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VOL. cxxxm. No.\1

Whole Number 3463"





FARM NOTES. _





 





The Tomato Borer.



I am sending you this day a potato

stalk containing a worm of which I have

found several in my potato field. They

bore a hole into the center of the stalk,

where they work down to the root, and

then w0rk back up another stalk. Kindly

advise what this worm is and remedial

measures, if any.



Livingston Co. HYRAMPADDOCK.



The specimen sent is commonly known

as the tomato borer (Papaipama nitela).

The first time our attention was directed

to this insect a resident of Detroit ad-

vised us that it was destroying his tomato

plants. In this case the worms worked

in the stalk until the fruit set and then

attacked the fruit in the manner shown

in the accompanying out, which was

made from specimens collected at that

time. Some of the worms were sent to

the Agricultural College, where they were

bred out to complete their life cycle.

Other specimens were noted at about the

same time, not only in tomatoes but in

other plants as well, as this worm at-





tacks a variety of plants, including potu-'





toes, dahlias, rhubarb, corn and ragweed.

The worm is about an inch long, flesh

colored and with four brown stripes ex-

tending its entire length. There is sup-

posed to be but one generation devel-

oped each year, the worm leaving the

plant'fiid entering the Soil to go into the

pupal stage. The adults emerge in the

fall and it is thot that they hibernate ovcr

winter in the mature form.



Owing to the feeding habits of this

insect it seems to have no weak spot

where it may be attacked with poisons

or sprays. The only remedy seems to be

to destroy those found in infested plants,

and as it breeds in ragweed and other

common weeds there is likely to be less

trouble from the pest on farms which

are comparatively free from such weeds.

Fortunately this worm is not now vcrv

common, which is, however, an additional

reason for using every precaution to keep

it from multiplying where it is found





Clover Dodder.





I send you a sample of weed which I

found in my June clover. The seed must

have been in the clover seed that I got

from the elevator last spring, and I would

like to know if it would be all right to

harvest a crop of seed from this field this

fall. Also what is the best way to destroy





the weed? ,

Huron Co. JonN MALDJNG.





The weed above referred to was clover

dodder. It was in bloom, for which rea—

son, as well as to familiarize the reader

with another species of this pest, the ac-

companying illustration was made from

the specimen sent by this inquircr. This

weed is smaller in its habit of growth,

and of a reddish, instead of a yellow

color, as is the alfalfa doddcr dcscribcd

and illustrated in the last issue. llut like

it, it is a post to be avoided, for which

reason it would not be profitable to savc

and sow seed from the infested iicld. 'l‘hc

best way to handle this field is to harvest

the second crop for hay before the sccds

have matured, so that as few of the semis

will become scattered about the farm as

pessible. Then plow up this field for a

cultivated crop next spring, and by tho

time clover again occurs in the crop ro-

tation the seeds Will have been pretty

'well destroyed, so that little if any trou-

ble would result.



The number of samples of doddcr rc-

ceived at this office during recent weeks

indicates that this parasitic weed is be-

coming too common in Michigan. ’l‘herr-

seems to be a similar situation with re-

gard to it in other states, notably in Penn—

sylvania, where it is reported that many

localities are infested. This fact should

prove a sufficient warning to the reader

so that this pest will be promptly 'exter-

minated wherever it appears, and that





greater care will be taken in the future

to 'the‘ end that it may not be introduced





DETROIT, MICE" SATURDAY. 'AUGUST 14, 1909.





on our farms thru the medium of poor

grass seed. ,.

Patching up a Poor Seeding.



I have 18 acres of rye on which the

seeding is rather spotted. Could I “patch”

it up by sowing about one qUart of clover

and two quarts of timothy seed per acre?

Should sow it with a grain drill and roll

the stubble down to form a. mulch. The

soil is fine sandy loam and in a fair. de-

gree of fertility. When is the best time

to seed it? Would you use a different

proportion of clover and timothy?



Oakland Co. H. E. A.





A poor or spotted seeding can some-

times be successfully “patched" up in





with a. roller, or spike tooth harrow, de-

pending upon the condition of ,the soil.

\ve, have concluded, however, that it

would pay to give the soil a little prepara—

tion before sowing the clover, and would

advise disking the field, with the disks

set rather straight, ahead of the drill, and

then follow with a. spike tooth harrow

or weeder. This will not destroy much

of the clover that is now growing, and

will help to conserve the moisture for

the seed that is sown. It will also make





it possble to get the seed in a little deep-

er,





which we believe is quite important





 





The' Tomato-Borer (Papaipama nitela)‘Which Attacks Potatoes and Other Plants.





the manner suggested by the inquirer.

The writer has tried it a number of times

and has had one marked success and sev-

eral partial ones, as well as a few com-

plete failures. Much depends upon the

weatherLof course. But where the soil

has been well soaked up with copious

rains, as it has over a wide section of the

state at this time, it is certainly well

worth a trial. In his efforts to this end

the writer has always proceeded as is

suggested in this inquiry, drilling the

grass seed into the stubble, and following





where it is sown at this season of the

year, as the August sun will dry the sur-

face of the soil out quite rapidly, and

the plants are likely to suffer or be killed

before they get a start.



The mixture suggested is a fairly good

one, but would be improved by the addi-

tion of another quart of clover, or a

quart of ulsikc seed. This will make a

fairly good stand in the bare places if it

lives, and the benefit derived from a

stand of clover all over the field will

more than pay for the extra cost of the





 





 





 





 





 





Clever Dodder (Cuscuta Glomerata) is Becoming a Too Common Weed in Michigan.





 





 





75 CENTS A YEAR

“.50 THREE YEARS





seed. The timothy, if sown as advised

should make a. good stand and insure a

crop of grass for next season, even if

the patching up of the clover seeding is

not a success.



Growing Alfalfa Seed.





Would you please tell me which cutting

of alfalfa to save, the second or third?

Saginaw Co. G. H. GERARD.





A majority of western growers save





the third cutting for seed, for the

reason that they are able to get two

fairly good crops of hay by this plan,





while if the second crop is saved for seed





they cannot be sure of getting a. third

crop that will be worth cutting for hay.

Sonic growers, however, adhere to the





practice of saving the second crop for

seed for the reason that the second crop

of hay contains relatively less protein

than the first or third, and is thus less

valuable for hay. But that is in the semi-

arid section of the country, where the

climaic is more favorable for seed devel-

opment than in our more humid climate.

In his book on alfalfa, Coburn, of Kansas,

after extensive investigations of the sub-

ject, expresses a doubt as to whether

seed production should be undertaken in

thc humid regions east of the Missouri

River. However, there was quite a quan-

tity of seed harvested in Michigan ._last

year, in at least two counties of the state,





which is proof that under favorable

weather conditions for maturing a. seed

crop, at least, alfalfa seed can be suc—





cessfully grown in Michigan. Here, again,

as in seeding, the judgment of the grow-

er must be exercised as to which crop it

is best to save for seed. Our seasons

are unreliable, and whether the success

which was attained in growing the seed

in Michigan last year was due to the dry

weather conditions which prevailed thru-

out Michigan, or wether it can be suc-

ccssfully grown in a normal season is yet

to be dci‘nonstrated. However, we are

much more apt to have dry weather in

which to mature and secure the seed in

midsummer than in autumn, for which

reason it would appear to be a safer

proposition to save the second crop for

seed purposes, where it is desired to try

Sued production. And there is no ques-

tion that it is a desirable undertaking to





grow the seed in Michigan. as there is

probably no doubt that success with the

crop would be more uniform if thoroly

:Icclinnitcd St't'd \vcrc available for sow—

mg.

Late Sowing of Alfalfa.



\Vill you plcasc inform me thru your

columns which would be the best time

to sow alfalfa? I want to sow it on oat





ground and the soil is quite sandy.



(mkiund CO. A. S. B.



The hcst time to sow alfalfa. seems to

dcpcnd Vcry largely on the weather con-

ditions which prevail at the time when it

sown. Experiments conducted at the

Michigan expcriincnt station in which a1-

i‘all’a was sown cach month during the

scason failed to indicate the best time to

sccd the crop, the results not being uni-

form in different seasons. In the suc—

ccssful experiences in the growing of al-

i‘ulfa which have been recounted in these

columns, the same fact is brot out. Some

sccure best results by early seeding on

well prepared ground, while others get‘

better results with midsummer seeding

without a nurse crop, and still others have

succeeded in getting a good stand when

tlm seed is sown in grain, and some have

had good luck with fall seeding. Mr. C.

R. Cook, of Oakland Co., reported a.

good stand when the seed was sown on

well-prepared ground after a crop of oats

and peas were harvested. But there are

seasons when a good sccd bed could not

be prepared after oat harvest before it

would be too late to sow the seed with

any prospect that the plants would get

large enough to survive the winter. How-

ever, the present season would seem to





is





be a favorable one for late summer seed-
L10 (2)

111g. If the cat ground is diske'd over as

soon as the crop is off, in order to con-

serve the moisture which has fallen in

recent showers, and the ground is then

plowed, rolled down and thoroly tilled to

prepare a fine, mellow seed bed at the

surface, and to firm down the sub- surface

soil, and the seed is sown from the mid-

die to the last of August, the chance of

getting a. stand would seem to be good.

In many sections of the country, where

alfalfa is grown extensively, fall seeding

is preferred to spring seeding for the rea—

son that the weeds do not bother the crop

as much and a better stand is secured,

and consequently a better crop of hay is

assured the next season than where the

seed is sown in the spring. A good rule

to follow in seeding alfalfa in Michigan

is to sow when the soil and weather con-

ditions favor the quick germination of

the seed and the rapid growth of the

young plants. It is largely a matter of

individual judgment on the part of the

farmer who is ambitious to add this king

of forage plants to the resources of his

farm. However, if late sowing can be

successfully followed it has a decided ad-

vantage over spring sowing in that it

does not make it necessary to lose the use

of the land for a whole season to get the

plant established. This fact, together

with the fact that August sowing has

proved a success in some localities in the

state, makes the plan worthy of a trial,

where one has the land that can be de—

voted to it.



It is quite probable that the all—impor-

tant question of whether the nitrogen

gathering bacteria peculiar to the plant

are present in the soil will have a good

deal to do with the success of late seed-

ing. In case it is present the plants make

a much more rapid and vigorous» growth,

and if they get a sufficient start to winter

over will be likely to make a profitable

crop of hay the following year. However,

the lack of the bacteria is just as serious

a handicap for thc alfalfa sown in the

spring or early summer as a profitable

Crop cannot be secured without good in-

oculation, but the comparative success of

artificial inoculation at different seasons

of the year is as yet an undetermined

problem.



Potatoes in the Crop Rotation.



Is it a good plan to put potatoes after

rye? I have 5 acres of rve on good old

ground; was sod last year, and will cut

the 1yc stubble 12'ix1chcs high and plow

undei light away. iVill such tie-atment

he a good p1cp paration for potatoes next



3efaiitrixn Co. A SUBSCRIBER.





While it would be possible to grow a

good crop of potatoes after rye, yet rye

is not a good crop to precede potatoes

and the crop rotation should be so

planned that the small grain crop will

come last before the land is resceded to

clover and other grasses. Potatoes are a

crop that for best results need plenty of

available fertility in the soil. In fact

they need a surplus of available plant

food to make a big crop, for which reason

they are generally given the first place

in the crop rotation. Sod ground that

has been well manured during the winter

or early spring and that is plowed early in

the season and well fitted, is the best

possible place to plant potatoes, and even

then it has been determined by repeated

cxperiments that it pays to give liberal

supplementary fertilization with commer-

cial fertilizers containing a good propor-

tion of the mineral elements of fertility.

Under these conditions the potato crop

is likely to be a good one, and it leaves

the soil in excellent condition for the

crop which follows for the reason that

there is plcnty of plant foot left in the

soil and the there and late cultivation

has a beneficial effect in making it avail—

able for the succeeding crop. Thus the

deep- -rooting crops, like corn and potav

toes, should precede the surface feeding

crops, like the small grains in the crop

rotation, and the land should be again

seeded to clover with the latter, in the

ideal crop rotation.



On the other hand, the rye plant is a

good gleaner. It greedily appropriates

the available plant food in the surface

soil and draws hard on the top few inches

of the soil on which it grows It is so

persistent in its effm ts to this end that

it will make a fair crop on a much thin-

ner and more 1mpove1ished soil than will

almost any other of our common crops,

but in this process it leaves the soil in

relatively poor condition for a crop like

potatoes, which must be well fed to be

the most profitable. Then there is an-

other objection to a crop rotation, such

as subscriber suggests, and that is its

length. This ground, which was broken

from the sod last yeai, doubtless grew

some cultivated crop last season, which

was followed with rye. Now, by planting

it to potatoes next year and following

the potatoes with another small giain





crop, the humans 01- Vegetable matter in

the soil will be greatly depleted before

it-is possible to again get-1116 land seeded

to clover. To obviate this it would be a

far better plan. to plow this field shallow

after the rye is off and sow to rye again,

plowing this crop under for the potatoes





'next spring. This would provide a cover-





ing for the field over winter' and would

add some vegetable matter to the soil

in the rye crop plowed'down for the po-

tatoes, as well as in the stubble men-

tioned in the inquiry.



On most of our soils, and particularly

those of a. type best adapted to the po-

tato crop, the rotation should be a short

one, in which clover recurs once in three

years if possible, and surely at not longer

intervals than once in four years. This

will enable the farmer to keep up the

humus content of the soil better than

would otherwise be possible and thus

keep the soil in a better mechanical con-

dition to retain moisture under cultiva-

tion and to hold available plant food in

such condition that fewer failures to get

a stand of clover would be met with

when it is desired to reseed the land.





Cement Floor for Granary.





We are building a granary and are

putting a cement floor in it. Do you

think the grain will keep on it?



Washtenaw Co. P. S.





Where the cement floor is properly laid

on a well—drained foundation, there is no

trouble about the grain keeping well after

the floor is properly dried out. It should,

however, be given sufficient time to sea-

son before the grain is stored, and the

concrete should be made rich enough to

prevent it from absorbing the moisture

from below by capilary attraction.





Seeding a Marsh to Red Top.





I have ten acres of swamp land, dry

enough for cattle to run in. It has grown

up to wide blade grass. I would like to

sow some grass seed on it. Would red

top do? If so how much to the acre. 1

want to sow it right among the grass and

bushes for pasture.



Eaton Co. F. WRIGHT.





Red top would be a good grass to get

established in this marsh, but a good

stand could not be expected by sowing it

among the wild grass and brush. How-

ever, some of the seeds would grow, and

these would hear seed later and the grass

might gradually become established in

places. However, if the marsh is very wet

and soft thruout the season it will not

pay to try the experiment. Red top will

grow successfully on land that is over-

flowed for a time in the spring. The

amount of seed sown varies greatly, and

should depend on whether it is sown in

the chaff or whether recleaned seed is

used. Of the recleaned seed, from 3 to 15

lbs. per acre are used, depending on

whether it is made the principal ingredient

in the grass mixture. Fowl meadow grass

might be mixed with it with good results

where seeded in this way. The seed would

probably be best sown in the late sum-

mcr or fall at about the time the seeds

naturally mature.





lce Storage in the Cellar.





Could one partition off space in a big

cellar as storage for ice, or would it

make vegetables freeze, and in what way

would be the best to partition it off?



Ionia Co. E. J. BROOKS.





\Vhilc it would be possible to arrange

storage space for ice in a cellar, it would

not seem to be a desirable proposition,

as it would make the cellar damp, and

this would be bad for the house. Be-

sides it would be quite expensive to

provide partitions. and a false wall with

dcad air spaces, which would be neces-

sary to keep the ice well, would cost con-

sidcrable, and with the extra expense of

getting good drainage, which is abso~

lutcly. necessary, the cost would nearly

equal that of outside storage, and would

be far less satisfactory.





 





THE SILO ROOF.





 





No doubt there will be quite a number

of silOS erected in Michigan this summer,

and the question of what kind of a roof

to put on will come up. For the benefit

of those t'hus situated, I will describe

thc one I have on my silo. Place 2x8

across silo in center 2 feet from same

on either side put 2x6, and 2 feet from

2x6 place 2x4. This will give 6 in. fall on

a 12 ft. silo. That is, 6 in. on each side of

ccnter. On one side of center, between

2x8 and 2x6, leave a door 2x9 or 10 ft.

case door, frame on-lnside, and allow cas-

ing to project 3 in. above roof boards.

This is to nail roofing to so as to prevent-

leaking around door. Make door out of 1

in. stuff nailed to two 2x4 running length-

wise of door. Case the edge of door with

2 in. wide stuff to nail roofing to, and

also prevent rain from 'blowing in. If

ordinary prepared roofing is used, one

strip will cover door. Fasten farther

side of door by putting a bolt through 2x4





on underside "T doornnd put wglee; on so

as to fit snugly under bettom of door

frame. The cleat can be loosened by





 





using-a pole or fastens. wire to it and-H





extend to lad'der at door frame. The

door can be fastened the same at the

ladder end, or hooks may be. used. At

any rate, fasten it securely, as the wind

can get a good purchase on anything so

high up.



This kind of roof has these advantages

over others: ‘When getting ready to set

up cutter a man can climb up on lad-

der inside of the silo and open the door

by laying it on the roof. He can then

let a rope down and pull up carrier or

blower pipe; he has a good footing and

is where he can handle himself. If at

any time during the filling anything goes

wrong with the carrier or blower pipe,

a man can quickly get up to the pipe

and help put things in order without the

use of a long ladder on outside of silo.

When the silo is nearly full the man on

inside can stand indoor and level silage

so the silo can be filled right up to the

roof. Anyone who has ever worked in a

silo knowas what kind of a job it is to

stoop over under a roof and try to level

silage as it comes from a blower. Any

one can put on such a roof and you can

use any kind oflumber. If a nice job is

wanted, cut 2x8 and 2x63 back to 4 in.

on outside of silo, so as to have cornice

even. Fit short boards between rafters

on top of stave‘s and chamfer short pieces

of 2x4 to fill space from outside rafter

to outside center of silo, to nail roof

boards to; this will make the roof more

level, thus avoiding springing down of

boards. The roof can be put on‘ easier

after the silo is filled, but if you wait

until after you fill, cover silage with can-.

vas or old carpet, so as to avoid getting

any nails mixed with silage. If it is de-

sired, a. dormer window can be put in

the door,.thus giving a good light inside

when door is closed. This style of roof

may not look quite so nice as a cone-





shaped roof, but it is easier to put on‘





and much cheaper.

Allegan 00. J. H. VIELKIND.





-.-——————-———

BEING A HELP TO OTHERS.





 





‘ "It would be a good thing if every

farmer would ask himself what he is help-

ing to demonstrate at the same time that

he makes a living on his farm.” I ran

across the above in one of the farm

papers not long ago, and it set me to

thinking and wondering how many of us

had a thot beyond making a suCcess of

our occupation, as to 110w we are help-

ing mankind in general, and our own

class in particular—what are we helping

to demonstrate? W'e certainly have, or

ought to have, some definite end in View,

that will not only be a benefit to us but to

others as well. Every farmer has a.

chance to be a help to every other farm-

er, but too few live up to th"- oppor-

tunities. Too many of us are, I fear, like

the senator, at Washington, of whom one

of our prominent political writers recent—

ly had this to say: “If he owed a mes—

sage to his times he has failed to deliver

it. He will step aside and be forgotten.

After thirty years in the senate it will

be as tho he had written his name in

water.” Compare that with the words

of another senator, who is reported to

have said: “I am not so young as I once

was, and when the end comes for me I

want to feel that I have not wasted any

opportunity to plead for better condi-

tions.” Mr. Lillie seems to be demon-

trating general farming and dairying;

Mr. Hartman, fruit growing; Mr. Reyn-

olds, good sheep; Mr. Clapp, good swine.

These are all helping to demonstrate

their specialty, and the readers of the

Michigan Farmer are benefited by read-

ing of how they succeed each in his way.

The neighbors of these men are also

helped, for they see what is being done,

and “seeing is believing,” as the saying

goes. All cannot help by writing as the

above gentlemen do, but all can be ex-

amples, which often speak louder than

words, to those who can see. The infor—

mation may not be important, but my

own ambition is to demonstrate how

much every acre can be made to pro-

duce.





Eaton Ce. APOLLOS LONG.





 





HARVEST NOTES.





 





A fruit and grain farm combined is a

rather busy place during the haying, har-

vest and berry picking season, which ac-

counts for the little writing I have done

of late. It is rather convenient to have

an income from the berries at this time

to help out with the harvest expenses,

but it means more .than the proverbial

eight hour system of the farmer (eight





before dinner and c.1211-

'whcr‘ is trying. to look





 





     





 





 





 





operations and do each fluff and at th





 





same time do a. "day’ 5 work 111 the harvest ' M





field. He won’t feel much like Writing

after the day’s work is done.





We havehad a good season to secure, ,





what seem to be good crops cf hay, wheat

and oats. As a rule, new seeding was

rather spotted but our eight-acre piece

of June clover cut 2% tons per.a_ore

of fine hay, all secured without a. drop

of rain.

seeding kept over because the oat seed-

ing failed, was mostly timothy and out

about 1%, tons.



Wheat, as a whole, had more straw

than we often see, and the heads seem

to be Well filled, tho those who have

threshed find the yield rather low for

the straw. We hauled 23 large loads

from a nine acre piece. This wascorn-

ground wheat the year before. 'The

corn-ground wheat was considerably

lighter this year, but a. piece from which

we cut a crop of June clover for hay

and a second crop for seed and then

plowed for wheat, had a heavy growth

of'straw, but quite a number of shrunken

heads. This did not get much of a start:

last fall it being so dry, but came on

rapidly this spring.



We have just finished cutting the oats.

which was also a tangled mass of long

straw, much of it down. This field was

drilled April 6, rather early for this sea—

son. It was corn ground and was fitted

by disking with a single action cutaway

harrow. We went over it once lapping

half, then crossed without lapping, har-

rowed once, and drilled 117$ bushels per

acre. Several predicted that we would

get no oatS, but it appears to be as good

as any plowed field I have seen.



I might add that the wheat was cut

with a, binder which has done duty for

22 years. The binder is still in good con-

dition with a few exceptions, but the

canvasses gave out this season and We

discarded it rather than get a new set.

I do not think this binder has ever had

a rain on it unless covered with a can-

vass, ‘and has been in the Shed except

when in actual use. The canvasses were

the original ones. The machine has cat





from 25 to 60 acres ‘of grain each yearn





Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.‘





SOIL FERTILITY.





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The Pennsylvania Agricultural Experi-

ment Station has conducted a series of

fertilizer experiments for 25 years on a

clay loam soil of limestone origin. The

series consists of four tiers of 36 plats

each in a rotation consisting of corn,

oats, wheat and hay (mixed timothy and

clovr ‘. Each year there have been 36

plats of ear corn, corn stover, oats grain,

oats straw, wheat grain, wheat straw and

hay. Fertilizers were applied on alter-

nate years, viz.: t0 the corn and wheat.

Of the three essential fertilizing ingredi-

ents, nitrogen, potash and phosphoric





acid, only phosphoric acid produced

any increase in yield when used

alone. A much larger increase was





obtained by using both phosphoric acid

and potash. It has been possible in a r0-

tation in which clover occurred once in

four years to keep up the crop-produc—

ing power of the soil during a period

of twenty-five years by applying on alter—

nate years, namely, to the corn and

wheat, 48 pounds of phosphoric acid and

100 pounds of potash per acre. The addi—

tion of 24 pounds of nitrogen per acre,

however, to the mineral fertilizers result-

cd in a material increase in yield. Great-

er quantities of nitrogen produced very

little effect. Nitrate of soda proved a

better form in which to apply nitrogen

than either dried blood or sulphate of

ammonia, the latter causing‘the soil to

become acid, and proved especially in-

jurious in later years to corn and clover.





It has been possible during twenty-

five years to maintain the crop-

producing power of the soil without'

the use of any yard manure. During





twenty—five years the plats receiving 110

fertilizers have yielded during each r0~

tation products having an average of

$63.03, while plats receiving six tons of

yard manure have yielded grain and for-

age valued at $88.99. The application of

12 tons of yard manure has caused an

annual increase valued at $25.96, or a re—

turn of $2.16 for each ton of manure

applied. The application of 16 tons caused

an increase of $26. 61 or $1166 per ton,

while 20 tons caused an increase of $28 83

or $1. 44 pe1 ton of manure. .

The tests made at the Pennsylvania

station indicate that the best results can

be obtained only by a continuous and

systematic use of fertilizers in connection

with a well-ordered method of cropping.

Washington, D. C. G. E. M.





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THE CHICKEN MlTE—ITS NATURE

AND HOW TO DESTROY.





 





 





The chicken mite is generally distrib-

uted throughout the world wherever

chickens are raised. The adult mite is a

light gray color with dark spots showing

thru the integument and is about 1

millimeter (less than 0.04 inch) long.

When filled with blood the color of the

mite is decidedly red.



The usual habit of the mite is to attack

fowls at night and to hide in cracks and

corners or under rubbish by day. In bad

cases of infection mites remain upon the

fowls during the day. Often, however, an

examination of fowls during daytime will

fail to reveal the presence of any mites.

The presence of filth, such as droppings,

rotten eggs or rubbish is favorable to

their multiplication. Also carelessly con-

structed buildings will furnish hiding

places.



The mite is not partial to any particu-

lar kind of poultry but attacks all, in—

cluding pigeons, barn swallows, certain

wild birds and occasionally horses and

other animals. Young chickens and sit-

ting hens are most seriously infested by

them.



The chicken mite is one of the hardest

things to contend with in raising chick-

ens. Remedies more or less commonly

employed include spraying the houses and

roosts with kerosene, benzine or gasoline,

dusting with carbolated lime, fumigation

of the houses with sulfur, etc., but my

own experience leads me to think that

cleanliness is the main thing after all.

