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VOL. CXLlV. No. 12

Whole Number 3827





. DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1915.





50 CENTS A YEAR,

82 FOR 5 YEARS.





GETTING RESULTS FROM ,SP-RAYING.





AN is in an eternal fight with have to be true to their label, specify-



the forces of nature to main- ing the contents. Therefore estab-

, tain things as he desires them. lished brands can be relied upon. Most

This fight is often made more difficult brands guarantee a test of 32 or 33

because in disorganizing natural con- degrees Beaume, and at such strength

ditions to suit himself he has unbal- they should be diluted at the rate of

anced the natural order of things. He 1:8 for scale spraying. 7

has, in changing conditions to suit While it is safe to spray for scale

himself, made them favorable for the any time during the dormant season,

development of pests and unfavorable better results can be had if the spray

for the well-being of parasites. ing is done in fall or spring. The

Through our own efforts, then, we 11me~sulphur does not seem as effec-

have made it necessary for us to fight tive when applied during the freezing

for what we deem perfection in our weather as at other times. Spring is

farm crops. the ideal time, as then some fungicidal





of aphis the use of commercial tobac-

co extract will undoubtedly become

common. This when used just before

and after the blossoming time will

keep the aphis in check of the work is

done thoroughly. It can be put into

the arsenate of lead ‘and lime-sulphur

sprays used at that time, thus saving

the cost of an extra application. As the

strength of the different brands vary

they should be used at the strength

advised by the manufacturers. The

chief factor in the control of the aphis

is to kill the few remaining in spring

and thus get rid of a source of others.





 





Spraying Essential in Orcharding.



The spray machine charged with the

proper spray mixture, is our chief in-‘ . ,

strument of destruction in the cam-.' .,'

paign against fruit insects and dis-' .

eases. Spraying is practically the'

only undisputed orchard operation, as

in our ideas of pruning, cultivation,

etc., we may have our differences of

opinion and have results to substan-

tiate these various opinionflbut there

are no two ways about spraying. We

have to spray, and spray the right

way, to get proper results.



Where differences may come in

spraying is in the matter of thorough-

ness, and due to the different ideas as

to what thoroughness is, we mainly

get our variations in the results from

spraying. Poor results We blame upon

the particular brand of commercial

spray material, or the kind of spray

material we are using, but when the

matter is investigated in an unpreju-

diced way the lack of thoroughness is

found the chief cause of the trouble.



Spraying as a Preventive.



Spraying is considered a prevent-

ive and not a cure. It should, there-

fore, be done before the particular

condition, which we are fighting,

arises. The object of spraying is to

thoroughly cover all parts of the tree

or bush with mixtures which are fatal . ‘ .. . (

to the insects or diseases which at- H “

tack them. Any place left uncovered A G°°d Spray Equipment '

is opened to the attacks of these var- effect is derived from the application.

ious pests. If one does not intend to apply a fun-



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been more responsible for the recent late in Spring as possible. When the.

rapid development of spraying than leaf DUdS are beginning to burst is a

anything else. It made the issue one good time.

of spraying or quitting the business, -As the scale attacks all the fruits,

and more than anything else it made except the sour cherry, they should

fruit growing a specialized business. receive annual Spraying, We cannot

But now the scale has ceased to be hope to eradicate the scale but can

a fear 'to fruit growers, as annual keep it in check by persistent work.

thorough spraying will keep it in On peaches the 80819 application

check. Being a sucking insect, thor- should be made early so as to control

oughness is most essential in spraying the leaf curl. It is absolutely neces-

for it, as it is not killed until it is sary to spray f0!“ this disease before

covered With the spray material. As the buds start swelling and it is gen-

the scale spreads most rapidly on the 6Tally figured that some time before

new wood because it can get to the March 15 will do. There are advanced

sap more readily, special attention seasons, though, when it is necessary

must be given to spraying tops of the to spray before the first of March.

trees and the smaller limbs. ,VVhile the lime-sulphur is most com-

The Popular Spray Material. monly used, the oil sprays are also

‘ Limeeulphuf is accepted as the effective and are preferred by many

most popular scale destroyer. It can because they are more agreeable to





now be purchased so cheaply in com- handle and spread over the tree more

mercial form that that is the advisable thoroughly, making it more easy to





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horough Spraying.



With the exception of peaches the

spraying of tree fruits is very similar.

The formulas used and the times for

spraying are all alike. There is the

application just before the blossoms

which all get. On the apples and

pears this application is made mainly

for its fungicidal effect while its in-

secticidal effect is of value on cherries

and plums. In many cases the poison

is left out of this application on ap-

ples and pears, but it is usually adviS<

able to put it in.



The Summer Applications.



The application when about two-

thirds of the blossom petals have

dropped, and the one- ten days to two

weeks after, should also be applied on

all but peaches. These are usually all

the applications necessary on cherries

unless the leaf blight is serious, and

then another spraying should be made

after the fruit has been harvested. On

plums another application should be

made again in ten days, while on sum-

mer apples and pears no more are

necessary. On winter apples and pears

another spraying about the first of

August should be made.





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While Bordeaux mixture was the

prevailing fungicide a few years ago,

dilute lime-sulphur is now most com-

monly used. Bordeaux is probably a.

slightly better fungicide for some pur-

poses, but the handiness of lime-sul-

phur and the results obtained with it

make it popular. Dilute lime-sulphur

with arsenate of lead makes an ideal

combination for spraying apples,

pears, plums and cherries. On apples

the lime-sulphur should be used at the

strength of one to 40, while on the

other fruits one to 50 will give good

results without injury to the. foliage.

The arsenate of lead should be used

at the rate of two to two and oneshalf

pounds to 50 gallons.



Good Equipment_ Necessary.



As spraying, at its best, is a disa-

greeable job, one must have proper

equipment in order to facilitate thor-

ough work. Poor equipment makes

thorough work especially hard and

will be the cause of enough loss in

poor fruit to pay for several spraying

outfits. [for small trees the hand

pump outfit will do fairly well, but for

large trees and where a large number

of trees are sprayed the power outfit

is necessary. One which is simple in

construction and can maintain at least

200 pounds pressure for two leads of

hose, should be sought. 100d hose,

improved couplings, light spray rods

and modern nozzles, etc, are things

which prove good investments by sav-

ing time and improving the quality of

the work done.



It may be policy to be economical in

some of the orchard operations, but in

spraying one should not hesitate to

spend money for things which will

make for better results. Good equip-

ment and plenty of spray material

should be used. An extra. investment

amounting to a small extra cost, per

tree in spraying will often result in a

large increase in yield of good quality

fruit.



Thoroughness Necessary to Get

Results.



To get results from spraying, the

right spray materials, thoroughness in

application and spraying at the proper

time, are necessary. The first is easy.

Formulas have been briefly suggested

above and advice regarding them can

be had from various sources, such as

the experiment stations, farm papers,

etc. Information regarding the proper

time for spraying can also be obtained

from these same sources. On account

of seasonable changes there will oc-

casionally be slight changes in the

time for spraying, so it would be pol-

icy to keep in touch with one who is

informed along this line.



In the matter of thoroughness one

can get little help from others as it

all depends upon the one who is hand-

ling the spray rod. Under no condi—

tions let anyone but a thorough man

handle it. He is worth several care-

less men because he is the greatest

factor in getting good results from

spraying. Getting results from spray-

ing consists of knowing how to do a

good job and then doing it. _



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Beans and SOi’l’ Fertility





 





MECOSTA county subscriber



A submits the following question:



“Do beans take much substance



from the soil, and how hard are they



on the land as compared with wheat,

corn and some other crops?"



It is considered by many if not most



farmers in the older bean growing





. sections of the state, that the bean





crop quite rapidly exhausts soil fer-

tility and that more difficulty is ordi~

narily experienced in getting catches





of clover on land which has been de»





voted to the growing of beans. As a.

result of this general impression the

bean crop has been largely abandoned

on many of the lighter soils of the

state where several years ago beans

constituted an important cash crop,

and'at the present time this crop is

grown more extensively on the heav«

ier soils on what are commonly known

as the best wheat lands in the state.



What Chemical Analysis Shows.



By way of answering this question,

let us first compare the approximate

amounts of plant food constituents

contained in a good crop of beans as

compared with the grain crops men-

tioned. Chemical analysis shows that

the whole of a crop of beans yielding

25 bushels per acre, which is very

much better than the average crop

grown in Michigan, contains a total

of 88 pounds of nitrogen, 24 pounds of

phosphoric acid and 57.5 pounds of

potash. Inasmuch as bean straw is

ordinarily fed upon the farm where

grown and the manure made from this

source is returned to the land, it is

proper to take into consideration the

amount of plant food constituents con-

tained in the bean straw as a separate

item. Of the total above mentioned

the bean straw from a 25 bushel crop

contains 28 pounds of nitrogen, six

pounds of phosphoric acid and 38

pounds of potash,-leaving in the beans.

or the portion of the crop sold, a to-

tal of 60 pounds of nitrogen, 18 pounds

of phosphoric acid and 19.5 pounds of

potash.



In comparison we find that a 25

bushel crop of wheat contains a total

of 42.5 pounds of nitrogen, 16.6 pounds

of phosphoric acid. and 21 pounds of

potash, of which the grain contains 30

pounds of nitrogen, 18.8 pounds of

phosphoric acid and six pounds of

potash.



Similarly a 25 bushel crop of corn,

(shelled), contains 39.2 pounds of

nitrogen, 13.8 pounds of phosphoric

acid and 27.6 pounds of potash, of

which the grain contains 32.2 pounds

of nitrogen, 9.1 pounds of phosphoric

acid and 5.5 pounds of potash.



A Practical Comparison.



First taking into consideration the

mineral elements of fertility and re-

ducing the theoretical yields here giv-

en to the proportionate average yields

of these different crops in Michigan,

we find that so far as mineral ele~

ments of fertility are. concerned that

an average bean crop takes from the

soil around 50 per cent more of these

mineral elements, namely phosphoric

acid and potash, than does an average

crop of wheat or corn. The bcan crop

also contains a much larger propor-

tion of nitrogen, but inasmuch as the

bean is. like clover, a legume, a very

large part of this nitrogen is, under

favorable conditions, appropriated

from the free nitrogen of the air

through the medium of the bacteria

which forms nodules on the bean

roots and thus. does not deplete the

fertility of the soil in this respect.



All things considered, then, if the

total plant food constituents actually

removed from the soil by a crop of

corn or wheat were to be replaced in

the form of readily available chemical

plant food, the cost would be greater

than would be the cost of returning to

the soil the plant food constituents ac-

tually removed from the soil by beans





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case the nitrogen removed by the crop

all comes from the soil and that in

the other case a considerable portion

of it at least does not, and since nitro-

gen is a relatively expensive plant

food constituent when purchased in an

available form, the advantage would

lie with the beans rather than with

the other crops mentioned, so far as

cost of supplying needed fertility on

this basis is concerned.



The Rotation, Not the Crop, at Fault.



The reason-for the general condem-

nation of beans, so far as their influ-

ence upon soil fertility is concerned is.

in the writer’s opinion, due more

largely to thegmethods pursued by the

farmers growing them thin to the na-

ture or character of the crop itself.

Under the older methods of growing

beans, this crop was usually sandwich-

ed in between corn and wheat, mak-

ing two cultivated crops in the rota-

tion, thus tending to more rapidly ex-

haust the humus content of the soil

and at the same time drawing more

heavily upon its store of mineral plant

food than warranted without supple-

mentary fertilization by the natural

processes which are constantly mak-

ing the inert plant food of the soil

available for the use of the growing

plants.



In most cases where a marked de-

pletion of soil fertility or undesirable

changes in the physical condition of

the soil have resulted from growing

beans, it will be found that beans have

simply been added to the usual crop

rotation without the making of any

provision for the addition of more veg-

etable matter or available plant food

to the soil. Where beans have been

given the first place in the crop rota-





MARCH 20, 1915.





tion, following grass, particularly clo-

ver, and where judicious “methods of

fertilization have been followed, no

such results have appeared, and beans

have continued to yield well and prove

a profitable cash crap.





The problem of the conservation

and improvement of soil fertility is

one which can be successfully solved

only by the observation or certain un-

derlying principles which obtain in

every case, although the actual prac-

tice which may be followed to this

end may be varied widely, and per-

haps should be varied to some extent

in every individual case. With the

facts above outlined, and with a. real—

ization of the necessity of first main-

taining the humus supply in the. soil

by the addition of sufficient vegetable

matter, keeping the soil sweet and in

a fit condition to make a home for the

bacteria peculiar to leguminous plants

and giving supplementary fertilization

so as to keep the plant food constitu

ents in the soil in a well balanced con-

dition for the growing of the crops to

which the rotation is devoted, any

farmer can not only conserve but in-

crease the fertility of his soil, grant-

ing that it has good natural or arti-

ficial drainage. One need not refrain

from growing any crop because it is

“hard on the land,” since the amounts

of available plant food actually re

moved from the soil even by such

crops are not large, and if they are

more profitable than crops which re-

move a less amount of plant food con‘

stituents when the cost of returning

that fertility to the soil is considered,

there should be no hesitation What-

ever in growing them. Good farming.

like good business of any kind, should

be so conducted as to get a maximum

of cash return without the impairment

of the capital upon which the business

must be conducted in the future.





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The Care and Use of Auto Tires.





OW that automobiles have be-

come such a common part of

farm equipment, the question



of the care and use of automobiles is

one of direct interest to a large numw

ber of farmers. There is perhaps no

single factor in the care and use of an

automobile, save perhaps in the item

of lubrication, that is of more general

interest in this connection than is the

question of tires. It is a common ex-

perience with all users of automobiles

that some one or more tires in a set

used on the same car will give far

less service than the others of the

same set. Often this is ascribed to a

difference in the quality of the tires

themselves, but far more often if the

user searches for the real cause of

this difference, it will be found to be

due to a difference in actual condi-

tions of use which are very easily and

quite generally overlooked by the user,



Of all causes of tire deterioration,

experts agree that under-inflation is

the most fruitful of bad results.

When a tire is imperfectly inflated, its

walls are continually bending as the

car moves, generating heat in the

fibres of the fabric very much the

same as heat is generated in a. wire

when it is bent back and forth in the

hand. This constant friction weakens

the wall of the tire so that in.time it

will not support the air pressure plus

the weight of the car, and blowouts

result. Also when tires are driven in

this condition there is a tendency to

separate the rubber from the fabric

and even the plies of the fabric, thus

hastening disintegration of the tire.

It is practically an impossibility to de-

termine the sufficiency of inflation

by the appearance of the tire alone.

Every automobile user should have,

and frequently use, a tire guage to de-

termine whether his tires are suffi-

ciently inflated.



There are many other reasons for

tire depreciation. Sharp stones or oth-

er material .will often be encountered

in the roadway, which will make little

cuts “in Ithe'louter covering of the tire.





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These may not look at all serious and

be, indeed, scarcely noticeable, yet

they are like bad habits in people, in

that if neglected they may soon get

beyond control and eventually destroy

the usefulness of the tire. They ad-

mit water to the fabric, thus causing

its rapid decay. This is a frequent

source of small blowouts, which are

often regarded‘as punctures by the in-

experienced auto user. Or they may

admit grains of sand and dust which

form little pockets between the rubber

and fabric, separating the two for a

considerable area, making “sand blis«

ters” or “mud boils,” as they are of-

ten termed, and rapidly hastening the

disintegration of the tire. These little

cuts should be carefully watched,

cleaned from sand and dirt with gas-

oline and then filled with cement and

quick repair gum made for the pur-

pose, which will set within a few

hours and protect the tire from these

deleterious influences.



Other common causes of tire dete-

rioration are rapid driving around cor-

ners, setting the brakes too quickly,

faulty alignment of the front wheels,

exposure to oil and grease on the floor

of the garage, unequal adjustment of

the brakes on the rear wheels, slow

leaks in the air valves of the inner

tubes, stone bruises resulting from

bad roads, spinning the wheels in at-

tempts to move the car when stuck

on a muddy road, overloading of the

machine, rapid driving on poor roads,

tire chains applied too tightly or left

on the tire when standing on con-

crete floors, rough and rusty rims which

tend to cause rim cutting and admit

moisture under the tires, etc.



W’ith proper attention to avoid these

causes of tire disintegration, with

care in purchasing to get good stand-

ard, advertised makes of tires, back-

ed up by reputable manufacturers,

and tires which are of recent manu-

facture and have been kept under

proper conditions previous to pur-

chase, the tire problem will be a less

perplexing one to the auto owner.





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FARM. NOTES.





 





_ Treatment for Wireworms.



I have a field of about three acres

that is infested with wireworms. What

is the best way to get rid of them?

Field is in wheat now.



Ottawa Co. J. V.



The best way to handle this land, in

the writer’s opinion, would be to seed

the wheat to clover, as Wireworms

seldom harm a leguminous crop to any

extent. Then devote the land to a

short crop rotation, plowing the sod

ground in the fall so as to make con-

ditions unfavorable for the larvae ov-

er winter.



Plowing vs. Disking Bean Ground.



I have seven acres of bean ground,

clean and free from weeds. It is a

gravel and sand soil. I want to put

on a good coat of manure and drill to

corn for the silo. Should I plow it or

disk to prepare a seed bed? ‘



Tuscola Co. E. N. S.



'Where bean ground is to be planted

to corn it would be better, in the

writer’s opinion, to plow it, especially

where manure is to be applied. It

would have been a far better plan to





have sown this bean ground to a cov-.





or crop last fall, using rye and vetch

for this purpose and plowing same

down this spring, together with the

coat of manure for corn. Corn is a

comparatively deep rooting plant, for

which reason the above plan is ad-





vised.

Rape Crop a Failure.



I have a field adjacent to an orchard

which I have sowed to rape for the

last two years. The first. year it did

fine but last year it was a half failure.

Was it because it had grown rape the

year before? If not, I should like to

use it again for the same purpose as

the orchard contains a living spring

and it is a convenient distance from

the house for hog pasture. The hogs

have been fed on this field more than

seven months of each year, so it

seems that the land should increase

in fertility. Would you advise the use

Of other fretilizer?



Clinton Co. E. A. C.



It is difficult to ascribe the reason

for the partial failure of the rape

which is noted in this inquiry. The

writer has a small hog lot which has





been sown to rape each season for a»

number of years and produced as luxf‘:





uriant a growth last year as ever.

Some seasons, however, it has not

done as well, and we believe that





there is a possibility that the strain .





of seed used some seasons might be

better than that used in other years.

Then, too, seasonal weather condi—

tions have quite an influence in the

growth of this crop. A slight differ-

ence in the time. of sowing, or a dif—

ference in temperature and moisture

conditions might easily make a great

difference in the yield of forage. Lib-

eral fertilization pays with rape as

with other crops, but on land which

has grown rape and been used to pas-

ture hogs which were fed a supple-

mentary ration, additional fertilization

should not be badly needed.



Salt for Wireworms.



I have a field of somewhat sandy

ground, that I would like to sow to

oats in the spring, and I think this

field is badly infested with wire-

worms. I have been told that an ap-

plication of salt would kill them. If

so, how much would I apply per acre,

and What effect would salt have on

the oats? This field was sod plowed

under in the spring of 1914 and sow—

ed to beans and plowed again late last





fall.

Sanilac C0. M. F. S.





While in some localities good results

have been claimed from an applica-

tion of salt to discourage wireworms,

yet the best authorities contend that

no such application will kill the worms

unless made so strong as to kill plant

life. The best remedy for wireworms

is fall plowing, and where fields are

badly infested it is best to use a le-





‘ guminous crop following sod, as they





do not injure such crops badly. Land



infested with wireworms is best used



in a short rotation of crops. .

Sweet Clover vs. Quack Grass.



I would like to know whether sweet

clover would run out quack grass. or

not? Could you give me any light on

the subject? Will sweet clover stand

“wet feet” better than alfalfa?



Livingstou Co. A. D





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periment tried, it is a fairly safe con- son, when the soillis worn and liable

clusion that sweet clover will not run to be dry. Fertilizer can produce no

out quack grass. Quack grass is avresults in a dry scil. It must be dis-



perennial with very tenacious habits, solved in the soil moisture before the

The while sweet clover is a biennial which plants can use it as food. The bean

must depend on constant reseeding seed is easily injured by heavy appli-





 

 

 





Cheer.“ for its perpetuation. cations 0f fertilizer in close touch

p The best remedy for quack grass is with the seed bean. It is a good plan

0 thorough cultivation which will kill to distribute the fertilizer on either

mud 0f even its tenacious roots. Any other side of the row of seed, or else apply

plan will, we believe, meet with before the beans are planted and har-

“ failure. row it well into the soil. I would rec-

Jlmmy Sweet clover will thrive on a wet commend applying about 200 to 300

g . soil better than alfalfa, but such 10- pounds of 1:8:2 or 1:8:3 fertilizer.

plpe Joy cations are not favorable for its suc- Red kidney beans are quite large

cessful growth. and one bushel per acre is about the

. Clover Seeding Failed. right quantity of seed. planted in drills

g? {$523!}: I seeded clover in a ten-acre field 28 inches apart.





TobaccoCo. last year, six acres in oats and four





acres in barley, but lost the seeding APPI-Y'M Lime °h T'm°thy Meadow.

in the cats except in spots. Army I,have about ZOO-acres under culti-

worms clipped ofl many oats which vatlon and do not make enou h barn-

came up after harvest a foot high. I yard manure '50 DI‘ODGI‘IY ferti ize this

seeded to clover again without results. amount 0f land. I have two silos and 4

What is the best thing to do with the keep from .35 to 40 head of cattle and l“

field? horses. Can get limestone screenings

Bay Co. s_ w, from quarry at nominal price. Would





. . a - have to haul it four to eight miles on



d It 1stoften a difficult propos1tion to paved street. Could I profitably apply



etermine JUSt what is best to do it as a top-dressing on 75 acres of tim-



with a field where the seeding has othy? . Or if lime would not be very



failed. While it might be possible to lgeltellimal ,coulfil I afford to, apply $24

patch up a partial seeding as suggest- er 1 zer in t e same way





. . Wayne Co. H. S.

ed on this oat ground, the writer has Lime should be mixed with the sur

never found it a satisfactory method.”





face soil and it is not considered good

thewglhlgrege gazeté‘far thbansggdhlgwahg practice to apply it as a top-dressing

‘ . to meadows. If the soil is acid, the

ngittzoizghe igertbteuzfifs ngiildlfbgog only way lime can neutralize this acid

’ ‘ ’ . . , .is to bring the lime in close touch

13:01:51?) $3132: firthgrhzflsls ifshhgd with the particles of soil, then a chem-

'oatls if it is in good SI; ape p Fillowing ical reaction takes place and the lime

- ‘ unites with he re ' ‘

the harvesting of this crop it would be forming 30m: saflt eofailifngf 23:;01;

g: :33; 9:33p tfo Sggplzsveilnho‘ghcheii the lime is scattered on the meadow

_ it does not come in contact with any

iiiailchwvlvtgulhheadhalgstlie vcbfgtettlheblglgigli particles of soil and con do no good: The

best use of lime is on freshly plowed

te a nitro en th '1, an thu“ . . .

prxovenguite a: eflitcoienteazoblove1f1 with land, then by harrowmg or cultivating

, th 1 . . . . ,

the exception of the necessary addi- e and the lime 1.8 mixed With the ‘

tional investment in labor and seed surface 801] w ere it can correct the

' acidity.



