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VOL.'CXLIV. No. 6
Whole Numbcr‘3821

DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, FEB. o, 1915.

50 CENTS A YEAR.
$2 FOR 5 YEARS.

High School Agricultural Education.

create schools, schools create

ideals, ideals create leaders, and
leaders create states.” Thus the circle
of human life and purpose is secured
through a process of education. This
means a process of’training or devel-
opment. The public high school was
created by the people to furnish a
broader general training and a better
preparation for life’s activities, than
the elementary schools afforded.

The organization of secondard edu-
cation in the United States began
about the middle of the nineteenth
century, and naturally the school was
developed along the traditional lines
of educational purpose and training.
They gave little training for

SOMEONE has said that “states

By PROF. W.

on the farm, and in the work-shop.

As a matter of information, we pre-
sent the plans and the methods of op—
eration in the teaching of agriculture,
as this subject is the one with which
this article is supposed to deal most
fully. We mention the other indus-
trial subjects because the develop-
ment in those lines has been equally
rapid and successful.

Agriculture is the basic industry of
mankind, and if any industrial subject
is to be taught, this should be the
first. It can be installed and corre-
lated with the regular work of the
public school more easily and with

H. FRENCH.

structor. Suitable room is usually al-
ready available. The required labora-
tory apparatus and reference material
will cost from $100 to $250, according
to the location of the school, and any
special features which it may be ad-
visable to produce in course of the
instruction.

From the standpoint of society, the
first purpose of this instruction is to
arouse an interest in and respect for
the home and the farm; second, to se-
cure proper mental attitude to farm
operations, that is, to make the pupil
in school a student of farm problems,
and third, to give an opportunity,

In other words, we aim to set up an
‘gricultural ideal, and to press home.
to the student the idea. of his personal
responsibility to the community and
to himself, so that he may better
utilize the great forces of nature for
his own betterment and for the bet-
terment of the state.

The course in agriculture is fitted
into the regular high school course in
the following order: First year, ele-
mentary science, botany. and agricul—
tural botany. Second year, farm crops
and horticulture. Third year, types
of live stock, poultry, feeds and feed-
ing, and dairying. Fourth year, soils
and fertilizers, farm management, and
farm mechanics. This course paral-

lels and correlates directly

 

life, but actually they laid a ’
foundation for collegiate train-
ing, and this in turn gave a
training for the so-called “pro-
fessional walks of life.”

'The great work-a-day world,
with its industrial activities
was not considered in the or-

school.

The nineteenth century was
pre:eminently an industrial era
and toward the close of that
period, the attention of the
people and of teachers of all
grades was turned toward the
possibility of utilizing the well-
organized school system for in-
dustrial training, and at the
present time we are bending
every energy to make the pub-
lic schools serve the people in
a larger and more effective
way- Fig.

There is no longer any argu-
ment as to why industrial subjects
should be taught, or in regard to the
value to be derived. It has already
been demonstrated that industrial
trade courses, agriculture and domes-
tice science or household arts, can be
taught successfully in the high school,
and by being taught successfully, I
mean, that so far as the intellectual
and moralpowers ofthe child are
concerned, these subjects afford ex-
cellent opportunity for development,
and second, the actual useable value
secured from such instruction has
been demonstrated by use in the home,

less expense than any other of the
industrial subjects. The necessities
for this instruction in the high school
are as follows:

(a) A capable and trained instruct-
or.

(b) Proper laboratory room and
equipment.

(c) Suitable laboratory reference
material. ' '

(d) Co-operation with the farms and
farmers who live adjacent to the
school location.

The largest item of expense will be
incurred in securing the proper in-

 

 

1.-—A Field Demonstration in Spraying which Supplements Theory with Practice.

while the school process is going on,
for the actual work at either high
school farm or on the home farm, of
actual agricultural projects. This
means intellectual efficiency and in-
dustrial efficiency.

we understand today that the train-
ed mind is as essential to the manual
worker as to the brain worker.‘ We
aim to make the work of farming at-
tractive and to teach fundamental
principles and practice in order that
as the years go by our young men
may be better farmers, do better farm-
ing, and produce better farm products.

with the regular scientific sub-
jects usually presented in the
high school, and the. subject of
agriculture is offered as an
elective to both boys and girls.

A short sketch of the work
may make the plan clear. The
first year work introduces the
student to fundamental scien-
tific principles of plant and an-
imal life. and through the work
in agricultural botany, the
student will handle the. various
agricultural plants from the
standpoint of origin and devel-
opment and methods of 1111-
provmncnt.

For the second year work
the student will deal with the
best farm practice in the man-
agement of the several farm
crops, including the orchard
and small fruit crops, and the
third year he will secure a
working knowledge of the dif-
ferent brecds of farm animals, the
principles underlying the. development
of animal life, “up grading” the dairy
herd, etc, together with the theory
and actual home practice in methods
of feeding and caring for live stock,
and in addition to this he will be.
familiarized with the underlying scien—
tific principles of successful dairying.

During the fourth year, the student
will secure a working knowledge of
the different soils and the relation of
fertilizers to soil improvement. Here,
also, will come the application of the
work in farm crops, and lastly, he

 

 

 

Fig. 2.—Getting Real Experience in

the Busing" of Fruit Growing.

Fig. 3.—A Home Garden in Charge of the High School Students.

 


 

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THE‘MICHIGANI‘ARMER

FEB. 6. ’1915.

 

will take up a careful study of the
general management of the farm on
the financial side, farm records and
accounting, together with the careful
study of farm machinery in general,
and particularly the gas engine. This
is not a theoretical matter,. as these
things are being actually done in our
high schools at the present time.

Some Phases of the Problem.

The problem of introducing agricul-
tural courses in our high schools is
somewhat complicated, by the fact of
the varying size and location of the
school; for instance, how much of ag-
riculture can be taught in our larger
cities? It is perfectly easy to do this
work in the villages and small cities,
but the city presents a separate prob-
lem. In such cases the regular four-
year course has been modified and
certain of the subjects selected which
could be emphasized and developed
to a larger degree than would be nec-
essary in the ordinary school. For in-
stance, in one large city, the class in
agriculture has taken up the general
discussion of farm and orchard crops.
and then taken the subject of orchard-
ing in a specialized way. This was
accomplished by the renting of an or-
chard just outside of the city limits,
and the boys took charge of the whole
process of fruit growing, from the
grown tree. which would include prun-
ing. spraying, harvesting and‘market.
ing.

Another group took charge of a
good—sized garden of small fruits, in-
cluding strawberries and raspberries.
This also was managed on a commer~
cial scale. Figs. 1 and 2 show these
boys at work in the orchard under the
direction of the instructor. These
were tenth grade boys. The seniors
and juniors of this same school took
up the subject of commercial dairy-
ing, basing it, of course, upon a care-
ful study of dairy breeds of cattle and
their proper management.

A third group took a course in land—
scape gardening, tree surgery. with
actual practice in the gardens and
among the trees of the city.

In another city, landscape garden-
ing, vegetable gardening, and fores—
try, are the specialized phases which
are presented. Fig. 4 shows one of
the gardens managed by a school girl
in this city.

In some of the smaller cities and
villages, similar specialized phases of
agriculture are taught, particular at-
tention being given to home garden-
ing. Fig. 3 shows a home garden in
charge of the high school students.

In every village and city there are
many vacant lots, some of which are
usually unused and unsightly. The
board of education in such places
should rent all these lots and put
them in the hands of the teacher of
agriculture, Who will interest the stu-
dents in the productive agricultural
enterprises. The board of education
can in turn rent the land to students,
or the students may work it on
shares. .

The matter of school gardening is
not new: it has been practiced in the
larger cities of this country for a good
many years, but in such cases the.
children simply did the, work as a
school exercise and without any finan-
cial interest of their own in the out—
come. Hence, the educational and in:
dustrial results were not always such
as could be desired. Fig. 5 will show
such a plot of ground in actual proc-
ess of development in a Michiban
village.

In the villages and smaller cities
where the students have easy access
to adjacent farms, it is not necessary
fer the board of education to provide
land as the students will have sum-
cient opportunity for the observation
of actual farm practice, and for the
management of their own enterprises
during the summer.

The Home Project.

One of the most important phases
of the work in agriculture in second-
‘ary schools is the home project, as we

call it. Each student in the several use the forces of nature which lie
years of the course is expected to se- about him. »

lect some project which will illustrate The plan here presented of teaching
the material he has been studying ur- agriculture provides that 25 per cent
ing the year, and work this out, wit/Sims student’s time in the high
gin its development during the s - 001 shall be given to agricultural
mer vacation. Such practice will not instruction and training. The same
use all the boy’s time, of course, but amount of time can be given to the
the father may well give the boy the girls and the boys in other phases of
use of the land and suitable time for industrial education. This, it seems
the development of. this practical to us, is not too much time or not too
phase. One instance to show how this large a proportion of the school time
will work out. A boy decided that he for this most important phase of edu-
would raise two acres of corn. He cation. Not all of agricultural educa-
had in his own mind that on this plot tion can be given on the farm. The
of ground he would raise corn which laboratory is a place of vital import-
he could sell for seed corn, and plant- ance. Here is where the thinking
ed it. He carried out the theories he power is developed, and here is where
had learned in the class-room in the the power is secured which may be
care and development Of his crop, and later utilized in the development of
in the fall had the satisfaction of husk- the home farm. Fig, 6 shows a corner
int-I 125 baskets 0f marketable COI‘Il of one of our agricultural laboratories.
from each acre, while his father on It tells the story of organization,
the same farm had to be content with thought, investigation, and these three
75 baskets, and the ,bOY had the furth- things are absolutely vital to the de-
er satisfaction of selling his own fath- velopment of the new agriculture to
er his seed corn for the ensuing year, which we all look forward with the
together with practically all of his keenest anticipation.

crop, either to neighboring farmers or This is the fourteenth of 52 special
to a commission merchant for that articles to be published in consecu-

purpose. This is but one instance, tive issues. The author has held the

- . _ chair of Agricultural Education at M.
but it shows what we mean by teach A C since the inception of “High

ing agriculture and the best part of it School Agricultural Education” in
is, that this boy has decided in his Michigan, and has had direct charge
own mind to become the best farmer 0f the work—Eds.

in that whole community.

Showing up the Results.

Another phase of this work is
shown in the development of the com- Fertilizer for Corn.
munity exhibit, or fair. The boys at For sowing commercial fertilizer
the close of the season bring to the with corn, which_bring.s the best re-
school, or to a place selected, the pro- sults, 0116:0ng 1n _.WIth .the corn,
, broad—casting, or sowmg With a grain
(lUClS Which they have produced. dur- drill before planting? VVthh is of:
1114‘ the summer. They invite their greater value to corn, ground phos-‘
fathers and mothers to do the same phate rock or commercial fertilizer?‘
thing, and thus an exhibit of the farm Van Buren (30' J' A'
and home products of that particular The best method 0f applying fertil-

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locality is arranged for the edification izer for corn will depend “0t 8. little i.

and development Of all. At one of upon the condition of the soil to which

these community fairs, a fine group of it is applied. The writer has tried

cattle was presented, and the interest bf’th plans .and prefers the use Of a
of the community is shown in the fact liberal application sown broadcast and

that the boys and their fathers erect- worked into the soil when preparing
ed a tent to cover the exhibit, and the ground for corn. A little fertilizer
that during the two days the exhibit put m the checks when the corn is
was given, more than 3,000 persons planted Will start the plants growing
passed through these tents. very thriftily, but only a. small appli-

Any number of instances could be cation can be made in this manner
iven to show how the teachin of a _ without danger of injuring the germi-
g, . g 5: nating power of the seed, particularly
riculture improves the regular classn— . .. . . -
cal and scientific work of the high if a fertilizer containing much potash

school, while at the same time laying :eallliig' :Egseltuelnipfens rm tie gry
a broad and deep industrial founda- q 0 CO 11 pan ng

tion. The superintendents of the sev- 51211516- 033338 fozmirélyeusedhfrolin :02 to
eral schools, 'Where agriculture is p p m c ec S u m

taught in this state, will unite in this r3223: y::l:cr:agreoad::gt :btohut 50?
statement and in their approval of p p l exce-

this particularly valuable industrial lent results. A complete fert1lizer 18
training. We have 42 high schools preferable toground I'QCk phosphate
where agriculture is being taught to where immediate results are desrred.
about 1,500 young men and women, (Iround rock phosphate must be ap-
most of whom are from farm homes. Dhed m connection wnh organic mat—
. . ter to make it available, and some
A" Increased EfflCIency. time must elapse before the full ben-
Efficiency is the great WOI‘d today efit of such an application is derived.
in industrial life, and we are becom- Depth of Plowing for Beans.
ing more and more aware that indus- I have a field to low for beans a
trial efficiency means mental elficien- part of which was i111) beans last year.
Cy. It means tralned minds and tram- How deep should it be plowed for the
ed hands, and more than that, it best results? How can quack grass
means that during the process of be most cheaply and effectually exter—
training, ideals of life individually and “mate“ Sl'BSCRIBER-

in the community must be developed. A great deal depends upon the con-
The school must assist the boy in dis- dition and character of the son as to

covering himself. The high school how deep it should be plowed for best

period, or from 14 to 18 years of age, results. If a good deep soil—as is
is called the formative period because probably the case, "1 view 0f the fact
during this time the habits formed, that a second crop 0t beans 15 to be

the tastes developed, and the ideals taken from a portion 0f it‘lt should
constructed. are those which will stay preferably be plowed at a fairly good
with the individual so long as he lives. depth.

it is not sufficient that the high school 9 Quack grass can be SUCCBSSfflllY ex~
shall teach the classics well. This terminated by thorough culture, WhiCh
school, the people’s school, must touch does not permit any of it to develop
the individual life of the people and leaves above ground. Small patches
open the doors of opportunity which can be killed out by other means, such
lead to a happy and successful life for as smothering out with a layer of tar-
the boys and girls. Man was created red paper. A good way to eradicate
with a body which could work. He quack grass from a field at a mini-
was also created with a mind which mum cost is to grow some root crop
could think, and the public school was on the land, which requires*hand~hoe-
created to help the individual to live. ing, which supplementary work in ad-
This means that the function of the dition to thorough cultivation persist-
school is to increase the child’s ability ed in for a single season will prac-

 

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FEB. 6,1915.

ICHIGAN has thousands of
these fa1ms,vary1ng greatly in
productive power. Some of

them were cleared long ago. The proc-
ess of clearing was difficult, and took
a number of years of hard labor. The
first fields fitted for the plow were
cropped over and over, each time
yielding smaller returns. At first
wheat was grown on many of these
farms and the amount produced var-
ied from 15 to 20 bushels on the best
of this soil, down to nine or 10 bush-
els on that which was lighter and
poorer. At first clover grew on nearly
all these sandy lands with little trou-
ble on the part of the owner, and
with results which promised well. But
small clearings and large needs made
it easy to neglect the sowing of clover
until the organic matter was depleted,
and when at last the owner came to a
time when he thought he must seed
down, the clover refused to stand the
dry weather and when the grain was
cut off it was not to be found.

Early Management Faulty.

As the price of lumber advanced it
became an easier matter to clear land,
for the timber could be sold at a good
figure, and as the wood was worth
cutting in many cases, by the time
both were sold there was little left to
do beyond hauling a few old rotten
logs together, and gathering and burn-
ing the brush with them. Many thou-
sands of acres of sandy stump lands
are being cleared now in the northern
part of our state, and if the clearing
is not put off too long after the tim-
ber is cut, the task is not at all
difficult. '

It would seem that after the prob-
lem of clearing the land became eas-
ier, better care of the soil would re-
sult, particularly when the owner had
had so many object lessons all around
him, of the consequences of neglect;
but the question of a living is always
a problem on the farm, and even

TH—E- MICHIGAN FARMER

The Problem of the Sandy Farm.

ByVV F.

TAYLOR.

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all crops must get their nitrogen from
the soil, and will suffer in proportion
to the degree in which this shortage is
felt.

There is still another trouble with
our sandy soils. They are so loose in
texture that they admit the air too
readily, and the soil grains being
larger than in the case of the clay,
they do not retain the water so long.
It should be understood also, that
most of our sandy farms are low in
content of all kinds of plant food that
are likely to be lacking under any
circumstances. The needs of the

sandy farm may then be summed up,

as follows:‘ Some protection from the
winds in the case of cultivated fields,
and provisions for keeping up the sup‘
ply of moisture, lime, and other avail-
able plant food.

In some cases, the hardest problem
of all is to protect cultivated fields
from the effects of high winds in the

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though the cost of clearing has been
materially reduced there are other de-
mands for money which put the be-
ginner up against great difficulties.
So it happens that the great majority
of these sandy farms are tilled year
after year in the beginning until the
organic matter is out of the soil, and
dry weather affects every crop to a
great extent, and particularly the
young clover. With the content of
vegetable matter reduced, the soil is
apt to blow so that even if dry weath-
er should not be present, high winds
would be likely to greatly damage the
young seeding.

Much Sandy Soil Needs Lime.

Again, much of our sandy soil is
lacking in lime, especially if it has
been farmed for a considerable period
of time. The nitrogen-fixing bacteria
will not grow on the roots of clover
in a sour soil. At least these bacteria
will not thrive in such soil, and so
when the lime becomes exhausted, the
clover is beset with this difficulty.

When our catch of clover comes to
grief the nitrOgen is soon lacking and

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spring and early summer. \Ve may
accomplish much in this parti(ular by
laying out our fields so that they will
not be too wide; plowing long and
rather narrow strips not to exceed 20
rods in width, with grass or grain al-
ternating. In some cases it is wise to
leave wind breaks when clearing the
land. If the roller is used on sandy
soil, it should not be a smooth roller
unless we intend to follow it with a
light harrow or weeder. A smooth
surface will suffer much more from
the wind than one that is rough.
Cover Crops Important.

Our plans for the management of
the sandy farm should always include
some cover crop upon each field in
winter. Fall and winter winds play
sad havoc with sandy fields left with
no covering and we can well afford to
expend considerable time and labor to
protect from their ill eflects.

Perhaps the greatest problem con-
nected with this matter is that of re-
taining moisture. If we couldkeep the
Water in our sandy soils we could
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a profit. When it rains so much that
the heavier lands are soaked and all
crops suffer unless a good system of
drainage has been provided, then the
crops on our sandy fields laugh and
grow to splendid maturity.

The Moisture Supply.

But we can do much to keep the wa-
ter in our sandy soils if we will. In-
deed, it seems to me that the most
important thing of all is to provide
against the effects of dry weather on
these sandy fields. What shall we do?
First, get the vegetable matter back
into the soil. How? By a short ro-
tation of crops, by plowing under
green manures and by applying barn-
yard manure if it can be obtained
without too great expense. It is very
generally known that organic matter
absorbs and holds large quantities of
water in the soil, but the extent to
which liberal quantities of vegetable
matter will increase the yield of crops

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3—139

it we have doubts about our need

,of lime we can make tests either with

acid or litmus paper, and ascertain
the facts.

Ground limestone is getting cheap-
er, and marl is found to be plentiful
in many localities. I am convinced
that we must apply large quantities
of lime to our sandy soils in the very
near future if we are to get the best
results. We have come to associate
lime with alfalfa, but we shall find it
almost as useful to the clover crop,
and of much benefit to all legumes.
Ground limestone is a very econom-
ical source of lime in the long run,
but if our soil is very sour, it will be
well to apply 500 pounds per acre of
burned lime at the beginning, and
then put on the limestone or the marl.
Let me urge the readers of the Mich-
igan Farmer to look for marl beds.
W'e can afford to haul marl 10 or 12
miles in the winter if we, must, but if
we. look around we may find it near-
er by.

The Nitrogen Supply.

“'e must grow our nitrogen. “'e
cannot afford to buy it. We can af-
ford to buy and use a small quantity
of commercial fertilizer to help give
the young plants a start, to assist in
getting a better catch of clover, or to
secure a stronger stand of vetch. But
if we depend on buying fertilizers to
keep up our farms and intend to make
no other provision to this end, we
shall find the fertilizer worth as mucn
and sometimes more, than the, crop.
It is wise to buy fertilizers of the
right analysis when we use them to
promote the conditions that make in
themselves for greater fertility. But
the thoughtless application of these
goods with no purpose beyond the
particular crop to which they are ap-
plied, is bad management.

011 the contrary, the buying of com-
iiiert‘itli fertilizers to help increase the
organic matter in our soil, is excel~

 

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grown on the land, is not yet fully un-
derstood.

Organic Matter the Remedy.

One of the greatest needs upon
Michigan farms of nearly all types of
soil, is more organic- matter. Our
sandy lands simply must have it if
they are to be worth tilling, and our
system of farming must provide for it.
I have known a few who, by sowing
winter vetch in corn at the last culti-
vation have done much to add to the
organic matter. Clover will be found
of great value, but vetch will catch
and hold a little easier, and will build
the soil just as fast. Another import-
ant factor in the retaining of moisture
is to keep the soil compact. Where
we can, we may avoid plowing our
sandy fields. The roller may be used
often with discretion, and cultivation
need not be so deep as upon the heav-
ier types of soil.

The most urgent need of our sandy
lands in this regard, is for lime, nitro-
gen, and an abundant supply of or-
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crop plowed in is a legume.

Large quantities of nitrogen can be
added to the soil in a few years very
cheaply by the use of Clover or vetch,
and the decomposition of this vegeta-
ble matter helps to make the minerals
in the soil available for plant food.

it may be hard to get a good stand
of vetch at first without inoculation,
but this is easily secured by applying
the culture and the cost is so little
that no one should think of sowing
vetch the first time without inoculat-
ing the seed.

A light application of manure will
help wonderfully in securing a good
stand of vetch. A heavy application
is not needed.

Rolling will not change the size of
the soil grains but it will pack them
closer together, exclude much of the
air, and thus prevent the organic
matter, from drying up and promote
its decomposition.

The Essentials of Success.

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high winds, plow under plenty of or-
ganic matter, use the roller» wisely,
addplenty of lime, apply all the barn.
yard manure we can get, and grow
our nitrogen in clover and vetch, al-
ways endeavoring to keep. the' soil
covered in winter, we shall find the
sandy farm not so much of a problem
after all.

This article is already too long. I
wish it might have been shorter, but
I know so many people on this kind
of land who are almost discouraged
that I have given the matter much
thought. We can‘ work our sandy
lands more days in the year and with
much less power than the heavy soils.
If we will but grasp the fundamental
principles of soil building and apply
them, our luck on these farms will
change.

In many cases it will have to be
done gradually for lack of means; but
more often for lack of faith. Most
men would find the money to buy
vetch or cloverseed if they could be
made to feel its importance. .

There is some sandy soil in Michi<
gan that will probably never be farm-
ed. Some of this is sold now and
then, to people from the cities who
know nothing about the country, by
unscrupulous men who should be in
Jackson helping to make a certain in-
stitution there pay a revenue to the
state. But the greater part of our
sandy farms can be worked with profs
it if. we attend to the fundamentals
of soil management.

SOME COMMENTS ON NORTHERN
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CONDITIONS.

 

Northern Michigan in the lower
peninsula is in the formation period
in agriculture. Many havesc’
cal problems and settlements have all
the earmarks of as permanent agricul-
ture as is to be found ‘anywhere in
the state. 'Cor'n, good and sound, is
grown in practically every county on
good soils, and this great American
cereal’ seems wonderfully adaptive
Silos are beginning to

ibe an important feature of the farm

and the merit of silage as a feed is

*scarcely a debatable question.

 

Great Possibilities in Beef Production.

There seems to be a pronounced
interest in beef producing with cheap
summer feed, and silage for winter.
There is a decided lack of breeding in
much of the native farm stock from a
beef standpoint. Dairy bred bulls,
because of the predominancy in dairy
circles of the unwelcome bull calf,
seem to have found a welcome in the
northern counties. Cattle buyers who
visit this section are not compliment-
ary in their remarks regarding the
quality of the native stock. If beef
growing were to receive the attention
that dairying has had in the fostering
of that industry by the state, northern
Michigan would be a large contributor
to the beef supply. Perhaps the larg-
est distinct herd of beef-bred animals
in Michigan is now owned in Alpena
county. These are Herefords and have
wonderful potentially in furnishing
foundation stock where so badly need-
ed in the range country of Michigan.
It was one of the tragedies of the live
stock business, the building up of the
great beef herds of cattle in southern
Michigan and their disappearance un-
der the cheap conditions of western
range production. It is somewhat dra-
matic to see the reappearance of the
beef breeds now in the northern part
of the state where much of the area is
better adapted to beef than the dairy.
The report of the farm survey in the
10W return to the small dairy farmer
is an interrogation point in northern
Michigan.

Lack of breeding and small capital
available for farm enterprises reminds
me of the boastful man in Texas, who

- lost a million dollars one year by not

having enough cattle to eat up the

' grass that Went to waste that season.

Michigan’s loss this seaM‘ much

F33. 6. 1915.

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greater than the Texas man’s loss.

,Thcre is not the spirit of: the cattle-

mcn that one. finds in even the most
remote western range country, and
which animates and pervades the set-
tler whose ambition is to get a few
cows and grow into more. Twenty
cows on the range will, with the irri-
gated garden patch, maintain and pro-
vide a family without either much pri-
vation, or much luxury and these con-
ditions prevailed when beef was much
lower than it is now or probably ever
will be again. , , ,

One sees the tragedies of, attempt
ing to farm on light' sandy soil in
Michigan just as the dry farmer in
the san'dhill country has existence in
seasons of rainfall made joyous and
then comes dry seasons and disaster.
The Kinkaid act, applicable to the dry
farming section, provided for a 320
acre homestead, instead of 160, to en-
courage cattle ralsing. Michigan needs
a Secretary Lane to take hold of the
range question and instead of having
vast'areas of land returned to the
state for taxes absolutely idle to ex-
periment on fencing off some blocks
and leasing these for pasturage. This
would enable the settler to solve the
problem of summer feed and allow
him to devote his energies to growing
winter feed. The ownership of 10 or
20 cows, with cheap summer range
and fed at home, 'with their progeny.
during the winter would, in my esti—
mation, show a much increased labor
income to the northern farmer.

Experimenting with Cash Crops.

In Iosco county 8. Hungarian, who
could talk little English, had grown
one-fifth of an acre of tobacco. From
his 10—year-old girl, who could talk
good English, but beyond that like any
child of that age, could give little p08<
itlve information, it was gleaned that
the crop was 120 pounds of good
quality for cigar making purposes. An
exhibition of Michigan tobacco is rath-
er unusual and in this instance an in—
telligent Slav was trying at least, with
some degree of success, in determin-
ing the soil problems of northern
Michigan.

Beans, Peas and Wheat.

The quality of white beans is better
as a rule, than these grown farther
south. There is some anthracnose
and blight, but not bad. Load after
load of beans come to the elevators
with but one pound pick.

There is a prevailing opinion that
pea growing spoils land for wheat.
Others account for the decline in yield
and quality of wheat to the hard win-
ters and then have pointed out that
the winters are just like the ones they
used to have when good wheat was
grown. My guess would be that these
soils are rather short on phosphorous
and lime and that a good grade of
phosphatic fertilizer would put the
wheat yield and quality back to that
of former days. Wheat as a fall crop
aids wonderfully in the economy of
farm life by its opportune time of bar
vesting a cash crop and relieving the
tension of farm work in the spring
when so many crops crowd one an-
other for seed time.

Shiawassee Co. J. N. MCBRIDE.

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A FlRM'SI-ZED 'BED BRINGS suc-
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‘I have been eXpei‘imenting with al-
falfa for .gseveralyears but as I was
having no success with it I concluded
that my experience was not worth
relating. I read all I could find in
the books and papers abdut it and I
made up my mind that it is just What
we want on our Michigan farms if we
can raise it successfully. I was pleas-
ed with the hope of finding a grass
which would hold to the ground for
several years without re-seeding, and
still have all the fertilizing virtues of
clover. I commenced by sowing one
corner of a lot to alfalfa at the same
time that I was seeding the lot to
timothy or clover and I sowed it in
the same way, i. e., in the grain crop
without dragging. Every experiment
was a failure. Only a few seeds would
grow.

About that time our highway com-
missioner plowed the road in front of
my house up into a turnpike. I thought
perhaps conditions in this soil might
be favorable to the growth of alfalfa,
so I scattered some seed along the
side of the turnpike and waited for
results. The alfalfa seed failed to
grow, except an occasional seed where
we came around onto the turnpike to
get to the mail box. I understood
that to mean that alfalfa seed should
be well worked into the soil. Our feet
had packed the soil down and started
the alfalfa to growing. I was fitting
a piece of ground for alfalfa at the
time, and I used the knowledge I had
gained to good advantage. I dragged
the ground thoroughly before and af—
ter seeding. Then I hitched to a six-
foot board float and loaded it down
with 180 pounds of human flesh, an:
proceeded to give the ground a thor-
ough floating. I was severely criti-
cized by one of my neighbors, who
took the liberty to refer to my work
at a farmers’ institute which was held
a few months later, and he finished
up by saying that I would not get a
stand of alfalfa. I made no defense
of my action but simply stated that I
had experimented in different ways
and I was trying that as an experi-
ment. I am glad to say that my
neighbor was mistaken, for I have a
splendid stand of alfalfa and my
ground has been examined by a man
who ought to understand alfalfa and
he has pronounced the inoculation
good. I found some sweet clover
growing in the highway and I scat-
tered some of the dirt and seed over
the ground. I had good results from
the alfalfa crop last season.

Branch Co. 0. A. VANDERBILT.

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Blacklcg.

HE writer has been requestedby
several readers to ‘tell them
about blackleg and how to treat

this ailment. Now, as most of you

know, blackleg, black quarter and
quarter-ill is one and the same ail<
ment with different names. This dis
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ed by a specific bacillus. It rarely
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months old, but between this age and
two years is the dangerous period.

Cattle over two years of age do some
times become affected; however, they

are fairly well exempt from attack.

Sheep and goats also suffer from the
disease, but man, horses, hogs, dogs,
cats and fowls never take it.

Blackleg, very much like anthrax, is
usually restricted to definite lecallties
and as you perhaps know, there are
certain pastures upon which the dis—
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every summer and fall. It has been
supposed that swampy, undrained pas-
tures were the ones most likely to re-
tain this contagion, but this theory
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.is found to exist on all kinds of soil.

The disease has been produced by
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tite and of rumenation. followed quick-
ly by a dullness, weakness and high
fever. It is not unusual to find the
temperature 107 degrees F., and con-
siderable lameness or stiffness of one
or more limbs, due to the tumor or
swelling which is usually present.
Death usually results in from one to
three days and is generally preceded
by difficult breathing and occasional
attacks of convulsions. Invariably you
will find a swelling under the skin, on
the thigh, the neck, the shoulder, the
breast, flank or rump, but never below
the knee or hock joint. In exception-
al cases the back part of tongue and
throat may be affected and in all cas-
es the tumor at first is small, but
painful and appears to spread rapid-
ly and dip quite deep. When the parts
are manipulated a peculiar cracking
sound is heard, the result of gas
which usually occurs as the bacillus
multiply. Now, at this stage the skin
becomes dry and cold to the touch in
the center of tumor. If the swelling
is cut into, a dark red, frothy, strong-
smelllng fluid is discharged, but at
this stage the diseased parts appear
to be painless.

Treatment.

In this disease remedies appear to
have proved unavailing, as blackleg
usually proves fatal. Some writers
recommend a line of treatment, but
none of their remedies have given me
anything like satisfactory results;
therefore, I should advise against med-
ication as a curative agent. However,
vaccination has been thoroughly tried
out and proved to be efficacious in
preventing blackleg. Now, as a. pre-
ventative, it should consist in the re-
moval of the animals from an infected
pasture to a non-infected field and if
the infected pasture be swampy, it
should be drained. It is also import-
ant to burn the carcass, to prevent
dogs or birds from spreading the in-
fection. It is also equally important
to thoroughly disinfect the stable
where the animal died. It the pasture

 

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FEB. 6, 1915.

when dry burn it over, or spread
straw over it and burn it; this will
have a fairly good effeCt in killing the
infective germs. Readers who have a.
suspicion of this contagion being on
their premises should not neglect to
vaccinate every calf or head of stock
between five months and two years
of age on their premises. The work
is easily done and every intelligent
dairyman and stock man can do it.
The vaccine is prepared and distrib-
uted by the Bureau of Animal Indus-
try and many other reputable manu-
facturers of commercial ' vaccines.
This preventative treatment is inex-
pensive and so easily applied and at-
tended w1th no danger to the animals,
leaving very little excuse for not im-
munizing your young cattle against
blackleg. DR. W. C. FAIR.

FEEDERS' PROBLEMS.

 

A Ration for Young Pigs.

Am just starting in the hog busi-
ness with 40 young pigs. What should
I feed for best results, and for econ~
omy? What do you think of rape for
hog pasture? How much should I sow
for 40 growing pigs? When should I
sow and how? How long after sow-
ing before I can turn the hogs in, and
would they grow on just rape, or
should they have other feeds? Would
40 hogs harm a 20-acre field of new
seeding?

Genesee Co. SUBSCRIBER.

Perhaps the mast satisfactory ra-
tion for young pigs is wheat mid‘
dlings. If skim-milk is available, corn.
meal can be used in connection with
the skim-milk at the rate of one to
three pounds of milk for each pound
of corn meal with profit as the pigs
increase in age. A little tankage, per-
haps 10 per cent as much as is fed
of corn, and a little feeding molasses
will make the ration more nutritious
and palatable. A variety of feeds gives
better results with young pigs than
any single grain or limited combina«
tion.

Rape makes a fairly good pasture
for growing pigs, but has one disad‘
vantage in that if allowed to get too
large before the pigs are turned in, it
irritates their skin in a disagreeable
manner. It should be sown broadcast
at the rate of five pounds per acre on
a well prepared seed bed, and may be
pastured in six or eight weeks after
sowing. It should not be overstocked,
and pigs pastured on rape or any oth«
er forage should be fed a supplemen~
tary grain ration. If other pasture
will be available, a couple of acres
should be sufficient for the number of
pigs mentioned during the midsummer
season when other pasture is gener-
ally dormant. If no other posture is
available, a larger area would be re-
quired. Pasturing new seeding is not
to be especially commended, but hogs
would injure it less than almost any
other kind of stock, if proper precau-
tions are taken to prevent them from
rooting.

Oats for Fattening Steers.

Does it pay to feed oats half-and—half
by measure with corn, to fattening
steers, with clover hay and cornstalks
for roughage, or would you sell the
oats and buy cottonseed or some oth-
er concentrated meal? The steers are
yearlings and are on full feed now.

Genesee Co. W. E

It would not pay to feed cats with
corn to fatten steers at the present
comparative price of oats and other
protein feeds. Cottonseed meal is un-
doubtedly the cheapest protein con-
centrate with which to balance the
.corn for fattening steers at the pres-
ent time.

The average prices of horses, etc,
one year ago were as follows: Under
one year old $56.69; between one and
two years old $92.96; between two
and three years old $134.37 and three
years old. and over $173.18. Milch
cows $60.34 per head. Cattle other
than mllch cows, under one year old
$17.77 ; . between one and two years old
$30.14: between two and three years

old $45.09 and three years old and ov-

er $58.10. Sheep under one year old Q
“.07 and one year old and over $4.79.
Hogs not tattened $6.74 per cwt.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

FEB. 6, 1915.

 

THE-MICHIGAN "FARMER

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DDDEE- BROTHERS MDTDE CAR

A Moderate Priced Car of Unusual Qualifications

Dodge Brothers have manufactured
the vital parts for more than 500, 000
motor cars.

