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T‘HE MICHIGAN FARMER'





 





APRIL ‘3, 1916.





‘. ‘ The Secretof a Successful Farm Life.





'By C. L. CHAMBERLIN.





HAVE consented to relate for pub-



lication the experiences which I



regard as the turning point of my

life, chiefly because I now see the fol-

ly of my former way of living. I am

making public many things of a very

personal nature in the hope that other

farmers who are living as I once did

may change about in time without

waiting for the compelling event

which drove me into present condi-

tions and opened my eyes to a realiza-

tion of at least some of the things

which constitute a ‘successful farm

life. .



I am firmly convinced that the pos-

session of too much land and the

practice of too much hard labor in the

effort to go on acquiring more is the

endless chain that binds many farm-

ers to a life lacking in most of the

legitimate pleasures of living. The





experiences which prompt me to this.





belief are all the more impressive be-

cause forced upon me, yet I see no

reason why thousands of farmers who

now slave along the same paths I fol-

lowed may _not' make a change and

profit by my experiences before such

reversal of policy shall have become

compulsory in their case as in mine.

I am only an average middle-state

farmer and what has affected me may

with equal propriety affect many oth-

ers whose ways of life are similar to

what mine were previous to the last

three years. Since this is a record of

personal experiences the reader will,

I trust, overlook the frequent refer-

ence to myself and my way of doing

things.

A Common Experience.



At the age of 21 years I was left

with 80 acres of good farm land well

furnished with buildings located in

the center of the region designated in

the geography of boyhood memory, as

“The Lake States and Kentucky.” I

soon married and for 16 or 17 years

devoted my energies almost wholly to

farming with the object of adding to

my number of acres. And I certainly

succeeded. The 80 became a hundred

and as rapidly as the money accumu—

lated, additional twenties, thirties and

forties were added from near by and

adjoining lands, until I found myself

in full ownership of 280 acres, well

fenced, fairly well drained and with

all the buildings I considered neces-

sary. My family, consisting of wife

and two children, as well as I, had

been shut off from all but a very few

local social enjoyments and so in-

tense was my desire to acquire wealth,

which meant to me more land, that I

always toiled 'in the fields until dark

during the busy seasons and cared

for my team and did the other chores

about house and barn by lantern light.



I had spent little money on machin-

ery as it seemed to be the unneces-

sary outlay of a lazy man with which

I could dispense by doing more hard

work with my muscles. I was natur—

ally strong and healthy and never

spared myself at any task. I demand-

ed long hours of my help but never

shirked personally, always taking the

lead in any difficult work in which we

were engaged. I hired one man by

the year who, with his family, occu-

pied a small house on a sixty acres I

had purchased on the opposite side of

the section in which my home farm

lay. I gave him $25 a month, rent,

and a few other privileges. I engag-

ed another man from May till Novem-

ber at $1.50'a day and board. At odd

times other men were employed ,by

the day. '



It had long been my secret ambition

to give my son, a lad of sixteen, a

half section of land when he became

of age, and yet be able to provide for





his sister, still a child, and have sufli-j





cient to maintain myself and wife our

natural lives. I knew I was succeed-

ing and believed I would be able to





accomplish what I sought before re-.





tirement. But retirement came sooner

than I had anticipated.



A Compulsory Pause for Thought.



Up to this time my experiences were

the same as those of thousands of

farmers. There are any number nurs-

ing some similar ambition and bent on

satisfying it through the acquisition

of wealth by long hours of hard toil.

Someof them learn as I did how fu-

tile such plans are. My real experi-

ences began that fall when my son





was 16 and just beginning his third





year in the village high school three

miles distant. I had insisted on his

keeping in school. I wanted him to

be a worthy manager of his half

section. .



One day I had been lifting to an un-

usual degree by the old lever plan, at.

tempting to put a foundation under a

corn house without taking my men

from the fields where corn husking

(by hand) was just being begun. Af-

ter a final, intense effbrt I felt a dull

pain in my abdomen and this was fol-

lowed by a peculiar sickness and

weakness throughout my whole body.

It was unusual for me to be ill and I

knew I had over-exerted but was not

prepared for the words of the physi-

cian my wife had summoned:



“You have lifted tee heavily, my

friend, I am sorry to say it, but in

plain words you have injured yourself

permanently, and must never exert

yourself by doingheavy work of any

kind. No, there is no cure.’f



Retrospectlon.



I will not attempt to relate the

shock these words gave me. All the

hopes of my life had been suddenly

dashed aside. What had life to offer

me in the future, me, whose sole en~

joyment was hard work, whose only

recreation, to. walk over my broad

acres, view the growing crops and

speculate on their probable yield? Af-





'ter a few days I pulled myself togeth-





er and took stock of my situation. I

had 200 acres of as fine farming land

as any I knew of, but my son attend~

ing the town school was daily growing

away from the life I had pictured for

him. And why should he not? The

thought then came for the first time.

What had a farm—my farm—or any

farm operated as mine had' been——to

offer a bright twentieth century lad?

True, we made money but we never

had time or inclinaiton-——I had not—to

enjoy the spending of it or to derive

any direct gain other than a living,

and putting the remainder into more

land. Old Johnny Dane really got as

much out of life as I or the boy when

I gave the old fellow a home, board,

clothes and tobacco for what chores

and odd jobs the old man, crippled in

mind and body, could do for me. And

now I was deprived of my one pleas-

ure, hard work, making money.

