morning until 'night. By

this method you will force the hen to

have a good appetite, force her to

throw off disease, force her to rest

well and in that manner, as by no

other way, force 1101‘ to lay.



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(Continued from last week).



After several bee men had describ-

ed their cellars it was found that a

great variation of construction was

possible and yet winter bees success-

fully. The main points brought out

were that very dry cellars Were not as

successful as those containing more

humidity, providing the temperature

did not go too high. Some form of

ventilation, while not absolutely nec-

essary, helped to winter the bees bet-

ter. A damp cellar with good ventila-

tion often wintered bees well. Very

cold cellars were not conducive to

good wintering. An even temperature

of 45 degrees F. was about the right

one to keep the cellar.



Mr. L. A. Aspinwall, Jackson, Mich.,

one of Michigan’s veteran beekeepers

and inventors, gave a. very interesting

account of some of our older beekeep-

ers and their work. Mr. Aspinwall is

himself the inventor of the Aspinwall

non-swarming hive and is now engag-

ed in writing a book on beekeeping.



The evening session of the conven-

tion opened with an illustrated lec-

ture by Prof. R. H. Pettit, of M. A. C.

A number of views of Austrian, Ger-

man, Turkish, Russian, Dutch, Belgian

and French ‘apiaries were shown and

their methods of management outlin-

ed.



Immediately following Prof. Pettit’s

address, F. E. Millen, State Inspector

of Apiaries, gave an illustrated talk

on “Features of Interest about the

Honey Bee.” Slides of the external

and internal parts of the honey bee

were shown, and the interesting fea-

tures explained.



On Thursday morning the meeting

commenced at 9 a. m., and the “Foul

Brood Situation in Michigan” was tak-

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Apiarles. During the past season, evi-





dence of much foul brood was found

and as far as possible remedial meaS«

ures were taken. One or two minor

changes in the law were advocated

and the need for more help indicated.



The next item on the program was

an address with illustrations by Prof.

Morley Pettit, Ontario Provincial Api-

a1-ist, Guelph, Canada. He showed a.

great many views of Ontario apiaries

and other interesting bee slides. Con-

ditions in Ontario are very similar to

the conditions found in Michigan and

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Ontario 01‘ Michigan.



“The Age and Durability of a Queen

Bee for Profit in the Production of

Comb Honey and my Method of Re-

queening,” was the subject which Mr.

A. H. Guernsey, of Ionia, Mich., enter-

tained the meeting with. The speaker

stated that he was not in favor of re-

queening any or all colonies at stated

times, as every year or every two

years. Mr. Guernsey watches the work

of the individual queen and directly

he notices a failure on her part, to lay

prolifically, then that queen is taken

out and the colony requeened.



New Officers.



After the report of Mr. E. D. Town-

send on the work of the National Con.

vention held at St. Louis, last Febru-

ary, the meeting adjourned until the

afternoon, when the business session

was held. The members decided to

make the dues of the Michigan affiliat-

ed branch $1.00 in nineteen sixteen

instead of 50 cents as at present.



The election of officers resulted in

the following members being elected:

President, Mr. David, Running, Filion;

vice-president, Mr. Frank Pease, Mar-

shall; secretary-treasurer, F. Eric Mil-

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Color in Fruit.



In the manufacture of different pro-

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of considerable importance. This may

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products with the skin on. The great-

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than when the skin is removed. Simi-

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The Jellying of Fruit.



The effect of the skins of (fguits on

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ly shown in the manufacture of fruit

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including the skins, is cooked for

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fruit is brought about because of the

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tains much that is of great interest to

the general public. It will be backed

by the full influence of the Grange

and is as follows: .



“We reaffirm our position upon the

Torrens system of land transfer and

for a specific tax upon the production

of iron, copper and coal.



“The fixing of a maximum rate of

state taxation to prevent extravagant

and unnecessary appropriations.





“A revision and adjustment of the

mill tax appropriations to the Agri-

cultural College and the University

upon such basis as will represent the

relative importance of each institu-

tion to the state.





“An elimination of duplicate courses

of study as between the Agricultural

College and the University and the

establishment of such functional lines

of difference between them as will

more completely distinguish the agri-

cultural college for the industrial and

the University for the professional

educational demands upon the state.