They have manufactured as many as
225,000 sets of motor car parts a year.

This means millions of pieces, large
and small ’

They have established costs on every
piece, every part, every operation.
They know to the fraction of a cent, the
most and the best it is possible to get
out of men, material and machinery.

Naturally, therefore, the element of ex-,

periment 'does not enter into the con-
struction of Dodge Brothers’ car.
It is reasonable to suppose, for instance,
that Dodge :‘_
Brothers, ac- ‘~\\
customed to ‘

can conceive how the material, the
design or the manufacturing practice
could be, improved.

You will find such vital parts as the
springs and the gears made from
chrome vanadium steel.

This has several valuable results.

Because of the strength of chrome van-
adium steel, the leaves in the springs
are thinner than those ordinarily used,
and it is possible to use more of them.

These leaves are self-lubricating.

 
  

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c u t tin g a s
m a n y a 5
34,000 gears
a day, should
know how to
p r o d'u c e
good gears.

A plant accus-
tomed to
heating and
forging 300,—
000 pounds
of steel a
day ' should
certainly know something of the. sci-
ence of handling steel. ,

They have brought to bear upon the
constructiOn of their car, everything
that tends to produce value—extra-
ordinary experience; immense pro-
duction capacity; . complete financial
independence.

Unerring Accuracy Characterize:
Dodge Brothers’ Work

The car is marked by that rigid insist-
ence upon unerring accuracy, which
is recognized as the chief character—

'istic of all Dodge Brothers’ work.

' Ordinary good. practice'hasnot’" been

good enough—in every detail you
will find the exceptional.

You will encounter many features
which exceed your expectations--
never one that falls below them.

Your enthusiasm over one feature has
scarcely subsided before you discover
that another, and then another,
reaches the same high plane.

Not a, detail in the car was determined
simply by precedent or custom—the
one thought was to see how much
value Dodge Brothers could give by
getting the utmost out of their manu-
facturing experience and equipment.

You are almost sure to ask yourself
how it is possible to incorporate such
quality at so moderate a price.

The answer is furnished ~by the extra-
ordinary experience and equipment
enjoyed by Dodge Brothers, and to
which we have just referred.

Examine The .Car
Item By Item

It Will interest you to scan: the specifi-

’ cations, item by item,1and.seeif you

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The wheelbase is 110 inches
The price of the ear complete is $785
i o. b. Detroit.

 

The net result is maximum strength,
with maximum resiliency.

Again, this generous use of lig.ht,strong,
costly steels makes unusually light
weight—the shipping weight being
approximately 2200 po.unds

 

General Specifications

UNIT POWER PLANT— STEERING GEAR—Ir
A l u m i n u m C on e reversible of worm
(‘luich—l.eallicrfaced nut and sector type— ,

MOTOR—Four rylilndel'. 53:31 _ with 17 Inc-h ’
cast an b'oc with re~ ~
movable head 8%» SPRINGS— All Chrome
inch bore by 4% inch Vanadium steel. self
stroke. 30—35: H P lubricating

Water Cooled Cen~ '
"1mg“ Pump FENDERS — Except-ion
ally handsome o v Is 1

R$DIATOR—Tubular design. -

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LUBRICATION-Splash “W"Goog °alm$§
and force reed. —Wood lino cum
HIGH - TENSION MAG- covered and aluminum

NETO—Waterproof boun d

'Elsemann '

GASOLINE svsrrm— W"EELs—m‘k°’y de

Pressure f e e d. 15_ mountable rims. 32 by
gallon tank hung on 3’5 inches
rear TIRES — Straight 5 i d e

INSTRUMENT BOARD tyne—Non-skid rear,

—-(:arries Jones 60-mile

speedometer. d r i v e n BODIES - Five-passen-
from transmission. gas- 39" 30“““9 and ‘WO‘
oline‘ a" pressure passenger road ter All
pump. ga‘oline. air steel, including body
we sure gauge, oil frame Special Venam.
pressure gauge, mag- eled finish ~ . UDhOI'
new switch, current stered in genuine grain

indicator, 1 i g h t in g leather ‘
switch. carburetor ad- W H E E L B A S E—llO
justment. glovelocker_ inche es ‘

and dash lamp WINDSHIELD—Rsin

DRIVE—Left side. can vision, clear vision and
ter control. . ventilating

STARTER GENERATOR TOP—One- -man type. 1110-
—Single unit. iZ-volt. hair covered; Jit'l'y cur-
40—amp Battery tains and boot

TRANSMISSION—Selim lIGHTS—Electric: two
tive sliding gear type head lights with dim-

-——three speeds iorward' mer, tail lamp and
grid aeverse thome- - dash light
“18 mm 8‘69 298’s rdUIPMENr -- Electric
heattreated 1 ) horn. License brack-
B E A R A X l. E—Fuil- ets Robe rail Foot
floating Removable rail Tools Demount-
cover plate to able rim mounted on
access to differential.ve rear
TiMKEN BEARINGS SHIPPING W2EIGHT—
thruout. including Approximately 00
wheels and ditl'erential. pounds. '
8. R. 0. BALL BE'AR- ~ PRICE—Touring ‘car or
‘ ’ INGS in clutch and roadster, 8785 o. b.
transmission. ~ _ Det titro

 

 

 

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And yet you will find that every essen-
tial part is stout and strong and of
full size.

Unlocked-for Quality
Everywhere Evident

Every feature you examine reveals un-
looked— for quality.

The leather used in the upholstery 18 of
selected stock—real grain leather.
The tufting 15 deep and soft; the filling,

natural curled hair.

The full floating rear axle seems to
stand out as an extraordinary value,
until. you discover other values equally
important—as for instance, the Timken
bearings thruout; the S. R. 0. ball bear-
ings in the clutch and transmis-
sion; the single
unit starter-gen—
erator ;the Eise—
mann water-
proof magneto;

direct drive no
transmission
gears are engag-
er or in motion;
the exclusiveuse
of drop forgings
and drawn work
instead of cast-
ings ; the perfect
streamlinebody,
the specially de-
5 i g n e d oval
fenders; the one man type top, etc., etc.

'You will find not merely a few refine—
merits, but the highest ferm of re-‘

finem'ent at every point, even to
minor details-

‘An example Of this is the beauty and '

- cempletmess of the black enamel in-
strument board with its equipment

of oil gauge, battery gauge, gasoline

pressure gauge and pump, carburetor
adjustment, speedometer, dash light
and switches—all nickeled.

, In Action The Car Is

Even More Impressive

Some of the concealed quality might
be lost upon you if it were not im-
mediately revealed in the way .the
car handles itself.

There is no mistaking the ease with
which itgets under way—the gliding
sensation which bespeaks not mere—
ly power in plenty, but beautiful
balance and an equitable distribution
of weight.

The specifications, in one sense of the
Word, speak for themselves.

But how good the car is, not even the
quality indicated by these specifica-
tion-s can show.

You cannot really know until your foot
has pressed the accelerator.

Instantly you will realize that here is
delightful responsiveness--an unusual
power of picking up—and above all,
a steadiness on country roads at all
speeds very much out of the ordinary.

The price of Dodge B-’roth'ers car is
really the last thing for you to con-
sider.

The important thing is to realize how

‘ . much they haVe given you at a mod-

; erate price.

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THE MICHIGAN FARM‘E'R

 

FEB. 6, 1915.

 

PVinter outside,
Spring within the Barn

HEN the world is wrapped in her blanket

V R/ of white and the air cuts like a knife, when

the frost screeches beneath your feet and

the rabbits and quail are starving in your icy pas-

tures and stubble fields, when the straw stack af-

fords little protection from the penetrating cold

and your stock are sheltered in the barns then is
when you appreciate your

[Ngifi‘c‘i‘A

There is springtime in the breath of your cattle,
suggestive of green pastures; there is Springtime in
the brimming buckets of milk rich in butter-fat.
And there is springtime in your heart as you look
upon this picture of health and contentment and
realize that the Indiana Silo has preserved for you
in full measure the harvest of last year’s toil.

Let the thermometer tell its story in its own way.
No weather is cold when there is .lplenty 1n the
manger and plenty in the milk. pal . Prosperity
laughs at Zero and the Indiana 5110 is "The Watch-
tower of Prosperity.”

THE INDIANA SILO COMPANY

532 Union Bldg.. ANDERSON. INDIANA
SSQLive Stock Exchange Bldg.. Kansas City, M0. 582 Indiana Bldg.. Des Moines. Ia.
553 Live Stock Exchange Bldg., Fort Worth. Tex.

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Indiana Silo. We
are making special dis-
counts for early orders.
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. There’s a Bi i
;.' Difference in Silage

The succulence and palatability of perfect ensilage
roduces maximum results at a low feeding cost.
0 other feed contains as much ”succulence value"
as well preserved ensilage. It is the most economical \,
feed for summer as well as for fall and winter. But ‘\

U there's as big a difference in silage as there is in silos. ~ \
Build your silo of material that lasts for generations '-
=3 year — as the day the corn was cut.

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and keeps ensilage as fresh and succulent—allthe
Erect a‘

, The silo that's made of vitrified hollow
clay tile, whose glazed surfaces do not ,i
absorb the silage juices, and admit I
no air from without. No freez- .
lng. Reinforced by continu- /
ous steel bands. No /
swelling. shrinking. ,
warping or crack- ,
, ing. No repairs.
no {pain ting
no adjusting. Stops silo troubles forever. Write
to nearest branch oifice torhst of owners inyour State.
and for catalog A

National Fire Proofing Company

Organzecd1889 Pittsburgh, Pa.

Syracuse. 1!. Y. Bloomington, Ill. Philadelphia, PI-
Madison. Wis. Lansing, Inch. Huntington, Ind.

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"The Silo
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Duplex FARM Tool Grinder

Grinds your plow shares,cultiva-

 

' , have the comfort and
Why "0* convenience of an in-

, . , , .. door closet in your home. The
~ - ~ -' — ‘ Woverine Chemical CIOSet

can be installed in any home at
very small expense. No wait!
or plumbing required. Can be
set in most any room in the
house. Gives you every cou-

tor points, axes.
oicklea,knlves
and all tools.
Edge or side
of wheel. can

  
   

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venience of the water 03501: on- ‘ used.
'oyed by city people. 0 need
in: youto endure the cold and. N0 Engine too small for

   
  
   

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Write at once for particulars.

BAIL STEEL PRODUCTS 00.,

709 Main St, Lansing, Michigan

It. Will last. a lifetime.
Special attachment toe
[mutter grinding discs] furnished
tree. Write for circular.

Duplex Mill In ”9.60., Box 403. Sprlugflddp.

155"“ ' u ‘ ' {
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shoot With the .\‘ r , k

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VISIBLE LOADING REPEATIN G RIFLE
This No. 70 is both quick and safe. And
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from the magazine into the-chamber-g

you know if your rifle is loaded. The

Stevens Visible Repeater takes fifteen- .

22 short cartridges, thirteen 22 long car- in Canada. Wlth

tridgeanall rim-fire. Bead front and 013- know that drawings bead gets theme.
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STATE BREED MEETINGS. .

 

Michigan Duroc Jersey Swine Breed-
ers' Association.

The eighth annual meeting of the
Michigan Duroc Jersey Swine Breed-
ers’ Association was held at M. A. 0.,
January 13, 1915. Owing to the colt
and barrow show some of the breed-
ers were late in assembling and the
meeting was not called to order at the
appointed hour.
President Bray, Director Edmunds
presided, who gave us a very interest-
ing talk on the Progress and Develop-
ment of the Duroc in the past 15
years. Followed by a talk on Stock
Food by L. L. Harsh, Union City, and
others.

The meeting was one of the most
interesting held by the association
and all look forward for 1915 to be the
most prosperous for the live stock
breeders. The breeders were very op-
timistic for the outlook in the future
and appreciated very much the court-
esy‘ shown them by the faculty of the
M. A. C.

The officers elected for the ensuing
year were as follows: President, C.
U. Edmunds, Hastings; secretary and
treasurer, M. T. Story, Lowell, Mich.;
igan; directors, J. A. Mitteer, Stock-
bridge; L. S. Marshall, Leslie; H. G.
Keesler, Cassopolis, and W. Kelsey,
Hastings.

Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders’ A8-
sociation.

The meeting of the Michigan Meri-
no Sheep Breeders’ Association was
entirely a business meeting. The re-
port of the secretary and that of the
treasurer showed the association to be
gaining a little in finances and the
number of sheep recorded.

The following oflicers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, H.
L. Mayo, Nashville; secretary, E. N.
Ball, Hamburg; treasurer, R. D.
Stephens, South Lyon; pedigree com-
mittee, T. V. Quackenbush, Plymouth;
R. _D. Stephens, South Lyon and Frank
Downs, Nashville; directors, Lewis
Adams, Armada; 0. Frost, Armada; J.
Smith, Dexter, Mich.

 

LIVE} sro‘cK N laws.

For a month and a half there has
been a large marketing of half-fat cat-
tle at Chicago, and they have sold at
ruinously low prices. Most of the
former owners of these cattle now
wish they had them back again, but
they cannot be replaced by others, and
such stockmen as are fortunate
enough'to have usual supplies of feeds
ers cannot avoid making good money,
provided they take pains to finish
them off in good shape for the mar-
ket. The advance in the price of corn
has impelled many owners to market
their cattle prematurely, while cold
weather at times has been an influ-
ence, as well as the prevalence of foot-
and-mouth disease over a large part
of the country. ,The present winter
has been on the Whole more than usu-
ally favorable for feeding, and despite
the-high-price‘of corn, making beef is
sure to prove a paying business. It
is,well to remember} that while. the
country has grown enormously year
by year in population, the cattle sup-
ply in the United States is much
smaller than a decade ago. ’

A prominent sheep seller in the Chi-
cago market says: “With corn and
hay at present prices, it certainly
costs plenty of money to feed lambs
and sheep, yet I beieve owners who
are making them good are getting
well paid for their feed. I am sorry
to see so many half-fat lambs coming
to market, as they have to sell way
out of line with the choice flocks,
there being no feeder competition for
them.

The British government is buying
American turkeys for naval use, or-
ders for more than 1,000,000 pounds
having been placed in Chicago recent-
ly. Poultry in cold storage in this
county is reported as 20 per cent less
than at this time last year, and prices
are 10 per cent lower, although there
has been an advance of 1% cents re-

 

: cently, owing to the large British de-

man -

Reports from various parts of the
country that farmers have said so
many of their horses that the farm
supply is a. good deal run down. The
farm demand is starting up in' the
Chicago market-and the other day a
dealer received an order for a earload

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to ship'- to Wiscon in. ,Otlgigr orders
96 1

_ long a brisk trade. .18. .QXDected.

In the absence of~

 
  
 

  

Makes Barn Work
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Makes Barn Profits
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Cows are
sensitive. Beat I
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JAMES
Sanitary Barn
Equipment

k your cows comfortable—canton

111- than stalls stanchion-.etc. are -
toting. Actually reduce milk how. Use
Jams uipment. Denim by dairy
experts— ‘originators of i Burn i
meat Ideas." Get our catalog, wing s.
Stanohions Pens Camera, entjlatou, Wa-
tering Buckets etc. Gain to remodel or build!
Then ask also {or the boo , "Building the Dairy
Barn.” by W. D. James and assistant experts,
8“ how man cows you own
to ulld. 80 books FREE.

James Mfg. Co.
C.Y. 310-1109. rmamwu. -

     
      

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Silo problem— /
m 05 t conven- ,
lent door and lad- ‘
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chorage—steel i

door frame. ‘ ' '

The Lansing Silo
The Chicken Silo
WM d‘iih'al
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age in a B. V. 1‘.
Silo. You'll never
find any. because there
are no cracks or leaky )omts. Our cele-
brated “tongue and groove" mortar jomts
make ifiikifl' million gallon Jug! Study end
ew of 00 _
Irina! t Air, Sun, Fire, Wind, WM and
’ —-Built of glazed, vitrified hollow
A tile. steel reinforced. it Will never fall
down. We guarantee it not to. Will
last forever. hints for Booklet G
Illlll. HOLLOW BRICK. & TILE 00.

BRAZIL. INDIANA

     

   
  
  
 
    
 

 
   
  
   
 
 

 

Save an Extra 17%
of Your Ensilage

No waste from leakage or evaporation
as mother kinda. You keep all your en-
eilaso sweet and fresh when you use a
Ross ln-de-str-uct-p
Galvanized Metal Silo
Can't blow down, buckle, twist or col-
lapse. Stands rigid even when empty.
lro-proot. No no or repairs,
Easily erected. No 5 led ensilago
near wall. Gum against silage
add, We also ranks the Ross Wood
Silo. Write for the. catalog.

mechanism sanction

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stay. It is no longer necessary

to make any argument to prove
its worth to the average dairyman.
It saves time, labor, and money. It
is not indispensible to the patron of
a whole milk creamery, who live near
enough to the plant to enable him to
deliver his milk without too much la-
bor; but it does greatly lessen the ex-
pense of delivery in cases where the
distance is more than a mile or two,
and the quality of the skim-milk is
much better if it is separated on the
farm.

I have said that the hand separator
is a labor-saver. However, no one can
truthfully say that it is a light task
to separate a large quantity of milk
at home. The labor comes either in
the morning when you are trying with
all your might to get to work in the
field, or at the close of the day, after
you have had enough of work and
mightily wish you could get through
and read or rest a while before re-
tiring.

Separator Must be Kept Clean.

Then, too, the separator must be
kept clean. I have heard the agent
of nearly all the standard machines
tell how easy it is to clean their par-
ticular machines. I have washed one
of them myself a great many times,
and while it washes as easily as any
of the lot, it is not as inviting a means

THE hand separator has come to

 

Sanitary Conditions Are Easily Maintained in Modernly Equipped Barns.
a lower rate of speed, it will not skim

of recreations, as some other things
that are bound to suggest themselves
after a hard day in the field.

The machine must be kept clean,
though, or the cream will not be up
to the proper standard as regards
quality. Yes, it will sell. There is
the pity. \Ve have plenty of compa-
nies that will buy any amount of poor
cream, make it into butter, and put
it on the market. The farmers are
not to blame for selling it tothem

either. I do not blame the tired wife
and mother for not washing her sep-
arator at the end of a hard day’s

work, when she is so weary that she
can hardly stand, and the baby must
be put to sleep, and the older chil-
dren gotten to bed, and the mending
left until tomorrow because she sim-
ply cannot do any more. I do not
know that we can blame anybody for
not taking any more care of their
cream than the market demands.

Put the Golden Rule in Practice.

But we should place our product on
the market in just the condition that
we should like to find it if‘we were
the consumer and were buying it of
someone else. In other words, we
should use the “Golden Rule” in the
practice of our business. We should
also, as consumers, be willing to pay
for a good clean product, what it is
worth to product it,.and the public
has no right to ask that dairymen
shall take all this extra trouble to fur-
nish a clean product, until it‘is willing
to pay for the trouble. _

It is entirely wrong to pay the same
price for cream that is full“ or damag-

jing banteria a? is given for a good

clean proddet that will make extra

‘ good butter.

THE‘ MICHIGAN FARMER
"The Hand Separator and its Care.

A change is sure to
come, however, and in the long run,
the dairyman who furnishes a clean
product is sure to win out. So the
machine must be kept clean. It is
practical from a purely selfish point
of View, too, for a dirty separator will
not skim clean.
Keep Machine Well Oiled.

The machine must be well oiled.
Not a single bearing should be allow-
ed to get dry for a moment. A little
too much oil is usually justenough.

It should also be carefully protect-
ed from dust and an examination
should also be made to see that the
bearings are clean and free from dirt.
As soon as any of them are worn they
should be immediately replaced. This
is not a hard task. A separator will
last for many years if it is taken
care of.

The machine should be firmly fast-
ened to the floor. A cement founda-
tion is best, though this is not abso-
lutely necessary. The important mat-
ter is to fasten the base so securely
in some way that it will not move
when the machine is in motion. N0
machine will do good work unless it
is firmly fastened down.

Again, the machine should be prop-
erly turned. If it is made to be turn-
ed from 45 to 48 revolutions in a min-
ute, that is the speed at which the
crank should move. If it is turned at

 

clean. If it is turned faster than nec-
essary it will skim just as clean, but
it will be an added burden upon the
separator.

Proper Speed in Running Essential.

A few years ago I was riding in a
car and listening to an agent of one
of the great manufacturers of separat-
ors. He had just been in a contest
with another machine, and had won
out by a large margin. Now I person-
ally know that the machine with
which he contended would skim just
as clean as his. I have seen them
tested again and again. The simple
trouble was in the turning. As a mat-
ter of fact, the machine that was beat-
en in this contest should have been
turned 60 times in a minute, while his
required but 48 revolutions of the
crank in that time. His machine was
turned fast enough and the other was
not, hence the difference, and the joy
of that particular agent.

Some years ago the writer suspend-
ed a weight upon a cord, near the sep-
arator. The cord is just long enough
so the weight swings 48 times each
minute, which is the proper speed for
the machine. We simply turn once
around at each movement of the
weight, and until the good Lord re-
peals the law of’ gravitation, we shall
turn that machine right, if we are
there to do it, which is quite doubtful,
of course. But while we are here
and observe this rule, our machine
will skim clean unless it is out of
order.

Little Loss in Proper Separating.

If a separator skims as clean as it
ought; to it will not leave more than

 

 

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running, perfect skimming separator
ior $15.95. Skims warm or cold
milk: making heavy or light cream.
Thebowl is a unitary marvel. easily.
cleaned.

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‘THE MICHIGAN FARMEPR

one pound of fat in 5,000 pounds of
milk, and it is possible to do such
good work that not to exceed half
that amount will be lost.

It takes a good cow to produce-
10,000 pounds of milk in a year, and
if we lose but a, pound of fat from the,
yearly product of such a cow, we
should surely not complain.

Suppose though, that we lose a
pound of fat for each 500 pounds of
milk. This means 20 pounds, or 20
times the amount lost in a year from
the product of the 10,000-pound cow.
It will pay well to understand and,
properly care for the hand separator.

Oceans. Co. W. F. TAYLOR.

MANAGEMENT OF THE BULL.

If everyone interested in breeding
dairy cattle would spend a few hours’
time investigating the causes of abor-
tion and shy-breeding, more attention
would be given to the care and man-
agement of the breeding bull. One of
the most diflicult problems dairymen
have to contend against is abortion
and failure to get the cows with calf.’
This can be accounted for largely by
their methods of handling the bulls.
Every shy-breeding cow, or one that
has aborted, regardless of her diseas-
ed condition, or anything else, is usu-
ally bred every time she comes in heat
without any restriction. Among these
cows that have aborted or failed to
get with calf, a large per cent are dis-
eased. This disease is transmitted
from one cow to another by the breed-
ing bulls until the disease goes
through the whole herd. Every dairy
farmer must learn not to have diseas-
ed cows served by their breeding
bulls if they want to keep their herds
free from abortion and secure a great-
er per cent of vigorous calves. If
there are any who believe that infec-
tion from diseased cows cannot be
conveyed to healthy cows through the
act of serving, We can readily .prove
that it can if he will furnish us with
some of his clean, healthy cows. Many
experiments show that this can be
done and must be guarded against by
breeders of dairy cattle. Will the edi-
tors kindly have our veterinary editor
give us some advice on this subject at
an early date?

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.

 

MOLASSES AS STOCK FOOD.

Have you ever had any experience
with feeding molasses, and how would

it compare with other feeds? Molas-
ses 170 per gallon.
Sanilac Co. E. H. R.

Molasses shows about the same an-
alysis and hence about the same feed-
ing value as corn. It should not be
used to supplement corn but in the
place of corn in the ration. It also
has another value and that is, it im-
proves the palatability of the ration.
Cows will eat more coarse fodder,
like straw and cornstalks, if their
foods are sprinkled with molasses.
Cows, and all kinds of stock, for that
matter, like molasses.

 

'WHAT CAUSES THE COWS TO
COUGH?

I have five COWS which I feed corn
fodder, millet hay and some clover
hay. I had 1900 bushels of cowhorn
turnips. I have been feeding all they
would clean up. I have a common
.pan and I feed that just level full of
corn and oats, with a couple of hand-
fuls of cottonseed meal. Can you tell
me what makes the cows cough? They
seem to be healthy. They get all the
salt they want and have a shelter to
run to when out in the yard. Let me
know if the feed causes them to
cough.

Genesee Co. F. H.

I don’t think this feed will cause
cows to cough All the foods in the ra-
tion are good cow foods and certainly
ought not cause any cough. I would
suggest that you look for some other
cause. Better consult your local vet-

erinarian.

 

cause and give the possible remedy. '

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is Man Will Help You
Solve Your Feeding Problem

Today there are over two thmnd “pronenhtlvos of the McClure Company.
ese men are directly connected with our factories, accredited a to for the
w When you buy a Saginaw Silo you deal direct with McClure
Company through its personal representative.
Everyone of thm Saz'maw men is well You surely are
quelifiedto help you solve your feeding some day in

leaning on building a
e near future. You

‘ problems. He willehow you the conditions have visions of greater things both for you
under which your silage will keepproperiy. and your folks on the farm. The silo

makes these china possible.
bulwark of prosper-iv on [
farms today.

Silos have demonstrated their uselLi:
been, in fact they are a necessary part of
modern farm eggpment. Every day you

He cm give you accurate to ion
about silage feeding, what to feed with it
to get a properly balanced ration. Sago
nawmam lmow the size silo you need to
properly take care of your feedmg.
Nearby, in your county or town you will

It is me
of

find a Saginaw agent ready to talk silage do without a meats lenses that cums
feedhgwiflxyou. He can show you how fromhight‘eedin; costs. Everyyear you

pay for a silo whether you buy one or not.
Let’s get together on this silo proposi-
tion. Youcantalkitovcr withone ofour
personal representatives without putttnl
yourself under any obligation to buy.
Write fortbe name of our permalrep-
resentative. Let us put you men in touch
with each other. At least send for our ul-
aze feeding book No. 117
(3:0 McClure Counsel
rmeri Farmers on
Wsyson Works) y
Saginaw, Mich.
Cairo Ill.
Fort Worth. Texas
Des Moines Iowa
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to make bigger profits from your farm.

This is a part of the service the Mc-
Clure Company is giving to the farmersof
this country. We aim to choose.“ our
representatives men who can intelligently
discuss with you better

farm equipment and help
youincresse youresrn-

ings. You will find
Saginaw Silo men the
had‘ you like to do
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one of the fem-V
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my
shire herd.
N ew Galloway
Sanitary C

  
  

It can't be done—and to prove it I will send this New Galloway Perfect Skim-
ming Sanitary Cream Separator anywhere in the United States without an ex-
pert to set it up, to any lne erienced user for a ni trial to ted
against any make or kind 0 separator that even sells for as much Ind wil
let you be the ind e. We the most modern. the m . the most
acienti f lo, the c ennest skimming, the most beautiful in d o! In;

    
 
  
    
     

    
      
    
     
   
   
     
  
    
   
   
 
   
 
   
     
 

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countri es ’ and on won’t find its superior at any price. Made in out
o w n i a c X tor es from the finest material, on the best traumatic

machinery. .
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BREEDING HEIFERS BACK TO I

THEIR OWN SIRE.

 

I have some fine three-quarter blood
heifers. Would like to know. if it

would be advisable to breed them'

back to their own sire. He is six
years old and has proven to be a good
one. My cows are giving from 25 to
30 lbs. of milk, testing 4.5. I have
corn silage and alfalfa, bean pods and
corn stover and for grain I have
ground oats and beans and corn-and-
cob meal, also cottonseed meal at
$1.80 per cwt. Would you advise me
to feed them grain; if so, how much?

Oceana Co. SUBSCRIBER.

I remember hearing Ex-Gov. Hoard,
of Wisconsin, say once that in-breed-
ing or in-and in-breeding was like a
double-edged sword, and will cut both
ways. What he meant by that was
that in-breeding or incestuous breed-
ing would magnify imperfections as
well as perfections. If your heifers,
for instance, have poorly shaped ud-
ders, then by breeding them back to
their own sire you may expect to mag-
nify this rather than to improve it. If
your heifers are a trifle lacking in

constitutional vigor don’t expect to p

improve them in this respect by in-
breeding. _And so one might enumer-
ate any ‘weakness and say that this
weakness would tend to be magnified
by in-breeding. But on the other
hand, if these animals are superior
animals in every respect physically,
and the sire is a prepotent dairy ani-
mal, there is no way you can improve
your herd so fast as by this practice.

No one can advise you without mak-
ing a thorough study of your animals.
If you have the intuitive power of a.
real breeder you are perfectly safe,
but if you haven’t you better let in-
breeding alone. ln—breeding has been
the method by which all of our do-
mestic breeds of live stock have been
brought to their present degree of ex-
cellence. But understand, the men
who formed and improved these
breeds were no novices. They were
masters of both the science and the
art of breeding. Many a novice has
completely ruined his animals by in-
breeding. That is why the average
man has such a horror of it.

With beans as grain you need but
little cottonseed meal, for beans con-
tain over 20 per cent protein. It
would probably be better to feed one
pound of cottonseed meal a day and
not so much bean meal, for bean meal
if fed in excess makes a very firm
fat and a tallowy, brittle butter. I
certainly think cows giving milk
should have a good liberal grain ra-
tion. Good dairy cows will always
pay for it. I also think young grow-
ing heifers should have a little grain,
and after they are once bred a lib-
eral grain ration will develop them as
nothing else can. Don’t be afraid of
overfeeding a heifer after she is once
pregnant. That will be the easiest
money you can make.

COTTONSEED MEAL THE CHEAP-
EST SOURCE OF PROTEIN.

 

Will you please tell me which is the
cheapest to feed, oil meal at $1.90, cot-
tonseed meal at $1.85 per 100 lbs, to
mix with corn meal, bran, mixed hay,

and cornstalks?
Oceana Co. W. W. D.

The foods constituting the roughage
in the ration must be considered as
well as the grain, one cannot form an
intelligent opinion of the value of a
ration from the grains fed alone. Cot-
tonseed meal contains 36 to 37 per
cent digestible protein, while oil meal
contains only 30 to 31 per cent, hence
at the prices given the cottonseed
meal is by far the cheapest source of
protein. If clover hay constitutes the
roughage, one could balance the ra-
tion pretty well by feeding corn meal
and bran, and there would be no need
of feeding either oil meal or cotton-
seed *meal, but,-of course, the bran
could also be done away with and
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THE economic side of the care of
the methods as practiced by Mr.

‘Clark Allis, of New York, according
to his talks given at the recent State

Horticultural meeting at Kalamazoo.
Although Mr. Allis is very unorthodox
in many of his methods, he does not
want to force his methods upon oth-
ers, as he realizes that there is no ab-
solutely best way of taking care of an

orchard. Everyone must 'decide for
himself according to his local condi-

tions as to what methods are best,
and even though one has certain set
plans, these often fail. He suggests
that we keep our plans to ourselves
and then, if they fail, we should en-
deavor to make the other fellow think
that we tried to do what we did, prob-
ably the ultimate results will be just
as satisfactory anyway.

An Economical Way £0 Set. Trees.

The economy and the ease in doing
the work is well illustrated in Mr.
Allis method of setting his trees. A
dead furrow is plowed where each
row of trees is to be. This is loosen-

;ed up with a subsoil plow which puts

it in shape for the trees. According
to the usual custom the broken roots
are cut off and then the roots are dip-
ped in a winter strength (1:8) of lime-
sulphur. Contrary to the general be-
lief, he has not found this dipping in-
jurious to the trees. The head of the
tree is started low, so as to leave from
three to five limbs as scafforld limbs.

Young Trees Not Pruned.

Aside from the pruning the trees
get when they are set, they receive
practically no pruning except to cut
out an occasional cross limb until
they come to bearing age. Mr. Allis,
in common with the experience of
many other practical orchardists, has
found that pruning young trees delays
the bearing of the trees by encourag-
ing a sappy growth which does not
set to fruit buds. He has one orchard,
26 years old, which has given him very
good results in fruit, although it has
not been trimmed. Generally, how-
ever, he trims his hearing trees light-
ly each year. It has been his experi-
ence that untrimmed young trees are
a third larger than those which have
been trimmed.

In pruning it is not Mr. Allis’ policy
to cut out the larger limbs unless ab-
solutely necessary. He endeavors to
keep the shape of the tree by cutting
out the smaller limbs. This is oppo-
site to the method practiced by Mr.
Case, also of New York, who told the
State Horticultural Society of his
methods last year.

Prunes During Winter.

As to the time of pruning, Mr. Allis
says that he trims any time during
the winter when the weather is favor-
able for outdoor work, trimming both
peaches and apples at this time. Al-
though early spring is supposed to be
an ideal time for pruning trees of all
kinds, on account of the size of his
orchard, he finds it impractical to wait
until then. He does not paint the
wounds left by cutting large limbs, as
is recommended by most all authori-
ties ou fruit growing. Another fea-
ture of labor saving and economy in
his methods of caring for the orchard
is a brush burner for burning the
brush made by pruning. This is a
large sheet iron affair which can be
easily drawu from place to place, up-
on which the brush is piled and burn-
ed as it is made.

In the case of peach trees, Mr. Allis
found that heavy pruning paid, as he
has noticed that in a great many cas-
es severe pruning took the place of
thinning, and in all cases found that
the increased size of the fruit paid for
thorough pruning.

Method of Controlling Blight.

With reference to the control of the
blight, he has found it of little value

'to‘cui it-out during the growing sea-

 

son. An endeavor to control it by

*Economyin Orch ard Culture

cutting it out at this time proved ex-
pensive, and did not accomplish. the
results it is supposed to. He has
found it an advantage, however, to
cut out the blighted limbs in the fall
and winter. By doing the blight prun-
ing at this time all the hold-over
blight is cut out and a very great
source of infestation for the next
spring is greatly reduced.

His orchard is cultivated until at

least the middle of June and some-
times until the end of July, the time
depending upon the season. If the
season is a dry one, the cultivation is
continued longer than if it is normal.
At the last cultivation a cover crop is
put in, anything that is cheap being
used. This past season alfalfa and
mustard screenings were used. In
the fall he plows to the trees and then
cultivates crosswise. By cultivating in
this manner, he is able to prevent the
tendency of the earth to mound
around the trees from continual plow-
ing to the trees. He believes in fall
plowing because it relieves him of
that work in spring when he is busy
with spraying.
Baldwin a Favorite Variety.

Mr. Allis’ main variety is the Bald-
win, with McIntosh, Maiden Blush,
Wolf River and Twenty-ounce as flll-
ers. He believes the Baldwin to be
the best all‘around market apple, and
one which will average greater re-
turns, year in and year out, than any
other variety grown in his section of
New York.

To assist him in getting better
prices for his fruit, and also as 1 side
line, Mr. Allis operates a cold storage
plant. His plant has a capacity for
15,000 barrels and is conveniently lo-
cated on a railroad siding. He had
some trouble in getting the railroad
oflicials to consent to building a sid-
ing for his storage house, as it was
between tWo towus where there were
sidings. However, by the presentation
of barrels of apples to several of the
officials, be readily got their consent.

He first used the calcium chloride
system of cooling for his storage
house, but found that the labor in-
volved in handling the ice for a house
of the capacity of his was too great,
and he has therefore changed to the
ammonia system for cooling. With
electric power conveniences and hav-
ing his own water supply, he has
found this system an efficient and eas-
ily operated one. Mr. Allis’ experi«
once is that it pays to store apples.
During the past season it paid him 75
cents a barrel over the prices offered
at harvesting time.

In order to solve the help problem
he arranges his work, as much as pos
sible, so that there will not be com
gested periods of work and slack
times. For this reason he carries on
many of the orchard operations at
times when it is not thought best.
However, it enables him to employ a
maximum number of year-men. These
he pays $500 per year, furnishes them
comfortable quarters and gives the
usual extras.