A Change of Policy.



Work? I must work, but how? At

what? I could see only one way dur-

ing the days I lay gaining bodily

strength and mental vigor sufficient

to guide me in laying out the future.

I resolved to spend a portion of my

money in ways that would not only

permit me .to continue to work, but

would also make life easier, and I





hOped, more enjoyable for my family,





And in doing this I changed the whole

policy of my life and began its most

valuable experiences.



It was fall and I always did fall

plowing, generally taking that as my

own personal employment. The two

men were in the'corn, old Johnny as

usual was looking after the stock, re

pairing fences, and doing various odd

chores. I resolved that I would plow

as I always had—only different. From

the village agent I bought a wheel

plow and started in riding and manag-

ing~ the implement by its easily oper-

ted. levers. I soon found I was actu~





ally doing more work in a day than in

former years, or rather, my big team

and' the wheel plow were doing much

that I had previously accomplished by

my own strength. I was doing all this

with scarcely any strain or muscular

fatigue and with absolutely no return

of that pain or bodily sickness against

which my physician had warned me.

Why could I not have used a riding

plow for years and thus performed

this work with economy of time and

physical effort? I could—just as any

man can now, but I dd not realize un—

ti then what' 1 had been missing.

Unexpected Results.



I was surprised, too, at the interest

Will, my boy, took in the plow. He

rode it all one Saturday and even

begged to remain at home from school

the following Monday to complete that

field. Formerly it had been necessary

at times to exercise parental author-

ity to compel him to remain out of

school and assist in farm work for a

day or two during busy times. I let

fall a word or two that I had decided

upon a number of improvements and

new articles for our use and noticed





that he brightened up wonderfully but





I did not know till long afterward just

what thoughts my words had aroused

in him or what the results would be.



Drawing manure was commonly a

task of mine. Early that winter I

realized the impossibility of handling

the tangled mass by hand and I made

my plans accordingly. I piled the ma-

nure temporarily under a long open

shed next the cattle barn, where it

would be protected. Usually I drew

it out in the spring, dumped it in

piles and later scattered it by hand.

Sometimes the piles were left until

plowing or'cultivating time, when I

would rest the team and scatter for a

few rounds ahead. That winter I pur-

chased, an up-to-date' spreader and

with some help at the barn did the

spreading all ready for the plow or

spring-tooth cultivator in about the

time it usually required to draw it to

the field and leave it in piles. I did

this with the employment of only a

trifle of bodily effort and saved in fer'

tility—why, I can hardly yet realize

the saving from getting an even dis-

tributon in the places where it is

needed, without first leaving the ma-

nure in piles to soak out wastefully

in a few spots.



A Study in Economy.



When I look back and reflect on my



former extravagant ‘outlay of time and





an extra man for several days during

the season. It was customary after

the grass had been cut, for Johnny to

drive the horse and rake; Will and I

bunched up; the two, or three, men

drew in, and with a fork mowed away.

I saw that handling hay by hand was

not for me, and decided to put one

man’s wages into helpful machinery

that would still allow me to work at

it. I bought a tedder and a loader.

They had been used by a few other

farmers in my community but I had

never had any use“ for such expensive

means of “letting a man be lazy,"

which was my former estimate of

their real purpose. Now I kept on

the mower; Will drove the tedder so

that the grass was dried rapidly. John-

ny drove the team on the wagon and

Jim, my steady man, loaded from the

machine. At the barn, Johnny'set the

fork and Jim, assisted by a day man,

as the mow filled worked the hay back

while a ten-year-old son of Jim’s drove

the team at thirty-five cents a day.

The money paid the boy and the ex-

tra day man was no more than I had

formerly paid the extra hand, and I

still dispensed with the other hand.

Best of all, the time was shortened

and no one. felt overworked, although

haying, at best, is no sport.

Other Beneficial Results.



That fall the round of spring work

was repeated; the spreader, the plow

and a new disc plow helped to

shorten the hours and lighten the

work. In October I began feeding

about seventy hogs. and fifty head 0f

cattle. I had formerly bought feed

from the village mill three miles dis-

tant, or by making a double trip, had

hired this mill to grind my own grain.

It now seemed possible for 'me to save

time and effort by doing my own

grinding. I purchased a gasoline en-

gine and a feed grinder and sheller

and did my own grinding, largely on

’days when bad weather prevented

working in the corn or plowing. The





_time of man and team making trips to





town was the first economy noticed

as a result of this venture. Another

result was noticed after I had studied

up on rations and mixing feed and had

put it into practice. ' '



I studied out a system of rations by

which the largest amount of food

could be eaten, digested, absorbed and

assimilated without stalling, and by

the use of my own mill I ground the





foods in proper proportions, one lot





effort I cannot but wonder that I had.





never before realized the advantages

of using machinery. Now, of course,

I am compelled to conserve my

strength, it is no longer. possible for

me to abuse my body by long hours of

hard labor. But even if I were again

Willing to come in from the fields at

dark, so exhausted that I could hardly

drag around with the barn work still

to do, in order that I might save the

money I put into labor-saving machin-

ery, the economy of time should have

led me to see the wasteful folly of

such actions. The use of machinery

permits the use of the mind acting

through wood and steel instead of

only a sort of low‘ instinct operating

through human muscles as is the case

when a man does everything by hand.