Lime is not a plant food and does 4—

not take the place of manure or fer-

tilizer. But if the soil is acid this



, _ condition must be corrected h‘fore

. I havngbtdhteleifgh‘t Aliggsa‘ of corn- you can get the best results with eith-

stubble ground of lightish soil, which 91' manure 01' fertlhzer;

has been run by putting in too many It would not be advisable to apply

3:151:13; zearfiofiggryeit leggy; Egg: fertilizer as a top-dressing in the win-

working it and sowing it to alfalfa and ter. If the ground ls frozen much Of It

June clover. Would you advise sow- might be lost. Apply it early in the

ing a little fertilizer, if so, what analy: Spring or late in summer. August is

:g’céfidtgogfilhghnthjégg acre? 1 ex- a splendid time to dress meadows



Livingston Co. ' W. H. D. with fertilizer. My experience is,

‘ I think it quite essential in getting when applied m the spring you W111

hm __-, A" . a vigorous stand of alfalfa on rum get more benefit from it the followmg





2 _ r0 down land to use a good liberal appli- season than the same season. The





1 Pl t cation of fertilizer at the time of sow~ reason for this is, I believe, because

Jr -

; fine - Cultivator





ing, or some time before sowing the al- much 0f the nutriment for the sea-

falfa. Light sandy soil is also quite son’s crop of gralnlS already stored up

This No. 72 Planet Jr two-row two-horse Pivot-wheel Cultivator saves

a man, a team and a cultivator every day it is used, and is moderate in





apt to be deficient in lime for best re- in the roots and crowns 0f the plants;



Bults with alfalfa, and 2,000 to 3’000 and the fertilizer will make a stronger



, , pounds of ground limestone should be plant for the next year. I am comi<



price. It is the greatest money-saver ever invented for cultivating large applied some time before sowing. Ape dent that it pays well to top-dress



" acreage in corn, potatoeS. 'beans, 910- ply the fertilizer and lime in May if meadows with fertilizer where one

Works 2 rows 28 to 44 inches apart at one

passage even if rows are crooked or of

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SOIL AND FERTILIZER QUES-

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5c: tidy red tins, 10c; handtomc pound and a to

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J. M. Amos. Rudy _

ville. Ind. writes: 'I

can produce more com

with your No.





you sow the alfalfa in June. Better has hOt sufficient manure, and then 1

still, put the lime on directly after it Will pay to use a lighter application . ,

plowing and then a few days before of manure and balance it with fertili-





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 





72C lt' - - ' ' . . .

tor 3:6“;le j/ rows and 1”th corn It also sowing the alfalfa put on the fer- zer, than to use heavy applications 0t “

lumenei h ’ - beats any ofther tOOI- Nevgr finzer. manure alone. I can give no opinion



33.? o leaves open urrows next to t e Any good standard brand of fer'til- about a $24 fertilizer because you do





row. Can be equipped with

spring-trip standards, discs,

sweeps, hoe steels, and furrow-

ing shovels. No wood used

except for break-pins.



Planet Jr tools are

used by over 2 million

farmers and gardeners.

Fully guaranteed.





 

 





izer will do, say a brand running not give the formula, but many brands

228:3, and use 200 to 500 pounds per of fertilizers are worth more than $24





acre. I think this investment in lime per ton. ‘





   

   

   

 





and fertilizer would be very profitable. The lime screenings certainly should

be utilized where they are so- near by





 

 





A Fertilizer Formula for Beans.





What would be the best fertilizer . . _ .

to use on gravelly loam soil for red not spread them With a lime distribu-





kidney beans, how should it be ap- tor because they are not uniformly

plied? Also, how much seed should I fine enough. You can well afford to





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hence have the power of obtaining With a shovel. You can spread it on

any fall plowed land but it 18 not a





 





nitrogen from the free air of the soil. _

Theoretically, they will not require a good practice to spread on land before

fertilizer containing a large amount of plowmg, because It is then depos1ted





nitrogen, yet the Soil must Contain in the bottom 0f the furrow and can

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sufficient available nitrogen to give not neutralize the “Cid in the furrow

slice. COLON C. LILLIE.





   





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mace; Notampinsornseotpanets. Thismachineandtileuedby entSta- Most loamy soils contain potash in .



gggglammgfifiggggm “33:35 Waggfifigmmgt quite liberal quantities, though not al- f‘Try-a-bag” of «fertilizer. Our brands

Youcando the some. Save cost olhaulncandbreaking. Make perfecyt / \l . ways in an available form. Most all are soluble and active, and not only

¥E§¥o%,‘%‘éefi%‘ffi?§9%h£‘éfihlf3 firfi'figgfififfiehfi‘fififid our soils are deficient in available increase yield, but improve quality





 

 





Catalogue: Tells you about treat benefits 0‘ Wde’mm hOWtota-ke phosphoric acid, and beans require a and hasten maturity. Agents wanted.

levels and get grades. make 311d 1” ”‘3' the 3" h'm good supply of this element to devel- Address American Agricultural (lhem- , .s





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‘THE MICHIGAN FA‘RMER





., HE training of the farmrhorse

should commence while he is a

weanling colt. At that age a



colt may be handled by a man on a



basis of strength alone, if need be, and



once a colt learns that man is his su-



perior in strength, it is seldom that a.



second test will be made later in life.



A colt may be broken to lead in short



order by main strength, but it is vast-



ly better to let him become familiar

with the halter before making the at-

tempt to Show him man’s superior

strength. A good way is to carefully

halter him and let the halter remain

on him a few days with a rather short

lead Strap or rope. just long enough,

in fact, to permit the colt to step on it

when he drops his head towards the

ground. When his foot is on the lead

strap the colt, when he tries to raise

his head and walk, will be brought up

suddenly and he will soon learn that

he cannot go ahead when the halter

strap is taut. Of course, the halter

should not be put on colts having the



run of a pasture which contains a



wood'lot or a lot of undel‘brush, for



the strap or rope might get caught in

such a way as to prevent him from

getting loose. In a clean pasture, how—



ever, or in a box stall or paddock, a



colt will become wonderfully submis~



sive to a pull 011 the halter strap in a



couple of days.



Handle the Colt Quietly.



When the work of teaching the colt

to lead is commenced, do not frighten

him, but begin easily and quietly.

Have him in a paddock or box stall

where he may be convinced‘that he

cannot escape. Once the lesson is be-

gun do not cease until the colt yields

to the pull of the halter and follows

his teacher. A reward in the shape of

something the colt likes, a lump of

sugar, a piece of apple, or a nubbin of

corn, after he obeys the pressure on

the halter will make each successive

attempt to lead him an easier task.



Under no conditions, however,

should the colt be tied solidly until

after he has learned to lead kindly,

and then only with a halter strong

enough to resist the colt’s utmost

strength, for, if he breaks away once

he is likely to become a confirmed

halter puller. If he tries to break

away and fails after a couple of at-

tempts, the chances are that he will

never try to do so in later years.



If the colt has been broken to lead

as a weanling the work of getting him

accustomed to harness will have been

lightened 50 per cent. Let him be-

come familiar with the harness very

gradually. Put it on him while he is

in the stable several times before at-

tempting to take him out of doors

with it on. Put it on two or three

times a day, leaving it on a short time

on each occasion. Use a plain,

straight bit or an easy single jointed

one, and when the harness is on him

in the stable hook up the check rein,

but be sure to have it very loose. This

will get his mouth familiar with the

bit. Use an open bridle in order that

the colt may see that there is nothing

about the harness, its rattling and its

contact with him, that will injure him.



Avoid Confusing the Colt.



When finally ready to take the colt

out of doors with the harness on to

ground—break him, be sure to have the

words of command clear in your mind

to use when starting, stopping and

backing him. Always have a certain

word to use when you want the colt

to stop. Use some other word if you

want him to simply slow down from a

trot to a, walk. Also, do not cluck

the same way you do when you want

him‘ to stand over in the stable, when

you want him to start up in harness.

By always using the same command

to secure a certain movement you will

have a much more dependable horse.

and one that will be dependable‘rnuch

quicker than would be the case ‘if

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.mCH 20, 1915.





Training and Care of Farm Teams.





 





Give the colt plenty of ground work

before hitching him to a vehicle. A

colt that is only bridle-wise has only

reached that Stage in his education

as that of the‘ child who has just

learned the letters of the alphabet.

Before he is put with another horse

or hitched to a vehicle, he should be-

come letter perfect in obeying com-

mands to start, stop and back; should





stand quietly when stopped and show .





no fear of objects met with on the

road.

Use Good “Horse Sense."



When this stage is reached the colt

is ready to be hitched to a. vehicle. If

it is desired that‘he start his next‘lcs-

son in double harness, decide on

which side you wish him to work and

put him on that side from the first. He

will thus get the habit of coming to

the pole on that side and frequently

result in a saving of time when time

is valuable.



If the colt is an active, sprightly fel-

low, do not harness him with a slow-

walking, drone of a horse. Not only

will such a course make the colt ner-

vous and then irritable, but it will

learn him to become a slow walker, a

very serious fault in a farm horse.



Do not forget that the harness af—

fects a bolt somewhat in the way that

a new pair of shoes affects you. He

is unused to the wearing and chafing

of the harness and, unless proper pre-

cautions are taken to prevent it may

result in sores serious enough to have

a bad effect on his future usefulness.

If his mouth shows signs of becoming

sore use the easiest bit possible, and

use a healing lotion on the tender

places.



Use an open bridle. Blinders are

not only unnecessary but oftentimes

cause serious injury to a horse’s sight.

A horse inclined to shy will be worse

in that respect with objects partly hid-

den by the blinders and sudden sounds

behind the horse will frighten him

when the blinders prevent him from

seeing that nothing is approaching

that will injure him.



Overchecks are likewise an abomi-

nation on the farm horse. A plain

side check-rein, never tightened up

enough to tire the muscles of the

horse’s neck, will enable him to do his

work with far more comfort than

would be the case with his head pull-

ed up into an unnatural position, his

mind taken from his work by the ach-

ing muscles of his neck.



Remove All Handicaps.



To conserve the horse’s energy and

power, after he has become thorough-

ly educated, see that everything con-

nected with his outfit is arranged to

make his work as easy as possible.

Hook the team as far back toward the

whiffletrees as possible, for the farth-

er away they are the harder will the

load be to pull. Also distribute the

load properly on the wagon, for if the

bulk of the load is placed back of the

center of the wagon bed the team's

task will be made more difficult.



Time spent in keeping the axles of

wagons and farm machinery well lub-

ricated and the harness cleaned and

well softened with oil, will also be

profitably spent as conserving the use—

fulness of the farm team, for no mat-

ter how well trained the horses may

be, every detail connected with their

treatment ought to be based on a

process of reasoning as to the effects

produced in order to get from the

team the most extended period of ser-

vice possible with the greatest degree

of comfort to the horses.



New York. H. L. ALLEN.





‘ “The New Huber” is the title of the

1915 catalog ‘of the Huber Mfg. 00.,

Marion, Ohio, in which are fully illus-

trated and described the Huber line

of steam and gas tractors, the latter

including several sizes and styles for

farm work. The catalog also lists the

Huber line of threshing machinery. A

smaller catalog is devoted to,the gas

tractor alone. Mention the Michigan

Farmer when writing for these book-





lets.
MARCH 20,1915.





WESTERN STOICK FEEDING OPER-

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Have just returned from a. visit to

the Fort Collins district, and it may

interest you to know that this sec-

tion fed about three-quarters of a mil-

lion old ewes and lambs this winter

and about one-quarter of these have

already gone to market. There are

estimated to be about 50,000 cattle on

feed there, and but few of them have

yet gone forward. Reports from south-

ern Colorado are that nearly all the

lambs on feed there have gone to

market, while western Nebraska,

which feeds two to three hundred

thousand has sent the bulk of their





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stuff to the butcher. High cost of

corn has

loose as

whole or with a small profit.

is every indication that:

lambs will not be overly large,

pecially along late in the season.

Plenty of snow in eastern Wyoming

but no stock losses as yet. Other

range sections report a fine winter

with little snow and all stock in fine

condition. No wool contracting in

Wyoming, but Idaho and Utah clips

are reported contracted at 25 cents,

Arizona clips sold at 27 cents, and

several good offers have been refused. ‘

Most sheepmen will await shearing,

before selling and try to realize full?

value for their product. Buyers rep-;

resenting foreign nations are buying

horses for the war in this section.

\Vyoming. Rosmr: Woon.





fast as they could get out

There





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LIVE STOCK NEWS.





The long predicted boom in prices;

of fat live muttons has arrived at last;

with medium weight lambs leading

off. and yearlings, wethei's and ewes

participating. For several weeks sur-

prisingly numerous shipments offlpart-

1y fattened lambs have been offered

on the markets of the country, and

their owners were forced to accept big

discounts from prices paid readily for

properly finished consignments. Now

these misguided owners, who hurried

their flocks to market in order to

avoid running up feed bills, see their

great mistake, with the country facmg

almost a mutton famine. Lambs and

sheep have been selling in the Chicago

market at the highest prices recorded

since 1912, lambs selling up to $10.10

per 100 lbs. With such high prices as

are now certain, lamb and mutton are,

bound to become so dear in the retaill

meat markets of the country as to be!

beyond the reach of thousands of tam-

ilies, and fresh pork may be expected

to be in greater favor than ever, being

the cheapest meat on the list.



Prime light—weight veal calves con-

tinue to command high_ prices, and

this is a strong temptation to stock-

men to market them instead of .matur-

ing them. Of course, it is all right to

let the dairy calves not wanted for

raising go to market for converting

into veal, but the shortatge of well—big:

beef cattle in the coun ry is so gr ,

that calves with beef blood should all

be kept on the farm to be'matured.



Missouri is increasmg its herds of

pure-bred beef cattle, With Herefords

especially popular. 'The. ranking of:

the states of the Union in regard to

the number of Herefords shows Iowa

standing first, Missouri second, Kan-

sas third, Illinois fourth and Texas

‘ . h. c n

Jm'l‘he spring wool clip. is being held

for extremely high prices, and less

contracting of wobl on the sheeps

backs than usual is reported, buyers

in many instances holding off. _Some

contracting has been reported in the

western states, however, Witt; des1ra-

ble medium clips gomg at 2., to 250

a pound. Shearing began recently in

Arizona and New MeXico, and a clip

from 600 lambs in the latter state was

sold for 220, such clips having brought

15c a year ago. The British embargo

on wool is cutting off much of Aus-

tralian and New Zealand wool from

the United States, and as the combin-

ed production of the two countries

amounts in round numbers to 800,000,-

000 lbs., or 32 per cent of the world s

entire production, it will be seen what

an important curtailment of our sup-

ply this is. . The embargo was placed

for the purpose of conserving the wool

for the British army and for prevent-

ing exports to Germany and Austria.



Chinese eggs have been selling in

the Chicago market for 12% to 13c a

dozen, their-v'quality being ordinary.

American hens, produce much better

eggs, and the home egg production. of

late has increased enormously, causmg

amarlged decline in pricesand much





 





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Detachable Shares——~an exclusive John Deere feature.



Here are some advantages of these shares:



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. Eighty per cent of time saved.



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The Spreader with the Beater on the Axle





The beater—the business part of a spreader—and all its

driving parts, is mounted on the rear axle. This is a

patented feature. You cannot get it on any other spreader.

Here is what the beater on the axle means to you:





It means: N0 clutches to give trouble—all

taken off.

It means: No chains to break or get out of





line— all thrown away.





means: Less than half the parts heretofore

used on the simplest spreader—some two hun-

dred parts are done away with.





means: Manure is not thrown on the axle—

straw and trash cannot wind around it.





means: You get big drive wheels and a low

down spreader, without stub axles—that

means traction and strength.





means: Drive wheels back out of way when

loading—you see where you place each fork-

u .





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The top of the box is only as high as your hips. The

John Deere Spreader is easy to load. You see Where you

place each forkful.



To start spreading. you pull back the lever at the driver’s

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full line of chilled plows; grain binders and corn

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the. great cow medicine.

This wonderful remedy

has proved its worth for over twenty years in the preven-

tion and treatment of ailments which sap the life and

strength of dairy cows -—- such as Abortion, Retained

Alterbirtb, Baroness, Milk Fever, Securing and Lost

Appetite.





Many backward cows are averted with so-called stock

foods when what they really need is amedicine that will

tone up the system and repair the sluggish digestive and

genital organs. HEALTHY cows will thrive on nature's

food and produce more and better milk.





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THE MICHIGAN FA'RMER





N many localities winter dairy-ing

has made the dairyman’s vocation

a. continual performance for the

majority of the cow—keepers. Individ-

ual buttermakers, creamery patrons,

and milk shippers have found that the

steadily producing cow is the profit

winner. In fact, in some localities

where dairying is the main business

of the farmers, the cows are bred very

rarely or not at all after about five

years old, but they are fed heavily

right along until age renders them un-

profitable as milk producers.

The Rest Period of the Cow.

But on the average farm where

dairying is not a specialty, the raising

of a good calf is usually considered an

important item, and the cows, no mat-

ter what the breed, are bred about as

often as nature will allow. The most

serious mistake in connection with

this matter is that the cows are dry

for too long periods. A majority of

the cows kept by diversified farmers

are dry nearly half of the year, which

certainly is not very profitable on

high-priced land, even though the cows

be made to rustle their living from the

fields and piles of straw. A rest from

milk—giving of from 30 to 90 days un-

doubtedly is beneficial to any cow,

and more especially to the develop-

ment of her calf, but a longer period

of idleness cannot profitably be al<

lowed. Except on the western ranges

each cow on the farm must return

some income besides rearing a good

calf, for the calf will cost too much if

it is the sole produce of its dam.

Fall calving is in favor with many

men who make dairying a specialty,





 





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That's been our experience in selling the Natco

Imperishable Silo. . Feeding profits greatly increase

with its use, and its durability, convenience, perfect

SllflEe preservation. freedom from upkeep expenses, and

attractiveness make it the inevitable choice when an

additional $110 IS to be built. A battery of Imperlshables

Will successfully defend the feeding profits of several

generations, for these silos are proof against time.

storms, decay, fire and vermin. The





N atco Imperishable Silo





is made of vitrified hollow clay tile which will

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last forever. and being air, moisture and

frosfvproof.

fectly. Steel reinforcing bands,laid in

the mortar between each tier of tile.

give this silo the strength to resist

practically any pressure. Cannot

warp. twist, crack. crumble or

dry out. Needs no painting or '-



_ . . adjusting. It is truly an z'm- _ “

”‘4 “—* Muhable silo. '

p A list of owners of Natco Imperishable

Silos in your State sen upon request.

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preserve the ensilage per-





but on the diversified farm spring is

usually considered the proper season

for calves to come. Within the next

two months several millions of cows

will freshen, and it behooves their

owners to make preparations now to

give the cows a little special attention

both before and after calving, in order

to guard against danger of disease and

to insure future usefulness. Many val-

uable cows are lost every spring from

disorders peculiar to the freshening

period. The fact should be appreciat-

ed, too, that the amount of milk yield-

ed by the cow during her period of

lactation is governed to a large extent

by the feed and care she receives dur-

ing the last four or five weeks of the

gestation period. Also, cows properly

cared for will produce stronger and

more active calves. Many cases of

abortion are due to a lack of proper

care and feed during this important

period.

Feed Well During Pregnancy.



It is a mistaken idea to suppose that

because a cow is giving little or no

milk at the present time that she does

not need a fair quantity of good food.

As soon as a cow stops giving milk,

feeding should begin at once for the

following year, for during the brief

vacation period food in the proper

amount and of the proper character

not only puts the cow in a strong, vig-

orous conditiono for calving, but also

gives her stamina for the coming

year’s work. There are three specific

purposes for which a. cow should be

fed during her idle period. First, if

she is a good, hard-working cow, her

last year’s work has been wearing on

her and her digestive apparatus

should have a rest, as far as prac-

ticable. Secondly, it is essential to

build up the future calf. During the

last weeks of pregnancy the unborn

calf is making its greatest growth. If,

due to a shortage of the proper food

for the cow, the calf is born'in a

stunted condition, it never fully out—

grows the effects occasioned by the

lack of embryonic nutrition. The third

purpose in feeding the dry cow is to

store up in her body some fat that

may be drawn upon later.



To accomplish the first purpose,

foods of a cooling and light, bulky na-

ture, as pasture grass in summer and

silage in "Winter. should be supplied.





 





MARCH 20. 1915..





; Management *at Calvin-g Time.





 





There are succulent foods besides sil-

age that may be used in winter, but

corn silage is perhaps the cheapest

and most convenient to use. As much

as the pregnant cows will eat in con-

junction with the other ingredients of

the dairy ration may be given. As the

cows advance in pregnancy a fair

quantity of protein food must be sup-

plied each animal for the purpose of

developing her unborn calf. Protein

is found in large quantities in bran, oil

meal, gluten feed, clover hay, alfalfa

hay, cowpeas and'other legumes, but

is lacking in silage, corn, corn fodder

and timothy hay. Leguminous ‘hay,

therefore, should be fed along with

silage. And in order to accomplish

the third purpose, that of maintaining

the cow in good flesh and vigorous

constitution, a grain mixture must be

fed. No grain mixture is better than

equal parts of corn, oats, and a. slight-

ly less quantity of oil meal. This mix

ture should be fed in amounts accord-

ing to the condition of the individual

cow. If poor in flesh, she should be

fed a liberal quantity of the mixture.

conjunction with the bulky parts of

the ration.





Exercise Important.



Pregnant cows should be well hous-

ed in warm, well ventilated barns and

not subjected to changeable weather.

One day’s exposure to a cold, wet.

storm may be responsible for a heavy

loss. Exercise in fine weather is all

right, however; in fact, it is essential

for the best results. The cow that is

kept closely confined is liable to grow

inactive and lazy. Her organs become

clogged and somewhat dormant, hence

it is advisable that the cow be given

the opportunity of gentle exercise dur-

ing the warm portions of the day, but

it is best that'she be stabled at night.

Moderate exercise will loosen all the

muscles, open the secretive organs,

and cause the animal’s whole system

to work smoothly.



Pregnant cows should run in sep-

arate lots from other stock for at

least three weeks previous to fresh-

ening. A kick or a hunt from another

animal is liable to cause abortion, and

is sure to Weaken the offspring. Un-

due exercise, fear or excitement are

to be carefully guarded against at all

times, as they always prove injurious.



Light-producing cows are seldom

much disturbed in health at the time

of freshening. On the contrary, heavy

producers, with their delicate organi-

zations, must have special attention

prior to and after parturition in order

to guard against inflamation of the

udder or the more serious disorder of

milk fever. Although milk fever does

not cause the death of nearly so many

cows as before the use of oxygen

treatment, there are still many good

cows lost from this disease. Few

farmers own a milk fever outfit, nor

do they know how to improvise one:

still others do not watch their cows

closely enough at freshening time and

the disease makes great progress be-

fore it is discovered, and by the time

a veterinarian can be summoned the

cow is dead.



The Milk Fever.



As a. rule, it is the best cow in the

herd that is liable to this affection.

The disease is not very common

among the beef breeds but makes its

greatest inroads into the heavy milk-

ing breeds. In the majority of cases

the trouble occurs with the fourth,

fifth and sixth parturitions. The dis-

ease rarely occurs with the young

heifer, and it decreases in frequency

after the most active milking period

in the cow’s life has passed.



Cows that are well fed during their

rest period and thus rendered some-

what plethoric in their condition are

more susceptible to milk fever than

cows poorly fed and emaciated at calv-

ing. However, the advantages gained

in feeding the cow well at this period

are sufficiently great to offset the dan-

ger incurred by milk fever. ' A de-
MARCH 20, 1915.





crease in the amount of food given

just prior to and immediately after

parturition, is a wise precaution. An-

other excellent precaution against

milk fever is to have the cow in a lax-

ative condition at calving time by giv-

ing her a pound of epsom salts or a

quart of raw linseed oil a day or two

prior to freshening.

Best Cows Most Often Affected.



But no system of prevention has yet

been learned that is absolutely certain

to guard off milk fever at all times

and under all conditions. Cows that

give a large flow of milk may and of-

ten do have milk fever even when ev—

ery precaution has been taken. Any

extra good cow that is predisposed to

this trouble should be watched closely

both before and for twelve to twenty‘

four hours after freshening. Every

dairyman with good cows should have

on hand a milk fever outfit, clean and

ready for use, so that if all preventive

measures fail the cure may be ad-

ministered at once. One of these spe-

cial outfits can be obtained for a com-

paratively small sum from veterinary

supply houses or from any firm carry-

ing stockmen’s supplies. It is far

cheaper than a. trip to a veterinarian.