I always made my nests of clean hay and

sprinkled them liberally with powdered

sulfur. I kept my houses scrupulously

clean in hot weather, removing the drop-

pings every morning and going over the

roosts every week with a cloth well soak—

ed with kerosene, not neglecting the

shelving casings around the windows or

any other place where I thot they might

gather. I also had plenty of fine ashes

for the fowls to dust in. In this wayI suc-

ceeded in keeping my chickens free from

pestsfwhile my neighbors’ hens were of-

ten badly infested.



If one will spend a little time each

day, and in a systematic way, hens can be

kept perfectly clean, and if you can’t do

that my advice is to not raise hens or

keep chickens. I might mention that it is

well to go over the roosts two or three

times every time you wipe them off, and

don’t spare the kerosene as it costs but 3

or 4 cents a week. A spray pump would

be just the thing to reach the cracks

and kill those mites which you cannot

reach with a cloth. Change the hay in





the nests often, and don't forget the

sulfur.

Massachusetts. C. G. BROCKWAY.





 





CLEARING OUT OLD STOCK.

The time to draft old hens varies ac-

cording to the district. Part can find a

place on the house table, and a two-year-





old hen is by no means bad eating if

properly cooked. I am no authority on

cooking, but I know that if a hen is





boiled slowly for an hour and a half the

day before she is wanted for table, al-

lowed to cool in the water, and so re-

main until boilcd up the next day for

about two hours, she is as tender as any

chicken, even if not possessing the same

flavor.



Much may be done to improve winter

laying, even where colony houses are not

used. Unless the stock has been sorted

thru recently, this should be done before

fall. All unlikely hens should be picked

out and sold at any price. The first loss

is the least. It is no use to keep hens

to look at, and those I should reject are

certainly not ornamental. Whatever the

age, those Showing signs of ill health

should be drafted. The soft, enlarged,

pale liver so often found in farmyard hens

is the cause of much less. It is no use

keeping hens to linger on for a few

months and then die. Perhaps all are not

familiar 'with the symptoms. First the

neck feather, and even those short ones

on the head, will be seen to stand out

harshly; then the comb will turn pale. or

dark. As yet the hen may be in good

condition, but after this the falling off

is very rapid, There is constant diar—

rhoea, and usually lameness in one leg

in the later stages Those showing these

symptoms should be gotten 11d of. The

cause has probably been feeding on barley

and corn to excess,- assisted by over-

crowding and unsanitary housing The

alleviation (1 Will “0t say remedy, altho,

if in the early stages, it may be) is dos-





   





 





 





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‘ THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





mg once a week with sulfate of soda

(Glauber’s salts), even with as much as

1 lb. to 100 fowls, melted and well mixed

in the soft food. The lame, blind and

halt, the frames and shadows, the mis-

fits from any cause should go.



By the way, while the fowls are in hand

this will be a convenient time to dress

the legs with petroleum to destroy Sar-

coptes mutans, the itch-mite, which

causes scaly legs; also the fowls may be

examined for lice, and dressed with pow-

dered yellow sulfur. It will also be a

suitable time for marking the pullets on

the opposite leg to that of last year, cop-

per wire pig rings being the cheapest.



Canada. W. R. GILBERT.



THE APPROACHING MOULTING



PERIOD.





 





The moultng period is the danger period

in the life of all fowls. Nature deprives

the hen of her raiment and leaves her

exposed to the inclemency of the weather

at a time of year when her system is well

nigh exhausted and her reserve strength

is at a low ebb. But the shedding of

the feathers is a necessity and this pro-

vision of nature is a wise one; for, with—

out a new coat, how could the hen with-

stand the rigors of a severe climate.'



The drain upon the system of a fowl

during the moulting period is a severe

one and many a choice specimen, as well

as a large number of common stock, thru—

out the country die from exposure or neg-

lect while passing thru this ordeal. A

fowl that has laid excessively during the

spring and summer months is not usually

in very good physical trim to meet this

critical test of its Vigor. Consequently it

behooves the poultryman to look well to

the proper care and feed at this stage in

a fowl‘s life.



Food containing ingredients that are

necessary for the building up of the sys-

tem, as well as for the growing of new

feathers, should be fed at this time.

Grains containing a large per cent of oils

are to be recommended. Sunflower seeds

are especially good for moulting fowls

and tend to bring out the glossy appear-

ance on the feathers so much desired,

in some specimens, by fanciers. Wheat,

oats, and corn are beneficial, and grit,

charcoal and green and animal food

should be supplied. Plenty of fresh water

and an abundance of shade must be pro—

vided. Dust boxes or wallowing places in

the yards are as much a necessity at this

time as food and water.



August is the month when a majority

of the hens shed their old and put on

their new coats. And it is perhaps the

best month for the moult to take place:

for, during this month, the Weather is

warm and more equablc than at any other

season of the year. Warm weathcr has-

tens the moult, while cold weather rc-

tards it. If the moult takes place later

on—during September, October or Novem-

ber—care must be exercised that the

moulting fowls are sheltered from rains

and protected from the cold. Catarrh,

colds, roup and kindred diseases vcry of-

ten attack fowls that are late in moulting

and thus the whole flock becomes dis-

eased. Therefore, too much care cannot

be taken during the late moults.



Fowls moulting easily and properly, and

during the month of August, are the ones

to breed from in order that an early and

safe moult may be thus fixed in the suc-

ceeding generations,



New Hampshire.





RENDERING BEESWAX.





As each pound of wax represents sev-

eral pounds of honey, all cappings re-

moved when preparing combs for the ex—

tractor as well as all scrapings and trim-

mings and bits of drone comb should

be saved and rcndcrcd into wax. This

is best done. in a solar wax extractor,

the essential parts of which are a metal

tank with wire-cloth strainer and a glass

cover. The bottom of the metal tank is

strewn with pieces of comb, the glass

cover adjusted, and the VVll)lO exposed to

the, direct rays of the sun. A superior

quality of wax filters thru the strainer.

The main advantages of the sun extrac-

tor are its availability at all times dur-

ing the summer and the slight bleaching

of the beeswax which remains a few days

in it. During the busy months, when

you are likely at any time to have a few

small pieces of comb, old or new, or a few

scraps that would either be lost or eaten

by the moth, with the sun extractor

within easy reach of the apiary, it takes

but a minute to put those scraps where

they will at once, mechanically, be ren-

dered into very good beeswax by the rays

of the sun. If the sun extractor is kept.

as is the custom with the careful bee—

keeper, in neat condition, the beeswax

that will come from it will need no fur—





A. G. SYMONDS.





 





 





 





ther rendering unless residues or dark

combs have been melted.



In this connection it is well' to mention

that it is not advisable to leave the bees-

wax too long in the sun extractor, unless

the extractor is so made that the liquid

wax runs into a pan sheltered from the

light. Beeswax that has been thoroly

bleached loses its nice bee smell, and

takes on an odor resembling that of the

old-time wax candles. This is certainly

not desirable. But the best service of

the wax extractor is to prevent the water

damaging of beeswax by inexperienced

bee—keepers, or to return such damaged

beeswax to its proper condition. The cap~

pings, which are gathered together usu—

ally about October, are most generally

rendered during the winter, and when

the matter is attended to intelligently,

the beeswax is as good as that from the

sun extractor. Old combs are not worth

putting into a sun extractor. They are so

thick, and so loaded with foreign matter,

that it absorbs all the wax that would

otherwise run out. These combs must be

crushed as nearly to a pulp as possible,

then put into water to soak for a week

or so, loaded down so as to be under

water, and then melted with plenty of

clean water. When old combs are melted

owithout having been previously crushed,

it usually happens that some of the melt-

ing wax runs into the empty cells which

still remain in shape, being held to this

shape by the cocoons, and it is next to

impossble to remove any of it. The soak-

ing for a few days ahead thoroly saturates

the cocoons as well as other residue of

whatever nature, except the propolis, and

the beeswax becomes much more easily

liberated if properly melted. In any bees-

wax that is rendered by water, a small

amount, more or less, of this water—dam-

aged beeswax can be found. But if this

is allowed to separate by a slow cooling

process, it will be found that most of the

impuritcs are dragged to the bottom.

\Vhat must be avoided is the damaging of

the entire mass by careless heating and

sudden cooling.



To render combs into wax, put them

into a cheese-cloth bag. Then put the bag

into a boiler half filled with cold water.

After boiling a half hour, remove from

the stove and sink the bag to the bottom

with a weight. Cover up and let it cool

off slowly, when you will have all the

Wax on top of the water and the refuse

in the bag. The wax can be removed,

melted again and poured into suitable

molds. To prevent wax from cracking,

when molding into cakes lay a board on

the pans and cover over lightly with a

cloth, so as to keep. out all cool air. The

air causcs thc surface Of the cake to con-

tract, sooncr than the middle, the cake.

being smaller when cold than when hot.



liccswax is a product peculiar to thei

special life action of the bee; the wax. is‘

not collcctcd from flowers as wax, but is!

sccrcted by special glands situated be-‘

ncath the rings of the abdomen of the

neuter or working bce. The quantity 0ft

wax secreted is DIUD'

consumed. In pu1chasing lucswax, it is

quite essential to specify beeswax and not

simply wax, for wax is a gtneral term.





 





Beeswax, due mostly to its high price, 11





am sorry to say, is adultcratcd to a grcat

extent; it therefore becomes necessary

that every bee—keeper should understand

some silnplc method of dctecting adul»

tcratcd wax. The most simple tcst, and

one which will answer for all practical

purposes, is to chew a piece eight or ten

minutes If it crumbles it is pure wax,

if not, it is adultcratcd.





New Jersey. F. G. HERMAN.





 





 





THE HONEY OUTLOOK.





 





The indications are that the season of

1909 will be known as a year of meager

honey productionwin marked contrast to

the heavy production of 1908. Conditions

have bccn extremely variable over all of

the region east of the Mississippi, nearly

all states complaining of either too much

rain or tOo little. White clover and al-

sike have been fairly good yielders of

nectar, but sections suffering from an

excess of moisture—notably Ohio, Indiana

and parts of Illinois—report an unusual

proportion of honey—dew honey. From

southern Indiana comes a report that

bee owners in that section will get little

or no surplus. Reports from this state

are conflicting, presumably because con~

ditions from now on in this and other

northern states may make the season a

fairly profitable one. In the West, Mis-

souri and Nebraska appear to be having a

good clover year. In Colorado and other

western states the alfalfa crop is good,

while California now claims it will pro-

duce about half a normal crop. It would

appear that the eastern markets will have

to look to the West for a good part of

their supplies.





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WA NT several pairs of old and young

White Muscova Ducks. Also White



Chlnn Geese. Must be good. State prices and num-



ber to spare. E. J. HASKINS, Plttstord, Mich.





Barred Plymouth flocksTiigi§?§.?féi€;





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t . / . 15. P. C. Pigs singly or in pairs of the best





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July Our best eggs :6 per 100: $1 per 15. Send for cir-

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of the best English strains In Ameri-

ca; 40 years experience In breeding

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FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





 





Rye 'ln the.Horse’s Grain Ration.



Please advise thru the columns of your

paper the proportion in which ground rye

with oats should be fed to work horses.

The horses are fed rye bay for roughage.



Berrien Co. CHAS. C. VETTE-R,





A mixture of rye and oats will not

make an ideal grain ration for work

horses, especially with rye hay as rough-

age. If clover or mixed hay were avail—

able for roughage fair results might be

expected from such a mixture, but even

then it would be economical to use some

other grains in the mixture. Rye has

practically the same feeding value as corn

for most animals, when fed in proper

combinations. It contains a little more

protein, as indicated by chemical analy-

sis, but is not as palatable and its me-

chanical condition is such as to make it

less digestible as usually fed. It is a very

sticky, pasty feed, and unless combined

with some bulky feed it will stck in the

horse’s mouth around the teeth and prove

very disagreeable. Unless properly fed

it will also form a pasty mass in the di~

gestive tract, which Will prove difficult

of digestion. The feeding of equal parts

by measure of oats with the rye meal

will relieve that condition somewhat, but

it will be still further improved by the

addition of equal part of wheat bran.

The bran will also supply needed protein

to balance up the ration, besides making

the grain ration more palatable and di-

gestible. The writer has fed rye to horses

successfully by mixing the meal with

wheat bran, equal parts by weight, when

using the same kind of roughage in a sea-

son whcn the hay crop was short. “'e

found the best results were secured when

the grain was fcd on the moistened cut

straw, or rye hay. Other concentrates

than bran might be used to supply the

needed protein, but none other will take

the place of bran in giving bulk to the

fee-ll and overcoming its objectonable me-

chanical features above noted.



THE SHORTHORN THE FARMER’S



COW.



Not since the days in the latter part of

the eighteenth century, when Robert

Bakcwcll, by his secret methods, had set

the agricultural world astir by the great

improvements madc on his Leicester sheep

and Longhorn cattle. and had attracted

the attention and patronage of royalty

itself. wlnn 111(‘11 of means and capabili-

ties of mind Wore aroused to an almost

concerted effort toward improving all

kinds of farm stock, crystalizing the bet-

ter specimens into types and breeds, unlii

progress was the wutchward and im-

provement of stock became almost uni-

Vcrsal thruout the civiliZt-d world, 112,?

thcrc been more lillt‘l‘cs’t manifested n

the methods of developing the capabilities

of the diffcrenl types and breeds of cattle

than at the present time. As soon as the

breeders of one breed adopted the plan

oi“keeping a record of the amount of milk

yielded by their cows, and the Babcock

test was utilized to show the amount of

butter—fat contained in the milk. breeders

of other breeds, and admirers of other

cattle, imitated the same plan to prove

the merits of their favm‘ites.



Sun-1y We must admit that this is an

era of grcnt progress. and czlttlcmcn are

getting more dctinitc information in re-

gard to the intrinsic value of their cattle

than at any other timc in the world‘s his-

tory. Contentions are less nu‘incrous than

ever before, as all claims to superiority in

production of milk and butter is settled

by the scales. Almost any reader of the

agricultural press is ready to say which

breed is in the lead for milk production,

and which yiclds the highest percentage

of butter-fat. All of the dairy breeds have

had their innings by bringing out the

capabilities of the best of ther respective

breeds, and it seems to be pretty gener-

ally settled in the minds of the breeders

of each and M'cl‘y breed of dairy cattle,

that their particular breed is the best

for the particular purpose for which they

have been developed.



While the breeders of the distinctive

dairy breeds have been busy making rec-

ords and publishing them to the world,

there have been some who have contended

that there is a class of cattle that can

meet the wants of farmers who carry

on general farming and do not care to

make great efforts along dairy lines. The

dairy specialists have been profuse in

their claims that the distinctively dairy

cattle are the best for the all around

farmer. They have declared that dual pur-

pose cattlc are “a delusion and a snare:"

that ought not to be considered by the





 





intelligent'cl'ass orraun'ers who ought ‘tov

be able to see on which side of the prop-

ositon his profits were to come from, and

decide tint they were correct in’their

claims. They have gone so far as to

say that the dual purpose cattle have no

record, and are not capable of making one

that will attract the attention of thotful

business farmers.



As to the testing or some of the repre-

sentatives of some of the breeds that

have shown in the past their capabilities

for meeting the demands of the general

farmer, there has seemed to be a lack of

business foresight. When brot in com-

petiton with the other breeds at the

Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893,

and the St. Louis Exposition in 1904, the

Shorthorns proved that the breeders were

justified in making high claims for the

production“ of milk and butter. During

the tests made by a few breeders of the

“reds, whites and roans," a creditable

showing has been made.



Pansy Stanton, bred and owned by H.

H. Hinds, of Michigan, gave 10,058 lbs.

of milk in one year, from which was

made 456 lbs. of butter. This is a good

showing for a cow that was not handled

by an expert dairyman. A strange fea-

ture brot out by the test is the fact

that the cow gained 324 lbs. in weight.

Had she been fed with ultimate ob-

ject of milk in view, the result might

have been a larger yreld, but she proved

her possession of the inherent character-

istic that belongs to the breed, of produc-

ing both meat and milk.



The Missouri Agricultural College took

the Shorthorn cow Lulu, from Chautauqua

County, N, Y., and.gave her a trial. She

made an excellent record. During the

year gave 12,341 lbs. of milk, from

which was made 605 lbs. of butter.



The cow Mamie Clay, owned by J. K.

Innes, of New York, has a record of 13,-

232 lbs. of milk in one year. Two other

cows of same herd have a record exceed-

ing 10,000 lbs. during the year.



It begins to look as tho the good old

Shorthorns are to be given a chance to

prove their capabilities, and their merits

are to be made known. \Vith the revival

of interest in good beef cattle that is sure

to follow the advancements in prices, the

farmers who desire to follow mixed farm—

ing, can sce where they should look for”

cows that can perform well at the pail,

and at the same time produce calves that

are worth raising, because they will pay

well for the grass and roughage they con-

sume during their sojourn on the farm

from the time they are dropped to the

day they are driven to the market.



During the development of the \Vcst,

when the Shorthorns have been brot in

competition with the distinctively beef

breeds, those of distinctively beef type

have been in demand, but there are yet

a few left of the “good old sort,” that can

do honor to the breed, and re—establish

the reputation the breed formerly had of

performing well at the milk pail, the but-

ter tub and the butcher’s block. As a

hint in regard to the original capabilities

I will make one or two quotations: Mr.

Wm. Ellis, of England, wrote in regard

to the characteristics of the cattle in the

valley of the River Tees, the original

home of the Shorthorns:



“Of all the COWS in England, I think

none comes up to this breed for their

wide bags, short horns and large bodies,

which render them the most profitable

cattle for the farmer, the dairyman, the

grazier and the butcher.”



Of this breed of cattle, Mr. Alvin II.

Sanders, editor of The Breeders’ Gazette,

wrote in 19m): “The avcragc farmer, as

distinguished from the dairyman and pro—

fessional feeder, maintaining cattle as an

incidental, ullwit necessary, feature of a

well-ordered system of mixed husbandry,

requires not only milk, cream and butter

in good supply for domestic consumption,

but the cows that provide him with those

products are also expected to raise a calf

each year that can be profitably utilized

in consuming the grass and ‘roughncss‘

of the farm; so that the males will com-

mand a fair price as yearlings and two—

year—olds for feeding purposes, and the

heifers possess the requisite size and

quality fittiig them for retention in the

breeding herd. Hence the necessity for

a combined beef-and-milk—producing

breed, for general farm purposes.”



\Vith the high prices that prevail, and

are likely to in the future, for a good

quality of farm—made butter, which can

now be made on the farm when a cream

separator is used, and the high prices

that good beef cattle are sure to com-

mand in the future, if the farmers could

be awakened to see the possibilities before

them, there would be a revival of interest

in the good old Shorthorn cow, and there

would be a demand for Shorthorn bulls of

good milkng families, with which to grade

up the stock raised on the farms; a better





general quality 'of cows would be kept I”





on the farms in Michigangreater profits

would be realized from them, and a. much

more uniformly good quality of beef cattle

raised to be sold in our markets than

there is at the present time.



Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





 





STOMACH WORMS IN SHEEP.





 





Stomach-worm disease in sheep, also

known as wasting disease of lambs, per-

nicious anemia of sheep, etc., is a con-

tagious disease of ruminant animals af-

fecting especially sheep and particularly

yearlings and lambs. It is caused by a

small round worm known as Strongylus

Contortus, Hemonchus Contortus, or

more commonly as the twisted wireworm

or stomach worm, which colonizes in the

abomasum or true stomach. It varies

in size when mature from % to 1 inch

in length for the male and 1 to 11/1, inches

for the female, and is of the thickness

of heavy linen thread. On account of

their minute size these worms are fairly

hard to distinguish in the contents of a.

stomach, but when once they are observed

wriggling in the partially digested food

and upon the lining of the stomach, be-

tween the folds, they are subsequently

easily discovered. When present only in

small numbers so that they are not easily

demonstrated, it is often easier to find

them by putting the contents of a stom-

ach into a pan of water when, upon float-

ing off the food, the worms will be found

in the bottom of the vessel. Even when

a few are found at first, wriggling around

in the food mass, one will be surprised

by the great number (hundreds or thou-

sands) which may be isolated by this

method.



They vary in color when first found

from dirty gray, thru red, to brown, ac—

cording to the amount of blood contained,

the degree of digestion of same, or the

development of eggs in ovaries of the fe-

male. Thcse latter organs are arranged

in a spiral manner about the digestive

tube, which gives the females a peculiar

appearance, as of being twisted upon

themselves, consequently the name twist—

ed wireworm has been applied.



These worms feed upon the blood of

their host, drawing it by means of their

mouth parts directly from the lining mem-

brane of the stomach. The amount of

blood taken by each worm is of course.

insignificant, but upon collecting a bundle

which will comfortably fill a tablespoon,

or even a palm of the hand, one is not

surprised that the sheep dies from a form

of pernicious anemia; a condition in which

not only the total amount of blood is re—

duced, but the cells are greatly reduced,





causing the mouth and eyes, as well as,

skin and internal organs, to display a





peep“ r pale, bloodless appearance.

So far as is known it is possible for di-





rect infection to take plncc, i. 0., the

droppim of one animal containing eggs





of stomach worms are capable of infesting

water supply or herbage for the other

members of the flock, This accounts for

the rather rapid spreading that takes

place upon small pastures, especiallv

where low, or where water supply is

slowly changed or stagnant.



No change may be noted in general de-

r‘ *anor of the affected sheep except that

they are not doing well, and in spite of

good pasture and perhaps additional food,

they fail to gain, but lose flesh—some

slowly, some rapidly lcsi‘mcially after in-

fcv‘mtimi becomes severe). Those in

which the disease is well advanced may

lose appetite, and some Show a peculiar

swelling ,iust back of the jaws and under

the throat, which collects at night and

may pass off during the day. This is

not specific in this disease but appears



many other diseases wherein anemia

is ‘1 part. I ml-ntion it simply bccausc

it is so oftn-n noticed in this Connection.



(in Ell‘t‘()lllll’. of its location in the fourth

stomach, is. difficult to rid a flock of

this pest, and while the worms are eas-

ily killed when treated with various sub-

stances outside the body, they are with

dfiiculty dislodged by the same agents

even in added strengths in t‘ e body, on

account of the dilution which tab—v place

in tho first three compartments of the

sheep‘s digestive apparatus, to say noth-

ing of the chemical and other physical

changes ~ccruing between tho medicine

used and the contents of the sheep's stom-

ach. Almost all worm remedies have.

been tried in this disease with varying

results reported by different investigators,

and among the most efficient we find two

of the cheapest, viz., coal tar creosote and

gasoline.



Coal tar creosote is given with water

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been replaced with tul‘pentine in some

cases with good resultsyand some recom-

mend other’ substances, such as empyreu-

matic'oil, picrate of potash, kamala, etc.



The animals to be treated (and one

might as well regard the whole flock as

infested) should be starved 12 to 20 hours

previous to administering the medicne.

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days, and on the third day the dose re-

peated. The medicine should bevglven

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has been found that a larger proportion

of it passes to the fourth stomach than

when in any other position. After the

second dose, allow them a day or so to

recuperate and put upon a clean pasture.

This point is very important to observe

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conditions under which they previously

became infested. The practice among

some sheep men at present of dividing

their pastures into several portions and

pasturing each one but 4 to 6 weeks has

manypoints in its favor. One of the most

important is that they suffer but little, if

any, loss from worm diseases.



Among the several medicinal agents

used as preventives, tobacco and iron sul-

fate are very good, and where taken freely

by the sheep seem to be successful in at

least holding down the worms to such

numbers as to render them practically

harmless. The methods of administering

tobacco have been frequently mentioned

in these columns, but I will review them

briefly. Tobacco stems and finely ground

tobacco may be purchased from tobaccon—

lst’s shops. The stems are eaten readily

by some sheep, less so by others, and

some will not touch the stems unless

salted. The tobacco dust may be mixed

with salt equal parts and left for the

sheep to take at liberty. Iron sulfate

should be mixed with salt, 1 lb, to every

100 lbs. for all classes of stock, as a pre-

yentive not only of worm diseases but of

some germ infections affecting the diges-

1tlvc apparatus. It is furthermore a splen—

did tonic, which tends to build up the

system and fortify it against the invasion

of parasites.



In conclusion, I wish to say that if you

have stomach worms upon your farm. go

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and are by no means so easily gotten rid

of as is sometimes stated.



Agri’l College. L. M. HURT, D. V. M.



Ed. Note—Some experienced sheep men

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by setting the sheep up on its rump, as

there is much less danger of strangling

the animal in this position.





CARE OF SHEEP AND LAMBS THRU

AUGUST AND WEANING TIME.





 





I can not help but say a word to Mich-

igan sheep raisers in regard to the care

of sheep thru the hot dry months and

weaning time. First look your flock over

and see if they are covered with ticks;

even if there are but a few now they are

great multipliers and by winter they will

be alive with ticks. Any of the prepared

dips advertised in this paper are good

and'much cleaner and pleasanter to use

than tobaCco.



If you haven‘t a proper dipping outfit

it will pay you to get two or three of

your neighbors to go in with you and

have a trof or tank made about 7 feet

long at top and 3 feet at the bottom,

and about 18 inches wide at top and 10

at the bottom, with one end nearly verti-

cal and the other at an angle with the

bottom. Then make a dipping pen large

enough to hold at least six sheep. Be

sure to have the dipping pen lower in the

center and covered with galvanized iron

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An outfit of this kind will not cost over

$8 and will last a life-time, properly

cared for. Three men will dip a hundred

sheep in three hours, and it is time and

mom-y well spent.



While you are dipping: look the lambs

and ewes over, trim their feet and tag

any that may need it.