I have already spoken of the amount

paid .for help. The first year after I

began using labor-saving machinery

I dispensed with the day man at $1.50

the day and board, thus saving dur-

ing the usual six months of such em-

ployment, at least $300. And the sum

paid for machinery did not greatly ex-

ceed this and the machines are still

in conditon for use many years.



I always tryto raise all the hay I

need for my live stock and imgather-

ing it in usually hire besides the 'two

regulars, old Johnny, Will and myself,





for the younger hogs that must first

build bone and muscle and another lot

for the fully grown animals that were

ready to take on fat at once. This

method of preparing my own feed

proved after all, the greatest gain in

grinding my own feed. It is some—

thing that any farmer can and should

do, but unfortunately it is something

that he cannot see and learn without

trying—at least, he won’t.

Balancing the Account.



I figured five per cent as interest on

money I had put into my new ma-

chinery and 10'per cent as the annual

deprecration from use. This made an

annual loss or expense of 15 per cent

on my investment to be returned be-

fore I could count any gain from the

use of machinery. I found that the

time of man and team making trips

to the mill was just about equaled by

the 15 per cent on the money invested

in grinding machinery, plus the fuel

cost. Then I had the labor required

to handle the grain and machnery to

figure against the gain from a better

compounded ration. Of course, I could

not tell how much I realized, but that.

I was far ahead was plainly evident

when the amount received for the

stock was compared with what I had

received the year before when the

price per hundred was practically the

same.



It is unnecessary to prolong this



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THE MICHIGAN FA'RMER ’





Who Should Grow Alfalfa.





FANCY I hear a chorus of replies



in the one word—Everybody. But



should everybody grow alfalfa?

Well, yes, they should if they could,

but the trouble is that they can not,

and to try would therefore be to fail

in a large number of cases.





The man who takes the advice of

the trained field man, or of the suc-

cessful alfalfa grower who knows why

he is successful, is pretty sure to

make good, but the fellow who simply

sows alfalfa because he has read

enough about it to turn his head, but

has not gotten hold of that portion of

the truth which will teach him the

difficulties in the way, and help him to

overcome them, will be pretty sure to

go wrong with his new venture.



There are large areas in Michigan

where conditions are right for the

growing of this truly valuable crop.

The soil is good and well drained, it

contains plenty of lime, perhaps even

enough of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. In

short, everything is right for a good

stand and a rapid and profitable

gowth.



Favorable Natural Conditions.



Within a few miles of the home of

the writer is just such a location.

There, the first successful stand of al-

falfa of which the neighborhood boast-

ed, was sown in wheat. The field re-

mained a profitable one for years. Not

because wheat is a good cmp to seed

with, but simply because othe1 condi-

tions were 1ight.



In a few instances, the first cutting

has yielded three tons per acre, in

the better portions of fields in this

particula1 locality.



Now, any man living on one of these

farms where alfalfa grows for the ask-

ing, would be one of the poorest men

to go to for advice if he knew nothing

about the matter beyond his own ex-

perience. I have heard men talk of

alfalfa culture in farmers’ institutes,

who had been successful, and did not

know why, and I have always felt that

they did more harm than good, be-

cause they could not. realize that

their success was due to conditions

that were local and not general, rath-

er than to any particular skill on

their own part. But shall we grow al-

falfa? Surely everyone whose farm is

adapted to it, should grow it. It will

yield more and better hay than can

be grown from any other source if the

crop does well. It will gather more

nitrogen than clover, and add more

organic matter to the. soil. Its deep

rooting system will bring up from be-

low the surface large quantities of

mineral matter, and store them near

the top of the ground where other

crops that do nob—root as deeply can

get them. In the words of Professor

Moore, of Wisconsin. “Alfalfa will

farm your second, your third, your

fourth, and your fifth farm.”



Amending Unfavorable Conditions.



But can we not make conditions

favorable to the culture of this valu-

able plant, where they do not exist?

Yes, often we can, and should do this,

but there are conditions so bad that

the expense of mending them would

seem to be too great to be incurred.





We can add lime to the soil that Is

in need of calcium, but whether it will

Day to do so or not, will depend

somewhat upon the distance which we

must draw the lime, and again, it will

depend upon the natural fertility of

the soil as well as upon the possibili-

ties of drainage. If the soil is want-

ing in the proper bacteria, the seed

can be inoculated very easily and

cheaply. Excellent results are being

secured every year, from the culture

distributed from our experiment sta-

tion, and in view of this fact, inocu-

lation by soil is fast becoming a thing

of the past. .



Much is being written and said up-

on the subject of liming the soil, and

most people are familiar with the

means now employed to this end.





Marl and ground lime-stone are

splendid sources of calcium. Lime-

stone is ground finely and furnished

at reasonable cost, and many beds of

good marl are being discovered every

year. Still it is not an easy matter

to lime a large area. Lime is heavy

stuff and ifwe have to haul it far, we

shall be made conscious of the fact.

A small amountof ground lime-stone

will do no good. If the soil is acid.

we should apply from two to four tons

per acre. It is not a great task to

lime an acre, but when we test all the

fa1m for lime and find instead a c011-

dition of acidity that surprises us in

every field, when we multiply our

acres by four, and think of the weight

of each load of lime-stone, then we be-

gin to wonder if we shall ever grow

alfalfa all over the farm.