Milk fever usually comes on within

twelve hours to two days after the

birth of the calf, and hardly ever oc-

curs after the second week. It both

comes and goes quickly. Death or re‘

covery will generally take place in

from one to three days after the at-

tack. If a cow recovers from an at-

tack of this kind her future usefulness

as a milk producer is not greatly im-

paired. In the liands of a skilled prac-

titioner the oxygen treatment has

proved very effectual, and the layman

may have equally successful results if

as well prepared for the work as vet-

erinarians. If taken at the start, lit-

tle treatment is necessary to arrest

the trouble. Simply fill all four quart-

ers of the udder with air. Space will

not permit of complete directions be-

ing given here for using a milk fever

outfit; a booklet of instructions usu-

ally accompanies each outfit, and by

observing the directions closely any

intelligent man cannot go wrong.



Care After Freshening.



For several days after freshening

the cow should receive special atten-

tion, such as being given a reasonable

amount of warm water to drink, bran

mashes made of two pounds of bran,

a pound of oats, a pound of oil meal

and a handful of salt, and a little good

hay. She should not be given cold

water within three days after freshen-

ing. After the third day she should

be given such balanced rations as will

enable her to produce a large flow of

milk, and it is very important to keep

her milking steadily until her rest pe-

riod again arrives. Care must be ex-

ercised at all times, however, not to

overdo her or sicken her by feeding

too heavily. It is always best to in-

crease the ration gradually and care-

fully, as thereby she will be stimulat-

ed to produce the greatest amount of

milk that lies within her power and

she will suffer no injurious effects.



Indiana. W. F. PURDUE.





AMOUNT AND VALUE OF SILAGE.





 





What will the ton contents be of a

silo 14x25 feet, and what will the ap-

proximate value of the ensilage con-

tained therein be?



St. Clair CO. C. K.



According to the accepted tables of

silo capacity, a silo 14 feet in diam-

eter and 25 feet in height, would have

a capacity of 70.2 tons.



The value of silage is an undeter-

mined quantity, it having been given

various values for various purposes.

In the cow-testing work conducted in

Michigan and other states it is given

a value of $3.50 a ton, being figured

worth that amount for feeding purpos—

es. It is, by the best authorities, gen-

erally conceded to cost a little less

than $2 per ton Where normal yields

are secured.



When. figured on a basis of‘chemical

analysis, it would have about one-

third the value of timothy hay.





 





 





 





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POULTRY.





30,000 Chicks For 1915





From best heavy 18311me stBrains of Poultry, Chicks

only 8 cents each an Buy your Chicks. Its the

only sure way of gottingha satisfactom hatch every-

time. My booklet No. sent to any address. Free

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ABY CHIX AND DUCKLINGS. White and Brown

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AN. Dorr. Michigan.

IE 5: PULLETS $2.00.



W” Lifilm BeacogfireedL‘s .i’mat layers. Eggs



$1.50 per 15. Dr. William A. Smi etersburg.Micn.





"I SALE. I. C. BROWN lEGIOIN





eggs and old chicks. Also Mammoth Pekin

duokeucs O UDIA BETTE. Billsdaie. lichigan.





IllllllEDw PLYIOIiTI ROCKS





y

bi.rds hens and pallets in any number. All

stock shipped subje< t to ap roval. Prices reasonable.

Write \our wants. .Eari oover. R. 7. Matthews. Ind.

from ille-





Eggs for Hatching m...



Barred and Books. Winners at Ba ttle

Greek. Three Rim Union 0 and Mich. State Fair.

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—Africsn geese. Turkeys. Ind Runner

:hndard BICII ducks. Pearl guineas. B. 8.0.11.1.

Reds. W Ply Rocks. S.L. W yandottes. & Poland China

swine. Prize Winners. Best eggs any kind $2 per setting. Write

for quantities and stock. French I". a P. F11rms.l.udingtcn.lilid1





WFF ROCKS 3 out of 4 Firsts Chicago. 1914.



’ Eggs 8415; utility £18“) 32 15. $10



100.110.31.11 Leghorns. heavy layers. )15. 8750

109: Blue 0r ingtons $5 15. Oatal ogue.



RD L AW? FARM, Box D. Lawrence. Michigan.





GGB for hatching from pure Toulouse geese. ten

E for $1. 75. Also a few gandors for sale at $3 each.

AMY SOUTHWORTH. Allen. Michigan.





um: 1511110111 onions-lisesiof‘l.:a°s.:‘::§





Jane delivery. Order now. April 312 per 100.





and June Jfor hatching March and April8

per r100. Ma ay an ans :5. Satisfaction arantee

H. B. BRACKNEY I SON. Clayton. Ichl‘an.





 





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A. R. GRAHAM. FLINT. MICHIGAN.





RHODE ISLAND REDS. Cockcrels 82m $5; 15 Eggs

$2 Plymouth Rock cockerels5to 121bs..aocord1ng

to age0 $2 to $5: hens 5 to 9% lbs. according to age: 15

eggs .2; Tom Turkeys 8110 88 lbs. according to a e: 38

to$?.-'1;10 em 84.11. E. ORAMTON. Vassar. ioh.

with the kick in





nilllEll mcK8?1::§-?“10§258. aby chicks 100 318

W. 0. OOFFMAN. No.6 . Benton Harbor. Mich.





eggsflor hatching. from fnlel blood

I‘RBEB Inc“ stock. 11.60 per 13. 810p rlOO.

J. A. BARNUM, Union CltY. lMlchlgan.

k 1. ll t ,h

Pine Crosliihilc 0rp111glons’833.°5§,2£: ,3; 931;:

from heavy laying strain. Catalogue on request.

IRS WILLIS ROUGH. Pine Crest Faun. Royal Oak. Michigan.





fro t' l t & l did 1. . .

““0 “yaw.“ Eggs Ill-031(1), ‘pelrl y; 5?? or $3386

per 100. A. Franklin Smith. Ann Arbor. ichigan.



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Iamd Plymoulil Rocks 3.2333333 1°53 239.23

able prices. OSTltANDEB BROS.. Morley. Mich

While Vlyndolles’i’g’gg 33.11%. 38 E3“ 133

1566- A AY POULTRY RANCH. a.rshall





um. 11, andollc cwm—Psfiéws‘bfi ‘25





for 15. 55 ’form. DAVID RAY Ypsilanti. Michigan.





per 15;

Mich.





Bigd Beautiful hen hatched. farm raised Ringlst Barred Rock;

Sold on approval. Okla. and finishes 3! to $5 escl1.Bre1 din

pen, 6 females and male 310. Circulars. John Northon, Clare. lilich





Baby (hix $10 fipsr 100M Brownh and White Leghorns. Barred

Ilm- ks. anndoitcs also Eggs.

RIVER RAISINr pPOULTRY taFARh‘. Dundee, Mich.





Iammolh While Holland lufirko] Eggs $353223?

order on First come first

mvauwil'w FARM, a. No. 8. vial-L Michigan.





—P atrai

111111111 noel: gems message:

8.50 per letting.





Fred Astling. Constantine. Mich.

Plel‘ingiet Barred Rock Cookerels Birds of quality.

’i‘iiirt1 ears the stan 33





rd. a-pieos 35 for two.



AINVIE STOCK FARM. Box-00.11 mm.

Fa. :‘lE—B. P. alilac]: (lockerels. Ringlet Strain the

laround fowlontho market. largo



Rue. nice] barred line birds. Prices reasonable.

ma w. annual) 11.13. Saranae.Michigan.





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SHERIDAN POULTBYF AIDS. EEBheridamMi

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We ship thousands. different Varieties. prices

M‘ér’h order now for sari-gr delivery. free

bookie reeport Hatchery. Box 12.1" reeport. Mich.

lLVEK LACED GOLDEN and WHITE WYANDG'I'TES—A fine

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Browning's Wyndotts Fans. Portland. Michigan.

—Farm raised. heavy. layi

: 0- whit betel“ strain .Baby chicks $10 pearly

eggs M perm. Also White Pekin Ducks. eggs and

ducklings. Sunnybrook Poultry FarmJlillsdale Mich.

its P. Rocks. Pekin and white runner ducks.





Whivte guineas. e and day old ducks and chicks.

.HOSTET ER. St Johns. Michigan.





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THE, MICHIGAN





machines fully equipped set up ready for use? 33y not own an lRONCLAD





Ironclads are





metal and paint-

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ronclads are shipped in the Natural

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covered,

structed machines-and don’ t buyn an

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Why take chances with untried machines when for only $10 we guarantee to

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From 1





ependable hatcher with cheaply con- ’ ‘

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PFILE'O ‘5 VA Rll'fll'.

farm-raised Land and Water-Fowls. Eggs

in season. illus. Catalogue. and “Grower' 5



2c. t that Write

today. HE EHRV PFILE. Farmer-

l’oultrymn. Box 676. Framed. Ill.





Tells why chicks die





E. J. Reefer. the poultry expert of ‘43 Kain St.



Kansas City, Mo.. is giving away free a valuable



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Thisbookmm nsscieufific





inches

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MARCH 3). 1916.





'PIGEONS





 





The young pigeons will be the chief

source of interest in the loft soon.

The early hatched youngsters will

have sequired their adult plumage and

will be old enough to desire to mate.

Unless the sexes can be separated

they will be choosing mates for them-

selves, a proceeding to be in all re:

spects avoided. With fancy pigeons of

any value it is necessary to success

that the stock be mated on some fixed

principle. For the birds to pair as

they wish would upset any system. It

is bad, also, for young hens to lay too

soon. It weakens them, and often ren-

ders them of little value for future

stock purposes.



The Feathering of Young Pigeons.



Some young pigeons will shed their

feathers more quickly than others. If

the fresh quills are noticed to be com-

ing freely on the head and breast, and

if the bird eats well and bathes often.

there is nothing the matter. But if

the new feathers come slowly and

there is a disinclination to feed, that

bird should be caught at roosting time

and examined. It will probably be

found to be thin and light and will re-

quire a little extra ,care. A practice

that often helps the bird to shed its

feathers is to pull out most of the tail.



If a bird appears very weak it must

be put in a pen alone where it can

feed Without molestation from the

A little hemp seed

and raw rice will often tempt a pigeon

to eat when it is out of sorts. An ex-

cellent tonic for a sickly bird is to

stir into the drinking water, daily,

enough chemical food to make the wa-

ter pale pink. Some of the older pig-

eons will commence to Shed their

feathers in July. They will continue

to sit on their eggs or to feed their

young ones.



Keep the Loft Clean.



By the end of the month the breed-

ing pairs should be separated before

the birds go into heavy moult. It is

too late to hatch young ones that are

likely to turn out well; so there is

nothing to be gained by continuing to

let the old birds lay and batch. They

will, instead, benefit by having a long

rest. The loft must be kept clean and

well ventilated now, or insect vermin

will abound. Feathers will accumu-

late in the corners of the loft and in

the nest boxes unless the hoe is kept

going.



Towards the end of the breeding

season the loft is more crowded than

at any time of the year. In addition

to the stock birds there are nearly all

the young ones. Very fewr of the lat-

ter will have been disposed of as yet.

It is risky to get rid of any except

the most palpably mlsmarked or bad-

ly-sbaped youngsters, unless the own-

er is a good judge of young stock.

Otherwise the best birds may be part—

ed with and the “dulfers” retained.



Care of Show Birds.



Many of the various breeds change

and alter greatly as the birds get old

e1: Some of the most awkward and





- ugly-looking youngsters turn into high





class specimens with age. Such pig-

eons, for instance, as English Owls

and Antwerps, thicken and “make up"

immensely as they grow older. Any

birds that are intended for exhibit

must be kept out of the hot sun if

they are of delicate color, such as red

or yellow. They will become chequery

with exposure to the glare, and the

beaks of Magpies and other breeds

may become discolored and stained.

Canada. W. R. GILBERT.





If one is short on green food, out

clover or cut alfalfa may be fed in-

stead, and will often give better re-

sults. Clover and alfalfa are rich in

protein, and the mineral matter that

goes into the formation of bone and

egg shell. Experiments have shown

that 100 pounds of cut clover contains

sufficient lime for the shells of 17 doz-





 





 





.enesss-
MARC-H20, 1815. .





CAPONIZING.





._._.——





Kindly give me information on how to

caponize young roosters? Do .you think"

it profitable'to do this? At what age

would they be ready to sell? Where

would a person find a good market for

them? About what would they br1ng

per pound when ready to sell?



Tuscola 00. J.



Caponizing requires special tools,

which can be bought at any poultry

supply house. With these tools come

instructions which give explicitly the

method of operation.





There is no doubt but what capon—

izing is profitable. The operation costs

nothing and the capons gain in flesh

much more rapidly from the same

amount of food than other fowls and





when they are sold they often bring .—

nearly double the market price for _

A good average price for ca— =





hens.

pons is 20 cents a pound.



\Vith reference to obtaining a mar--

ket for these birds, it would be advis-

able to write the high-class poultry

dealers of the largest city near you

and if you have any great amount, a1-

so to the chefs of some of the higher

class hotels of that city. Butchers in

the better districts of the cities often

complain that they cannot get enough





capons during the holidays and the





winter months.





The best age for caponizing is when .





the chicks are from six to eight weeks

old, and they are in good market con-

dition when they are about nine

months old. The best time for mar-

keting is from just before the holidays

for the holiday trade and until about

the first of March.





COTTONSEED MEAL FOR HENS.





I would like to ask if cottonseed

meal is good for hens and how much

would it do to feed 100 hens a day?

How does it compare withFoflPmEal?





Cottonseed meal is very rarely used

in the rations fed hens. Like linseed

meal it is a concentrated protein food

and when fed in the ration is liable to

give the hens too much vegetable fat

and protein for their own good. A

hen requires considerable protein in

her diet to enable her to lay Well, but

under natural conditions she obtains

this protein in the animal form. from

the worms and grubs she picks up,

therefore it is advisable to make up

this lack of protein in the Winter rav

tion by the use of beef scraps, green

bone or milk. .



In many of the rations used by poul-

try .experts, linseed meal is used in

small amounts. In nearly all the dry

mash formulas used by the Maine ex-

periment station linseed meal consti-

tutes about one-tenth to one-fifteenth

oi the mash. These mashes are used

by experts in poultry feeding, and

even they find that the hens suffer

from. indigestion when linseediorms

too large a part of the mash. Cotton-

seed meal is not found in any of the

model rations gotten up by poultry au-

thorities which would lead one to

conclude that it is not favored for

poultry feeding purposes.





 





SELECTING THE LAYERS.





 





Watching trap nests to find out

which hens lay, takes too much time.

In order to save time I have resorted

to the following plan: When a hen

has laid out her litter of eggs, she

gets broody. When she gets broody.

put a leg band on her. Do this to all

hens that get broody. Hens that do

not get broody by the fifteenth of

June are start boarders. So if you

find any that do not have a leg band

at that time, sell them.



Clinton. Co. M. A. DUNNING.





Cedar wood makes excellent perch~

es. Lice and vermin do not like the

odor of cedar. .



' The skim or butter-milk can be fed

to the laying hens to better advantage

and profit than to the hogs.



Indiana. T. Z. RICHEY.‘





THE MICHIGAN FARMER. 11—355:





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plain tread, shown actual size. The same

relative ‘ values apply in all sizes. Note the detailed



specifications of the section opposite. Then ask any neutral

repair man which manufacturer gives the most in quality. He

cuts into all makes of tires. He knows.



You want that extra layer of fabric in the Firestones—4 plies

instead of 3 in this small size—7 plies in the 5~inch Firestone.

for instance, instead of only 6 in the ordinary.



V You want that cushion stock in the Firestone. There is none

of it in ordinary tires. Yet it is impossible to build a full service

tire without a cushion layer under the breaker strip. You must

have it to prevent bruising and overstralning the fabric.



Firestone Tires have never been built down to a price. You

will find everything in a Firestone that ought to be there. Fire-

stone Tires are vulcanized by the “two-cure” process. This is

more expensive than the “one-cure,” but it allows rigid inspec

tion in the making andeliminates fabric buckles and otherdefects‘





The Sections Show These Things—the

Wear, the Mileage, Prove Them





Take the word of the specialists of the industry—take the

record of the Firestone Tires for 15 years—as your authority

that these extras of quality are necessary for real service and

economy. The Firestone organization, the largest in the world

specializing on fires. can make and market tires and tubes at

the lowest possible cost to you. the user. The tires and prices

prove it beyond argument.





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Actual Size

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FIRESTONE





Fig. l. 4 piles of fabric in Firestone

—-3 plies in the ordinary.





Fig. 2. Extra coating of finest rubber between

fabric layers in Firestone .

—not in the ordinary.





Fig. 3. l-l6 inch finest rubber cushion layer in Fire-

stone ——not in the ordinary.





: Fig 4. l-l6 inch breaker strip of high~grnde fabric and

' high-grade rubber in Firestone

~snme Quantity in others,





Fig. 5. L4 inch trend. tough, resilient, in Firestone

-—3—l6 inch in the ordinary.





Fig. 6. l-l6 inch side wall of strongest rubber

in Firestone —oame Quantity in others.

Fig. 1. Bond of extra cohesive

strength in the Firestone —same

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Firestone Net Price List to car-owners Firestone is below them all on tubes. WHY? A tube is ~—



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32 X 3/4 13'75 15‘” 2°70 3'05 minimum costtoyou. liutwe are no more proud ofgivingyou the E

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tire for so little more. And the proof of appreciation among E

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the service records among your acquaintances—then get Fire-

Stones from your dealer and enjoy—





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FREE—A waterproof bag for Inner Tubes ifyou tell us the make of tire: you use and

the dealer you buy from. Also ask for book N 25





I Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio—Bianclies and Dealers Every/where





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THE AUTO-OILED AERMOTOR “"7"





Every bearing is constantly flooded with oil. The gear case, in which the duplicate gear.

tun, holds two or three times as much oil as is required by the mill for a year of constant

running, days, nights and Sundays. From the gear case the oil flows through every bearing

in a continual stream. It goes out through the thrust washers in the hub of the wheel and is

automatically returned to be used over and over again. No oil is wasted. This mill needs

onling but once a year. Two quarts of oil In the gear case of the 8-foot Auto-oiled

Aermotor will keep the gears and every bearing flooded with oil for ayear or more.



The galvanized helmet covers the gears, keeps out rain, keeps out dust, keeps in oil.



The old Aermotor was known the world over as “the windmill which runs when all

others stand still." This new Aermotor with gears and bearings flooded with



oil runs in much less wind than the old Aermotor.

The two large gears, which lift the load straight up, are each

independent of the other and each is driven by its

own pinion on the main shaft and must

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Windmills is unbreakable. We venture the assertion that this is the most

. nearly perfect, best made. best tested, bent oiled, moot nearly perpetual. automatic and



oelf-oumcient of any machine of any kind ever made for farm work and the most nearly fool-proof.



There in no friction on any part of the furlin‘ device when the mill in running and very little when

he wheel is furled. A small child can easily furl this windmill or an automatic regulator can take care

of it. One of these mills has been furled 10,000 times in one day by a man on our premises—more times

than it would ordinarily be furled in 30 years of service. A band brake, of the automobile type. in used,

and it always holds.



If you are tlred of climbing a windmill tower; if you are tired of buying repairs

and havlng them put on; or, if you are tired of waiting for a big wind, let us fur—

nish you an unbreakable, self-oiling, ever-going mill to go on any old tower. It

costs but little and you will get the difference between no water In a light wind





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and an abundance of water in almost no wind. The flooding of all the worki 5%

parts with oil, the perfect balance of the wheel and vane on the tower, the very small? £5

turntable on which the. mill pivots and the outside furling device make this difference. i



Now there is no obiection to a high tower. Have as high a tower in you need to as: wind. You in





don't have to climb it. Your dealer can come once a year Ind put in oil,“ if‘needed, and inspect the mill.

Why not have flowing water,'cool in summer and‘warm, in winter, always



fresh and pure? It will cost next to nothing. it will give health to your family-



'and stock. ‘ Let the water. run into a good size reservoir ond'lra'iae Aallfthe’fish .





of thechoice kinda your family can eat. and have water to irrigate our'garden'and, gfgj‘g

make It raise many times aa-much unit would otherwise." e uto-Oiled-Aermotor ”‘ “ii-wire

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If interested, write Aermotor 00., 1146 So. Campbell Avenue, Chicago. Write right w.
356-12





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DETROIT, MARCH E0, 1915.





CURRENT COMMENT.





 





 





 





A subscriber asks for



Our Pure Seed the publication of



Law. Michigan’s seed law



an early issue of the



Michigan Farmer. This law was pub-



lished in full in these columns at the



time of its passage, and its provisions



are so well understood by the average



reader that a simple review of same



will perhaps serve to bring a knowl-



edge of its provisions to those who

are not already familiar with it.



Briefly summarized, agricultural

seeds are defined by the act including

practically all of the seeds used in

field culture 'of- Michigan crops. The

law provides further that agricultural

seeds offered or exposed for sale with-

in the state for seeding purposes shall

be accompanied by written or printed

statement showing the name of the

seed, name and address of the person

selling same, approximate percentage

by weight of purity or freedom of

such seed from foreign matter or

from other seeds distinguishable by

their appearance, and the approximate

percentage by weight of contamina-

tion, specifying by name each kind

present in greater proportion than one

per cent by weight of the whole. Nox-

ious weed seeds are defined by the

law as seeds of quack grass, Canada

thistles and various kinds of dodder,

and it is made unlawful to sell or use

for seeding purposes any agricultural

seeds containing a greater proportion

than one seed of any or all of these

weeds to two thousand seeds of the

kind sold or sown.



The test for purity may be conduct-

ed by the state seed analyst or the

seller. The samples of seed may be

subjected to the state seed analyst at

the Agricultural College, and should

be accompanied by the fee of 25 cents

for each sample prescribed by the

law. Seeds may be sold to seed mer-

chants or shipped to general markets

to be cleaned and graded before be-

ing sold, or held in storage or sold for

shipment, outside the state only, with

out complying with these regulations.

A penalty is provided for the viola-

tion of the law.



In operation the law affords protec-

tion for the purchases of seeds, in

that to comply with its provisions the

seed must be labeled showing its per-

centage of purity and the kind and de-

gree of contamination. Also it pro-

vides a means by which samples of

seed can be submitted for test of pur-

ity to the state seed analyst at a min-

imum fee. Those who would avail

themselves of this service should,

however, submit their samples as far

‘ in advance as possible, of the], date

when the resultsof the analysis are

desired, for the..reason that in rush

seasons so many samples are submit-

. ted that it is sometimes impossible for





 





,THE MICHIGAN





the state analyst’s force to keep up

with the demands made upon the seed

laboratory. '





' Live stock losses

Live Stock Losses. resulting from the

epidemic of foot:

and-mouth disease have been brought

so prominently to public attention as

to overshadow the losses from other

sources which are always a very con-

siderable item in this country. The

government estimates show that the

live stock losses from various causes,

mostly diseases, aggregate the tidy

sum of $212,000,000 annually. The

largest part of this loss is caused by

hog cholera which loss alone is esti-

mated to amount to more than $75,-

000,000 per year. Texas fever and

the cattle tick which’is the carrier of

this disease are estimated to cause

losses amounting to $40,000,000 in in-

fected districts of the southern states.

Tuberculosis is estimated to come

next with an annual toll of $25,000,-

000. Other common diseases cause a

loss exceeding $50,000,000, while poul-

try diseases alone are estimated to

cause losses amounting to more than

$8,750,000.