“While we believe it is possible to

revise the present primary law so as

to more fully guarantee the greatest

possible individual freedom in the ex-

ercise of citizen franchise rights, we

are opposed to such-amendments as

will provide for a compulsory pre-

convention or the absolute election of

candidates at the primary as being in

direct opposition to the spirit and in-

tent of said primary law.





“Reiterating the declaration of both

national and state Granges, we are in

favor of federal, state and county aid

to country road improvement. We be-

lieve the old adage, “business before

pleasure,” is especially true in regard

to the location and construction of

public highways. We are opposed to

the many bonding schemes advanced

by those seeking touring roads, be-

lieving that the pay as you go policy

is far more business-like in road

building, whatever may be the unit of

administration. We believe that roads

are local affairs and their control

should remain with the people in

whose midst they are located; that

the national and state governments

may provide general standards of

construction and maintenance of roads

and may protect themselves by with-

holding appropriations when require-

ments are not met; that we call the

attention of all our people to the grave

dangers in top—heavy bureaucratic

control of road administration and to

the fact that much of the support for

the good roads comes from those who

are more anxious to build roads for

bonds than to sell bonds for roads;

that the legislative committee of the

Grange, both national and state, is

urged to use every honorable endeav-

or to secure first, business roads that

will serve the best interests of both

producer and consumer; that we are

opposed to conflicting administrative

authority, and that while there should

be state and may be county super-

vision of distribution of funds, all con-

struction should be done by township

or such other recognized unit of ad-

ministration as will best serve the

needs in all parts of the state.





“We favor prohibition of the manu-

facture and sale of cigarettesand the

prohibition of the sale of liquor With-

in a radius of five miles of any state

educational institution. We are op-

posed to a. smaller territory than the

county fora local option unit.



“We favor appropriations by the

state to‘ match the federal appropria-

tions for'agricultural extension work





 





under the provisions of the Smith-

Lever bill. .



“We ask for the enactment of a.

market commission bill by the incom-

ing Legislature.



“We are in favor of the guarantee

of bank deposits against loss by bank

failures. '



“We are in favor of the enactment

of laws, both state and interstate, for

the faster movement of live stock

shipments.



“We favor state censorship of mov-

ing picture films”,





THE GRANGE SPEAKER ANDlTHE

POMONA.





 





(Continued from last week).



Localities differ and methods should

always be subject to local conditions,

but surely we ought to do much bet-

ter than we have done in the past’in

getting the ear of the public at our

open Grange meetings.



»The regular meetings of a Pomona

Grange should be among the most pop;

ular events of the year, and they will

be if we set about it and see that the

public is invited in a. way that gets

results.



Lastly, the state speaker must not

be depended upon to furnish all the

entertainment at the Pomona meeting.

I fear that in many counties the se-

curing of outside speakers has result-

ed in the retiring of home talent. The

great mission of our Order is to de-

velop strong men and women in the

country. We need few things more In

the country, than strong and wise rur-

al leadership. It is the business of

the Grange to discover and train,ruro

a1 leaders, and if the outside speaker

has tended to lessen the development

of local talent I fear he has done less

good than harm in the Grange where

he has been in evidence.



Let every Pomona lecturer put the

emphasis upon the local program. Let

it befull of the best things that can

be discovered in the county. Lectur-

ers, do not prepare it in too much of

a hurry. Take time. Advertise it wéll

after you have secured it. If a state

speaker will add to your meeting the

attraction necessary to get out the

public in largest numbers, get one,

but let us ever remember that the

great mission of our Order is to un-

cover talents that have been hidden in

the earth, to find in every rural neigh-

borhood great men and women capa-

ble of doing splendid things, and then

to unite these people in a common ef-

fort for “Rural Betterment.”



W. F. TAYLOR.





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President—R. J. Robb, Mason. ’



Vice-president—C. J. Reed, Spring

Arbor.



Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. J. S.

Brown, Howell.



Directors—Alfred Allen, Mason; Jos-x

eph Harmon, Battle Creek; C. B. Scul-\

1y, Almont; C. T. Hemline, Alma; W.