Alfalfa growing and orcharding is
Mr. Allis’ favorite combination. He
finds that the work involved in the
care of the alfalfa in no way conflicts
with the work in the orchard, and be-
sides, nets a very good profit.

TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.

 

Tobacco Stems for Control of Aphis.
I can get a large quantity of tobac-
co stems Would it be all right to
put these around apple trees to ex-
terminate aphis? If I would boil the
stems and spray the trees with the
solution would it kill aphis? How
will I test the solution to find out
what per cent nicotine is in it?
Indiana. A.
Tobacco stems are generally consid-
ered a nitrogenous fertilizer, and all
such are of value only to putJ around
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“There is the most accessible automobile in the world»:

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the New Reo Six and to Reo

the Fifth, “the Incomparable Four”— for in this respect all Recs are alike

THE 3-UNIT POWER PLANT which always has been and always will be
a feature of Reo automobiles, makes this the most accessible automobile
in the world.

REO ENGINEERS INSIST that the only excuse for the 2-unit chassis is
' that it is easier and cheaper for the manufacturer—while it is obviously
less accessible and, therefore, more expensive to the owner.

YOU KNOW THE TYPE WE MEAN—that in which the transmission is
incorporated in a kind of annex to the motor or the rear axle in such a way
that in order to make an adjustment or repair to one unit you must dis-
turb two complicated mechanisms.

A PROMINENT REO DEALER, who also handles another make of car of
much higher price, was recently asked why it was that his repair shop was
always full of the higher priced cars while a Reo was so seldom seen there,
though he sold so many more Recs.

“IT ISN’T SUCH A BAD CAR,” he replied. ' “In fact it is a mighty good
car as cars go. But it is so inaccessible that when anything does go wrong
it takes so all-fired long to fix it.”

IF YOU HAVE PAID—as doubtless you have many times—a five dollar
“repair” bill for what you felt ought to have been a five cent adjustment,
you will appreciate that;

"ACCESSIBILITY”——’twas a word to conjure with in ads a few years ago.
For most of the things you did to a car in those days had to be done while
lying on your back. So, when a designer could so arrange the units that
you could take a more comfortable position—as kneeling or lying on your
sidel—its “accessibility” was loudly proclaimed.

BUT WHEN THE TERM CEASED to be novel most makers dropped it.
And then they forgot also to design the quality into their cars!

NOT SO THE RED ENGINEERS. Several years ago the Rec chassis had
been standardized and perfected to a point where we believed—and still
beliech—it will require no radical change for a long time to come, if ever.

AND ALL THE EFFORTS—~all the engineering knowledge of the Rec
organization, from that time, has been concentrated on the improvement
and the refinement of that standard Reo chassis in one direction—greater
accessibility.

FOR WE BELIEVE it is the paramount consideration in an automobile.
We believe nothing so directly tends to reduce the maintenance cost of
a car as that quality of accessibility.»

STUDY THIS FEATURE in Reo cars. You’ll find it isn’t simply an adver-
tising phrase—it’s a fact. Go over the entire car—each unit separately
and note the vast amount of attention and care that has been exercised in
the direction of simplicity and accessibility.

ANY ADJUSTMENT or repair can be made to any unit without disturbing
any other.

WHY REOS ARE THE ONLY CARS in which main crank-shaft as well as
connecting-rod bearings can be adjusted without taking the motor out of
the car. Patented feature~—strongly protected.

: The New Reo the Fifth, $1050

EVER TRY TO ADJUST your steering gear—to take up wear? Ever get
anywhere in the attempt? Yet they all call them “adjustable.” Now,
study the Rec steering mechanism—it’s so simple the average person never
notices it. And owners tell us they almost forget there is one on the car
-—so seldom does it require even the slightest attention. It’s self-adjusting
-—-automatically. Accessible too——look and see if it isn’t !

AND, DO YOU KNOW, some makers who are now copying that “Always
Reliable” Reo steering gear used to laugh at it! Such is the reward of
leadership.

AND THAT BRINGS UP another matter—a detail of Reo policy. You
know, the Rec engineers never adopt anything just because it is new—
not unless it is better. Nor do they discard a feature of proven excellence
just to supplant it with a more conventional one.

BUT TO RETURN to our subject—Accessibility:

Most makers seem to overlook or to ignore the fact that it’s one thing to
assemble and adjust parts when the chassis stands stripped on the factory
or garage floor—but it’s an entirely different matter to do it when the parts
are covered by the body above and the drip—pan below—with immovable
dash directly over the place which, perhaps, you most want to reach.

DOES THAT LAST PARAGRAPH bring up memories that are more poig-
nant than pleasant? Thought so. Then you’ll derive real joy from the
possession of a Rec.

AND SIMPLICITY. Don’t be deceived by a smooth-looking casting. Looks
simple—but may conceal a mess of inaccessible gears and bearings and traps.
Get into it and make sure.

LOOK TO THE CLUTCH—can you get at it without taking down both motor
and transmission—pr is it hermetically sealed inside that “simple” looking
annex?

DIFFERENTIATE between that which is really simple and that which is
only “simple looking.” Between Accessibility with the body on—-—and what
the dealer has in mind—the Accessibility of a stripped chassis—or a motor
on a special stand. There’s a world of difference.

AND THAT REMINDS US of another Reo dealer—one of the most success—
ful. He advertises “don’t buy a Shop Service Car—buy a Road Service
Car—Road Service built in at the factory.”

ASKED WHAT HE MEANT by that, he said: “When I see too much
emphasis laid on ‘Shop Service’ in advertising a car I opine that that car
must be so built it will need plenty of it. I have watched it and found I
was generally right.” .

REO ROAD SERVICE——built in at the Factory—that is our strong point
—that and simplicity and Accessibility, so that, when any adjustment or
repair or replacement must be made you can do it easily, anywhere with
ordinary tools—and at the slightest cost.

ALL THE EXPERIENCE—all the ingenuity—all the skill—of the Rec
engineers have been concentrated on this one idea for several years—sim-
plifying design always with greater accessibility in view.

AND WE ARE MOST PROUD of the result. Ask any Reo owner—and
the longer he has owned his Reo the more enthusiastic will you find him.
He will repeat the words that head this ad.

The‘New Reo Six, $1385

REO MOTORCAR COMPANY, LANSING,MICHIGAN

Manufacturers of Reo Automobiles and Rec Motor Trucks

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.also contain some nicotine which is
useful in controlling sucking insects,
such as the aphis, but in the tobacco

small that the desired effect in the
control of aphis cannot usually be had
without a great deal of trouble. If
they are put around the trees in pow-i
dered form-they would have very little
effect on the wooly aphis which some-

and which is the only sucking insect
which attacks the apple tree roots,
but its effect would be so small as to
be of little practical value. In boiling
the stems for spraying purposes, one
would have to boil a large amount of
them and use the resulting liquid in
quite concentrated form to get any
results. It would be advisable, both
from the standpoint of economy and
labor for you to use one of the com-
mercial tobacco extracts for spraying
purposes if necessary. The only prac-
tical advantage in using tobacco stems
in any way would be to use them as a
fertilizer by mixing them in the soil
when young trees are set. For this
purpose they should be in powdered
form. The method of testing the per-
centage of nicotine in the solution of
tobacco extract involves too much
chemistry for the ordinary person to
undertake.

The Care of Bark Injuries.

This winter I have allowed one of
my brood sows to run in my young
apple orchard and she has taken the
bark off, in spots, from two of my
young apple trees; they are four years
old. Can you tell me if there is any—
thing I can put on them to heal so as
the bark will grow again?

St. Joseph Co. E. D.

When the bark on an apple tree is
injured so that some of it has been
taken off, it is advisable to trim the
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1y attached to the tree. Then the
wound should be thoroughly painted
with an application of pure white lead
and raw linseed oil: this paint should
be made quite thick so that it Will
serve as a protection to. the wound
and prevent the evaporation of mois-
ture. If the wound is near the base
of the tree after trimming up, instead
of painting. one can mound the earth
so that it will cover the wound, or one
may use cow dung to cover the
wound, but neither of these methods
are as good as the painting, as they
are not as sanitary, and may cause
fungus growth to start. It all depends
on the size of the wound as to wheth-
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these trees are only four years old,
undoubtedly the wound will heal over
even though quite serious. as young
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I pulled out an old peach orchard
that had grown to a heavy June grass
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Would you advise planting a new or-
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plant 1n the young orc ar 'H. J_ G.

Antrim Co.

The matter of resetting a peach
orchard which has died out through
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a serious problem to peach growers.
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been’ taken out.
other, theirs-set trees do not do well;
There are several theories regarding
the cause; txoneiii‘s that the peach tree

is one of’lthe' plants which throw off-

toxins into the soil- which are detri-
mental 'to plants of thehsame kind
which succeesth-ern. Ahother is that
the peach tree is such aigrOss feeder
that it takes the plant food necessary
for the young tree to 'do well. Per-
haps both these things have some
bearing on the fact that new orchards
do not succeed in old peach ordhard
ground. .
' The usual method of re-setting
peach orchards is to plant to other
crops for several years, using some
one of the legumes very frequently
and turning them under as a green
manure. This treatment" will enrich
the soil, and will also help to rid the
soil of the toxic effects of the old
trees, and the peach root aphis, which
is generally prevalent in peach or-
chards especially in the lighter soils
and is a great check to the growth of
the young trees. By this method
growers have had quite good success
in re-setting their orchards.

In resetting the old orchard, it is
advisable not to set the new tree in
the same places where the old ones
have been. The rows in the new or-
chard should be midway between
those of the old one, as in that way
the new trees will have the advantage
of the least depleted soil in the or-
chard.

For the first year of the young or-
chard, there is no crop better than
‘corn, proVided that it is not planted
too closely to the trees, and the soil
is rich enough to grow a good crop of
corn without detriment to the trees.
With corn in the orchard the young
trees will be sure of thorough cultiva-
tion, and will also be afforded shade
from the sun, which is very beneficial
to the tree the first year. Many grow-
ers are successful with the growing of
melons or tomatoes in the orchard,
but in the use of such crops one must
often do heavy fertilizing. They are
crops which require more intensive
care than corn, and if one cares to
give this, they can be grown success-
fully in the orchard Without detriment
to the trees.

STARTING THE VEGETABLE
PLANTS.

 

The kitchen windows afford ample
room for growing enough early plants
for the average home garden. It is
necessary to give the tomatoes, egg
plants and peppers a start somewhat
earlier than can be done in the out-
side rows, especially in the more
northern sections. Few have the op-
portunities to give the plants the ben-
efit of a greenhouse, but the kitchen
answers the purpose very well. I use
a method in starting the plants that
avoids transplanting. In many cases
this is a somewhat delicate operation,
especially if the ground is dry when
the time comes to set the plants. A
box or tray, three inches deep, and of
a size to fit the window shelves and
hold a certain number of ordinary
small tin cans, is made of half—inch
pine lumber. This has one side so ar-
ranged that it can be removed by un-
hooking at each end. Into this are
set as many cans as it will hold. The
tops and bottoms are first removed
from the cans by standing them on'
a hot stove to melt the solder. These
are filled with soil and the seeds
planted, a few in each can. One plant
is left in each receptable until time
for transplanting. When the plants
are set out in the garden, holes are
dug of sufficient depth to hold the can.
After pressing the dirt solidly around
it, gently slip the can off over the
plant. This leaves it in the ground
without any disturbance to the roots.
A piece of tin or a shingle may be
used to slip underneath the bottom-
less cans when removing them from
the tray. '

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Our W’ashington

Interesting Farm correspondent has
Statistics. compiled the fol-
lowing statistical

data touching the comparative pros‘
parity of the American farmer, which
should be both interesting and in-
structive to the average reader:

Within 15 years American farmers
have more than doubled the value of
their annual combined farm products.
Last year the value of all farm crops,
farm animal products and farm ani-
mals sold and slaughtered aggregated
$9,872,936,000, which was $83,000,000
more than the grand total for 1913,
the previous record year. Crops in
1914 were valued. at $6.044,480,000,
slightly less than in 1913. on account
of the reduced value of the cotton
crop brought about principally from
the European war.

The estimated total value of the an-
imal products and of the farm animals
sold and slaughtered was $3,838,456,-
000, distinctly higher than in 1913.
The corn and wheat crops were the
most valuable ever produced in the
United States, bringing the year’s
crop value total to only $88,279,000
less than the total for last year.

The value of the principal farm
crops in 1914 was: Corn, $1,702,599,~
000; wheat, $878,680,000: hay. $779,-
968,000; cotton, $519,616,000; oats
$499,431,000: potatoes, $198,609,000;
barley, $105,903,000; tobacco, $101,-
411,000; sweet potatoes, $41,204,000;

rye, $37,018,000; sugar beets. $27,950;
000; rice, $21,849,000: flaxseed, $19,-
540,000; buckwheat, $12,892,000.

In 1914 two important crops exceed-
ed previous records—wheat, with 891,-
000,000 bushels, following the 1913 rec-
ord of 763,000,000 bushels, and cotton,
with 15,966,000 bales, the previous rec-
ord being 15,693,000 bales in 1911.

The value per acre of all enumerat-
ed crops averaged about $16.44 in
1914, compared with $16.52 in 1913 and
$16.15 in 1912.

Michigan Farmer
readers will recall
something of the
furore which was
created two years ago by the consid-
eration and passage of an alien land
law, so-called, by the California Leg-
islature. Prominent. federal adminis-
tration omclals sought to use their in-
fluence toward a. modification ’of the

California’s Alien
Land Law.

terms of this law in the fear that for- _

eign complications might result upon
its passage.
passed in a form which has apparently
s-nrvcd, at least temporarily, the pur-

It was, however. finally. .

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pose of the people, of California who
were behind it, without such serious
results. '

A number of bills have been intro-
duced in the California Legislature to
modify the provisions of this law in a
number of' respects“ including the
elimination of the so-called three—year

- lease‘clause, which is sought by labor

organizations generally throughout the
state. The effect of this proposed
amendment would be to prohibit Jap~
anese and other alien farmers who
are ineligible to citizenship from leas-
ing land which they are prohibited by
law from purchasing.

In this connection, Governor John-
son, of California, has recently issued
a statement that there is this year no
occasion for further action in this
matter, the statute enacted two Years
ago having upheld the rights and dig-
nity of the people of California with-
out giving just cause of offense to a
friendly nation and intimating that
his approval will be withheld from
any bill which may be passed affect-
ing the terms of this law.

Practically the same question has
been agitated in Michigan through the
report circulated that northern Mich-
igan lands were to be colonized by
Japanese. While this program has

not materialized the question is still "

being discussed to some extent. Al~
though it would seem that there is no
call for action along this line by the
Michigan Legislature under present
conditions, we have, to the end that
our readers may be informed upon
this subject, secured from a citizen of
California who is well qualified to dis-
cuss this subject, an article on the
causes which gave rise to this legisla-
tion in California, which will be pre-
sented in an early issue.

.In another col-
umn of this issue
will be found a
criticism of the
work of the State Tax Commission in
reviewing and equalizing the assess.
ments in a township in one of the bet-
ter agricultural counties of central
Michigan. As bearing upon the justice
of this criticism, we have a letter from
the supervisor of the township-in
which the writer of this criticism
lives, in which the statement is made'
that the percentages given are approx-
imately correct. .’ '

We are gathering data which will
show something of the work of the
Tax Commission in the reviewing and
equalizing of assessments in both rur-
al and urban communities, which will
be presented in these columns as soon‘
as it can be gotten into shape. In the
meantime, we believe that Michigan
Farmer readers would do well to at
least reserve judgment in the matter
of favoring the abolition of the State
Tax Commission or the curtailment of
its work. If the law under which the
commission works is defective, these
defects should be remedied, but it
seems quite apparent and is the opin-
ion of most students of the problem
of taxation that some central super-
visory control over the work of local
assessors is essential to general uni-
formity of equality of assessments.

We certainly believe that the au-
thor of this criticism is in error in as-
suming that the farmers of the state
are being deliberately and systemati-
cally exploited by the state through
its tax commission. Quite as vigor~
ous protests have been heard from
city property owners. It will be re‘
called that. last year when the Kent
county assessments were reviewed by
the Tax Commission, the mayor of
Grand Rapids made vigorous protests
against the revised assessments, and
offered to sell parcels of his property
at less than the assessment value fix-
ed by the commission.

A perfect system of taxation has
never been devised; the present sys«
tem undoubtedly has many imperfec-
tions which should be eliminated as
rapidly as possible, but we believe the
changes mode should be along the,

The State Tax Com«
mission.

lines of. evolution rather than revo-.
lutlon.
Various phases of
The Tax Problem. the tax problem
were discussed at

the sessions of the Michigan State '

Tax Association, held in Detroit last
week. Various opinions on the bent
methods of improving Michigan’s tax
laws were advanced by the educators
and experienced tax officials who ap-
peared on the program. Few of these
proposed innovations, which ranged
from the adoption‘ of an income tax
for state purposes to the exemption of
public service corporations from taxa-
tion, were favored by the conference
in the resolutions adopted by the body,
which were as follows:

“The tax conference indorses the
work of the tax commission and com-
pliments it on its Successful labor in
the valuation of. property and the
equalization : of the assessments. The
success of this work encourages us
to believe that the present ad valorem
system should not be abandoned on
all personal property Without further
rut . ‘ ‘

“We indorse the principle of a low
spemfic tax on intangible values com-
monly knoWn as moneys and credits,
except bonds issued by Michigan mu-
niclpalities.

“We indorse the principle of a spe-
cific mortgage tax. It has placed on
the rolls an increasing amount of
mortgage credits. If the rate applied
to not sufficient it may be increased
either by the application of a low
graded rate based on the length of
time to the maturity of the loan or by
an actual charge. ‘

"‘Thc association recommends the
establishment of a budget system for
proposed state expenditures and a
compulsory puniform system of ac-
counting for the several counties.

“We indorse the recommendation of
the_tax commission and the State As-
scmation of Supervisors that the state
board of equalization be composed of
the tax commission, the auditor-gen-
cral and the attorney-general.

“We urge on all members of this
association the importance of increas-
ing its membership and its influence.
It has a valuable work to do in Mich-
igan. No effort should be spared to
wrden the field of its labors and to
make it a powerful factor in Michi-
gan’s economic life.”

 

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TINUED.

 

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subscriptions received by us after
January 30, will be returned, as that
publication has been discontinued. Old
subscribers of the Detroit Tribune will
receive the Detroit News.

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

Foreign.

The European Wan—There is activ-
ity in both the eastern and western
war zones. A series of big battles are
reported to be in progress in the pass-
es of the Carpathian Mountains. Here
the Russians are e'ndeavorlng to
march across the mountain range and
overrun the plains of Hungary. They
have already conquered Bukowina, the
southern district of Gallcia and are
threatening Transylvania. To protect
Hungary, Germany is sending a large
number of troops to assist the Austri-
ans. The Teutonic allies fear that if
Russia should have a successful cam-

 

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FEB. 6, 1915.

British. merchantmen have also been
torpedoes. by German ,submarines _, in
the lribti Sea; tit 13' the‘general' belief
that the Germans purpbse to menace
the commerce of her enemies through
the use of underwater craft wherever
possible. .

. Diplomatic advices declare that
Greece'has decided‘to aid Serbia (Scr-
na), in the event of another Austrian-
invasion of the latter country. At
present Greece is allowing‘munitlons
of war to pass through her territory
.to Serbia in spite of the protests of
Austria and Germany. -

A personal attack was made upon

tGeneral Villa, of Mexico, last Week. It
.was at first announced that the mili-
;tary leader was killed, but later re-
ports lndicate that he was only mor-
talLv wounded. ‘

National.

The United States Senate is now
consrdenng the government ship pur-
chase bill which is meeting strong on
position from the minority party. The
opposition leaders are determined to
defeat the measure, which will re«
quire a continuous talkfest ‘until the
fourth of March, when the present
Congress will cease to be, by statutory
law. The filibuster began last Friday.

Efforts are being made in this coun-
try to organize an international peace
party among women. The movement '
IS being promoted by English suffra-
gusts.

A cargo of flour donated by the mill~
ers of the United States is now on-
route to Belgium to be given to that
unfortunate people. The cargo is es-
timated to be worth $500,000.

Considerable property was deStroy~
ed, train and wire service greatly
hampered by a severe wind storm in
eastern Texas and parts of Arkansas
and Oklahoma Sunday.

The eleventh annual convention of
the American Concrete Institute will
be held at the Auditorium Hotel, Chi-
. _ The con-
vention Will umrk :the. completion of.
the tenth year of the existence of the
Institute and an especially interesting,
and profitable program is being ar-
ranged. The eighth annual cement
_sbow will be held at the Coliseum on
February 10-17. The simultaneous con-
ception of several allied organizations
Will bring together a large gathering
of people interested in every phase of
the cement industry.

Although the Rumely Co., Laporte,
Ind, are in the hands of a receiver it
should not be construed that their
hues of goods will not be manufactur-
ed in the future, for the receiver is
already giving additional attention to
branch organizations for the purpose
of. giving better service to patrons in
the various districts. .

Tums.

 

As uSual, every two years the inter-

est of the people of the state is direct-
ed toward the state Legislature, and
on every hand we hear the question
asked, “what legislation is likely to be
enacted this session?” Many of those
asking this question fail to realize
that it would be a prophet, indeed,
that could answer such an inquiry.
The best guess along this line can be
made by taking into consideration the
peroonnel of the present Legislature.
It is interesting to see from what
walks of life these men come. The
Legislative Manual will show some.
thing like this:
_ In the Senate: Lawyers, eight; real
estate and loans, fiver farmers, five;
physicians, three; bankers, two; mer-
chantgs, two; contractor, one; paving
supplies, one; railroad agent, one;.
with one listed as retired, and with
one each as publisher and printer.

In the House: Farmers, 34; law-
yers, 21; merchants, six; publishers,
our; real estate, six ; retail merchants,

= . . four; printers, three' laundr men
pagn in this quarter, Roumanja. would ' ,- y .
come to the aid of the Slavs. The Egg and 16 from 16 other walks 0’5

campaign in Poland seems to be at a
standstill, while in Prussia the Rue
sian invasion is reported to be mak-
ing headway and the armies are now
within about 50 miles of Konigsberg.
Three Turkish armies are reported to
be marching upon Egypt. In the west
there have been several small engage
ments, but the line of battle remains
practically where it has been during
the past month. An Amsterdam do-
spatch states that the Germans are
massing large numbers of troops in
Flanders near the Yser Canal. This
movement is interpreted to mean that
another attempt will be mad to gain
control of the Belgian and French
coast. Another view is, however, that
it is merely a precaution to offset the
new armies that the Allies will soon
put in the field.

The bread situation in Italy is be-
coming serious. A. royal decree has
been issued suspending the dutyon
wheat and other cereals. Govern-
ment control of these products, do a-
prohahlllty. .j - ._

Two British merchant ships “were
aunt: in theEngllah Channel byGer-
umn submarine; last ,woek. Other

So you see nearly all lines of indus-
try 'are represented, a condition to be
desrred as the scrutiny of every bill is
apt to be_ much closer than would be
the case if any great proportion of the
members looked upon the matter from
one Vle int.

.It is generally considered that the
friends of temperance legislation oc-
cupy a strong position, and no doubt
some new laws along this line will be
passed. There is a strong feeling,
however, that the state-wide prohibi—
tion bill should be initiated by the vot-
ers themselves, as the campaign to se‘
cure the necessary signatures for its
submission, would arouse the enthu-
siasm necessary for the passage of
the measure.

The mortgage tax law will, without
doubt; be changed. It is likely to be
made all-annual tax instead of a re-
cording Ieew ' '

- The primary. election lav, Wilton-
donbtodly be changed; 'In just what 5
particular. we ‘ do not know at this "
The measures for increased approprl- ,

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

HIS party was necessarily com-
T posed of elderly people, and of

the many interesting reminis-
cences given there, the one to be here
related was the mbst enjoyed on ac-
count of its being in a way connected
with our great President, Abraham
Lincoln, and has never been given to
the public.

The lady who told it was 83 years
old, and was a nurse in the army dur-
ing the Civil War, and the incident
occurred at a time when the people’s
hearts quaked because of the near-
ness of the southern army to the na-
tional capital. It is best given in her
own words.

“I was an army nurse at the front
during the Civil War, and at one time
immediately after a battle was assist-
ing to place some wounded soldiers
into ambulances. When my work was
nearly completed and the ambulances
were gone, I heard a faint call:
‘Nurse, nurse.’ I found concealed be-
hind some bushes, a southern soldier,
who begged me to help him get home.
He said: ‘I am badly wounded, of no
use to either army and if I must die I
want to get home,’ I talked to him
while I thought.

“I noticed on the ground the body
of a union soldier who had just died.
I said: ‘Would you be willing to wear
a. union soldier’s uniform?

‘Anything, anything, so I can get
home.’

‘There are some soldiers who have
been wounded going to Boston and if
you are properly uniformed you can
go with them, and perhaps from there
you can find some way of going
south. Mind, I do not say you can go
but I will help you to try.’ He was
more than willing and I went into my
tent and said to black Annie, who was
my helper:

‘Annie, can you help me to take the
clothes off a dead man and put them
on a live man and put the live man’s
clothes on the dead man?’

“ ‘Oh, yes, I kin d0 dat, all right.’

“We made the exchange and sent
him to the barracks with those who
were going to Boston.

“Before his clothes were changed
he gave me a card saying:

“ ‘If you are ever in trouble on our
side of the line, or need help from our
men, show this card to any officer,
and you will want for nothing.’

“I was afraid to tell what I had
done, so I never said a word to any-
body about the card.

“When stationed in Washington I
frequently saw President Lincoln, and
at one time was a member of his
family.

“Shortly after the battle fought
nearest to Washington, one day the
President came into the hospital, and
with his eyes full of unshed tears said
to me:

“ ‘Nurse, I have learned that in a
barn just outside our lines are twelve
of our soldiers all wounded. Our-sol-
diers cannot go to them without be-
ing fired on, and they will die if they
do not receive help—what can be
ldone?’ I don’t know why he should
have come to me, but that President
did many thingsgfor which he nor any-
one else could give'no reason.

“We talked of many ways, and fin-
ally I thought of the card given me by
the wounded soldier. I finally told him
I would go there and might perhaps
do something. He expressed surprise
and wonder' as‘to what I could do,
and deprecated the risk I would run,
but I said I would try.

“I took my precious card and walk-
ed twelve miles, reached the outer.
most posts of our own army and un-

 

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enemy’s lines. I said to the picket:

‘Are any officers in camp?’

‘Yes.’

‘Say to them a lady wishes to speak
to them.’ They came and asked:

‘What do you wish, nurse?’

‘There are twelve of our men in
that burn wounded and hungry. Our
men cannot feed them because you
will shoot them, and you will not, and
they will die if they are not hedped.’

‘Well, how do you expect me to
help them?’

FEB. 6, 1915.

“The ofllcer took the card, looked
at it, then at» me, in apparent amaze-
ment.

‘How did you get this?’ I told in
detail of the occurrence, with the
wounded soldier. He asked:

‘Did you do that?’

‘I did.’ The officer showed the card
to other officers and they went a lit-
tle way off and talked. When they
came back to me, the officer said:

‘The man whom you helped is at
home and doing well. You can have
those men and anything else you
want.’ He gave me an escort and al~
lowed our soldiers to remove the men
from the barn.

“When I returned successful, it was
worth all the labor and the risk, to
see the smile of satisfaction that light—

‘With your permission, Si“, They ed the face of our big-hearted Presi-
laughed. I showed the little card I dent, and hear his hearty ‘thank
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How Sharpnose Looses-a Dinner.

3 hard time finding his dinner,”

said Billy Be By Bo Bum, after
he and Tinker Teedle Tee, the merry
little elf, had followed the trail of the
big brown mink for more than a mile
along the bank of the dried up creek
that wound its crooked way through
the White Forest

“Yes, sir, he sure is,” replied Tinker
Teedle Tee. “But Sharpnose is a
bully good hunter and the most pa.
tient fellow alive. In fact, the bum.
grier he is, the more patient he he-
comes. So one thing is certain, if we
follow his tracks far enough, we will
find Where he had a good meal.”

So Billy Be By Bo Bum and the
merry little elf, who you know, was
only about as big as a minute, trudg-
ed on and on over the snow carpeted
floor of the White Forest.

“Now, I wonder what the old rascal
was up to here,” said Billy, as? the
double row of neat little footprints
stopped under a big pine and then cir-
cled around and arOund the base of
the tree. “See Tinker, he ran around
this tree so many timeS'a regular
path is worn in the snow, just as it
was back there where the trap was
hidden in the hollow log, but I don’t
see where any trap could be hidden
here, do you?"

“No, I don’t believe Mr. Mink was
afraid of a trap this time,” replied
Tinker Teedle Tee. “He was just
trying to figure out a way of catch.
ing a dinner that was out of his
reach.”

“It must have been a. bird,” said
Billy. “Any other of the Little People
would have left their tracks in the
snow.”

“Right you are Billy Boy. You
guessed right the very first time, for,
unless I am very much mistaken,
plump little Mrs. Partridge was roost-
ing in the branches of this tree last
night.”

“I’ll bet it made old Sharpnose mad
to see such a. fine dinner so near and
yet out of his reach,” said Billy.

“Yes, I guess it did,” answered
Tinker. “I can just see Mrs. Part-
ridge watching him out of the corners
of her bright little eyes and laughing
to herself at Mr. Mink below here on
the ground. But she doesn’t always
laugh at Mr. Mink. In the spring and

OLD SHARPNOSE sure is having

summer when she lays her eggs and.

brings up a brood of little partridges,
she fears Sharpnose as much as do
any of the other Little People, for the
old villain has a fondness for part-
ridge eggs. He thinks they are the
finest things to eat there is andwould
travel all day and all night if he;
thought a meal of them was waiting

'férhim; ‘As Mrs. Partridg'élibuilds her

nest on the ground, she has no way to
protect her eggs from Mr. Mink, if
his sharp little nose leads him to the
spot where she has built her nest.
But he didn't get her this time, and as
he gave up trying and went on about
his hunting, I’ll bet he felt just as did
Fleetfoot, the sly old Fox, the time
he tried to rob the grapevine.”

“Why, how did Mr. Fox feel then?”

“Do you mean to tell me you never
heard that story?" demanded Tinker
Teedle Tee in surprise.

"No, sir, I never did, so please tell
me all about it Tinker,” coaxed Billy.

“Well, one summer evening when
the moon was shining bright, Fleet~
foot the Fox made up his mind to rob
Farmer Meadow’s chicken most. But
when he reached the barnyard, he
found the henhouse was locked up
as tight as tight could be, and there
was no way to get in at the Biddies.
Of course, that made Fleetfoot mad,
for he was very, very hungry. So
when he found he would have to go
without a. chicken dinner, he sneaked
into the garden where the grapevine
grew up over an arbor.

The vine was loaded with dozens
and dozens of bunches of fine, juicy
grapes, but they all hung quite a dis-
tance from the ground. That didn’t
bother Mr. Fox, for he is a dandy
jumper. So he gathered himself to-
gether and sprang into the air, snap-
ping at the grapes with his jaws. But
he didn’t jump quite high enough, so
he tried again. This time he came a
little nearer but still not near enough.
Again and again he tried, but be al‘
ways fell just a wee bit short of those
fine, juicy grapes. Every time he
jumped and missed, he got maddcr
and madder, until at last he couldn’t
see straight, he was so angry. Then
he gave up in disgust, and as he
sneaked off through the garden he
muttered to himself: ‘Well, I didn't
want those grapes anyway. I know
they are as sour as can be,’ although
down in his heart he knew they were
sweet and that he wanted them in the
worst way.

“So when Sharpnose made up his
mind he couldn’t catch Mrs. Partridge
and went on about his hunting, i
imagine he said to himself ‘I wouldn't
eat Mrs. Partridge if she was to fall
right off her perch into my mouth.
She is a skinny old bag of bones,
tough as shoe leather and not worth
bothering about’."

“But Sharpnose must be getting aw-
fully hungry, he is havmg such a hard
time finding his dinner,” said Billy.

“Never mind, we will follow his
trail a little further,” said Tinker,
and next week I’ll tell you how Mr.
Mi‘uk found his dinner. '

 

 

 


 

 

FEB. 6, 1915.

RITTENDEN stepped out of the
( : post-office at Goldspur, with his
, usual monthly letter from Lon-
don town in his pocket.
‘ In front ofthe store was Mollie Ow-
en,' mounted on her brown pony.
The sight was enough to’make any
man pause, but there was more than
her beauty and grace to check the
Englishman, for a moment later she
began to cry.

Beside her stood Lin Dewing, a grin
on his face, and cheerful contentment
fairly emanating from his personality.

From a lounger at the door of the
postoflice, Crittenden caught a remark
that sent the blood faster through his
heart.

“Lin’s got her dead to rights. She
can’t meet the payments on the Upper
Bend outfit, and he won’t give her
time. No fool woman can run the
ranch, no matter how good-looking
she it. It needs a man!”

Nobody will ever know whether the
spark of British chivalry collided with
an instantaneous appreciation of M01-
lie’s points, or whether it was purely
subconscious action . regulated by
fate’s decree, sex attraction, and op-
portune propinquity. Suffice it to say
that some irresistible current turned
Crittenden’s footsteps in the direction
of the brown pony and Mollie.

“I understand, Miss Owen,” he be-
gan, with the delightful drawl that
gave Goldspur gooseflesh, “that you
need a foreman over at your place.”

Mollie met his eyes, and stopped
crying. She liked his eyes. There
was a glint of humor in them, and they
relief after the little black

were a
slits that furnished Lin’s soul with
loopholes.

“I’ll take you if you want to try it,”
she flashed back. “What’s your
name?”

“John Crittenden.”
Mollie felt a slight thrill of disturb-
She had heard of John Critten-

ance.
den. Everybody around Goldspur had.
Rumor said he was a “remittance

man,” and rode in every month for
the purpose of receiving a certain let-
ter from London. As one of the boys
had put it:

“When a man’s folks ship him half
a world away, and then pay him off
regular to stay there, he’s done some-
thing to make it worth while!”

Mollie looked again into Critten-
den’s dark-gray eyes, and wondered
what he had done. She hit her lip,
studied her saddle-horn attentively,
and turned her head toward Lin.

“I’ve got thirty days, haven’t I, Mr.
Dewing, if I can raise the balance?
The interest is paid up to the tenth.”

“Yes’m, you sure have,” responded
Lin happily. “And I hope you can
raise it. If you can’t, I guess I’ll have
to take the place off your hands.”

Mollie smiled, and tightened the
reins.

“All right. I’ll be here on the 10th,
then. You’ll come over tomorrow, Mr.
Crittenden?”

Goldspur heard Crittenden’s promise
to go, and saw him lift his hat to her
—to Mollie Owen cantering away on
he brown pony—just as if he had
I been old Bill Cody saluting the crown-
ed heads of Europe.

“Are you sure going to do real
work, Crit?” asked Lin dryly.

He got no further. Crittenden did
not use gun-play, but no other inquir-
ies Were made as to his future plans
after he had settled with Lin that
day.

Next morning, while the early mist
still curled like low cam-fire smoke up
the hillsides, he rode to Upper Bend.
Mollie was out feeding her chickens
when he arrived.

“I’ve got three other men working
here, but they aren’t a bit of good,”
she told him. “Two look after the
sheep, and one stays around handy to
help me here at the ranch. The, place
is .all run down. It needs a man’s
hand and point of view. I_ hopelyou’ll
get down to business, and work a
straight deal with me!”