We often hear farmers say that sheep

will live on weeds and brush, and do not

need water in the summer. This may be

so, but just about the time they get used

to this kind of treatment the most of

them will weaken and die.



It is absolutely necessary for sheep to

have shade and water thru the hot, dry

months. With wool above 30 rents and

D-cent lambs in sight, it will certainly

pay to take good care of our sheep and

lambs.



If you are short of feed or over.

stocked, sow a few acres of rye and rape,

about 1 bushel of rye and 4 pounds of

rape per acre, sown the first of August,

will make fine feed this fall; and if rye

is not wanted for a crop, will make a





fine preparation for corn ground next

spring.



I have a light, sandy field in corn, and

about Aug. 10 shall sow to rye and rape

and let the sheep harvest the com. This

will save labor and improve the land at

the same time. Besides it is much better

to have the land covered with rye than

to let it lay bare all winter.



Lambs born in March or April should

be weaned in August, in order to give

the ewes a chance to recuperate in time

for winter, and this is indeed the critical

time in a lamb’s life. Taken from its

mother’s tender care and turned out to

rustle for itself, it must have a little ex-

tra care if we expect it to thrive; and

thrive it must or there is no money in

sheep, even if lambs are 9 cents per lb.

Besides, a thrifty lamb is less liable to

diseases and will be free from worms.



Try and have a clover field Where sheep

have not run this year, in which to turn

the lambs. Get your water and feed

trofs handy, also your salt box. Then

sort out the lambs and take the old ewes

away where the lambs can not hear them

bleat. Then commence to feed the lambs

bran and oats, all they will eat up clean

at first—say 15 quarts to 100 lambs—and

gradually increase until they are eating

64 quarts of bran and oats; then drop

out some of the bran and add corn until

you are feeding equal parts of corn, oats

and bran by measure. Then increase the

feed until they are eating 1 quart per

head. Feed this until you place them in

winter quarters; then feed all they will

eat up clean with clover hay and corn—

stalks for roughage.



Now do not neglect the old ewes. They

should be looked after closely to prevent

their udders from caking and should be

caught and milked dry frequently until

the milk flow ceases. There is little

danger in this line. I have observed that

men that take good care of their sheep

and lambs never talk of going out of

the Sheep business with 30-cent wool and

U-t't-nt lnml S.





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FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION.





 





The Bureau of Animal Industry is to be

“congratulated on its recent prompt dis-

posal of the charges raised by Harms, the

former St. Louis meat inspector, that the

federal meat inspection service thruout

the United States was “rotten and a

farce." The report of the committee ap-

pointed by Sccretary “'ilson to investi-

gate the charges shows that there was

no basis of fact therefor, and while it ha.~

been claimed by a few “l-told-you-sos“

that this report is simply a whitewash ol‘

rottenness that actually exists, it takes

but a glance at the report to see that the

charges are the product of the brain of

a disgruntled employe who, when he

found that his chief would not allow him

such privileges as to “inspect” carcasses

of beef from an easy arm chair which

the packing house people had supplied on

his demand, vented his spite by handing

his “open letter” to a solitary newspaper

for publication. While the investigating

committee is apparently at a loss to ac—

count for his motive in making his tale

“exclusive,” it is not dfiicult to under—

stand that a sensational story is worth

something to a newspaper, and therefore

to a writer.



The charges made by Harms were

thoroly investigated and found to be with-

out foundation, and altho he was invited

and urged to appear before the commit-

tee he refused. His charges, however,

have again raised the question, “Is the

present law adequate and effective?” To

this query the answer is made. that be-

tween July 1, 1906, when the meat in—

spection law went into operation, and

Dec. 31, 1908, inspectors of the Bureau

of Animal Industry absolutely destroyed

for food purposes 383,187 carcasses of

food animals in their entirety—carcasses

which in the absence of this law would

have been eaten by Americans or export<

ed. Also during the same period the in-

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for food purposes, 721,369,047 pounds of

meat and meat food products. This enor—

mous destruction of food shows that there

was small chance for collusion between

those in charge of the enforcement of the

law and the packers, and indicates that

the meat inspection law is being enforced

to the limit.



Danger from Diseased Meat.



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the wholesomeness of their meat as food,

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John A. Spoor, president of the Union

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cago, has always fancied the Kerry cow,

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months old that vomits occasionally and

does not always eat well. A G. D.,

Brighton, Mich. ——Give 5 grs. bi- carbonate

soda at a dose twice daily; feed him less

hearty food and keep his bowels open.





Heart Disease—Indigestion.—What can

be done for hogs that seem to be well

and thrifty, but take sick suddenly, bloat

some and die quickly. These pigs are

all about three months old, and as I said,

appear to be healthy up to a short time

before they die. W. K , Maple City, Mich.

—You13 pigs die of heart trouble, which

they have had since birth, but may have

been made worse on account of them

having some indigestion. Nothing in the

line of medication will give you satisfac-

tory results.



“'oundcd Hock—On the 10th of July

my team ran away attached to a haY-

rake; one of the horses fell spraining and

wounding the fore part of hock joint.

We made a solution of wormwood and

applied this to heck, we also applied a

liniment composed of ammonia, turpen—

tine and alcohol The wound has healed

but the joint remains swollen. The horse

is not lame but travels a little stiff. E.

H R., Croswell, Mich. ——You had better

apply a small quantity of iodine ointment

every two or three days to hock joint

and give him a tablespoonful of pow-

dered saltpetre at a dose once a day for

ten days.





Cow Slobbers—Indigestion.—I haVe a

cow that slobbers and it is not unusual

for her to drule ten or twelve quarts in

a night, her appetite is good but she is

losing flesh and her milk supply is de--

creasing. A. P., Ferry, Mich. ——You had

better examine her mouth to ascertain

if her teeth are in good condition and if

not it may be necessary to pull one out.

Give 1 oz. ground ginger, 1 oz. bi- -car-

bonate soda and 1 oz. ground gentian at

a dose in some feed or water as a drench

twice or three times a day.



Indigestion—-Cough—Luxation of Stifle.

»—l have a pair of mares 7 years old, one

of them not as tough as the other and

she has coughing spells occasionally, her

appetite is much better some days than

others. I have also noticed her pass

some worms occasionally.. Now the other

mare is nearly always in good condition

but she is weak in one stifle joint and 1

would like to have her made sound. H.

H., Hillsdale, Mich-Give your mare 1/2

oz. giound gentian, 1/; oz. ground ginger

and 1/; oz. bi1.113b11nate soda at a dose in

feed two 01 three times a day and apply

equal paits tinctme cantharidcs, tur-

pcntine, aqua ammonia and sweet oil to

stifle once a week





Nasal Catarrh—Nodular Disease—Can

you tell me thin the M. F “hat to do

f01 my sheep? The flock looks rough,

they cough and sneeze occasionally, their

heads appear to be filled up, some of them

are costive, others too loose. Every few

days one will suddenly appear Weak and

refuse to eat; the throat appears to be

sore, the nose runs badly, the upper lip

swells and in a day or two the sheep

dies. Lost twelve, four of them were

lambs. This disease attacks the best in

the flock but the poorer ones succumb

the quickest. Many flocks in this vicinity

are affected. They are pastured on high,

(lily 1.11111 but drink pond water. A. L.



, Hastings, Mich. “Without making an

examination after death and getting hold

of more facts regarding the cause of

their ailment, it is difficult to come to a

logical conclusion as to what ails them.

Thcy are no doubt infected by either

their food or water supply, very likely

the water, producing a parasitic ailment

of the stomach and bowels, and the throat

and nasal trouble may be a result. I

suggest a change of water and perhaps

a change of pasture, if the land has been

used many years for sheep grazing. Mix

equal parts by weight, powdcrcd sulfate

iron, ground gentian, quussia. 13inchona

and bi— carbonate soda and give each

sln cp .1 t1aspoonf11l once or twice a day.

Their noses Should be washed out with

weak solution of w3a1m water and salt

owe a day; also apply equal parts tinc-

tuie iodine and camphorated oil to throat

cvcly day 01 two





Fluke Disease in Sheep—I am anxious

to know what ails my lambs. Out of a

flock of fifty 1 have only twenty-five left.

They seem to become dumpish, stand

around for a few days gradually growing

worse, and die. Nearly all these lambs

were born last March; have ran in woods

pastuie and ten 1111 res of stump land since

the first of May. They were all dipped in

coal-tar solution last s ring; this was

done to kill the ticks. Ou local veterina-

rian examined one after death, and so far

as he could tell thev die of liver trouble;

however, he was not positive. They have

some discharge from nose and some of

them are troubled With a Slight cough.

J. M, M., Caledonia, Mich.~I am some-

what inclined to believe your sheep suffer

from liv er fluke the result of running on

damp wet pasture land or land that has

been infected with liver fluke parasite,

causing liver rot and death. In order to

be certain of what ails the lambs an ex—

amination should be made after death by

a competent person. Peihaps a change

of pasture would be advisable, also give

the well ones some of the following com-

pound powde1 in feed once daily: Equal

parts powdered sulfate lion, gentian, gin—

ger and bi- carbonate soda, equal parts

by weight; a teaspoonfui is enough for

each four lambs.





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Are you sometimes discouraged. and

think you’ll never be any better?



Can you tell the cause of your trouble,

or what makes you sick?



Do you know that about nine-tenths of

all sickness is caused by kidney trouble?



’Have you ever stopped to think that

your kidneys may be the cause of your

poor health?



Most people do not realize how much

work the kidneys are required to do every

day.



Every drop of blood in the body must

pass thru and be filtered by the kidneys

thousands of times a day.



How can they do their work well if

they are sick?



If your kidneys need treatment, Dr.

Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, the wonderful

kidney remedy, will prove to be just the

medicine you need.



If you will write to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,

Binghamton, N. Y.. every readeriof this

paper, who has not already tried Swamp-

Root, the great Kidney, Liver and Blad-

der Remedy, may receive a sample bottle

by mail, absolutely free. You can pur-

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2 311111011: cute-seen cashiers:

Black Belgian 6 your! old, weight 1, 800 lbs. Can

show lots of colts. J. C. BUTLER. Portland.M Mich.





 





WANTED 5 Guernsey Cows (registered) stat.

ago, breeding. results. price and

when freshen. B. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw, Mich.





BREED“? DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD

1T0 83838. one of the best sons of PRINCE ITO

50006, and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fain of 1907 and 1908.1!erd con-

sists of Ericae. Blackbirds, Prldes,e



DC COTE STOCK FARM. clonln. Mich.





50 buy: registered Aberdeen Angus bull calves

$100 buys heifers and cows to start herds.

Choice Polled Durhams and Hampshire sheep for

sale. CLOVER B. FARM Pt. Austin, Mich.





' l ' HICKORY GROVE STOCK

"OISIIIII'FI'IBSIIIIS. FARM. Owen Tnft.Proprletor.

B. 1, Oak Grove. Lelv. 00., Michigan. Bell phone





IIIILSTEIN FRIESIAN BULL $ng $3.33.,





Oak Grove Mich. Home PhonejCohotnh Exchnnge.





“OLSTHNSVA few fine bull calves (registered)

from 4 to '7 months old at $50 each.

I. M. SKORMAN. Fowlervllle, Mich.





75 REGISTERED HIILSTEINS,





from which I want to sell at once 25 cows and heifers

2 2- year old Bulls and 3 Bull Calves. Special Induce-

meuts to quick buyers. L. E. Conneli. Fayette. Ohio.





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

111111112111 themselves the blood of cows which now

hold and have in the past heldcefi World's Records for

milk and butter-fat at fair pri



McPHERSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Mich.





BUIRDMIR SIIIIIIII FIRM, IHOISIBIII Cattle,





JACK

Has more imported HHolstel -Frleoinn Cows

than any farm In the Middle est. Registered

BULL CALVES of the moat fashionable breeding. 30

fine, registered, Duroc J eney sows due to farrow soon.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





ERSEY Bull Calf born Feb. 9. ’09, first calf of a

heifer whose damgnve 7364 lbs. of milk in ’08,

Blre’ s Dam’ a record 10, 060 1115.111 10151110111113.

THE MURRAY-WATERMAN 00.. Ann Arbor, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Northern Grown Jerse s.

BOYCROFT FARM. Sldnaw. Mic .





 





 





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, Lillie Farmstead Jemgm 3





Gem. pcwmlm.‘ "'0'.





SHIOPSBIEES. ll! uses, both sexes. extra qual-

u‘nd buedhglnlotl to suit. Annotations.

robust Bamboulllet and Franco rams. Will be priced

so I! to move them quickly. Correspondence and

lnspcotlonl .LEMBN. Hamburg. Mich.





f 1

11111 1101111» mus. .121“ 1.321311313111111.





sown. Joli- Burner 41 Son. Grand Lodge, Michigan.





MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





I. Buy CI". Mlchllan.





01101011 1111181113.!»- ,,,, 01 mm 1......





of either sex for a le.

CLARENCE BRISTOL. B. No. I. Intern! Xi‘an.





HEAVY MILKING BHOBTHORNs—Cnn spare

a few fem-1.23 Good note en 0011 so cam

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason, Mich. (Citizens Phone.)





HARTLAND. H CH.

1! Bl cmusE sTocK F‘". No bull! to! 13“..





Have some choice cows and heifer: at right prices.





sneer.

HEAD You: FLOOK wrrH





QARSOIS OXFORDDOWIS





e popular bimd ark faced sheep. with long. heavy

wool. My rams are graded according to their form,

slze,w w.ool etc. I do not offer I sheep that should

not be of satisfactory service to you. Rem lambs.

weight 70 to 125 lbs. GrudeX $15; grade XX '20;

grade XXX .25. ave rams one to five yXenrs,

weight 150 to 250 lbs. Grade X .16; XX Q20;X XX

$25. Can also supply you with registered hornlesl

delnlnos, Blacktop. and Cotswold rams. Don’ t de-

lay. order now and I will pay the express churns



ROMEYN C. PARSONS. /

Michigan’s largest breeder of good sheep—over

twenty Ninth e b.uslness Addre

Gnnd Ledge, Michigan.





b d b , 11

01110311 11111115 & was ,3. ,2; gym

rlze-wlnnlug rams, for sale, Address either B. F.

lller, Flint, 111011.. or Geo. L. Spillane, Flint, Mich.





—Ln , h 11

DELAINE RAMS .ml‘fmélilln ffg‘loDfifli‘S

AlsoZOgood ewes. S.J J.,COWAN Rockford, Mich.





AMBOUILLET—Flock founded 1892 with 40 owes

selected from one hundred registered ewes of the

best breeding possible. J. 0.. A. COOK,Morrlce,Mich.





EGISTERED Delalne Merino Rsms—Deacended

from Standard Model and A. T. Gumber’ a Ring-

C. AN N Rockford. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





SIIROPSIIIRE IIALL STDGK FARM.





Will make special prices for thirty days. on ewes

from 1 to 3 years 0111, all bred to Imported Cooper.

and Mansell rams to lamb in March and April, also

on very choice ewelnmba, this Is to make room for an

Importation that is going to arrive this a ring.



In S. DUNHAM in SONS. Concord. Tallinn.





 





YEARLINGS. All roux-1° to

C. D. WOODBURY. Lanllnl’. flllchllufl.





HOG-S.





BERKSHIRES





A few bred sows left yet, but no bous. Spring pigs

of best families. Guernsey Cattle.yPly1noutn Rocks.

Pekin Ducks and M. B. Turk H PP

FARM. Birmingham. Mlch., G}.y C. HUPP, Mgr.





IIflRTIIERI IROUNII IERKSIIIRES.





CROFT FAR I. Sldnaw. Mich .





A FEW FALL GILTS bred for full furrowlng,

also choice lot of a ring pigs bred by King

Premier. LLO, Decker-ville, Mich.





DAMS BROS. IMPROVED CHESTER WHITES ,LitchfleldJlHOh ,

won more premium: in '08 than may other herd in Michigan

Stock all ages for Isle. Prize winning W. Orplng ton, Leg-

horn uud But! Rock 0333!, 31 per 15.8horthorn bulll a" heifer!





IMPROVED CHESTER WHIIE87§°$§ 1833113533





one fell boar. also March Apr. furrow ready to ship.

W. 0. W1LSON,0kemoe.p.Mlch (Both Phones)





IMPROVED BIIESIER IIIIIIES. 3,21,13,31;ng





rowed In March and April. Price 810. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvllle, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





for 15. J. H. BAN GHABT. Lansing. Mich.



DUROC J ERSEYS



CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hustlul. Mlch.

DUBOC Jersey of nine end§uellty. 40 Bonn randy





for Iervlce. 60 now: at armors Prices. Butle-

fxction Guaranteed. J. 0. Barney, Goldwater, Mlch





 





 





 





I. C.’ 5 Boats &aows all sold, I have I line lot of



. young pigs that will soon be ready to ship.

ANEWMAN. RouteNo.1. Mariette, Mich.



My herd is headed





0.1. C. SWINE- with a grandson of





Jackson Chief. the world’s Champion and Grand

Champion, the greatest 0. I. C. boar In the world.

He is also grubndson of Tutesy, the world a Champion

now. Plan by him at live let live price.



A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Don. Mich.





, —ALL AGES. Thlrt sows br

0. I. C s for HHBII‘l-mg furrow}: Ship p513

on approval. J.UMP Munltn. Mich.





WEANLING Pigs and bred Bows at bargains to

quick buyers. from large- -.styled piollfic Poland.

ROBERT NEVE, Pierson, Mich.





POLAND-ERIKA BREEDERS





are invited to inspect my great herd at Michigan Stale

Fair will be there strong with a car load, from the best

herd in Michigan. Wm. Waffle, Goldwater, Mich.





'POLAHD onlu‘s_0h0109 young boars ready

young smug-b7. ed; right pit-1‘22. “"w'iffé’ right. Also

L. W. Barnes .11 Son. Byron, (Shlsweme Co. ) Mich





 





 





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Poland-Ohinas. mung“; ”8,12%

your order now. WOOD 61: SONS. Saline. Mich.





LARGE EIIELISII YORKSHIRES.





Boar- reedy for service $16. 00: Gills bred'for fall far-

row :20. 00: spring pigs either sex. Satisfaction guar-

anteed. COLON C. LILLIE, Coopersvllle, Mich





 





 





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CARING FOR THE DAIRY BULL IN

SUMMER.





The best way I know of to care for a

dairy bull in summer is to turn him into

a good, well-fe‘nced pasture and let him

run, either with other bulls or with cows

or some other cattle that will not have

to be cared for in any other way. It is

certainly a nuisance to have a bull run

with the milch COWS and have to drive

him to and from pasture every day, and

bother with him around the barn; but

if he can be put into a good pasture by

himself, or with other animals, he is en—

tirely out of the way, besides getting all

the benefit of being out of doors and on

grass. Then he is not nearly so apt to

become vicious if kept in a pasture where

he is not molested very much. It is driv—

ing him, and bossing him around, bring-

ing him up and putting him in his stall

that irritates the bull and is liable to

make him cross.



I am aware that some of the best

breeders will smile at this proposition

and say that they couldn’t be induced to

turn their valuable bulls out into pasture

for anything in the world, and they know,

too, that they would destroy fences and

that sort of thing, that they couldn‘t

keep them in a pasture, etc. Now, my

belief is that this all depends upon the

way the bull is brot up. If from a calf

you keep him by himself, tie him up by

the nose and the horns, too, if you don’t





[give him any exercise but feed him well,





he is liable to become vicious. That is

and ought not to be

tolerated, even in the best breeding estab-

lishments. If the bull from cali‘hood up

is accustomed to being turned out with

other animals this danger is entirely 0b-

viated. Two bulls will run in a big

box stall, or in a small paddock, and be

perfectly quiet, while one will rave and

tear everything to pieces. And if you

keep the bull confined until he is two or

three years old, then turn him out alone,

he isn't accustomed to being out in that

way. and he may do damage. If he. gets

started he may become vicious, and may

destroy fences or perhaps injure animals

or persons.



The thing is to bring him up right.

’When he is a calf, turn him out with

other animals and get him accustomed

to them. If he shows any indications of

being vicious, cut his horns off. If he

shows any inclination to fight, put an—

other good animal into the field with him

and let him fight. It won't do him any

particular harm. It will give him some

exercise and he will be taught some les-

sons that will do him good. The better he

is kept under subjection the safer he will

be. If yOu bring up a bull in this way,

when summer comes you can turn him

into pasture with other animals and he

will run there contented all summer long

and thrive. I used to think that a. Calf

which I had paid $l00 or $150 to $200 for

was too valuable to turn out into pas-

ture, but I have changed my mind. He

is better off in the pasture, will give me

better service from feeding him in this

way, will make a better animal in every

respect and with a grcut deal less both 1er.

If you pay no mo1e attention to a dairy

bull than you do to a steer or other ani-

mal, he is not half as apt to be vicious

as he is if you confine him and lead him

around by the nose.





 





GOING BELOW THE SURFACE IN

BUlLDlNG A SILO.





 





I expect to put up a 30— ft. full stave silo

and think of in11easing its c1apa1itv a lit-

tle. by extending it about 2 ft below the.

surface. of the ground. ‘Vi ll it be safe to

do tl1,is or will there be dungn 11f watcr

gctting into the silo? Also please t11ll me

how thick I Should make the cement wall

fo1 the underground poition of the silo.



Sanilac (‘11.II.G.





It is pe1fectly practical to go down

two or three feet below the surface

of the ground with a silo, but I would





go no further, for the reason that it is

too much of a job to get the ensilage

out. If you make it so deep that tho

silage cannot be thrown out with a fork,

you will have to rig up some sort of a

Windlass and bucket to draw it up with.

Otherwise, it would be practical to go

deeper into the soil. There is another

thing to be taken into consideration, and

that is the seepage of water, especially

when the silo is empty. Lere is not

very much danger of the water seeping

or oozing thru the cement wall when

the silo is full of cnsilage because there

is pressure on the inside but in summer

time, when the silo is empty, if the ground





is a moist soil, water will seep thru so

that you will have to bail it out when

you fill the silo. If you dig down three

feet below the surface, and the land is

clay, the ordinary grout wall used for

a foundation will not prevent seepage to

amount to very much. After you build

the grout wall forthe foundation, plas-

ter it on the inside with a rich coat of

cement mortar. This mortar ought to be

made in proportions of at least two to

one. You want to get in enough cement

so that it will fill in between the par-

ticles of sand, which will give a very close

surface, one that will not allow water

to seep thru When you go to all this

extra work of excavating and plastering

on the ins'de, you are not building it

very much cheaper than you would by

making the silo that much higher. So

far as expense is concerned, you are gain-

ing very little.



For the ordinary foundation of the silo,

the wall itself, it is not necessary to

mix the cement and the sand richer than

in the proportion of one part of cement

to seven parts of good sharp sand or

gravel. If you have the stone handy

you can use a great many small stone

in the foundation to good advantage.

It will save hauling the sand and will

save cement.



Make your form out of boards, put in a

good layer of the grout mixed up rather

thin, and fill in with cobble stones all

around; then put in another layer of

grout and fill in with cobble stoncs. This

will save cement and make a very strong

and dinable wall. If I went down into

the giound two or three feet for a silo

I would make the found ition wall about

a foot thick on the bottom and gradually

taper it, or you can make it a foot thick

up to the surface of the ground and

then gradually taper it to eight inches,

which is thick enough for the top of the

wall. You can bring it up as big l1 as

you want above ground, but when you

finish it, be sure to have the outer edge

of the wall lower than the edge on which

the staves rest, because you want all the

\\ ater that runs down the side of the SllO

to run off and not settle at the base of

the stoves. I have in mind now a stove

silo where the top of the wall was made

perfectly flat, or, seemingly, it was lower

on the inside of the wall where the staves

set than 011 the outside. Consequently

the water stands around the butts of

the staves and rots them. I noticed

several staves that are worthless, just

because the wall was not so constructed

that this water would run off.





WHY THE QUALITY 3F BUTTER IS

DETERIORATING.





 





That it is more difiicult to secure good

butter, even at the advanCcd prices now

prevailing, than was the case a few years

ago is a rather common complaint among





consumers, and this more or 1115s general





dissatisfaction has led to the belief that

the buttcrmakers of the country 111111 going

backward in their work. Many good

dairymcn and buttermakers dcny this,

altho market, experts in close touch with

the situation do not agree with them.





The opinions of such experts are of i11-

tcrest to all dairymen and we are pre-

scnting, at some lcngth, the views, as

exprcsscd in a recent address, of Inspector

H. J. Credicott, of the Dairy Division,

I'. S. Department of Agriculture, stationed

at ("liicago. Mr. Credicott is known to

Michigan dairymcn, thru his work in judg-

int.r exhibits at the monthly scoring tests

and at Michigan fairs and dairy nun-tings,

as a man whose opportunitics for famil—

iarizing himSclf with conditions in the

big markets entitle his opinions to re—

spcct. In the address referred to he

szliil:



’l‘h11 result of observations in the mar-

kcts and in the butter scoring contests

supports the claims for deterioration in

th11 quiility of butter in the l'nilcd States.

The. \vholcsale butter dealers in the large

murkcts have 11111111 in a position to arrive,

at the best, conclusion in regard to the

condition of buttcr and the estimates of

thirty-111111 of these dcalcrs have accord-





ingly 13111111 condensed into the following

table of ax'crugcs showing amount of

butter of diffcrcnt grades during 11108 as

compared with the buttcr of five years

ago:

‘3



mm ....................... 113257;. 21°33;

Extra firsts 3\7 26.3

Firsts ....................... 213.9 2LT)

Scconds :3 15.0



These figures show a decrease of 19.4





per cent in the amount of “extra” butter,

with an increase of 2.4 per cent in extra





firsts, 9.4 per cent in firsts and‘ 7.6 per

cent in seconds.