Personally, I believe it will pay to

haul lime onto every field that is oth-

erwise adapted to the culture of al-

falfa. But will it pay to lime our poor

light lands in the hope that this plant

will succeed in such a location and

make us money?



Organic Matter Necessary.





 





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Sometimes in hearing and reading.





so much about. this matter, we are





tempted to believe that alfalfa will





grow anywhew if no but lime and in-

oculate. “But the t1uth is not like

the seeming.”





in a soil which is low in organic mat-.





ter, and organic matter

nine-tenths of our lighter soils.





The time may come when we shall

grow alfalfa very generally throughout

Michigan, but if so, it will be after we

have attended to the improvement of

conditions in many localities.



For the man 011 a light sandy farm,

who has been growing 40 to 50 bush-

els of corn per acre, 50 to 100 bushels

of potatoes and 10 bushels of buck-

wheat, losing a stand of clover once

out of three times, to expect to im-

prove conditions by substituting alfal-

fa for clover, is but to fail.



We do not say that such land will

not grow alfalfa after conditions that

have caused these light yields are cor-

rected, but the same causes which

keep this man from getting a good

stand of clover, will lead to a failure

in his catch of alfalfa.





The first step in reclaiming these‘





light soils is to put the organic matter

back into them. If we are farming

soils of this type, we must steadily

and persistently work to this end. We

must apply as much stable manure as

we can get, we must practice a short

rotation. If we sow winter vetch in

the. corn at the last cultivation, mix-

ing with it a. little rye at the first, we

shall provide a covering for the ground

during the winter, and in the spring,

we shall have a considerable amount

of matter to turn under. We can also

sow rye and vetch in our potato fields

at the last cultivation. True, we shall

dig some of it with our potatoes, but

there will be enough remaining to cov-





er the ground nicely and help to keep ‘





the soil from blowing.



If we grow beans in our rotation,

we can seed the ground to vetch just

as scan as the beans are off, and in-

sure good winter protection in this

way.



In short, we should not leave our

light sandy lands uncovered for a

single winter. If we follow this prac-

tice for a period of years, we shall

protect them from the winds, prevent

their washing in large measuie, and

greatly increase the content of oigan-

ic matter in them.



As organic matter increases, our

yields will become correspondingly

greater, and the failules in getting a

catch of clever will be much less fre~

quent.



Then, we can be liming these soils

field by field, as we have the time, and

little by little we. can extend our

areas of alfalfa with profitable results.



Oceans. Co. W. F. TAYLOR.





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Box 232, ELMIRA. Otsego County. Michigan.





 





 





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

a man, a team and a cultivator every day it is used, and is moderate 1:

price. It 15 the greatest money- saver ever invented for cultivating large

acreage~ 1n corn, potatoes, beans, etc.

Works 2 rows 28 to 44 inches apart at one

passage even if rows are crooked or of

irregular width. In check

/ rows and listed corn it also

/ beats any other tool. Never

leaves open furrows next to the

row. Can be equipped with

spring-trip standards, d i s c s,

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.





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Baum! Philadelphigl’e





J. M Amos. Rush-

ville. Ind. writes : “I

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with your No.



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fee. Describes over 55

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and make into Fur Coat. or make the lady a





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from Muskrat. Mink. Rococo. etc. Send for free

catalog explaning our. work.





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FARMER





Perhaps no invention of modern

times has had a greater influence on

the development of many industries,

including agriculture, than has the in-

ternal combustion engine. This source

of power has made possible the devel-

opment of the automobile and motor

truck, and has furnished cheap, effi—

cient, inexpensive and easily operated

power for the driving of all kinds of

machinery. It is no longer necessary

to recount the advantages of the gaso-

line engine for farm power; this has

been thoroughly demonstrated in ev-

ery community and before the lapse of

another decade the farm upon which

one or more gasoline engines cannot

be found will be the exception rather

than the rule.



The number of uses to which such

engines are constantly being put are

rapidly increasing. The gasoline en—

gine was first used most extensively

on a. considerable number of farms

for running a feed grinder, buzz saw,

etc. For this purpose a heavy duty,

substantial type of stationary engine

was largely used, and a later develop-

ment of uses for these engines includ-

ed the running of all kinds of station-

ary farm machinery and the driving

of generators 'to produce electric cur:

rent for the lighting of the farm build-

ings. With the necessity which arose

for the spraying of fruit trees to com

bat the ever-increasing parasitic pest

of the orchard, the use of the gasoline

engine was extended to the driving of

spray pumps for this purpose. Witu

the development of the cream separ-

ator into a household necessity an

other task" was turned over to the gas-

oline engine on many farms. In not

a few households 3. small gasoline en-

gine is also used for pumping water

to be delivered under pressure at con-

venient points in the house, and the

running of washing machines and sim-

ilar devices for lightening household

tasks.