.“I .will,”(said Crittenden.
what I came for.” ‘

“That’s

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

The Remittance Man.

By IZOLA FORRESTER.

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But he did not tell her how strange
it seemed, this buckling into harness
after nearly two years if inertia. He
himself hardly sensed the keen, buoy-
ant spur of responsibility.

One- day Mollie stopped him, as she
was riding.

“Things are picking up, John!”
She called him John quite naturally
now. “I think we’ll put through.
There’s five hundred to pay by the
10th. I’ve got some saved toward it,
and I heard today those new folks
down the valley want to buy sheep.
We could let a bunch go, couldn’t
we?”

“Would you mind taking in a part-
ner here, Miss Owen?” asked Critten-
den slowly. “I like it, and I think I
could make a good thing out of it. I
can put in my share, and that would
pay off Dewing and give us a start.”

The color rose to Mollie’s face. She

Mollie added anxiously. “You may go
on working here, of course, only I
couldn’t take you as partner.”

Then Crittenden told her, simply,
without any show of repentance or
excuse for the past. He had made a
failure of life at home. He was no
criminal, but he had been a spend-
thrift and general ne’er-do-well. He
had come to the west to try to find
himself, to learn his bent in life, to
see whether there was a groove that
he fitted.

“I think I’ve found it here,” he fin-
ished. “This suits me. The money I
told you of is my own. I am not paid
to stay away, as the men say. I have
a small, a very small income, but it
keeps me going. The trouble has been
that I ran into debt at home. Out
here the outlook is wide. I will make
a good partner, Miss Owen.”

“Would you promise to be as faith-

 

 

 

 

 

 

did not meet his eyes. It was not an
easy thing she had to tell him, but
she went ahead bravely.

“John, I want to be frank with you.
I like you. You know that, don’t
you?”

“No, I didn’t,” said Crittenden, and
the look in his eyes almost made Mol-
lie lose her courage.

“You’re a bully foreman,” she ad-
ded firmly. “But would you stick?
I’ve heard all about you, of course—”

“What have you heard?”

“That you are a remittance man.’

Crittenden’s eyes twitched.

“Well? Does that make me any the
less efficient a foreman for the Upper
Bend?”

“That isn’t it. I suppose we women
have different ideas of things from
men. I don’t care if you’re the best
foreman in Goldspur; I wouldn’t want
a remittance man as my partner!”

Crittenden? did not Speak for a min-
ute, but ~rode beside her, looking
ahead.

“I’m.;isorry if I hurt you, John,”

ful as you have been the last three
weeks?”

“I’ll promise anything if you’ll let
me stay,” he retorted with sudden
recklessness, and Mollie at once dis-
continued the personal circuit.

11.

But she took him at his word. Dew-
ing was bought out the following
week, and Crittenden became partner
at the Upper Bend. Tacitly a new
basis of friendship had been estab-
lished between the two, however. He
rarely came to the home ranch, but
spent his time at the sheep-camp.
Mollie did not mind—not so very
much.

Sometimes he would ride up while
she tended flowers, or sewed under
the one lone cottonwood that shaded
the house.

One morning he rode back with a
brown and yellow pansy in the button-
hole of his gray flannel shirt. The
dusky petals reminded him of M01-
lie’s eyes.

That evening Mollie went out in the

19—155

moonlight, and looked longingly up
the valley, toward the sheep-camp,
four miles away on the mountain-side.
There was a new light in her eyes.
She clasped her hands behind her
head, and laughed softly. There at
her ranch Crittenden had found him-
self, had learned to walk the path
that men trod—self—reliant men with
the spirit of the game of life in them,
not remittance men. Mollie caught a.
glimpse of the possible future, and
bent to find another brown and yellow
pansy, warming to her finger tips at
her own thoughts.

Instead, she found Crittenden’s lat-
est letter from London, carefully fold-
ed as it had fallen from his pocket.

She sat down on the low stoop, chin
on palm, weighing her love’s worth.
In the clear moonlight, Lin Dewing
found here there. Mollie barely list-
ened while he explained how he had
ridden fifteen miles out of his way to
see her.

“It’s on account of this here Crit-
tenden you’ve taken in as partner,
Mollie,” he told her. “You’ve turned
the whole thing over to him, and he’s
made a mess of it. The boys won’t
stand for him any more. They’re rid-
ing tonight to clear him out of'the
valley, and Goldspurw”

“What are you talking about, Lin.
Dewing?” gasped Mollie hotly, crush-
ing the letter in her hand. “You know
he’s never done a thing that was
crooked!”

“Hasn’t he? Do you know that he
sold off a bunch of sheep to the K. T.
outfit, on his own account ? Didn’t
put that in with the ranch profits, did
he?”

"I told him to do it,” retorted Mol-
lie swiftly. “What else?’

“He don’t know the game, nor the
rules of sheep-grazing. He’s trespass-
ed on cattle land. The boys will make
him see light!”

“It. isn’t them—it’s you, Lin Dew-
ing!”

Mollie caught up a lantern, and
started on a run for the corral. After
her went Lin, his horse followingleis-
urvly. Neither spoke. He knew what
ere meant to do. As she seized the
bridle and saddle from their hooks, he
caught at her arm.

“Don’t be a fool, kid! You can’t
stop them now. What do you want
with him, anyhow? I only pushed you
hard on the payments because I want-
ed you to have to ask me for help.”

"Heaven help anybody who had to
ask you for help! You let me go!”

“I won’t. Yell, yell all you want to!
There ain’t a soul in four miles ’cep-
tin’ you and me, Mollie!”

“Ain’t there?”

Mollie tore her wrist from his grasp,
and whistled. Lin swung around at
the answoring barks, but the big wolf-
hounds were on him, and he went
down like a worried fox.

“\Vatch him, Scraggs!” Mollie call-
ed. “Easy, Monk, just watch him!
Don’t let him get away!”

She hardly gave a backward glance
at the prostrate, swearing figure. Her
pony was making for her, and she
slipped on the bridle, swung the sad-
dle over the blanket, and snapped the
buckles. No old-time Spanish four-in-
hand straps for Mollie!

The pony was on its way before her
right foot had caught the stirrup, and
she bent low, laughing recklessly, ev-
ery nerve on fire at the thought of
what lay ahead. She knew Lin Dew-
ing and his crowd of men. They
would clean out the sheep-camp with-
out a qualm, unless she could reach it
in time to warn Crittenden and the
herders. ‘ »

So it happened that’when the raid-
ers rode over the rim of the foothill
and leoked down at the sheep, close
huddled in the moonlight, they met a
surprise. Mollie had begged for a re
volver. ’

“It’s half my property, and half my
fight,” she told Crittenden. “I want
to help!” ,

He gave her One. There was barely
time to get the saddle, off her steam<
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its back, before Dewing’s men come;

but even in those previous moments
he had managed to make her under-
stand what her coming meant to him.

But the fight was his own. Brief as
it was, a keener sense of enjoyment
swept over him than he had known in
years. He was fighting for more than
Mollie’s rights—for his own new hopes
and ambitions.

When it was over, he sent the herd-
ers to look after the three silent fig-
ures that lay on the moonlight-splash-
ed hillside, and turned to Mollie. She
saw his eyes, and the great longing in
them, and handed him the letter from
her blouse.

“I found it by the pansy-bed, John,’
she told him, with her old directness.
“I didn’t read it, but it bothered me.
I thought that when we went into
partnership you stopped all this sort
of thing.”

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BY HAROLD BINDLOSS.

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Copyrighted by Frederick A. Stokes Company.

FEB. 6. 1915.

“Yet you node tonight to save me,
all the same!”

“To save the sheep," corrected MoL
lie, avoiding his eyes. “I must get
home. Lin may be chewed to mince
meat if he tries to get a'way from the
dogs.”

“I’m going with you,” said Critten-
den. '

“But why?”

“Why?” He reached for her sud-
denly. “Because I have the right, or
mean to have from tonight. Your eyes
were the spur that started me on the
new road, Mollie. I’ve been trying to
keep the trail since. That letter was
only in answer to one of mine, order-
ing the disposal of the property that
brought me in the little income I told
you of. I’m not going back anymore,
and I don’t want any ties to hold me.
Thank God, I can stand alone now!”
“Not alone, John,” she whispered.

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CHAPTER XIX.

The girl looked at him curiously, for
she knew how some of the smaller
settlers lived, and once more felt di-
vided between wonder and sympathy.
She could picture the grim self-denial,
for she had seen the stubborn patience
in'this man’s face, as well as a stamp
that was not borne by any other man
at Silverdale. Some of the crofter set-
tlers, who periodically came near star-
vation in their sod hovels, and the
men from Ontario who staked their
little handful of dollars on the first
wheat crop to be wrested from the
prairie, here it, however. From what
Miss Harrington had told her, it was
clear that Courthorne’s first year in
Canada could not have been spent in
this fashion, but there was no doubt
in the girl’s mind as she listened. Her
faith was equal to a more strenuous
test.

“There is a difference in the pres-
ent, but who taught you bridge-build-
ing? It takes years to learn the use
of the ax,” she said.

Winston laughed. “I think it took
me four, but the man who has not a
dollar to spare usually finds out how
to do a good many things for himself,
and I had working drawings of the
bridge made in Winnipeg. Besides,
your friends have helped with their
hands as well as their good-will. Ex-
cept at the beginning, they have all
been kind to me, and one could not
well have expected very much from
them then.”

Maud Barrington colored a trifle as
she remembered her own attitude to-
wards him. “Cannot you forget it?”
she said, with a curious little ring in
her voice. “They would do anything
you asked them now.”

“One generally finds it useful to
have a good memory, and I remember
most clearly that, although they had
very little reason for it, most of them
afterwards trusted me. That made,
and still makes, a great difference to
me.”

The girl appeared thoughtful. “Does
it?” she said. “Still, do you know,
I fancy that if they had tried to drive
you out, you would have stayed in
spite of them?”

“Yes,” said Winston dryly. “I be-
lieve I would, but the fact that in a
very little time they held out a

‘ friendly hand to a stranger steeped in .
‘ suspicion, and gave him the chance to

prove himself their equal, carries a
big responsibility. That, and your
aunt’s goodness, puts so many things
one might have done out of the ques-
tion."

The obvious inference was that the
prodigal had been reclaimed by the
simple means of putting him on his
honor. but that. did.,-.I.Ist fswmsnt

suggest itself to the girl. She had
often regretted her own disbelief and
once more felt the need for repara-
tion

“Lance,” she said, very quietly, “my
aunt was wiser than I was, but she
was mistaken. What she gave you out
of wide charity was already yours by
right.”

That was complete and final, for
Maud Barrington did nothing by half,
and Winston recognized that she held
him blameless in the past, which she
could not know, as well as in the pres-
ent which was visible to her. Her
confidence stung him as 8. whip, and
when in place of answering he looked
away, the girl fancied that a smother-
ed groan escaped him. She waited,
curiously expectant, but he did not
speak, and just then the fall of hoofs
rose from behind the birches in the
bluff. Then a man’s voice came
through it singing a little French song

and Maud Barrington glanced at her.

companion.

“Lance,” she said, “how long is it
since you sang that song?”

“Well,” said Winston, doggedly con-
scious of what he was doing, “I do
not know a word of it, and never
heard it in my life.”

Maud Barrington stared at him.
“Think,” she said. “It seems ever
so long ago, but you cannot have for-
gotten. Surely you remember Madame
Aubert, who taught me to prattle in
French, and the day you slipped into
the music-room and picked up the
song, while she tried in vain to teach
it to me. Can’t you recollect how I
cried, when you sang it in the bil-
liard-room, and Uncle Geoffrey gave
you the half—sovereign which had been
promised to me?”

“No,” said Winstdn, a trifle hoarse-

ly, and with his head turned from her

watched the trail.

A man in embroidered deerskin

jacket was riding into the moonlight,
and though the little song had ceased,
and the wide hat hid his face, there
was an almost insolent gracefulness
in his carriage that seemed familiar
to W'inston. It was not the abandon
of the swashbuckler stock-rider from
across the frontier, but something
more finished and distinguished that
suggested the bygone cavalier. Maud
Harrington, it was evident, also no—
ticed it.
“Geoffrey Courthorne rode as that
man does,” she said. “I remember
hearing my mother once tell him that
he had been born too late, because his
attributes and tastes would have fitted
him to follow Prince Rupert.

Winston made no- answer, and the
man rode on until he drew bridle in
front of them. Then he swung his
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into his face looked down with a little
ironical smile at the man and woman
standing beside the horse. Winston
straightened himself, feeling that there
was no need of all his self-control, for
he saw his companion glance at him
and then almost too steadily at Lance
Courthorne.

The latter said nothing for the space
of seconds, for which Winston hated
him, and yet in the tension of the sus-
pense he noticed that the signs of in-
dulgence he had seen on the last oc-
casion were plainer in Courthorne’s
face. The little bitter smile upon his
lips was also not quite in keeping with
the restlessness of his fingers upon
the bridle.

“Is that bridge fit for crossing,
farmer?” he asked.

“Yes,” said Winston quietly.
must lead your horse.”

Maud Barrington had in the mean-
while stood very still, and now moved
as by an effort. “It is time I rode

“You

.on, and you can show the stranger

across,” she said. “I have kept you

at least five minutes longer than was,

necessary.”

Courthorne, Winston fancied, shifted
one foot from the stirrup, but then sat
still as the farmer held his hand for
the girl to mount by, while when she
rode away he looked at his companion
with a tracy of. anger as well as irony
in his eyes.

“Yes," said Winston. “What you
heard was correct. Miss Barrington’s
horse fell lame coming from one of
the farms, which accounts for her
passing here so late. I had just led
the beast across the incompleted
bridge. Still, it is not on my account
I tell you this. Where have you been
and why have you broken one of: my
conditions?”

Courthorne laughed. “It seems to
me you are adopting a somewhat cur-
ious tone. I went to my homestead
to look for you.”

“You have not answered my other
question, and in the meanwhile I am
you1 tenant, and the place is mine.”

“We really needn't quibble,” said
C‘ourthorne. “I came for the very
simple reason that I wanted money.”

“You had one thousand dollars,”
said Winston dryly.

Courthorne made a little gesture of
resignation. “It is, however, certain
that I haven’t got them now. They
went as dollars usually do. The fact
is, I have met one or two men recent-
1y who apparently know more games
of chance than I do, and I passed on
the face which was my most valuable
asset, to you.”

“You passed me on the brand of a,

crime I never committed,” said Wins-
ton grimly. “That, however, is not
the question now. Not one dollar ex-
cept at the time agreed upon, will you
get from me. Why did you come here
dressed as We usually are on the
prairie?”

Courthorne glanced down at the
deerskin jacket and smiled as he
straightened himself into a caricature
of VVinston’s mounted attitude. It was
done cleverly.

When I ride in this fashion we are
really not very unlike, you see, and I
let one or two men I met get a good
look at me.” he said. “I meant it as
a hint that it would be wise of you to
come to terms with me.”

“I have already done so.
the bargain.”

“Well,” said Courthorne, smiling, “a.
contract may be modified at any time
when both parties are willing."

“One is not,” said Winston dryly.
“You heard my terms, and nothing
that you can urge will move me a
hairsbreadth from them.”

Courthorne looked at him steadily,
and some men would have found his
glance disconcerting, for now and

You made

then all the wickedness that was in.

him showed in his half-closed eyes.
Still, he saw that the farmer was un-
yielding.

(Continued next week).

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

21—157

 

 

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E entered Hungary at Triest
after a short sail across the
upper Adriatic. Triest is one
of Hungary’s seaports and although
peopled chiefly by Italians, it formerly
being an Italian city, it resembles in
its ways of doing things, a nearer ap-
proximation to American ways than
Italian. A stop over night at Fiume
gave a glimpse of the European end
of the immigration problem. Here
the same ship we came over in was
taking on 2000 Hungarian immigrants.
They were mostly farmers. The Am-
erican consul here is trying to locate
them in the agricultural sections of
the south. While the south seems to
be Welcoming them more and more
we were told in Hungary that large

FEB. 6, 1915.

European Co-Operative Agriculture.
As Seen by American Commission.

By WM. B. HATCH, Michigan Member of the Commission,

 

Washington. In it may be seen ev-
erything agricultural, from a traction
engine to a hen’s nest. I was surpris-
ed to be shown in this thriving city
on the Danube a Presbyterian church
500 years old and to be told that 49
per cent of the church adherents of
the city are protestants.

The central market interested me.
All foodstuffs from the farm, as well
as all meat and fish, have to pass
through the central market and pass
sanitary inspection before anyone can
buy or sell them, either merchant or
individual. It was one of the best ar-
ranged markets I have ever seen.
Most of the fish were exhibited alive,
as in an aquarium.

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numbers of them made their fortune
in America then returned to Hungary

 

purchased farms there at much higher
prices than prevailed in America, and
many of them lost their fortune thus
after they made it.

It was the twentieth of May when
we crossed Hungary from Fiume to
Budapest. It took all day. It is moun-
tainous near the coast and in about
the same latitude as southern Michi-
gan. In crossing the mountains we
ran into a snow storm. So thick was
the snow that We could scarcely see
the spruce forestration work which is
much in evidence on these untillable

 

 

 

 

 

 

slopes. Once down from this altitude
the farms look more like home, ex-
cept that there is scarcely a fence or
any cattle grazing unattended. No
silos are to be seen and little corn.
Grass, wheat, oats, barley and sugar
beets look about as you would expect
to find them at home, except a little
more advanced.

Budapest, with; its million people,
begins the impression to deepen as
we go along, that there is a world.
wide multiplying of people in the cit-
ties and a corresponding subtraction
in the country. Here is maintained
permanently the Museum of Agricul-
ture as an educational exhibit. It com-
pares with our agricultural building at

Hungarian Hay Stack Roped Down to Protect Against Elements,

in the same domain in which the Am.
erican Commission conducted most of
its inquiry, is now being waged the
most destructive war in history. I
could scarcely remember a year since
I was a boy old enough to take notice,
when a great European war was not
talked of, so I did not attach much
importance to the war talk we heard.
But it is now of more than passing
interest to recall that the Hungarians
said when we were there, that the
Austrians would soon start something
which would let the dogs of war loose,
and that the armies would work dis-
aster to Hungary. This was only about
a year ahead of the time when just
this prophecy commenced to be ful-
filled. And the worst part of the ful-
fillment as regards Hungary seems to
be just ahead. ’

Hungary contains about three times
the area, and nine times the popula-
tion of Michigan. But it is more
acutely differentiated in this: only 19
per cent of the population of Hungary
is urban, and 81 per cent is rural,
while in Michigan 47.2 per cent is ur—
ban. This may account for agricul-
ture receiving more nearly the atten—
tion due it in Hungary than it does
in Michigan and America generally.

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until forty years later did it have a
separate agricultural department. But
its Ministerof Agriculture has large
powers and a wide jurisdiction now.
He has quasi-judicial functions as
Well. He is the court of last resort
in the administration of criminal law
for offenses relating to the forestry
department, land settlement, viticul-
ture, agricultural instruction, and the
administration of laws relating to ag-
ricultural laborers—a socio—economic
work of great importance.

It is probably correct to say that
the Hungarian agricultural policy is
state-conceived and state~endowed to
a large extent. This is probably more
necessary there than here. But if it
is not necessary or so necessary with
us, and we find ourselves less effi-
ciently organized agriculturally, shall
we charge it to ourselves? Can we
charge it to anyone else, since we are
the state? Should a democratic state
be less responsive to the common peo-
ple’s welfare than an aristocratic or
mouarchical state?

It sounds a. little familiar to hear
the Hungarian government say, “the
Hungarian farmer is distinguished by
his conservative tendencies and he is
to be persuaded to economic reforms
only by means of instruction and en-
lightenment.” The main aid rendered
by the state is to provide the farmer
with seeds, saplings, and stock for
breeding. The government breeding
farms are noted for their aid in bet-
tering the live stock industry. It re-
quires a fair interest on the cost of
the stock, fair freight rates, and in-
sures the stock for one year. In cer-
tain restricted areas the granting of
implements and apparatus for farm-
ing is encouraged. Short courses, the
production and distribution of serums
at small cost, the wide distribution of
printed matter put into popular form
leads us to see that the Magyar farm-
er is following similar lines to those
followed by the Anglo Saxon. They
have two national farmers’ organiza-
tions, the National Hungarian Agricul—
tural Union and the Hungarian Farm-
ers’ Association.

The Department of Agriculture
states that “the organization, of cred-
it forms a subject of permanent care.
The National Agricultural Union,
founded in 1863, the first Hungarian
Mortgage Credit Bank under the title
of the Land Credit Bank. Following
this, from the same source, was the
Small Farmers’ National Land Credit
Institute and the National Central
Credit Association in 1896.” These
were achieved along purely altruistic,
cooperative lines.

There are few private banks in Hun-
gary, these are in the cities and do
little land mortgage loan business.
Both limited companies with share
capital and limited liability and co-
operative companies are encouraged
and are numerous. Thirty per cent of

the share capital muSt be paid in at .

the time of organization, but often-
times the balance of the subscription
does not have to be paid in—it is paid
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BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS.

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eat
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Why Insist on Your Rights.

T was in the largest and most ex-
1 clusive woman’s club in the city.
The committee on child welfare
had reported a plan for the year’s
work among the poor children, a plan
comprising night classes, girls’ and
boys’ clubs, free dental work and
many other features. The idea was
well worked out, not a detail had been
omitted, but it threw the club into a
furore.
Each of the 300 women not on the
committee immediately clamored for
the floor. All had a plan so much bet-

ter than that offered, as to make the.

original seem quite stale, flat and un-
profitable. Every woman knew her
way was best, and was ready, nay ev-
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committee members defending their
report and urging its adoption, while
the 300 other women struggled to
amend and strike out until the origi-
nal recommendation would have been
quite snuffed out. The main point at
issue, help for needy children, was
quite lost to view. Each woman could
see but one thing n‘eedful, to have
her own way.

The president finally wrapped for
order. She was a woman of 50 years,
splendidly poised, sane and far-sight-
ed. The members respected her judg-
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ied her clothes.

“What difference does it make?” she
began clearly, "what difference does
it make whose plan is followed or who
gets the glory? The all-important
thing is not how shall we work, but
shall we work at all? The children
need us. Are we to let them suffer
while we argue Whose plan shall be
followed? Or shall
selves and our ambition for the great-
er need of the community '2”,

Discussion languished and whole-
some shame showed on many faces.
The committees’ report was adopted
unaltered and its suggestions immedi-
ately started. One or two grumbled
because they were not leaders, but
the majority forgot their differences.

T 1e same spirit Of egoism hampers
every attempt at organized eff01t. Ev-

 

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we forget our-.
the physician needs to know.

ery club, every lodge, every church
and church society is kept back in its
social work by members who insist on
having things done their way. No
matter how good the suggestion, there
will always be some who know a way
a thousand times better, and who
threaten to resign and break up the
society, or at least not to keep the
project, unless things can be done as
they say.

Exaggerated ego keeps them from
seeing the other fellow’s right to an
opinion.

“I guess I am just as bright as Mrs.
Blank,” they argue. “I have just as
much right_to my way as she has to
hers. If things can’t go as I say, I’ll
not help.”

They entirely forget that others are
seeing them just as they see Mrs.
Blank. They are not ready to forget
self for the common good.

And‘the thing which is true of the
community is true of all‘too many
families. Self is the ruling motive in

all too many homes, especially where ‘

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the mother is unselfish. Father de~
mands his favorite dishes, sister de-
mands pretty clothes, brother de-
mands the easiest chair, unlimited
spending money and no home duties.
There is no unity, no working togeth-
er for the common good in times of
prosperity, and in times of adversity
things are even worse.

Each thinks for himself, puts his
own interests above the ‘interest of
the family. “Every man'for himself”
is the motto, and instead of the great-
est good of the greatest number, noth‘
ing but bad results for all.

“What difference does it make?” I
think of the president’s words every
time I. hear anyone insisting 'on her
“rights.” What is the right 0f the in-
dividual compared to the greater right
of the community? What doesit mat-
ter if you go unrecognized, so that
good' is done?

Undoubtedly your opinion is as good
as the other fellow’s. Undoubtedly
you have as much right to have things
go your way. But insistence on your
right is going to stay progress, if it
will prevent good being done, forget
your private right, for the multitude.
Dnnouxn.

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Happy Babiese-No. 10.

By DEBORAH.

NE of the greatest helps to the

young mother of a bottle~fed

baby is the feeding chart which
s always given out by specialists who
are consulted in cases of bad feeding.
These are slips of paper ruled into
spaces providing entries for each day
of the week, in which the mother
must set down the exact amount, ev-
en to teaspoonsful, of whatever food
the child takes, and all other matters

Here are set down the exact amount
of boiling water, cream, milk, lime
water, sugar,
prepared; the size of each meal, the
number of meals, amount of food pre-
pared in the morning, amount left at
night, whether or not the child vom-
its, the condition of the bowels, the
amount of sleep, temper, temperature,
and sundry other things the doctor

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starch, or other food;

needs to know. This record shows
the doctor at a glance just what is
wrong with the child ‘and what is
causing the mischief, always provid-
ed the trouble is wrong feeding and
not an organic disturbance.

By the use of one of these charts
any intelligent mother can be her own
specialist, if along with it she makes
a systematic study of foods and their
effects: Themother who has brought
up two or three children will probably

scoff at the idea cf keeping a daily.

record. But the young mother will
find such a chart a godsend. It will
require only a few minutes to fill it
out each day,- and the thought requir-
ed to make intelligent entries will do
more than anything else to educate
the mother in the difficult subject of
baby feeding._ .If the baby has 'colic
today, or if -the bowels are loose, or

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if it vomits, after having been per-
fectly well, a glance at the chart will
tell the mother what she has done
wrong and where the trouble lies,'pr0-
vided always, the chart has been faith-
fully and exactly kept.

Exactness is the great word in the
care of a bottle-fed baby,‘ especially if
it is a delicate one. Exactness in
measurements, even down to the ex-
act half of a level teaspoon; exactness
in the size of the feed and the time
to give it, and exactness in filling out
the chart, these spell success. Half
the failures in feeding babies by hand
arise from carelessness. The' un-
trained mother does not realiZe that
the tiny stomach can be injured, of-
ten beyond repair, by continually giv-
ing it just a little bit more than it can
digest. It may be only a teaspoon—
ful too much, but if it is more than
the stomach can take care of it works
mischief.

A chart is indispensible with a deli-
cate baby. It is the only means of
really knowing just what effect difler-
ent foods have. And the mother who
has 'once used a chart will use it in
every case. It gives her a complete
guide to health for the little one, and
is of pxiceless value to her when the
baby is glown.

Feeding charts may be secured by
addressing the Household Editor and
sending a self-addressed and stamped
envelope. If you wish any advice re-
garding the feeding of the baby fill
the chart carefully for one week and
mturn, with stamp. All questions on
feeding will be gladly answered.

WRITE FOR .“lNFANT CARE",

 

, “Infant CaIe” is the title of a
pamphlet just issued by the Children’s
Bureau of the United‘ States Depart-
ment of Labor. It is the scoond of a
series of popular pamphlets for the

.use of mothers on the care of chil-
‘-‘dren.
baby from birth ,throt'Jgh its second

' The new publication ’ takes the

year, dealing. with such. questions as
feeding, clothing, bathing,'sleep and
exercise, or inrother words, with the
questions which 'all mothers must
facesoo‘ner or later, in the care of
the baby. The book is written in sim-
ple non -technical language, easily un-

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HE difference between

low grade butter and
"extra fine” often depends
on the salt you use.

Makers of fancy butter have
long since stopped using com-
mon salt on account of its bitter
taste, and have gone over to
Worcester Salt because its fine,
even crystals are always sWeet
and clean.

Match your high grade cream
with Worcester Salt and your
butter will rise to the "extra”
class.

WORCESTER
SALT

The Salt with the Savor

For farm and dairy use,
Worcester Salt is put 11 in 14
pound muslin ha 8 and) in 28
and 56 pound Iris linen bags.
Smaller sizes for table use.
Good grocers everywhere sell
Worcester Salt. Get a bag.

Send us your dealer’s name
and address and we will mail
you free of charge, our booklet,

Butter Making on the Farm.”

WORCESTER SALT COMPANY
Largest Producers of High-Grade Salt in the World
' . NEW YORK '

LET US TAN ‘
YOUR HIDE. '

Cattle or Horse hide. Calf. Dog. Deer
or any kind of skin with hair or fur on.
We too and llnlsh then right i make
them into coats (for 11an and women).
»robcs.ruzs or gloves when ordered.

Your fur goods will cost. on ices than
to buy them~ and be war more. Our
Illustrated catalog gives a lot: of in-
formation which every stock raiser
should have. but we nevcrsend out this
valuable book except upon request.

It tells how to take oil! and care. for
hides: how and when we pay the lrolohl
both we‘- aabout. our ode dyeing pro-
cess wh ch is a tremendous advantage
to the customer. especially on horse
hldoo and on" aklnoa about the fur
goods and game trophies we cell. tan-
dermy. etc. If you want a copy send us
your correct as, .

‘l’he Crag Frisian Fur Company. s
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'0“ Tetrylnyonrownhouehrwdaa.
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, ,. donotwant to ice it. You can uy
the but at Actual actory Prices. Our
' new improvements absolutely surpass
anything ever produced. Save enough
on using» stove to buy your winter'-

Catalo'ne, showing large
assortment to select (him.
No Obligations.

' HOUSIER sum ca.
131 StateSL, Iarlon,lnd. .

Special Trial Order.

A one cent post card will deliver—Charges
Prepaid

To Try Before You Buy

in your own home oneof our regular 310.00
combination DUST-VAC V A C U U M
CLEANERS and CARPET SWEEP-
ERS. If entirely satisfied. take orders
from only two at your neighbors for 87.50
enchand keep yourali' REE. Every machine
guaranteed iivo yours — Delivered pre-
pai You no no risk. send no money.
Try before you buy. Agents wanted
everywhere. Liberal eon-tssion.

THELACE-OMETER C0.
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derstood by the average American
mother. Special mention is made, 9.1-
so, of the care of American babies in
the tropics. It contains 84 pages, is
illustrated with a number of plates
and pictures and includes an appendix
and a useful index. The appendix
gives a list of other government pub-
lications regarding matters of domes-
tic economy, such as milk, foods, home
sanitation, and other objects of im-
portance in the work of making the
home suitable for the rearing of chil-
dren. »

The pamphlet will not, of course,
take the place of the advice of a phy-
sician, but it includes a section on
how to keep the baby well, which de-
scribes the minor ailments of baby-
hood and the symptoms indicating the
inset of more serious illness. Special
emphasis is placed on the danger to
infants of whooping cough and the
measles.

The pamphlet was prepared, under
the direction of Miss Julia C. Lathrop,
Chief of the Bureau, by Mrs. Max
West, who also prepared the pamphlet
on Prenatal Care, which was the first
of the Care of Children Series. In-
fant Care, like all the other publica-
tions of the Bureau, may be obtained
free of charge by addressing a postal
card request to the Chief of the Chil-
dren’s Bureau, Department of Labor,
Washington, D. C.

CARE OF GLASSWARE.

 

BY ADDIE FARRAR.

The brittleness of glassware is pro-
verbial, and when one takes into con-
sideration its cost, the need of careful
usage becomes apparent.

In buying glass and china ware for
the table it is wise to purchase a good
quality. Cheap glassware is a delu-
sion and a snare and neither looks
nor lasts as well as the more expen-
sive kind. It is a great mistake to
think that thick glass dishes are any
stronger than those of thinner make.
As a matter of fact, it is thick glass
that succumbs the easiest to careless
usage, and particularly so when pour-
ing hot sauce or fluids into them.
Science teaches us that heat causes
eXpansion, and also that heat requires
time to travel from one part of a
solid body to another, and so in the
thick glass vessel the heat from the
hot fluid poured into it expands the
inner surface; but before this heat
has had time to expand through to
the outer surface, the expansion of
the inner part has cracked that of the
outer. In thin glass the heat coming
from the contents extends more quick-
ly to the outer surface, which it can-
not do in thick glass, and to all in-
tents and purposes the surface ex-
pands simultaneously, and the glass
therefore remains unbroken.

However, even with this knowledge,
it is wise to be careful and temper the
glassware before putting hot things
into the pieces. When putting hot
drinks, such as lemonade, etc.. Into
tumblers, it is always best to put in
the cold ingredients first and then
gradually add the hot water, always
taking the precaution of the silver
spoon; that is, putting into the glass
a. silver spoon and allowing it to re-
main there while you pour in the hot
fluid. If the fluid is very hot, best
stand your glasses in warm water
first.

Great care should be used in wash-
ing glassware. Two pans should be
provided, one with moderately hot wa-
ter and the other with cold. Wash
the glasses first in the moderately hot
soapy water, rinse in the second and
turn down on a linen cloth, folded
two or three times, to drain for a few
minutes. This is doneto prevent the
edges of fine cutglass from becoming
chipped. When drained, wipe with
one cloth and‘polish with a clean lin-
en' cloth that is not soold as to leave
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Save. Months of time in Building

You waste, in the ordinary way of build-

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Send for

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Don't forget that the workmanship on any home

costs more than the lumber.

We save you "75 the

labor cost because Sterling Homes come with each
part measured and cut-to-fit.

One can erect 3 Sterling home before the fastest
workman can cut and erect the frame of an ordinary

house.

So we save you enormous labor expense, in

addition to the retail and wholesale profits on your
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ll Real Home Every Hour
Think of a factor that cuts a home per hour!
That wastes but 2% in cutting parts to fit, as against

the 18% waste of hand sawing and fitting!

can hand labor ever hope
to compete with this ma-
chine efficiency!

And this we do without
haste or hurry. Each part
and piece is cut with a
precision and accuracy
that no human hand can
equal.

Is it any wonder that we
can supply bettermaterials
and better workmanship?
Or that we who are actual
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sell at less than others.

Last year during the
building season a thousand
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A‘great deal of lumber
now-a-days contains knots,
warpunrm holes, ”flatness,
rot spots. elo. But Sterling
l8 tree {I'm blemishes. Every
beam, board and rafter and
everyother piece is straight
and sound. To prove that,
we are willing to ship you
the materials and let you
inspect themhlen m
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pictures are necessarily small.
scores of Sterling Homes in our latest home book
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in the pan, one piece at a. time to pre-
vent breakage.

‘ Many housekeepers .‘declare‘that ta:
ble' glassware washed in cold water is
the brightest and that hot water
leaves a cloudy appearance. This is
a matter cf"individual taste but usu-
ally the warm water works_,the best.
’ In washing fine glass or other gla'ss-
es with steam, do not hold.the glass
by the stem when washing and wip-
ing, but concentrate your attention on
the bowl and thus save broken stems.

Decanters and wine bottles stained
inside may be cleaned by putting a
few Cinders into them and pouring
vinegar over the Cinders and shaking
vigorously. The smell may not be
pleasant but the chemical action of
the gas thus formed by the mixture
soon loosens the stains. Rinsed in
clean water the bottles will be bright
and clean. Potato parings put into
decanters with warm water poured
over them are good. Let the mixture
stand for a few hours and shake and
rinse.

For the lime deposit that comes on
water bottles from hard water, use
tea leaves, covering the leaves with
vinegar and shaking well. This will
usually remove the deposit. If, how-
ever, the carafe has been neglected
put inside a teaspoonful of weak hy-
drochloric acid and shake afterward,
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weather, although for the past few
days it has rained, and that makes it
not quite so pleasant. However, the
fruit men and farmers are glad to see
it, for nearly all the crops, excepting
citrus fruits, around Los Angeles are
grown by depending on the natural
rainfall, which comes through the win-
for months. There is no diversity of
crops here as we have in the cast, but
every rancher devotes his entire
acreage to one variety, so in case of a.
failure for any reason, they are hard
hit.