While percentages substantiate the





claims for deterioration in quality, the

point which is most interesting and de-

mands immediate attention is the poor





YTHE 'MICHIGAN FA‘RMER.‘





 





showing made by butter during the past

year. Only 14.8 per cent of the butter

will class as fancy table butter and the

addition of the extra firsts to the extras

gives a total of but 43.5 per cent, which

can be classed as good table butter. The

grade of extra firsts includes butter scor-

ing down to 90 points, which is the divid-

ing line between good table butter and

bad table butter. ,TO score below 90,

butter must have some decidedly old or

unclean flavor or some bad defects in

workmanship. A better realization of the

true conditions may be obtained by di-

viding the butter into two classes; the

first including extras and extra firsts

which will pass as good table butter, and

the second covering firsts and seconds

which will be used on the table only under

protest. Of our total amount of butter,

{115.3 per cent comes in the second class.

A fair index to the cause of this poor

quality can be derived from the inspec-





tion work of the Dairy Division, in Chi-

cago and New York, as this work has to

do entirely with the lower grades. Of 260





inspections made in the two cities during

October, 1908, 98 per cent showed old,

over-ripe or unclean flavors directly

traceable to poor cream, and 75 per cent

of the lots inspected Showed poor work—

manship. The defective workmanship,

which was chiefly in the form cl

poor teTxture or mottles, was largely the

fault of the buttermakers and was instru—

mental in lowering the quality of the but-

tcr. In most cases, however, the defect

was not serious enough to haVc brot the

butter into the lower grades, had it not

been for the bud flavors caused by the old

cream.



The question of stale and unclean

cream is a serious one. Th1- quality of-

Cl'L'ttlll‘l't'CL'in‘d at most of the crcamcrics

to which the result of the inspection of1

their butter was sent was so bad that it

was beyond the power of any butter-maker

to make fancy buttcr from it. The rea-

sons for the production and acceptance

of this pOor Cream may be summed up in

the “'Ol‘t “competition.” Before the adop-

tion of the hand separator the market for

the farmers' milk was limited to the

crcamcrics within hauling distance and

the creamerics Were able to dictate as to

the quality of milk they would accept. The

hand separator concentrates the product.

it is posbnblc to haul the cream longer dis—

tances and the ccntralizcr has accordingly

developed. The ccntrzilizcr has lowercd

the standard of the quality of the cream

by taking a low grade and by his com-





petition forces the local crcamery to do

likewise. .

Shortage in Production Helps Sell the





Low Grades.



The conditions in the markets have also

helped to lowcr the standard. The United

States has had a shortage of good butter

for several ycurs, and as a rcsult lower

grades have generally sold at 511 good a

price that there has 11111111 Vcl‘y little i11-

1-11ntivc toward iniprovcnicnt of quality.

The butlcr which is 11xporicd is always

from the. surplus of low grade butter, and

is chiclly renovated butter or the lower

crcumcry grades.



The system of contracting butter at a

premium over cxtru quotations prccludcs

the possibility of any great discrimina-





tion in quality. No matter how poor :1

quality of buttcr .11 crczimcry is 111aking,

it will be contracted for on the basis

of the "extra quolulion;” in oihcr Words,





1111:11'ly zill bultcr is bot 11s an 11x1r11, and

unless 1h11 dculcr is to lose money it must

b.- sold as an c.\‘lr.'1.



’l‘l111 ('1‘11:llllt'l‘i1-s huvc almost invariably

donnindcd tliul illcii' bullcr b11 bot as 111*.

extra regurdlcss of its quality. 'l‘l111s11 d11—

inunds huvc hud 111111111 to do with the luck

of recognition of quality 11nd ihc misquot-

ing of the market. If illc bultcr 11111111111

is l‘orccd to pay 11xlru quotations or

sibly 1.1 premium ovcr these

for his seconds, it naturally

the quotations must b11 k11pt down to 11111

1111‘nt \yhcrc 1111 111111 hundlc this butlcr

with a prolit to hiinscll‘. This situation

111nds to throw practically all of 11111 but-

tcr into 111111 grmlc. Paying for butter

according to quality (1:111 Not be succcssi‘ul

as long as the prcscnt premium and con-

tract systems continue.





11118—

quotations

l'ollows lhut





The centralizcr is using; retail outlets

for his butter as much as possible and

probably puts vcry little of his butter





into thc wholesulc 11111111111ts.

he is able to get :1 fair price for a low

grade of buttcr. ll‘ thc smull crcumery,

which thru the competition of the central—

izcr is forced to take poor cream, is dis-

criminated against in the wholesale mar-

kets by only one or two cents, it is

enough to put him out of business because

he can not get enough more for good

butter to induce the farmer to bring good

cream and his loss on the poor butter puts

him Where he can not meet the central—

izers’ competition.





In this way





 

 





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Cream Separators know Tubular

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CURRENT COMM ENT.





 





hear

verb

danger of car-

rying all your eggs in one basket ad—

vanced as a reason for following diversi—





R‘Diverslfied versus

Specialized Farming.





fied rather than Specialized farming. but





recently a noted agricultural authority

has sounded a warning against the dan-

ger of carrying too many baskets. To

those

mentioned warning appears to have the

truer ring. There is

element of safety in a. (liVersity of inter—

ests, but the man who divides his ener-

gies betwt-cn several

fcring as a Consequence. Each is

itcd by all the others,





are enjoyed by none of these ”2108.





farming. The man who

vide special equipment for





lines of production followed,





profit from his business

additional element of safety

fancies to be derived from a diversified

production. So while we are

concede that a degree





empty.





In practically every farm neighborhood

most suc—

along

fruit

feeders, or





be observed that the

farmers are’ specialists

some line. They are dairymen,

growers, stock breeders or

make a specialty of some one cash crop,

and employ the other or diversified

branches of production in a secondary

way as they best fit in with their special

line. In this there is an object

lesson which might be made a profitable

subject of observation and study by their

neighbors. But such observations should

not be hastily made, nor conclusions

therefrom hastily drawn. Many farmers

make this mistake, and not finding the





it will

cessful





specialty upon which they decide as im-

mediately profitable to them as it is to

their neighbors who have had years of

experience in that line and who have es-





ii*e frequently

the old pro-

about the





who are true economists the last





undoubtedly an





different 'lincs of

business is likely to find all of them suf-

lim-

and the benefits

to be derived from a volume of business

The

same thing is true to no small degree in

specializes in

nothing hardly finds it profitable to pro-

any of the

and in the

end is more than liks-ly to sacrifice actual

to secure the

which he





ready to

of dchrsity is

wise, yet in this age specialization along

some line is an essential to the highest

success, and the man who in this sense

carries the larger proportion of his eggs

in one basket is more likely to succeed

than the man who carries the weight of

a multitude of baskets which are nearly





g,»





tablished in it a. reputation- for themselves

and their product, they turn to some.

thing else with the same result. Thus

our business is one for constant study

and observation, and out plan cannot be

successfully made offhand each year just.

before the fall seeding is done or the

spring crops planted. Farming is a. com:-

plicated business, which demands con-

stant application if the many problems

which it presents to each of us are to be

successfully and profitably solved.

successfully and profitably solved. Nearly

every farmer will find it profitable to

specialize along some line, which should

be selected with care and with a view

to his personal tastes and inclinations,

as well as to the conditions under which

he must work.





As anticipated in the

The New Tariff last issue, the new tar-

Law. it’f ‘law has received

the approval of both

houses of Congress and the President of

the United States. This outcome was

effected by compromises which were

mentioned as the probable basis of a.

settlement of the differences which

stood in the way of the adoption of the

conference committee’s report in the

Senate. In the comment referred to we

gave a list of the commodities upon

which the duty had been increased or

decreased by classes. together with the

consumption value of the same so far

as Statistics were available. The average

reader's interest in the law, however,

centers on the rates at which duties are

levied, rather. than the aggregate effect

of those rates, for which reason we give

below a list of the chief reductions and

increases in the tariff under the new law

as finally adopted, together with" a list

of staple articles on which the rates of

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HAPPENINQSPF THEVVRIK. .

. . ‘ . . . .

Foreign.



For the first time in fifteen years the

people of Paris had an opportunity to

witness a public execution August 5.



Serious political conditions are facing

the Cuban government and, While‘the

officials there are blaming the press of

the United States for putting the new

government. in a bad light,

public spirited of the citizens and ofl‘lu

cials are very pessimistic for the future

of the island's separate national exist-

ence. Recently the whole cabinet .of

President Gomez resigned and now it is

asserted that many changes in the new

organization will be made. It appears

that the ruling political party is taking

advantage of its position and working

fraud wherever possible, and to pay lieu-

tenants for political service the positions

of the government that demand skill and

Specially fitted persons to conduct the

work, are left to those who have no fit-

ness or knowledge of the duties they are

supposed to do.



It is apprehended that the strike re«

cently conducted in Barcelona, Spain,

with considerable bloodshed owing to the

bitter political struggle which connected

itself with the industrial war, will be

repeated since the employees refused to

allow wages to the workmen for the week

they were on the strike.



A terrorist band of twelve members

was surprised by detectives in plain

clothes'at Riga, Russia, and five of them

were arrested. The men had recently

sailed from United States and England

and the authorities of Riga were warned

of their coming.



The pOWers of Europe are concerned

about conditions growing out of the re~

cent move on the part of Crete to join

political union with Greece. It was re-

ported that the Grecian flag was raised

on the public buildings of the. island, but

this is not true. Private citizens took

this liberty but the powers who stood

sponsor for order during the years since

the territory was taken from the jurisdic-

tion of Turkey in the nineties, have or-

dered that the public buildings should

not be decorated with the colors of

Greece. Representatives of the different

countries are having daily conferences

and it is expected that an amicable set-





 





Reductions.



Article— ew Rate, Old Rate.

Agricultural implements ............ . . . . .15 per cent ad val. . 20 per cent ad val

Band and sole leather .............. . . . . .5 per cent ad val . .20 per cent ad val)

Boots and shoes ........................ 10 per cent ad val . . 25 per cent ad val

Hides .................................... Free ‘15 per cent ad val

Timber .................................. 14.0 per cubic foot . do per cubic foot

Sawcd lumber $125 per 1,000 ......$2 per 1.000

Iron ore ..... . ........................... 15c per ton . . . . . . . . . 40¢ per ton

Pig iron 230 per ton ....... $4 per ton

Tin plates ............................... 1 2—10c per pound . .ic per pound

Steel rails .............................. .7—40 of 1c per 11).. . . 7—20 of 10 per lb.

Licorice ............ . ..................... 2c per pound ........ 41/2c per pound

Cash registcrs ........................... 30 per cent ad val. .45 per cent ad val





Sewing machines

(Typewriters





........................ 30 per cent ad val..45 per cent ad val

.............................. 30 per cent ad va1.. 45 per cent ad val





Barons and hams ........................ 40 per pound ....... 5c per pound



Lard ..................................... lyéc per pound ..... 20 per pound



Bituminous coal .......................... 45c per ton ........ 67c per ton



Furniture ..‘ .............................. 25 per cent: ad val . .30 per cent ad val



Printing paper (high gradc) .......... . . £53.75 per ton . , . . .$8 per ton



Printing paper (lowcr gradc) ............ $3.75 per ton ....... $6 per ton



\Yood pulp (lower grade) ................ $3.75 per ton . . ..... $6 per ton



\l’ood pulp (higher grade) ............... $3.75 per ton ....... $8 per ton



Pcrioleum ............................... Free ............ .Countcrvailing



\Vomcn's gloves (schmaschen) .......... $1.25 per dozen ..... $1.75 per dozen



Cutlery .................................. 40 per cent ......... 45 per cent



Fresh meats . . ........................... 11,450 ................. 2C



Flax seed oil . . ........................... 1 50 per gallon ...... 200 per gallon



“'hite lead ............................... lgc per pound ...... 1,10 per pound



Harness .................................. 20 per cent ad val. .45 pcr cent ad val



Malt ..... 2ic per gallon ......2:'ic per gallon



\Yirc nails ............................... i-lOc per pound .. ..11/2c per pound



Zinc ..................................... 13w per pound ..... 11/;c per pound

Increases.



Articlc— New Rate. Old Rate.

Pranrly. gallon $260 ............... .$2.50

Champagne Q.060 per dozen ..... $6 per dozen

Cotton hosiery (value not owr $1 (1|)Zl“lil.70C per dozen . . ..... 50c per dozen





Cotton hosiery (value bctw'cen $1 and

$1.50 dozen) 87c per dozen ...... 600, per dozen

Cotton hosiery (bctwccu $1.30 and $290c per dozen ...... 700 per dozen

dozen) .................................

Shingles .................................. 500 per 1,000 ....... 300 per 1,000

iroom corn ............................. $3 per ton .......... Free

liricr wOod .............................. l?» per cent ad val. .Frce

Fil‘t'vvm‘lis .............................. ,12c per pound ....... 20 per ccpt ad val

Fur clothingr .............................50 per ccnt ad val. .35 per cent ad val

Higher clasg j~‘\\'~-ll‘_\' ..................... 85 per cent ad val. .60 per ccnt ad val

Cigars (weight under 3 lbs. )wr tlmusand)73r5 Der 1.000 .......5~ic, per 1,000

Furs (wearing) .......................... :70 per cent . . . . . . . . .35 per ccnt

Fancy snaps .............................:':0 per cent ad val. .lfic pcr pound

Fire brick ............................... 45 per cent ad val. .320 pr-r ccnt ad val

Hcmp .................................... “22.30 per ton .....$20 per ton





Diamonds

Flour. buckwheat

Lemons

Pineapplcs

Figs

Indian rubhcr.

:Mfllt (solid)



Wheat, pcr bu.

“'atch movements

“'inc (not champagnc)





mullufa t'ilil‘iiig ...........





13 pt-r ccnt ad val..l‘l per cent ad val

,-





i.) pcr ccnt :ul val..20 per cent ad val





ii,»;r- pt-r pound ..... lc per pound

3% per 1,000 ........ $7 per 1,000

ILL» w-r pound ..... 20 per bound





3.? pvr cent ad val..30 pcr cent ad val

1:7 ps-r (-t-nt ad val..40 per cent ad val





200 pcr bushel ...... 3:10 pcr1 bushel

05c each ............ . ac car i

45c gallon ........... 40c gallon





Rates Unchanged.





Article——

Beef .....................................

Brushes and brooms .....................

Barley ...................................

Cigars ...................................

Cigarettes ...............................

Flour (wheat)





Flour

Apples

Berries

Grapes

Hay ......................................

Ink .......................................

Lead bullion

Laces

thfiiers



Velvcts



Ruchings

Ribbons

Veiling



Castlic soap

Varnishes

Vinegar

Starch



Tobacco wrappers

Wool grease

Wool carpet

Woolens

Wool (clothing)





(rye) ..............................





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Ratc—

2c per pound

40 per cent ad val

30c per bushel

$4.50 per pound and 25

$4.50 per pound and 25





per cent ad val

per cent ad val





........................... 25 per cent ad val





1/gc per pound

250 per bushel





200 per cubic foot

$4 per ton



25 per cent ad val

20 per pound



60 per cent ad val

50 per cent ad val

$1.50 per pound (cheapest)

60 per cent ad val

50 per cent ad val

60 per cent ad val

1140 per pound



35 per cent ad val





................................. 7%c per gallon





1350 per pound



$1.85 per pound



11c per pound



40 per pound



llc per lb. and 55 per cent ad val





..llc per lb. and 60 per cent ad val





the more '





a 1 imam“ mil-r





mm at...“ where n 1. wt





ongfi many of the, border towns of



urkey to Mtt,., ioiaii 300%!» ,und, the

War departments! the 2Wr‘ country

is being informed that voiun‘teere in that

part of Turkey are ready to take up

arms should the settlement of the ques-

tltm in favor of Turkey demand their

service.



News comes to hand that Americans

in Mexico are not receiving good treat-

ment from the hands of Mexicans. The

recent disturbance at San Carlos,

Chihuahua, is said to have ended very

disastrously for several immigrants from

this country.



The recent: objections made by China.

to the construction of the Antung and

Mukden railWay by Japan haVe been

withdrawn and the Japanese can now

proceed with the work without interrup-

tion. The road will be of considerable

military importance to Japan.



The breaking of cables that open and

close the locks of the Canadian ship

canal at the Soo, snapped last Sunday

night and the canal-is temporarily out of

commission.



A general strike is on in Sweden. So

serious has the situation ,become that

King Gustave called a conference of the

leaders of the employers and the e —

pioyees «of the different trades for he

purpOSe of arriving at a settlement but.

the conference was without avail, and it:

is now settled that many of the other

unions, that hesitated on gomg out be-

fore, are ready to join in demanding bet-

ter conditions and wages for work. The

unions have considerable capital to sup-

port the weaker members while the strike

is in progress and they anticipate that

they will win out.



The British ship, Maori, struck a. rock

off the coats of South Africa and it; is

hellevod that the loss of life is very

heavy. .



Walter Wellman, who is now in Nor-

way, has about completed preparations

for his trip to the North Pole. He will

make the attempt in a balloon.



It is estimated that 7,000 children are

homeless in Barcelonia as the result of

the recent attack of the revolutionists

upon the religious institutions.





National.





A head-on collision of electric trains

carrying passengers to the Couer d’Alene

land reservation in Idaho, which is to

be opened in August, resulted in twelve

persons being killed and over a hundred

injured.



The state encampment of the volunteer

soldiers of Michigan will be held near

Ludington this year. The soldiers went

in camp on August 10.



President Taft; left ‘Washlngton as soon

as the work on the tariff bill was com-

pleted and is now at Beverly, Mass,

where he will spend the summer.



The American Car and Foundry Com-

pany, of Detroit, has received an order

for 6,000 cars. This order will keep a.

force of 6.000 men employed steadily for

seven months.



The world’s record for aeroplane long

time flight was broken by a Frenchman

named Sommer, who remained in the air

for two hours, 27 minutes and 15 seconds.



Fully 10,000 Woodmen from Michigan

and Indiana are holding a convention at

Michigan City, Ind., this week.



The national waterways commission

authorized by Congress is now enroutc

to Europe where the waterways of the

continent and England will be studied.

It is expected that the findings of the

commission will be of inestimable value.

in the working out of a waterway system

for this country. The commission will

be. in Europe till the latter part of

October.



The war department has adopted a new

uniform to take the place of the old

khaki uniform. The new Stilts are of

olive drab color.



Capitalists have incorporated a com-

pany for the promotion of .a railroad

from Winnipeg to the gulf running thru

the richest grain growing section of the

continent. The new road will be known

as the Midland Continental.



The American manufacturers of boilers

are holding their annual convcntiou in

Detroit this week. Representatives from

both the United States and Canada are

present.



A strike at Pueblo, Col., caused the

closing down of the zinc smelter located

at that place.



Excessive heat caused the spreading

of the rails on the \thcling & Lake Erie





10nd ncur (‘l‘t‘SlUiL 0., Monday, and a

wrcck in which eight passengers were





injured resulted.



Baron Takahira, Japanese ambassador

to this country, leaves “Wishington this

week for Seattle from whence on August

17, he will sail for Japan. 1135 home

government has special work for tho

diplomat and it is probable that he will

not be back to W'ashington again.



The last gap of the Pacific extension

of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul

railroad will be closed August 15, giving

the road thru service to the Pacific coast.



Hundreds of delegates are present in

Pittsburg this week attending the con-

vention of the Army of the Philippines

and American veterans of foreign service.



Owing to the presence of a communi-

cable disease among sheep in the north-

ern counties of Wyoming, the department

of agriculture has declared a quarantine

of all the counties of that state except

the southern tier, preventing the ship-

ping, driving or trailing of sheep there-

from. except under rigid inspection by

the bureau of animal industry.



A case is to be heard in Seattle next

month to determine if the interstate

commerce commission has jurisdiction in

Alaska. Diserimination between differ-

ent companies doing business in that ter-

ritory raised the question before the

commission.



The forty-third national encampment

of the grand army of the republic is in

session at Salt Lake City. There were

present on the first day fully 30,000 vet-

erans and it is expected that 50,000 oldl

soldiers will c0nvene during the week.





 





 





 





 





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The Crop Reporting Board: oil the no»

rem of Statistics at the United; states

Department? of Manure estimates,

from the reports of the correspondents

and} agents or the Mean; as; follows: ,.



The average condition of corn on Au-

gust 1 was 84.4, as. compared: with 89.3

last month, 82.5 on August 1, 1908, and:





8210, the average on August 1 for tho 1





past ten years.



Preliminary returns- indicate a. winter

wheat yield of about 15.5. bushels per

acre, or a: total of about 432,920,000 bush.-

els, as compared with 14.4 and 437,908,000

bushels, respectively; as finally estimated;

last year. The average quality of the

crop is 9013, against 90.]. last year.



The average condition of spring wheat

on August 1 was 91.6, as compared; with

9227 last month, 80.7 on August 1, 1908,

and“ 81.1, the ten-year average on Aug- 1.



The average condition of the out crop

on August 1 was 85.5, as compared with

88.3 last month, 76.8 on August; 1, 1908,,

and 83.1, the ten-year average on Au-

gust 1. "



The proportion of last year’s oat crop:

in fiarmers’ hand-s On- August l-was about

3.3 per cent, or 26,323,000 bushels, as

compared with 51.0 per cent (38,000,000

bushels) of the 1907 crop: on hand Au;~

gust 1,. 1908, and 8.3 per cent («53,000,000

bushels), the average proportion on hand

for the past ten years on August 1.



'The average condition of barley on

August 1. was 85.4, as compared with 90.2

last month 83.1 on August 1, 1908, 84.5

on August 1, 1907, and. 86.1, the ten-year

average on August 1.



The average condition of rye on August

1, or at harvest, was 89.1, as compared

with 91.4 last month, 88.3 on August 1,

13908, 88.9 on- August I, 1907, and 87.9, the

ten-year average at time of harvest.



The acreage of buckwheat is about

801,000 acres or 0.1 per cent (2,000 acres)

1933 than last year. The condition of the

crop on August I was 80.3, as compared

with 89.4 last year, 91.9 two years ago,

and 91.7, the ten—year average on. Aug. 1.



The average condition of white potatoes

on August 1 was 85.8, as compared with

93.0 last month, 82.9 on August 1, 1908,

88.5 on August 1, 1907, and 86.7, the ten-

year average-- on August 1.



The average condition of tobacco on

August 1 was 83.4., as compared with

89.8 last month, 85.8 on August 1, 1908,

82.8 on August 1, 1907, and 82.3, the ten-

year average on August 1. The condi-

tion on August 1 in important tobacco

states was: Kentucky 84; North Caro‘

lina 75; Virginia 86; Ohio 91; Pennsyl—

vania 83: 'l‘cnessec 85; Wisconsin 77;

South Carolina 85; Connecticut 90; Flor-

ida 87.



The average condition of flax on August

1 was 92.7, as compared with 95.1 last

month, 86.1 on August 1, 1908,. 91.9 on

August 1, 1907, and 87.7, the average on

Au ust 1 for six years. .



.. he preliminary estimate of the acreage

of hay is 45,581,000 acres, or 1.9 per cent



(905,000 acres) less than last year. The

average condition of the hay crop on

August 1 was 86.8, as compared with

87.8 last month, 92.1 on August 1, 1908,

and a ten—year average on August 1 of

approximately 87.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





“heat—Correspondents vcry generally

report Wlicat of excellent quality and the

yield somewhat above the avcrugc; the

prevailing opinion of the greater number

of correspondcnts is that the final esti-

mate which will be made October the

first will conSidcrably cxcccd the proscnt

figures. The average estimated yield per

acre in the southern counties is 19 bush-

els, in the central counties 16, in the

northern counties 15 and in the state 17

bushels. The per cent of plowing done

for wheat in the state, southern and

central counties is 11, and in the northern

counties 10.



The total number of bushels of wheat

markctcd by farmers in July at 91 mills

is 115.792, and at 55 elevators and to

grain dcalcrs 117,894, or a total of 238,680

buShcls. .Of this amount 220,806 bushcls

was marketed in the southern four tiers

of counties, 11.505 in the central countics





and 1,315 in the northern counties. The

cstimatcd total number of bushels of.

Wheat markctcd in the twelve months,





August-July is 8,500,000; add to this

amount 2,000,000 bushels used by the

farmcrs for seed and home consunipti(,n

and the indications are that the crop of

1908 has been entirely disposed of by the

producers. Eighty—eight mills, elevators

and grain dealers report no wheat mark-

eted in July.



Rye—The average estimated yicld per

acre in the state and southern counties

is 15 bushels and in the central and

northern counties 14 bushels.



Corn—The condition of corn as com-

pared with an average in the state and

soutlicrn counties is 84, in the central

counties 83 and in the northern counties



The condition one year ago was 75

in the southern counties, 82 in tho ccn—

tral counties, 92 in the northern counties

and 79 in the state.



Oats—The estimated average yield per

acre in the state, southern and central

counties is 29 bushels, and in the north-

ern counties 26 bushels.



Potatoes—The condition of potatoes



as compared with an average in the state

and central counties is 86, in the south—

ern counties 85 and in the northern coun-

ties 90.

'The condition one year ago in the

southern counties was 71, in the central

counties 82, in the northern counties 89

and in the state 77.



Beans.——The condition of beans, com-

pared with an average per cent in the

southern and northern counties is 89, in





the central counties 91, and in the

state 90.

The condition one year ago in the





southern counties was 78, in the central

counties 89, in the northern counties 93

and in the state 84. _ .



Sugar Beets—The condition as com-





 





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the state and.

southern counties is hr the centre-r-

counties 89‘ and! in the northern counties





85. The condition one year ago in the '





southern counties was 80, in the central

and northern counties 87. and in: the

state 83.