Perhaps the latest development in

the use of gasoline engines on the

farm is in providing power for run-

ning heavy farm machinery. These

engines are now employed to furnish

the motive power for operating the

mechanism of grainbinders and pota-

to diggers, thus lightening the" burden

on the horses and enabling the ac-

complishment of much more rapid

work in these harvesting operations

without increasing the horse power

units employed. It is probable that

the use of the gasoline engine in this

connection will be greatly increased

in the not distant future, in fact, so

many uses can be found for the small,

light-weight gasoline engine on the

farm that such an engine, because of

its portability will be in demand upon

every farm. These uses will include

the running’of concrete mixers, which

can be easily and cheaply construct-

ed and which will do a much better

job of mixing this popular farm build-

ing material than can possibly be done

by hand, to say nothing of the lessen-

ed expense. Then there is wood saw-

ing, the running of the light farm ma.

chinery, such as corn shellers, feed

cutters, root cutters, fanning mills,

grindstones, emery wheels, etc., to

which a comparatively light type of

portable engine is well adapted.



The great variety of uses to which

the gasoline engine can profitably be

put upon the farm will tend to the

adoption of specialized types of en-

gines for these various purposes. on

many farms today will be found at

least two gasoline engines because of

their special adaptability to difierent

kinds of work- to be performed.



In purchasing a gasoline engine it

is the part of wisdom for any farmer

to secure catalogs and descriptions of

the various types and kinds of gaso-

line engines which are now upon the

market and make a selection with a

view to the adaptability of the engine

to the work which he desires itto per-





 





 





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APRIL 3,1915.





The Modern Development of the GasOline Engine





of this work, an engine should be se-

lected which will be fairly eflicient in

each class of work. Where an engine

is desired for a. single kind of work,

it should be selected with a view to

its adaptability for that particular

work. Where the same engine is to

be used for a variety of tasks in dif-

ferent locations, its portability as well

as its efficiency in operation is a. point

well worth considering. In any event,

an engine made by a reliable manu-

facturer who will back up the adver-

tised claims of efliciency made for his

product should be selected, and every

manufacturer'who has faith enough in

the engines which he is building to

seek the farmer’s patronage in this

manner can safely be counted in that

class.



Economy in a purchase of this kind

is not necessarily based upon low first

cost; a good gasoline engine properly

cared for will last for many years,

even though used constantly. This

kind of efficiency will be secured, how-

ever, only where good materials and

good workmanship are used in con-

structing an engine of efficient design,

and these factors are cheaply purchas:

ed at even a considerable increase in

first cost.



A good gasoline engine will perform

any work to which it is adapted much

cheaper than it can be accomplished

by hand or horse power. There is a

place for such power on practically

every efficiently conducted farm, and

Where proper forethought is used in

the selection of this power equipment,

it will be a source of satisfaction and

profit to every owner. '



Oakland Co. A. R. FARMER.





FAR M NOTES.





 





Treating Seed Oats .for Smut.





Please advise how to treat seed

oats for smut. SUBSCRIBER.





The formaldehyde treatment is now

most generally used in the treatment

of seed oats and other grains for

smut. This treatment is given by

making a solution of one pound of

formaldehyde to 40 or 50 gallons of

water and sprinkling or spraying the

oats until every kernel is thoroughly

wet, shoveling them over in the mean-

time to insure an even distribution of

the solution. They should then be

covered for a time and finally spread

to dry just before drilling.



Automatic and comparatively inex-

pensive machines are now manufac-

tured for the purpose of treating

grain for smut with" formaldehyde so-

lution.





Fertilizer for Beans.



[have a field of ten acres which I

des1re to plant to beans. The soil is

sandy and has been run for years. It





is now seeded to vetch and rye to be.





plowed under this spring. Will com-



mercial fertilizer help the beans?



What shall I use? .

Montcalm Co. S. T. Y.





The vetch and rye might profitably

be supplemented by a small applica-

tion of mineral fertilizer for beans. It

is the opinion of many successful

bean growers that a. little fertilizer

aids in the early development of'the

plants and also in the early ripening

of the crop. As both the vetch and

the beans are leguminous plants, it

would not be advisable to use a fer:

tilizer containing much, if any, nitro-

gen. A liberal percentage of phos-

phoric acid would be beneficial on any

Michigan soil, and the lighter soils

are quite generally deficient in pot-

ash. It would be advisable, in the

writer’s opinion, to get fertilizer con-

taining a liberal percentage of phos-

phoric acid, and as much potash as

can be secured in mixed goods this

year, using about 200 pounds per acre.

sowing through the drill runs each

side of the row, as the seed is easily

injured by contact with the fertilizer,

particularly in dry weather.



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Good " Roads





NE of the features of the recent

0 state good roads’ convention,



held at Grand Rapids, was a

forceful, informing talk by John C.

Ketcham, of Barry county, master of

the State Grange. Much had been

said by previous speakers at this con-

vention on the trunk line bill, with

more or less criticism of the attitude,

or alleged attitude, of this great or-

ganization of farmers toward trunk

lines and road construction. He made

it plain at once that the Grange stands

for good roads, that here is a question

compared with which the tariff is a

pigmy. Continuing he said: “The

Grange also stands for federal aid for

good roads, believing that if it is im-

portant to spend millions for improve-

ment of harbors it is also worth while

to build roads to these harbors. The

Grange is opposed to a double award

paid by the state for the same specifi—

cations as to width and thickness of

gravel on trunk line roads. We be-

lieve that business should come before

pleasure and careful traffic counts

have shown that 80 percent of the

traffic on roads is business traffic;

further, it is shown that 75 per cent

of this is local business. A traffic

study also shows that 50 per cent of

the pleasure riding is local rather than

long distance, hence we believe in lo-

cal, farm-to~market road building. The

trunk line program appears to us like

centralization and discrimination rath-





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





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1n Michigan.

soon be building at the rate of 1,000

miles a year. So the time is near

when there will be good roads into

every market.”