You have no doubt visited Califor-
nia and know about the magnificent
highways they have here. In Los An-
geles county they have hundreds of
miles of asphalt and stone boulevards.
I don’t remember the exact figures but
the county voted something like three
or four millions of dollars for im-
provements of that kind. They now
have a chain of boulevards threading
the entire county, full-Width roadways,
in many cases bordered with cement
curbing. All this makes autoing a de-
light and constitutes one of Los An-
geles’ best assets. Along one stretch
of road from Owensmouth to Lanker-
shim, a distance of nearly 30 miles,
there is a border of roses on trellises
the whole way on either side of the
road. Back of the roses for 30 feet is
a parking planted to ornamental
shrubs and trees all maintained at the
expense of the county. Farms flanked
by such an attractive highway are in
oranges or lemons, Wheat or barley,
and held at from $500 to $1000 an
acre for the latter. Those in oranges
or lemons, of course, are very much
higher. ‘

But I would not care to own an or-
ange grove. There is too much dan-
ger from frost of late years. Every
tree, 80 to the acre, must have its
smudge pot ready for lighting and
must be tended more or less through
the winter months, often for a week
at a time. They burn crude oil in
these heaters, and great tanks of this
fuel are ready at every orange grove
on the approach of cold weather. The
big freeze of two years ago wrought
sad havoc in the groves, but it also

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stalling systems which involve less 18.-
bor than the individual smudge pots,
Something that will, warm the. "entire
air space of the orchard, operated 129‘
tween the rows. As you'may see, it
is an anxious time for the orange
grower when the mercury begins to
drop to near the dangerline and no-
body thinks of such anthing as getting
a. full night’s sleep tiilfi'the cold— snap
is past, for the night hours are, the
dangerous ones. The weather bureau
sends warning to the growers by tel-
ephone. ‘ : . .1
' I have learned since coming here,
what is the cause for the difference
in the thickness of skin on different
oranges. I was told by one grower
who was showing me over his grove,
that the nature of the soil was re«
sponsible for it. A soft, loose soil pro-
duces a thicker rind than a harder
soil. Variety has nothing to do with
it, so I was told, and both navels and
Valenciasvare similarly affected. The
thin leathery skins are usually expect-
ed to hold the most juicy specimens.

All California, more particularly the
coast region, is making great prepara-
tions for the entertainment of exposi-
tion visitors. This, the best advertis-
ed of states, is making a strong bid
for popularity and money is being lav-
ished in every direction to please and
to captivate easterners that they Will
eventually come here to make their
homes. A city beautiful is what each
municipality, big and little alike, is
striving to make of itself. ‘ To this
end vacant lots and open places are
being planted to flowers and orna-
mental shrubbery, highways are set
with trelliscs over which roses in full
bloom for nearly the entire year will
clamber and every other possible
means employed to beautify the land.

I hope everyone *who, comes to Cal-
ifornia next year will go to San Diego.
I feel like urging this because it Will
well repay the visitor who wishes to
get the true California atmosphere,
especially as it has even yet so many
reminders of the early Spanish occu-
pancy. Of all the places I have visit-
ed, San Diego in many ways pleases
me most. The city is charmingly sit-
uated, rising from the incomparable
bay of the same name, in a gradual
ascent which makes the blue waters,
with beautiful Point Lorna outlining it
on the north and the ocean beyond,
visible from every point. Once seen
it can never be forgotten. The Call-
fornia-Panama Exposition, which op-
ened January 1, at San Diego, will
compare very favorably with the one
in San Francisco, although not on so
extensive a scale. For the simple
reason that San Diego is away off by
itself and has at present but a single
railroad completed, is apt to discour-
age tourists from going there. Before
the close of 1915, however, two more
roads will be completed between this
most southwestern of United States
cities and the east.

By all means go to San Diego, is
my advice to prospective visitors.
Visit not only the exposition but his-
toric spots in and around the city. See
the Old Mission, the first in the chain
of 23 built by the Spanish padres,
take a trolley ride out to Old Town,
the first settlement in California, es-
tablished by Father Junipero Serra in
1769, and, if international affairs are
not too turbulent at the time, cross
the border to Tia Juana in Mexico
(Lower California), and get a glimpse
of conditions in that revolution-torn
Republic. Tia Juana is easily reached
from San Diego, a regular line of auto
buses operating for the benefit of vis-
itors. Tourists usually return laden
with souvenirs, up to one dollar valu-
ation free of duty.

Except for the fact that most visit-
ors from the east come to avoid the
cold weather at home, I should cer-
tainly recommend coming in summer
to the the expositions. Contrary to
general opinion, the summers on the
coast are not hot, and there is then
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ations for nearly all the state institu-
tions is very great. Most of them are,
no doubt, needed, but all cannot be
granted with justice to the taxpayers.
The needs of the Agricultural College,
particularly, appeal to the farmers of
our state, yet the friends of the other
institutions and colleges see equal im~
portance to their claims. The finance
committees in both ends of the Capi-
tol are sincerely trying to out these
demands without crippling any of the
good work more than is unavoidably
necessary.

.The general tax laws are not likely
to be materially changed, but perhaps
some steps Will be taken towards
gathering information and looking in-
to the advisability of the separation of
the. state and local taxes.

Some of the state papers for the
last few days have been engaging in
criticisms of the Legislature, because
the Senate did no business the second
week, but spent that time in visiting
the state institutions. These papers
tried to convey the idea that these in-
vesigations delayed the work of the
session, but, in fact, the opposite is
true. The institutional committees
cannot report the appropriation bills
intelligently without these visits, and
the finance committee can do little
work until the appropriation bills are
all before them, as it is essential the
sum total should be known before
many of the appropriations are passed
upon.

The House pursued the opposite
course, but they found that it has not
worked to any advantage. The fact
should not be lost sight of that the
members themselves are the last ones
to wish thesession prolonged, as their
pay is for the term and not by the
day, but to the credit of the members
be it said that there has never been
a. case where our Legislature has
shortened the session at the expense
of necessary legislation.

As the session progresses we may
find something further to say relative
to the merits of some of the particu-
lar measures as they come up.

H. E. POWELL.

 

THE FARMER AND THE TAX COM-
MISSION.

 

Is the farmer being exploited by the
state? Is be discriminated against by
the tax laws? Is the Tax Commission
an instrument of injustice? Let us
first discover how much of the prop.
erty of the farmer is exempt by law
from taxation. Can you find any ex-
cept $250 personal property and stock
too young to be weaned from their
mother’s milk? Except these he is
taxed on his entire holdings, and on
mortgage and note that he may owe,
and the farmer is a large borrower,
both on mortgage and note. Now if
he was relieved from the payment of
taxes now levied on his debts and
other forms of property were made to
pay their just share of taxes, the
farmer would not be justified in as--
sertmg that the state is exploiting him
11.1.the interest of other classes of its
Cltizens.

For the purpose of determining the
correctness of our position that the
farmer is unjustly taxed, let us con-
s1der the lawful exemptions of prop-
erty largely held by the non-produc-
ing classes. Here are some of them:
Mortgages, land contracts, building
and loan association stock, bonds of
practically all kinds. Add to these
the_properties, the value of which is
easfly concealed, such as merchan-
dise, book accounts, notes, and I be-
lieve that it is safe to assume that
one-half of the property owned by the
wealthy classes is not listed for tax-
ation.

These exemptions add immensely to
the burden of taxation borne by the
producing classes, of whom the farm-
er 18 perhaps the largest, still the
state is not satisfied but makes the
farmer the subject of discrimination
by a tax commission ostensibly creat-
ed to bring about equity in taxation,
but who have used the power given
them to further increase discrimina-
tion, inequity and injustice. These
minions of the law sent into our coun-
try looked at the property of the farm-
er and small home owners through
magnifying glasses, in fact, the result
of the work of the commission here is
an insult to fair dealing and it goes
Without saying that the same is true
of their work throughout the state.

.It culminated here in a farcical re-
VleW, conducted by the men who did
the work of estimating the values of
the property to be reviewed. Seven
hours in a stuffy village hall were giv-
en the review of four toWnships and
our village of 2,000 inhabitants. This
may be a legal review but I submit
it is heaping insult upon injury and
could not have been done by fair-
minded men. The conclusion of the

Whole matter would seem to be that a.
law, the execution of which is not
sufllciently'guarded to insure compe-
tence in the work and justice in the

GAN FARMER

results is too defective to remain on.
the statute books of our state. i

Lest some say that the picture I
have drawn is exaggerated I herewith
submit the following figures, taken
from a tax roll of the township of
Portland, made by the commission
this fall and our local supervisor last
May, showing per cent of increase of
tax commission estimate above that of
the local supervisor. Per cent ad-
vance on farm property outside of cor-
poration limits, both personal and real,
68; real estate within corporation lim-
its, 33; personal property outside of
corporation limits, 61: personal prop-
erty within corporation limits, 21.
Now, when we understand that the
farmers and small holders of real es-
tate within the corporation limits were
advanced equally or more than the
property outside of the corporation in'
the township and that the greater per
cent of the personal property inside
the corporation consists of merchan-
dise and bank stock, we have a View
of the work of this Tax Commission
that is not at all pleasing to the lover
of justice and fair dealing.

Now, just a word in regard to the
law responsible for the injustice and
inequity of which we complain. Ihave
just finished the careful reading of the
law creating the Tax Commission, to-
gether with the amendments. It is,
certainly a remarkable piece of legis-,
lation. In spirit it is un-American,
contains the essence of tyranny, cre-
ating a horde of little irresponsible
czars and sending them about the;
state to place figures on property for1
taxation purposes, the value of which:
they can have no adequate knowledge"
and makes their estimate final.

This law discredits the law makers
responsible for it and will not be en-
dured by at liberty and justice loving
people. All classes of our people
should join in petition to the Legisla-
ture to repeal this law, as the farm-
ers here are doing.

Ionia Co.

 

S. H. PILKINTON.

FARMERS' CO-OPERATIVE TELE-
PHONE LINES.

 

I have noted with much satisfaction
the interest you have taken in co—op-
erative enterprises the past year, but
there is another kind of cooperation
that I think needs discussion at this
time, and that is the co-operative mu-
tual telephone lines. We have here
in northern Van Buren and south-
western Allegan counties, a system of
mutual telephone lines with about a
dozen exchanges. These are operated
at cost, each member paying a mem-
bership fee of from $6 to $12, or an
average of $9.12, which is used to con-
struct lines. Each memLer buys his
own instrument, and operating ex-
pense is divided pro rata, according
to the number of ’phones on each ex-
change. The average is $7.37 per
year, or less than half the cost of ser-
vice delivered by stock companies.
About 2,000 telephones are in use, and
the different exchanges are connects
ed, so that all members enjoy free ex-
change of service. The system is con-
nected with the long distance copper-
circuit of the Citizens’ Telephone (30.,
at Allegan, Chicora and Gobleville,
and the toll lines of the Home Tele-
phone Co., at Decatur, thus giving toll
service with over 200,000 telephones
in Michigan. The system is dominat-
ed by a board of control composed of
delegates from each exchange meet—
ing at least yearly for the adjustment
of all matters affecting the system.

The first organized exchanges are
out of debt and are improving their
equipment. The scheme furnishes
farmers the best possible means of
obtaining satisfactory service at ac‘
tual cost. Other communities would
have established exchanges had not
the last session of the Legislature
passed the solcalled Bayliss bill, sec-
tion 9 of which prohibits new compa-
nies from forming without the consent
of the State Railroad Commission,
which consent is refused where the
service would come in competition
with the large stock companies. Ev-
ery farmer in Michigan should take
the matter up with their senator and
representative and urge the passage
of the present Lewis bill, which pro-
vides that mutual telephone compa<
nies, not organized for pecuniary prof-
it but incorporated under the laws of
the state, may own, operate and ex-
tend their lines without the consent
of the Railroad Commission. Any—
thing that can be done to secure the
passage of this bill I believe will re-
ceive the sanction of the farmers of
Michigan.

Van Buren Co. C. E. DENTON.

MICHIGAN FARMERS’ INSTI-
TUTES.

 

The following corrections are an-
nounced by Supt. Taft to the list of
institutes for February which were
published in our last issue:

Jackson 00., ,Parma, Feb. 18-19.

Kalamazoo 00.. Portage, Feb. 8-9.

‘Lapeer 00., Clifford, Feb. 4-5.

 

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Hatching With the Incubator:

HERE are thousands of people

entering the poultry business

each year. Very few of these
individuals know anything; regarding
the most essential factor of the busi-
lness; comparatively nothing about
the incubator. But this is an import-
ant and vital part of poultry raising
for greatest profit. Poultry is a suc-
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The essentials for any successful in-
cubation may be termed: Eggs of
strong hatching qualities; a good
hatching device; correct methods of
operation, and a favorable environ-
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these factors will mean ahatch of
lower percentage and weakened
chicks.

Get Fertile Eggs.

First in order, therefore, would come
‘the study of the egg itself. An egg
rreceives its fertility from the male
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lat the date of laying has much to do
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lvidual egg. The breeding hen must
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iegg capable of carrying the germ-life
to a successful hatch. Hens kept in
unhealthful quarters, or too closely
confined, are not likely to produce eggs
that would guarantee strong, healthy
chicks, if indeed they would produce
any whatsoever. Hens suffering from
disease or infested with vermin may
lay to a certain extent, yet eggs from
such hens will rarely hatch, and even
if they should, the chicks will not be
likely to mature into vigorous or
growthy fowls that would carry prof-
itable poultry keeping to its goal.
Therefore, to secure hatchable eggs
the hens must be healthy, have plenty
of out-of-door exercise, and be fed
upon a well-balanced ration. An ex-
clusive corn diet is not conducive to
high fertility. Fowls housed in confin-
ed quarters must have a mixed grain
diet, together with plenty of grit and
bone, with meats, clovcrs, or other
substances in the line of nitrogenous
food. They must be kept from
lice and must have plenty of litter,
straw, hay, chaff, or leaves in which
to scratch. Fowls having free run
demand less attention to diet and are
far more apt to produce fertile eggs
than fowls that are confined. Nearly
every poultryman has a. different con-
ception as to the number of hens that
should' be confined with a cock bird
during the fertile season. It is a. mat-
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on the manner the fowls are kept, and
their ages and. condition. Great care
should be exercised over the matings
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size of the breeding pens should be
recognized accordingly. With the ma-
jority of fowls, the most desirable re-

10 to 12 hens to one cock.

 

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FEB. 6, 1915.

The eggs should be selected cf me-
dium size and an average color and
shape for the breed. An unusually
large egg can not be expected to
hatch. An unusually small egg may
be defective and should not be incu-
bated. An even, uniform lot, assort-
ed as to size, color, and shape, will
give the desired results where others
fail. Freshness is a prime necessity.
“'hile an egg six weeks old may
hatch, the chick will be weak and
difficult to rear. Fresh eggs hatch
earlier, while the chicks from them
are stronger than those from the old-
or eggs. As a general rule, eggs more
than 12 days old should never be
placed in an incubator. This is one
of the reasons why eggs from a flock
numbering from 10 to 12 hens are
more apt to hatch than are eggs from

a pen of three or four hens. The eggs -

do not need to be stored so long pre-
vious to reaching the number for a.
hatch. All eggs for hatching should
be clean; if not clean they must be
washed in tepid water and carefully
dried with a. clean, soft cloth. This
washing will not injure the egg, yet
it must be performed quickly and
carefully, else the jarring of the con-
tents may ruin it for hatching pur-
poses. As fast as the eggs are wash-
ed and dried they should be covered
with'a layer of clean cloth or absorb-
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the eggs in a cool quiet place, each
with the large end uppermost, for a
period of 12 hours previous to placing
in the incubator or under the hen.
This will serve to balance the yolk in
the center and locate the air cell.
Eggs laid the day they are sot will
hatch several hours earlier than those
a week older. Age in the germ-life
does not count until incubation starts.
The date of laying has nothing to do
with it, except deter results, when
saved too long.

Keeping Eggs for Hatching.

Eggs waiting for incubation should
be kept at a temperature of about 60
degrees Ii‘., although they will stand
a variation of temperature from 40 to
100 degrees. They should not be al-
lowed to dry out, nor be exposed to a.
current of cold air, steam or vapor.
During storage, eggs for incubation
should be partly turned each day. A
little attention to these simple direc-
tions will make a great difference in
the possibilities of fertile eggs and
will greatly augment the percentage
of chicks, as well as their vigor.

It is a very poor practice to set
more than one kind or breed of eggs
in the same machine, inasmuch as
eggs of various types vary in thick-
ness and strength of shell and in the
amount of heat and moisture required.

The whole theory of incubation is
based upon the fact that, if a. fertile
egg be kept for a sufficient period of
time under given conditions of heat,
moisture, and position, it will be
transformed into a healthy fowl.

Incubators may be divided into two
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The former system is. used the more
extensively in heating incubators
ranging in capacity from 60 to _600
eggs. Incubators, known as mammoth
machines, holding 1,000 eggs or more,
are usually operated by aid of a boil-
er and hot water, piped to the various
compartments. There is very little
reason why either means of heating
should have greater success in hatch-
ing than the other, providing the same
method supplying the heat to the eggs
is used and other factors be equal.

Exactness Essential in Operating

incubators.

The successful operation of any ma-
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ness and accuracy. Not only should
the Work be performed properly, but
it must be done “on tick.” To the
woman who fills the lamps at a cer-
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will wind his watch at a given hour
each evening, there need be no fear
of neglect of the care of the incu-
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son who is unwilling to study, read,
and to practice, and is unwilling to at-
tend to the few wants of the machine
at the proper time, making a specialty
of promptness and punctuality, it
would be unreasonable to expect re-
sults from the best made machines.
Too Many Caretakers Spoil the Hatch.

One person only should be respon-
sible for the care of the lamp. If two
or three are tinkering with the heat-
ing apparatus, no one knows; what
ought to be done, or when it‘Should
be done, and the affair is a wreck be-
fore the ship has left port. Lamps
should be filled, cleaned, the wick
trimmed once each day. The morn-
ing/is the best time for this work;
never at night. If a regular hour is
not adhered to, neglect will result.
The best time would be just after the
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Careful Operation Gives Good Results.
The operation of the incubator is
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from weaker eggs. EARL W. GAGE.

 

PEDIGREE POUL‘TRY BREEDING.

My ambition is to build up a heavy
laying strain of fowls. I have an idea
that there is bound to be an increas-
ing demand from farmers and poultry
men for stock and eggs from laying
strains of poultry, with which to im-
prove their fiocks. Most farmers and
poultrymen who are giving the bulk
of their time to egg production for
the market, do not have the time to
give to breeding for heavy egg pro—
ducers that they ought to have. Now,
then, do you think I am right in be-
lieving that the man who makes a.
specialty of developing a heavy-lay-
ing strain of trap nested layers, Will
find a ready market for stock and
eggs at good prices? In starting a
business of this kind, do you think
there would be any preference as to
breeds? Would one have any advan-
tage with a. heavy-laying strain of
Rocks over Leghorns, because the
former is a general-purpose fowl? Is
not the general-purpose hen more or
less like the general-purpose cow?
That is, she is not as well adapted for
either purpose as is a breed adapted
by nature to one particular thing.

SUBSCRIBER.

I wish you would investigate the
pedigree work of some of our leading
dairymen. I know a man in the state
of New York who had to mortgage
his farm to help pay for a pure-bred
Holstein bull. By painstaking work
this man has built up a herd that he

 

has refused an offer of $100,000 for.

Besides that he has sold more than .

that many hundred thousand dollars

worth of stock and has an enviable ,

reputation.
Demand for Well-bred Stock
Unlimited.

I think there is almost an unlimited
demand for well-bred, heavying—laying
strains of poultry. One man, across
the pond, whose stock by some is
claimed to be of unquestionable breed,
ing, is making a fortune out of us
Yankees by selling us some of his
heavy-laying strains of White Leg-
horns and Wyandottes. He won sev-
eral egg-laying contests in Connecti-
cut and Missouri with the result that
he is now reaping a small fortune.

Your idea that there is bound to be
an increasing demand from farmers
and poultrymen for stock and eggs
from heavy-laying strains of poultry,
is well founded. I would not hesitate
a minute to make the statement that
for such stock there is almost an un-
limited demand, at big prices. There
are, however, three things necessary
for you to do, and they are: 1, get
the stock with the records; 2, keep
your pedigrees so you can back up
your goods; 3, through some good way
bring your records and stock before
the public.

Select Egg Producers.

In my humble opinion, I think you
can make no mistake in selecting the
Leghorn, because as a breed they have
already established the reputation of
being the most economical egg pro-
ducers of them all. They are bred all
over the world, hence you would have
a large field to cater to. Of course,
any of the profitable breeds would
furnish a large field, as far as that
goes, in fact, there is absolutely noth-
ing in the World for you to worry
about but one thing, and that is how
to produce the goods. It is the goods
you have to have, the rest is easy.
What you want to have is something
like this: Several hundred Vigorous
cockerels, coming from a ZOO-egg dam
and ZOO-egg sire, the dam should have
a strain of pedigrees on both sides,
showing 200 egg yields or more and
the sire the same. More than this,
you want to breed up a strain of
known reproducers of high producers.
It is not the high producers we are
after~it is the known producers of
high producers that are worth a for-
tune. A high producer at the most is
not worth more than $3 or $4, but a
known producer of a high producer is
easily worth a hundred dollars.

Reproducers of High Producers Bring
High Prices.

If I could, today, buy a Leghorn
cockerel from you with a pedigree
showing that both his sire and dam
have been reproducers of high produc-
ers of 180 eggs or better, or if you
could prove to me that this cockerel
when properly mated, would be a. re-
producer of stock producing 180 eggs
or better, I would not hesitate a min-
ute to offer you considerable more
than a hundred dollars for him. But
I would want substantial proof that
he had the breeding back of him, and
I would want this in pedigree form
under sworn signatures. In other
words, I would want to take nobody’s
word for it. All this requires several
years of trap nesting, recording pedi-
gree breeding, hatchng and rearing.
It would require much time, money
and skill.

You are right in your remark about
the breeds and general-purpose breeds
in comparison with the general-pur-
pose cow. They can not excel in two
things—one generally must be sacri-
ficed to some extent. .

There is one thing absolutely neces-
sary, and that is to get the best foun-
dation stock you can. I would much
rather have two of the very best than
four not so good. In other words,
make your start small but start with
the best stock you can get and then
breed intelligently. You should start
where the other fellow left off. ‘

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cost to paint?

Take equal quantities of “High Stand-
ard" Paint and any other brand, and
prove for yourself how much better

‘High Standard" covers and how much
farther it goes. You’ll find that the
paint that costs less per gallon will
actually cost more for the job. This is
only one reason why it is economyto use

    

High Standard
LIQUID - PAINT

The right basis of comparing painting cost
is not price per gallon but cost per year.
Divide the cost of painting by the years the
paint wears. On this basis, "High Stand-
ard" Paint will last so much longer, that its
cost per year is far less than the cheap paint
which costs less by the gallon.

And don't forget this. the cost of paint is only about one-
third to one~iourth the cost of painting. “High Stand-
ard" Paint works so well and spreads so freely that the
cost of putting it on is less than of putting on cheap
paint, and postpones the expense of repainting for years.

Scientifically made to resist weather

"High Standard" Paint is based on 30 years of outdoor
exposure tests. The ingredients are selected by pains-
taking chemical tests and blended (far more thoroughly
than by hand mixingl by the most modern and efficient
machinery. There is no guess work about this paint.
You can apply it with the knowledge that it will hold
fast to the wood in perfectly protecting coats, hold its
color and not fade. withstand the weather for years, fail
only by gradual wear—leave a good surface for repainting.
Send for new paint book
and pictures of homes
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This free book is the most
helpful and appreciated
book we ever issued. Full of
good ideas for painting the
house and barn and decorating
the interior of the farm house.
Tells also why ”High Standard"
Paint is dependably good and
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Write today for this
book, and ask the name
of nearest dealer in ‘High Standard"
Paints. Mellotone, Vamishes and Enam-
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are necessary if the
chicks are to thrive and \
mature quickly.
CONKEY’S gets them
started right and keeps them
. growing. Package or pail.
25c, 50c, $1, $1.60 and $3.

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' . rte two 100 per cent hatches from
or Progressive Incubator. Only
Incubator with double walls and
hundreds of dead air cells. All wood
sCeiitornle Redwood. N o extras

buy. Money back guarantee:

LOWEST PRICE YE

155- £60 INCUBATOR

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gangster, :1 doors—ther-
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FEB. 6,. 1915'. .

LIVER COMPLAINT.

In looking over some poultry clip-
pings, I find one so nearl'y like the
one I sent in recently, where com-
plaint was made of trouble with tur-
keys, that I‘wilI send it in, hoping it
may solve the trouble, and also per-
fect a cure. The writer says: “One
of my chickens died. It stood around,
with its head drawn back to the
wings. The head looked pale, and of
a. yellowish tint. The bird grew light
to about half its natural weight. The
crop was entirely empty, but the
stomach was as hard as a rubber ball,
and on opening it I found it filled with
gravel and small straws. It had an
inflamed look. The inside skin was
loose from the outer part, about two-
thirds around. The droppings were
yellow and white and thin, as in dys-
entery. Can you suggest a remedy?”

Part of the symptoms point to the

common trouble of “growing light,” a
liver complaint. Probably you noticed
when you dissected the bird, that the
liver had an unnatural color, and a
rotten or cheesy look. When alive, at
fowl suffering from this complaint has
a regular jaundice 0r bilious look,
with diarrhea at one time and costive—
ness at another time. There is no
positive remedy after the trouble once
seats itself. In the early stages, when
the bird seems mopish, and the blood
seems to leave the comb and wattles,
the disease can be checked by giving
a family liver pill. Repeat the dose in
a day or two. Remove the bird to
separate quarters, and, feed warm
mash of bran and a little corn meal
or middlings. Give a little whole
wheat at night. A little condition
powder added to the morning mash
will greatly aid a cure. Give plenty
of green food. Cabbage hung up in
the henhouse furnishes excellent
greens for fowls in winter.
- The disease. “growing light,” is not
contagious, but at the same time the
sick birds should be removed to warm
and dry quarters.”

This complaint of "growing light” is
almost identical with that described
by the owners of the turkeys and the
Rhode Island Reds, so we would sug-
gest a trial of liver pills as recom-
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BEE NOTES.

Queens of one’s own breeding are
usually as good as those secured from
queen breeders, especially where one
breeds from selected stock. Every
beekeeper should produce a certain
number of his own queens each year.
Mr. Guernsey does not breed queens
for market but tries to raise sufficient
to supply his own needs.

Nuclei are taken from his choicest
colonies, preparing to swarm, and with
the queen cells thus secured a num-
ber of nuclei are started. Two frames
are taken from an eight-frame colony
and three frames from a ten-frame
colony. Late in the season, if more
queen cells are needed, stimulation of
that colony is resorted to. The speak.
or stated that he secured as fine
queens as could be desired, by this
method. ~

Summer field days, of which two
were held last season, are being plan-

ned for nineteen fifteen, and it is hop- -

ed to meet a large number of beekeep-
ers in this way. The object of these
meetings is to make sure that every
beekeeper present is able to identify
the disease and is familiar with the
methods of treatment. Methods of
management are also discussed and
those present often gain a lot of use-
ful information. F. E. MILLEN.

SOM E EGG.

One of my hens laid an egg which
seems to me to be worthy of men-
tion. It weighs 51/; ozs. and measures
87/8 inches around the largest way,
and.» 7 ’75 inches around the smallest
way. My flock consists of seven hens
of the “just hens” kind.

Allegnn-‘Coi~" 1 ; 'W.1F._ Ross.

 
   

   
 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER 311—167
Wins in the Two

BIGGEST HATCHING

”mm” Contests Ever Held

Why take chances with untried machines when for only $10 we guarantee to deliver safely, all fr ' t charges paid

. (East of the Rockies) BOTH of those big prize winning machines fully equipped, set up ready for use? y not own an
Ironclad—the Incubator that has for two years in succession won in the GREATEST HATCHIN G CONTESTS EVER HELD?
[n the last contests conducted by the Missouri Valley Farmer and Nebraska Farm Journal, 2,000 Machines were entered,
including practically every make. style and price. With 140 {Egg Ironclad-the same machine we ofier with Brooder, freight paid. for only $10,
rs. C. F. Merrick. Lockney, Texas. hatched 148 chicks from 148 eggs in last contest.

‘We Give 30 Days Trial

-— Ten Years Guarantee

You have nothing to risk. We will said machines—let you use them 30 days-
urge you to. compare them in quahtypf material. hat ‘ a ility, workmanship and
price—and if you don’t find them satisfactory send them ack—we’ll pay the freight
charges and return our money. You are absolutely safe. We have to do as we
advertise. If we d1 t the publishers of this paper would notcarryour advertising.

,/ Both

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When an incubator is constructed of material of this kind it gives you the strongest and most durable incubator
that can be made—a machine that Will not warp or shrink. or 0 at e seams, as every joint is lapped over with
3 our galvanized iron coyermg- ivmg you a machine that will est a ife time. Don’t class this bi , all-metal-covered
d able hatchet With cheap y constructed machines. Ironclads are not covered with tin or 0 or thin metal and
painted, like some do to cover up poor quality of material. lronclads are shi in their natural color - you can see
exactly what you are getting._ Don’t buy any incubator until you know w at it is made of. Note these Ironclad
_Spec1ficatlons: Genuine California Redwood, triple walls, asbestos lining, galvanized iron covering. Galvanized
if?“ leglsfilarge egtg tray. extrai deep chicllcetnursebo fiy?‘llioiécitavater tog heat, cogper tankasl aflnd boileaslil self rlegulator,
cos ermome er. g assm oor. comp .e o o u; ions, an many at er speci eaturcs ex allied in
catalog. Write for it today or order direct from this advertisement and save time. y p

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“Hoosier Strain."

Established in 1892.

Winner of 11 first prizes at Chicago, Cincinnati and
a , ou r ncome Indianapolis in two years. 300 fine Cookerels. some
good cook birds. hens and pullets In any number. All
tqultt shipped 32bit}? IE0 alpfiroval, BPg-Icfis {elamnalblg
. \‘v- rl eyourwan s. . or cover, . , a t own. 11 .
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THAT was before Old Trusty sales began to grow.

ookerels at $2. 83 and 85; from prize winning stock‘
D. F. VALENTINE, Sup't.. Temperance. Michigan.
hen turko s 4 each. Rose and
. , Bourbon Rea single comyb sRl’lode Island Red
Our success With chickens was our main argument ‘
in encouraging others to hatch chickens for profit. In our farm-
ing experience we proved by actual demonstration that the chickens

oookerels 32 each. 3 for 85. F. J. Napier, Now, Mich.

—-Big boned and well barred.

can give you an income big enough to pay allyour living Barred Bock Cockarcls Singlo'birds t2, 2 or more.
expenses and more. We tell about it in

$1.50 each. A. A. WOOD dz SON. Saline. Michigan.
the Old Trusty book. Let us send

you this book and show you how
you, too. can live on a. poultry in—
come and save the profits you
make in otherlines. Writefor it today.

Old Trusty '

Still Loss “on 3 10.00. Hu 580,000 Users

Wedaresnyflnt “on never heard of any other incubator with one-third
as many users. 9 build 01:! Trusty so that you can get good big
batches in it any time, even in coldest winter—we give greatest
value per dollar in price not only because of the
\\\‘ flood reliable construction invented by _
\\\\\ . M. Johnson. but because of the "
\\\\\\ big factory out ut which lets us quote
\\\\\ a price several do are less than any other .
factory would have to ask. We send it on 30

to 90 days’ trial and a 10 year guarantee.

Write Today for the Old
Trusty Book

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A Nice bunch of Single Comb 11.1. Red cockerels.and
White Runner Drakes at 82 each. Eggs and Baby
Chicks in season. 0. E. Hnwloy. Ludlngton. Mich.

 

——We have some very nice trlos
B'rr'd Plymmllh “OCk: d: pens to offer now at reason.
able prices. OSTRANDER BROS., Morley, Mich.

Rhode Island Red Eggs. $1.50 or 15.
ll. c-& s-c- postpald. Also 8. 0. Red Occigorols.
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Ohlcks. W. O. Ooifmnn. R. 0.6, Benton Harbor,Mioh,

rm & \iIIIlE IIIIIIIIEII nucls migrants".

Cookers]: 81 and 82: be prompt wont last lon tthese
prices. RIVERVIEW FARM. R. 8, Vossugr.n Mich.

Mammoth White Holand Turkeys. Hens 35; Toms 86:
Trice 815. Oolumbinn Wyandotte Chicken Eggs in
season. Alden Whltcomb. Byron Center. Michigan.

white Holland Turkeys, fine our] IluicllJlens $3 trims 35.
Also Bufl’ Plymouth Rock cockorels 1.50 each. Satisfaction
guaranteed. MAE WHITBECK. ‘ "Two Pines" Montague,MiCh.

 

 
    
 
 
  
 

   

 

 
 

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the way you can make more money out of your 100 000 Sales thi. lnglet Barred Rook Cookerels. Birds of unlit '.

chickens than you ever have before. Then if year. We P.’ Thirtly were the standard. 33 a-piece $5 ihrvtwtk).

you feel interested enough, you Will use your F . ht t of PLAINV E STOCK FARM. Romeo, Michigan.

own reason. _Drop us a postal today for: the . r913, E“

book andsee if we don't agree on the same idea. Rocket. Mammoth Bronze Turkeys—Pairs not akin
Toms $6.00‘

Hens $11.00 COLLAR Bros.. Coopersville. Michigan

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no you want to save money and raise all the Chicks? fill-page catalog hoe H. Assounrii. 3.3. 505233533113.

COAL-BURNING . . , . . . _

l he Ideal Colony Broader samuaournma Chicks-z 36.9.1?'2,:33?“nitrilfizfil‘ii‘atfivssP‘lfsz

With SHAKING and DUMPING CRATE Allinxtlble Hover Chick: always Visible book's”- mvm “Wham Box 12~ F‘mevom Mich-
Price 8191]); including Automatic Regulator, 324.00. E noml l d f . mo — .

can’t euloleng. [Iéafiandhsxiiaié farms use the Ideal witllzucoesi:I M‘dlstlgvasgperiofgg ay‘mlEnfnucx cflcKEnEl-s gariifh'igfi frilse‘d).
o urnors. 'l‘ e e res l‘ 'ystom givosperfvt ' ti t t‘ . M to t' i I h wt 2 i or. 10: . J. . B , 'T ’

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. b8 blot. Learn to brood chicks without loss. Make two chicks grow where only one grew before. q ”'53 “WED GOLDEN ”“1 WHITE “'YANDGTTES—A ”“9
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Wisconsin Wins In 1319 flatchmg Contests its - -

millets, hens. sevnraldifins. priced or quick sale.

R8. W'ILLIS HOU Royal Oak. Michigan.
[30 E 99 'Wisenn-l Incubators won in 1910. 1911 1912. 1913 and -~: __ .