Clover.—The yield per acre of clover

hay in tons, in: the southern counties is

1.29; in *tlie‘ centrall counties 1.50, in the.

northern. counties 11.21 and in the state





.33. ,

Timothy—The yield per acre 00 tim-





othy hay in tons. in the. southern coun-‘





ties is 1.32,. in the- central counties 12.33,

in. the northern counties 1.04 and in. the

state 1.28.



Pastures—The condition of pastures

as compared with an average in the

southern counties is: 763 in the central

counties 79‘, in the northern counties 8.7

and ii! the state- 75.

condition in the south-em counties was

63, in- the central counties 78, in the-

northern counties. 80- and in the state 69.



Apples—The almost universal lack of

spraying has resulted in a heavy dropping

of fruit during the month of July, which

is the principal cause. of the reduction

in the prospect for a crop in the state

from 616 per cent on July lst, to 53 per

cent on August list. The prospect for an

average crop in the southern counties

is 4'3, in the central counties 61, in the

northern counties 82 and in the state 53.

One year ago the prespect in the south-

ern counties was 45, in the central coun-

ti‘c , 40,. in the northern counties 59 and

in the state 47.



The winter varieties that promise best

are in their “Order: Northern Spy, Bald-

win, Greening, Bcn Davis, Wagner, King,

Russet and Wealthy. Of the early sorts

the most promising are Dutchess, Maiden





Blush, Red Astrachan, Early Harvest,

Pippin, Fameuse and Yellow Trans-

parent.





Peaches—The prospect for an average

crop of peaches in the Michigan Fruit

Belt is 77 per cent and in the state 67.

The varieties that promise best are, in

their order: Elberta, Gold Drop, Craw-

ford, Kalamazoo, Hill’s Chili, New Pro-

lific and Barnard.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





Gratiot Co., July 28'.-—Tl‘llS date finds

practically all wheat cut and by the close

of the wcck it will be nearly all secured.

Threshing has bcgun, Two ficlds aver-

aged about tiftccn bushels and two 25

and 27 buslicls, an average of 18 to 2'3.

bushels is a fair (slimutc, It is thot the

dry weather has affcctrd the out crop, also

potatoes. Corn has made extraordinary

growth the past month and many fields

are wcll in tassel. Spring seeding is con-

sidered damaged from lack of rain. Apples

arc set for a. good haerst. Good lambs

are selling at Go; hogs 7%; to 7V2c per lb.



Genesee Co., Aug. 5.—'l‘imely showers

have relieved the drought and crops are

growing rapidly. Buying about over and

the same with harvest of wheat. Both

crops better than the average. Oats com-

ing; finely considering the late start. The

ruins and hot weatlicr are doing all pos—

sible for corn and it is responding nicely.

Pastures grccn again and I'nillnncn re-

lieved. Prices on proclucc down some-

what, wheat, oats and Corn having tak-

en :L tumble. Tl‘lircsliing now in prog-

ress and. new wheat beingr rushed to

market. Some of it not in the best of

condition, say the buyers. FccdsLuffs high.



Kent Co., Aug. 4.—(‘.‘orn is growing

faster than a national debt. Hopc to be

able- to share Friend Lillic's optimistic

view on late corn. Like: his, our 1:119

corn is fine and fast and set for :1 heavy

crop. August, September and October will

nN-ds bc corn months to bring it out ripc

corn like we had last year on the flat,

damp soil. The (mm here on the flat

ncvvr does much until the high land corn

begins to burn at the base, and then it

wadcs in to win, and it usually does. The

99 and 100 degree weather of two weeks

is so good for late potatoes. Early ones

are now past liclp by rain or cool weath-

or. Pastures good on the flats and n. g.

on uplands. Many are compelled to feed

hay to cows and othcr stock and here is

where the Shoe plnchcs. as hay is not too

plentiful. Fat stock scarce and demand

light. Raining gently.



Farmers First Chance to Get Big Cut on

Genuine American Spreader Prices.

Now, you can have a famous American



Manure Spreader, with choice of five,-



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on pru-e, never before possible. This

remarkable reduction direct to farmers





is just announced. Buyers get exactly

the same l'llgll quality in materials and

workmanship that has made American





Spreaders for 27 years the standard of

the world. Also 1910 improvements. Also

same direct from factory savings (in-

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Spreader prices), and 30 days‘ trial

freight allowcd. Same cold rolled steel

and malleable parts—durable construc—

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spreader book. We will also send

pamphlet. free, on the important subject

of fertilization. Get this book. Write

also.for these big cuts in prices, made

possmle by improved machinery, larger

output, better buying facilities, etc.

Write today to American Harrow Com-

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Michigan. Makers also of the famous

Detroit Tongueless Disc Harrow, to

which many improvements have been

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In many of the leading hotels of the

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before the guests. While the noted

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hotel orchestra plays the accompani-

ment. The singer’s voice sounds so life-

like that very often the guests think

they are l‘stcning to the actual person.

The reproduction of the human voice by

the Victor is truly marvelous. 1





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ONES LONGBERBY WHEAT—pure clean seed

3x 25 per hu.: best bags to hold 2}; bushels 20 cent.

each. J. W. CHAPIN. Eden. Inghsm 00.. Mich.





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Graln and Seeds.

'August 11, 1909.



Wheat—The government report of crop

conditions gave traders more confidence

in the adequacy of the wheat crop for

1909, and prices as a result were pushed

downward. The winter wheat crop was

finally estimated to be but a few bushels

short of the crop for the previous year

while the spring wheat yield was placed

much above the figures for 1908. Receipts

have been coming liberally and, to fill

up the gaps that have been caused by t e

shortage in supplies, buyers are not hesi-

tating about taking the offerings. Millers

are active purchasers and are running

their mills night and day to get caught

up with the trade. The foreign demand

has apparently ceased. Flour is in good

demand. One year ago the price for No

2 red wheat was 95¢ per bu. Quotations

are as follows:



No. 2 No.1 No.3





Red. White. Red. Sept. Dec.





Thurs. ...1.05% 1.05% 1.02% 1.05% 1.05%

Fri. ...... 1.06% 1.06% 1.03% 1.06% 1.06%

Sat. *......1.071,4 1.07% 1.04% 1.07% 1.06%

Mon. .....1.06% 1.06% 1.03% 1.06% 1.05%

Tues. ....1.05% 1.05% 1.02% 1.05% 1.04%

Wed. .....1.06% 1.061;; 1.03% 1.0514 1.08%



Corn.-—Corn prices are down from





those of last week. The government crop

reporters place the crop for this year

at 1.9 points above their estimate of a

year ago. This encouraged lower prices.

The busineSS is slow but more active

than during recent weeks and the visible

supply has decreased during the last

period. The favorable government report

comes at an opportune time since farmers

are in a position to prepare for feeding

the crop. One year ago we were paying

80%c for No. 3 corn. Quotations for the

past week were:





No. 3

No. 3 Yellow.



Thursday 72% 74

Friday ...... 72 73%

Saturday . . .. ..... . . . ..... 72 73%

Monday ........... . . . 72 73 %

Tuesday ................. 71 72%

Wednesday ............... 71 721/2.

Oats.-—VVhile the government report





placed the amount of the old crop on hand

the first of the month smaller than for

the past three years, the condition of the

growing crop is favorable for lower

prices. The estimate is for nearly a

billion bushels of the cereal. Cash sales

have average a little higher in price dur-

ing the week but the futures are lower.

The crop over most of the oat growing

section is well in hand so that there is

little opportunity for damage to occur to

it. A year ago the price was 50c per

bushel for No. 3. Quotations for the

past week were:





No. 3 White. Sept.



Thursday ...... . . . . . ...... 50 37%



Friday .......... . ........ 50 37%

Saturday ................. 51 38



Monday .................. 51 371/2



Tuesday ................. 52 37%

Wednesday .......... . . . . 52 38



Beans.—The October option is un-





changed and cash beans rule higher than

last week. The supply is short but the

growing crop is promising in most of the





bean growing counties. The following

are the quotations for the past week:

Cash. Oct.

Thursday .................. $2.15 82.00

Friday ..................... 2.15 2.00

Saturday .................. 2.20 2.00

Monday .................... 2.20 2.00

Tuesday ................... 2.20 2.00

Wednesday ................ 2.20 2.00

CIoverseed.——'l"raders are realizing that





the crop of June and mammoth clovch

is short and as a result the price has

been climbing during the recent sessions

of the board. Alsikc is being purchased





for $8 per bu. Quotations for the pasu.

week are:

Oct. March.

'l‘hursday .................. $7.35 $7.45

Friday ..................... 7.35 7.45

Saturday .................. 7.50 7.65

Monday .................... 7.60 7.70

Tuesday ................... 7.60 7.70

\Vednesday ................ 7.50 7.60

Rye.-—«This market is (lull. The esti-

mate for the harvestcd crop is better

than a year ago. Cash No. 1 is selling





at 72c per 1311., which is 1%c below last

week’s pricc.

Visible Supply of Grain.





This wcck. Las week.





Wheat . . ............... 8,195,000 7,609,000

(torn .................. 2,366,000 2,706,000

Oats ................... 2,803,000 3,800,000

Rye ................... 124,000 93,000

Barley ................. 188,000 273,000

Flour, Feed. Provisions, Etc.

Noun—Market active, with prices un-





changed. Quotations are as follows:



follows:



Clear ...................... . .......... 5.75



Straight ............................. 5.90



Patent Michigan .................... 6.25



Ordinary Patent ..................... 6.00

Hay and Straw.—Clover and timothy





are higher. Straw unchanged. Carlot

prices on track are: No. 1 timothy, new,

$14@14.50; No. 2 timothy, $136013 50;

clover, mixed. 312506113: 11W" stl'aW, $3;

wheat and oat straw, $7 per ton.



Feed.—Prices are unchanged. Bran,

$27 per ton; coarse middlings, .28;

fine middlings, $30; cracked corn and cat

chop, $28.



Potatoes.~The supply is increasing and

while the demand continues strong prices

are down a little, new goods being quoted

at $2.256D2.50 per bbl.



Provislons.-—Family pork, $21.50@22.50;

mess pork, $21; light short clear, $21;

'heavy short clear, $22; pure lard, 12%c;

bacon, 15@16c; shoulders, 10%c; smoked

hams, 13%c; picnic hams, 10%c.



Dairy and Poultry Products.





Butter.—-—The accommodation of supply





v...





and demand keeps the prices about on 'a.

level withsthe quotations of the past

several weeks. More butter will have to

come in before consumers will be able

to get it cheaper. Prices; are: Extra

creamery, 260; firsts, 25c; dairy, 200;

packing stock 190 per lb.



Eggs—The short supply has allowed

prices to go higher than last week. De-

mand is strong. ' Fresh firsts, case count

case included, 22%0 per doz.



Poultry. ,

ing to the city, but the demand at this

time is slow and prices remain but little





 





changed: Quotations are: Hens, 13@

13%c; roosters, 9@10c; ducks, 10@15c;

geese, 8@9c; turkeys, 16@17c; broilers,

176018c.



Cheeses—Michigan“ full cream, 14@15c;

York state, 15%@160; limburger, 16c;





schweitzer, 20c; brick cream, 16c per lb.

Calves—Choice to fancy, 10@llc; ordi-

nary, 9@10cper lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.

Cabbage.—Home grown, $1.25 per bbl.

Tomatoes.-——Selling ’at $2.25@2.50 per



bushel.

Onions—Domestic offerin , $2

bbl; Spanish, $1.50 per crate.

Currants.—Steady; red, $3@3.50 per bu.

Cherries.—$4@4.50 per bu.

Apples—New southern quoted at $1.40

@150 per box.





per





Raspberries.——Reds, lower and blacks

steady. Red, $3@3.50 per bu; black,

$3.50 per bu.



Peaches.——Bushel measures, $2.25: six-





?aslget crates, $2.50; four-basket crates,

1.5 .





Blackberries—Firm at $275613 per bu.





Huckleberries.—Higher. $3623.50 per

bushel.



Vegetables-Beets, new, 2060250 per

doz; carrots. new, 200 per doz; cauli—

flower. $1.25 per doz; garlic. 1th per

lb: green beans, 75c per bu: green on-

ions, 1212c per doz; green peas, $1.25 per

bu; green peppers, 45c per basket; leaf

lettuce, home—grown, 30c per bu; head

lettuce. 50c per bu; mint, 25c per doz;

mushrooms, 506?60c per lb; pieplant, 150





per doz; radishes, long, 8@10c per doz; rad-

ishes, round, hothouse, 86,1110c per doz;

spinach, 600 per hamper; summer squash,

50c per box; turnips, new, 35c per doz;

vegetable oyster, 400 per doz; watercress,





 





256c30c per doz; wax beans, $1 per bu

box.

OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.

Early peaches, clingstone, are coming





in, the common stock selling at 750@$1

per half bushel, best grades at $2.40 per

bu. Huckleberries sold Tuesday morning

at $1.70, blackberires at $1.10.

ples, Astrachan and Dutchess, are worth

600(@$1.10 per bushel. In the vegetable

line potatoes are off to 800, other prices

ranging as follows: Tomatoes, $1.75@2

per half bushel; cabbage, 60c doz; cu—

cumbers 20c doz. In grains, wheat is off

to 99c, oats to .400 and corn to 720. Dairy

products are unchanged.



Quotations follow:



Grains.———VVheat, 990; oats, 400; corn,

72C; buckwheat, 600 per bu; rye, 600.



Beans—Machine screened, $2.



Britten—Buying prices, Dairy, No. 1.

206i122c; creamery in tubs, 260; prints,

26%c per lb.



Potatoes—800 per bu.



Eggs—Case count, 21@22c.



Cherries—Sour, $2.50 per bu.





Raspberries—Reds, $1.75 per 16-qt.

case; blacks, $1.40; hucklcberries, $1.70.

Cattle—Cows, $250604 per cwt; steers





and heifers, best quality, 3@5%c; dressed





 





mutton, 9@10c; dressed veal, 6@9c;

dressed beef, cows, 5@6%c; steers and

hcifcrs, 7%6i‘91/2c.



Hogs—Dressed, 1065101/2c.



Liwe Poultry.——Fmvls, 1063120; roosters,

7618c; turkeys, 146i115c; spring chickens,

1461160; spring ducks, 13@14c.



New York.





Western

cream cry





factory

specials,





Butter.—Stewdy.

firsts, 19611211/20;

261/5361270.



Eggs—Firm. Western first to extras,

22%61251/2c; seconds, 216D22c.



Poultry.—-—Drcssed, firm. Western broil-





ers, 1461,1200; fowls, 15%6i‘16%c per lb.

Live—Firm, western chickens, 1669180;





fowls, 166i‘7161/gc.



(irain.——\Vheat. N0. 2 red, $1.10 per bu;

corn, No. 2, 78c for old; oats, mixed, 48c.

Chicago.



“'heat—No. 2 red, $1.001,§Fi‘1.02%;

Sept. 97%0; December, 95%c; May, 98%.





Corn—No. 2, 67@68c; Sept, 63%c; De-

cember, 533/, c.

Oats—No. 3 white, 36%@37c; Sept,





36%0; December, 36%0.

Buttcr.~Stcudy, with creameries lower,

Crcamcries, 2261125c; dairies, 2060231/2c.

Eggs—Lower. Firsts, 201/20; prime

firsts, 22c per doz.

Elgin.

Butter.—Market firm at 26c per 1b.,

which is a decline of %c from last week’s





 





 





price. Sales for last week amounted to



953,500 lbs.. compared with 968,400 lbs.

for the previous week.

Beston.



WOOL—There is not a grade of wool



but what is enjoying considerable ac—





tivity and most of them are being pushed

into the limelight constantly. A large

amount of trading in Ohio’s characterized

the past week and the same was true of

territories. Prices are firm, and new

contracts and actual exchanges are large.

The following are. the leading domestic

quotations: Ohio and Pennsylvania

fleeces—XX. 3561136c: X, 336D34c; No.



washed. 4060410: No. 2 washed. 40@41c;

fine unwashed. 2760280: fine unmerchant—

able, 3061131c; half—blood combing, 35611360:

three-eighths-blood combing, 356D36c;

quarter—blood combing. 34617350; delaine

washed. 39®40c1 delaine unwashed, 3365

340. Michigan. Wisconsin and New York

fleeces—Fine unwashed, 25@26c; half—

blood unwashed, 3460350: three-eighths-

blood unwashed. 3460350; quarter blood.

33@34c. Kentucky. Indiana and Missouri

-——Three-e1ghths blood, 34c; quarter





Q.





There are few' offerings com--





Early ap-,





bloOd, ~32@t’.5c. Scoured values: Texas

fine, 12 months, 73@75c; fine, six to eight

months, 65@680, fine fall, 58@60c.





 





‘THE‘ LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.





 





'Aug. 9, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards, .

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

follows; ' Cattle, 170 loads; hogs, 10,000;

sheep and lambs, 5,000; calves, 1,500.



The best cattle on the market today

sold some higher than last week, one

load of extra. prime cattle selling at 7c.

The medium cattle sold about the same

as last week but the common kinds and

cow stuff was lower. Stockers were

very hard to sell today on account of the

dry weather. Good fresh cows and

springers sold strong at last week's

prices but the common ones are hard to





sell.



We quote: Best export steers, $6.50@

6.75; best 1,200 to 1,300 lb. shipping

steers, $6@6.25; best 1,100 to 1,200 lb.

steers, $5.75@6; medium 1,050 to 1,150 lb.

steers, $5@5.40; light butcher steers,

$4.50@4.75; best fat cows, $4.25@4.60;





fair to good, $3.50@4; cutters, $2.50; best





fat heifers, $4.75@5; fair to good, $4@

4.50; common, $3.75@4; best feeding





steers, 800 to 900 lb. dehorned, $4@4.25; 700

to 750 lb. dehorned stockers, $3.50@3.75;





light stockers, $3.25@3.50; best bulls,

$4.25@4.50; bologna bulls, $3.50@3.75;

best fresh cows and springers, $45@55;





fair to good do., $25@35; common do.,

$20@25.



The hog market opened strong 1.00

lower than Saturday on all grades except

pigs, which were about steady. Prospects

look fair for the near future.



\V'e quote: Medium and heavy, $8.40@

8.50; mixed and best yorkers, $8.35@8.40;

light yorkers and pigs, 882060825; roughs,

$7.10@7.15; stags, $5.75@6.25.



The sheep and lamb market today was

active on the best grades and everything

is cleaned up. We look for steady prices

the balance of the week.



We quote: Best lambs, $7.60@7.75;

fair to good, $7607.50; culls, $5@5.75; skin

culls, $4.50@4.75; yearlings, $5.25@5.75;

wethers, $5.25@5.40; ewes, $4.40@4.75;

cull sheep, $2603.25; best calves, $8.50@

8.75: fair to good, $6.50@8.25; heavy.





$4@5.





 





Chicago.

August 8, 1909.’

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ..... 22,000 40,000 20,000

Same day last year..18,794 31,357 28,784

Received last week ..42,090 72,999 71,646

Same week last year.55,886 134,940 91,843

Cattle were marketed last week in so

much smaller numbers than at corres~

ponding weeks in recent years that sell-

ers obtained average advances of 106025c,

desirable fat steers selling at $6.50 and

over advancing the most, as they were

most sought after. The long predicted

scarcity of corn-fed cattle thruout feed-

ing districts is now witnessed, and pre—

dictions are heard of further advances

later on. Heavy beeves have at last

sold at good advances, and they have

been selling higher than prime yearlings,

despite the scarcity of the latter. Beef

steers have found buyers at $4.25@5.25

for the commoner offerings on the grassy

order up to $7607.50 for the best grade

of shipping steers, the best little yearling

steers and heifers mixed bringing $7.40.

Steers sold largely at 3955060715, there

being a large percentage of grass-fed

lots, which came into competition with

Texas gmss cattle from southern pas-

tures. \Vcstern range cattle receipts

are increasing steadily and will be more

of a feature from now on. Cows and

heifers were. active at $Ii.306i‘;6.50, fat

lots being scarccr and 1060200 higher.

Canncrs and cutters also sold better at

$2@3.25, while bulls brot $285605. Calves

were active at $3608.25 per 100 lbs., the

better class being higher. There was

fair animation at times in the demand

for stockers and fccdcrs, stockcrs selling





at $3604.50 and feeders at $4675.25, but

no great number went as high as $5.





There was a larger eastern demand for

milkch and springers, and the best cows

wcrc marked up. sales being made at

$60 down to $25 each.





Cattle were stronger for the best to-

day, with a $7.55 top, while the poorer

lots closcd dull and about 10c lower.





About 3,000 western range cattle arrived

and sold well, bcinf,r mostly fat.





Hogs have been bot much less freely

than might have been ‘expecicd at a

time of unusually meager supplies in





Chicago and other western markets, the





packers being unwilling to pay high

prices. At times a good many hogs

were carried over at night unsold, and





heavy packing hogs went at a large dis-

count from figures paid for shipping hogs.

The average Weight of recent receipts

was increased to 231 lbs., but a great

many grassy hogs and flabby old sows

were offered and sold badly. The light

receipts of hogs were understood to be

largely attributable to recent sharp de—

clines in prices, but there is known to be

:1 real Shortage of hogs in most places.

Prices show an extremely wide spread,

but all kinds of hogs are high as com-

pared with former Years. Light hogs

were most popular and sold the highest,

heavy hogs being slow and going at a

big discount. The close, of the Week

found the best light hogs selling at $83214,

and best selected shipping hogs of med-

ium weights at $8.25. Today saw a.

demoralizcd market, the increased re-

ceipts rnabling packers to force declines

of 156025c. Hogs sold at $7608.10, early

sales being the highest, and packers op-





erated sparingly.

There was a liberal supply of sheep

and lambs Monday last week. but the





aggregate supplies for the week under-

went a great falling off from the previous

week, and shipments from there were

also on a contracted scale. Fat lambs

were wanted and sold 25c higher as a

rule, but poorly fattened flocks were bad





. ~' AUGUST 14», 1909.

sellers, and many natives were of thi'b

class. The sheep market was veryir-

regular, with inferior lots going loiver,

and native ewes had some bad breaks.

Breeding ewes continued active, how-

ever, and feeder lambsand sheep were

not offered in sufficient numbers to meet

the good demand from feeding sections

of the middle west. Fewer southern-

lambs were marketed, and eastern sheep-

markets were in improved condition, with.

smaller receipts from eastern districts.

The close of the Week saw sheep largely

25c lower than a week earlier, and there:

was a further 100 break today, with slow

sales, ewes being salable at $1.50@4.50,.

wethers-at $4@4.90, rams at $2@4, and

yearlings at $4.75@5.35. Lambs went at

$3.50@7.85, the best rangers selling at.

$6.75 and range feeding lambs being

salable at $6@6.70. Breeding ewes were

salable at $4.25@6.25, natives being 500

lower than a short time ago, but rang-~

ers remaining firm.



Horses had a moderate summer de-

mand, with excessive offerings of the

poorer class, which were slow sellers,

even ”at shaded prices. Plain to medium.

work horses were sold in the auction

ring at $50@140 per head, while plain.

to choice drafters went at $150@225, with

fancy extra heavy draft horses wanted.

at $2_50@300 and few offered. Drivers‘

sold slowly at $150@225, with fancy 0f-

ferings scarce and quotable at $250@300.

Wagon horses and expressers were in

steady demand, and feeders were wanted

to ship to Ohio and Pennsylvania at un-A

changed values. F.





LIVE STOCK NOTES.





 





This is the time of the year when the

Idaho, South Dakota, Montana and other

ranges are rushing their flocks of sheep

and lambs to Chicago, Omaha and other

western markets, and since the opening

of the season a great fall has taken

place in prices for mutton on the hoof,

but, it should be remembered that open—

ing sales were at unusually high figures...

Idaho fat lambs going at record prices.

Range sheepmen are sending in extremely

few fioeks of lambS, yearlings and sheep

on the feeder order, there having been

every inducement for making stock good

and fat, and intending buyers of lambs-

and sheep for fattening have found very

small pickings. Never before has the

range country been in better condition,

the grass everywhere being luxuriant,

and therefore owners prefer to let their

flocks acquire fat before selling. Feeders

have not declined with mutton flocks

and continue to sell at fancy prices—

figures that look dangerously high to

conservative stockmen.



The early spring lambs make the most

money for sheepmen, providing, of

course, they are fat, and Tennessee and

Kentucky lambs get in ahead of those

born in other states, as a rule. Most of

'these Have been marketed, and that

leaves the way for‘lambs in other states

and on the ranges. The Virginias, Mary-

land and other eastern sections have

becn marketing lambs freely recently in

eastern markets, and the Chicago market

has been receiving in addition to range

lambs, lots of native lambs from the

surrounding territory.



The principal objection raised by

stockmen against feeding cattle this sea-

son is the dearncss of corn, and were it

not for the fertility to the soil added by

feeding, even less cattle would be fed

thruout the east and west. Conditions

differ from those of a year ago, when

grcat numbers of poorly fattened cattle

were forced on western markets not only

on account of the high price of corn, but

also in consequence of the dried-up pas-

tures, resulting from a drouth. Now,

pastures are in fine shape, plenty of rain

having fallen in most sections, and fat

corn-fed cattle are getting into a stronger

position, owing to the small numbers

left nearly everywhere.



The almost certainty of a bumper corn

crop in this country can hardly fail to

stimulate the demand from various parts

of the corn bclt for cattle of the feeder

class, and undoubtedly western range

cattle will be drawn upon freely for this

purpose, altho some farmers always re—

fuse to handle “westerns," preferring

natives. Intending feeders will find, it

is believed, the. present a favorable op—

porlunity for refilling their fccd lots, as





prices have undergone a great decline

from the high time of thc present year,

and there is every probability that there

will be a general rush to buy feeders

after ihc corn crop is made, resulting,

as in former years, in an upward move-

mcut of priccs. At any rate, it can do





no harm for farmers intending to do any

fccding to make a careful investigation

of thc fccder market without any delay.