The important uses of the split log

or plank drag in earth road mainte-

nan‘ceiwere shoWn by Professor Cox

of the University of Michigan. This

inexpensive tool is not: to be used for

grading purposes. It is to .be used

only when roads are wet and its value

is apparent from the fact that 80 per

cent of the total road mileage in Mich-

igan will remain earth roads.



Reports made by the county road

commissioners from various sections

were interesting, with differing opin-

ions and results according to local

conditions. W. A. Reynolds, of Me-

costa, reported good results from use

of slag, while other sections reported

poor results due, as Commissioner

Rogers pointed out, to differing

ties in the slag itself. The use of lots

of. water in macadam road building

was recommended. Most of the coun-

ties have found that a good engineer

is one of the first essentials. Com-

missioner Bryant, of Kalamazoo, stat

ed that macadam must have a surface

binder or it will not last: over two or

three years. He believes that the

counties should go slow and not

plunge exclusively into cement. brick

or any one material until sure of the

best for'local needs. It was found

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er than democratization of the road

construction w01k as it should be.”



Jesse Taylor, president: of the Ohio

Good Roads Federation, gave a "hot

good roads talk, urging the four-fold

system of road building by federal,

state, county and township aid, all

working in co-operation. In a graphic

way he showed that bad roads leave

towns and merchants high and dry

and lonely for months each year while

much-of the trade is carried on over

rural routes with 'the mail order

houses.



George Deihl, of the New York high-

way department, pointed to the mil-

lions of dollars spent in good roads

work in that state and stated that

cars can go anywhere there now, even

in the spring. Last year 150,000 for-

eign cars were attracted to New York

by the system of improved roads so

that the investment pays financially.



“Kent county wants better roads of

a strictly permanent character,” said

Alvah Brown, chairman of the county

commission. “We think that concrete

is about the best material for this

section and feel that an eight-foot

roadway, with shoulders, is wide

enough except close to cities where

traffic is dense. Put your extra money

on the ends.”



State Highway Commissioner RogJ

ers led'his hearers up on a mountain,

as it were, and gave them a view of

the promised land by saying: “We

have nearly 70,000 miles of road in

Michigan, outsideof cities, and 15,000

miles of improved road will reach ev-





 





'ery market in the state. We have built





nearly 3,000 miles already and will





were too narrow and they are now

building 14 to 16 foot roads. Valuable

details of road organization and con-

stiuction were given byln ngineeis Cox

and Nielson of the state highway de-

partment. The work of the good roads

bureau of the national government

was described by J. J. Tobin, who

pointed to the frequent lack of effi-

ciency and advised “more roads for

the money,” rather than “more money

for the roads.”



0n closing day, Frank Hamilton,

chairman of the Grand Traverse Coun-

ty Commission presided, and the

Western Michigan Development Bu—

reau, the West Michigan Pike, the

Northeastern Michigan and the Upper

Peninsula Development Bureaus and

Grand Highway 'Association had their

innings with many valuable addresses.



The West Michigan Pike Associa-

tion. elected Wm. H. Loutit, of Grand

Haven, as president and arranged for

the third annual tour which starts

from St. Joseph, July 12, ending at

Mackinaw City, July 16.



The statement made by Mr. Diehl,

of Buffalo, Professor Cox, of Ann 'Ar-

bor,'and others, that one-half the mon-

ey appropriated annually for good

roads work is wasted, caused some of

us to sit up and think.



Kent 00. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





 





USE THE KING DRAG NOW.





The early spring is the best time to

start the use of the King drag. if

road dragging is begun early and re-

peated after heavy rains the dirt roads

will be kept in good condition.





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MOTOR. CAR,





The two owners of this business are

also its actual active superintend-

ents—not by proxy, but in person.





The manufacture of every part and

piece used in the car must conform

to gauges and measurements deter-

mined by them.



They fix the formulas followed in melt-

ing, shaping and forging the Steel,

iron and brass.



From the handling of the raw metals

to the final assembly,_ the depart-

ments in charge of every process

and operation are responsible to

Dodge Brothers themselves.



They have themselves~ designed many

of the wonderful time-saving, labor-

saving machines which make this

car possible at the price.



Their idea of manufacturing is that

the car should be made so good that

it will practically sell itself.



No 111a11ufac1uring detail is so small

that it escapes their scrutiny.



No suggestion from dealers or cusmm-

ers is too trivial to receive, consid-

eration.



They know exactly how every part

should be built-not. in theory. but:

from practical experience in manu—

facturing the vital parts for more

than half a million cars.



They have reduced to a simple science

the problem of using the bet: mate-

rials and the best methods money

can buy. and still saving time and

money at every step.





They a1e skilled spec: alists in large

production and small economies,

11110 hold the quality of the car at

the highest possible level.



That this is a statement of fact is evi-

denced by the car itself.



You will look in vain for anything

cheap or ordina11 in the inside or

the outside of Dodge Brothers’ car



In pioof of this: ~—'



The leather is real grain leather.



The tuning is deep and soft: the filling,

natural curled hair.