K. Crafts, Grass Lake; Edward Burke,

St. Johns.



Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to

Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.





Associational Motto:



“The skillful hand with cultured

mind is the farmer’s most valuable

asset.”





 





 





Associational Sentiment:

“The Farmer: He garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations.”





 





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Hold “Holiday" Meeting—Seventy

members and visitors of the Club

gathered at “Willownok,” the pleas-

ant home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Rus-

sell on Saturday, December 17. The

house was beautifully decorated in

the holiday colors, and the Christmas

idea Was carried out in many-ways.

President Covert called the meeting

to_order and after singing by the

Club, prayer was offered by the Chap-





 





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JAN. 16, 1915.





lain, Rev. D. H. Campbell. After all

had done ample justice 'to a, bountiful

dinner the president called to order,

and the prOgram was taken up. The

response to the roll call Was very

general, nearly everyone present giv-

ing a Christmas quotation. President

Covert, in a few well chosen words

reviewed the work or the past year





,and outlined plans for the coming





year. “Can the farmers control‘ the

lawless hunters?” was the subject of

a paper by E. A. Harrington, who

said in answer to the question, “They

certainly can.” The paper gave the

law regarding this, and states that if

a farmer would post his notices, take

pains to get the evidence, and make

the complaint himself, the lawless

hunters would certainly be brought to

justice. Secretary W. ‘B. Burris, of

the Jackson County Fair Association,

was introduced and gave an interest-

ing talk, outlining the proposed plans

of the association, and answering

many questions in regard to said

plans. The next on the program was

a paper written by Mrs. E. A. Har-

rington, the subject being “The rela-

tion of the patron’ to the school,” and

“The teacher to the community.” Miss

Mae Crego, a visitor from the Colum-

bia Club, was called upon and gave an

interesting story. The subject of es-

tablishing a. cheese factory at Napol-

eon was brought up and quite freely

discussed.





Will Encourage Junior Agricultural

Club Work.—The Somerset Farmers’

Club met with Mr. and Mrs. Randal

Wescott, Saturday, December 26, and

although the weather was very cold

and the roads drifted badly, 34 were

in attendance. After all were served

a good dinner the meeting was called

to order by Vice-president Chandler.

Following the opening exercises the

Club voted to raise money to carry

on the work begun last year, of the

Junior Agricultural Society. A com-

mittee of five was appointed to solicit

funds for this work and Mr. Vanbus-

kirk was made superintendent of the

same. Treasurer made report of the

year’s finances. In an address on

"The Twentieth Century Farmer,” the

Rev. Guy Vanbuskirk began by saying

he was raised on the farm and knows

from experience and observation since

leaving the farm. In the first place,

the conditions as compared with 30

years ago are vastly different. One

great advantage is the rural free de-

livery of mail. To be most successful

the farmer must specialize, follow

along the lines that which is best

adapted to our various farms, the 10-

cality, etc. He is not in favor of the

cheese factory, but favors the cow as

an important factor if her products

are used to produce beef, butter, hogs,

etc. He also says the farmers who

are the most successful are the most

religious, because the man is brought

nearest to nature, hence nearer to

nature’s God. This. address was

greatly appreciated and loudly ap-

plauded. A good program was ren-

dered—Z. E. White, Cor. Sec.





Hold Annual Meeting.—The Decem-

ber meeting of the Summit Farmers'

Club, of Jackson county, was held at

the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Sharp.

Following the roll call and usual open-

ing exercises the session was adjourn-

ed for Christmas dinner. This part

of the program was much enjoyed.

Meeting was again called to order by

President William Blake and officers

elected for the ensuing year as fol-

lows: President, J. A. Wright; vice-

president, Chas. Lyon; secretary, Mrs.





E. Sharp; treasurer, Mrs. .Vanden-

burg; _organist, Mrs. Ora. McGraw;

chaplam, Geo. E. Mount; press re-





porter, Mrs. John Gray; financial sec-

retary, F. M. Ellison.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wright, our dele-

gates .to the State Farmers’ Club As-

sociation at Lansing, were very much

enJoyed by our organization. Mr. and

Mrs. Wright were given a rising vote

of thanks. A vote of thanks was ex-

tended to Mr. Blake,'our out-going

president, for his faithfulness and ef-

nmency during his term of office. Our

Club has had a prosperous year, many

good thlngs having been'said and we

recognize its power for 00d in our

community. Meeting a journed to

meet with Mr. and Mrs. W. Purdy in

January.——Cor. Sec.