“'hilc it is true that “pigs is pigs,"





good hogs bring a liberal premium, and

thcy pziy well for their keep, notwith—

standing thc high price of corn every—





whcrc. it should be understood, how—

cvcr, that killers have stopped buying

big. heavy hogs freely and are turning

thcir :liicntiou more this hot weather

to the primc 200 in 250-lb. weights. The

sprcud bciwccn choice shipping hogs and

grassy mixcd packing hogs of about the

sumo weights has been widening and

promises to extend still further. In some

scclions large numbers of hogs are pas—

turcd on alfalfa, with good results.



The first day of August the stocks of

provisions in Chicago warehouses were

only 101,620,232 pounds, compared with

123,182.07‘.’ pounds a month earlier and

134.176.0851 pounds a year ago. This is

an unusual showing and is attributable

mainly to the remarkable shrinkage in

the marketing of hogs compared With

rcccnt years. Furthermore, the showing

is made at a period of reduced consump-

tion of hog products on account of their

unusual dearness, while exports to for—

eign ports have undergone a great falling

off. Stocks of provisions at western

packing points on August 1 amounted

to 220,132,561 pounds. compared with 272,—

145,124 pounds a month earlier and 279,-

106,834 pounds a year ago.





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Thursday's Market.

August 12, 1909.

Cattle.





Receipts, 1,196. Best grades and stock-

ers and feeders steady; common cow stuff.

250 and bulls 15c lower.



We quote: Dry-fed steers, $5.25@5.75;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $4.75@5;

steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $3.75@

grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $3.75@4.35; grass

steers and heifers that are fiat,

500 to 700, $3.25@3.50; choice fat

cows, $3.75; good fat cows, $3.25@3.50,

common cows, $2.50@2.75; canners, $1.50

@180; choice heavy bulls, $3.75@3.85;

fair to good bolognas, bulls, $3.50; stock

bulls, $3@3.15; choice feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $4@4.25; fair feeding steers, 800

to 1,000, $3.50@3.75; choice stockers, 500

to 700, $3.50@3.75; fair stockers, 500 to

700, $3.50; stock heifers, $2.75@3: milk-

ers, large, young, medium age, $40@50;

common milkers, $20@30.



Roe Com. Co. sold Kamman 14 butch-

‘ers av 704 at $3.60, 4 do av 825 at $3.75,

20 do av 935 at $4.35; to Goose 4 cows

av 1,025 at $3.50; to Mich. B. Co. 15

butchers av 770 at $4, 1 bull weighing

550 at $3, 9 butchers av 1,005 at $3.75;

to Sullivan P. Co. 4 butchers av 700 at

$3.50, 1 canner weighing 810 at $2, 1 do

weighing 950 at $2.50, 1 heifer weighing

530 at $2.50; to Hammond, S. o. 2

bulls av 1,040 at $3.50, 3 butchers av 740

at $3, 1 bull weighing 980 at $3.50; to

Caplis 17 butchers av 741 at $3.75; to

BreSnahan 19 do av 550 at $3.10; to Re-

gan 4 do av 505 at $3.15, 6 do av 541 at

$3.10; to Sullivan P. CO. 11 do av 663 at

$3.50, 1 cow weighing 950 at $2.50, 2 do

av 1,050 at $3.50, 4 do av 1.012 at $2.50,





8 butchers av 1,043 at $3.50; to Gerish

5 butchers av 894 at $4.25; to Goose 1

cow weighing 1,000 at $3.35; to Batt—





kowsky 4 butchers av 362 at $3, 4 do av

810 at $3.40; to Kamman B. Co. 2 do av

870 at $3, 11 do av 904 at $3.75; to Austin

8 stockers av 600 at $3.40, 2 do av 710

at $3.50; to Prince 3 feeders av 880 at $4.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Caplis 1 steer

weighing 870 at $4.25, 2 cows av 720 at

$2.7.5,-2-- heifers av 755 at $3.50; to Chase

4 butdhers av 782 at $3.25; to Goose 2

coW§“dv 950 at $3. 2 do av 920 at $3; to

New‘to'n?r B. Co. 2 do av 860 at $2; to Jones

6 fe‘ed'ers av 855 at $3.40; to Hunting 1

do Weighing 750 at $3.65; to Mich. B. Co.

1 bull weighing 800 at $3.25; to Prince

7 feeders av 833 at $4.15; to Caplis 1

steer weighing 1,050 at $4.75, 5 butchers

av 796 at $3.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 2 bulls

av 1,440 at $3.75, 4 do av 937 at $3.40, 1

cow weighing 1,020 at $3.40; to Thompson

Bros. 1 bu‘ll weighing 1,360 at $3.60; to

Laboe 8 butchers av 773 at $3.60.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 7

butchers av 871 at $3.75, 1 bull weighing

820 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 730 at $3.25;

to Sullivan P. CO. 2 heifers av 665 at

$3.60, 1 bull weighing 1,580 at $3.75, 1 do

weighing 560 at $3, 1 cow weighing 1,190

at $4, 7 butchers av 571 at $3.40, 5 do av

776 at $3.75, 3 cows av 866 at $3.65, 1 do

weighing 830 at $3.25, 4 bulls and heifers

av 395 at $2.50, 8 do av 480 at $3; to

Regan 11 butchers av 575 at $3.40, 2 bulls

av 500 at $3; to Rattkowsky 7 butchers

av 700 at $3.50; to Hammond, Co.

3 bulls av 1,013 at $3.65, 1 do weighing

730 at $3.50, 1 do Weighing 870 at $3.50:

to Brown 1 stocker weighing 600 at $3.50;

to GOOSe 3 bulls av 450 at $2.75, 3 cows

av 946 at $3, 1 do weighing 680 at $2.25,

1 do weighing 750 at $2.75; to Brown 15

Stockers av 543 at $3.50, 3 do av 676 at

$3.65, 2 do av 465 at $3.25, 2 do av 590

at $3.25; to Thorborn 5 do av 756 at

$3.75, 3 do av 490 at $3.50, 6 do av 546

at $3.50; to Schroeder 1 steer Weighing

920 at $4.60, 2 cows av 815 at $3.75, 5

steers av 892 at $4.60, 2 bulls av 1,030

at $3.75; to Riley 2 heifers av 580 at $3.15;

to Mich. B. Co. 11 steers av 903 at $5;

to Regan S cows av 940 at $2, 9 butchers

av 680 at $3; to Lacalt 9 do av 870





g at $3.35.





Robb sold Mich. B. Co. 10 steers and

heifers av 12156 at $4.50, 1 cow weighing

1,170 at $3.50, 7 butchers av 800 at $4.



Wagner & R. sold same 2 heifers av

545 at $3.50.



Sandall & Tubbs sold same 22 steers

av 850 at $4.25, 1 bull weighing 910 at

$3.50, 14 butchers av 813 at $4.25, 1 bull

weighing 950 at $3.50.



Kalaher sol-d same 2 bulls av 1,150

at $3.50.



Wagner & R.

av 637 at $3.50.



Haley sold Rattkowsky 2 butchers av

655 at $3, 5 do av 896 at $3.80,



Wagner &. R. sold Sullivan P. Co. 3

cows av 1,046 at $3.75.





Haley sold same 17 butchers av 732

at $3.90.



Johnson sold same 1 bull weighing

1.350 at $3.75, 2 cows av 915 at $3.75,





8 steers av 875 at $4.75.



Haley sold same 1 bull weighing 1,570

at $3.80, 1 do weighing 1,500 at $3.65, 1

do weighing 1,040 at $3.60.



Haley sold Thompson Bros. 7 butchers

av 551 at $3.40, 16 cows av 803 at $3.30.



Johnson sold same 3 cows av 940 at

$3, 9 heifers av 655 at $3.75.



Haley sold Spicer 4 stockers av 536 at

$3.50, 4 do av 590 at $3.60, 8 do av 665

at $3.85.



Haley sold Marx 3 steers av 770 at $4.



Same sold Brown 27 feeders av 800

at $4.





sold Prince 4 stockere 'C





 





_ I "Veal Calves... ,

. Receipts, ,717. -‘ Market opened active

and 25@50c higher, closing with advance

lost. Best $8@8.50; others $4@7.50; milch





cows and springers, good, steady; cam-





mon, $3@5 lower. .

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

2 av 160 at $6, 22 av 150 at $8, 12 av 150

at $7.65, 11 av 160 at $7.50; to Markowitz

1 weighing 180 at $6, 10 av 162 at $8.25;

to Hammond, , Co. 5 av 145 at $8,

7 av 150 at $8; to Goose 2 av 190 at $5,

6 av 200 at $5.50; to Newton B. Co. 6 av

190 at $5, 25 av 160 at $8; to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 5 av 155 at $6.50; to Parker, W. &

Co. 1 weighing 130 at $8.25; to Thompson

Bros. 2 av 190 at $5.50, 10 av 119 at $7.50;

to Newton B. Co. 25 av 160 at $8.25; to

Sullivan P. CO. 13 av 164 at $8.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 14 av 150 at $8.

Spicer, M. & R. sold Stoker 1 weighing

260 at $4.50, 6 av 155 at $7; to Mich. B.

CO, 3 av 140 at $7.50, 2 av 180 at $6, 8

av 155 at $8.25, 4 av 150 at $7.65, I weigh-

ing 180 at $7, 15 av 150 at $8, 10 av 156

at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 5 av 205 at

$4, 10 av 150 at $7.50; to Caplis 11 av 155

at $7.65, 2 av 100 at $5; to Sullivan. P.

Co. 7 av 140 at $7; to Rattkowsky 11 av

190 at $4.50; to Burnstine 5 av 156 at

$8, 1 weighing 110 at $5, 5‘av 160 at $8;

to Mich. B. Co. 3 av 140 at $7.60, 3 av

155 at $7.60; to McGuire 8 av 150 at

$8.15; to Mich. B. Co. 5 av 150 at $7.60.

Robb sold Mich. B. Co. 7 av 160 at $7.

Haley sold same 16 av 150 at $7.75.

Waterman so'ld same 11 av 160 at $8,

1 weighing 360 at $5.50, 1 weighing 130

5





at 3 .

7Sgamdall 8: T. sold same 8 av 150 at





Allen sold Caplis 10 av 157 at $7.85.



Wagner & R. sold Kamman 6 av 150

at $7.50. ,



Haley sold Goose 8 av 250 at $3.50.



Roe C0m_ Co. sold Parker, W. & Co.

19 av 140 at $7.75, 11 av 145 at $8, 4 av

250 at $5, 2 av 100 at $8, 1 weighing

130 at $6.



Merritt sold Hammond, S. & Co. 7 av

150 at $7.80.



Sharp sold same 8 av 150 at $8.

7C728ney & H. sold same 5 av 130 at





Merritt sold same 4 av 155 at $7.80.

Johnson sold Sullivan 11 av 150 at

$7.75, 1 weighing 150 at $5.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts, 2,408. Market active at last

week's prices; one extra bunch 25c higher.





Best lambs, $6.50@7.25; fair to good

lambs, 5557572625; light to common

lambs, 34.50.455.25; yearlings, 34.50605.





fair to good sheep, $3.50@4.25; culls and

common, $2.25@2.75.



Spiccr, M. & R. sold Mich. B. CO. 15

sheep av 80 at $4.50, 10 do av 93 at $4;

to Sullivan P. Co. 34 lambs av 62 at

$6.75; to Stoker 18 do av 55 at $5; to

Sullivan P. Co. 5 do av 55 at $5, 17 do

av 75 at $6.50, 22 do av 65 at $6.50, 22 do

av 68 at $6.50, 11 sheep av 88 at $3.75;

to Mich. B. Co. 3 lambs av 60 at $5.50,

10 do av 71 at $6.75; to Eschrich 17 sheep

av 85 at $2.25, 21 lambs av 50 at $5.25;

to Mich. B. Co, 62 do av 75 at $7, 8 sheep

av 95 at $4.25, 1 buck weighing 140 at





$3; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 sheep av 115

at $3.50.

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





Co. 9 sheep av 80 at $4.50, 3 do av 100

at $2.50, 17 lambs av 70 at $6.50, 16 sheep

av 105 at $4, 10 do av 79 at $2.50, 39 do

av 90 at $4.50; to Newton B. Co. 1 buck

weighing 160 at $3. 6 yearlings av 90 at

$5 14 lambs av 70 at $6.50: to Parker,





w'. & Co. 43 do av 65 at $6.25: to Esch-

1'ich 24 do av 55 at $5.25; to Sullivan P.

00. 20 do av 65 at $7: to Mich. B. Co.





32 sheep av 95 at $4, 2 bucks av 160 at

$2, 37 lambs av 70 at $6.75, 10 goats av

79 at $3.60. 9 sheep av 95 at $2.50; to

'l‘horborn 23 Sheep av 90 at $4.25, 1 buck

weighing 150 at $2.50, 35 lambs av 65 at

$6.75, 6 sheep av 95 at $4, 7 do av 65 at

$4, 31 lambs av 60 at $6.50, 18 do av 77

at $7, 9 sheep av 80 at $4.25, 1 buck

weighing 170 at $3; to Sullivan P. Co. 26

lambs av 75 at $7; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

15 sheep av 65 at $4.30.



\Vugner sold Kamman 10 sheep av 78

at $3.65, 42 lambs av 75 at $6.25.



Allen sold Newton B. Co. 84 lambs av

70 at $6.50, 10 yearlings av 100 at $5, 6

sheep av 150 at $3



Haley sold Thompson Bros. 26 lambs

av 70 at $6.50, 11 sheep av 88 at $4.15,



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B. Co. 87

lambs av 68 at $6.75, 18 sheep av 110 at

$4, 1 do weighing 170 at $3.



Haley sold Mich. B. Co. 60 lambs av

70 at $6.50, 15 sheep av 90 at $4.25, 13

mixed av 60 at $4.75.



Sanda‘ll & T. sold same 44 lambs av





60 at $5.60.

Hogs.

Receipts, 2,022. Market steady with

last week.





Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $861810; pigs, $7627.50; light yorkers,

3750012780; stags. 1.4 off.



'lishop, 1).. l"; H. sold Parker, TV. &

Co. 79 av 150 at $7.75, 50 av 130 at $7.60,

371 av 170 at $8. 54 av 160 at $7.95, 42 av





155 at $7.85, 34?} av 162 at $7.80, 40 av

180 at $7.00.



Spieer, M. & R. sold Hammond, S. &

O. 78 av 175 at $8, 18 av 155 at $7.85,





12 av 150 at $7.75, 16

17 av 120 at $7.25.

Bishop, B. & H.

61Rav 1(80 at $7.90.

oe Jom. (‘0. sold same 12 av 17-”

$7.75, 8 av 120 at $7. a at

Roe Com, Co. sold Erwin 42 av 150 at

$7.35, 45 av 180 at $7.60. /-





av 130 at $7.60,





sold Sullivan P. Co.





 





Friday’s Market.

Aug. 6, 1909.

Cattle.



The run of cattle at the Michigan Cen-

tral stock yards Friday was very light,

only 38 head being on sale; 28 of them

went to The Michigan Beef Company for

$5.10 a hundred and averaged 960 lbs.

They were sold by Bishop, Bullen &

Holmes for W. S. Cliff, of Onondaga.

The other ten were sold to Wm. Kam-

man for Stage & Casey, of Marshall, for

$5 a hundred and averaged 877. Prices





   





paid were steady with Thursday. No

milch cows were on sale.



We quote: Dry-fed steers, $5.50@5.65;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $4.75@

5.10; steers and heifer , 800 to 1,000, $3.75

2@4.50; grass steers a d heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $3.75@4.50; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.50

@375; choice fat cows, $3.75@4; good fat

cows, $3.25@3.50; common cows, $2.50

@3; canners, $150452; choice heavy bulls,

$4; fair to good bolognas, bulls, $3.506!)

3.75;Stock bulls, $3@3.25; choice feeding

steers, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.35; fair feeding

steers, 800 to 1,000,‘ $3.50@3.75; choice

stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50@3.75; air

stockers, 500 to 700, $3.50; stock heifers,





$2.75@3; milkers, large, young, medium

age, $40@50; common milkers, $20@30.

Hogs.





There were no sheep or lambs on the

market. The hogs on sale were poor

and the market about the same as on

Thursday.



Light to good butchers. $8; pigs. $70.

775; light lUkal'S. $7500.28; Stags 2;, off.



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PROTECTION AGAINST FOREIGN

ENEMIES.





While Congress is laboring overtime

perfecting a tariff .bill, Why should that

honorable body not continue its ‘work af-

ter the tariff measure becomes law.‘to

protect the American people against an-

other foreign danger, from which source

the American farmer, in particular, has

suffered millions of dollars in loss and (-x—

pense because no law existed to provide

the proper protection. We speak of the

danger of the introduction of insects and

fungous diseases from foreign lands. The

San Jose scale, the brown tail moth and

the gipsy moth are examples of what

damage these importations can do. If

the money spent in combatting these

pests fora single season could be cal-

culated, it certainly would be suificicnt to

demand the attcntion of Congress upon-

the subject. It is the belief of entomolo-

gists and others who have lookcd into the

matter that a real efficient police control

can be had ovcr such a danger. At least,

much of the trouble can be eliminated.

Large numbers of brown—tail moth nests

have recently been discovcred in nurscry

stock sent from France to this country.

Practically all of these would have bccn

discovered by a rigid inspection law.



It is a national problem. A state can

protect against importations of infected

stock from other states, but not from for-

eign countrics. The national constitution

prohibits such interference. on the part of

state legislt'tturt's It is possible that the

Department of Agriculture will bring the

matter before the members of Congress

soon, as that department has bccn invcs-

tigating the nature of thc qucstion, and

has already cxprcsscd an opinion favor-

able to the placing of a law upon the

statutc books looking toward the 1ninim~

izing of this dangcr. in the incantimc it

is Wcll that tho constitucnts of congrcss-

men bccomc actiyc in demanding protec-

tion along this line.



ODDS AND ENDS FOR ANY CON-



VENIENT TIME.





At the present writing, July 27, the

drouth has alrcady rcachcd the danger

point, and indications for immediate rc—

licf arc mcagcr at bcst. I'llil‘l' cxisting

circumstanccs, thcn, thc problom of can

l‘ying the crops thru to full and satisfac—

tory maturity, both as to quality and

quantity, bcconios sadly mixed. The dry

Wtathcr carrics with it not alone thc di—

rect drainage to the crops thru lack of

sutlicicnt moisture, but it st-cms also to

throw the door Widc open for every imag-

inable inscct post undcr the Still. On

my grounds which, by nature and pro-

Vious condition of scrvitudc, are but poor-

ly cquippcd for withstanding thc drouth,

it requires much extra labor of surface

culture and all the mulching material

that 1 can muster to keep things running

at all. Thus far, however, by dint of

much serving with the hoe and cultivator

and what mulching matcrial i can get hold

of, l have managcd to keep most of the

crops in fairly good condition.



The wcathcr conditions seem especially

favorable for thc rapid increase of insect

posts: but thus. far the potato beetles

have been less troublesome than in pre-

vious ycars. ".l‘he cucumber bcctlcs and

a sort of black tlca arc cspccially atten-

tive to the vinc crops as cucumbers,

melons, etc. Spraying with tho Bor-

dcaux mixture and Paris gluon, one-half

pound twcll boilctl‘), and arscnatc of lead

(lllt‘ pound to titty gallons of thc mixture

kccp thcm \Vcll undcr control. Soot and

Wood ashes Well saturated with kcrosene

oil is proving a \‘cry hclpi‘ul rcmcdy for

both the bcctlcs and lleas. 'l‘hc black

crickets are liable to be much in t'Vltlt‘llt'B

also for thc noxt two months; and if so,

Paris grccn, brown sugar and middlings

in the proportions in ordt-r as montioncd

of 1—3—5, Well lnixcd, and lct‘t in small

pilcs near the hills, will be useful. They

like the sugar and in order to get that

will take what goes with it, and if after

mixing it stands long,r cnough for the Paris

to thoroly lcaven the cntirc mass,





grccn

They can





one meal will prove sufficient.

also be effectually trappt-d with boards

or shingles, same as the black squash

bugs. Well; the extra tillagc and in—

creased scrapping with the bugs which

we believe is directly due to the unfavor-

able weather conditions, add much to the

ordinary duties; but it seems that eternal

vigilance is the price of success.

Celery and Other Crops.

If the dry woather continues it cer-

tainly follows that celery, except on land

of natural adaptation, will suffer. Where





only a. home supply is grown a. very sim-

ple means of irrigation will work won-

ders, and it will take comparatively little

water. With the hoe make a V-shaped

trend along the rows as close to the

plants as possible without disturbing the

roots. Pour the water, as much as is

necessary, along the trench, allowing it

to soak down, and when sufficiently wet,

fill in with the dry soil. It is doubly‘_

more effective than .sprinkling with the

base, even if one is suppled with that

useful article, and the water pressure. It

will be still better if, instead of clear

water, liquid manure. of good fair strength

is used. Of course, large areas could not

be thus handled, but with reasonably ac-

cessible water, comparatively large beds

can be irrigated as the work can be done

rapidly and can be repeated at intervals

until the billing up interferes.



If the onions get balky and fail to

mature in reasonable time, as they some-

times do, they can be hastened along by

rolling the tops dowu with a barrel. A

lawn~roller is good, provided it is not

heavy enough to bruise the bulbs, which

will cause them to rot. For some cause

which is not very clear, the tops will

sometimes refuse to ripen, and die down.

This, if not too long continued, is well

enough; but they should not be thus left

too long. as they require good weather

in which to dry out before they can be

safely stored.



The ground for the spring bunching

onions and spinach should be all ready





THE MIGHIGAN FAR





O



ER.

burning, and what is left will work into

the-soil .and make it loose.- The only

argument of much weight in favor or

burning that I can see is the sanitary

‘one, and we can overcome this with

spraying if necessary. ‘



The spring set plants have made a. fine

growth, and there are fewer vacancies

than ever before. They are now about

right to layer the runners, and get the

plants started where we want them, and

we have begun this operation. It is a

rather tedious one, but it certainly gives

nice plants, and if followed up by keep-

ing the runners cut alid working about

the plants, it gives fine rovvs by fall. I

hope soon to experiment with this sys-

tem in comparison with the narrow and

wide matted row to see which gives the

best financial returns for the labor in-v

volved, for this is really the final test.



"I‘he raspberry crop is better than for

several years, especially the red ones.

This crop is a good yielder if conditions

are favorable, and usually brings a good

price, but the crop is rather hard to pick

and market in good shape, and it comes

right in harvest, and hence is not a good

crop for the general farmer to go into

extensively unless he is sure of good

help and markets. Blacks are easier to

pick, and hold up better in the market.

the cities, but with us the demand is

greater than for the reds, and we usu-

ally make the price the same. The worst

trouble with these is the anthracnosc,

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A Promising Celery Crop After the First Banking With Earth.





for putting in the crops by the last days

If August, and if dry weather holds on

it will require all the more tlioro tillage.

\Ve are promised the seed time, and the

rain will doubtless come, so the safe

plan is to be all ready for it, even if we

get ahead of time and have to wait a.

little.





\Vayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





 





BERRY NOTES.





 





The strawberry crop did not fulfill all

its proiniscs, yet it did fairly Well con-

sidering the late start it was allowed to

got. \Yhilc we liavc not summarized our

figures I bclicvc the yield was a little

lit-low the aVcragc for the last live years.

'l‘hcrc was loss dift'crencc between the.

datcs of ripcning,r of curly and late varic—

tics than 1 havc cycr known before, in

some cases the ripening periods being a!-

inost idcntical. ’l‘his shortened the sea-

son. and coupled with the fact that a

suddcu changc to warm weather with

rain ripcncd the crop up faster than most

growers could take care of it, causcd a

drop in prices for a time unwarranted by

thc crop had it been spread over a

longcr scason.



\Vc have mowed the vines and run the

plow along the side 0f the rows so as to

throw a back—furrow bothcn thcm. This

was harrowcd down with the spike tooth

barrow lengthwisc and crosswise, the

spaccs bctwccn the rows cultivated, and

the plants which were cchrcd uncov-

crcd with hand rakes. \Vc arc now hoc-

ing out the rows with mint hocs. The

plants havingr bccn laycrcd they are

spaccd far enough to enable us to hoe

around thcm nicely.



Zcfore plowing the mulch was raked

off: with a horse rake and put around the

sod lnulchcd trees. The rake will not

get it clcan, but there will not be, enough

to bother if the rows are marked out

with tho plow. If only the cultivator is

used it may be necessary to clean up with

hand rakes. I think we have. burned over

our last strawberry patch, unless it be in

a small way for experiment. W'e always

lose a good many plants in the operation,

and they are put backward about a week.

The mulch is also more valuable without





(‘ll bushts and without spraying the crop

is uncertain.



Blackberries are now ripening, and

Would have been a poor crop but for

the rain, and more will be needed to

They are uSually cheaper than reds in

make anything like a full crop. \thre

there is a good market. I bclicve this

crop can be grown more easily than rasp-

berries, and the yield is greatcr. They

are uncertain, however, as a drouth in

the ripening season will nearly destroy

the crop on light soils. If any crop will

stand irrigation and pay out, I believe it

would be the blackberry.



Calhoun Co. S. B. I-IAnTMAN.





THE CELERY CROP.





The. cclcry crop is now growing. It re-

sponds to good cultivation. llcing a good

fecdcr it rcvcls in an abundance of plant

food, which, in part, is made available

by the frequent stirring of the soil. Soon

the plants will have rcachcd such s37,n

that blanching will ncea to be started.