The actual cost of the present epi-

demic of foot-and-mouth disease is, of

course, difficult to estimate. The na-

tional government has appropriated

more than $2,000,000 to fight this dis-

ease, While the aggregate cost to the

state governments has been probably

as much more, and the loss to the

live stock industry in indirect ways

has been a very considerable item.

list it is doubtful whether so far the

total cost has been greater than the

annual toll levied upon the live stock

industry by parasites, which is esti-

mated to be at least $5,000,000. The

necessity of stamping out foot-and-

mouth disease because of the possible

cost to the live stock industry in the

future has operated to direct public

interest to that item of loss, yet there

are many live stock diseases to the

presence of which the public have be-

come accustomed which cause far

greater annual losses than will be the

total of this year’s loss from the epi-

demic of foot—and-mouth disease, and

against which no systematic campaign

of control or extermination is being

directed by the stock owners who suf-

fer the loss. There is little excuse,

for instance, for so large a. loss from

animal parasites,» although some of the

internal parasites are somewhat diffi-

cult to control. Public necessity has

made the foot-and-mouth disease cam~

paign a public issue, (but the elimina-

tion of most other live stock losses

might be materially aided through

systematic effort and reasonable pre-

caution on the part of stock owners of

the country.





The rise in market

values of wheat and

other grains due to

the influence of the

European war was scarcely more spec.

tacular than was the sharp decline in

values caused by the operations of the

Allied fleets in the Dardanelles in the

campaign .aimed at the Turkish capi-

tal and the opening up of the Black

Sea route for Russian grain. Regard‘

less of any temporary fluctuations of

values due to this cause, American

farmers need have no fear that their

products will not find a ready market

in European countries following the

close of the war, as well as during its

progress. This will be true, not only

of grain, but of certain live stock pro-

ducts as well. Without question the

scarcity of grain in Europe will be in-

strumental in causing the sacrifice of

the larger proportion of‘the live stock

normally maintained upon farms in the

affected area. Likewise the war’s toll

upon the horses of these countries will

be enormous, and horses Will be needv

ed quite as badly for, agriculturalgpurg

poses after the War is overas, they





Agriculture and

the War.





will be formilitary operations during

the.war.- .In familiezdemandamr Ann-r.





erican horses of fair quality will an.

doubtedly be greatertoruse in" 995991..





FARMER





ful pursuits than has been the case

for military operations.



For these reasons every American

farmer will do well to increase his

production during the coming year as

a means of increasing his income. Eu-

rope will undoubtedly produce less of

the foodstuffs needed for her people

than under normal conditions, and the

opportunity is good for American

farmers to supply this deficiency in

foodstuffs and other products to their

own profit. This can be accomplished

by better farming quite as well as by

more extensive farming, and although

the time may not have arrived for the

general practice of what is designated

as intensive farming in Europe where

the population is much more dense

than in America, yet the time has ar-

rived when we can undoubtedly apply

more intensive methods than we have

done in the past, especially in the es-

sentials of better tillage and more lib-

eral fertilization of the soil.





MICHIGAN STANDS FOR GOOD

ROADS





 





Enthusiasm for improved highways

marked the proceedings through the

seventh annual convention of the

Michigan Good Roads Association and.

the exposition of road building ma—

chinery, material and equipment held

at Grand Rapids, March 9-12. It was

really four days of uplift and inspira-

tion. The gathering of township, coun-

ty and state road officials was the

largest and most representative ever

taking place in Michigan. In co-oper-

ation with the state association were

the three leading development bus

reaus, the Western Michigan, the

Northeastern Michigan, and the Upper

Peninsula, also the West Michigan

Pike Association and the Grand High-

way Association. 'In addition State

Highway Commissioner Rogers and

other oflicials of the Michigan High-

way Department were on hand and ac

tive throughout the four days.



The exposition, which was put on

for the first time this year, proved a.

success, with something like 50 dif-

ferent displays. Special interest was

taken in the educational exhibits

made by the state highway depart-

ment, the University of Michigan and

the United States government, the lat.

ter including road models, starting

with the ‘Appian Way. This celebrat-

ed Roman road was started in 312 B.

C. and remained in perfect condition

for more than 800 years after its con«

struction. French roads were shown

as well as all leading modern types,

with examples of drainage methods,

rock crushers and other machinery.



The convention was held at the

Coliseum and the main floor and an«

nex were filled with exhibits, While

the street in front of the building for

a block was closed to traffic and was

occupied with engines and other large

pieces of machinery in operation. Lo-

cal arrangements were under direction

of Alvah Brown and J. Hackley Skin-

ner, of Grand Rapids, with able assist-

ants, and the success of the woven

tion and show is due very largely to

their efforts.



John N. Lent, of Monroe, succeeds

Arthur P. Loomis on the board of

trustees, and with this exception offi-

cers were re-elected. They are as

follows: President, P. T. Colgrove,

Hastings; vice-president, N. P. Hull,

Dimondale; secretary, A. A. Anderson,

Hastings; treasurer, J. Edward Roe,

Lansing; trustees, Roy D. Chapin, De-

troit; Alvah Brown, Grand Rapids; W.

K. Prudden, Lansing; John N. Lentz,

Monroe; Dr. Geo. F. Young, South

Haven; A. H. Dudley, Jonesville;

Frank Hamilton, Traverse City;

M. Bryant, Kalamazoo; Chas. Farrin,

Mt. Clemens; C. E. Palmerlee, Lapeer.



President Colgrove in his annual

message did not spend much time tell-

ing what has been done, taking for

his text rather, the trumpet call, “To

the Dogs with Yesterday; what’s Do-

ing Today?” He devoted much time

to legislative matters now pending

and gave vigorous support to the so-

called trunk line bill. He declared

that these trunk lines as laid out are

in reality main market roads and

should be so named. It part he said:

“These roads start somewhere and go

somewhere, and they mean the indus-

trial upbuilding of the small towns

and. rural communities. They are cal.

culated to open up every section of





the_ state and to turn back the stream.





off-wealth and population to’the- rural

districts. , They ~ will

state, raise land values, improve the





commercial andfireliglous life of the

country and keep. boys and girls on





the farms? . . -





President “Colgrove strongly opDOSo





,efifihe Culver billwhich provides that

a





moneys raised in the” state for

highway purposes shall be apportion-

ed awn: mammal counties was:





develop , our '





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'ing to the value of their real and per«





sonal property subject to taxation.





-‘This bill he declared was a selfish





measure framed very largely in the

interests of Wayne county, which at

ter completing a splendid system of

cement roads, aided by every taxpay-

er throughout the state, now turns

round to the rest of Michigan and

says: “I don’t want to play with you

any more; build your own roads.”

Prison labor on roads was strongly

recommended and it was suggested

that since Jackson is on the main

market road midway between Detroit

and Kalamazoo that here is a fine op-

portunity to make a beginning.



The recommendation of the presi.

dent that membership in the associa4

tion be divided into four classes, life

membership at $25, sustaining mem-

berships at $5 per annum, active mem-

berships, at $1 per annum and honor-

ary memberships, was adopted.



Some of the more important fea-

tures of the convention will be told in

a future letter.





Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





National.





The Post Office Department and the

Department of Agriculture are co-op—

crating with the Department of Labor

in aid of the plan for the employment

and distribution of laborers in the

Unitcgnsmtes; the former through its

postmaé‘ters, oflicers in charge of

branch post offices, and rural mail car-

riers; and the latter through its field

and othed services throughout the

United States. The purpose of this

plan is to supply labor Where required

in every section of the republic. An

effort will be made to furnish farmers

and other employers of labor with help

at all seasons of the year. To employ-

ers and employes desiring to avail

themselves of the opportunities pre

sented by said plan, the following ex—

planation of the methods adopted may

be of service: Blanks for use of em-

ployers desiring help and for persons





seeking employment may be had on





request from the postmaster, or offi-

cer in





Office, or rural mail carrier. All appli-





cation blanks when» filled out and: '

signed should be folded and returnedf

to the postmaster or other officers

mentioned, whereupon they will be





forwarded to the proper officer of the

Department of Labor, where they will

receive special and prompt attention.

When thus returned no postage will

be required; otherwise the usual post-

age will be necessary. ‘



Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of

the head of the Standard Oil concern,

died March 12 at Pocantico Hills, N. J.

She was nearly 76 years old, and had

been in ill-health for several months.



Lincoln Beachey, the well-known

aviator, was killed March-14 at San

Francisco when his aeroplane collaps-

ed and plunged into the bay from a

height of 3,000 feet. The accident oc-

curred in full view of thousands of

exposition spectators.



Foreign.



The European War.—+With the com—

ing of spring war military campaigns

appear to be assuming larger propor-

tions. In northern Poland both Rus-

sians and Germans anticipates. battle,

and are moving large numbers of troops

to that region. The Russians are also

active in Galicia, and appear to be

pressing the Austrians hard in the

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It was a still, cool evening when

every man of the community, and most

of the women, gathered in the big din-

ing-room of the Grange. The windows

were shut now, for the chill of the

early frost was on the prairie, and

the great lamps burned steadily above

the long tables. Cut glass, dainty

china and silver gleamed beneath

them amidst the ears of wheat that

stood in clusters for sole and' appro-

priate ornamentation. They merited

the place of 'honor, for wheat had

brought prosperity to every man at

Silverdale who had had the faith to

sow that year.



On either hand were rows of smilo

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warmer color, by the sun, and white

shoulders shone amidst the somberly

covered ones, while here and there a

diamond gleamed on a snowy neck.

Barrington sat at the head of the long

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the prairie farmers. There were few

15in the company who had not noticed

gthis, though they did not as yet un-

f:derstand its purport.



Nothing happened during dinner,



ibut Maud Barrington noticed that, al-

ithough some of his younger neighbors

grallied him, W’lnston was grimly

lquiet. “Then it was over, Barrington

lrose, and the men who knew the care

Ehe had borne that year never paid

jhim more willing homage than they

did when he stood smiling down on

,them. As usual he was immaculate

{in dress, erect, and quietly command-

fing, but in spite of its smile his face

Eseemed worn and there were thicken-

‘ing wrinkles, which told of anxiety,

gabout his eyes.

; “Another year has gone, and we

:have met again to celebrate with

Egratefulness the fulfillment of. the

Epromise made when the world was

iyoung,” he said. “We do well to be

“thankful, but I think humility becomes

us too. While we doubted the sun

and the rain have been with us for a

sign that, though men grow faint-

hearted and spare their toll, seed-time

and harvest shall not fail.”



It was the first time Colonel Bar-

rington had spoken in quite that strain

and when he paused a moment there

was a curious stillness, for those who

heard him noticed an unusual tremor

in his voice. There was also a, gravity

that was not far removed from sad-

ness in his face when he went on

again, but the intentness of his retain-

ers would have been greater had they

known that two separate detachments

of police troopers were than riding

toward Silverdale.



“The year has brought its changes,

and set its mark deeply on some of

s ” he said. “We cannot recall it, or

retrieve our blunders, but we can

hope they will be forgiven us and en-

deavor to avoid them again. This is

not the fashion in which I had meant

to speak to you tonight, but after the

bounty showered upon us I feel my

responsibility. The law is unchange-

able. The man who would have bread

to eat or sell must toil for it, and I,

in disregard of it, bade you hold your

hand. wen, we have had our lesson,

and we will be wiser another time,

but I have felt that my usefulness as

your lender is slipping away from me.

This year has shown me that I am

getting an old man."



Dane kicked the foot of a lad beside

him, and glanced at the piano as he

stood up.



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A chord from the piano rang

through the approving murmurs, and

the company rose to their feet before

the lad had beaten out the first bar of

the jingling rhythm. Then the voices

took it up, and the great hall shook

to the rafters with the last "Nobody

can deny.” .



Trite as it was, Barrington saw the

darker flush in the bronzed faces, and

there' was a shade of warmer colorlin

his cum as he went on again.



“The things one feels the most are

those one can least express, and I will

not try to tell you how I value your

confidence,” he said. “Still, the fact

remains that sooner or later- I must

let the reins fall into younger hands,

and there is a man here who will, I

fancy, lead you farther than you

would ever go with me. Times change,

and he can teach you how those who

would do the most for the Dominion

need live today. He is also, and I am

glad of it, one of us, for traditions do

not wholly lose their force and we.

know that blood will tell. That this

year has not ended in disaster irre-

trievable is due to our latest comrade,

Lance Courthorne.”



This time there were no musical

honors or need of them, for a shout

went up that called forth an answer-

ing rattle from the cedar paneling. It

was flung back from table to table up

and down the great room, and when

the men sat down, flushed and breath-

less, their eyes still shining, the one

they admitted had saved Silverdale

rose up quietly at the foot of the ta-

ble. The hand he laid on the snowy

cloth shook a little, and the bronze

that generally suffused it was less no-

ticeable in his face. All who saw it

felt that something unusual was com-

ing, and Maud Barrington leaned for-

ward a trifle: with a curious throbbing

of her heart. .



“Comrades! It is, I think, the last

time you will hear the term from me,”

he said. “I am glad that we have

made and won a good fight at Silver-

dale, because it may soften your war-

ranted resentment when you think of

me.” '



Every eye was turned upon him,

and an expression of bewilderment

crept into the faces, while a lad who

sat next to him touched his arm mas-

suringly.



“You’ll feel your feet in a moment,

but that’s a curious fashion of putting

it,” he said.



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stood silent a moment. He saw Maud

Barrington face showing strained and

intent, but less, bewildered than the

others, and that of her aunt, which

seemed curiously impassive, and a lit-

tle thrill ran through him. It passed,

and once more he saw only the leader

of Silverdale.



“Sir,” he said, “I did you a wrong

when I came here, and with your con-

victions you would never tolerate me

as your successor.”



There was a rustle of fabrics as

some of the women moved, and a mur-

mur of uncontrollable astonishment,

while those who noticed it remem-

bered Barrington’s gasp. It expressed

absolute bewilderment, but in another

moment he smiled. '



“Sit down, Lance,” he said. “You

need make no speeches. We expect

better things from you.”



Winston stood very still. “It was

the simple truth I told you, sir,” he

said. “Don’t make it too hard for

me.”



Just then there was a disturbance

at the rear of the room, and a man,

who shook off the grasp of one’ that

followed him, came in. He moved for

ward with uneven steps, and then.

resting his hand on a chair back faced

about and looked at Winston. The

dust was thick upon his clothes, but it

was his face that seized and held at-

tention. It was horribly pallid, save

for the flush that showed in either

cheek, and his half-closed eyes were

dazed.



“I heard them cheering,” he said.

“Couldn’t find you at your homestead.

You should have sent the five hundred

dollars. They would have saved you

this.”



The defective utterance would 11.10111a

have attracted attention, and, with the

man’s attitude, was very significant.

but it was equally evident to most of

those who watched him that he was

also struggling~1vith some infirmity.

Western hospitality has, however, no

limit, and one Of the younger men

drew out a chair.



“Hadn’t you better sit down, and

if you want anything to eat we’ll get

it for you,” he said. “Then you can

tell us what your errand is.” _



The man made a gesture of nega-

tion, and pointed to Winston.



“I came to find a friend of mine.

They told me at his homestead that he

was here,” he said.



There was an impressive silence, un-

til Colonel Barrington glanced at Win-

ston, who still stood quietly impassive

at the foot of the table.



“You know our visitor?” he said.

“The Grange is large enough to give

a stranger shelter.”



The man laughed. “Of course he

does; it’s my place he’s living in.”



Barrington turned again to Winston



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HY are you so late?” asked

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Be By Bo Bum climbed over

the stump that separated the cow pas-

ture from the White Forest. “You

promised to meet me right after

school and here it is nearly time for

the sun to -go to bed behind the west-

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“I would have been here sooner but

I was kept in after school,” answered

Billy. “I think our teacher is just too

horrid for anything,” and be stamped

his foot and pouted'like the little boys

who live on Grumble Corner of Cross-

patch Town.



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“Well, I was only talking to the boy

in the seat back of me and I didn’t

stop when she told me to. But I don’t

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“It wasn‘t the talking that was

wrong,” replied the merry little elf.

“It was the fact that you didn’t mind

teacher, and little boys who don’t

mind always get in some kind of

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"Oh, dear, I wish I was a rabbit, ”

grumbled Billy. .“Then I could do juét

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MARCH 20, 1915.





Weasel or Fleetfoot the Fox before

you were a week old,” retorted Tink-

er, beginning to get just a little bit

out of patience.

learns to mind his mother before he

can walk, and until he is old enough

to have baby bunnies of his own, he

never thinks of disobeying.



“Just as soon as he is able to stand

up on his wobbly little legs, Mrs. Rab-

bit starts to teach him the ways of

the woods and the many tricks a rab-

bit must know to fool his enemies.





First, Bunny learns to lay low and say ‘





nothing, and that is called freezing.

Then he is taught the briar patch is

his best friend, ever ready to protect

him with its thousands of sharp little

thorns, and after that he learns about

the barbed wire fence.”





“I know all about barbed wire fenc-

es,” interrupted Billy. “I tore my coat

last week crawling through the one

that separates the lower orchard from

the meadow, but I shouldn’t think

they would bother Bunny.”





“They don’t,” replied Tinker. “Not

a bit of it. In fact, the barbed wire

fence is one of Mr. Rabbit’s best

friends. And that’s rather funny, for

man is Bunny’s worst enemy. Even

the briar bush can’t save him from

guns and ferrets, and whenever Farm-

er Meadows comes into the White

Forest, it means trouble for the Little

People. For if he leaves his gun at

home, he is sure to bring his axe, and

that means trees are to be cut down,

making the woods smaller, or briar

patches and hollow logs are to be

cleared away. But although Farmer

Meadows spoils lots of snug little hid-

ing places, it wasn’t long before Bunny

discovered he had planted a new kind

of briar bush——the barbed wire fence.”





“But I don’t see how the barbed

wire fence help Mr. Rabbit,” said

Billy.



Just as Tinker was about to answer,

they heard old Long Ears the Hound

haying off at the other side of the

woods, and the next minute Mr. Rab-

bit darted by lickety split, going so

fast he. looked like a streak of brown

fur bounding over the snow. Long

Ears wasn’t far behind, but he wasn’t

running nearly as fast as Bunny, for

he kept his nose close to the ground,

except when he raised his head to

sound a long wow-wow-wow.



“Come on Billy Boy,” shouted Tink-

er. spreading his 'wings and darting

off through the woods, and Billy fol—

lowed as fast as his chubby little legs

would carry him, jumping over logs

and tearing through clumps of bushes

until he came to the barbed wire fence

separating the lower meadow from

the \Vhite Forest and here Tinker

stopped. Off in the field they could

see Mr. Rabbit bounding along with

Long Ears close behind; so close, in

fact, that it seemed as though the

hound would catch bunny at the very

next jump. But Mr. Rabbit managed

to keep just a little bit ahead, and af-

ter circling the field, he made straight

for the fence.





“Now we will see some fun,” shout-

ed Tinker, jumping up and down in

his excitement, and the next minute

Mr. Rabbit bounded through the barb-

ed wire fence and vanished into a

briar patch.



Long Ears was right behind, but he

was running so fast and keeping his

nose so close to the ground that he

did not see the fence. So he ran

smack, into it, hitting the wires so

hard he turned a complete somersault,

landing on his head in a snow drift

some distance away. \Vhen he scram-

bled to his feet, howling with pain,

Billy saw the sharp little barbs had

torn his ears and pricked his sides.

He never waited to see what had be-

come of Mr. Rabbit, but putting his

tail between his legs, started for home

yelping all the way.



,“Now ydu see how the barbed wire

fence helps Mr. ‘R’abbit, don’t you?”

asked Tinker. Teedle. Tee, “It saved

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times before.” . . '





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" and his face seemed to have grown a





trifle stern.



“Who is this man?” he said.



Winston looked steadily in front of

him, vacantly noticing the rows of

faces turned towards him under the

big. lamps. “If he had waited a few

minutes longer you would have

known,” he said. “He is Lance Court-

home.”



This time the murmurs implied in-

credulity, but the man who stood

swaying a little with his hand on the

chair, and a smile in his half-closed

eyes, made an ironical inclination;



“It’s evident you don’t believe it or

wish to. Still, it’s true,” he said.





One of the men nearest him rose

and quietly thrust him into the chair.



“Sit down in the meanwhile,” he

said dryly. “By and by, Colonel Bar-

rington will talk to you.”





Barrington thanked him with a ges-

ture, and glanced at the rest. “One

would have preferred to carry out this

inquiry more privately,” he said, very

slowly, but with hoarse distinctness.

“Still, you have already heard so

much.”



Dane nodded. “I fancy you are

right, sir. Because we have known

and respected the man who has, at

least. done a good deal for us, it would

be better that we should hear the

rest.”



Barrington made a little gesture of

agreement, and once more fixed his

eyes on Winston. “Then will you tell

us who you are?”



“A struggling prairie farmer,” said

Winston quietly. “The son of an Eng-





llish country doctor who died in pe-





nury, and one who from your point of

view could never have been entitled

to more than courteous toleration

from any of you.”



He stopped, but, for the astonish-

ment was passing, there 'was negation

in the murmurs which followed, while

somebody said, “Go on.”



Dane stood up. “I fancy our com-

rade isvmistaken.” he said. “What-

ever he may have been, we recognize

our debt to him. Still, I think he owes

us a more complete explanation.”





Then Maud Barrington, sitting

where all could see her, signed impe-

riously to Alfreton, who was on his

feet next moment, with Macdonald

and more of the men following him.



“,”I he said, with a little ring in his

voice, and a flush in his young face,

“owe him everything, and I’m not the

only one. This, it seems to me, is the

time to acknowledge it.”



Barrington checked him with a ges-

ture. “Sit down all of you. Painful

and embarrassing as it is, now we

have gone so far, this affair must be

elucidated. It would be better if you

told us more.”



Winstcnpdrew back a chair, and

when Courthorne moved, the man who

sat next to him laid a grasp on his

arm. “You will oblige me by not mak-

ing any remarks just now,” he said.

“When Colonel Barrington wants to

hear anything from you he will ask

you.”



“There is little more,” said VVin-

ston. “I could see no hope in the old

country, and came out to this one

with one hundred pounds a distant

connection lent me. That sum will

not go very far anywhere, as I found

when, after working for other men, I

bought stock and took up government

land. To hear how I tried to do three

men’s work for six weary years, and

at times went for months together

half-fed, might' not interest you, al-

though it has its bearing on what

came after. The seasons were against

me, and I had not the dollars to tide

me over the time of drought and bliz-

zard until a good one came. Still,

though my stock died, and I could

scarcely haul in the little wheat the

frost and 11111111111 me, with my worn-





 





 





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MARCH 20, 1915.





could achieve prosperity if I once had

the chances of other men. "



He stopped a moment, and Macdon-

aid poured out a glass of Wine and

passed it across to him in a fashion

that made the significance of what he

did evident.



“We know what kind of a struggle

you made by what we have seen at

Silverdale," he said.



Winston put the glass aside, and

turned once more to Colonel Barring-

ton.



“Still," he said, “until Courthorne

crossed my path, I had done no wrong,

and I was in dire need of the money

that tempeted me to take his offer. He

made a bargain with me that I should

ride his horse and personate him, that

the police troopers might leave him

unsuspected to lead his comrade run-

ning Whisky, while they followed me.

I kept my part of the bargain, and it

cost me what I fancy I can never re-

cover, unless the trial I shall shortly

face will take the stain from me.

While I passed for him your lawyer

found me, and I had no choice be-

tween being condemned as a criminal

for what Courthorne had in the mean.

while done, or continuing the decep-

tion. He had, as soon as I had left

him, taken my horse and garments, so

that if seen by the police they would

charge me. I could not take your man

ey, but, though Courthorne was appar-

ently drowned, I did wrong when i

came to Silverdale. For a time the

opportunities dazzled me; ambition

drew me on, and I knew what I could

do.”