BiIlIlEII illll mm: loci canvases:

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1914 in National Hatching Contests—Thousan of_ machines com- _ " . ‘ 83 two for ‘5

     
   

  
   
   

 

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130 (hickBrooder BOTH MACHINES Sio—Frelghil'alli Easiofliockles y c ‘3"

Wisconsin have hot water heat, double walls, dead air space between,
.douhlo glam doors. copper tanks and boilers self-regulatl . Nursery
under tray. Incubator and Broader shipped complete w1 thermom- ,
otors, lamps egg-testers. all lid-up, rosary to use when you Fat them. .'
Incubators hill ed in natural color sho rig high-grade Calf. Redwood . '
loop 1 “om-mar: of ”hi-l?” 3? m Wm sfin3i3'ch kl mug]
B m . C 8
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hltiitg.:lii)cks. Pekln grad willétg $111118; (riots.
Wh n nails. egos an nyo no son c c s.
H. V. HOB'I‘ETLER. St. Johns. Michigan.

Willis legions Day-Old-chicks. Wé’gfi‘é‘t’gfldiz
faction to all our customers, MAPLE CITY
[’0 Y PLANT. Box C. Charlotte, Michigan.

Additional Poultry ads. on you. 10. I

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T'HE MICHIGAN FARMER

FEB. 6, 1915.

 

The New

Janesville Plow

    
 

‘V 1 AVE
, “\1be
‘1‘V

only one Lever
Needed

We have done away with
the bothersome second
lever. This one lever work-
ing with the foot lift con-
trols the plows while
plowing deep or shallow.

‘ operate Foot Trip only

Set the depth lever to plow as
deepl_\ as v on wish, and you are t1\1 d
for the 1111) 's plowing. operating the
foot lift only at the ends of the field.
Simply press the foot tr1p,and the
plow enters the ground point first:
touch it again and out it comes. ’l‘his
simplicity in construction takes a
whole lot of work and worry out of
plow 1111.: as \ 011 go round after round
in any kind of a difiienlt field.

Floating Bottoms
Assured Depth

" The depth of the fur1ou is the
same all mer the field, up hill or
down. as well as in the h. 1rd spots.
lhis is regulated antom utically b\
the hangr of the plow bottoms in the
frame. ’1‘ he plow bottoms hm e just
enough motion at the cutting:- edge of
the sh. 1res to take a“ m tl11"pi111h"
at the plow points as they turn over
the furrow. 11 is somewhat like the
flexible movement that you get in a
spade when digging into hard ground,
you must work the handle 11 little be«
fore the Sp: we will enter. This at my
motion re duee s the all-day pull of the
team as the plows glide through the

so” Easier Pulling

Don‘ t forget the sun- baked fields in
the I ate summer 11 hen \our poor holses will
have to sue 1t and pull to turn mer the
hard ground or next spring when the work
is rushed and _\our colts are «rem 'lhis
fit \1hl1 mmemcnt is found only in 11 low
like the J-.1nes1ille. The prop1 r suck 0 the
bottoms is self regulating according to the
depth \ou ai'eplo11i11§.nn1i as the sham
become dull more sue is added, another
feature found only in the Janesville.

I\ 0 other wheel plow hugs the furrow
wall like this l\ew anesville. This prmides
steadiness,11llows more tug room insures
even width of furrows, and makes easier
work for you and the horses.

These are only a few features found
in this New Jane stille but they help take
the hard work out of plowing. You save
your team. 3011 have an eas1er111y yourself,
and rt\ou speed up good plowing With less

Write for Booklet

of many actual field scenes showing how
the six tirms Worlo’ a Champion won with
Janesville l lows. It s the secret of all good
plowing and how it is done. Write for copy.
THE JANESVILLE MACHINE CO.
49 Center St. Janesville. Wis.
Established 1859
Builders ot narrows. Planters.
Cultivators and

ANESVILLE

     

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By using low "Elec-
tric" steel wheels on
your old running

Save high lifts, getlizht-
agave money in
rem—steel w eels do '10?ng out or rot.
y for free catalog on wagons and wheels.

RIG Will. 00.. 35 Du: 8h. Quincy. III.

Conducted Government Examinations. Can he] 18.011

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Is the Sulzer Law a Success?
By EDWARD PAYSON.

 

HF} Michigan apple pack of 1914
T under the Sulzer law has passed

into history, and we ask our-
selves what was the net gain to grow-
ers and consumers, if any. I have
heard it said that a prison convict,
even after he has discarded his strip-
ed suit. still has the manner and air
of a forbidden member of society and
will hang his head even when well
introduced and vouched for.

And so it is that the Michigan bar-
rel, long ago convicted of mean and
disorderly conduct, even though rob-
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High-Class Grading is But Little
Understood.

layer which so long" has trapped the.
unwary, is still an object of suspicion,
not only from past misdeeds but from
a certain hang-dog look which still
lurks over its neat and clean outlines.
1 A case in point: I sold a barrel of
”Museum apples to a. new customer
lieeently and his cold skepticism as to
glits contents was far from refreshing,
iespecially after I had announced that
1thc barrel contained a “genuine Sul<
zer pack,” and I would guarantee it to
‘bc 90 per cent good color and 90 per
lcent free from Worms. However, he
did not know what the Sulzcr law
was. but did remember how often he
had been “soaked” by Jones and
Smith and a long list of by-gonc grow-
ers, and he did not want to pay out
good money, etc. etc. So I unpacked
:the barrel down to the middle to show
it was an honest barrel of apples and
then he was satisfied and paid for
them cheerfully.

So when I am asked what is the. fu-
ture of the barrel pack. I can simply
say, that it is no place for N0. 1 or
fancy apples. but it may answer all
right for N0. 2 stock, in case. a grower
thinks it wise to try and market No.
2 at all.

-And, by the way, a, good Sulzer
pack will never come until our orchard
men grade apples as to size. One of
the best packers on the Peninsula (Old
Mission) lost a good sale on 200 bar-
rels of Spies and Vi'ageners; now the
barrels had good Spies but everything
from two and a quarter to four inches
were mixed up in a. jumble pack and
therefore hardly a. marketable lot.

One Improvement.

One marked advance, however, un-
der the Sulzer law, is the fact that
fewer wormy apples were packed, and
the wormy apple has been our worst
enemy in barrels. I could not discov-
er that our apples are any bett r col-
ored under the new law, as the ten-
dency found in many orchards visited
was to replace former wormy stock
with small green apples, 3. change
which may show an advance toward
an honest pack, but which makes a
bad impression on the average buyer.
This fall in a nearby county 1 person-
ally inspected 230 bushels of large
King apples and only succeeded in
getting ‘39 barrels of good No. 1 ap-
ples, as theibalance were rejected for
worms and “water core.” As the
grower had no grading. machine and

 

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we were in a hurry to finish loading
a car, we had to throw out also, a lot
of two and a quarter and two and a.
half-inch stock in order to make a
presentable pack, and even then I had
to instruct the packers to put the
smallest Kings, two and three-quarters
to three inches, on the top and bot-
tom of each barrel and the. biggest
and finest stock in the middle. This
novel and ingenious method has re-
sultcd, of course, in no complaints
from our customers, but we imagine
it was a startling innovation to most
of them.

In marked contrast with the aver-
age customer’s suspicion of a barrel,
is his action when buying a box of
fancy “'tig'cnct‘s, Spies, Snows, Grimes
Golden or Jonathan from a store.
Each box is plainly marked 88, 96, 104
or 120, etc, as the caSe may be, on
each box cnd. Also the variety. He.
looks at the neat boxes well bulged
at Inc center, selects about the size of
apples wanted and pays the price
asked, without a murmur, as he knows
that he is buying “intrinsic value
goods.” Our prices ran from $1.50 per
box for Snow to $2.25 for Spy and
Jonathan. And certainly these prices
will not our growers more than when
stock is barrclcd, even though it takes
more time to work up a trade with
the consumer. And in our opinion the
box trade must first be launched with
the consumer in the cities, as he is
the fellow who will, in, the end.
create a demand for Michigan boxed
apples, so that finally the commission
man and the grocer will be forced to
handle same. This seems the only
quick and feasible route to a large

 

 

Box Has a Reputation.
and profitable trade, and it has been

demonstrated in dozens of orchards
in a large way and no longer admits
a denial.

Now as regards profit on boxing ap-
ples. I can state from two seasons’
experience that you could go out in the
fall and buy No. 1 apples in reason-
able qquantities at 60 to 70 cents per
bushel, grade and paper them and put
them in good Oregon boxes so they
cost you not to exceed 95 cents per
bushel all nicely packed. Figuring
that it cost 20 per cent to sell the
cousumer direct, this would mean 40
cents per box on a. $2.00 box of Wag-
eners to cover freight and selling. So
you should get a profit of 50 to 65
cents a bushel on the various varie-
ties and certainly this brings apple
growing into the profitable occupa-
tions. When I have shown that a
mere apple packer can go out and buy
his stock from the grower (at the
grower’s price), and still can show
about the above profit to a middle-
man for his work of repacking and
marketing the stock, certainly the
Michigan grower can gather in both
profits when he takes it into his head.
to study the business of packing and
marketing the goods V “elf.

And right here let me say that 9.1-“
most the only available apples to be
feund in our orchards today which are

adapted to box packs, are Wagener,

King, Jonathan, Spy, Snow, Grimes
Golden and Ben Davis, (also Wealthy
for a fall pack).

And of thesie we must soon cut out;
King and Spy as they are both too
large for the average demand, and
then King is subject to “water core"
and has to be repackcd often, and the
Spy in most seasons does not color up
to “fancy,” and therefore does not
make a good appearance in the box,
so the only “dead sure” stock for our
new orchards to plant is Wagoner,
Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Stayman's
Winesap, Snow and possibly Wealthy,
as they all make good boxing stock,
and sell well as “fruit stand” apples.
lien Davis sclls well late in the year,
but our present supply around here is
ample for all needs.

Changing Sentiment.

Two years ago when I began the
agitation of boxing,r apples, in the west-
ern Michigan counties, fully 95 per
cent of the growers pronounced solid~
ly against it and now nearly one-half
are strongly in its favor.

One of the. long repeated arguments
was that a barrclcd apple was the
“poor man’s apple" and that boxed
goods were for the well-to-do and the
rich man. Now, before you shed any
crocodile tears over the supposed
“poor man’s apple” and its loss, just
take a. glance. at the heavy loads of
fruit, linim.r our streets 011 the, way to
the cider mill and the evaporator
plant. These brought, 25 cents per
lot) pounds for cider and 40 to 50
cents for canning and drying. I ex-
amined many wagons and it; was
frightful to see. so many good mar-
ketable apples dumped in with the
green wormy stuff and all because the
farmer did not want to bother to sort
them out into the various grades and
pack them properly.

Only 400 carioads of barrel apples
were shipped from the entire Grand
Traverse res ion l stoutly contend
that even last fall in what was called
a flush crop, that there was still a
woeful lack of good market apples,
wcll graded and packed, and that most
of the. barrel stock sent to the cities
brought a. low price, mainly because
the “hit or miss” character of the
shipments made good prices impossi—
ble.

ADULTERATION OF OATS TO BE
STOPPED.

Seventy-five earloads of oats intend-
ed for export have recently been seiz-
ed by the federal authorities because
they were found to be adulterated
within the. meaning of the Food and
Drugs Act. The adulteration charged
is the addition of feed barley or wa-
ter, or both. Under certain circum-
stances adulteration in these ways
may be so profitable that it is believ-
ed to be at times a common practice
among grain shippers. The govern-
ment, however, is determined that the
practice shall cease at once, and field

 

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representatives of the Department of 0

Agriculture have all been instructed
to exercise the utmost vigilance in de-
tecting future shipments adultersted
in this way. '

Low grade barley which is known
to the trade as “feed barley' is some-
times mixed‘with oats when there is
suflicient difference between the prices
0: the two grains to make this profit-
able. This “feed barley” is the pro-
duct which remains after the best
grade of the grain has been separated
and removed (or melting purposes. It
contains material percentages of weed
seeds. foreign grains and dust, and
the addition to oats of such a product
is held to be a violation of the Food
and Drugs Act. The addition Of wa-
ter to cats arises from the fact that
the grain is sold by weight. investi-
gations of the Department of Agricul-
ture have revealed the fact that water
is sometimes added in the amount oi!
from two to four per cent.

POU LTRY "n’fia‘ifi‘é‘fia M AN ENT.

There is a great deal of satisfaction
in being engaged in a line of agricul-
ture, the products of which have a
well established market. With such
an outlet for his products, the farmer
is able to go ahead with some degree
of certainty as to what he can and
cannot do. The poultry business is
one of these lines of farming. There
is a broad market for every kind of
poultry product; the channels of trade
have been established and there is
more or less harmony in the trend of
the markets throughout the country.

Our country towns consume no
small part of the poultry grown in
their respective communities, but at
these primary points there is almost
always a surplus of poultry products.
The surplus of these communities
finds its way to the larger cities and
when the demand becomes urgent,
quotations in the small places usually
take a sudden advance and attract at-
tention to the business.

The surplus is consumed largely in
the cities receiving supplies directly
from primary points, but this does not
always maintain in our large central
Western municipalities. Here the sup-
plies accumulate in large quantities
and holders later sell to the large cit-
ies of the east. Here, in turn. the
greater portion of the shipments are
cousumed by the inhabitants of these
large centers Of population, but a por-
tion is again re-shipped to nearby
smaller places where the supply of lo-
cal producers is not sufficient to sat-
isfy the needs of the people.

While it is possible to figure out

ways whereby these products could be
gotten to the consumer in a more eco-
nomic way, yet as a general rule it
will be found, with the conveniences
we now have at hand, that business
competition has reduced excess costs
to a minimum, and the average pro-
ducer will usually find it to” his advan-
tage to place his products in the reg-
ular line 01' trade.
.On the other hand, the man who
has a special product will undoubtedly
find a better market by developing a
special trade, The regular channels
of trade are suited to the average
grade of products, and for this reason
the man who gives his flock special
attention and has a product that
grades above the average cannot at-
ford! to sell at the pricesvestablished
by those who produce common goods.
The special product should be market-
ed as near the final consumer as pos-
sible; here it will find a greater ap—
preciation than will be given it in the
general market, which. will result in a
better price to the producer. ' '

In all, it will be found that whether
one wishes to makes special effort
with his» poultry flock or whether he
desires to care tank as the,average
person would, the broad market due to
the. general use to which poultry pro-
ducts are put, makes it a line of en-
deavor that :’ carries smell satisfaction
because of it‘s permanency. '

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

February 2, 1915.

Wheat—With a single exception,
wheat values have made substantial
gains at every session of the market
during the past week. Since last Wed-
nesday cash wheat has advanced over
15 cents. Primary 'receipts are only
moderate, while exports are large.
Notwithstanding our bumper wheat
crop, the American visible supply is
now less than it was a year ago. Italy
is unable to secure sufficient wheat
for her demands, and bread riots are
declared to be of daily occurrence
there. The movement from American
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creamery 31%0; firsts 38%0. dairy
21c: packing stock 19c per pound.

Chicago—Trade is good. Market is
strong “with prices tending upward.
There was an advance of %0. Extra
creamery 31%@320; extra firsts 30%
@310; firsts 27@29c; seconds 24@
26%0; packing stock 20%@Zlc.

Elgin.——-T_he pri0e for the week, bas-
ed on the majority of the» sales, is
31%0, which is 10 higher than last
Week. .

Poultry.——Market is firm with offer-
ings scarce. Springs 140; hens 8@
140; ducks 13@14c; geese 12@130;
turkeys 18@19c.

Chicago.-—Market is firmer under
small receipts and strong demand.
Prices on fowls and springs slightly
higher. Springs showing spurs are
discriminated against. Turkeys 14c;
fowls 15c; springs 14%0; ducks 15c;
geese 11@12%0.

Eggs.——Supply is heavy with prices
off several cents. Fresh stock sells
at126%c per dozen; current receipts

c.

are the highest they have ever been 25,5

to the farmer. Mills report only a
moderate demand for flour. The win-
ter wheat crop is said to be not in the
best condition.

red wheat was quoted at 97340 per

bushel. Quotations are as follows:

No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May.
Wednesday . . ..1.48% 1.45% 1.52
Thursday . .1.51 % 1.48% 154%
Friday ......... 1.50 1.47 1.53
Saturday 1.52 1.49 1.55
Monday ........ 1.57% 1.54% 1.60%
Tuesday ....... 1.64 1.61 1.67

Chicago, (Feb. 2).—May wheat

$1.65; July $1.43.

Corn—Corn keeps advancing with
wheat. The price has gone up three
cents since last Wednesday, and five
and a half cents in the past two
weeks. On Tuesday it touched the
highest level in 20 years. The visible
supply increased nearly four million
bushels the past week.
are seeking the grain. One year ago

No. 3 corn was quoted at 63%0. Quo-
tations are as follows:
No. 3 No. 3
, Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ......... 76 77
Thursday ........... 76 % 77 %
Friday .............. 77 78
Saturday ........... 77 % 78 %
Monday ............ 78% 79%
Tuesday ............ 9 80

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Chicago, (Feb. 2).—May corn 83.30;
July 850 per bushel.

Cate—This cereal has advanced
There is an ac-
tive demand for the cereal. Foreign-
ers are buying and the home demand
is general. The visible supply increas-
ed about a million bushels. One year
ago standard cats were quoted at 420.
Quotations are as follows:

No. 3

Standard. White.
Wednesday ......... 57% 57
Thursday ........... 58 % 58
Friday .............. 59 58 %
Saturday ........... 60 59%
Monday ............ 61 60 %
Tuesday ............ 62 61 ‘

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Chicago, (Feb. 2).——May oats 61.70;
July 59.30 per bushel.

Rye—There is an active export de-
mand for rye and values have gone
up 20 since last week. No. 2 rye is
now quoted at $1.25 per bushel.

Beans.——Market is steady at higher
quotations. Detroit quotations are:
Immediate and December shipment
$3.10; May $3.35. Chicago prices are
strong and higher. Stocks are small.
Pea beans, hand-picked, choice, quot-
ed at $3.25; common at $3@3.10; red
kidneys, choice, at $3.25@3.50.

Clover Seed—Market is easier and
lower. Prime spot $9.35 per bushel;
March $9.45; prime alsike $9.30.

Toledo—Prices rule steady to low-
er. Prime cash $9.27%; March $9.30;
prime alsike $9.20.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

Flour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth
paper sacks are selling on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best
patent $7.60; seconds, $7.40; straight
$7.20; spring patent $7.80; rye flour
$7 per barrel.

Feedkln 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $28; standard middlings
$28; fine middlings $32; coarse corn
meal $30; corn and oat chop $32 per
ton: cracked corn $32.

Hay.—Quotations are steady. Car-
lots on track at Detroit are: New,
No. 1 timothy $16@16.50: standard
$15@15.50; No. 2, $14@14.50; No.
clover and mixed $13@13.50.

Chicago—Market steady and 'de-
mand good. Choice timothy $17@18;
No. 1, $15@16; No. 2, $13.50@14.

New York—Steady. Prime $22; No.
1, $21.50; No. 2, $196320. ,

Straw—Steady. Detroit prices are:
Rye straw $7.50@8; wheat and cat
straw '$7@7.50' per ton. ‘ a;
,Chicago.~—Rye straw $9@9.,50:_ o‘at
straw $8_@8,50; wheat straw $7.50@8.

DAIRY AND POULTRY'PROD'Uc‘rs.
Bunch—Demand is good and cream-'
ery "offerings are 10 higher. Extra

 

 

 

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One year ago No. 2»

Foreigners

1 market here today

$9.10 was the 'top-price,
were. 25 or 30 I

Chicago—The general increase in
supplies has brought prices to a lower
level. Miscellaneous lots, cases in-
cluded, 24@27%c; ordinary firsts 26@
26%0; firsts 27%0. '

Pork.—Market steady for dressed
hogs, light weights selling at $8.50

_ per cwt; heavy $7@7.50.

VeaI.—Quoted steady at 13@13%c
for facny-and 9@100 for common, '

 

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

active and well
supplied, with no change in prices.
Baldwins $2.50@2.75 per bbl; Green-
ings $2.75@3; Spy $3@3.35; Steele
Red $3.50; No. 2, 40@500 per bushel.

Chicago—Apples are moving fairly
well at former prices. The demand
should be much greater than it
it. The prices as quoted are for
refrigerator stock. Common storage
sells for 500@1 less. Baldwins $2.25@
2.50; Kings $2.75@3.25; Wageners
'2@2.50; Jonathans $3.50@4; Green-
ings $2.75@3; Northern Spy $2.75@
3.25. Western box apples are selling
for $1@2.25 per box.

Potatoes.—Offerings liberal at for-
mer prices. Carlots 30@33c per bu;
in bulk 36@40c per bushel in sacks;
at Chicago the market is quite firm;
at slightly higher prices. Michigan
white, in bulk, are quoted at 38@450
per busheL

Apples.—Market

 

WOOL.

The market is strong, stocks are
materially reduced and prices are firm
to higher. Foreign demand is urgent
and the world supply seems inade-
quate for present wants. Prices in
Australia are higher. Fleece wools
show higher values and reduced sup-
plies.

 

Michigan delaines are quoted
in Boston at 26@27c; with quarter-
blood combing and clothing the same;
fine wool 23@24c.

GRAND RAPIDS.

 

 

Dressed hogs were lower last week,
dropping to 7@7%c, but will probably
recover lost ground this week, due to
cold and blizzardy weather. In live
poultry,‘fowls are firm, at 10@110;
ducks 14@160; geese 11@120; turkeys
15@160. The bean market continues
its sensational advances, with white
pea beans now quoted at $2.90 and red
kidneys at $3. Seed beans for plant—
ing this year are already in active de-
mand and the acreage no doubt ‘will
be large. Wheat opens the week here
at $1.42. Fresh eggs are quoted at 290.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

The market was small on Tuesday
morning. No potatoes were seen, and
apple prices ruled from 600@$1 per
bushel; turnips 450; eggs 420; pork
$9.50; celery 35@400 per dozen. No
hay was offered.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
February 1, 1915.
(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-
ens, New York Central Stock
. Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)
Receipts here today as follows: Cat-
tle 130 cars; hogs 200 d. d.; sheep
and lambs 95 d. d.; calves 1000 head.
There were 130 cars of cattle on our
and with Chicago
being entirely under quarantine, our
market on all desirable grades of cat-

 

tle up until noon was 15@25c per cwt.’

higher-than last week. This after-
noon the market was slowand closed
barely steady. A few loads of cattle
arrived here too late for the market.
If Chicago is still ‘kept under quaran-
tineflanother week, we look for ‘anfoth-
erjiadvance in. these' cattle." ,Torlay
‘ and there
oads , of..goc_d. qu‘alitv

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. . Sulzberger. SWift. Ar-g.
mour,,Morris and Monroe were';alliin..;r

9.10 per 'cwt.
the market and; at the close—all the

to' grades were well cleaned up.
8 had entirely too many hogs here
today to do any good; 150 cars were

reported early, but not more than half.

of them got yarded, and fully 75 dou-
ble decks will be thrown on tomor-
row’s market. With this big supply
in sight for Tuesday and just a moder-
ate demand here ,market was ex-
tremely dull and lower on‘ all kinds,
heavy grades selling at $7 @7.15; mix-
ed and medium $7.15@7.25; yorkers
as to weight $7.30@7.50; pigs $7.50@
7.60; roughs $6.25; stags $5.25@5.75.
We are going to have entirely too
many hogs on tomorrow’s market and
it will be a hard fight to even hold
prices steady.

The market was active today on
handy lambs and sheep,slow on heavy,
with prices steady with the close of
last week; most of the choice handy
lambs selling at 90, and we look for
steady prices balance of the week.

We quote: Handy lambs $8.90@9;
85@90-lb. lambs $8.65@8.90; 100@120-
lb. lambs $7.25@7.50; cull to fair
lambs $5@8.50; yearlings $6@7.90;
handy ewes $6.25@6.50; heavy ewes
$6@6.25; wethers $6.50@6.85; cull
sheep $3.50@5;' bucks $4@4.75; veals,
choice to extra $11.75@12; fair to
good $7.50@11.50; heavy calves $6@8.

Chicago.

February 1, 1915.
'Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.
6,500 32,000 8,000

 

Receipts today . .

Same day 1914..20,676 37,389 39,874
Last Week ...... 38,861 191,902 70,362
Same Wk 1914..49,763 138,135 107,135

With' no live stOck allowed to be
shipped from here, and ‘a steady rain,
conditions today are highly unfavor-
able, sto‘0k being yarded in the open
air and the sheep’s fleece full of wa-
ter. Cattle buyers at first turned
their attention to butcher stock, and
cows‘ had a good sale at firmer prices,
some lots looking a dime higher. A
sale was made of a car of fancy year-
ling steers at $9.50, but it is probable
that no other sale will be made any-
where near' so high, although guesses
Were that especially desirable cattle
would sell about 100 higher. .Prime
calves brought $10.60; Hogs were ac-
tive at a decline of about 50, with
sales at $6.40@6.90. Hogs received
last week averaged 223 lbs. Sheep
andxlambs were expected-3 to --sell at
firm prices, but allowances must ‘be
made for their wet fleece.

Cattle prices were seriously de-
pressed last week by the new quaran-
tine declared by’ the federal govern-
ment following the discovery that cat-
tle shipped from Chicago to Pitts-
burgh and thence to Philadelphia'were
affected by the 'foot-and-mouth dis-
ease. The quarantine .was announced

on Tuesday, and prices at once broke.

15@25c all along the line, followed by
later declines.
sales took place on Monday, although
a few fancy beeves were sold'on Wed-~
nesday, these being in a class by
themselves, however.\During the week

the greater part Of the steers went at,
$7@8._50, with prime beeves purchased.
at .. $8.50@8.85, and sales early up ;to*-
$9.05. ‘ Sales above these. figures were;
confined to .29 fancy I457-l-b; steers on-

Monday -and.=.sales: on Wednesday 20:
18. extra fine «yearlings that averaged
1054 lbs. at. $9.25, and 20 super-fine
948-lb. Angus‘steers finished by the
Funks, of Bloomington,
$9.50. Steers that graded as good
brought $8.15 and upward, while in-
ferior to fair lightweight steers found
buyers at $5.25@7, with sales of a
medium class of steers at $7.10@8.10.
Butchering cows and heifers shared
fully in
sales at a range of $4.60@7.75, and
both yearling steers and heifers sold
better than ’neavy steers, demand run-
ning largely. on fat light-weight cattle.
As usual, ‘killers were after fat cattle
that could be bought at a low figure.
Canners sold at $3@4, cutters at $4.10
@455 and bulls at $4.50@7. Calves
hadflan outlet at $4.50@10.40, buyers
getting heavy calves at a large dis-
count from prices paid readily for
ch01ce light vealers. All cattle and
calves were placed in the quarantine
divrsion of the stock yards, and all
stock arriving here, whether cattle,
hogs or sheep, .was not allowed to be
shipped from here, everything being
slaughtered here.- . -

Hogs sold down to the lowest prices
last week, reached since the early part
of March, 1912,,the"‘-cause being the
new quarantine forbidding any ship-
ments. from here, as this placed the
market under control of the local
packers mainly. Packers were the
only,,buyers outside of yard speculat-
ors, and the latter 'purchasedyery

cautiously, realizing that the, absence

of .outside buying competition was un-
favorable for higher prices: 5"...For, the

greater part of the‘ week :‘the, market h

was “weakened in pr1ces‘“.;by.f the fact
that receipts were running/vamuchilargf S

er in numbers than.eit.jl:,e‘_1’-~‘e.iEvii(lit-311'sear-~
lier or a year ago, butv’afferrWednée
,day smaller offerings served to cause
reactions ; in‘ valueszss‘ & highest
prices were paid for pr li

Most- vof the highest»

Illinois, at'

the decline 'of prices, with,

.the open weather.

FEB. 6. 1915.

medium weight hogs, while coarse,

heavy packing hogs sold lowest of all.
Pigs sold at a marked discount. While

the quarantine is maintained country.

shippers should move carefully in

marketing any kind of live stock. On'

the low day of the week top for hogs
was $6.60. with a late rally to $6.90,
closing prices for Saturday being $6.35
@690, light and medium weights sell-
ing highest, with pigs at $3.50@6.60,
according to weight and quality. A
week earlier hogs sold at $6.45@7.25.
Sheep and lambs sold at much bet-
ter sustained prices than did other
kinds of live stock last week, there
being a good demand, and, strange to
say, some sharp advances in prices
followed earlier declines, later receipts
undergoing a marked falling off in
numbers. Prime fat lambs of medium
weight were, of course, the favorites
with buyers, too heavy lambs, no mat-
ter how fat, being discriminated
against, and thin lambs were unsal-
able except at a big discount. There-
was a similar discrimination against
too heavy yearlings and not well fat-
tened yearling wethers. Closing prices
for the week were: Lambs $6.50@
8.90; yearlings $6.75@8; wethers $6@
6.85; ewes $4@4.60; bucks $4@5.

CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

 

Michigan.
‘Kalkaska Co., Jan. 20.—-Unusually
mild weather prevails. Fields. are
covered with sufficient snow to pro-
tect clover and wheat. Teams are
busy drawing gravel for roads, as the
sleighing is good and the work can
be done at lo'w cost. The price of po-
tatoes is very low and farmers ex-
pect to use large quantities for feed,
as grainof all kinds is in great de-
mand and good prices. Wheat $1.20;
rye $1; hay $12; fat cows $4@_5; year-

ling steers,$6. .

Eaton Co., Jan. 20.—Wheat .fields
have a thick covering of ice.‘ Sleigh-
ing was fine for a month, and a larger
amount of wheat and beans have been

marketed. There is plenty of ’corn
fodder, but not much hay and other
roughage. Quite a few hogs and cat-

tle are being fed. Wheat $1.32; com
750; beans $6.20; rye $1.05; oats 500;
ggtatoes 300; butter 20@250; eggs
- c.

»Washtenaw 00., Jan. 19.——Wheat

and rye went into winter in good con?

dition and have been well covered.
Possibly 20 per cent of grain still in
farmers’ hands. There is a good sup-
ply of coarse feeds in hand. Stock is
looking better than usual. There has
been a large number, of hogs fed; and
quite a business .has- developed in
dressing them and marketing. direct
to consumers in the cities " cf’vDétroit
and Ann Arbor. Egg production,

while not large, is very profitable, eggs .

bringing 350. Large _ quantities of
loose hay have been marketed at $14

«@15 per ton.

, Ohio. .

, Highland Co.,,‘Jan. lit—Wheat and
rye are in fair condition.’ The supply
of corn and Wheat is small, and farm-
ers are having corn shipped in for
home use. Hogs and cattle are most-
:ly sold, .. but ‘there are, a good many
fs‘heep being fed. Cattle $ @7; hogs
$6@6.50; sheep ~$5@7;’ wheat $1.25;
icorn _ 800; . rye $1; hay, $15; potatoes
600 per bushel; eggs 350;, butter 25c;
chickens 100; turkeys 150.

Crawford Co., Jan. 19.——January has
been fine and somewhat mild. Wheat
and rye are looking good. Farmers
have, plenty of feed for stock over
winter. There is only a small number
of cattle but a large number of hogs
being fed, and all are in‘goodlcondi-
tion. Mneh wheat has been moved to
market, and still a surplus in farmers’
hands, but not much corn or oats for
sale. The chief products marketed
are cattle, hogs and wheat. Wheat
$1.32; oats 500; corn 700; steers 7c;
hogs $6.25; timothy seed $2.75; hens
10@110;7eggs 320; butter-fat 330.

Warren Co. Jan. 19.——T_he past two
weeks have een fine open weather
but there is now about five inches
of snow. Wheat, rye and meadows
are in safe conditions. Farmers have
plenty of roughage for stock, but the
dairymen are buying a good deal.
Some wheat still in farmers’ hands,

but a small amount of- corn moving.

Oats and rye are‘ground for stock
feed. Some sections of the county
again under quarantine against foot-
and-mouth disease. No cattle tospeak
of for sale, but hogs are being market-
_ed freely. Hens began laying during
nme timothy hay

but. very little clover or alfalfa mar-
keted. There are some cases of hog
cholera. Hogs $6.60; cattle $6; veal
$10; corn 650; oats 50c; wheat $1.35;
butter-fat 320; eggs 350. Public sales
arethe order.of the day. ..- » . .
.. ‘ - New Jersey._ ‘ '

Morris‘ 00.; “Jan. 15..’—The.' weather
, as._;b_een _, moderate ' with Jets ;of rain. .
Wheatrea‘nd. rye-j are. not- .looking .good. .

. nine ¢_‘;r'n,,i..sibéing. heldfmr arise in
the 'market- Ice houses have-been'
filled, athe'ice

thick. . Hens . are»

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THIS is THE LAST EDlTlON.

 

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

Thursday’s Market.
February 4, 1915.
Cattle.

Receipts 1180. Bulls and cow stuff
steady; all other grades active and
10@15c higher than last week.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.
1 cow wgh 880 at $4, 6 do av 1021 at
$5, 3 do av 963 at $5.50, 13 steers av
907 at $7, 15 butchers av 685 at $6.50;
to Mich. B. Co. 26 steers av 998 at
$7.40, 2 bulls av 1135 at $6, 1 do wgh
1500 at $6.50, 4 cows av 1050 at$5.50,
1 do wgh 1270 at $5, 2 do av 1205 at
$6, 2 do av 900 at $4, 9 steers av 1025
at $7.65, 1 cow wgh 800 at $4.50; to
Newton B. Co. 3 steers av 1095 at
$7.10, 1 do wgh 820 at $7, 3 cows av
1017 at $5.75, 2 canners av 860 at
$3.75, 7 cows av 1010 at $5.85, 1 do
wgh 1050 at $4.25; to Mason B. Co.
1 do wgh 1300 at $6, 4 do av 915 at
$4.25, 6 butchers av 866 at $6.25; to
Sullivan P. Co. 17 steers av 1101 at
$7.60, 8 do av 854 at $7, 5 cows av
1182 at $6, 1 canner wgh 1140 at $4,
2 cows av 1145 at $4.25, 6 do av 1091
at. $5.30, 4 butchers av 960 at $5.50; to
Hammond, S. & Co. 2 steers av 1100
$7.75, 13 do av 894 at $7.25, 2 bulls av

 

 

Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Newton B.
826 at $6.25, 4 cows av 1095 at $5.85,

at $7.85; to Kull 1 do wgh 950 at
1 do wgh 1140 at $4.50; to Kamman
B. Co. 1 do wgh 980 at $5. 1 do wgh
1060 at $5.50, 6 do av 1208 at $6.50;
to Thompson Bros. 14 steers av 790
at $7.35, 11 do av 1003 at $7.30, 1 cow
wgh 1220 at $5; to Hammond, S. &:
Co. 3 do av 900 at $4, 5 canners av
904 at $4; to Rattkowsky 1 bull wgh
1150 at $6.25. . '

Reason & S. sold Mich. B. Co. 10
butchers av 828 at $6.75; to Kull 1
bull wgh 1380 at $6.35, 2 steers av 900
at $6.75, 2 bulls av 1025 at $6.75, 7
butchers av 840 at $6.25;
baum 2 cows av 1245 at $5.50, 2 do
av 1085 at $4.75.

Johnson sold Mich. B. Co. 15 butch-
ers av 810 at $6.60, 1 cow wgh 1250 at
$5.50, 1 bull wgh 1300 at $6.

Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 27
butchers av 700 at $6.40, 2 bulls av
660 at $5.50, 18 butchers av 740 at
$6.45, 1 cow wgh 1200 at $5.75; to
Thompson Bros. 2 do av 1000 at $5.75,
5 do av 976 at $5.75.