The 35 h. p. motor is cast en bloc, With re

movable head.



The rear axle is of the full-floating type.



The hearings are ’l‘imken thruout—with 8. ll 0.

ball hearings in clutch and transmission.



The springs are made of (:hrcmefiVanadium steel.

and are self-lubricating.



The wheels are hickory, with demountable

rims.



The body is all steel, incl 11ng frame, with a

perfect stream line effect.



The fenders are of a. special oral design.



The magneto is an Eisemann waterproof.



l-I1'ery11'here you will lind drop forgiugs and

drawn work instead of ca stings.



The car is giving satisfaction everywhere.



Its performances provoke nothing but praise.



You will realize the very first ride you take



that; it has all the. responsiveness, comfort

and poWer you want in any car.



There will be no mistaking the bouyant spring

action—the freedom from near shifting—the

fine balance which makes it stick to the

road—or the dogged puling power of the

silent motor. .



If you care to have it. we will be glad to

send you our Book B which gives an un-

biased opinion of th-1 mechanical value of

the car, written by an engineer not con-

nected with this company.





The wheelbase is 110 inches





The price of the car complete is 37-13

(f. o. b. Detroit)





(ariarlian price $1100 (add freight from Detroit.)





 





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When viewed ca ’mly

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All our “imaginary” troubles and most

of the real dues find it hard to with-

stand the cheerful influence of a pipe



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Farm drainage needs durable tile. Our drain‘tile arermaae of

best Ohio clay, thoroughly hard burned. Don’t have to dig ‘em up

to be replaced every few years. Write for prices. Sold in carload

lots. Also manufacturers of the famous NA

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Redwood railroad ties down

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W known it is preferred because it has proved itself. Fence rails : .i;



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, ,1: L every one of them and the answer is Redwood. It's¥i





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It means permanence—will not rot or decay. Redwood will not shrink or swell—o

statement proved. by the U. S. Government reports. And this means I

(2) tight silo, year round year out. No continual tightening or loosening

hoops. Silage ferments best next to a non-conductor of heat

-; , and cold. Redwood holds the heat and keeps out the cold, resists

the moisture from silage fermentation. A Redwood Silo

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APRIL 3. 1915.





Feeding the 'Farm' Horses.





HE attitude toward the horses



kept on the farm has changed



greatly during the last twenty

years. Formerly the horses were the

pets of the whole family. The fathers

were ready to favor them at every

possible turn and call them by endear‘

ing names. When a new colt arrived

on the farm in some cases all the

members of the family rejoiced and

were interested as to the particular

marking and leading characteristics.

All were anxious to say what the

name should be. The girls were list-

ened to with as much consideration as

the boys.. While the boys considered

the colt as theirs to rear and drive,

the girls were as anxious to suggest

a. name that would represent the colt’s

place in the family, so to speak, as

father or the boys.



It was formerly the delight of the

farm boys to study the character of

the horses by their make—up, and sug-

gest feeds and methods of handling

that would enable them to do‘ the best

service. The so-called wise sayings of

the men in theneighborhood who lov-

ed a “boss,” as they termed it, were

cherished and talked over. The ac-

tion and appearance of the horses

when being given one kind of feed or

another, were noticed, and debated

upon on many occasions. While the

knowledge of the instructors was em-

pirical and guess work, to a great ex-

tent, they believed 'that they had

reached the facts in the case when

they came to draw their conclusions.

They were conscious that they were

right—because they had the ,results

to prove it.



During those days the farm horses

Were given due consideration and ap—

preciated according to their full worth.

The horses that were nimble on foot

were used for road and light work,

While those that were heavy, bony

and slow of movement, were known to

be adapted to the heavy work. Con-

struction and adaptation was pretty

well understood. .



At the present time we are under

the reign of unfavorable conditions for

the farm horses. They are not the

center of interest as they formerly

were. Young men have been sent

away to be educated and the training

has not been along the lines of horse

feeding, with, but few exceptions, and

that with a part of those attending

the agricultural colleges. The talk

has been transferred from the horses

to the automobiles. A majority of the

young people of both sexes do not pro-

fess any love for, or any interest in,

the horses. The exhilarating effects on

the individual brought about by being

carried along at a high rate of speed

has had its intoxicating influence, and

to come down to the common pace

that can be endured by the horses, is

too prosy to be enjoyed, and to again

awaken an interest in, and a love for,

the horses, is a difficult task.



The result of the change of atten-

tion from the horses, is manifested in

the lack of condition of the farm

horses at the present time. But few

of the farmers give the feed, care and

attention to their teams that they- did

a. score of years ago. It is not because

the horses are not needed to perform

the usual work on the farm, but there

seems to be a great lack of interest in

the horses and they are neglected too

often to the sorrow of the owners.



Some Modern Methods.



While the attention of many has

been diverted from the study of meth-

ods of feeds and feeding, there are

some who have been faithful. to their

first love, and have worked out and

solved some important problems in

horse feeding. .



While the prices for horses have

been advancing, the prices for feeds

have also been advancing. One of the





' first considerations in planning a ra-





. When writing to advertisers please mention "the MiehiganFsrm_





ties for horses is the pricesm the





feeds. The old plan of feeding only

oats and timothy hay, isso expensive

that other feeds, and combination of

feeds, must necessarily be considered,

in order to reduce .the costs of keep-

ing, during both the time when they

are not in constant use, and during

the busy season.