He stopped again, and once more

there was a soft rustle of dresses, and

a murmur, as those who listened gave

inarticulate expression to their feel

ings. Moving a little, he looked stead-

ily at Maud Barrington and her aunt,

who sat close together.



“Then,” he said, very slowly. “it

was borne in upon me that I could not

persist in deceiving you. Courthorne.

I fancied, could not return to trouble

me, but the confidence that little by

little you place in me rendered it out

of the question. Still, I saw that i

could save some at least at Silverdale

from drifting to disaster and there

was work for me here which would go

a little way in reparation, and now

that it is done I was about to bid you

good-by, and ask you. not to think too

hardly of me.”



There was a moment’s intense sis

lence until once more Dane rose up,

and pointed to Courthorne sitting with

half closed eyes, dusty, partly dazed

by indulgence, and with the stamp of

dissolute living on him, in his chair.

Then he glanced at Winston’s bronzed

face, which showed quietly resolute at

the bottom of the table.



“Whatever we would spare you and

ourselves, sir, we must face the tlulh

he said. “Which of these men \.a~

needed at Silverdale?”



Again the murmurs rose, but Win.

ston sat silent, his pulses throbbing

with a curious exultation. He had

seen the color creep into Maud Ban

rington’s face, and her aunt’s eyes.

when he told her what had prompted

him to leave Silverdale, and knew

they understood him. Then, in the

stillness that followed, the drumming;

of boots rose from the prairie. It

grew louder, and when another sound.

audible too, more than one of those

who listened recognized the jingle of

accoutrements. Courthorne rose un-

steadily, and made for the door.



“I think,” he said, with a curious

laugh, “I must be going. I don’t

know whether the troopers want me

or your comrade.”



A lad sprang to his feet, and as he

ran to the door called “Stop him!"



In another moment Dane had caught

his arm, and his voice rang through

the confusion as everybody turned or

rose.



“Keep back, all of you,” he said.

“Let him go ” .



Courthorne was outside by this time
3111161120,”: ' THE MICHIGAN FARMFR l7—-—361





and only those who reached the door

before Dane closed it heard a faint . . . . .

beat of boots as somebody rode quiet-I ve e an 0 “I 8 am

1y away beneath the bluff, while as the I .

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rest clustered together, wondering, a.

minute or two later, Corporal Payne,§

flecked with spume and covered with{

dust, came in. He raised his hand in'

salutation to Colonel Barrington, who

sat very grim in face in his chair at ready “it “t the ml“

the head of the table. baffle shipping. we



“I’m sorry. sir, but it’s my duty to, helped design it and

apprehend Lance Courthorne," he; supplied the material





 





 

 

 





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rington. the lumber business whatever you build

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There was intense silence for a mo- ”11 at rock bottom

merit. Then the Colonel’s voice broke prices.

through it very quietly.





“He is not here," he said. . J a .





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will be taken against anyone conceal- No matter What you are going to build, whether it is a house or barn or whether you just want a

ing or harboring him.” bill of rough lumber, I know positively that my direct-to-you price will save you from 10 to 25%

Harrington rose very stiffly. With a If you already have satisfactory plans and specifications send them to me and I will quote ydu my

little gray tinge in his face, bllt WON.“ rock bottom price on the m terial called for, or send for one of our plan sheets and show just exactly

seemed to fail him, and Dune 131d what kind of a building you wish to put up and our Architectural Department will furnish you a rice

a hand On The corporal’s shoulder. on all material which you will need. ' i p

“Then,” he said grimly. “don’t 6!" It costs the average dealer about 16% to do business. This means that he must add at least 19%





ceed it. If you believe he’s here. we to his costs before he can begin calculating his profits, and I know positively that no retail dealer

will give you every opportunity of charging in'his price the profits of manufacturer, jobber, commission man,salesman and retail yard can

finding him." meet the Hine Lumber Company prices without sacrificing quality. The retail yard system of lumber

Payne called to a comrade W‘sme' selling is just as wrong as the retail selling system which applies to farm produce. T he difference is

:th was,das tit happelfiedétnelw Stto :2: that the city rnan generally has no way to get farm produce except from his grocer, whereas you can

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the house” he said. ture of it together with the floor Imla Cit ' '

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Payne wheeled around With a flash plans, and I_w11_l glve you an esti‘ Gentlemen: y y 10 1gan

mate that Wlll include all the ma- Enclosing photo of my new house





in his eyes. “Then you have lost us,

our man. Out with you, and tell Jack-

son to try the bluff for a trail.”





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They had gone in another moment, that will surel

. y add you to our .

and Winston Stlll sat at the foot 0‘ The Plank Frame Barn. grOWing list Of enthusiastic CUS‘ Geartlemellld ,

the table and Barrington at the head, We advise the use of the Plank tomers. A11 “115 COStS you nothing lumbeercoii In t havehboqght as good

While the rest of the companv were Frame Construction. It is lighter but a two-cent stamp. grade thaii eth as hlst IS a better

‘ . ‘ to handle, saves a great deal on the o G ’ ‘ eir (-38 ‘ We saved

then scattered, some wondermgly si- cost of lumber provides for more ur "3'3“”; over $125-00 by buymg of you.

lent, though others talked in whispers, storage room in the hay loft, and is bei' hbauygenléggn 3,5,3?” If“ the 111mb Yours reSppatfuuy»

about the room. As yet they felt only more easily built than any other to get my {mites Ol‘ielugxillile‘i- £35 FRANKIEDDY.

consternation and astonishment. bbhitrugiidnugvililogzivgoyoilioivnotri‘dysr Igviillwprlk downh to rocl}: bottgm. Gentlemen- Howell, MlChlgan-

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The others turned towards the door,

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362—1"i THE MICHIGAN FARMER,



A Progresswe School in Upper Michigan



By L. A. CHASE.

(Charcoal and Malleable Iron NE does not look for a modern may be expected to have; but this is



, . school, with a city equipment, not all.

‘ an . 1 located in the primeval woods, The equipment includes a dairy de-

.1 surrounded with a sparse and back- partment with cream’ separator, Bab-

x‘s/iINT .- ward rural population that does not cock tester, and largerotary churn.

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of pure-bred fewls and nearby is a.

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its of Portage township, which is

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The Failure of the Outing.





OR Heaven’s sake stop stuffing



fried chicken into that basket

. and come on and dress,” John

Ludlow called from the bedroom. “We

aren’t going to camp out for a week.

All you want is enough for dinner and

supper and you had that much packed

a half hour ago.”



“in a minute,” Grace answered.

“You never know who is going to

come up and expect a sandwich or a

piece of cake.” She crowded the olive

battle over to make room for another

cup cake, found she couldn’t get it in

without crushing, and reluctantly con-

cluded the basket was full.



“I’ll be ready in just ten minutes,"

said John from the depths of the

closet, “and if you aren’t {’11 take

Aunt Ann. I tell you I’m not going to

be late. They’re going to read the

Declaration at exactly 11 a. 111.. and

I’m going to be on the front seat.

We’ve got just one hour and 15 min-

utes, and eight miles to drive.”



“Oh, I can dress while you’re hitch-

ing up,” scoffed Grace, giving the pa-

per napkins over her basket a few ex-

tra pats. “This lunch is of more im-

portance than the Declaration of In-

dependence. That’s ancient history

and my very present reputation de





_pends upon this.”





“You’ll do better than you’ve ever

done before if you can,” replied John,

ignoring the last half of her remark.

“I’m starting for the barn this min-

ute,” and he hustled through the kitch-

en, wildly trying to knot his tie as he

spoke.



Grace hurried into the bedroom

then, determined to make good her

boast. Her one-piece work-dress was

off in a. twinkling, pins flew out of her

wavy hair, and with lightning fingers

she combed and smoothed and patted

it into a becoming knot. She didn't

dare put on the new dress she had in-

tended to wear, that had to be hooked

up the back, and she couldn’t ask

John to do that after taking so much

time over the lunch basket.



She slipped into a white muslin left

over from last year, with the con.

sciousness that every woman would

take instant note of it, for she would

be on parade today as the neighbor-

hood bride.



True to his word John drove up and

whistled in exactly ten minutes, but

it was another ten minutes before a

flushed and perspiring Grace emerged,

her hat awry and a dab of powder

adorning one ear.



A lively procession greeted them as

they turned off their own little cross

road onto the state reward road which

stretched away to the lake where the

Fourth of July celebration was to be

held. The entire neighborth had

turned out, and smart carriages gay

with bunting, small American flags

fluttering from the horses’ heads, were

interspersed with shining new autos.

the wheels a maze of red, white and

blue. A shower the night before had

laid the dust, there was a. fresh

breeze, snow~white clouds sailed

peacefully above, and altogether the

morning was perfect. They were

quickly in the heart of the parade,

calling greetings to the friends near-

est, waving handkerchiefs to those

farther away. Grace's heart thrilled.





Her holiday with John would be per





foot. ' ,

“There’s Dora; swan,” said Grace,





after a prolonged stare to the rear.

“She’s got a blue hat with a red plume

and a pink dress. Can you beat-that?”

John had been rather attentive to

Dora in the days that Grace was away

at school. “But who is that she is

with? I never saw that turnout be-

fore.”



John turned to inspect the new con-

veyance, taking occasion to greet

Dora with a sweeping raise of his hat.

“That’s Billy Perkins,” he announced.

“You ought to know that trap, you’ve

ridden in it often enough. He’s just

had it overhauled and repainted.”



Grace bent suddenly to inspect the

lunch basket. John was not supposed

to know about the rides she had taken

with Billy.



The front seat was filled when they

reached the ground, in fact, every seat

around the speakers’ stand was taken.

John and Grace joined the crowds on

the bank of the lake who had decided

to swim, fish or try the toboggan rath-

er than listen to speeches. Dora and

Billy greeted them as they came up.



“How sweet you look,” said Dora.

“I loved you in that dress last sum-

mer. Excuse me,” and with a quick

pat of her handkerchief she brushed

the powder from Grace’s ear. Grace

flushed hotly and could have killed

Dora with pleasure.



“It’s nice of you to like it,” she said.

“John adores it” Why hadn’t he told

her to wipe that powder off?



“Let’s get a boat and go out row-

ing, broke in John, who had been eye~

ing the small row-boats and canoes

lined up for rent. _



“0, yes, let’s do. I just love the wa-

ter,” agreed Dora. “And you can teach

me to row.”



Grace, who had been anticipating

the suggestion with dread turned

white. She hated and feared the wa.

ter, especially when she was as near

to it as one of those horrid, tippy,

dirty little boats brought her.



“You all go, and I’ll look for mother

and father,” she said. “I want to see

them, and I don’t care much for row-

ing.”



“Oh, come on,” urged Dora.

can find them afterwards.”



John was already bargaining with

a boatman for the boat. Was that all

he cared about her? He knew per-

fectly well how afraid she was. She

drew back from Dora. “No, you go on

and I’ll stay here. That boat isn’t

large enough for four anyway.”



“Oh, come on Grace,” called John.

“You couldn’t drown in this lake if

the boat did upset. It isn’t deep

enough.”



But Grace stubbornly refused. It

was bad enough to stay on dry land

with Dora around, but to get into a.

small boat with her, never! “No, I’d

rather not,” shesaid. “Take Dora.”



Dora was already clambering into

the boat, shrieking excitedly as it tip-

ped to her weight]



“All right,”vsaid John. “Come on,

Billy. We‘ll meet you by the buggy

when we come back.”



But Billy gallantly remained by

Grace’s side. “I’ll stay and take care

of Grace,” he said, “you go and enjoy

your ride and we’ll all lunch together.”



Grace turned away, boiling with

rage. It was bad enough to have John

walk off with that blue but and pink

dress, but to have this slmpering idiot





“You





stick by her when she wanted to get





away alone for a few minutes was in-

sufferable. She’d get rid of him. But

no, she wouldn’t. If John could go

gaily off with Dora, she’d have a

good time with Billy.



It was one o’clock before John and

Dora returned triumphant. Dora act-

ed as if she owned John, Grace

thought. But John, big and hearty,

thought only of the lunch basket.



“Bring on your fried chicken and

deviled eggs, Grace,” he begged, “I’m

hollow to my toes. Rowing Dora

around is harder work than thresh-

ing.”



“And I’ve got sandwiches and the

most delicious fruit salad,” broke in

Dora, bustling about importantly.

“W e’ll all eat together.”



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mother drifted up and other friends

joined them. The toboggau ceased to‘

charm, and Dora and John came up,

flushing and laughing. Now Grace

was sure John would come to her and

introduce her to the. many friends he

had there whom she had never met.

But, no. Dora wanted to teach him

the one-step and everyone must go to l

the pavilion.



It was quite seven o’clock before

they were finally alone together, and

then only because they had to go

home, Grace told herself bitterly. The

beautiful day she had planned, the

day when John was to hunt up all his

old friends and proudly present his

wife, when she was to be the center

of attraction because she was a bride.

lay in ruins about her. John didn’t

care for her, that was certain. He

never had loved her or he could not

have spent the day chasing about with

a red-faced girl in a pink dress.



“Well, we had a bully time, didn’t

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at Grace cheerfully, as he spoke.



Stony silence greeted him, and the

whistle stopped abruptly. “Why, what’s

the matter? Are you sick?” he asked

anxiously. “Why didn’t you say so

and we would have started home be-

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Dora, urged him to try the toboggan

and insisted that he learn the one-

step. Women were the darnedest.

You never knew whether they meant

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“You told me to take her boating,”

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“Yes, but I didn’t tell you to spend

the whole day with her,” Grace re-

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ed you, and I heard two people say

she must beyour wife, and she doesn't

know how to dress, and now everyone

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MICHIGAN’S HAPPY BABIES.

No. 12.





 





When at the age of six months or

seven months you may begin to feed

the baby, care must be taken to

choose the food best suited to your

own infant.



Eggs and a simple starch, either

hard dry toast, crackers 01‘ a well-

cooked cereal, are safe as a begin-

ning. Do not make the mistake of

soaking the toast and crackers in hot

water or warm milk and feeding with

a spoon. Instead give the child the

dry food in his hand and let him nib-

ble it. The starch is dim-sled in this

way as he must keep the food in his

mouth until it is thoroughly moisten-

ed or he can not swallow it, while If

it is soaked for him he swallows it

before it is acted upon by the saliva

which changes the starch into sugar.

Besides, chewing the hard substance

helps him in teething.



If your baby is troubled with con-

Stipalion, graham crackers would be

better for him than the common but-

ter crackers. There are also crackers

manufactured especially to help over-

come constipation, which you may buy.



In choosing the cereal to feed him

be governed, also, by the action of

the bowels. If he is constipated, give

oat meal, woll-cookcd, which does not

mean stirred up in a saucepan for two

01‘ three minutes, but cooked not less

than a half hour. If he is troubled

with loosencss, rice is a good cereal

to choose, while for the normal child

any one of the wheat: preparations are

good. Oat; nwal has so long been rec-

ommended for babies that many 1110m-

ers think it is the best thing. On the

contrary, thcre are fewer children who

can digest it than there are those

whom it suits. A wheat cereal is bet-

ter for the average baby.



Feed the cereal with a little warm

milk and no sugar. The starch in the

cereal will be changed into sugar dur-

ing digestion, and no more sugar is

necessary. In fact, it will often upset

the digestion and the mother who

thinks her baby can not digest certain

Cereals will find by leaving off the

sugar that the child can take the cer-

eal perfectly. It was the sugar which

worked the harm.



Potatoes should never be fed before

the beginning of. the second year, and

in many cases they can not be digest-

ed under two years. Potato starch is

the hardest form of starch to digeSt.



These few things, with a little or-

ange juice and scraped apple, are

about all you can safely feed under

one year of age. You may give other

things and because the baby is not

made positively ill at once, think he

is digesting them all right.

stomach is harmed by them neverthe-

less. ’





Of tea, coffee or alcoholic liquors.

These things are stimulants pure and

simple, and have a. very bad effect on

the child’s nervous systemiDnBonnn.





RECIPES.





 





_ ’ Rose Apples.

'Dissolve a small wine glass full of

little red cinnamon candies in two

cupfuls of water and in this cook a.

half-dozen cored and pared apples. If

large cut them in halves. \Vhen the

apples are tender but not broken, re-

move them from the fire and cook

down the liquid until of the consist-

ency of syrup. Pour over the apples

and Serve when cold—L. M.

Sweet Potato Biscuit.

Bake four medium-sized sweet pota-

toes, scoop out‘ the pulp, add one

spoonful of butter and press through





~ a colander, with a pinch of salt. Mix

’ the potatoes into one quartflof sifted

f. flour, and moisten toka dough with one

‘ and a half cupfulsiof thicksour milk

inN'which‘haIf a; teaspoonful of baking

' soda.‘ has been dissolved. f Roll out,

' cut into biscmts, and lay them‘ in a-





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' them to rise in‘ a. warm place for 9.





But the .





Under no circumstances give a taste ‘





few minutes and bake in a hot oven

to a rich brown. Whese are good

either warm or cold—M. A. P.



Rice with Apples.



Mash two cupfuls of steamed rice,

add two beaten eggs, one-half cupful

of sugar and one-half cupful of milk.

Stir thoroughly, beat in three apples

well cooked and mashed, and bake 20

minutes in a buttered tin. Serve with

milk or whipped cream.—L. M.



Anise Cake.



Beat four eggs, add one and one-half

cupfuls of sugar. Stir together and

beat in one pint of flour to which a

teaspoonful of baking powder has been

added. Stir into this batter five drops





of anise oil, beating thoroughly all the;





while. Set away in a cool cupboard

for six hours before baking on a well-

buttcrcd tin.——L. M.



Nut Bread.



Mix together our-half teaspoonful of

salt, four cups of flour, one—half cup of

sugar, one scant cupful of chopped

walnuts, four teasi‘poonfuls of baking

powder. Add two cups of sweet milk,

one beaten egg. Le: raise 20 minutes

and bake in moderate oven one hour.

—'i\ll'S. J. .T. O’C. so «1'1“ - ..



Home-made Cheese.



Put your sour milk on the stove un-

til it: curds. Press out the whey thor~

oughly, then put in a crock, cover

with a thin cloth and set in a warm

place for three or four days, or until

it ferments, stirring it once a day.

Now put in a kvtilotwo heaping table-

spoons of butter to one quart cheese,

let melt, then stir in your cheese, sea-

son with salt, cook until it becomes a

creamy substance, stirring While cook-

ing. Pour into a. deep dish. When

cold cut like any other cheese—M.

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Our latest Fashion Book,lcontaining

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yd. 21-inch for collar and cuffs.



No. 8420—Tucked Blouse. Cut in

sizes 34 to 42 bust measure. Size 38

requires 3 yds. of, 36-inch material

with 7/8 yd. 27 inches wide for collar

and cuffs.



No. 8344a-—Basque with Tunic. Cut

in sizes 34 to 42 bust measure. Size

38 requires 4% yds.‘ of 36-inch mate-

rial and % yd. 27-1nch for collar and

cuffs.



No. 8174—Seven-g0red Skirt. Cut in

sizes 26 to 36 waist meassure. Size 32





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No. .8382—Three-piece Skirt with

Long Tunic. ,Cut‘ in" sizes .24 to 32

waist measure. Size 28 requires 2%

yds. of 36 or 44-inch. material for skirt

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(Continued from page 363). i

dressing would be questioned, neither}

she nor John knew. [





John slipped his arm about her, andl

this time she did not draw away. “You ,

see, I am so sure of your love that I.

don’t need to tie you up tight to keep

you,” he said soberly. “Can’t you feel

the same way? Are we to drop all

our old friends and never look at oth~

er men and women just because we

are married? I admired lots of girlsg

before I chose you, and I’m sure they,

are just as attractive now as they ev~

er were. Even you used to have a

sneaking fondness for Billy. W'hy not

be sensible and enjoy our old friend-

ships ‘3”



“Perhaps that’s the way men look

at it,” said Grace. “But I don‘t want

any man but yOu.”



“Maybe you will in another six

months,” John replied hopefully, “and

if you do, remember you have my con.

sent. VVe’ll go to the Grange picnic

two weeks from today,” he promised,

“and I’ll introduce you to those folks

who thought Dora was my wife. I’d

hate to have ’T-"‘Zle think I’d pick out

such a color combination as she was

today. Weren’t her stockings green?”



“Orange, green and purple stripes,”

said Grace venomously. “With a pink

dress, old rose petticoat, blue hat and

a red plume.”





co-OPERKrIVE TELEPHONE SER-

VICE.





In a recent issue of the Michigan

Farmer, Mr. J. C. Stafford, 01 Van

Buren county, asked for information

in regard to farmers’ telephone lines

and their cost for construction, main-

tenance, etc. In answer, I will say

that it is possible to furnish local tel-

elephone service at $8 per year.



The Railroad Commission is not op-

posed to rural neighborhoodssecuring

cheap telephone service, provxded they

serve all alike in their companies. In

fact, the commissions of this and other

states have done more for the small

companies than any‘other one agency.



Not being acquainted with all of the

conditions .in Van Buren county, 1

cannot answer all of Mr. Stafford’s

questions. As to the third question,

I would join the nearest company and

then I would ask the Railroad Com-

mission to compel the other compa-

nies to exchange messages on a toll

basis. If onset these companies are

incorporated, by all means take the





 





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THE NATIONAL VERDICT





To the best of our knowledge and belief,

the Paige in actual bona fide sales

led every other American-made motor

car in each and every Automobile

Show held in this country this winter.





A million dollars worth of Paiges were

sold at the New York and Chicago

Shows. Philadelphia, Detroit, Min.

neapolis, Kansas City added another

million.



Sales figures are not necessarily con-

elusive. But this overwhelming en—

dorsement and victory over every

other car made in America and ex-

hibited side-by-side with the Paige,

tell the story of Paige Leadership

more convincingly than we can tell it.





A REASON





The millions of intelligent judges of motor car

values who attend these Automobile Shows

COMPARED Paige cars with ALL OTHER

CARS.



That's all we ask you to do.



Below you will find the specifications of the

Paige Glenwood “Four 36”. COMPARE the

Glenwood feature for feature, part for part,

dollar for dollar with any other four-cylinder

car in the world. And then remember the

new Paige Price is $1075.



The Paige Fairfield “Six—46”, a big, roomy.

powerful distinctive~looking “Six” has easi y

dominated the field of “Sixes” this season—-

because it offers vastly more and it costs less

money—$1395.



We can convince you only as we convinced the

millions who have attended the Automobile

Shows and gave the unanimous verdict to

the Paige. That is by showing you these two

record-breaking cars. Come and see them.





Paige-Detroit Motor Car 00., 220 'McKinstry Ave, Detroit, Mich.





 





Four-cylinder long-stroke motor, 4 x 5

inches. Multiple disc clutch with cork

inserts. Gray & Dams large unit elec—

tric system. Bosch magneto. silent chain

drive. Center control. Floating type

rear axle. lid-inch wheel base. Tires

34' x 4", non-skids on rear wheels.





 





$1075





Equipment—Rain vision ventilating

windshield; silk mohair top with en~

velope; speedometer; one extra de—

mountablerim : robe rail; license bracket;

horn; pump; jack; tools and tire repair

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one that has a legal right to the high-

way. '



Perhaps a short history of the Hills-

dale County Telephone 00., would an-

swer many of the problems presented

by Mr. Stafford. The Hillsdale Coun-

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in 1901 and 1902, incorporated in 1903.

It started with less than 50 ’phones, Edwards o:fi'%2§,fii’;ffl°5§,$'fih°

and one switchboard. They sold one STEEL ewqumy'un prism others.





share of stock and a ’phone for 325.

Lines were built whenever we could

get two patrons to the mile. Each one

of those patrons being allowed to set

a certain number of poles, according

to specifications, for which he received

30 cents each. The balance was paid

in money and was used to buy switch-

boards, wire, material,

construction. A switch fee was chars.

ed which has been raised to $10 a

year.