The cut on this page SlIOVVS a well—

grown crop aftt-r the first banking of

carth against the plants. Earth is the

l-cst blanching matcrial. it lcnds a qual—

ity to the stalks that boards fail to pro—

ducc. For the farmer who usually has

l-ut a fcw hills earth should be used in-

stcad of boards.



The medicinal value of celery when used

as a regular diet is of no little account;

and tho the actual nourishing value is

small when compared with many othcr

fotids, it affords a variety and spice to

the family mcals that should not be

overlooked; and as it can be had at a

time of the year when vegetables

are scarce and meat is consumed

in largcr quantities than it should

consumed in larger quantities than should

bc, it bccomes a matter of no small im-

port for the. farmers of Michigan to see

to it that the crop is properly looked

after. It will pay, and tho the production

of the finest grade of celcry is possible

where the highest skill is applied to the

best soil and climatic conditions, yet the

average farmer can grow the plant and

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A STROLL IN THE GARDEN.





(Paper read at the June meetingof the

Indianfields Club, by Mrs. Clara Miller).





(Concluded from last week).



“Is this alfalfa clover?” asked Mary.

John laughed and said:



“Now, Mary, you can see how peanuts

grow. They are not any harder to grow

than potatoes or anything else. We plant

the little Spanish variety, for they are

more ‘hardy and are earlier than the

larger kinds.”



“Look at those pretty poppies scattered

t‘hru your garden,” said Mary, “they look

so bright nodding their heads, and so

many colors.”



“Yes, I think one does not miss the

room they need, and they do make it look

so pretty. We will soon be over to a bed

of them that you will think pretty.”



“Here is a couple of rows of different

kinds of vegetables We only planted a

little of each kind, such as radishes, both

summer and winter varieties. We think

the Early Icicle is the very best, also the





Brittle Ice Lettuce; it is very nice, even.





in dry weather. Well, Mary, I won’t

name all the kinds as it will take me

too long.” .



“I see you have celery, too,” said Mary.



“Yes, we always raise a little of the

early as well as the late kinds. Well,

Mary, I see Clara is getting you around

to her flower garden as fast as she can;

you will see by the way she plans her

flower garden that I am interested, too."



“Yes,” I answered, “you see I have

plan-ted all the flowers in rows the same

as the vegetables, so the horses can do

the must of the work. We think a corner





,ofgthe garden planted to pretty bright





flavors is neither time nor labor lost.

They put me in mind of a verse I read

once, the-name of it was ‘Home Flow-

ers.’ Let me repeat it to you:

With a rose on the lawn, and a bird in

the tree,

And a vine clambering out on a trellis—-

With a fruit-laden bough and a small busy

bee

And all nature is willing to tell us—

It seems we should learn from the lessons

thus taught

That the home side of life holds a

power;

That the things we call common with

blessings are fraught

And that God is revealed in a flower.

“I am sure it is a great rest to come

over here after working among their

neighbors, such as squaslies, pumpkins,

onions, tomatoes and cabbages, and look

at their bright pretty faces. Now, Mary,

don’t you think I have some pretty flow-

ers? Look at those old—fashioned phlox,

so many colorS, and the zenias, some of

them are nearly but; not quite as pretty

as Miss Martha Purdy’s dahlias. The

dahlias are a flower 1 do not have good

success with; I think they want heavier

soil than this is, but look at those petu‘

nias. Aren't they large and pretty? And

those carnation pinks; here is that sweet

ten-week-stocks.”

“What are 'those beautiful

flowers?” interrupted Mary.

“They are called Szilpiglossis. The

Chrysanthemum, sunflowers and great

large leaf caster bean make a pretty

background with their colors blending

with those of their bright neighbors; the

four o’clocks are so full of bloom in the

evening. Look at those marigolds, how

double they are; those large yellow balls

are of the African sort. I think the dwarf

growing nasturtiums are pretty and that

nicotiana sandarea makes quite a show-

ing. The everlastings haven't any per-

fume, but they are nice to decorate with

in the winter and are better than paper

flowers. Aren’t those coleus fine? Their

foliage is of so many colors; also the

plumed selocia makes a very pretty part

of the garden with their different shades

of red and yellow. I think I have a nice

variety of asters. I usually get mixed

packages of seed, I get so many more

colors.” .I

“Yes, that is a good W33?” said Mary;

“but those poppies are certainly beauti-

ful and so many colors and kinds; they

are the Shurley, aren’t they?"

“Yes, they are a new strain of Shur-





velvety





the prettiest, they are ‘as large as the

peony. The ‘Lavetres with their large

pink blossoms are quite a pretty plant by

the side of the sweet alyssum. My ver-

benias are not very nice; I never have

good luck with them."



“You see, Mary,” interrupted John, "ev-

crything Clara does not have good success

with’ she lays it to the sandy soil, but I

think we ean grow nearly everything as

well here as (in heavy soil, but we have

come to the conclusion that roses want

heavier soil; at least we have not been

very successful in getting them started,

and they are my favorite flower, too."



“Roses are very nice," joined in Mary,

“but you have so many kinds here that

do well, you should be satisfied.” .



“Well, Mary, we do have a pretty good

garden when the eutworms leave it alone,

but they were so bad this year. I saved

my tomatoes by wrapping paper around

the stalks and sprinkling ashes around

the plants.”



“What is that?” cried Mary, “it looks

like a humming bird.”



“No, Mary,” answered John, “it is

called a tobacco bat. You keep them killed

and you won’t have any worms on your

tomato vines. They fly around in the

evening and sip the honey out of the flow-

ers; just take a paddle and knoek them

down to the ground and then you can

very easily kill them.”



“Well,” said Mary, “it must take a lot

of work to raise all this garden.”



“Of course it does, but you see we are

interested in our farmers’ club exhibit at

the fair and so we put-,in many different

kinds that we do not make the least use

of for ourselves.”



“Well, as it is getting dark,” said

Mary, “and I have my hands full of flow-

ers, I guess I will have to go. But I will

come again when the watermelons are

ripe."



“You surely have a standing invitation.

as well as all the rest of the members of

the farmers’ club.”



—T‘—~——-———q

PICNIC MEETING.





The Indianfields Farmers Club will hold

their eighth annual basket picnic Thurs-

day, August 19, in Bush‘s Grove. A good

time is anticipated and a cordial invita-

tiongis extended to everybody to come.—

Bl. R. Purdy, Sec’y. '





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





A “Home-Coming” Meeting—The sec-

ond. annual home-coming day of the

Marion Farmers' Club was observed on

Thursday, July 29th. All roads lead to

the Wide open gate of W'. A. Clark. and

after well towards one hundred had as—

sembled'on the shady side of the house

the mus2c1ans all joined in singing Home.

Sweet . Home. Rev. McCallum invoked

the Divine blessing upon all assembled

and a fine literary and musical program;

was rendered. A motion was passcd‘that

we favor a union picnic with Howell and

Genoa clubs. Miss Alma Dickerson read

a well written paper on home going. At

every railroad station one can tell the

home gomg from the home leaving crowd

Those_ who have long been gone have (i:

keen impatience to see the old surround-

ings, forgetting the harder side of the old

life, the hasty words too often spoken

remembering only the pleasant thing‘s. ’



Agriculture in Japan—Chas. O’Kada.

an. M. A. C. student from Japan spoke

briefly of agriculture in his home land.

lhe government has been active in iii-

troducmg improved farm stock till now

the great need is for buttcr factories and

meat_ packing concerns. lie enjoved the

meeting very much and said he would

favor such an organization among the

farmers at home when he should return.



yiSItOr From Cuba.——Dr. Ned Mayo

chief of the department of agriculture

of Cuba for the past five years, was then

called upon. His bronzed face and fluent

rendering of Spanish names made it

seem hardly possible that he had been

in the tropics such a Short time, vet he

know so much of interest of the Pearl of

the Antilles that all listened with great

interest till the call for ice cream and

cake was heard. That being disposed of

Iir. Mayo was again called upon and went

on as before, apparently able to instruct

and entertain us for hours telling of these

prolegcs of ours. He gave a brief history

of the island. He told of the ransacking

off-oust cities by pirates till most of the

cities are located back ten miles from

the. harbor. The ten years war previous

to Amcricun intervention was bloodv and

cruel beyond all description. Even now

tho‘peoplc have no public spirit. All at-

tempts at self—government i-esutls in nb~

solute ‘domination by the local “General.”

This "General" is a combination of



Lullv and “Party Boss,” as we know

them in this country, but incomparablv

worse. Previous to an election he sends

word by his friends to people he knows

to be unfavorable to his regime and tells

them to stay at home that dav. They

obediently keep away from the 'polls for

fear of personal violence. A, burning

match in their thatch roof would be a

greater calamity to them than submission

to the “Generals" personal program. We

can not understand their servilitv to

these local “Generals" who keep them in

constant terror.





After some more music and recitations

every one went home feeling the time

had been well spent.





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TH E AUGUST P ROGRAMS.





state Lecturer’s Suggestions for First

Meeting.



is the most profitable invest-



cows, in





Which

ment, seventy-five dollars in

hens or in swine?



(Vary the sub—topics to fit the indus-

tries of your community and ask for

figures to prove the arguments.)



Review of a book or magazine read

recently.



Industrial Alcohol, its sources, uses and

manufacture.



Sports and Games in the Country.—

XVhy do we need more? How shall they

be encouraged?



Some practical home-made refresh-

ments—by a “Surprise Committee” con-

sisting of young people who give instruc-

tions for making and serve samples of

the refreshments.





OUR NEW GRANGES.





Vl.—The Lecturer’s Part.



This rather rambling series of little

talks on the parts which various officers

may have in the success of a Grange

closes with a final word concerning the

lecturer's share in this result. “The

most important of all?” So it is often

said to be; but we must remember that

no one office, nor any one member, can

really be “the most important" in an





organization based on the very principle,





of doing-things—together.



It is expected that the lecturer will

prepare a program for each Grange meet-

ing. This program is like the circulatory

system of the human body—it carries new

life to the various organs and bears

away impurities in its rcvivifying flow.

The lecturer stands related to this sys-

tem as the heart to the life—blood of the

body—is the pumping station, as it were.

It is truly an important office, for upon

the push and alertness of the lecturer

depends very much that widening mental

horizon and actual development of mem-

bers and their hoines which should follow

in the wake of every well-regulated

Grange. Level-minded farm people, hav-

ing attained a clear understanding of the

true‘mission of the Grange, usually go

into it for these purposes and do not stay

unless they find stress is laid on them.

Some other members do not get this idea

at first but should be tactfully led into

it. This is the part that devolves upon

the lecturer.



The fortnightly program should be in-

teresting and yet not “interesting" from

the standpoint of being entertaining

alone. but should have something helpful

and instructive in ii. Members ought to

be able to carry from the hall in memory

something to ponder and enjoy after-

ward. In order to accomplish this, the

lecturer must know the mi-inbcrs as well

as study the program. Tin-re should be

some music on every program if possible.

l\lusic_hclps people as nothing else docs

if it is of the right sort; and no lecturer

of a Grange has a moral claim on the

office who will allow the repetition of a

song, or rci'ilzilion, or a rcmark that

raises a laugh or a tliot that does not

tend to promote “a higher manhood and

noblcr wmnzinhiiod.” 'lcsidcs music and

entertaining features, there should be mm

or two or three subjects for the members

to seriously discuss and read papers

upon.



The use of the roll—call, with various

responses and a question box, are two

most effective resources of the new

Grange. Another golden opportunity for

the lecturer is the enlisting,r of the young

people and of new members :15 fast as

they come into the Grange. It is prob-

ably safe to say that no Grunge would

bccomc dormant if every member was at

once made to feel responsibility.



Finally, the lecturer must not lose

heart. If so, no one must know it. It

will not do to stop asking people to take

part on the program once or twice, but

we must pcrscvcrc, with tact from one

vantage point and then another. for the

proverbial “seventy and seven times.”

Let “never be discouraged,” and “try,

try again,” be guiding stars out of every

perplcxity. If thot of the needs of the

Lecture Hour are bound on the heart

and carried into all the contracts of the

lectiircr’s life, he will find materials there

to bringr forth during this hour in the

Grange. This means that he will have

the need on his mind while he reads,

or listens to conversation, lecture, song

or sermon; it is with him in whatever

he does on his farm and in his home; in

whatever he sees from the roadside or in

further journeys; and in all those deeper

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little-children: There is no such word

as “fail" to such a lecturer. He will

overcome all obstacles and 'whatever he

does he will strive to do well.



- JENNIE BUELL.





GRANGE INVADES MARQUETTE

COUNTY.

Two Organized In Marquette and Three

in Delta.





Lathrop Grange.—A Grange was or-

ganized at Lathrop, Delta Co., Monday

evening, August 2, by Deputy John F.

Wilde. The following are the oflicers:

Master, Henry A. Harlow; overseer, John

Britz; Lecturer, Oro A. Molloy; steward,

Wesley Miller; ass’t steward, Carl Har-

low; lady ass’t steward, Anna Curran;

chaplain, Mary Harlow; treasurer, Nich~

olas Britz; secretary, Frank Curran; gate

keeper, Con Lane; Ceres, Mary Miller;

Pomona, Mrs. A. Miller; Flora, Mrs, L.

C. Connor.



Marquette Becomes Grange County.—

The first Grange in Marquette Co. was

organized at Turin, Tuesday evening,

August 3, by State Deputy, Wilde. It

will be known as Turin Grange and has





elected the following officers: Master,

H. H. Currie; overseer, Chas. Grimes;

lecturer, Ruth Grimes; steward, David

Grimes; ass't steward, F. C. Keupper;





lady ass’t steward, Margaret Lamirand;

chaplain, Rose Currie; treasurer. Henry

Grimes; secretary, Henry McFarland:

gate keeper, Herman Dreschutte; Ceres,

Daphne McFarland; Pomona, Maxmil-

liana Gour; Flora, Anna Stark,



Perkins Grange.——State Deputy‘ John

Wilde organized a Grange at Perkins,

Delta Co., Friday evening, July 30, with

the following oiliccrs: Muster, John L0-

gan; OV't'l'St?(‘l‘, Swen Hull; lccturcr, Ellen

Hall; steward, Fred in Bresh; ass’t stew-

ard, Edward Hall: lady ass't steward,

Ella Nordcn; chaplain, Anna Logan;

treasurer. Chas. Nordcn: secretary, John'





Hall; gate keeper, Moses Lachancc;

Ceres. Annie Bopric; Pomona, Anna.

Nordcn; Flora, Elizabeth inchancc.





Whitefish Grange—Thursday evening,

August 5, State Deputy Wilde organized

a Grange at the schoolhouse in the

Whitefish settlement, Masonville town-

ship, Delta Co., with the following offi—

cers: Master, Ncls \Vestling: overseer,

Arvid Bergman; lecturer. John .lohnson;

steward, Emanuel Johnson; ass't stew—

ard, \Yiilter ()kcrdnhl; lzidy ass't steward,

Ellen Bergman; chaplain, Harry \Vick-

strum; treasurer, .liiincs Snell; secretary,

Gustave Roberts: guic keeper, Ed. John-

son; Ceres, Anna Bergman; Pomona,

Mrs. G. Roberts; Flora, Mrs. H. Vt'ick-

strom,



Forsyth Grange—State Deputy \‘Vilde

organized a Grange at the Roby School

in Forsyth township, Marquette Co.,

\Vedncsday evening, August 4, with the

following Officers: Master, John Mc-

Carthy; ovoi-scci', .Tocl Anderson; lecturer,

Joseph Roby; steward. Alexander Pro—

vost; ass't steward, Aug. Gustafson; lady

ass’t steward, Mrs. H. Blanchette; chap-

lain, IVII‘S, McCarthy: treasurer, John

C‘. Sodcrstrom; secretary, Frank Carrier;

gate keeper, Henry Blanchettc; Ceres,

Stella \Vclrnn: Pomona, Anna Anderson;

Flora, Cordelia Dug'as.





 





 





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Barnard Grange, of (“lizirlcvoix Co., has

a committee on selection of farm pro-

ducts for exhibition iii the county fair

and it has requested the individual mem—

lwrs to select and prepari- for exhibition

the best of Ulvll‘ several products, the

some to be later collected and arranged.



Build Comfortable Sheds. —— Liberty

Grange, of (,li'uliot (2w, has recently ex-

pended $15.”: in building sheds adjacent to

the comfortable hall owned by this or-

ganization. That this Grange is in com-

fortable circumstances is evidenced by

the fact that its treasury contained suf-

ficient funds to promptly meet the ox-

DI'IISI‘ of this substantial improvement.



Grange Picnic.~rl’ok:igon Grunge, joined

by members: of \annc, l.:i(ii‘ang‘e :inil

lh-rrien Grams-cs. llt‘ltl :in old—mshiimml

low feast at \‘(ii-sl's resort, near Dowa-

giac, Aug. 3. Over rill) people were pres—

ent .‘llltl 111', one time the loll-foot dining

table sculwd 201} persons, all of whom

\‘.I'I‘i‘ boiinlil‘iilly suppliml with the good

thing's the Si<li‘l‘.\‘ lizii'l inn-pared, Rev.

James Spriiigsiiwn ili-Iivi-i'i-d :in zip-

propi-iziic address. and a program of ath—

letic l‘\'i*lllS was successfully carried out.

It was dividi-d to make these picnics an

annual event. l’okzigon Grange has also

recently closed a successful contest which

added 20 mcmbi-i's to its list, giving the

Grange a membership of; Go.





 





 





COMING EVENTS.





Pomona Meetings.



St. Joseph ("on with

Grange, Tuesday, Aug. 24.

Pound, stoic SDOilkt'l'.



Emmet Co., with Pickerel Lake Grange,

Friday, Sept. 24.



“'cstcrn Pomona (Ottawa Co.

Tallinadge Grange, Friday, Aug.



Picnics and Rallies.



Haring and Selma Grangcs. of VVexford

(70., will hold a rally on Saturday, Aug.

14. State Master lliill, state speaker.



Bronson Grange, BI'IIIH’ll Co., will hold

zinniiiil picnic {it Multci'son, inkc, “red—

ncsduy. Aug. IS.



Kent Co, Pomona Grange will hold a

farmers' picnic in Byron township, Kent

(30., W’cdncsday, August 25. Fourth and

fifth degree session with Carlisle Grange

in the evening. Master N. P. Hull, state

speaker.



Lapeer Co. Pomona will hold Grange

rally and basket bicnic at Lake Pleasant,

Cedar Landing, Thursday, Aug. 26.



Charlcvoix Co. Granges will hold second

annual picnic with Maple Grove Grange,

Saturday, Aug. 28.





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:HQME m YOUTH





BY JOHN E. WILLIAMS.





It was no fault of Ben Edmonds that

he looked green, and less fault that he

was green. Heredity and environment

had each marked him as its own, and

neither was of such a nature as to beget

other than an inexperienced, pampered

boy. His parents dying when he was

still almost a baby, he had been.raised

by two spinster aunts, his father’s sis—

ters, who held fixed ideas about the rear-

ing and care of house plants, and they ap-

plied the same methods to bringing up a

growing boy that they used in raising

geraniums.



No wonder then at sixteen, now that he

had matriculated in the Albion Prepara-

tory School at Custer, he found himself

confronting a maze of difficulties. It was

true that Aunt Emily had accompanied

him, had spent a whole week in select-

ing a room for him, and still another in

choosing a boarding house. Numerous

visits had also been made to the profes-

sors for the purpose of impressing on their

minds the boy’s various whims and char-

acteristics, and asking added concern for

the welfare of “Bennie.” But now Aunt

Emily had returned home, and poor "Ber-

nie” had to rustle for himself.



He found at his boarding house a jolly

crowd of happy hearts and voracious ap—

petites. All seemed to realize the fact

that Ben was very inexperienced in the

ways of the world, and were ever ready

at all times and under all circumstances

to offer advice, information and pointers

on every variety of question. It was true

that, relying on this information and

acting on ‘this advice, more than once

he had made what he easily saw were

bad blunders; still it was hard to bring

himself to doubt the veracity and integ-

rity of such a whole-soulcd bunch of fel-

lows, and it was not until the end of the

second week that Ben decided they were

making of him a butt for the ridicule

of the Whole school.



Once this decision dawned upon him,

he felt the pangs of genuine lonesome-

noss and homesickness as he, had never

felt them before. Blue and discouragcd

almost to the limit of endurancc, he went

to his room to brood over some way of

escaping these troubles, and possibly,

alone by himself, to let a few tears steal

out that were prcssing hard at his eye-

lids. 'Numcrous plans suggested them»-

sclves, but the one that suited him best

was to pack up his trunk and return

home. Still his aunts were ambitious

concerning him and were anxious to give

him the best education any school offer-

ed, and for that reason he hated to dis-

appoint thcm. 'l‘hcl'c 'was also within him

somewhere a spirit that hated to ad—

mit defeat. But the life he had been

forced to live the past few days was such

that no boy of his raising could long en-

dure. \Vhat would have been the outcome

of this brooding is hard to determine.

but just at this juncture he heard his

landlady calling him from below stairs.

Upon replying to her call he was told

that a man at the door wished to speak

to him.



At the door he met a man dressed in the

conventional blue of a laborer. Tho shab-

bily dressed, this man had a pleasant taco

w—one calculated soon to win the confi-

dence of. such a forlorn and lonesome boy

as Ben.



“You’re Tom Edmonds’ boy, Ben, ain't

you?” asked the man, and, upon receiv-

ing an affirmative reply, he addcd, “Well,

l'm your Uncle l‘lbcn, your ma'sbrother.”



Ben had heard very little from his aunt

of his mother’s relatives, and what he

had heard was calculated to give him the

opinion that they were a shiftlcss, igno-

rant lot. His Aunt Emily had often in-

timated that his father had thrown him-

sclf away by marrying into such a fam-

ily. None of these people had ever been

encouraged to come to see. Ben, and he

had always been absolutely refused all

permission to visit them. Aunt Emily

must not have known that Eben. the one

she apparently had the least use for of

all, was living near Custer, else Ben

would never have been sent there to

school.



“I saw in the paper.” resumed Ilncle

Eben, “that your Aunt Em’ly had been

here startin’ you in school an' thot I’d

wait till she left, an’ you l-‘lOt 35003 an'

lonesome, then I'd come in an' take you

out to see if Sarah an' me couldn’t jolly

you up a bit. I’m’ in today to do that,

an’ if you want to go we’ll start any-

time."



Ben had often thot his aunts unduly

prejudiced against his mother’s people.





   





 





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~From others he‘had learned that” tho they





were not as wealthy as his father’s peo-

they were honest, industrious,

hard-working people. For that reason it

was not strange that his uncle’s gener-

ous invitation awakened in him a wish

that soon grew into a resolve to spend the

next two days in the country. A short

time later found the two seated in a farm

wagon riding Out of town.



As the ride continued, Ben’s confidence

in his uncle grew, and long before they

reached the latter’s house, all loneliness

had been forgotten.



Aunt Sarah proved to be a very mother-

ly creature, and displayed more real af-

fection for Ben in ten minutes than Aunt

Emily had allowed herself to bestow all

her life. Aunt Sarah once had two boys

of her own, but diphtheria had taken

both away the same day about a year

before this, and the vacant place this had

left in her life such a boy as Ben could

help to fill. Ben’s appetite had gone

wavering along with his courage, but it

had been given a mighty stimulant by the

bumping he had gotten riding in the farm

wagon for four miles. Apparently his

aunt had anticipated this, for the table

was well laden with just such eatables as

only a country mother knows will go to

the right spot in a hungry boy.



Soon the three were seated. at the tables

The association of ideas must have brot

to Burs mind the latest subject under

discussion at his boarding house. “Oh,

my." said he, “I forgot all about the

snipe hunt the boys were going to take

me to tonight.”



“The what?" asked Uncle Eben, a de-

cided twinkle in his eyes.



“The snipe hunt,” replied Ben. “The

boys at the boarding house had arranged

to go snipe-hunting and were going to

let me go along. Did you ever hunt any

snipes, uncle?”



“Yes, a few,” was the reply, the twin-

kle having by this time grown into a

smile. Aunt Sarah also showed unmis-

takable signs of being amused.



“What you folks smiling so about?”

asked Ben, seeing there must be a joke

somewhere,



“So the boys was goin’ to take you

snipe—huntin‘?” replied Uncle Eben.

“\Vell, seein’ you was hand—raised the

way you was, I ain't surprised you’d have

gone. But s‘pose you go, anyhow. You

an’ me, Ben, ’11 hatch up a scheme, to

take them college chaps snipe-huntin’.

You leave it to old Uncle Eben an‘ if

we don’t have them holdin’ the sack, I'll

treat.”



Part II.



It was supper time at the boarding

house the following Friday evening. The

boys were mightily good-humored; all

ate heartily, as all seemed anxious to

get the meal over; some scheme was

surely under way.



\Vith his courage bolstered up by the

turn days spent in the country, Ben had

appeared at school again on Monday

morning. He told all inquirers concern-

ing his absence that he had been unex~

pectedly called out of town. Uncle Eben’s

common sense advice had caused him to

commit a lesser number of blunders than

previously, and this particular night

found him at the table in as high spirits

as any of his fellows. The boys early

in the week had expressed their disap-

pointment that he had not been able to

accompany them on the snipe-hunt the

previous Friday evening, and upon Ben’s

showing such a keen desire to take such

a hunt, they had arranged another for

this particular night. '



“I tell you, Ben,” said one, “you'll have

the sport of your life tonight. I'll never

forget the first night I hunted snipcs.”



“I was asking an old farmer about it

today, and he said the best country he

knew for snipes was in a ravine about

four miles out the Medbury road," said

Ben.



“l‘ve heard that was a good place, too,”

chimed in half a dozen. “\Ve may as Well

go there tonight.”