Have Lecture Course.——Peach Grove

Farmers’ Club is in a very prosper-

ous condition. The Club holds meet-

ings every month and have a lecture

course now coming midway between

the regular monthly meetings. In No-

vember Rev. Freeman, of Grand Rap-

ids, talked of Tolstoi—soldier," and as

a man of peace and of war. In Dec-

ember we had a man talk on the sub-

ject of single tax. For the next we

expect a lady matron of the Orphan’s

Home to speak to us.; Our.’member-

ship is not so large as. last year, but

yet we have such crowds that it is

sometimes a task. to find room for





them andthe'a‘ttendance seems to be





very regular.





_ In- speaking ,of. our

meetings,





we have _ debates, travel





talks, literary and musical. programs -





and- try to work the young in as much

as we can—F. .





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aved Allen Geer $174.00





In October, 1914, I shipped Allen Geer of Plymouth, Michigan, the material

for a house. This lumber cost him $699, freight paid to Plymouth.





Unsolicited, Mr. Geer writes me as follows: “I am well satisfied with the

material. I figure thatI saved $174 anyway on this bill of material. Everything

came all right. You may use my name any time as a testimonial.”





Ihave hundreds of other letters from satisfied cus-

tomers of mine telling of savings just as great.

I mention these facts because I have a proposition to

make the farmers of the State of Michigan that will

The, Hm interest every one of them.

This is my thirty-fifth year .in the lumber business and I am going to

celebrate'the anniversary by selling





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I believe it can be done. I believe it ought to be done. Genera, owe” Detroit_M,-ch_

My reasons are: First, lumber prices are lower than they have been in many years;

Second, I believe they will advance; Third, never has the farmer received such tremendously high prices for his crops

as he is getting now and he, therefore, is in a better position than ever to buy.

The opportunity for buying building material at the present prices may not come again in many years-it probably

will not for, already, business is starting with aboom. That means more building and then the price of lumber will go up.





 





. ’ I am recommending YELLOW PINE as a building material.

I can save you from 10 70 to 25 70 The following table which compares the breaking strain of yellow





On all Of your lumber bills- pine and other woods used for building purposes, shows conclusively

I can make you this saving because I sell and ship direct from the that Yellow Pine is King.

mills through any one of my big yards: Yard N 0. 1 at Detroit, Michi-

gan; Yard No. 2 at Bay City, hIichigan, and Yard N o. 3 at Cairo, Ill.

Shipment in each case is made from the yard nearest you, thereby

getting you your lumber without the slightest delay.





 





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Furthermore, I can do this because I have been in the lumber Average ultimate Breaking Unit Yellow Pine .......... . ...... 9000 600

business for 35 years. I know all the channels through which lumber Stresses, in pounds per square Hemlock ............ ‘ ......... 6000 450

usually goes from the forest to the man who wants to build and how inch. Compiled by Associa- White Pine ................. 7000 500

the cost mounts up at each turn. I know, therefore, how great the tion of Railway Superintend- Spruce and Eastern





saving is by selling direct from the mill. ents of Bridges and Buildings Fir .......................... 8500 500





If you are planning upon building abarn or a house, send me your

specifications and I will send an estimate right back to you. W’hen With my facilities for lumbering milling and

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you get my figures, compare them with what you would have to pay . . .

elsewhere. That comparison will tell the story. shipplng I am able to offer You Yellow Plne at 3-





Should your plans not be complete let me help you with them. I price that Will suprise You-

have an architectural de artment which is entirel at our se v' . . . .

p y y r we Yellow Pine IS stronger than other woods, it has





This department is in charge of men experienced in planning farm . . . .

buildings. Get away from the old style timbered barn and build your a gram and 1t ‘5 far suPenor to these Other WOOdS





newi barn right. Use the plank frame barn which is better and cheaper. for building purposes.





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