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’phones, 225 miles of poles, 900 miles

of wire, three centrals and over 40

miles of toll lines. we have ceased

to use native poles. We buy our

poles in carload lots, and our wire in

large quantities. In fact, our material

and construction compare well with

any of the large companies of the

state.



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ern part of the state, many of them

by free exchange, and also with all

long distance toll lines. Our service

18 continuous, day and night, seven

days in the week. All are pleased

With the service and realize that our

service is better than it would have

been with some of the large stock

companies. _



In conclusion let me say,

the experience of other companies.

First, incorporate; second, use good

material and build well; third, build

metalic; fourth, bear in mind that the

Railroad Commissions have in all

states, invariably stood with the small

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366*” THE 'M‘I‘CH’IGAN ”F.ARM‘ER.

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higher quality and are

guaranteed in writing for

5000 miles. This is 1500 more

miles, 43% more service. You

save, in Ajax Tires, from $4 to

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you use. Decide now to use

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Bean Growers are, Organizing.





 





ROP conditions and bean prices

( : for the seasons of 1913 and 1914



have been a puzzle to the grow-

ers of this crop. The early estimates

of the crop of 1913 by the bean job-

bers were around 7,000,000 bushels.

while the crop for 1914 was plac-

ed at 5,000,000 bushels. Notwith-

standing the small crop of last

year and the existence of the great

European war which naturally encour-

aged the demand for foodstuffs like

beans, the price started off in Sep-

tember at $1.75 per bushel, whereas

a. year earlier marketing was started

on a $1.85 basis.



But the mind of the grower has

been perplexed, not alone over this

peculiar situation. During the mar-

keting season of 1913 prices suddenly

dropped and when the cause was disé

covered the blame for the decline was





 





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traced to one man. This person is al-

i‘leged to have offered beans to the

glarge factors on a basis of $1.60 to the

ffarmers. When the jobbers endeav-

i’ored to sell their accumulations and

lwere confronted with the offer made

gby the broker they became almost

fpanic stricken and immediately put

fvalues down to where they could meet

the competition without loss. The

price of beans was soon at a point

where the broker could buy and fill

his orders. The farmers lost hundreds

of thousands of dollars. Conditions

which enable one man, single-handed,

to fix the price of a commodity in

which so many are concerned, either

as producers or consumers, was rather

astonishing.



But a refreshing thought gains pos-

session of one after a. careful survey

of the sections where the white bean

is grown commercially. Although a

large number of states produce a few

beans the bulk of the crop is taken

from about 25 counties in Michigan.

New York state also supplies a liberal

share of the white legumes, but Mich-

igan is the heavy producer. With the

production limited to a comparatively

small area the organization of the

growers is not so formidable a prop-

osition as would be the organization

of the growers of other products. And

if an effective organization can be

gotten in motion the business end of

the bean industry can be placed upon

a more reliable basis.



This very thing is coming to pass

right here in Michigan. Last fall

growers of Saginaw county launched

a local association. On March 8 a.

similar organization was effected in





 





Gratiot county, with Isabella, Clare,

Montcalm, Ionia and Clinton to be in

the race by March 13. During the

current week growers in Genesee, La-

peer, Tuscola, Huron, Sanilac and

Shiawassee counties contemplate a

movement along the same lines and

on March 23 it is expected that a state

organization will be effected at Sagi-

naw. James N. McBride, acting under

the authority of the state board of ag~

riculture, is organizing the various lo-

cal associations.



It is hoped that a variety of ends

will be served by this new institution.

There is much to be learned about the

culture of beans, the use of fertilizers,





the selection of seed, the best meth- .





ods of harvesting, curing, etc. These

problems will receive due attention. A

crop reporting system is greatly need-

ed. By extending the organization to

the various townships of the bean

growing counties it will be possible to

gather accurate information of the

crop each year, which knowledge can

be collected and then sent out again

to the members of the local associa‘

tions. But perhaps the chief purpose

of the organizations is to

marketing methods —— among





sistency in price mentioned above.

With accurate crop data representa-

tives of the local organizations can

meet with representatives of the job-

bers and after carefully weighing the

facts affecting the market, a reason-

able price for the crop can be estab-

lished. Besides this a systematic cam-

paign looking toward the advertising

of the bean as a food product is

among the possibilities of the move-

ment.



In the efforts made to secure im-

proved marketing conditions through

the establishing of local elevators,

growers have been trained to do team

work for this new, but larger busi-

ness. The local co-operative elevator

saves in the cost of handling the

beans. What net profits would ordi-

narily go to the local middleman goes

to the farmers. In other words, a.

more economical middleman has been

substituted. Working together to do

this makes united effort easier in the

work ahead. The newer movement

contemplates a program of more vital

import: It seeks to secure for the

grower a reasonable price for beans,

at price that will cover every legiti-

mate expense incurred in the growing

and handling of the crop and a moder-

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The Crop Reporting Board of the

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ports of correspondents and agents,

estimates that the amount of wheat

on farms March 1, 1915, was about

152,903,000 bushels, or 17.2 per cent of

the 1914 crop, against 151,809,000

bushels, or 19.9 per cent of the 1913

crop on farms March 1, 1914, and 156,-

483,000 bushels, or 21.4 per cent of the

1912 crop on farms March 1, 1913.

About 60.7 per cent of the crop will be

shipped out of the counties where

grown, against 53.9 per cent of the

1913 crop and 61.6 per cent of the

1912 crop so shipped.



The amount of corn on farms March

1, 1915, was about 910,894,000 bushels

or 34.1 per cent of the 1914 crop,

against 866,392,000 bushels, or 35.4 per

cent of the 1913 crop on farms March

1, 1914, and 1,289,655,000 bushels, or

41.3 per cent of the 1912' crop on

farms March 1, 1913. About 18.6 per

cent of the crop will be shipped out

of the counties where growu, against

17.2 per cent of the 1913 crop and 21.8

per cent of the 1912 crop so shipped.

The proportion of the 1914 crop which

is merchantable is about 84.5 per cent,

against 80.1 per cent of the 1913 crop

and 85.0 per cent of the 1912 crop.



The amount of cats on farms March

1, 1915, was about 379,369,000 bushels,

or 33.2 per cent of the 1914 crop,

against 419,476,000 bushels, or 37.4 per

cent of .the 1913 crop on farms March

1, 1914, and 604,216,000 bushels, or 42.6

per cent of the 1912 crop on farms

March 1, 1913. About 29.4 per cent of

the crop will be shipped out of the

counties where grown, against 26.5

per cent of the 1913 crop and 30.9 per

cent of the 1912 crop so shipped.



The amount of barley on farms on

March 1, 1915, was about 42,889,000

bushels, or 22.0 per cent of the 1914

crop, against 44,126,000 bushels, or



per cent of the 1913 crop on

farms March 1, 1914, and 62,283,000

bushels, or 27.8 per cent of the 1912

About

45.1 per cent will be shipped out of

the counties where grown, against

48.4 per cent of the 1913 crop and 53.7

per cent of the 1912 crop so shipped.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat—In answer to the question,

“Has wheat during February suffered

injury from any cause?” 172 corres-

pondents in the state answer “yes”

and 260 “no,” in the southern counties

80 answer “yes” and 116 “no,” in the

central counties 46 answer “yes” and

47 “no,” in the northern counties 45

answer “yes” and 71 “no,” and in the

upper peninsula one answers “yes”

and 26 “no.”



Snow protected wheat in the state

15 days; in the southern counties 11;

in the central counties 14; in the

northern counties 19 and in the upper

peninsula 28 days.



The average depth of snow on Feb-

ruary 15 in the state was 3.59 inches,

in the southern counties 1.23, in the

central counties 2.38, in the northern

counties 5.79 and in the upper penin-

sula 12.00 inches. On the 28th the av-

erage depth of snow in the state was

2.11, in the southern counties 0.33, in

the central counties 1.23, in the north-

ern counties 2.55 and in the upper pe-

ninsula 12.75 inches.



The total number of bushels of

wheat marketed by farmers In Febru-

ary at 71 flouring mills is 112,765 and

at 85 elevators and to grain dealers

174,535, or a total of 287,300 bushels.

Of this amount 202,120 bushels were

marketed in the southern four tiers of

counties, 72,805 in the central coun-

ties and 13,075 in 'the northern coun-

ties and upper peninsula. The esti-

mated total number of bushels of

wheat marketed in the seven months,

August-February, is 8,500,000.



Forty-eight mills, elevators and

grain dealers report no wheat pur-

chased in February.



The average condition of live stock

in the state is reported as follows,

comparison being made with stock in

good, healthy and thrifty condition:





Horses, sheep and swine 96; cattle 95.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





 





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Shiawassee Co., March per-Heavy

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March 16, 1915.

Wheat—Although prices have fluc-

tuated, the general trend of the wheat

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buying on both the eastern and west- @9





ern coasts. Primary receipts in this

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were uying conservatively Monday.

Total American exports last week

were nearly ten million bushels and

the visible supply here decreased

about three million bushels. A few

districts in the wheat growing section

report som damage to the new crop,

but generally speaking, there is little

apparent now that will prevent the

growth of normal plants. One year

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98%c per bushel. Quotations are as





follows:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May.

Wednesday .1.52 1.47 1.53

Thursday ...... 1.54 1.49 1.55

Friday ......... 1.56 1.51 1.56%

Saturday ...1.56% 1.51% 1.57

Monday ......1.59% 1.54% 1.60

Tuesday .. . . .1.58% 1.53% 1.59



Corn—Corn has advanced with





wheat. This grain shows independent

strength, however. Primary receipts

are running below what was anticipat—

ed earlier, and the amount of corn go-

ing into consumption is large. Both

cash houses and country dealers are

buying futures. With the advance of

Wheat foreign buying of corn will be

stimulated. The local market is quiet

and firm. One year ago No. 3 corn

was quoted at 64c per bushel. Prices

for the past week are:



No. 3 No. 3





Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ......... 72 73

Thursday ........... 3

Friday .............. 7 3 % 74 %

Saturday .......... 4 75

Monday ............ 7 5 76

Tuesday ............ 7 5 76





Oats.———This cereal has gone up due

to general buying. There exists a brisk

export demand for the grain. Primary

receipts in this country were small

last week. Speculators are taking

hold of the market apparently with

the belief that later in the season quo-

tations will advance to a new high po‘





sition. One year ago standard oats

were quoted at 41 %c per bushel.

Prices for the week are:

Standard. Whige.

0.

Wednesday ......... 58% 58

Thursday 59 58%

Friday 60 59%

Saturday . . . . ...... 60 % 60

Monday ............ 61 60 %

Tuesday ............ 61 60%





Rye.——This grain is again in de-

mand, and on Monday the market was

bid up 30 with no sales resulting. The

closing bid was $1.18 for cash No. 2.



Beans.—A lifeless situation appears

and prices marked up 50 effected no

sales. Detroit quotations are: Imme-

diate, prompt and February shipment



3; May $3.20. Chicago trade is mod

erate with stocks in fair supply. Red

kidneys steady. Pea beans, hand-pick-

ed, choice, quoted at $3.20; common

$3@3.15; red kidneys, choice, at $3.25

@350.



Clover Seed.—_Market is easy and

lower. Prime spot $8@8.40 per bu;

March $8.40; prime alsike $8.50.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





Flour.—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $7.50; seconds $7.20; straight

$7.00; spring patent $7.80; rye flour

$7.10 per barrel.



Feed.—In 100-1b. sacks, jobbi'ng lots

are: Bran $28; standard middlings

$28; fine middlings $32; coarse corn

meal $30; corn and oat chop $29 per

ton.



Hay.—Quotations are steady. Car-

lots on track at Detroit are: New,

No. 1 timothy $16@16.50; standard

$15@15.50; No. 2, $14.50@15' No.

clover and mixed $13@13.50.



Chicago—Demand good for choice.

Prices steady. Choice timothy $17@

18; N0. 1, $15@16; No. 2, $13.50@14.



New York—Steady. Prime $22; No.

1, $21.50; No. 2, $20@20.50.



Straw—Steady. Detroit prices are:

Rye straw $7.50@8; wheat and oat

straw $7@7.5O per ton.



Chicago—Rye straw $9@10; oat

straw $8@8.50; wheat straw $7.50@8.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Butter.——Market is easy with ample

supply and moderate demand. Prices

1c lower. Extra creamery 27 %c;

firsts 25%0; dairy 21c; packing stock

16c per lb. ..



Chicago—Market is dull With sup-

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Elgin.———No improvement in the un-

settled conditions prevailing. Price

based on majority of sales is 2'8c.



Poultry.———Market is quiet and firm.

Prices average 1c higher. Live——

Springers 16%@17c; hens 17@17%c;

ducks 17@180; geese 14@15c; turkeys

200 per lb.



Chicago—Light receipts and a good

demand make market firm. Prices un-

changed. Turkeys 14c; fowls 11@160;

springs 14@160; ducks 16c; geese 8



c





Eggs.—Market firm with prices ad-

vanced 140. Fresh stock sells at 181/40

per dozen.



Chicago—A firm feeling exists and

trade is active. Demand for immedi-

ate use large, also some demand for

storage and speculative purposes. Mis-

cellaneous lots, cases included 16@

17%0; ordinary firsts 16%@16%c;

firsts 17%@17%c.



Veal.—Quoted steady at 12%@13c

for fancy, and 10@11c for common.



Pork—Market is steady for dressed

hogs, light weights selling at $8 per

cwt; heavy $7@7.50.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





 





Apples—Market is active and easy.

Quotations: Baldwins $2.25@2.75 ger

bbl; Greenings $2.75@3; Spy $3.2 @

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

per busheL



Chicago—Although the demand is

good there is no change in prices.

Storage stocks are gradually diminish-

ing. The prices as here quoted are

for refrigerator stock. Baldwins $2.25

@265; Kings $2.75@3; Wageners

$2.25@2.50; Greenings $2.25@2.75;

Northern Spy $2.50@3.50; Western

box apples are selling for 75c@2.75

per box.



Potatoes.——Offerings are liberal and

demand fair. Carlots 35@37c per bu.

At Chicago the market is quiet and

firm. Michigan white, in bulk, are

quoted at 30@37c per bushel.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





There was a fair amount of produce

on the eastern market Tuesday morn-

ing. Apples were moving freely with

prices generally between 50@900 per

bushel. Potatoes 45c; cabbage 50c

per bushel; pork 80 per lb; loose hay

is not moving quite so freely with

prices ruling from $l7@20 per ton.





WOOL.





Although sales have been small, the

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show a tendency upward. There are

probably fewer fleeces on the Boston

market now than at this date in a

great many years. Territory wools

are also in short supply. Quotations:

Michigan unwashed delaines 33@34c;

do. combing 34@37c; do. clothing 26

@320 per pound.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





March 15, 1915.

Buffalo.



(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 193 cars; hogs 80 d. d.; sheep and

lambs 35 d. d.; calves 1500 head.



With 193 loads of cattle on our mar-

ket here today and 14,000 reported in

Chicago, our market was dull and

draggy from start to finish. Cattle

weighing less than 1,200 sold from 40

@65c per cwt. less than last Monday,

and the heavier cattle were all of 750

@$1 per cwt lower. We sold three

loads of prime Ohio cattle for $8.40

that were worth fully 50c a hundred

more than the cattle sold here last

Monday for $8.80. There are about

20 loads of cattle unsold at the close

and the outlook is very had indeed.

Our advice to all shippers is to be

very careful and buy these cattle low-

er, for there was enough money lost

in these yards on cattle today to

finance a good bank.



We had a liberal run of hogs today,

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lower, but pigs and heavies and rough-

ish stuff sold no lower than Satur-

day’s best time. Extreme heavy

weights sold from $7.25@7.40, and all

other grades generally $7.50. Roughs

$6@6.35; stags from $5@5.50, as to

quality. Market fairly active through-

out the day and closed full steady

with a good clearance.



The market was active today on

lambs and sheep, with prices 15c high-





er than the close of last week; most





of the choice handy lambs selling at

110. Look for steady prices balance

of the week with moderate receipts.



We quote: Handy lambs $10.85@

11; 100 to 120-lb. lambs $9.75@10; cull

to fair $8@10.50; yearlings $9@10;

bucks $5.25@6.50: handy ewes $7.75@

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to extra $10.50@11; fair to good $7.50

@1025; heavy calves $6@8.





7 March 15, 1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..14,000 37,000 16,000

Same day 1914..18,322‘ 50,334 23,382

Last week. . . .43,470 149,175 61,080

Same wk 1914..47,289 118,892 115,687

A free area division opens at the

stock yards today in which only cat-

tle from the free territory are yard-

ed, and they may be shipped to east-

ern points, but no provision is made

for a free area for hogs or sheep. The

cattle in the free area may be shipped

to New York, Pennsylvania and New

England. Cattle open firmer because

of the new arrangements for ship-

ment, and some lets look a little high-





-er, but buyers are in no hurry. Hogs





opened 50 higher, with sales at $6.45

@7, while pigs sold up to $6.80, but

by the middle of the morning the im—

provement was lost. Hogs marketed

last week averaged 232 lbs. Sheep

and lambs opened at firmer prices,

and a sale of 156 Colorado lambs at

$10.10 was a dime higher.



Only 1,519 cattle, 6,085 hogs and

1,158 sheep were shipped from here

last week.



Cattle sellers were in hard luck last

week, the Pennsylvania state quaran-

tine preventing live stock shipments

through the state, so that the Chicago

packing brotherhood were in a posi-

tion to fix prices.

ficient explanation of the market re-

duction in prices, even for the best

beeves, despite the limited offerings.



Hogs started off last week with a

good demand and a. Monday run of

only 27,913 head, prices advancing a

dime and the best lots landing at

$7.05, comparing with $6.95 the pre-

ceding Saturday. Two days later re-

ceipts rose to 39,350 head, and the

continued absence of any fair ship-

ping demand resulted in a continu-

ance of the downward movement that

started late on Monday. Later there

were further declines in values, and

the demand for pigs all along was so

poor as to- present a decided contrast

to the recent lively demand that made

them sell at one time higher than

prime matured swine



Sheep and lambs have been making

extremely high records in prices, with

extremely light supplies and a de-

mand much in excess of the offerings.

Colorado wooled yearling wethers sold

up to $9.25, breaking all past records

in the history of this market by 25c,

and fancy wooled lambs sold up to $10

once more. Shorn lambs showed up

in fast increasing numbers, and were

discriminated against by packers, who

preferred to handle the wool them-

selves. The week closed with wooled

flocks selling as follows: Lambs $7.50

@10; heavy lambs weighing 90 to 100

lbs., $8.75@9.75; yearlings $8@9.15;

wethers $7.50@8.15; ewes $4.75@8;

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March 11, 1915.

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nad this road passes through Pennsyl-

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chased by Hammond, Standish & Co.

for $8 per cwt., but this is the first to

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vember are getting uneasy and if the

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Brookwater Farm held a highly suc-

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foot-and-month restrictions in some

states prevented as wide a distribu-

tion of stock as in their last August

sale. The high animals sold were two

Orion Chief sows. bred to Breakwater





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Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis-

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which speaks well for the growing

popularity of the breed, even as it

spreads out beyond the corn belt.

Field men, who have attended sales

throughout the winter, give the farm

credit of presenting as well bred and

as well fitted an offering as had been

driven into a sale ring this winter.

Breakwater Cherry King, the first

prize Senior Yearling boar at the

Michigan State Fair in 1914, when

seen at the farm with his produce,

was accredited as one of the best

Duroc sires of the day and the de-

mand for stock sired by him or bred

to him was noticeable throughout the

sale. The sows bred to him sold for

an average of $53. This animal is al-

ready adding popularity to the herd.

The good stock seen in the breeding

herd of over 200 animals convinced

visitors that there would be good hogs

at Brookwater for some time to come.

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CROP AND MARKET NOTES.





(Continued from page 367).





. Livingston 60., March 8.———Weather

ideal, and roads in splendid condition.

Wheat and meadows in good condi-

tion. Surplus live stock has been

nearly all disposed of owing to the

scarcity and high price of grain. There

is still quite a large amount of wheat

and beans in farmers’ hands. farmers

not being willing to sell at present

quotations.



Wexford 60., March S—Wheat and

rye being uncovered and are not look-

ing good. Roads are not very good.

Live stock looks good, as there is

plenty of feed- Wheat $1.30; oats 60c:

shelled corn 80¢ per bu: hay $12®16:

cows $45@90. There is considerable

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HE first question presenting itself

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siders returns from the orchard



during its early non-productive years,



is what to grow between the perma-

nent trees. The crop must be such

that it will permit the proper treat-

ment to be given the regular orchard

and such that it will not ruinously

deplete the land to the detriment of

the trees. Two avenues of procedure

are open, either companion crops such

as truck or feed crops, or so-called



“fillers” or interplanted fruit trees.



But when we come to fillers we en-



counter one difliculty which deter—



mines either the success or failure of

this practice. This is the old problem

of removing the interplanted trees

when their size begins to seriously in-

terfere with the development of the

permanent trees. The human failing

is to always leave them for just one

more season in order to get just one

more crop from them.



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The question of fillers or no fillers

comes back to the deciding factor in

the success or failure of the majority

of orchards—the man. If he is fan

sighted enough and broad-minded

enough to keep in View his ultimate

goal and not be influenced by the al‘

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' apples.





MARCH 20, 1915.‘





'Fillers' in Apple Orchards.





undoubtedly be a good fruit to use for

fillers

Apples as Fillers.



However, if the land is unsuited to

this fruit, the second best choice will

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While different varieties of

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to soil, yet their needs in this direc-

tion are not so vital as between

peaches and apples and this question

of adaptability of varieties to soil is

one which has not been fully answer-

ed by station experiments. Michigan

orchardists favor these varieties of ap-

ples as fillers, in the order given:

Wagener, Wealthy, Oldenburg and

Yellow Transparent. Although the

general opinion seems to favor the

Wagener as the leader among varie-

ties which are suited as fillers, yet

there is some doubt as to the advisa-

bility of planting this variety in pref-

erence to the others named. Numbers

of the best posted growers expressed

their opinions to the effect that the

VVage-ner is not all that could be de-

sired in this respect and that it was

not a. good market variety when com-

pared with other possibilities. Their

opinion was sustained by the answers

of the market men consulted in the

survey of market preferences. The

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The survey of Michigan orcharding‘

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The determining point in the success

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suitability of the land for peaches.

And this would seem to be a vital dif-

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comes for their removal, and the men

are few and far between who have the

courage of their convictions at this

time.



Other Kinds for Fillers.



The man who does not care to take

either of these suggested fruits can

take his choice of cherries, pears,

bush fruits or plums, which is the or-

der in which these fruits sland in the

estimation of the men included in the

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ager 0f the orchard to keep his help

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tained through the year, giving a nu-

cleus of trained men who know the or-

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valuable when it is necessary to bring

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vest season. This argument is often

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Spraying and Pruning Queries.



We have on hand several gallons of

concentrated lime-sulphur which has

been allowed to freeze. We have no

means of testing same as to strength.

What do you suggest as a way of de-

termining it?



I also wish to know if you would

advise pruning a four- -year- o-ld peach

orchaid that was heavily pruned last

spring and has made a fine head, hav-

ing made a Iemarkable giowth also.



When only one dormant sp1ay is

given would yOu apply before any sign

of growth appears, or would it be as

well to wait until just before the buds

open, for curl leaf control?



What do you think of the Babcock-

Lasher formula for the dest1uction of

all orchard pests? Also the dust spray

which would be much easier to apply

than othei sprays?



Manistee Co. J. J. S.



Concentrated lime and sulphur

which has been allowed to freeze does

not deteriorate very much, as it takes

a very low temperature to thoroughly

freeze it. The usual plan in using





such material is to dilute it about 1-6





instead of 1-8 as the commercial lime-





sulphur is usually diluted. It would

hardly be necessary for you to have

the mixturetested, as there has un-

doubtedly been some evaporation tak-

en place. so that it would influence

the hydronzeter reading in such a

manner that one would think it

stronger than usual.