Haley & M. sold Rattkowsky 3 hell'-
ers av 763 at $6; to Goose 1 cow wgh
860 at $4; to Newton B. Co. 3 bulls av
873 at $5.85, 5 steers av 794 at $6.75,
7 do av 1026 at $7.25; to Sullivan P.
Co. 13 cows av 985 at $6, 2 steers av
955 at $7.50, 5 cows av 872 at $4.25; to
Hirschleman 1 steer wgh 980 at $7.50,
1 do wgh 930 at $6.50, 1 bull wgh 1140
at $6.25, 2 steers av 850 at $7, 5
butchers av 886 at $6.25; to Rattkow—
sky 1 bull wgh 1560 at $6.75, 2 cows
av 1130 at $5.35; to Mich. B. Co. 8 do
av 1125 at $5.25; to Breitenbeck 2 do
av 830 at $4, 2 do av 945 at $5.25. 1
bull wgh 1170 at $5.50.

Veal Calves.

Receipts 354. Market strong on the
good grades; dull On common at last
week’s prices. Best $10C‘11; others
$7 @950.

Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 3
av 170 at $9.50.

Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co.
5 av 165 at $10.50, 2 av 145 at $10.50,
2 av 175 at $11.

Reason & S. sold Newton B. Co. 3
av 110 at $8.50, 2 av 150 at $10.50, 2
av 135 at $10.50, 8 av 150 at $10.50, 4
av 155 at $11, 3 av 155 at $11; to Lay-
der 6 av 145 at $10.50; to Rattkowsky
7 av 135 at $9; to Nagle P. Co. 3 av
120 at $10.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 3357. Lambs 25c higher
than last week; sheep steady, as fol-
lows: Best lambs $8.50; fair lambs
$7.65@8.25: light to common lambs
$6.50@7.50; heavy lambs $7@7.25;
fair to good sheep $4.75@5.50; culls
and common $3@4.

Sandal, 8., B. 8: G. sold Newton B.
Co. 7 sheep av 85 at $4.50. 22 lambs av
52 at $6.50; to Parker. W. & Co. 125
do av 60 at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co.
12 sheegi av 170 at $4.50, 47 lambs av
80 at $ .35. . -

, Roe Com. ()0. sold Nagle P. Go. 131
lambs av 75 at $8.30. 16 sheep or 105
at $4.75“ to Hayes 11 lambs av 66st

 

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Reason 8;. S. sold Nagle P. Co. 147
lambs av 75 at $8.25, 153 do av 80 at
$8.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 65 sheep av
95 at $5.50; to Newton B. Co. 12
lambs‘av 70 at $7.50, 14 do av 110 at
$7.35; to Parker, W'. & Co. 45 do av
85 at $8.50, 19 do av 80 at $8.50.

Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 55
lambs av 85 at $8.25, 56 sheep av 125
at $5, 16 do av 120 at $5.10, 7 lambs
av 100 at $7.50, 3 sheep av 140 at
$5.25, 30 lambs av 92 at $7.50; to
ggaglsrer, W. & Co. 31 do av 80 at

Hogs.

Receipts 7614. Market steady; all
é]??? grades $7; medium and light

Reason & S. sold Parker, W. & Co.
450 av 200 at $7.10.

Bishop, B. & H. sold same 2460 av
200 at $7.10. 325 av 250 at $7.

Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. & Co.
350 av 200 at $7.10.

Sandal, 8., B. & G. sold same 375
av 200 at $7.10.

Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co.
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0n FEBRUARY 10, 1915,

at l0 o'clock. A. M" at the northwesterly front door of
the Court House in the City ol Mt. Clemens. Michigan.
there will be sold. to settle in estate. the F030 Farm.
situated in Richmond Township. in Macomb County.
Desaibed as the West hall of the Settheast quarter of sec-
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the Northeast quarter of said Section. containing 40 acres.
making a total of no acres.

This Farm is situated at the corner on a highway three
miles east of Aramada. Michigan.

The soil is black loam. highly productive.

The buildings consist ol a good large barn. five—room
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There are good wire lcnccs throughout.

Corn. wheat, oats and hay are raised; it is also the
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land in the State. It also has a good pear orchard. and
the farm is well drained.

The barn is about 40x90. hip reel.

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Nearby property selling for from $75 to $l50 per acre.

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1,000 Apple Trees
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One of the finest pro erties in rich New York
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and it is ing now at albsrcam: price 97500. easy
terms. In l dotauls, page .i. "Strout'e Winter Farm
Bargains.” copy free. E. A. S’l'ROU’l‘ FARM
AGLNCY.Station Il‘rl.['nion Bank Bldg .PittsburgJ’a,

tohoar from owner of good farm

Wanted for sale. Send cash price and
description. D. F. BUSH. Minneapolis. Minn.
WANTED—To hear from owner of good farm
or unimproved land for sale.
C. C. BUCKINGHAM. Houston. Texas.

 

 

 

Hill SALE I Am." cw Land. Ihreo mile“ 838‘.
0 one south of the village of Twining,Arenao
0..

Mich. M. H. WINGET. Linden.
' —Excellent location. Will
‘ spllndld 11“ hrs Farm sacrifice for quick sale.
For full descri tion. low rice and easy terms
Add rose. 1!. A RTZ. C M lchlxan.

I0 LIST MIDDLE STATES FARM BARGAINS.
Owners' addresses. Save commissions. Sample
paper 5c. OBSERVER. Saline. Michigan.

MICHIGAN FARMING LANDS

Near Saginaw and Bay City. in Gladwin and Midland
Gnu-ties. Low prices: Easy terms; Clear title. Write
for maps and iparticulars STAFFELD BROTHERS.
15 Merrill Bu ldins. Saginaw. (W. 8.). Michigan.

FOR. SALE—In whole or part, an; acre

' southern Michigan farm.
Good soil, buildings and fences. Immediate possession.
0. S. SCHAIREB. 214 Dewey Ave.. Swissvale. Pa.

Michigan.

 

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eautiful Little Poultry and Truck Farms with nice
homes near Brunswick Lia . have just what you
want. Address, Charlton Wright. Sterling. Ga.

130 ACRES $5000. $2000 cash. balance on easy terms.

House 7 rooms. 3 barns. good orchard.
plenty water. black sandy soil. 2 miles from town.
Write J. 8. Rice 3. 00.. for farm list. Cortland. 0. or Warmn,0.

FOR SALE—A farm of 190 acres. Ideally

located for stock or general

farming. Easy terms._ For full particulars write.
G. A. MASON. Cedar. Michigan.

 

 

 

—We have direct buyers. Don't pa
Farm‘ wanted commissions. Write describing
property. naming lowest price. We help buyers
ooatodostrable pro arty Free. American Investment
Association. 10 Peace Bid... Minneapolis. Minn.

FOR SALE OR EXCHAN OE. Farm 120 acres. 100 under
plow. Welldrained. all nearly level. clay loam and
muck. well fenced with woven wire. good buildings.
near town. croamery and electric R. R. For full par-
ticulars and price.nddrcss. W. S. Burnett Goodrich. Mich.

CASH FOR YOUR FARM“I W" 5:53;:

' and sellers
er. Write me if you want to buy. sell or trade. Estab-
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FARM HOMES in the beat districts of South.
make large yields grains. hay.

give best stock raising and dairyin. opportunities.
reasonable riooa. Information on request. M. V.
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Washington. D. C.

OWN A mum-"Wm m... mm
land-sin ladwin county.
Rich" will make you independent. Small payment
wn. E yonraitimn on balance. Price to W
per acre. Write for particulars.
U. G. REYNOLDS. Glndwln. Michigan.

Located north of Riverhead. Long Island County Seat.
6 acres c . once in large timber. no fool;
tronta e on Long Island Found. Also other farms
any a: BARTLETT. Greenwrt. Long Island:

194 acres. 125 acres bottom.
sunny Tennessee! Corn. w t. oats and olovor
land. 8-room dwelling. tenant house and barns. Price
romkngéirms your size your price. Free list.

EN & SON. :5: Huntincdon. Tenn.

GOOD, CHEAP,
UNUSUAL’OgongF I T A BL E

State Board of Agricuiiiili'fsn'l‘i'é, Del.
Virginia Farms and Homes.

[RBI CATALOGUE 0F SPLEN‘DID BARGAINS.
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. .. . n noes some
coma halt. 5‘ mile of «31525 1.5 acres timber. situated
a State reward made. 12% miles from Swnrtz (‘reek
6 mile-neat of. flint. Write for Informs .
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TH’E' MICHIGAN FARM-ER -.

.lllllllllllll!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lIllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllllg mare lame in right: hind leg, but no .

I. ._ ,3 _ blemishes noticeable. She limps a :
' Veterinary.

short distance on starting-out, 'then f \’

FEB. 6.11915.

generally gets over it; our local_Vet. '
blisteredbhip,‘but did little or no good; ‘
_ __ She has|been lame about 12 months.
'ni‘llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll She is 'used for light work and is in
- ' good condition. I alsohave a two-
COND_UCTED BY W' 0‘ FAIR’ V' 8' year—old colt that injured right eye
AdVice through this department : is last summer. Vet. has been treat-ing
free to our subscribers. Each cOm- him, but a white film has formed over
munication should state history and entire pupil, causing almost total" g ' -. .
symptoms of the casein full; also blindness. E. B., Kent City, Mich.—‘ ‘ .
name and address of‘writer. Initials Your mare shows symptoms-of occult , - ' ' ‘
only will be published. Many quer- bone spavin lameness, .Give her rest THE T ME
ice are answered that' apply to the and apply One part red iodide mercury _ _ - ’ . ,-
same ailments. If this column is and eight parts lard to hock joint ev- »All.the Winter long, the troubled owner
watched. carefully 'you will probably ery 10'.days. A cataract has ,‘formed gof‘ a lame horse readaollrfidvertlw‘, .
find the desired information in a re- on eye which makes the case incur- merits. Then, day after day slips away, -
ply that has been made to someone able. ' while he talks, laments, listens, takes

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else. When reply by mail is request- SWitCher-—,I haVe a mate that is in advice and hesitating—FAILS To ACT
ed. it becomes private practice, and a foal Whlflh has. nasty hablt 0f SW1tCh' -—till the Springtime is on him and his
fee of 3100 must accompany letter. ing and IS inclined to be rather cross, horse is not yet able to work. Mean-

 

 

 

but does not kick. She is three years

Bruised Fetlock.-—Last Septembera old, weighs 1,700 lbs.,
bunch came on hind shin and fetlock begun breaking her. .
joint of my ten-year-old horse, caused ford, Mich—Hanging two, three or
lameness, and as a remedy I applied sometimes as heavy as a four-pound
blister, but it only reduced bunch one- Weight t0 tail fOI‘ a few hours before

time the thrifty, prosperous, resolute
man, reads, considers the evidence care-
fully—Decides Promptly—and_his horse
is quickly cured, worked,‘ too, if needed. {
That’s exactly what happens every year. '

and I have just
M. H. B., Rock-

 

  

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F or Immediate Sale

60 STALLION

20 Brood Mares with foal, also
some Yearlings and
2-year-old Fillies.

All of these at your own price.
Write now before they are gone.
JOHN CRAWFORD,
Importer. Byron, Michigan

   

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half. He is yet quite lame and I wish
you would give me aremedy. Reader.
—Apply one part red iodide mercury
and six parts lard to bunch every ten
days.

Poor Surgery.——I had a heifer de-
horned last March; she nearly bled
to death; one side of head has never
healed; wound discharges lots of pus
and remedies I have applied fail to
effect a cure. W G., Howell, Mich.—
Scrape off diseased bone and apply
equal parts oxide zinc, powdered alum
and tannic acid to sore twice a day;
also cover sore with oakum and cloth.

Choking.——Have a pig ten weeks old
that has sick spell immediately after
taking first mouthful of corn or milk.
He has a sort of fit, falls over, but re-
covers in about 60 seconds, returns to
trough and finishes his meal. H. T.

 

 

 

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are today as tor the past Forty-
etght years the hreed's best.

As a matter of fact you can
also get more here for your
money than elsewhere.
If you are interested in

Percherons

and want to getin touch
. with the oldest concern
in the business—the one that handles
the best class of horses. and whose
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LOESER BROS.

Buy pure bred STALLIONS and MARES
now, we have both Imported and Home
Bred Stock, and for quality our Belgians
and Perclierons Cannot be excelled, It
will pay you to see our horses.

LIGONIE R, IND.

METZ BROS.,

Importers and Breeders of

Percheron Stallions and Mares

We have a fine selection I’d stxalllions and [112588
' frainl to 6 years 0 . rices reasona e,
{3:131:53 suit purchaser. METZ BROS. Niles. Mich.

PERGHEBUN SIALUONS

FOR SALE.

two and three-Year-olds, black. These are good
weights and desirable horses of our own breeding.
able prices,

 

 

 

 

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We sell direct to the farmer at reason
and invite inspection.

A. A. PALMER & SONS,
R. R. Station Orleans. P. 0. Belding, Mich.

JACKS AND MULES

Raise mules and get rich. 230 head flnelarge

   

Jacks. Jeunyu. and mules 14
to 17 hands high. Lame re?-
istered Jacks and Dre t
Stallions. cheap now. Mules
by the pair or carioad. Stock
guaranteed. Write for prices
today. Address

' KREKLER’S JACK FARM

West Elkton, Ohio.
ton. Indiana.

Registered Percherons,
BROOD MARES. FILLIES AND YOUNG
STALLIONS at prices that will surprise you.
L. C. HUNT & CO.. Eaton Rapids. Michigan.

' —Re .‘ ' Shetland Ponies. mostly
Plgaon Poll] Farm spot: 1 s otted stallion and voting
stock for sale. Dr. W. T. Riorrison. Pigeon, Mich,

ERCHERONS-Imposant. one of the heaviest
P horses in state, at head of stud.

, .- M ed, young strrk for sa‘e.
2133119. OggogD’zOSc SONS, Mendon, Michigan.

FOR SALE—Registered Percheron Stallipn Mares
and Fillies at reasonable prices. In-
spection Invited. F. L. KING (It. 80 N, Char otte,Mloh.

INF} REGISTERED PEROHERON S'l‘ALLIONS.
Fblaclm. from weanlinga to 12 years old. and
sound. WM. MoORODAN, Button. Kent 00.. Mich.

" Saw your ad.in the Michigan
JuSt sar armor" when writing advertisers

\Vhite Cloud, Mich—“farm his milk
and other feed, spread it thin to pre-
vent his choking.

Fi,ts.—I have several fall pigs that
are thriving fine, but one of them
takes fits, and I have thought he
choked, or it might be for want of ex-
ercise.
them out of a shallow trough and
warm swill and milk. A large mouth-
ful of cold water, milk or grain very
often produces choking or spasm of
larynx, followedvby a fifty convulsion,
which seldom lasts very long.

M. \V.—Some of your chickens suf-
fer from roup and those you examined
after death died of tuberculosis. De-
stroy every sick bird, whitewash their
roost and keep them free from cold
drafts of air; also feed them easily di-
gested food. Burn everyone you kill.

Improperly Fed——Rheumatism.—We
have a bunch of pigs four months old
that first show lameness, breathe fast,
gradually grow worse, get down and
are unable to get up. Now lately oth-
ers show soreness in hind quarters
and apparently weak in joints of legs.
I have been giving them copperas and
sulphur. Is this as good as any rem-
edy you can prescribe? P. L. .,
Wayne Co.—Feed your pig less corn,
more oats, oil meal, tankage and
roots. Give them a little more exer-
cise, keep them dry and warm; also
give each one 3 grs. of ground nux
vomica, 30 grs. of hypo-sulphite soda
at a dose three times a day.

Sweeny—Founden—I have a seven-
year-old horse that is lame in fore leg.
Three years ago he was sweenied in
shoulder. I applied blister and he got
over it. A little later his ankle swell-
ed, puffs bulged out, but I have taken
them off and the horse is not worked
for a year, but is very lame. When
he walks heel strikes ground first and
toe tips up and I would like to know~
where the lameness is. H. E. M.
Shiloh, Mich.——He may have founder-
ed, or back tendons been stretched
and are weak. Clip hair off coronet
and back tendons and apply one part
cantharides and six parts lard every
ten days.

Scurvy—~Feeding Unbalanced Ra-
tion.-I recently became a reader of
the Michigan Farmer; also bought and
moved onto a farm where I have 30
little pigs that have scurvy. We also
have a hundred chickens of mixed
breeds, but the eggs we get from them
are imperfect. W. R. S., Kalamazoo,
Mich—Apply one part carbolic
and nine parts vaseline to skin of
pigs three times a Week. Feed your
poultry some green stuff and a great-
er variety of grain; besides, furnish
them some crushed oyster shells, grit

 

 

 

 

or sand of some kind and they will
be all right. I advise you to consult
from time to time successful poultry
men.

ing growth. Remember,
too high is one of the common causes
of sidebone. , ' .' . ,
Rheumatism —— Bone Spavin —_—.Sore
Eye—I have a valuable‘e‘ight-year-old

L. J., Paw Paw, Mich._Feed A

’ Donovan’s solution and

driving a switcher, will prevent it.
Another plan is to use breeching, ty-
ing tail to each side, or using ahinge
crupper with bar in order that tail
will hinge up and down, but not swing
sideways. These appliances can be
used to advantage, but I believe your
mare, with kind treatment, will per-
haps get over it.

Wart on Thigh—I have a horse with
large wart on thigh and I have applied
several remedies Without result. W.

. ., Roscommon, Mich—The wart
should be cut off and if it bleeds much
burn it off with a redhot iron, or ap-
ply Monsell’s solution of iron, then
apply powdered alum to wound twice
a day.

Infected Milk and Butter.—-—Two
years ago last summer my cows’ milk
and butter seemed to be all right, but
last summer and a year ago the cream
would smell and had a bad odor when
a day old; besides, the butter has a
peculiar odor. Furthermore, the milk
is a little stringy and ropy. During
cold weather the milk, cream and but-
ter appears to be all right. R. A. C.,
llegan, Mich—VVhen summer comes,
clean and thoroughly disinfect your
cow stable and remove from it any-
thing that has a strong odor, or is de-
composing, and be sure that milking
utensils and the hands of the milker
are clean. Give each cow a dessert-
spoonful of hypo-sulphite of soda at a
dose three times a day. Your milk
house should be kept clean, properly
ventilated and well supplied with
fresh air.

Infectious Ophthalmia. in Sheep—I
am anxious to know the cause of my
ewes going blind. They seem to be
losing their sight without any appar-
ent cause. These sheep are housed in
a shed that lets them run out in the
yard at will, and I am feeding them
corn and oats ground, mixed hay, and
corn in cob. They appear at first to
have weak eyes and the wool has a
coating of white matter under the
eyes. Later, a film appears on eye,
causing blindness. J. A, Tecum-

ex 1 .
ly how to go about it to
to-date treatment of

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and treat. 58 forms of LAMEIY

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Most
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seh, Mich—Dissolve a teaspoonful of
borate of soda and a teaspoonful of
boracic acid in half a pint of boiled
water and apply to eyes once a day.
Also blow a small quantity of calomel
into eyes once a day. Or, apply a
three per cent solution of nitrate of
silver once a day. Feed them some
roots and salt them well.

Diseased Legs. I have a colt that
is 20 months old, whose hind legs are
stocked, skin rough and scabby; our
local Vet. treated her for blood trou-
ble, but his medicine did not appear
to have much effect. E. M., Stanton,
Mich—Give colt a teaspoonful of hy-
po—sulphite of soda, a teaspoonful of

 

   

yourself. Properly applied,

Dr.

 

calves. Write at

984] Wllflllll ML. WAUKE

out of your herd and keep it out.
Use Dr. Roberts’ Treatment.

to stamp out this disease and
clean the herd. Saves lives of

David Roberts

Veterinary Company

   

_ Apply it
it never fails

          

once to

        

sun. Wis.

 

a tablespoon-
a dose in soft
for not less
Dissolve 14 lb. acetate
of lead in half a pint of glycerine, 3
ozs. of carbolic acid in a gallon of
boiled water and wet sore legs twice
a day. Bandaging in cotton will have
a good effect, but the bandages should
not be left on too long.

ful of ground gentian at
feed three times a day
than 30 days.

Cattle with home are danger-
ous and a constant menace to
persons and to other cattle. De-
horn quickly and easily with a

KEYSTONE DEHORNER

All over In 2minutcn. Notn harsh method.

clear, clean cut. Cows give more m‘

make better beef. Send for free
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Gastric Fever.—I have a three-year-
d colt which does not act right; will
lay down when out in yard, but al-
ways stands when in stable. He is
fed one quart of cats at a feed twice
a day, also has plenty of mixed hay.
F. H. 11., Stockbridge, Mich—Furnish
a box stall for your colt when stabled,
also give him a dessertspoonful of hy-
po-sulphite of soda and a tablespoon-
ful of ground gentian at a dose in feed
three times a. day. Add one quart of

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MINERAL'".".5.$
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COMPOUND

0 give satifactionprm
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463 fourth Ave. Pittsburgh, 1’

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wheat bran and a little salt to the
quart of cats and he will do better.
T. J. 8., Keystone, Ind.,Writes
hat asked the ques-
ago what to do to ,
urn easier, will try

 

make the cream Ch Mailed free to

feeding her cows once a Week one Aniorlca's
teaspoonful each of sulphur and borax PIMIOOI'
she would not have any trouble after Dog Remedies

 

 

-. I fail to understand what

BOOK ON

DOG DISEASES
And How to Feed
the Author

H. CLAY CLOVER, V. S.
118 West 3lat Street, New York

any address by

 

 

sneCial beneficial effect so small a

 

dose of sulphur and borax-given to
cows once a week could have on their
milk yield, or how H'fllld in any way

0 pay I!

Poll Evil Cure ‘1’; ..: “pea

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a nose.

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H. 5;...3. <

., FEB. 6.. 1915.

DISPERSION SALE

RAMBO‘UILLETS

’At myrmmmllm.on

TUESDAY. FEB. I6. I9I5

Ioo Ewes. Lambs to 4-year-olds.
Mostofthese sheeperesired byorbredtcaesttle
an ad International Champions. Big boned. smooth
bodied. heavy fleeoed. No better flock in Michi-
gan. They go at your own price as farm is sold.
All farm personal property also sells.

IE W.OOD Saline. Michigan.
This Ad. will not appear again

Public Auction Sale.

I! vi soldm term will sell at Public Auction
' " erdryIfPuro Brod

my ent B Holstein Cat tlo. also
4 'I‘horou bred Berkshire lfiows and I r e
Saws. 8 arses and Colts.1 Percheron Stallion and
l‘arm Impnements.

tte will be sold 4th day of March at

 

tho
10A. M. 'I’ho latter will bo sold the 3rd day of
March. on my farm 2 miles Northwest of Bath. Train
will be met byL rigs. Free Lunch.
U18 NELLER. PRO.

Auctioneer—Colonel Perry. Manager—Murry.

PERCI‘IERON STALLIONS.
Blacks andl dark greys. Good youn sound serviceable.
HUI 501.13?an “202 King Av?" Detroit. 1111.11.13.11.

—9 lo Porchorons—maro coming 8. “anion
F0: ‘1'. 7 in sgrlng. Boll cheafiifu taken soon. Write

 

 

for particulars. Edwin Parker. LainuburmMiob.
BREEIIERS’ 'DIIII'IC'I'IIIY.
CATTLE.

 

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

HERD FOUNDED I] 1900.

‘lconslst of Trojan Erica. Block-
aek allty Ito. a bull of

 

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rnvtirrirliiooo'rn NH ’sr'rd’dnmrltknu. trials. mien.
most reeds. Th
IIISIIIBES... G” ongo‘xigmtl’mmurd 331.3... 0.1.7.5

f .sels. White rn cooker DurooJ
saline. Michigan “00“”ch fortboDogf. Flint. Michigan.

Angus Balls. Extragoodones. One
show Baht and nine cnths old. Priced
reasonable. Inquire [J J. WILBER Clio. Mich.

Mlm D. CAMPIELL. CHAS. J. ANGEVINI

BEACH FARM
GUERNS EYS

OUR HERD BULLS ARE:
let Bosett’ e Stranford of Ingleside No. 22533 with
six dams that average 706 lbs. lat.
2nd Violet 3rd. son of Iowa No. 24107. with four
dams that average 697 lbs. fat and three sires
with over 90 A. R. Daughters. and his grand
damnleea‘champion three-year—old cow of

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

Bull calves from these Sires and A. RC Dams
and also a few older Bulls for sale.

EVERY BULL GUARANTEED TO PLEASE.

CAMPBELL fir ANGEVINE.
cowwe'rEn. MICHIGAN.

rBredPure
bull.

BUY GUERNSEYS FOR PEol‘l'l‘.
QUANTITY and QUALITY

combined with economical production makes
The ab!

GUERNSEY Cow most doslr
Send for literature.
GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB
Box 25. Poterbore. N. H.

 

—F M Rose Strain. A slam herd.
Burns»: T:”“.°“T'...:i. vorsl A. o.
J. B. Blstobford. Windermore Farm.Wetervliot.Mloh.

—-Cow and two heifers. Also
“BEND?“ EIIGIMVJSG d Collie female oli lblo
to registry. G. A. NT. Watervliet. Mich gen.

f solo a number of purei Guernsey cows.
11:133. oar-d bull s. also Berkshire.
VILLAGE FARM. Grass Lake. MI an.

G use Bulls. Berkshireh sow
F" sale’E one: ”23;.1 ofor o ring farrow. rite

JOHN . nd. Michigan.

HEREFORD; n... ..u we...“

one two ear 0
ALLEN 31108.. Paw Paw. I n.

ESPANORE FARM,

LANSING. MICHIGAN.
orrnns non SALE

Two Young Holstein Bull calves

The kind you want to head your herd.
A few choice females for sale.

CHASE s. OSBORN,
ADAM E. FERGUSON, i OWners.

HOLSTEIN FRIESIANS.

Herd sire Maplocrest Korndyke Heugerveld. the only
sire of any breed a dam and a grand dam that
each made more {ban WISE-Ill): off buttgrgéida earner.

t u 0 any 1-
3333:3213.- e ekohaybet ttor than 1200 lbs. of butter
in a year. one but four years old. Maplocrest Korn-
dike Hengervold is in a :11; I: h im;elf. A. no

he] s y 1m rom
00:13; lik’wn'm echoice females in calfto

hi for ale.
D]? D..AITKBN.' FLINT. MICH.

HATCH HERD.

Ypsilanti, Mlchlgan,

Reduce stored Holstein Frlcslan Sires—«Grandson
of the World's Greatest Dairy Sire. They are out of
choice A. B. Their sire is:
Half brot7ltgt co the World's
ndsln days. Aornv fie
mwltm 31. 25 lbs. in 1 days. Average r
cent of for three nearest dams 4.37. Siresi n
“W onselroedy have over 500 A. R. 0
daughters. Prices reasonable so you can have the best.

HMSIEIII‘ngfifo'IBlib ”13.18%?

oelfiOf
taken atonoe. GR YA BORDER. Howell. Mich.

‘ $25; Delivered rem-renown].
and knew NEW 3”

 

Biz-.253; uni MMbull.
uty all white.
tom

”THE

 

January Clearance Sal—e
Holstein Bulls

With A. R. 0. Demo.

Slres Dim rolls. Inn line 30-“). record.

Sires sire is Friend Hengerveld
DeKol Butter Boy

25% all fall prices to main room tor springsiorl
LONG BEACH FARMS,

Augusta, (Kalamazoo County.) Mich.

FOR SALE

at reasonable prices some
line young reels

El Holstein Emulls

from 3 months to 15
months old. from A. R.
OoDems of high butter

recor .
Euler’s Holstein Farm.
treasure. mm.

Purebred Registered

HOLS'I'EIN
CATTLE

Our Adven cod Registry on for the year
ending May 1. 1914. shows that 9.116 cows (nearly
one-quarter he 'II 9 need withlne oe-von

day period 3,672.3 guild! milk containing
133.59 burnds butter- t are ng 3.56 per
for each calm (not mention-
ing the calves t at cell at from to

each) was momma of milk per day and 1m

undscf the best commercial butter in seven
8:” Those figuros'Jhcw why the dairymcn
prefer Holstein.

Scum ra- Wow-am m
The WM Ambition of Mouse.
Box 164. Brattlobcro. Vt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do You Want A Bull?

Ready For Service.

From a grand daughter of The King of the
Pontiacs. Sirod by e bull that is more than a half
brotherto the amnion no lsteln Cow

odd. and whose dam is .3011. 654% fat dau hter
of Pontiac Aggie Korndyko who has more lb.
daughters than any other living bull. If you do
write for pedigree.

EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.

II II “II". Young bulls for sale from
5:5" d ll cdlIIB. Ito lomcntbsold. and out

11.0. Cows. Hired by Hougsrveld Coin Pietortje.
Prices reasonable. Floyd P. Jones. E. No. 8. Oak vae.fllch.

$50he cash. balance note. gets H. F. bull calf. You will
beproud of both breeding & individuality. When
buying buy good ones. ll. 1.. McLaulin. Redford. Inch.

A Choice Holstein Bull Call

From a 30 lb. bull full brother in blood to the

World's Champion IIoleteln. the World' 9 Champion

4- yr..-old and ownb her to 3d greatest cow.

Dam an lb. three year old.

HILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Michigan.
Also some choice Bigr'l'ype Poland China Fall pigs
and Bourbo ark eys.

“dd ' B "—39 has 11211.73 lb. dam with ugllh.
"' i. ai'll‘ib’i‘.““’°li”1:.§°.""2““l§2‘l’i
Ildlana oar-oermono.
875 dzlivered. Hobart artNV. ray. Meson. Michigan.

A BARGAIN ONLY $50 $229.?

ste' B Ii Calf. Bestenblood best.A.B.0 book-
if: onll‘mtl‘: sides. Half White. Perfect and hand-
some individual. Iougemout Farms. Detroit. Mich.

High Class HOLSTEINSBE

is headed by Smithdale Alcott-e Pontiac. whose

is the famous Alcertrs Polkadot. Eavo few your-fllb bululs
reasonable prices.

a few heifers about 16 months. not bred. Farm 54 mlule

from court house. SETH B. BUBERT. Howell. Mich

 

—l'our with calves by side eight to

TWOIVO cows "come in soon. Seventy Berkshire
pl live hate all months old. A. P.

glint. Detroit, “111101113“. One mile north of
lchlgan Ave... on Schla fl Road. Walnut am.

Mo. old Holstein Bull—Sire has 94. 81 lb. sister—Dam has
25. 77 lb. sister. DchlM . Butterboyld breeding. Price
low, quality considered. ELIEB E. SMITH. Redford. Mich.

from 2 to 4 months old from

—Takes your choice of I fine bull calves
$50 good A. a 0
Demo. WM. GRIFFIN. Howell. Mich.

III Holstein lull tam—fimmffigm $13.1...”

Dams. Entire Milking herd averaging over m lbs. milk
daily. DEWEY 0. PIERSON. Hadley. Michigan.

“Top-Notch” Holsteins.

Extra large fine young bull. ’5 white. born Oct. 4. 1913.
Dam has oflclel record of 8.40 lbs. butter in '7 days
1175011.. in so days. Sire s 2921...... 1.1121041». 4 yr.-old
dau hter of a 30. 59 lb. cow.
WPHERBON FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan.

IIIILS'I'EIIIS FOII SALE

5 Good Bulls, ready for service.
10 Very Choice Bull Calves.
2 Two-year-old Heifers. bred.
1 Six-yeer-old grand- daughter of King
Ségre, due In December.

L. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio.
FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls

f service and bull ovos.al also females.
ready EgAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. Michigan.

Holstein Bull Calf: BornSopt. 11. Splendid individual.
well grown. nicely marked. His dam and slro' s dam have
A. B. 0. records that arerare 7 days Butter 24. st lbs Milk “7. 8
lbs. both as 4eyr-olds. W. B. IIADH. Howell. Michigan.

IIGIIIBIIL IIOIE nIIII IIIIIIIIB SWIM

MICHIGAN FARMER

be Jacobi skFalr malignl om'i'n. frdgdl
producing dams. {urea PARKER nowon. Mic.
J ERSEYSW “iii; gill ‘if...":’g".....’°'
write. MRS. r. H. ALKER. n. s.

Kalamazoo Mich. Ifw breeder a member
ofM.J J..0 m0.ssndllstcf:tockforrsaletctheebovo.

' —Jcrsey Cattle. Yorkshire Ho
”III. FII’IIISISIII Oxford Sheep. Write for what ygoali
want. COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.

Holstein-Friction Breeder—$2: “"21“. fig;
represented. D. D. AITKEN. Flint. Michigan.

Wind Jersey Cattle. rich. M estys Wonder
No. 7. One oftbe best sons of Boy Maiosty is at
the hoado herd. His sons show ton and class and
his tors are producing a lax-ago w of high testing
milk. rite your wants. lvin ldon. Oapac. Mi i.ch

APLI‘. Lenoe Re ieter of Merit Herd—Tuberculin

tested bytb Government. For sele.bulls.bull
calves and heifer calves from B. of M dams and grand-
dems. andH Farm sire whose dam‘ e and grand-
dam' srecorde svorm 812 lbs. of butter. Irvin For. Allogan.llch

LS
BUTTER BRED ”MEI. n3“

CRYSTAL SPRING Hm
Ilvor 0:19.19an County. Miohftdn.

MS EYs—YBARLCI:O7A| BULL READY FOR
bull calves.

etc! farm. 3. I. D.N .AAnn Arbor.Mieh.

LINE BRED JERSEY COWS AND HEIFERS. Fresh

or due coon. Male calves oll lawle to registration.
B. COOK FAB chigan.

from hi roduciu dam with
I'm all": lot 8... tostin “Rage. records. alto on
semi-ofloial test. 0.8. We nor. R. 8. Allegsn. Mich.

“Moms—Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all
ageeforsale at farmers prices. 0. W. Crum.
Secy.01aut. Mich. Shortborc Breeders‘ Assn. McBride. Mich.

OR SALI~Shcrthorn Bul red and roens. by
sons of Avondale and Victor lnwoodlboth Interna-
tional winners. John Schmidt. R. 2. Reed City. Mich.

Dairy Bred Sbcrtbom of Best Bate:

WRMN J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.

SIIOIIWIIOBIIS: “HINGE YOUNG BULLS FUII SALE

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

ursnmwrwmrrmsnsrror'
. PARSONS ofthoseel: t" '4'”
I, \Isellnnd

2.2.2.2222 “Encmhfiom ”m3”

PARSONS. Grand’Ledge.Mich.__ B I.

OXFIIllll-IIINI SHEEP. I0 8100K FOB Sill.
M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.
Twelve bred yearling and two year old registered

Shro hire ewes for sale. Also Sh horthorn bulls.
M0 RISE. flushing. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

     
  
 

 

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H005.

erleshire Hogs—Choice gilts bred to far-row in March
noand April. Also a number of Barred Plymouth
Cooerols. Chase' s Stock Farm. 3.11.1.1, Mariette. Mich.

BERKSHIRES'OW-n °£.‘2{°330°°ro.

ohoieo.ell guaranteed. G. E. RIDER. Almont. Mich.

I G
IEIIISIIIIESTT...°;'°:$3..1‘L‘£ 23:42:. 32...“...
ULLO. Dockorvillo. Ml china.

Bausmkfi Choice spring bears and gilts.
riced move quic ck. Farmers
stock. ELMHUBS STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich
840 Buyse choice 2-yr .-old registered Berkshire
sow due to far-row Marc 6. 1915. she raised24

pigs last year B. B. EAVEY. Akron. Michigan.