And so it happened that just as dusk

was beginning to give way to darkness,

a company of some fifteen youths could

be seen walking out the Medbury road.

Behind them came a rather rusty looking

man, riding in a farm wagon.



“l-l'ello, bays!" said the man as he

neared them, “if I had better accommo-

dations I‘d ask you to ride.”



“Oh, never mind about the accommo-

dations," said the boys, “we‘d like to

ride anyhow. We’re going out in the

country a few miles to hunt snipes.

Young fellow here never hunted any, and

is crazy to try his hand at it. Mighty

exciting business, anyhow. Did you ever

hunt any snipes?"



“Well, I reckon yes,” was the reply.

“Ever since I was a kid. Great country

for ’em out here about five miles. Best

place I ever saw. The place is just lousy





with ’em. If you don’t mind goin’ so

far,~ I’ll take you there, as I go right

past the place.”



[All agreed that this was the thing to





do, so on they rode, each telling of past '





experiences they had had while on such

hunts. Many remarkable captures were

narrated, but none equal to those told by

the old man. Seeing him enter so hear-

tily into what they thot the spirit of’the

occasion, the boys were mightily pleased

with the outcome of the trip.



After driving for some considerable

dist..nce, they drew near to a place where

the road passed thru a deep ravine. By

this time darkness was upon them, and

the trees along the ravine made it still

darker there than in the open country.

The wagon was stopped at the bottom,

and the boys were told if they would con-

tinue up the ravine about a mile they

would find the best trysting place for

snipes in all the country.



All jumped from the wagon and started

thru the darkness in the direction men-

tioned. The place was so dark that some

seemed inclined to hesitate, but the na—

ture of the hunt required that the most

lonesome place possible be selected, so on

they journeyed.



After some time they found what was

undoubtedly the place suggested. Here

they gathered together to make the ar—

rangements for the hunt. Most of them

by this time were so impressed with the

darkness and stillness of the ravine, that

the compact bunch that assembled to ar—

range matters indicated that the courage

of more than one was on the wane. Just

at this moment Ben spoke up:



“Say, boys, I don’t believe I care to

hunt snipes tonight after all. That old

fellow we rode out with is an uncle of

mine, and lives just over the edge of

the ravine there. I believe I’ll go over

and spend the night with him. My going

will of course in no Way interfere with

the hunt. I hope the rest of you will

have some great sport and catch a lot of

snipes. Good—night!”





TREE STUDY.





BY HOPE DARING.





Try it with the children. It requires no

botanical knowledge, altho a study of

modes of growth, division of leaves, and

siaminate and pistillate flowers would be

profitable. But select a few trees and

study, one at a time, the part they have

played in history and literature.



For instance, the oak. In England two

thousand years ago the people and their

priests, the Druids, were worshiping this

tree, and their religious ceremonies were

conducted in oak groves. About the same

time or a little before the young Greeks

were wandering thru the forests, looking

for the Dryads, the beautiful maidens

who lived in oak trees. They listened to

the song of the Wind in the leaves, and at

last the, faint rustle resolved itself into

words, and the Dryads sang:



“Rest you, rest you,

Green boughs shade you,

Soothe you, soothe you,

Sleep you, sleep you,

No bec hum near you,

No bird flit o’er you,

Dream you, dream you.”



The Greeks also claimed that their chief

god, Zeus (the Jupiter of the Romans)

was born beneath an oak tree, and a

mighty one which grew at Dodona was

sacred to him. When the leaves rustlod,

the priests claimed that Zeus was giving

them a message for the people. The Jews

venerated the oak, and the tree is several

times mentioned in the Bible. In Ezekiel

we read how I‘tars to idols Were erected

in the shade of these trees. To win a.

“crown of oak” was considered a great

honor by a Roman citich. The Saxons,

whose vast herds of swine fatted upon

the acorns, by them named mast, called

the right to let the herds feed in a forest

“pannage.” This right was sometimes a

part of a r ide's dowry or a church Was

endowed with it.



The study of the oak includes many

charming historical stories. Among these

may be mentioned that of the hollow oak

in which William Wallace SII'DI, the oak

in which the fugitive king, Charles it,

took refuge, and our own Charter Oak of

Connecticut. Then there are the many

poetical references. To compare the

poet's impression with the tree itself is a

fascinating and instructive pastime.



Read Hans Christian Anderson’s “Last

Dream of thc Old Oak Tree,” Henry Van

Dyke’s “The First Christmas Tree,” Low-

ell’s “The Oak,” and that, familiar ”Wood-

man, Spare That Tree."





 





Then there is the pine with its entirely:





different leaf formation and habits of

growth. While this tree has not so far-





famed a history as the oak, its cousins,‘





the fir and cedar, were used in the build-

ingof the Temple at Jerusalem and in

Solomon’s House. In Shakespeare’s “The





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. The new of North America loved the

pine'and. told .‘wondrous tales in which it

bore a part. One legend tells that the

music made by the wind in the branches

is the voices of the great chiefs who be-

sought Glooskap to make them taller than

their fellows and let them live longer

than others. The god changed them into

pine trees, thus granting their request.

The well-known Hiawatha, when build-

ing his canoe, asked of the larch, a mem-





ber of the pine family, his fibrous roots to ,





bind the canoe together and of the fir his

balsam.



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Lucy Larcom.



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Nearly all the trees that grow in sight

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CONCERNING J ELLY MAKING.





 





BY E. E. It.





When fruit juice refuses to jellify after

cooking from ten to twenty minutes with

an equal quantity .of granulated sugar. it

is a sure indication that something is

wrong.



Certain conditions must be maintained

in jelly making in order to obtain best

results. The fruit must not be over-ripe.

The perfect product only must be used.

If currants, they better be partly green

than dead ripe, and the same is true of

other fruits. The jelly will make more

quickly and the color will be better if

taken before the prime eating condition

is reached.



To make cur-rant jelly the fruit may be

slightly cooked, and then drained, to ex-

tract the juice. The raw fruit may be

crushed and presscd thru a strong cloth

bag. Probably as convenient a way as

any is to scald it then pour into a cloth

to drip for several hours, or over night.

The.juice must be measured and equal

parts of sugar prepared. If more con—

venient both may be weighed instead.

Boil the fruit juice for ten minutes, and

addxthesugarpwhich has been heating in

the Bvclgi. 'This is not imperative, but the

hot sugar retards the boiling less than

cold. As soon as boiling begins again,

test a little of the syrup in a cold dish.

If it jellies. remove from the fire at

once. Long‘ continued cooking darkens it

and adds nothing to the firmness.



Jelly to be perfectly clear must be

absolutely free of any particles of pulp;

straining thru a flannel cloth at the last

will have a most satisfactory effect.

Have tumblers sculdcd. with or without

the cops, and pour the hot jelly into

them with as little delay as possible.

Allow them to stand until cool before

Sealing. Melted parrafiin seals the tops

completely against mold, and is much

better next to the jelly than paper. The

paraffin may be used from one year to

another by remelting. Paste white paper

over the tops, if the glasses are not

provided with covers, and store in a dry

place.



Common pieplant or rhubarb makes

excellent jelly when flavored. with pine-

apple. So also do apples. The latter

takes flavor from other fruits particu-





larly well and makes a clean, firm

product.

Pcctine is the element which causes





fruit Juices to jcllit‘y. Sweet fruits do

not make firm jelly unless accompanied

by an acid. Ripe cherries, altlio tart,

are lacking in pectine, hence do not

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FOR THE HOME NURSE.





 





BY GLADYS HYATT SINCLAIR.



I have had considerable experience in

home-nursing, and there are a few

things of which I wish to speak. Clear

the sick room of all unnecessary articles

of furniture and hangings, and keep it

as spotlessly clean as possible. For your

own convenience and the comfort of the

patient, which depends a great deal upon

your ease and repose, raise the bed by

placing a block of hardwood, three to

four inches wide, at the foot and head of

the bed upon the rails. held in place by

a cleat on the inside,'and then place the

springs and mattress upon this, which is

easily done. It is a relief when bathing

or tending the patient. not to have to

stand in a bent position. ' Have some

squares of white table oil cloth, a scent-

less powder, alcohol, a good soap, plenty

of bath towels, and wash cloths made

of surgeons' gauze. Sponges are not

allowed in hospitals. Have two or three





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.wate'r bottle,‘>fountain syringe, vaseline





and bed~pan. When giving the patient

a bath, or whatever it may be you have

to do, get the things-you are goingto

use where you can reach them, without

any disturbance, and when you are ready.

begin gently but firmly and proceed

quietly and steadily. Your precision will

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COOKING AN OLD FOWL.





BY MARY Fosrnn smvua.





It occasionally happens when one wants

spring chickens to cook, that an old fowl

must be substituted, and very careful

cooking will be required to make it

really palatable. It is always safer to

serve it in a soup or puree, or slowly

simmered with some vegetables and

sweet herbs, to' give it a more pleasing

flavor. Some of the best ways of pre—

paring such a bird are the following:



Fowl with Rice—Draw and clean a

large fowl in the usual manner, put it

into a saucepan and cover it with warm

water. Add two or three onions, a car-

rot, half a turnip, a tablespoon of pars«

ley, and a small bunch of sweet herbs.

Let it come to a boil, then skim it well

and keep it simmering until almost

tender enough to serve. Add salt and

pepper to season and put in one teacup

of well-washed rice; let simmer until the

rice is soft and the gravy is all absorbed.

Remove the herbs and vegetables, place

the fowl on a heated platter and serve

with the rice heaped around it. A small

lump of butter should be stirred into the

rice before dishing it.



Chicken Puree—Prepare the fowl for

cooking, cut it into joints, and put into

a large saucepan with three quarts of

warm water, four or five cloves, 3 stick

of cinnamon, :1 blade of mace, a bay leaf,

two onions, two stalks of celery and a

carrot. Bring to a boil, then skim it

well, and let simmer slowly until the

flesh will leave the bones easily. Strain

the liquor thru a coarse sieve, take all

the meat from the bones and chop very

fine. Wash the saucepan, put the stock

and fowl into it again, add half a tea-

cup of well-washed rice, and salt and

pepper to season, let simmer gently until

the rice is tender. Stir in one tablespoon

of flour that has been smoothly mixed

with a little cold milk, and let it cook

for five minutes, stirring constantly, then

add one cup of cream (or an egg beaten

up .in a cup of milk). Let it just come

to a boil, and serve at once.



Charlemagne Soup—Prepare the fowl

for cooking and let it boil, in just enough

slightly salted water to cover, until it

it is so tender the flesh will leave the

bones clean. Remove the meat from the

bones, add to it a small cup of bread

crumbs, that have been soaked in a little

stoek, and pound together well. Remove

the fat from the liquor in which the

fowl was boiled, strain the soup, and

return it to the fire, to heat again, then

put in the pounded fowl and bread~

crumbs. Beat the yolks of two eggs in

a cup of milk, stir them quickly into the

hot soup, and serve immediately with

sippets of fried bread.





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Pineapple Lemonade.



One pint water, one cup sugar, one

can grated pineapple, juice of three lem-

ODS. Make syrup by boiling water and

sugar together ten minutes; add 'pine—

apple and lemon juicer cool, strain and

add one quart ice water.



Ginger Punch.



Onc quart cold water, one cup sugar,

one—half pound Canton ginger, one-half

cup orange juice, one-half cup lemon

juice. Chop ginger, add water and sugar,

boil 15 minutes; add fruit juice, cool,

strain and dilute with crushed ice.





Orange Ice.



Four cups water, two cups sugar, one-

half cup lemon juice, two cups orange

juice and grated rind of two oranges.

Make a syrup by boiling the water and

sugar twenty minutes; add fruit juice

and grated rind; cool, strain and freeze.



Currant Ice.



Four cups water, one and one-half

cups sugar, two cups currant juice.

Make a syrup by boiling water and sugar

twenty minutes; add currant juice, cool,

strain and freeze.



Milk Sherbet.



Four cups milk, one and one-half cups

sugar, juice of three lemons. Mix the

juice and the sugar, stirring constantly

while slowly adding the milk; freeze.





 





 





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Till ACCESSORIES include both seat.

“0 JOINTS TO WIPE. all threaded pi

"It It our No. 3% “all. and our pri





different style. that we offer for male. Fifteen





fixtures without wiping joint, also tell: how





 





’- Clean — Sanitary — Odorless—





wees—Finest Nickel Trimmings





purchase of high-grade plumbing fixtures. We guarantee that every article

lined in this outfit is absolutely brand new and first-class in every particular.



THE BATH TUB in lpotlen white porcelain enameled. with heavy roll rim and of very mcoful shape.

THE LAVATORY is beautiful, spotles- white porcelain ename .

Till CLOSET is the latest and most unitary. vitreous Syphon Jet: polished solid oak neat and tank.





Ihowu in the illustration. properly existed and packed for shipment. This in but a sum is of the many





Our prices will save you one-half of what your plumber would ordinarily charge you. We furnish a written

binding guarantee with ever! outfit. If any material is not fully up to our representation or your expec-

htion we' ll «manage at our freight expense or refund your money. Could any proposition be more fun?





Lag MIMeMI .A_ lllll Mr Healing Plant!





We can uve‘you from 30 to 50 percent. Send us I. diagram of your house for

our 056mm We furnish complete steam and hot water heating plant: for new

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manufactured. It has provon it is about the most wonderfully economxcul

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we furnish all necessary blueprints. detailed drawings and full instructions.

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OUR BOOK 0" PLUIIINO MATERIAL flitellluohtionlconiams charts.

drawings and diagrams ; shows how any ordinary mechanic can install pin





it free i! you mention where you have uen this advortismont. Ask for Book No. 38 -





OIIIOAEO non! WIRING 00.. 35"! and Inn Sinus, Chicago





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Newest Designs—Best Appli-





uu example of our ability to love you 40 to 00 per cent. in the





led. with nickel plated trimmings.





nickel plated soap cup, two towel barn and toilet paper holder.

pe connections. .

cc of $50.00 absolutely includes all of the plumbmr fixtures





different combinations ranging in price from 25 to$200c





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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marina

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Ball-Bearing

Steel Pitman





COMPLETE

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some cabinet frame.





south to Tennesse. You cannot affo

sent for our handsome illustrated free





‘A $50 MACHINE





New Model with Ball Bearing Head and Stand--

Automatic Tension Release-u-Automatic





Good Machines as low as $12.





For 37 extra will send the :19 machine with automatic lift in a. hand-





VVe prepay freight to any freight station east of the Mississippi River, or





THE MICHIGAN FARMER, Detrolt, Mich.





for $19 |





only





Lift

ArmanK or Walnut Table.





We Pay the Freight

“d 90 Days’ Trial





Allow

. Our new model, im-

proved Mich. Farmer sew-





 

 

 

 

 

 





ing machine has cam

thread take up, giving





better control of the

thread and making a bet—

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arrangement. Running it

backwards will not break

the thread. It has high-

est arm, disc tension, au-

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with loose band wheel,

high lift for heavy work. '





Guaranteed for





20 YEARS. a





and money refunded if not satis-

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and illustrated book free. We

guarantee this machine to be

first-class in every particular,

handsome in appearance and

‘ equal to any machine made.

Same machine without the au-

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Ball - Bearing Pitless

5 C318 that has all the good features of other

kinds and a lot of exclusive points.





The hall-bearing principle alone doubles the value of

this scale— ives a freedom of movement that prevents

blndlnf an clogging.



This s the onlyscale sold at wholesale price to farmers

on 00 days' free trial—on a. full 10 yours' guarantee.

Requires no pit»digglng,no wood except floor. Quickly

not up and moved easily. It‘s absolutely correct all the

time. Farmers, puts stop to taking the other fellow's

weights. Storekeepexu sell goods on their weights,

and that’s what you ought to do. Before grain or

stock leaves your place you ought to know the net.

weight exactlz'. Welghtis just as important as price.

ion wouldn’ sell hogs at 540 under market andyou

should not sell them under weight.



Let us make oul-boloulo price—with freight: all

paid—and up in our uamntee plan and free trial

offer. We’ll show you at how the scale works and

how to act it up at almost no expense.





[lull-ail :iTLESS SCALE co.

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FUR SALE UH EXBHANEE





F0. :‘lE—l‘irstvclass Dairy Farm, 200 acres, 15.3 miles from

City of SINJII, in Southern Michigan. Everything

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F 20 t 40 ‘

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IQHIGAN FRUIT BELT—Good clay land

84 acre; easy payments; school. mall route: town

hall joins corners. Fred Dunner, White Cloud, Mich.





TEXAS ORANGE GROVES “it‘ll. 8333a:

plan. Company does work. gives share crops. enor-





mous profits, permanent income, life innuruuco. May we send

details at once? Stirling Improvamcnt Co., Inc., Duluth, Minn,





l whon you can buy

the Ben Land 1-

Mlo :- It from

no to a an acre

our Saginaw and Bay City. Write for map and par-

ticulars. Clear title and easy terms. STAIFELD 3305.,





(owners) 15 Merrill biog. Saginaw. W. 8.. Mich.





Michigan Lands





SEND for my free 32~paze illustrated booklet

and map of the Dempsey Lands in Mason and

Lake Counties. Michigan; unexcelled [or gen-

eral farming and sheep and cattle raising. Best

land at lowest prices in Michigan. Easy terms.





J. E. MERlll’l'l‘, Manistee, Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Always mention the Michigan Farmer

. when writing to advertisers.
Clover

takes nitrogen

from the air and deposits it

in the soil to make good wheat.

But it must set early, be deep rooted

and thrifty in order to do this.

Potash is required. Supply it to

your clover this Fall, when you seed

your wheat or rye. You’ll see that





POTASH PAYS





Sets the crop early and well and

provxdes an abundance of nitrogen at

the cheapest possible rate.





 

 





 





Add Potash to your wheat fertilizer to

make it 2-8-6. Every two pounds of Muriate

oi Potash added to each 10(Lpounds of

tertlllzer increases the Potash total one



per cent.





 





Sendfor New Famers'Note Book—about soil. crops,

manure: andfo’rtl‘lizers—m. practical book compiled

by experts. Mailed on request. Free.





GERMAN KALI WORKS. Mooodnock Bldg" Chicago

New York. 93 Noun St. Atlanta, 01.,1224 Candler Bldg.





VSILO FILLING

MACHINERY





Made in sizes to suit all wants. SOLD

ON THEIR OWN MERITS. Buy them, 7. .7

try them. and only then do we expect _ ‘





5 9 settleent.





 

 





   





 





We do not ask

for cash with or-

der, because loos

. Iochines for the

. ‘_ past59years have

- proved beyond

the expectation

of e v e r y pur-

chaser.





EXPERIENCE MAKES





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YEARS PERFECT.

‘“ 3.12, , < Every buyer of

EXPERIENCE ”IN . 9. Ross outfit is

Largest manufactur. ,l llllllll‘lllllliliillflmfw . . a satisfied cus~

era 0: Ensilage Ma- .“l’tV ’~ . ( tomer.





 





Our catalogue

shows the most

- complete line of

Silo Filling Machinery on‘

the market. Don’t forget the





R088 SILO.





 

 

 

 

 

 





chinery in the world.





ROSS CUTTERS ARE

GUARANTEED.

Write to-day for FREE Catalog. -





The B. W. ROSS (20., Box 14, Springfield, Ohio.

ANDWIGH BELT POWER PRESS

‘ . Capacity 2 to 4 Tons Per Hour. '





Eight horse gasoline or steam power runs largest size to full capacity, while many

customers are usinl: smaller power. Equipped with Block

Dropper which is safe and sure in operation. Simple

and eirective Self Feeder, easy and last to serve

and one which handles large or small charges. A

Simple, Solld, Buolnooollke Outilt. A Money-Maker.

It is not made up of a maze of gears, tangle of shafts





 

 

 

 

 

   





 





 





 





and friction clutches. Uses no balance wheel, does

not need any. Motions slow and powerful, no rapid

Or jerky movements. Wood or Steel Mountings.

We "up. Lever Brake. Lined throughout with heavy sheet

horse powor steel. Don’t; fail to write today ior our 64 page cata—





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SANDWICH MANUFACTURING C0., 140 Main Street, SANDWICH. ILLINOIS.

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CATTLE STANCHIONS.TANKS

WINDMILLS. WOOD & STEEL

TANK asuo co,

,. MICHIGAN.





DIFFERENf

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Dear Firm—During

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ensilage at the rate

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and foul”: the same to be eminently satisfactory. Tile r '

machine is capable of doing all you claim for it and upon -

actual test we were able to put into a silo 36 it. high corn





It was e. .

per hour during the whole day's time. This season we * - -

hail three 150-ton cement silos to fill and were under the





pidly in order to get them filled in time.

pleased with the machine.





Richmond. Mich.

the year 1907 we purchased one of

ilage Cutters with Blower alttachmcnt





of 25 tons per‘hour. using a 12 h. p.

"my to cut at the rate of 15 to 20 tons





 





a cutter which would do the work ra-

We are well





 





 





 





 





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Yours truly, WEEKS BROS. ‘ 7 -' .. '4





 





 





Wilder’s Whirlwind Silo Filler





is built on lines that make it a very t





and we confidently offer it as the highest attainment in a silo fllllng machine.





ast worker—it‘s the result of years of development

It cuts or





shreds and elevates all at one operation, and does it faster and with less power than





any





other machine on the market. It is casytooperato





and quickly moved from place to place. is low—down





 





and handy to feed: quickly adjusted; traveling apron





need not be taken apart when machine is moved.



Has very strong fan blades, heavy gear and a



simple step and reversing mechanism. Write



. for interesting free catalogue-a regular Silo



7‘ Filler Dictionary. You ought to read it

through before you buy a Silo Filler.





Wilder-Strong Implement Ca,

. Dept. 13 Monroe. Mloh.





 





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througho . '

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use of their power and

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Sand for catalogs—they are tree.





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THE “ALAMO”





The Gasoline Engine'that combines QUALITY,





DURABILITY and ECONOMY.

power. It will lessen your work and

your income.





incr





A perfect farm





88. 88





It will pump water, grind feed.





churn,run a. separator, saw wood, bale hay, shell

corn and is adaptable to many other purposes.





In Stationary from 3 to 50 P., Portables





sizes.





. all





Send for our Picture Book Catalog—Free.





THE ALAMO MFG. (30.,





HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.





 





 





 





HEIDER





You, Are Losing Money





it you haven't a Saginaw

Silo beside your (‘ow barn.



, N0 invention of modern time!

1/ can compare with it as a money-



maker. Wherever corn. clover

and alfalfa grow. the Saginaw

Silo is making farmers rich. You

cannot afford to be





Without a Saginé’w Silo





Silage from it tastes so good to

cows that they crowrl themselves

to the limit of milk-airing capac-

ity. Steers fatten twice as last as

on dry food or pllstllmue. Write





Holder 4-llorse Plow Evener permits working 4 horses

abreast on Gang,Sulky or Disc l’low. One horse in fur-

row, 3 on land. Works free—no sidedralt. Coupled

short—easy to attach. All horses -ull equal.



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2-. 3-, 4-. 5-. J

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Plow EV- \Vagon, Manure Spreader.

eners are

unequaled. Work like a charm .We make Clev- 9015'

ises to attach Eveners to all Plows: also wagr

on doubletrees. smgletrees. neck yokes, etc_





Heidcr 3-HorseWagon R .





anywhere you want to use

No longer pole re .’ qurred.





- Ask your dealer to Horde





 





E v c n e r—for

Grain Drill.—

3 horses on a





EVEN ERS





and get the best. If he can't supply you, write

us—(ion’t accept any other.



Heider—none work so perfect.

HEIDER MFG. CO... DEPT 10 Carroll,





Insist on the





Iowa





No tinkering and fussing





 

 

 

 

 

 





» Dependable,

economical.

. power than

' need.

styles and





 





for Free Catalog and Silage book.

Farmers Handy Wagon Co.

Box 64 Saginaw. Ml('ll.

Des Molnaa. 1a., Minneapolis





 





 





   

 

   

   

   

   

   

   





 

   





 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 





 





 





feed hay press is latest, most powerful

and most efficient. Each circle of team

presses three charges. self feed auto-

matically puts llziy down. Vl'onllcrfully

increased capacity. \Vl'ilc now for “Baler

Book” and special low prions. Best

press, cost least. Five days {no trial.

GEO. ERTEL 60., Oulncy, Ill. Established 1867.





Also full line Corn Shellers,





Mills, Wood Saws,

etc.





     





 





Strongest, most durable fence



made. Heaviest, closest wires. Double ;



gal anizod. Practically indestructible. Stock - .

‘stro .G 'oken tight. 15 to 35¢ per rod. Samnle Free. We nayi

The town Fence a Wire 00.. Dept. 49 Cleveland, Ohio:





 





 





 





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Stool Carrier.





NAME .





-. ALL

SIZES,





— _, ___,,._,

PATENT





coupon and we will

send you a certificate



for $2.00 to apply on the

purchase price of one





Cutter with Enclosed





P. OS'I‘ATE

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. for all

Write for free

today.





JAMES LEFFEL & CO}BOX 230. SPRINGFIELD,





 





This is just a liltle ad—hut a postal will bring my

Book—and give you my £50.00 Saving Price and Sp





vertisement as if it covered a page.





than any Spreader madeflno mat- - ,

ter what the price—so why pay $50

more? 20,000 llrmovo hove

stomped their 0. K. on .

my oproodor and monoy‘

oovlng prloo. My Special

Proposition will interest you. - A

Just a postal addressed to Gal-

loway of Waterloo, Iowa, will ’

bring you everythingpoptpald.

Will You For I [Many For

The Pootol and Cove 050.00?

Address Wm. Galloway. Free.

WI. GALLOWAV oo.

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My Spreader positively will do better work andltlt longer





No Power Troubles





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