A four-year—old peach orchard which

has been heavily pruned last spring

has undoubtedly made considerable

vigorous {ZIOWUL and therefore the

t0ps of the trees are probably quite

brushy. It is not advisable to give

the young peach trees severe pruning,

as it tends to produce succulent and

weak growth. This year it would be

advisable to cut out all of the weak

growth and cut back slightly the re-

mainder. To leave the trees unprun-

ed this year would make the heads

too thick and make pruning a more

serious problem next year. For the

good of the orchard, peach trees

should receive moderate annual prun~

ings instead of heavy prunings occa-

sionally.



For the control of the curl leaf on

the peach it is absolutely necessary to

spray before the buds start swelling.

In normal seasons any time before

March 15 will do, but we occasionally

have advanced seasons when the first

of March should be the time limit.

Lime-sulphur as used for scale is the

best and most practical material to

use for the control of this disease.



The dust method of spraying has

been in use for several years, but thus

far it has not been successful. Ac-

cording to reports from New York this

method is now being used with some

success. We cannot advise the use of

this method of spraying until we have

evidence that it is more generally suc-

cessful than it now is.



The Babcock-Lasher formula is a

combination of fish-Oil soap and car.

bolic acid. It has been used with

great success in the control of rose

bugs by two 'men who are capable of

judging the value of anything of this

sort. While it is a spray material

which appears to be very promising,

we do not feel that we would care to

advise its use until it has been more

generally experimented with by fruit

experts.



An article in our horticultural col-

umns of the issue of March 13 de.

scribes both the recent developments

in the dusting method, and the results

from the Babcock-Lasher formula.



Grafting Fruit Trees.





I have a little grafting to do. I have

seen it done. but have never done it. I

would like to know the wax formula,

the best time to cut the cions, and

how large around the limb should be,

and any other details connected with

the work.



Oakland Co. D. W.



The best time for grafting fruit





trees is just as the leaf buds are





‘ bursting. At this time the sap is cir-





culating freely, and wounds are healed

very quickly. and therefore graft un-

ions are more easily accomplished





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





than at other times of the year. The

most satisfactory limbs to be grafted





from which the best results can be ob-





tained, are those from a half-inch to

two inches in diameter. The above

sizes are the best for cleft grafting,

which is most commonly used for top-

working trees. If smaller limbs are

to be grafted the whip graft or the

tongue graft should be used. The

limbs four to six inches in diameter

are sometimes grafted by the cleft

graft method, but the results of graft-

ing limbs of that size by any method

are not as satisfactory as the grafting

of smaller limbs.



The cions should be out while the

tree is dormant, the best ,time being

late fall. They should be packed in





VlIlOlSt sand to prevent their drying out





until grafting time. Occasionally the

cions are cut at the time grafting is

done, but the results are not generally

satisfactory. If they have not been

out yet, it would be advisable to do so

immediately, packing them in sand as

suggested above.



The best formula for

for outdoor use is as follows: Resin,

four parts; beeswax, two parts; tal-

low, one part. These should be melt-

ed together and upon cooling pulled

in a manner similar to pulling molas-

ses candy. Before using the grafting

wax the hands should be well greased

with tallow and the wax worked until

it is pliable.



The principle object in grafting is

to have the cambium layer, the green

part just under the bark. of the cion

touch the cambium layer of the stock.

To facilitate this a double wedge

should be cut on the cion. one down-

ward and the other inward. To make

a good smooth wedge a sharp knife

should be used. The stock should be

carefully split and pried apart slightly

and then the cions inserted, one at

each end of the split.



When set properly the cions will be

held firmly by the stock. Care should

be taken that the cambium layers

touch as suggested. The top of the

stub, the sides when split, and the top

of the cions should thoroughly be cov-

ered by the grafting wax. -

-Of course, the grafting should be

done on limbs well placed to form a

well-balanced top of the grafted tree.

In grafting, too much of the tree

should not be cut away as it is detri-

mental to the vitality of the tree. The

time to take to graft over a tree

should be from one to three years, de-

pending upon the age of the tree.





Peach Borers.





I have heard that painting peach

and apple trees with white lead and

oil will prevent the borers from both-

ering the trees, especially peach trees.

I have 150 trees from three to ten

years old in fine condition. and each

year set from 50 to 100 trees. I spray

two or three times a year with lime

sulphur spray, and keep the borers





grafting wax





out with a knife, which takes a lot of‘





time.

Macomb Co. S. L. J.





White lead and oil, if mixed to a

consistency of thick paste and applied

to the base of the trees will tend to

prevent the borers in the peach tree.



Mounding trees with earth; to a

height of about one and a half feet

will also prevent trouble from this

source to a great extent. These two

methods are the best known in the.

way of preventive measures, but only

control the greater peach borer.



The lesser borer works in the

crotches of the top, and the only meth-

od of controlling them is by digging

for them, in fact, digging is by far the

best method of controlling both kinds

of borers, and if one makes a practice

of doing it once or twice a year, he

need not fear any injury from these

insects.



Trees which are making a rapid

sappy growth are more often affected

by them. If your trees are making

rapid growth, it would be advisable

that you use some method of check-

ing the growth if possible.





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FOOD LAW ENFORCEMENT 'IN

AND FOR MICHIGAN.





 





BY FLOYD “7. ROBISON.





(Continued from last week).

Meat Products.



In 1907 the Dairy and Food Com-

missioner began the enforcement of

the food law with reference to the

sale of sausage and comminuted meat

products. Meat dealers throughout

the state were using large quantities

of so-called cereal products mixed up

with chopped meats, with varying

quantities of water, sometimes as high





. as 40 pounds of water with 100 pounds





0f meat. To curb this evil the Dairy

and Food Commissioner, through his

inspectors, took a, great many samples

from different sections of the state.

Within a few months the enforcement

of the act was enjoined by an applica-

tion for an injunction filed by Armour

& C0,, of Chicago. These injunction

proceedings came up for a hearing on

the merits of the case before Judge

VViest, in the Ingham County Circuit

Court, who decided that sausage with

cereal and water was an adulterated

product within the meaning of the

law. Upon appeal to the Supreme

Court of the state this decision was

somewhat modified by the higher

court. The substance of the decision

of the supreme court was that cereal

used with sausage was not an illegal

product, provided that the fact of its

employment be stated on the label.

Thus the supreme court in reality co-

incided with the opinion of Judge

Wiest, although prescribing a slightly

different method of procedure. The

only unfortunate conclusion, to our

mind, of the supreme. court, was that

no disposition whatever was made of

the fact of‘the employment of water,





' which was the most serious feature of





the whole phase of the problem. To

meet this also, the Legislature of 1913,

under act No. 151, passed a law defi-

nitely defining the status of sausage

within the state. In this act sausage

is declared to be adulterated, first, if

it contains added water in excess of

the quantity required to bring the

amount up to that which the meats

from which it is prepared contained





‘ immediately after slaughter. In addi-





tion it prescribes that sausage should

not contain cereals in excess of two

per cent. Sausages of the kind which

are cooked, or smoked, such as frank-

furt style, Vienna style, or bologna

style, may contain water in excess of

three per cent, under whiCh case the

product must be labeled “sausage, wa-

ter and cereal.”

Weights and Measures Law.



Under act No. 168, of the public

acts of 1913, a state standard for

weights and measures is prescribed,

providing the following standards:





Lbs. Per Bu.



~ . Wheat .......................... 60

,ye_ . ..................... - ...... 56

Shelled corn ............. ' ...... 56

Corn on cob ....... ‘ ............ 70

Corn meal ...................... 50

Oats ............................ 32

Buckwheat' ...... 484

Beans . . .' ....................... 6O

Clover seed .................... 60

Timothy seed ’. ........ ' .' . ’. . . . . .". 45

Flax seed ...................... 56

Hemp seed ..................... 44

Millet, or Hungarian grass seed.. 50

Bluegrass seed ................. 14

Red-top seed .................... 14

Barley . .' ........................ 48

Dried apples ................... 22

Dried peaches .................. 28

Potatoes ........................ 60

Sweet potatoes ..... ~ ............ 56

Onions ......................... 54

,Turnips ........................ 58

. Cranberries . .‘ ..... - .............. 40

Peas’.;.....'... ........... ‘ ..... 60

Michigan salt . .................. 56

cal ........... ‘ ................ '. 80





Potatoes [are being” sold :more and

more by weight and it is‘well to bear

in mind that when a farmer sells 60





 





pounds of potatoes for a bushel, or 15





pounds for the peck, it is the consum-

er’s privilege under the law to receive

from the grocer or dealer the same

weight.



Law Regulating Sale of Veal.



Another very desirable act was

passed by the Legislature of 1913,

which defines Veal and prevents the

killing of calves for veal when they

are. less than four weeks old, a prac-

tice which has been very obnoxious in

previous years.



The Advertising Law.



One of the most, annoying obstacles

in the enforcement of pure food laws

within the state has been the lack of

any pOWer to curb viCious advertising.

A dealer advertises much in this way:



“Why pay 35c for butter? Visit

our butter department and se-

cure a 2-lb. roll of our freshly

churned for 50¢!”



The product really referred to is

olecnvrgrrine oz renovated .butter;

but the intent of the advertiser is to

make the consumer feel that she is

getting a good grade of butter at

about ten cents per pound cheaper

than the market price. Until the con-

vening of the Legislature of 1913 there

seemed no remedy for this, but this

Legislature enacted a law to regulate

and prohibit fraud, deception, and

fraudulent markings and advertise-

ments in newspapers, periodicals and

other publications, or by circulars or

hand bills. This is of great import-

ance and is a step decidedly in the ad-

vance in the protection both of the

producer of pure products and the

consumer.



We are printing this short act in

full:



Act No. 276, Public Acts 1913.





“Any person, firm, corporation or

association, or the agent or manager

of any such firm, corporation or asso-

ciation who, with intent to sell or in

anywise dispose of merchandise, se—

curities, service or anything offered by

such person, firm, corporation or as-

sociation, directly or indirectly, to the





public for sale or distribution, or with





the intent to increase the consump-

tion thereof, or to induce the public





in any manner to enter intoany oblir





gation relating thereto, or an interest





‘therein, knowingly makes, publishes,’

disseminates, circulates, or places be-.





fore the public, or knowingly causes

directly or indirectly to be, made, pub-

lished, disseminated, circulated, or

placed before the public in this state,

in a newspaper or other' publication,

or in the form of a book, notice, han‘d

bill, poster, bill, circular, pamphlet, or

letter, or in any other way, an adver-

tisement of any sort regarding mer-

chandise, securities, service or any-

thing so offered to the public, which

advertisement, contains any assertion,

representation,_or statement of fact

which is untrue, deceptiVe or mislead~





ing, shall be guilty of misdemeanor,'





and shall be punished by a fine of not

less than twenty-five dollars nor more

than two hundred dollars, or by im-

prisonment in the county jail for a

period of not more than ninety days

or by both such fine and imprison»-

ment in the discretion of the court:

Provided, That the publisher or print-

er of any newspaper or other periodi-

cal shall not be liable under this act

for publishing deceptive advertising

received from any other person: Pro—

vided further, That said' printer or

publisher is' not aware of‘the decep-

tive character of the advertising so

received.” » - »





 





CATALOG NOTICES.





 





“Soil Sense” is the title of a book-

let published by the Dunham Com-

pany, Berea, Ohio. This is a. profusely

illustrated book, dealing with the

science of soil culture and conserva-

tion of soil moisture, with chapters re-

lating especially to farm crops. Write

the Dunham Company for a copy,

mentioning the Michigan Farmer.





The Alfred J. Brown Seed Co., of

Grand Rapids, Mich, send a hand-

somely» printed Thirtieth-Anniversary

edition of their 1915catalog of farm

seeds. This is afla'rg‘e‘size ‘cat’alog

profuselyillustrated with half-tone en;

gravings, showing the product of

Brown seeds. It also lists a full line

of poultrygsupplies. , .
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MARCH 20, 1915. I

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NOTES FROM STATE EX ECUTIVE

COM M ITTEE M EETINGS.





 





Since the session of State Grange at

Battle Creek, the executive committee

has held three meetings. Concerning

matters discussed or acted upon, the

following notes may be of general in-

terest or helpfulness to patrons of

Michigan:



At the organization meeting Decem-

ber 21, George B. Horton was elected

chairman for the year; the sub-com-

mittee upon legislation is, Thos. A.

McNaughton, J. W. Hutchins, B. B.

Lincoln, W. F. Taylor and J. C. Ketch-

am; sub—committee upon co-operation,

George B. Horton, W. F. Taylor, C. S.

Bartlett and J. C. Ketcham; sub—com-

mittee upon finance, C. S. Bartlett, N.

P. Hull and J. C. Ketcham.



Upon the method of receiving de-

mitted members into a subordinate

Grange during the life of the demit, it

was decided that “the deniitshal‘l «he

presented at a regular meeting of the

Grange and lie over until the next reg-

ular meeting, at which time it shall be

voted upon by paper ballot, a major-

ity being necessary to elect.”



Regarding pay for organizing a

Grange, it was voted “That State

Grange pay $25 for organizing a.

Grange; then, if the organizer gets 30

members, pay $5 extra.”



Master Ketcham recommended that

State Grange allow $15 for re-organiz-

ing and instruct the deputy to collect

$10 from the Grange re-organized. The

Grange reorganized shall have been

dormant one and one-half years on the

secretary’s books.



J. W. Hutchins was authorized to

draft a night letter and send to Mich-

igan senators and congressmen, stat-

ing the Grange’s attitude upon nation-

wide prohibition and asking their

votes in favor of the measure.



Master Ketcham presented a prop—

osition regarding a Michigan edition

of the National Grange Monthly; no

action was taken.



The committee formulated the posi-

tion taken at the annual session upon

legislative matters and gave the state-

ment to the daily press, namely, upon:



1. Torrens system of land transfers,

and tonnage tax.



Bank deposit guarantee.



Primary law.



Good roads.



Maximum rate on state taxation.

Market commission.



Michigan Agricultural College.

Smith-Lever bill.



Live stock shipments.



10. State censorship of moving pic‘

ture films.



11. Temperance.



(Continued next week).





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AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Millington Grange, No. 755, met in

Odd Fellows Hall, March 3, with a

good attendance. After dinner was

served the Grange was called to order

and the ordinary Grange work tran-

sacted, after which the lecturer, Mrs.

Lincoln Milliman, presented a pro

gram of recitations, singing and music

that was enjoyed by all.



An Oyster Dinnx, which might

more properly be lled a banquet,

was enjoyed by members of Sparta

Grange, March 6, preceding annual in-

stallation of officers. At 2:00 o’clock

the meeting was called to order for

the regular session when the newly

elected officers, with the exception of

Mrs. Ruben Carlson, who was elected

lecturer and withdrew in favor of E.

G. Beckwith, were installed. H. C.

Darling and wife, district delegates to

the state convention, were the install-

, ing oflicers. At the time of the death

€of Thomas Whittal, J. W. Spangen-

: berg was appointed to fill out the bal-

Eance of his term as director of the

lGrange Fire Insurance Co., and at the

meeting recently he was unanimously

elected to the office. A time of good

fellowship and sociability was enjoyed

after the meeting.





’ We no Pomona Grange .No. 8, will

' meet yvirith Huron ..¥alle-_, Grange" in

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CO-OPERATION THROUGH THE

FA‘RMERS’ CLUB. '





 





One of the striking things about the

development of manufacturing, mer-

chandising and commerce is the large

scale on which they are carried on.

This means that a great many people

work together. It will be found that

the work is divided up in such a way

that certain groups of people work at

one thing and so develop special skill

and speed in doing this particular

work. Other groups do other lines of

work. This means that everyone em-

ployed in the industry develops spe-

cial skill for doinghis or her particu-

lar line of work and each line of work

is under the direction of an expert.

This results in making the factory,

railroad or whatever it is, more effi-

cient. _



In farming it is not so easy to bring

this about, as each one must neces-

sarily do practically all the different

kinds of work that needs to be done

on a farm. However, one farmer will

develop particular skill in feeding

hogs, another has great success in

raising horses. Another had a special

knack for making roads, still another

'farmer can make trees and fruit to do

exceptionally well. Such farmers are

experts in these lines of work. They

ought to 'be made the experts for the

community so their skill can be

brought onto all the farms in the com-

munity. If this could be carried out

the production of the farms in any

community would be greatly increased.



One way for bringing this about is

the Farmers’ Club. The farmer who





has had success in growing hogs can





tell his neighbors how he did it. As

his farm is located right in the local-

ity, anyone who is interested can visit

the farm and get more information in

this way. Other lines can be treated

in the same way. This would result

in bringing the best methods worked

out on each individual farm onto

many of the other farms in the 10-

cality.



This would not only spread the skill

of the individual farmer onto many

farms, but it would have a great stim-

ulus on the most successful farmers.

They would have the eyes of their

neighbors watching their methods.

They would want to do even better,

which would lead them to study their

particular line more than ever.





A great deal could be done to en

courage the breeding of pure—bred

stock, and to confine it to one breed.

It is a misfortune for a community to

have several breeds of cattle. It is

best to have just one. Then the com-

munity will develop that breed better

and that much quicker become noted

for that one breed.



The subject of marketing and buy-

ing can be taken up in the Club. If

the Club members will buy together

they can often secure better prices

from the grocer, the hardware dealer

and the machine dealer, etc.



The Farmers’ Club can be made the

starting point for these co-operative

enterprises. It can be used to secure

the farmers the benefits that big bus—

iness secures from doing things one

big scale. Many have the idea that

nothing can be done unless there is a

big organization. This is a mistake.

The successful co-operative enterpris-

es have come from small beginnings.

———N. Dak. Exp. Station.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





 





A Successful Institute—The Salem

Farmers’ Institute was held at the

town hall, Friday, February 12. The

hall was filled to its capacity. As sev-

eral of the schools were closed in or-

der to allow the attendance of teach-

ers and scholars. State Speaker Scul-

ly spoke in the morning on “Weeds

and their Eradication,” making those

present feel the need of great patience

and vigilance in this important work.

Good music by Mr. and Mrs. William

Stanbro opened and closed the morn-

ing session. An excellent hot dinner

was served by the ladies of the Bap-

tist Church. After dinner the subject

of the corn contest was again an.-

nounced by President Thompson. Mu-

sic was furnished by Miss Hazel

Sprague on the piano, and Mr. Wm.

Groth on the violin, which was great-

ly enjoyed. State Speaker Scully

spoke on “Soil Fertility.” Discussion

led by DeForest Thompson. Several

tool»: part in the discussion. Prof.

Harvey, of Ypsilanti, then addressed

the children. Fine recitations were

given by the young people in the even-

1n,. Speaker Scully and Prof. Henry

again addressed the meeting. Instru-

mental and vocal‘ music graced the

occasion and. .all departed testing it

had been anenjoyable meeting.¢H.





C. T., Reporter.





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HERE'S WHAT MR.

MclNl YRE HAS TO SAY

I purchased my Studebaker in

1874 from Henry Brown of LeRoy.

N. Y., and paid for it in wood. cut

myself.





The wagon drew all the stone

flint was placed in my house and

born. never been idle.





All the heavy work that is done

on the farm today is done by the

old wagon.





It is just as good no it was the

day I bought it.





Peter R. McIntyre.





day it was bought

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Advice through this department is

free to our subscribers. Each com-

munication should state history and

symptoms of the case in full; also

name and address of writer. Initials

only will be published. Many quer-

ies are answered that apply to the

same ailments. If this column is

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Speck on Eye Ball—Film.—My sev-

en-year-old mare was hit in eye with

end of whip lash, injuring eye ball.

leaving a speck which I would like to

have removed. R. A. C., Imlay City,

Mich.—-Blow a small quantity of cal-

omel into eye daily and it will per-

haps clear eye ball.



Fetlock Lameness.—Three weeks

ago my mare slipped on the ice and

sprained ankle joint, causing her to

go lame. W. . , Coopersville,

Mich—Give her rest, clip off hair and

apply one part powdered cantharides

and four parts lard'every ten days.

Keep up this treatment until she re-

covers.



Elbow Tumor.—My nine-year-old

mare has a. boil on elbow which our

local Vet. opened but failed to cure.

What had I better apply to take it off?

E. W. R., Lowell, Mich.—~Call a com-

petent Vet. and have him out off the

tumor, removing some loose skin with

bunch or he will not have a smooth

elbow when wound heals.



C. C., Merrill, Mich—As your two-

year-old heifer has never been seen in

heat, give her a forced service, and it

may have the desird effect of bringing

her in heat.



Gastritis—J have a. heifer two and

a half years old that is off feed, in-

clined to eat rotten wood and rubbish.

F. D., Nashville, Mich.——Give her 1/3

oz. hypo-sulphite soda at a. dose in

feed three times a day. If her bowels

are costive give epsom salts to open

them.



Sidebones—Eczemar—J have been a

reader of the Michigan Farmer for

many years and obtained valuable in-

formation by reading the veterinary

column. I have a mule six yearS'old

which, when worked, shows consider.

able lameness and soreness in both

front feet and I have been told that

side-bones caused this lameness. I

also have calves that lose hair around

eyes and face and I am unable to cure

it. B. J. H., Suttons Bay, Mich—Ap-

ply one part red iodide mercury and

four parts lard to bunches on coronet

every ten days and your mule will

perhaps get well. Apply one part sul-

phur, one-half a part carbonate pot-

ash and four parts lard to sore parts

of skin of calves three times a week.



Nasal Gleet.——I have a gelding that

has a nasal discharge which appears

to be incurable. Sixteen months ago

a swelling came on face, veterinary

pulled fourth molar; some time later

trephined bone of fees and for eight

months his head has been dressed, but

wound has now healed and Vet. tells

me he has done his best. J. A. McC.,

Amadore, Mich—Chrofiic nasal gleet

where the bones of head are diseased,

it is frequently impossible to effect a

cure. Wash out nostrils with tepid

salt water, a teaspoonful of salt to

each pint of water. Give 1 dr. tinc-

ture chloride of iron and l/é oz. of

Fowler’s solution at a dose three times

a day.



Rheumatism.—A year ago I bought

a. mare; led her 75 miles, she stiffen-

ed in both hind legs, had to leave her;

she caught cold and since then has

gradually improved, but one of her

stiflles is affected and stiff. F. M.,

Smith’s Creek, Mich—Apply one part

red iodide mercury, one part powder-

ed cantharides and eight parts fresh

lard to swollen stifle every ten days.

Also give mare 2 drs. sodium salicy-

late at a dose in feed two or three

times a day.



Tongue Loller—Perspires too Freely.

—I have a mare ten years old that

hangs tongue out when hit is in her

mouth; besides, she perspires alto-

gether too freely. J. B., Peacock,

Mich.—-Tongue lolling is often cor-

rected by using a bit with spoon on it,

or a crooked bar, affording a place for

tongue—the object of the spoon is to

prevent the animal placing tongue ov-

er bit. This mare should be clipped

and admit more fresh air in stable.



Vaginal Polypus.—I have a mare

that has never been bred Which occa-

sionally leaks some blood from va-

gina, but every other way she seems

healthy; E.‘ P., Fruitport,-Mich.'—Dis-

Solve .4. lb. ‘of alum'in'iazgallon of wa-

ter. .nd inject a few ounces -into the

vagina once a day.‘ - . r '-



Septic Infection—Loss of Appetite





h. ——Stu‘nting Growth of Young Stock.—





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MARCH 20, 11915.





I have a cow that-came fresh. last

larch; did not clehn‘pi'operly'and’h'as

not done well since.‘,.:df1 have another

cow that will be‘fresh'next month

which- seems to havefilosther‘ appetite

and ‘her bowels a7rel‘cos‘tive. I have

had no luck raising-young stock and'

have been at it for three years, My

calves grow and do‘ well until fall,

then stop growing and what they eat

fails to do them much good. When

spring comes those that are alive do

not seem to thrive and grow. I have

given them everything that‘I know of,

but it fails to fatten them. pH. .,

Jr., Empire, Mich.——Give your cow %

oz. hypo-sulphite of soda and 1 dr. of

ground nux vomica at a dose three

times a day. Give yourother cow 1

dr. fluid extract nux vomica, one-third

of an ounce of fluid extract of gentian

and 1A oz. fluid extract cinchona at a.