HAMPSHIRE Swino—Breodlnfietockf of all age
from most po ular strain rite for breeding.
Inspection invl .l'loyd Myers.B .9. Decatur. Ind

Hampshire swine, some good Boers tor Breeding and some
Fall pugs both sexes at right prices. West Wind Farm.
Pontiac. Mich. E. P. Hammond. owner. N.A . Wiser. manager.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHESTER WHITES. August and September pigs. from
sires as Chickasaw Bud. Modeler. Bronson King. Acsrdficete
of registry with each pig. John Giutlmg. Bronson. Michigan.

’ 0.1. e. ‘3

52W WEIGHED 932 L33.

23 "01411150
‘ IONIA GIRL

I have started more breeders on the road to euc-
ooes than animan living. I have thelargost and fix»
est hord in e U 8. Every one an early developer,
ready for the market at six months old. want to
films one hos in each community to advertise my

erderto for my plan, “Howto Make Money from
Hogs. "O. I. NINJAIIN. I.“ I 0 Portland. .40,-

1

O. I. C. Swine‘gffi'figinfiflglPM "3

your order with me before they are sold (385m
price on pairs and tries of Aug.
.GORDEN. R. No. 2.

 

and Supt. furrowy
Dorr. Michigan.

 

o I 0 Fa" ”8 —0hoice bngilts bred to one of the
8r“ in the S are
C L TKO PSON. Rockford. Michigan.

 

oI II 0 Three serviceable boars. gilts and year-
I lin bred for!“ arch and April furrow.
.MANN. Dansville. Michigan.

 

Also Sept. piss H-
o' '- C’s —S1IIRlC1bLY lig(]fie'ld'}(l’li.f For; 12 yrs.
ave con 1' mg or eze and
length with quality. Lengthy Prince one of the largest
boars the breed ever pro uced. heads our herd. assisted
by White Monarch and rests Choice. 2nd. prize under
Six Month: brlilartat Mo. Inter State Fair 1914. Stock
or s1 e at a lame. prices reasonnl 9 Add e.
NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM R. No.1 Liarletto.MricsII.

0 l C’s—gcgih‘i'ngfifor ]sale at nrezegg.
3 fl NC (1 V
A. R. GRAHAM. FLIN'F ambir‘i‘r‘fl? e
0' 'l 0'4 fine ll pigs rcadyto ship
JOHN BEINEBA LEON Grand Ledge. Michigan.

0 I C’.—O ne e.boar Gilte bred for March and
April farrow. Gug g. and Sept.
ANDB EAS. Dansvil Io. 131$.

 

 

boars all sold. We have some

 

I pay apron. G. r.

 

 

 

I —-Glocd thrift stock f l t
Broodorof High Grade nioletoin Cattle. Lists and o- '- c at mes. Choiyce sows brgd 3:353:53;
prices upon “I,“ 1m farrow. TED DlRAPEB. Munith. Michigan.
Bull calvlos and Herd Bull -Can Iwe bred for Spring furrow. '15 F all
”'11“? mpg lweuts in Ben. 0k r 0 1 C661 mindxrowtb Write your wants.
White swine. arham. Bremen. oh. GLENW 1‘00 9 RM. Zoelend. Michigan.

 

 

37—173

E [..0 Circles gllts bud for ngwfarro 3°15»
vserviceablo boar wei hing l.lbs price no. belong
bodied and big boned k d. Alvin V. Iistt. Grass Lake. Mich.

l —I have extra fins lot of last sprin
0e '0 '6 She boars and slot of this fall pigs?
either schnot in. mile west of depot.

OTTO 80!!!!me Nadvlllo. Michigan.

0 I ODS —I tch". some good Sept boars ready
I I shl . Farm 2 miles South— Wost of
Ovld. J. W. HOW I! No.17. Ovld. Michigan.

of the heavy boned ty . Bred 2Sows
aural: {32:33 3 and dlfnl Pigs of both hpesex for sale.

DUROC JERSEYS

From Prize-Winning Stock.
Write. or better still. come.

Breakwater Farm,l11n lrllor.lllch.,ll.f.l).7.

uroc Jerseys: A few choice boars and bred gilts.
Also S. C. W. Leghorns and Bull Rock Cookerele.
J. MoNICOLL. Sta. A.R ..No4 4.Bay City. Michigan.

—A few choice tits
Duroc Jerseys 1.... .3. A .11 B...
OHM-row Fa] almpigeeither sex. S. 0. SAT LM AN.

REY LAW FARM Shepherd. Michigan.

DUROC JERSEYS—Aug. and Sept lpigs with plenty
of else and (goat us l.ity Also gits bred to was
winning stock. J.

t. R. No.1. Monroe. Mich.
DUROC GILTS—Bred to fer-row in April and
May.936 936mb. If my selection
does not suit you return sow after lnspootlonat
once and tie. 111' money back. KOPE KO
'1 RM. S. L. I PROPR. Kinderhook. Mich.

III. (I. and Chesterwnite Swine

50 Gilts bred for March and April farrow. bred to
White Hall Jr.. second rizo aged boar Illinois State
Fair. and Allen. Jr. C In Ion ant Winfitate Fair
and to Jumbo and Wonder cg. Hero area pair of
big ones and are smooth. peclal prices for the
month of February. Service males andf all gigs of
either sex Write your wants and come and vs

reatets hard in state. All stock shipped c. o. d.a.nd

ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM.
R. No. 2. Cass Clty. Mich.

DUROC JERSEYS—‘2.?&’L‘;§d§°€$“.£?§ 3‘ ma

CAREY U. EDMONDS. Bastions. Michigan.

CHOICE DUROC GILTS

Bred to Highland Ki Fancy Col. Again or Cherry
Prince for sale. This Is one of the strongest trioe of
herd boars in any one herd in the state. We also
have a tow spring males for sale.

Send for catalog of our Bred Sow Sale

FEBRUARY 23, 1915
Remember we have 210 sows and gllts to select from.
KOHLI G MISHLER, New Paris. Indiana.

DURO —-—A few good boars. welfiht 200 lbs. 8%.
Can ship anywhere in ich. About 30
Site will be bred for April. best blood lines. Also
olateln Calf. H. G. Keeslor. II. No. 5. Cassooolis.Mlch.

-—Bred Its f M
Dunc JERSEY far-row: Elined 13:11: 423%.»?331 rAigplI-I‘:
W. C. TAYLOR. -:- Milan. Michigan.

agetol Herd Duroc J ereey Swine. Eetabl ished 1888.
J H AW Write for description. prices and etc

CHART. PROP.. Lansing. Michigan.
rumIrrrrlr-soonsom“reconfirm"
W. J. BAUMAN. fiun Oak. mum-1n.”

~—A i h
Bentham boo-12; nonstrentrmmw‘amt:
nhln prim. BWBIS Monroe. Mich.
POLAND CHINis—fio head registered boars
d ii
A. G MEADE. Colby Rallinch .wgznntgr: afifghigan.
f th bi t B
POLAND CHINAS rgady fgr segvic’eI’eSows £193
for spring furrow. A. A. Wood do 8011. Saline. Mich.
-—0h 1 l "
POI-"n cum“ bosSrnggggalgrggalgty:BailgcT;d)1?dg
boars. L. W. BARNES & S N Byron. Michigan

50 Big TypoF Poland Chins Brood Sow: 283%fgfit

Stock Folio F‘I’bt 13M 1911' “dithe, T0 III “on?“
s e or ouw

T. E. Jackson. 0. L. Ullory. gutlilfienda Isn‘dgiarrla. ’

' Bows and Ollie bred for March and
Pd." thin. Aprilvfarmw Also fall pigs. satisfaction
guaranteed. G. Vi. HOLT H.)N Kalamazoo. Mich.

1111111 11915 P. origin“nor-nominee is:
bred gilts. W. J. HAGELSBAW. Augusta. Mich.

' ——A few spring hours left. one litter of
Large SII‘INP- c' May boars cmnbining the blood of
Big esmoiues 194411andGicnt Defender 194419. and gilte
bred to Young Bad]; and Bi Defender that weighs 600 as
yearling H. Al‘ Schoolcrnft. Michigan.

Blgi'l‘gpedPoEn; Chin: 801"; sndIGllts lenty of
Z an 8168 1111 I y. now can I) ease you
HOBERI MAHCI‘LISB B. F. D No. '1. Hastings. Mich.

gig 3.09%... Poland nsillriwnatllrtoolrl 821113739359}? “.2“.
B
IA‘PLEWOCDM s'Toorri OFXR‘M. 0315332311111. 313°15’1ng

POLAND CHINA SOWS 3563‘“ fifid‘é‘mh‘ ”11°.

far-row. R. J. LANE. R. 7. (lure. Michigan.

largo lined Poland China 3.231552%. 013223“ ‘3”
R00 cock'ls at bargains Robert Neva. Pierson. Mich

oland Chlnns. either sex alleges Somethinggood
at a low rice. Bargains in boars ready for ser-
vice. P. D. ONG. R F. I) 8. Grand Rapids. Mich

HE FARMERS' HOG. —Butler' s Big Boned Prolific
Poland Chinss grow big. kee easy. mature early.
ready for market at. 6 months. by? ecause we' ve
bred them that way for more than 20 years. 50b
boned. long bodied. sows also 1(1) fall pigs at farmers
griaes. Buy one ands mke more money on your boss.
OHistory Free. J .BUTLER Portland. Mich.

~Largest in Michigan. Brod
Large Type P. C. Gm... sired by and bred to
the great boar. Big Desmoinee No. 194417. weight 1m?»
lbs. at 31 months. and out of cows that weigh up to
700 lbs. Gilts of March and ApFr-ll farrow wei h from
$0 to 3251M. Come and see Expenses paid If not as
represented. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Penna. Mich.

Mule room—Brien gilts. .kspr'inrrfl boars. fall pigs.
spring ferrow. CI)" nngongB‘g‘l‘eaiybrefiieggsgggr
50 YORKSHIRES—All ages. Red Pulled Cattle.
Books. I. B. Docks. qug?r% Eggnnillluegp filo:
—Y rk hi
FORW'ASALAEN offlylspfiriigtbxgg. for
Moadowland Farm. 1-: Ann Arbor. Michigan.

YORKSHIRES

Brod slits. service boars. September and October
Pri loos reasonable. w. c. coox.n .42. Ada. M9145:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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174—38

  

Wig?

WHY IT PAYS TO BUY
A STUDEBAKER

I am using a Studebaker Farm
Wagon which has been in constant
use for 35 years. The wagon was
bought from J. D. Lester by Fred.
Gruner and was used for hauling
grain to Telena, fifteen miles away.

lboughtthe wagonfrom

r. Gruner and have auled as
high as 50 bushels to the load.

The wagon has been in several
runaway accidents but has never
had a broken wheel or axle. nor
has a new felloe or spoke been
putin.

The wagon is in excellent con-
dition and is being used every day.

C. EKStephenson,
Atwood, Ill.

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Hauls his grain to
market in 35 year
old Studebaker

HERE’S a Studebaker wagon

 

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

      

that has had hard usage for

thirty-five years, served two owners and is still on the job.

And this isn't an exceptional Studebaker, for we have
thousands of testimonials telling similar stories about the long

These many long lived wagons are the
result of Studebaker superiority; a superi-
ority which comes from the long ageing and
weathering of the timber, tested steel, the

splendid standardization of the manufactur-
' ing processes and the rigid requirements of

test and re-test through which each wagon
has to pass. Even Studebaker paint and
varnish is analyzed before it is used.

But, remember, since paint can make all
wagons look of equal quality, appearance

 

Studebakers last a lifetime

life and good service Studebaker wagons have given.

Why Studebaker’s Last Longest

is a most deceptive thing. And that since
the cost of a farm wagon is in direct pro-
portion to its length of life, that Wagon is
the cheapest that can prova the longest
average term of service.

To make sure you will get a lifetime of
service, buy a Studebaker. You will
never regret having bought it.

Studebaker Buggies and Harness are
also built to outlast others.

STUDEBAKER, South Bend, Ind.

NEW YORK CHICAGO DALLAS KANSAS CITY DENV
MINNEAPOLIS SALT LAKE CITY SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND. CITE
Adv. 2031

 

 

 

your choice of tires.

ancy is 1500 more.

EECJEHX
TEES

OOO

MILES

Hlf’hile other: are tlaimin‘
Quality 1.0: are guaranteeing it."

BRANCHES:

 

How many miles do you get
from the tires you use?

THE only measure of value in tires is miles.

How many miles you get depends upon
Ajax Tires are guaranteed
in writing for 5000 miles.
tires have an anticipated life of 3500 miles. Thus
Ajax Tires are 43% better—the mileage expect-

Guaranteed '

AJAX-GRIEB RUBBER COMPANY

1796 Broadway, New York
Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Clea/aloud, Dollar,
Den‘ver, Des Mainer, Detroit, Indianapolit, Kama: City, Mo., Minn!-
apolit, Philadelphia, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Lo: Angela, San Frantuu.
Factories: Trenton, N. 1.

Other standard make

Will you use Ajax Tires?
This is an important sav-
ing, worth your while to
make. You save from $4
to $20 a tire, according
to the wheel size you use.

Will you decide to use Ajax
Tires? Will you effect this
important saving for yourself?
Decide now to equip your
car with AjaxTires, and then
you will have the best. See
the Ajax dealer who is near-
by, or, write us for “The
Story of Ajax Tires."

 

 

 

 

WE CAN TAN YOUR HIDE

and makeinto Fur Coat. Robe or make the lady a

Fine Set of Furs
from Muskrat. Mink, Racoon, etc.
catalog explaning our work.

Blisslield Bobs &. Tanning co.,Blissliold,Mich.

         
      
  

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EFarmers’ Clubs 2

1E1lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“MINNIE

Address all communications relative
to the organization of new Clubs to
Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.

  

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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.

 

Agriculture vs. the Professions.—
The January meeting of the Wixom
Farmers’ Club was entertained by Dr.
Gertrude Banks at the K. O. '1'. M.
Hall in Wixom. A large number were
in attendance. After all were served
with a good dinner, and- enjoyed a so-
cial hour, the president called the
meeting to order and officers were
elected for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: President B. T. Nicholson,
elected for the fifteenth year; vice-
president, David Gage; treasurer, R.
D. Stephens; recording secretary, Mrs.
S. N. Childs; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. R. D. Stephens; organist, Mrs.
Martha Furman. Music and lecita-
tions followed, then the question as to
which renders the greater service to
the world, the business of farming or
the professions, was discussed at some
length. 011 the part of the farmer it
was argued, and with reason, that he
feeds the world. That agriculture lies
at the foundation of all the varied in-
dustries of the world and without it
they must all necessarily fail. On the
part of the professions it was admit-
ted that the farmer does feed the
world, but without the aid of the pro-
fessions he would be comparatively
helpless. The lawyer, the doctor, the
teacher, the preacher, and in fact, 'all
the professions are rendering man-
kind a great service in developing the
intellectual, the moral, the physical
and the spiritual nature of man. In
other words, while the farmer feeds
the body, the professions feed the
mind, which in the last analysis is the
greatest factor in the development of
the human family. There are but two
things in the world, one is the mind
and the other is matter, and the great-
er of these is the mind—Mrs. R. D.
Stephens, Cor. Sec.

Gentleman’s Day at the Indianfields
Farmers" Club was fittingly observed.
The Club was entertained by Mr. and
R. W. Black on Thursday, January 21.
About 70 members and invited guests
were present. The ladies visited and
did fancy work while the men served
a fine dinner, mashed potatoes sea-
soned with butter and cream, baked
ham, and everything that goes to
make a good far'mers’ dinner, not for-
getting the delicious coffee donated
by W. E. Clough, one of our town
merchants. After the social hour the
meeting was called to order. The
first on the program was a poem,
“Dead,” by S. G. Ross, which was
well recaivcd, and he kindly recited
another, “Yesterday.” Paper by John
Miller, “Suckers on the corn;” paper
by Robt. Park, “The farm is the place
where home means most, because it is
there that parents, children, and the
daily business come together.” Paper
by Castle Taggett, “Where town and
country meet.” Otto Zemke gave a
talk on the success of the Caro Farm—
ers’ Co-operative Elevator Co., which
was appreciated by all present. The
question box was well filled with
timely questions. It was decided a
day well spent. Meeting adjourned
to meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Henry, February 18.—Margaret
Arnold, Cor. Sec.

An Excellent Program—The Arbor
Farmers’ Club met Januay 20 at the
pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Br‘aun, with 85 members and visitors
present. After a bountiful dinner was
served, which all enjoyed, the meet-
ing was called to order by the presi-
dent, J. H. Quackenbush, followed by
a good program consisting of recita-
tions and vocal solos. Rev. E. L.
Moon, of the Dixboro church. gave a
very interesting talk on the home, in
the way of landscape gardening, fol-
lowed by discussion. Then came the
tax problem by W. S. Bibbie. one of
the Arbor’s best speakers. Referring
a part of his remarks to the pension-
ing of teachers and aged people. Dis-
cussion, “when will the farmer be
p'ensioned?” The meeting closed with
music by the orchestra, to meet again
in one month with Mr. and Mrs. Burt
Galpin.

FEB. 6, 1915.

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STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.

Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.

Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecum-
sen.

_Lecturer——Dora H. Stockman, Lan-
Sill".

STcretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.

Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.

Executive Committee—C. S. Bart-
lett, Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit
Ridge; J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W.
F. Taylor, Shelby.

 

 

PROGRAM SUGGESTED BY STATE
LECTURER FOR FEBRUARY.

 

First Meeting.

Music from Grange Melodies.

“Housekeeper’s Prayer,” given by
chaplain.

Practical food problems from the
bulletin, with cheese demonstration.

Lincoln anecdotes, given by the
young people. ’

The feeding value of skim-milk for
hogs, calves, and chickens, by two of
the brothers.

Surprise feature—a New England
kitchen.

Refreshments.

Reading, “Ability.”

Music, “Home Sweet Home."

LOCAL OPTION CAMPAIGN.

 

i am going to communicate with
the secretaries in regard to the local
option campaign which our Pomona
Grunge is putting on. We are going
to do something definite along this
line, and are appointing a committee
of three from each subordinate Grange
to work locally in their respective
communities and then we expect to
hold 16 meetings in the county dur-
ing February and March, when the
local Granges will furnish part of the
program, and the county committee
will also furnish good speakers. I
give this outline, thinking it might in
terest others—F. E. Hay, Secretary
L‘msnty Committee, Eaton County.

 

AMONG THE LIVE ’ GRANGES.

 

There was a large and enthusiastic
audience present at the meeting of
Perry Grange, January 9, numbering
over 100. The installation of officers
was conducted by P. P. Bishop, of
Henderson Grange, assisted by Wm.
H. Lovejoy, of Perry Grange. The
work being finished, a. fine program
was rendered, after which a bountiful
supper was served, and a pleasant so-
cial vening spent. The Perry Grange
is ce ainly a. “live wire” in the com-
munity, and the young people are tak-
ing hold of the work with much inter-
est, and we hope for still better things
the coming yearn—Mrs. H. O. Bridger,
Secretary.

GRANGES ORGANIZED AND REOR-
GANIZED.

 

The number of Granges organized
11d reorganized from October 1, 1914,
10 December 31, 1914, both inclusive,
is as follows:

Organized.

California. 1; Colorado 2; Connecti-
cut 1; Idaho 1; Illinois 3; Iowa 7;
Kansas 18; Maine 2; Massachusetts
3: Michigan 1; Montana 1; Nebraska
5: New York 11; Ohio 5; Oregon 6;

Pennsylvania 9; South Dakota 3;
\V’ashington 5 ; West Virginia 10;
“'isconsin 1. Total 95.

Re-organized. .
Kansas 1; Ohio 1; Oregon 1. To-
mi 3.

COMING EVENTS.

 

Gratiot County Pomona Grange will
meet with Liberty Grange, located at
North Star, on Saturday, February 20.
A prominent speaker will be in at-
tendance.

Kalamazoo County Pomona Grange
will meet at \Voodman Hall, School-
craft, Wednesday, February 10. The
following program will be given:
Morning session, 10:30:—Business in
the fourth degree; business in the
fifth degree; 12:00 oclock, dinner will
be served by Schoolcraft Grange. Af-
ternoon session, 1:30:~Invocation, by
Rev. Brown, Schoolcraft;
Master of Schoolcraft Grange; re-
sponse, J. Hurlburt, Richland, master
of Pomona; recitation. Miss Florence
Burch, Schoolcraft; general song; dis-
eases of farm animals, Dr. Dunkley,
Kalamazoo; recitation, Mrs. Ella
Hamilton, Scotts: San Jose scale, E.
F. Stoddard, Cooper; music; address,
E. F. Salisbury, Parkville. The after-
noon meeting will be open to the pub-
lic. and all are cordially invited to
attend.

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DAIRY, FOOD AND DRUG LAWS.

 

BY FLOYD W. ROBISON.
(Continued from last week).

The Adulteration of Maple Syrup.

A well—known and highly valued food
product is maple syrup. It is typical
of a class of products which the pub-
lic values very highly because of the
excellence of the flavor and the pecu-
liar adaptability of the product to our
food and diet. There is no product
which has been more freely adulterat-
ed than has maple syrup and maple
sugar, and yet we know of no single
instance in which its adulteration has
been prejudicial to public health. In
earlier times glucose, or corn syrup,
so-called, was used as a substitute for
a portion of the maple syrup,’ and con-
sequently the resultant product could
be sold at a price much less than pure
unsophisticated maple syrup. Later,
cane syrup, or rather granulated sug-
ar syrup, and what is known as refin-
er’s syrup, was added in the place of
glucose. This change was caused by
the creation of special statutes relat-
ing to the sale of products containing
glucose. But sugar syrup, from gran-
ulated sugar or from brown sugar, can
be produced much more cheaply than
it is possible to produce maple syrup,
and consequently the manufacturers
of the pure maple syrup experienced
some’difliculty in finding a market for
their product, due to the low-priced
competition of the adulterated goods.

Why Protect the Manufacturer?

It requires no acumen or 110 re-
markable foresight to see that com-
merce of this kind unrestricted would
in a very short time indeed, entirely
inhibit the manufacture and sale of
pure maple syrup, produced from the
sap of the maple tree. 80, while it
has become the duty of the food de-
partment to so legislate that these
sophisticated articles should be plainly
and clearly marked so that the public
would be advised of their true nature,
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partment to religiously and energeti-
cally enforce the provisions of these
laws so that added protection would
be afforded the manufacturer of the
pure maple syrup. For if we furnish
no protection or inducement for the
manufacturer to produce pure pro-
ducts how can the law, in justice, ap-
prehend him when he follows the rule
of his competitors and himself sophis-
ticates the product he sells.

W'e have seen that the dairy, food
and drug laws of the state are design~

 

 

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cd: first, for the protection of the
consumer against poisonous and injur—
ious ingredients in food and drug pro-
ducts; second, to prevent fraud and

deception in the sale and traffic in such

third, to protect the honest
manufacturer, dealer and vendor of
such products. We come now to a
consideration of one more exceedingly
important function of a law such as
we described, namely, to indicate to
the consumer how he may obtain pro-
ducts of high quality and to place at
his disposal opportunities for the ex-
ercise of his discretion in the purchase
of food and drug products.
The Sanitary Phase.

This fourth functtion of the law has
not been given deep consideration by
executive departments. It is the one
which involves possibly the greatest
amount of skill from an executive
point of view. and the evidence of in-
fractions .of the law in this line of op-
eration are much more diflicult to' pre-
sent before a court than are those
presented in the other phases of food
law problems. It is under this phase
of the problem that we have chosen
to present the various sanitary prob-
lems involved in the domain covered
by a food law. It may perhaps seem
strange, and yet we wonder why, that

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the average official invested with the
enforcement of food laws does not
take readily to the enforcement of
laws in sanitation. Sanitary science,
however, which is at the bottom of
food sanitation, involves problems
which require an equipment not pos-
sessed by individuals who have in the
past been so acceptable as executors
of food and dairy laws. .

Manufacturers Are Asking Questions.

When the food manufacturing indus-
try was in its infancy and when food
law enforcement was a novelty, con-
siderable risk could be taken even at
the expense of food manufacturers,
that the idea underlying the need for
food inspection should become recog-
nized by the public in general. But
when restrictions upon the methods
of manufacture became common and
manufacturers, who were to the best
of their ability producing products of
excellence and who were putting their
life energy into the business, began to
ask questions of food departments it
became increasingly necessary that
men of intelligence and discrimination
and judgment should be in charge of
these departments. State departments
and government officials have seem-
ingly avoided their responsibilities in
these matters as long as it has been
possible for them so to do. When a
manufacturer places a product of his
own manufacture upon the market and
finds by experience that that product
as built by him is in contravention of
the law, his next step in the protec-
tion of his business will undoubtedly
be to build that product in conform-
ance with the law. He is confronted,
however, with a difficulty in the mat-
ter and it is a difficuhy which' state
and federal departments in justice to
all should recognize, and that is the
particular attitude which they indi-
vidually will take in the enforcement
of the law.

It is Difficult to Make Food Laws

Specific.

Unfortunately for all except attor-
neys and the courts, it is difficult to
enact into a law directions so specific
that there is no opportunity for 21111-
biguity. Food manufacturers cannot,
at the beginning of their career, bring
suit to establish the correctness of the
basic principles under which they are
operating. We think then, it becomes
the duty of a. food department to out
line. when so requested by the manu-
facturer, the policy of that'department
with reference to any particular pro-
ducts concerning which there can be
no ambiguity but we will take for il-
lustration a well known, familiar ex-
ample.

(Continued next week).

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shrewd, posted Buyers KNOW that:
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EASON WHY we

Because for 22 years we have
Price Wrecking
to a system of automatic machine-
We buy nothing in the regular way. We are interested
Big Rug Auc—
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Think of it—you Home Lovers! Here’s your

side door and w
cutting or waste, wherever possible.

an . ream come true! i Onl $759 pays for the
«a: h us on our great specialt . Our bed-rock B-U—S-T-L-D . . . . . . .
3::; Prices on over 20,000,000 ect of brand new, high grade material to bmld thls beautifu “10de Harris H0939 ‘_=
- -—‘ material, suitable Ior every building need, undersell every No. 6-A; an up—to-date. full 2-story, 7-rooni house With I:
concern on earth. Make no mistake 1 When the “GREAT bath—a real home that any real man or woman would be proud _
PRICE WRECKERS" say lt—lt's so! I No matter and happy to own. Easily built under our no shortage, no extras, 3
, , ,. . 2 who or where you are—or what you’re going to build—we posi- system, with positive, accurate plans. The tremendous savln
tlvcly guarantee to make you a. trcmcndoussaving onmaterlal. The 15 due to 6111‘ dtflcrcm buying and selling methods; 0111 one 0
4 B- Sh. - P - l simple easy way to makeus Tove it is to send us your lumber bills and over 100 similar Home Building Bargains shown in our 10,000
'9 llllllnil Olll 5 get our figures. Prices talk! . eelngisbclleving. Cometo Chicago. Visit Book of Plans. Coupon or letter brings it FREE.
To reduce irelght expense our vast 40-Acre PRICE WRECKIN G Plant. VleW the mlllions up- READY CUT doors and window frames; inside dooriambs: out— ,

and guaranteed delivery price to your

We require no may down on shipments of material.
Stron Fencing, Per Rod 14c ‘
Hero aga our extensive operations and big deals enable
quote heretofore unheard of low prices. Strong. heavy . ,
are
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ur wire catalog tells more.

Fencing fortunately secured recently at our
splendid fencing for hogs and all

Staples for erection, 1001bs., 8 I .75.

GALVANIZED WIRE FENCE

Smooth galvanized Wire. A hand

$1.76 buys our unequalled heaviest weight white marble surfaced. the farm. Suitable forfences. stay Wires. grape Vines and 9.11
Gold Medal Roofing. Qne piece coatinuous length rolls. contain 108 sq. purposes for which Wire is generally used. Put up in rolls of irrcg- {E
it. A” ““0““1‘59‘1 ““1“" and. “”109 guarantee ‘0’ 20 WET: 3093 With ular lengths ranging from 50 to 250 feet. This low price is f2);- l
every roll. Nails and cement included. Order by lot N o. I-J. 100 gounvllfs (if our No. ngaugei, the ‘Btmhdald size mostly in de—
- man .. e ave every cs1rc Size in t is _ot at pro ortionately
. M ETAL ROOFING mffigvggfigfighgfigfifiggggfin low prices. Order by lot No. F -37. Galvanized Stap cs 20 per 1b,

trolling our own factories we have made better arrangements for this season N 1 ' d heav ' ht B b d W' P t
' m 1 .t. t be t ,5 b . ewga vamze yweig ar e no. u up on
ii??? 1.132303%? snrfii‘rfia {omitx‘iign railings. :33 sllglirozdggdsglng; um weight, i Why should any Farmer pay reels of about 100 lbs. 2 omt barbs. Strong and well

 
  

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and “10,6 ft. long.. Each, $1.25. Lot No. F44. supply pipes. 0”". lot No. p.101,

  

 

Wood Plane 75c

Wood bottom smoothing
plane. Length ,
8111.: cutter 1%
in. A. good tool
for all purpose '« ' 1 ' “
use. All other small and large
tools proportionately low.

Heating Plants

Priced Low

You can easily install
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Kitchen Sink 87c
Guaranteed “A" grade cast
iron. No flaws or defects.

strainer and iron sink collar - ‘3“
and bolts. Standard size con-

nection. Order lot No. F-BD. .
Painted Sinks, 18x24 in., 87c. Order
lot No. F40. Enameled Sinks, $2.55.
Lot No. F-928. Clear 5-2,

16 in. Washington red ‘

cedar shiriiles, per 1000, '

Complete with nickel-plated
Shingle Bargains ,.
No. F424. ~—— I l

  
 

   
          
   
       
         
        
  

 
   
 

       
 
 

 

 

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and hot water $154.00. C -
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, Material in this Home

$759,,

    

indow casings; balance in lengths to work without
Coupon with 81.00
specifications, materiel list

complete set of blue print plans.
station.

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26-inch. 7 line w'res ' h. S
stays 12 inches apart. Put up in rolls of 20, 30 and 40 rods. Ordeil- byhllgt No. ch?
as above, except stays space 6 inches. or rod 2 I c. Order lot No. F432.

0 or by lot No. E34. 0

$1.13 PER 100 “is.

y and positive necessity about , i):
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Barb Wire Less than 2c Per Rod

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“33°33“ 1307‘s.”; in a unpa “‘39.“,3‘m“ i 0 Del' square extra. regular n 0 es fOIl‘lanYtll 1 I: % nOW- lgarlic;flolrololr‘igssfjervme Price per 100 lbs, 8 l 95 Order
$2.69 buys 100 sq. ft. of brand new galvanised steel rooting. adays? ise W6 -pOSt8d 11 61‘s . — .
' i ts l h 'd d l ' Galvanized Barbed Wire light weight, first ade and best
Fem“ ligi‘irlgfi 53:53:? (1.22 m as w' "a 72 mm everywhere have learned to uy made, put up exactly 80 rods to the reel. 2 no at barbs. Price per reel. 81.48. Order by

 

 

 

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Order by lot No. [9-25.
Write for Free Roofln

Get Our Freight
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lot N o. F-36. Best quality Barbed Wire per 1001

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ROLL FILM Best Mixed 890 Plant of the Chicago House , ”Off“ Mixed ere Nails $1 0.0? Washing 5‘

CAMERA $1 75 The name “Mlchaelsen” Wrecking Co., owned and oper- 'H Nil Standigrgitvil’l: :alflfgutup m Machine $3_49 $.37;

' on paint has beenaguarantee ated by Harris Brothers, the 5... ii 100 pound kegs all kinds and Big estand best h speed '/'
JUST: the thing 101‘ b0 , girls of quality for years. Order is - W k as Th - d 15 1 W machine we
and grown-ups too. iguana bylotNo.F-41. For bestready great Price rec erg. . 611‘ or: gifegémgimbrb ”lggbygl‘Flfgg. from £th 0,. stand po_ , _
operate. No ex rience re— mixed house paint at 89c per $10,000,000.00 Cash Capital ’l ' i‘egulal' nb’w wlre' nails, sltlon. Runs easier with a 3"“ ‘
QU-ll'G‘d- 868-1819. ed leather Kallon. Michaelsen Barn Paint tee {Sf ti WlFl: _ ‘ mm dthan 1211 d It?" 7%
case Simpleloadln method. at560pergallon LotNo F42 guaran 55“ 1 ac on or money - . 1001b- kegsi‘perk . shes. t a”, 1942? 061110‘ H .
| Pictures 234 in. rail in. Lot No. -9oo7. WriteforFreeBaintBook. ' back on every sale- - - 2 " .0111“me °-F - ~ 3" °- 2 . '

     

    
   
 
 
    

   

 
     
     
    
  
      

   

 

 

    
   

 

      
  
   

 

 

  

   

 
  
  
   

  
 
  

    
  
   

  
 
 
  
 
  
  
  
 
    

  
      
    
  
  
    
 
   
    
 
   

  
 
  
  
  
  
 
  
    
  
   
  
 
 

 

    

   
  
   
  
   

      

 
  

 
  
   
  

  
 
  

         

   

   
 
  
 
  
  
   

 

$1.89 Buys This TIT: Fine Door98¢
' ' 0. 3-27; thls .. " 1.
Khaki Slut splendid door ,
_ _ Ii H eav y weight is but one of our build- ‘. Buy
You Need the Wonderful Big PRICE mum, K1,“, t‘iénfi‘fi‘stinéfi , like
" e . - clothouting suit. and, s bstsnt {our .'
WRECKER.”lIlled wnh 50,000 Bargains 2! 5......” m... p... 3,1,...‘32, ,0, .
l Nearly 1 000 pro— nicely finished. 080. Convince your- . we do—
, 'f fusel illustrated Standard model. «not the bi; un... _
*7"...— — y f‘ 1 single breasted coat '0 m “IMP 1111:: . nothing I'll.
Page“ gean. with two outside g-fifigggg-«uev ., t . —
DOW.dheSiri:1ble patchb pockets :nd 39“,,me mg: 2 1393‘; "hill", BARGAINS.
more an ise one reast poe et. ~- - our “wag of lumber 0" e an: it I
covering every BPS “1” "on?" Positively the biggest small engine value ever oflered. and millwork bargains. _ .. y - - - lion I pay l’flfl-
need forfarm With be" 1°09. side . d, t “.81, d M a to, omen Um You will get .u the . ~ of, their gigantic . ,
f . . pocketsaadcuil‘bottoms. Rein- Testit30 ysa our an} E 5f .' . bull information you requu'e. s", on“ no“ 00 Ill" prices it"
actory, home forced 363mg. Khaki belt with caualledinsemce and fuel sum: for Dumvmg. grinding. Every single item for the erection of s s - _
:23 agemfilclea; each suit tree. Lot No. F-270. mwingmreamsepamwnwashing machine.ets. 0n!y$2l.50 In! blind“! Pm“I 1°“ B" Y "la POWER_ . anyflnm you need.
thatsimp ywipe . _ . - It Is .. .
gut ellgomfiu. Bath Room Outfit $4.39Buys thls Vacuum D'N'NG TABLE 5"” - HARRIS nos. co., Dept. F. 43. Chicago :
ion en or . . . . .
- ' ' . . . * W°nd°'f“l"1“°lTh°"“d' L°Q‘J.h‘" Send me free of cost the followmg catalogs. (Place an X :
E.%‘;‘}ig§gggggil ' =¢ $37 5“ sold “11:11:2- 1mg“!!! 5.23:?! ' " xmark in square agingiiogita. catfalogs you want). Also proof f
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letter or postal “on ”many. ~ Just aslllus- . .that I can save 37 mag rom you.
brings it at once such out " mud, ”(n and. atan at Dlulldln

    
  
 
  
 
 
   

   
  
 
 

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