(lose. two or three times a day, and

enough epsom salts to open bowels.

I am inclined to believe that you fail

to feed Your young stock enough nu-

tritious food to keep them growing, or

perhaps they do not have sufficient

shelter. Mix together one part pow-

dered sulphate iron, one part ground

nux vomica, one part sulphate of soda.

one part salt and four parts ground

gentian and give each calf a teaspoon-

ful or two at a dose in feed two 0r



three times a day.



Barren Heifer.——Heifer 15 months

old comes in heat every 16 or 17 days,

has been bred regularly for some time

but fails to get with calf. Do you be-

lieve that I should introduce my hand

and open neck of womb or not? V. A.

K, Fennville, Mich. Introducing the

hand and forcing neck of uterus open

will cause this young heifer to suffer

considerable pain and accomplish

nothing. When she comes in heat, in-

ject her with the following soda solu-

tion, made by dissolving 2 ozs of hi-

carbonate soda in three pints of clean

tepid water. Don’t breed her for six

hours. ~



Spasm of Muscles of Neck—Last

summer while my eight-year-old cow

was running on pasture she would fre-

quently return in the evening with

head drawn to one side, but after

standing in stable 3. while the head

went back to place. Her head is al-

ways twisted to the right and she was

worse when pasture was short. J. C.

(4., Whittemore, Mich—The muscles

of neck should have been rubbed With

spirits of camphor twice a day. -'



Indigestion—Acute Indigestion—I

have a cow that had a calf ten days

ago; she cleaned all right as far as I

can see, and gave 12 quarts of milk at

each milking. Was fed four quarts of

corn and cob meal, one pint of old

process oil meal and three quarts of

bran at a feed. She is now giving

much less milk, but is dull and dump-

ish part of the time. I also have two

pigs three months old that bloat after

eating and one of them vomits. We

gave them ashes, salt and charcoal,

also some epsom salts. C. M., Sears,

Mich—Give her 15 1b. of epsom salt

at a dose night and morning until her

bowels move freely: then give her 1A

oz. hypo-sulphite of soda at a dose

three times a day. Now, regarding

your pigs, give them a teaspoonful or

two of aromatic spirits of ammonia

every hour or two until bloat goes

down. If the pigs are costive, give

castor oil to open them.



Navel Infection—At birth our calf

appeared to be perfectly normal, but

when seven days old it seemed to re-

fuse to suck. Next day it was down

and unable to get up, so we carried it

to the mother and held it up to nurse.

In this condition it remained for some

ten days, and I might add that both

hocks are swollen and tender. W. .,

flighland Park, Mich—Paint swollen

Joints with tincture iodine three

times a week. Give calf 10 grs. of

sodium salicylate four times a day.





Pneumonia—About eight Weeks ago

my hogs were taken sick, coughed and

wheezed; one large hog died and our

local Vet. called it pneumonia; others

took sick and two died, but showed no

symptoms of cholera. We have had

no hog cholera in this section of the

country for some time. My hogs are

not thriving, but some days they ap-

pear to be all right and at other times

dumpish. J. E. ., St. Johns, Mich.

Your hogs eithe take cold and suffer

from a congestive chill or else suffer

from the bad effects of infected food.

Mix together one part powdered sul-

phate iron, two parts bicarbonate of

soda and three parts ground gentian

and give each full grown hog a tea-

spoonful at a dose two or three times

a day.



Worms—Sitfast.——I have a. five-year-

old mare troubled with worms. she al-

so has small hard lumps on shoulder

which enlarge Whenever she is work-

ed, but reduce in size when idle. D.

McC.,_Ya1e, Mich—Mix together one

part powdered sulphate iron, one part

salt, one part powdered fenugreek and

three parts ground gentian and give

her a tablespoonful at a dose in feed

three tiems a day. Cut out bunches,

removing skin that covers them, then”

apply--one- partflicdoform and nine

saris boracic acid to sores twice a

ay. ~ -
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AUCTION





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are two to four months old, priced from $50 to $65.





Herd tuberculin tested and healthy in every way.

Also Two one year old Bulls.





BIGELOW’S HOISTEIN FARMS, Breedsville, Mich.





GAN FARMERS





   

   





They





   

   

   





 





ESPANORE FARM,





LANSING. MICHIGAN.

arenas AT A menu»: A





Holstein Bull Calf





bounce.“ Iisedbuoes bsdbullsinth





 





mdegcch. .cow. Ifyou wen

something mend booked by panore Farm. write

t" ”mm merases 031101111

ADAM 11. FERGUSON. i 0'2”"

11" Calf. ID sisters from 22 11034. 31 lbs. Sire' s sire

brother to Pontiec Kcrndyke. Dam 22.9 2.lb her

dill I)” 2-” II). “0201'. l. L. HoLAULIN Redford. Mich.





 





.—Bendsomc bull calf. b!



1. d 1..““*.2“‘“"1’“i‘..‘}“‘21112°

1‘6 e V9 0 W

cones in!“ r 3. Detroit. {11.111 11.1“...





OLSTEIN BULL CSALF born 0011.29. Sire'sdam

30- lb. cow with8 ste Dem a first





calf heifer with record 14. 15.. a “up -cld.

MM

HOLIIEII BULL CILIE ‘Du't bu! “tugs; write





us. No betterb in. in

Michigan. long Beach Farm.Augusts.Kulsma1-o000,lleh.





$25 KDEIJVERED:





 





Purebred Registered





HOLSTEIN

CATTLE





Bay. Mich" is a herd offihlrtesn





olfieiusk Lyrst “1.133521%;ng mil“





 





Near Bi

purebred

per cow of this herd

and638. 57 of fat. or 3. 39:16





0°Dow'?y?1herealize the money mthe ore is in such





average milk yield of all cows in

is under 4. pounds. These

thirteen cows reduce as mush milk as sixty-two

cows of the 4. -pounds class. It would require

twenty~eight OOWI giving 8. pounds to equal

their output.



Why feed. milk. and shelter scrubs?





Wis? FRBB'flIusfraudlDescriptivs Booklet.

'l’hs Holstein-Ensues Assoclailon of America,

Box 18A.Brettleboro. Vt.





this country





 





 





 





 





logislmd Holstein Batik-3“” 0“}??? £35.3"°‘1‘i‘.‘§





11 1. t 2711111.. dam

Ill-Didi deihmi‘i.‘ 18“.“: 3.021: Grovem Mich.





 





—Por listof





“flamm- Jerss'wifeots

Xelemozoo Mich. “If breeder ends member

all J. o. "”15. seedlistcfaockformletotheebove.





innsns—ngwm‘fl





FISHERTON FARM JERSEst “was:





JERSEYS





write MRS.





I

Hood Farm s 9th. from Reg star of Merit d

r1snsn’i‘hn FAkM. Pontiac. Michigan?“





LINE BRED JERSEY COWS AND HBIFERS. Fresh

or due soon. Male calves el ible to registration.

CHAS. B. COOK FA wosso. Michigan.





current earn “£132.31"

CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Miehlgnn.





Maplell Lens Register of Merit Jersey Herd. Tuber-

tsstedb y.U 8. Government. For sale bull

calves and heifer halves from B. of M. dams and



grand and Hood Perm Sire.

IRV'IN FOX All en Inc





for service ertr nelity sind

by s«Steube' 's lair Mimenon. 0.1071111?!)

producing dams. S 1TH & PABKOEB. Howell. Mic.





lsmy Isl: tor Isis....1”°"“"i'I ”mmnéfifi'S‘j—E

mi-oflcial test. 0. B. W per. B. 0. Allegan. Mich.





Hill SALE, “Registered lusty Cows—fifafi

Meadowlend Farm. 1-: MYSTAEi-lggfglom





BIDWELL SHORTHORNS

Registered Bulls For Sale.





rims condition for immediate

men 1





s 01

Albion Stamp I) Ch. Shenstone Albino. in

Write or see them on term at Lake Shore A:

Micki an Southern Depot. or five minutes walk from

Detro t. Toledo 1. Irontcn Depot.

BIDWELL STOCK FARM





Box I). Tecumseh, MlchlL:





11111111 summons-5221111191 sigma





eel.e DAVIDSONA HALL. Tecumseh. ch igen





 





Bi and strong in

.‘15 to





OR SALE—Shorthorn Bulls. rod end roans. by

sensof Avondale and Victor Line (>ch Intern

tional winners. John Schmidt. 1.1 2. ReedOity.Mich.





Dam" Bred Shorthorns of Best Bates





J. B. HUMMEI... Meson. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





'Wis. Stats Fairs. Wr-ts engu-





31—375





Illa mo, 0.1.6’3 11101an White Swine.





”fell .ilueltherese. “mini prices for the next

3011mm ‘rviislcmeles andJeere

book or: sprin our-stock good

uouaétlillwlllshlgjsgg end ’



0 I. Ilhester lteAssc Wewommore

th an all other together. at 111..

Show rd.





ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM

Cass City, - Michigan.





0. L c" mbogrmailh bred for March end





a . «1 s. 1 1

w or . AN‘IJBEAII: 133mm: Mic?





0s '- G. 4mm ell solid.to We allhave some

.1011}! classes seen” :33: 11.3..“11‘lm





I -I have extra line lot of last spring

0. 'o G ‘boa boars and slot of this fall” pigs.

ith sex nestc ekln. ii mile west of de

HULZE. Nashville. Ill gen.

0. I. C.





SWINE—3:191:33" m





8'.



onhendssrvlcsboers. alsoetherssrofA snow



I am also bookingN orders IV" March and 3:111 Pigs

A.J . GORD R. .2. Don .Mlohlnn.





 





end





 





O I. C' 8. nothing for sale at recent but will take

0 orders for Her. and Apr. p gs, pairs not akin. .

free and shipped on approval. .choll. Ovid Mich.





 





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

I I tim Choice sows bred for 8 ring

f_a_rrow. TED DEA EB. Munith. Mich gen.





 





0.1. C! ——Spring igs. pairs and tries. not

3a fro rom state fair winners.

AVONDALE s'rocrir‘ Am Wayne. men.

0 l C—% sows bred for Spring furrow.

lar dgrcwthy. Write your wants.

GLENWO D STO KIn RM Zeeland Michigan.

I 0. Choice tsbrod fore ring ferrow. Sept.

oIserviceeble 1.59: wei ing lbs. prioe$30 Thelong

bodied and bit bonedk Id. AlvinV. Estt. Grass Lake. Mich.

fthe heev bonedt pe. Bred Sows

311m hr“ 3 3nd fall P3011031 sex 1111 111.10.

M. A. BRA .kOa eases. né’tem 00.. Michigan.

0. I. O.





Gilts bred for March and April far-

rowM September ready to ship.

Dansvll I.Michigan.

II I c! —Two wservioeble boah sow coming two-yr. -

3 old . bredfor March arrow. fall pigs. all

stock reg i.stered S.J “HOWELL St. Johns Mich.

Duroc urocJaerseys: A few choice bears and bred gilts.

Also orns and Bull ckOookerel s.

J. McMOOLLw Ste.





4,Bey City Michigan.



—-A few cho'ce gilts



Duroc Jerseys 1.1.1 for 1'... ”.1



Me farrow Fall? igeithmerse S. 0. ST LMAN.



LAW bxhe herd Michi



DUROC JERSEYS—And few fall bears and I2

gilts for sale.



CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hestlns‘s. Michigan.



DUROC GlL'l‘S—Jlred‘36 to farrow in April and



MayJBfi each. Ifmy selection



does not suit you return sow tor inspection at Kmll

use and wt Iyour mono ROPE



P RM. 8. I G PROP Kinderhook. MKioh



PBOIAL I‘onDurocs—I will sell 36 choicely bred



§sowe 6 boars. with all Send for cst~





cog. Iwil l utyou on mail .list Sale March 17.

1915. Phone 011111. 11 e. Rees—k er. Oessooolis 11ml.





RUROC JERSEYS.





From Prize-Winning Stock.

Write. or better still. some.





31101111111 Faminn irhor,lllch..il.F.D.7.





DUBOOA JEBSIEYB—Aug. boars ready for service.

tsbred for June fan-cw to prise-





 





 





 





 





 

   





 

   





 





 





—Beady for service. From S .



[gm l g rqug-i-bggjlgn ngakuggomg-ag 1101110111. 11110111 111111 sum run 1111 1mm maroon" 1.. ”1 1.2.1:: :11: °



'mlECSVEY 8C. PIERSON.“ Hadley. Michigan. ‘ M 0 I'm -March Mfg“, bred to son of Volunteer



C. Swine SHEEP f “M” 1, Chem on 1912 RRfIa‘imthrders booked



HOIStein Lsclgtgedf rd.CMR El Few”: . 0' 1101113133. " onroe' Mien.



M J 11 in list 1 11



131.11 calves eon: Herdlgulda+0en ‘ l'l ’"3 To 3‘" "RF “ED 5m 0’ 033° 5 1131811 Ai?’ I3; 1991;111:1111. 193123: 32%?3



Reg; Holurtiinsn pp By all wants in Beg. Chester - PARSONS batman -" ’ Lansing, MIC!“ 1m.

White swine. Parh am. Bronson Mich lungnd g





 





HOLSTEI N FRIESIANS.





Herd sire Meplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld the only

sire of any bleed orehuim den and grand dem that

maul. 1. 1 bill“? ““833.“ "i" 1 '3

wassl teeny u moeny sr

meson weasel: mek ibeng tter than 1200 lbs. of butter

in a year" one but four years old. Maplccrest Korn-

dykcll engerveld is in a class by him

A few fine young bulls sired by him fromh A. O.

cows for sale: also a few choice lemeles ieoelf to





him forssle.

D. D. AITKEN. FLINT MICH.





 





onrysarsol sired by'Jehee longer-rel Ii ’9 it ’9 Eagle

ened senof

Bidigugflveldfinioéolbi h:du£na.me.hwbulPiemfllem A...” “3.9“. monk!“ 3500 :31"

a record ofa. ln‘? O'fillm 1‘ white. Perfect ‘ando hand-

011““ vow-0 name out is Mi

msbnllhifisere. perfeetztlggnéltion.“ end

1.1.0.11: white mmuiituu “1.9.1, Iheve I‘IIQII GIGS! HOLSTEINSNM

fifteen of his and mat! Change: Is headed by Smitbdals Alcertre Mine, whose dun





afford to keep two rd sires. Price of the bull

B. F. ”MIKE‘S, Foetorle. Inc





A Splendid Young





Holstein Bull





1111 11 1 1mm in MI“ community.

Sire, a three-fourths brother to the





$50,000 Bull.





Here is a good one.

Send for extended pedigree.





REED & KNOWLES,

Howell, Michigan.





Do You Want A Bull?





Reedy For Service.





a grand daughters! '1‘ lingo

p533». Sissdby shell in» 1.‘.'....u...°§1‘l'1‘





b thertotbeChamnton Holstetnc fthe

raisin-id. commonweagmwii’. m

3' Port... m ”11°11” News”.



3 1‘8 IIIV DC I.

write for in“





EDWIN S. LEWIS. Marshall, Mich.





HATCH HERD,





magical." m -In-1.. Sires—Grandson!



of tine War-1:16 Gm Dziiry 1Six-s1. They are out of

e 1-

0111311 cif brother to the W’or-ld’:e rzcord cow 44.15

pounds in 7 dc)"-

his pedifggetehrile femirestm d ‘35::

t o s ems .



2;?” geneI'Itiom ‘hOIdy have over 853901. in first





decanters. Prion- amoebic so you cenbsvs thebsst





Azzrege record of 50 dam in .





is the famous Alcertr dot. Have fewy your)“ bulls

and females for sale at reasonable prices. l buy

a few heifers about 15 months.n ot.hrsd Perm )1 mile

from court house. SETH B. RUBERT. Howell. Mich.





r011 sALe-s...m°::::::::.§°:r°e::‘e

Johanna Led. Also beautiful bull calf.

.D OLA RX. Vassar. Micki





 





"Top -Notch” Holsteins.

Extra large fine young bull. white. bcrn Oct. 4. 1913.

1%?!) I: ofllolel record of 8. lb s. butter in 7 days.





refs 3!) dgsmsue'ede- 13112104111. 4 yr -old

HERDON FARM. 00.. Howell. MIOMIBII.





IIDLSTEINS FOR SALE





5 Good Bulls, ready for service.

10 Very Choice Bull Calves.

2 Two- ”year ~old Heifers, bred.

1 Six- -year-old grand- daughter of King

Ssgxs, due 1n December.





L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

NR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





%for and e.alves also females.

MAN J. "SHBFE’CK. Howell. Michixnn.





Hdstswl’riesisn Breeder“. 1;“ “03°33. 3:2;





represented. D. D. AITKEN. Flint. MichtlIn.





Illfllfll ”II III Tlllllllfl 8W





em

3 of High Grade Holstein 3111.11... and

prices upon application.





IX GOOD REGISTERED JERSEY COWS For Sale.





1" m rrrn “mas-1...





C. A. BRIS R. N80.

I I





ills iced-Em J... 3‘“

COLON O. . oersvmesqbti'xfceg





went.





'I'lIE WILDWOOD JERSEY HERD





Misha“ stored Jersey Cattle. richh Meiiestys Wonder

‘1. one of the best sons of Boys is at

the head of herd. is sons show

his daughters are produoin e le





 





 





milk. Write your wants.

‘=','i:1" 1 3..» 1

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2 d . . 81:32:18.8!) Whale." for club ofiiffiéhwu. °Iplilt.

PARSONSGrnndLedge. Mid). II.





CHORD-DWI SHEEP. I0 STOCK F03 SILLA





II. F. (BARKLEY. Lennon. Michigan.

“005.

—Grand bunch of Gilts

Barnes 81 Victoria:





due Mrarch and A rii.

ing eb ood



of Superbe. Defender. Much Col.

Afew young beers. 8.T0ltY. Lowell. Mich.





rions and0 others.

BERKSHIRE Choice spring bears and gilts.





rioed to move more

stock. ELMRURS STOCK





   





 





Par

FARM. uAlmont. Mich





Royeitos Bred Berkshires. Large stock of finely hred

animals both sexes. various ages. Some young bred sows.

Must rcduce stock. and will quote low prices withregistry papers

for quick clean up. D.F.Velentlne. Supt... Temperahcmlich.





Berkshire Hogs—Choice gilts bred to furrow in March

111. Also a number of Barred Plymouth

Rock 0 erels. Cbase' s Stock Perm. B. No l. Merl-eta. Mich.





BERKSHIRES‘fioTfiéie‘lfiflo.





che1oe.all guaranteed (1.1!. BIDEB.Almont. Mich





G

Isainlgg‘gfiqetws‘: 2121.22.23.11":





.Deckervllle. Michigan.

AMPSBIRB Swine—Breed stock of all age

from most _op ular strains. rite for breeding.

Inspection invi_ . Flovd Myers. R. 9. Decatur, Ind





empshire swine. some good Bears for Breeding and some

Fell pigs both sexes at right prices. West Wind Perm.

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





 





"ESTER WHITES- August and September pigs, from

siren es Chickasaw Bud. Modeler. Bronson King. A certificate

of registry with each pig. John Gintl'mg. Bronson. Michigan.





-—0hoi

o. l a“; f“ ramps “xflhewsgnge. of the





6. Michigan.





 





 

 





80W WEIOHED 952 I38.

A 23 MONTHS OLD





‘ 10111.1 GIRL

1mm





Ira-e breed-n eneth roadie

thsnenalmee' living. I have:l the lergeist and.“- fin-

ready 1.1%.. market at six months” old, dean





no ...~1:.-n~~...... «M»-





I -8TRICTLY BIO TYPE. 1' r 12

OI II c ‘I eve beenbreed forosise {It'd





 





I” w of "11121331113. 1‘

punish. .





length with qualitI llLe e ftb largest



bosWhtilign breed ncvhd'r pd;ucsdpor; hen“ zldroerdfescima



:1. 1......° ~ “ W “.3th 1:32

lotto. Mich:





 





DUMB JERSEYS—3813““RL‘531?’ °fiil$“§§1“§i‘£f’n'

W. J. BAUMAN. on Oak. Michigan.

POLAND CHMAS’fldhng, may... bon-



.G. MEADE. Oolby Ranch. Stanton. Michigan.





POLAND CHINAS °‘ “‘0 bit tyne-





rcady for service. Sow shred

for spring ferrow. A. A Wood d Son1 Saline. Mich.





III IOIE Pillllll IHIII Illl “hm “10'“.





far to l tired fr‘r spring

row 008 c 0“

MArwadifn s‘i‘rocx FARM °Xu$:.‘M1cn.





_ i 1

101111 1:11:11: 83:31:32.1533113

W”





L. W. AR ton.





Type."

so young

ichi n.





Bows and Gilts bred for March and





Pill“ Chill April farrow. Also 1.11 igs satisfaction

guaranteed. OTL Kalemasoo. Mich.





[AME m‘ P. cI-EitherA sex. pals and tries. not

bred gilts. W. J. a mhs‘n'lwAfiu-Khfiim

Bum Typed Poland Chins Bears and Oilts plplenty





uelity. I know I can

ROBERT nM 111113.111) No. "I. Hastings. igli.





STRICTLY B. T. Pole ds—Absolutely none larger or

better. My breeding represents best herds in .S



Bred gilts and falll‘plgs at bargain prices. Satisfac-

tio’guaranteed. rank D. Kruger. Savanna. Mich.





of





 





POLAND CHINAs—Tbem type that wins, wei hs.

Bred sows either sex. p.‘vAfriowrlth qulfity

SPPINO BROOK, gARM Thrre Oaks, ”Shaun.





 





—Oen spare one of my herd boars.



l‘: ‘hfi. P c- orno nit. a few spring

will be sold at bargain ”prices. a few



choice bredaisw no better breeding. tobe bed at any

price_ Am Schoolcraft. Michigan.

EAVY BONED POLAND CHINA SOWS, Bred

Also older





1.11;" both sexes. pairs not akin.

ces low. Robert Beve. Pierson Mich





vl)ol11n: Chi -es. either sex. all ages. Something good

at a low D.LrioeG .Bar’alns in boars ready for ser-

P. 8. Greed Rapids. Mich.





T1111 FARMERS' 1100 411111...- e B1. Boned Prolific



(Shines grow biukeegveesy.mc mature early



331,11.” "3:1“ “1 "n 11. so to 1,1

Oh“ i. 0' more “7031!.



boned. “1%.“. name’s?" 1.1.0 100 1.11 pip at tor-$.11». "I



on. ll D“ C 13°“ 1110110! on yo“! 0 D.



g." o ”.111..on :11». ..c scrum. Portlend." 11151..





16 Ty boars hv Big Smooth Jumbo. Greatest



Plies! boerteg tam “ll! a: limo These basis are

1 ben a rmere rices. s



OD. Dc‘rllelllcor write: Wm Wad'le. Opldwster. \fipl’:





—-Lsrgsst in Michicenb





3003“” We VO





lred





 





Gillie.



'11.. great best. 31. Demoineslle m'fi. 1"111 M1015

lbs. at 31 mo and out of sows that wci up to

1110111.. Gilt archd andA lferrowwei from

$0 to 325 lbs. me and see. penses paid fnet as

museetsd. R LIVINGSTON Perms. Mich.



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Boil-Won flare-ted. nose nos Thus. is.

so rousmrs-gisgme 13:13:: 1::





Books. I. I. Ducks. 13.8 A“ Homer. Mich.





YORKSHIRES





 





B I be S t be do be

Predgib.servics $116819me ran 03‘“
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