It is a general rule, well under-

stood, that oats cost more in propor-

tion to their feeding value than corn.

Hay, as a rule, is more expensive than

ensilage, and yet it is known that en-

silage, when fed in small quantities,

is a safe feed, and is easily digested.

It is near the value'of grass as feed,

for horses when not at hard work.

The value of Wheat bran is underesti-

mated as feed for horses. In my own

experience I have found a mixture of





bran and oats, equal parts, a better





feed than oats alone, and it is also

cheaper than the oats, as bran is

bulky for its weight. ‘



Winter .Feeding.



In feeding through the winter when

the horses are comparatively idle, it:

is not necesSary to use expensive for-

age feeds or much grain. They will

be better for a change from heavy

work and heavy feeds. A variety of

forage feeds, like bright straw, some

corn stover, or a moderate allowance

of ensilage and a light feeding of hay

with a small allowance of grain will

give more satisfactory results than

constantly feeding timothy hay and

oats. Persistently feeding a narrow

ration of cats and hay, usually brings

on a condition known among “boss

doctors” as hide-bound, and it was not

uncommon in the past to resort to





physicing, bleeding and condition pow- .





ders to put a horse thus afflicted in

a. suitable condition to begin the work

in the spring. When a variety of

feeds are used, constipation and hide-

bound arev rarely known. If a horse

seems predisposed to constipation, an

occasional feeding of a small quan-

tity of roots or small potatoes, say

two quarts at a time, will correct the

difficulty and serve a good purpose.

The roots are certainly much cheaper

than the drug compounds which are

often resorted to for the correction of

this condition when ' it has been

brought on by injudicious feeding.

The Summer Ration.



.As’ the time approaches for spring

work, the amount of grain should be

increased, and the work or exercise

gradually increased. The hardening

process should not be hurried, if the

future welfare of the horse is consid-

ered. Changing to a more sustaining

ration should not be sudden. The

skill of the feeder can be brought into

play in compounding a ration that will

support and sustain the horses under

heavy work and at the same time

keep up a healthy condition of the

body. Economy, as well .as efficiency.

should be considered.





At the present time oats are more

expensive in proportion to their value

as feed than corn. Corn meal is bet-

ter than corn, but it is too heavy to

feed alone. An equal amount in bulk

of wheat bran, mixed with the meal,

makes a good grain feed that is not

only safe to use, but can be relied on

to sustain the horses.

a ration for consideration.





If one has chaffed feed or ensilage.

take for each horse weighing around

1,300 pounds, one peck of ensilage,

four quarts of the corn meal and bran

mixture, and one pint of a mixture

made of equal parts of cottonseed

meal and oil meal, mix thoroughly,

and’feed at each feeding when the

horses are at heavy work. During

resting days feed only half rations of

grain. ' '



With such a grain ration the horses

will not require as much hay as would

be required without the ensilage.

Eight pounds of good, clean timothy





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and clover hay in the morning, the

same at noon and twelve pounds at

night, ought to meet the needs. of

most horses. The life, wind and capa-

bilities of the horses can be thus bet-

ter conserved than would be possible

if oats and timothy hay were the only

feeds used.



I am aware that this plan of feed-

ing the farm horses, is a digression

from the rules adopted by farmers in

the past, but it is given in good faith,

believing that in several ways, better

results can be obtained than by the

old stereotyped rules. It has the mer-

it of economy, and I believeit will

maintain a healthy condition of the

animals as far as feed is concerned.

Experiments and the experience of

those who have used corn and corn

meal and wheat bran, have proved

that those feeds can be used with

safety and profit.





Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





At the Nebraska Experiment Sta-

tion, six lots of cattle were fed upon

corn and the following supplements.

Lot 1, prairie hay and cold pressed

cottonseed cake; lot 2, corn silage and

cottonseed cake; lot 3, corn silage and

prairie hay; lot 4, a heavy ration of

corn silage and alfalfa hay; lot 5, a

light ration of corn silage and alfalfa

hay; and lot 6, alfalfa hay. The re-

spective daily gains per head were

1.2,9 2.01,1.,75 2.,24 2.04, and 2.29 lbs.,

and the cost pe1 pound of gain 9,53

9.21, 9.08, 7.76, 8.33, and 7.21 cents,

respectively.



At the Ontario Station, one hundred

pounds of meal, when fed to 40— lb.

pigs, proved equal to 406.9 lbs of

skim milk and to from 37. 6 to 48. 5 lbs.

of tankage, depending upon the grade

used. The skim-milk was fed in the

p10portion of about one and one—half

pounds to one pound of meal, the

tankage one pound to about six pounds

of meal.



For several weeks the hog markets

of the country have shown less weak-

ness than was the rule previously, and

the 1na1ket has been fluctuating in

p11ces within moderate limits most of

the time. From appea1ances it would

appear that the packers are disposed

to hold values f10m further breaks in

cider to discourage stock feedeis

from marketing pigs and young hogs

prematurely. Still the movement of

hugs marketward is on a much larger

scale than a year ago, as was the case

(1111ng the winter packing period, and

at last advices western packing points

had slaughtered since March 1, 1,297,-

000 hogs, comparing with 870,000 for

the corresponding time last year. Re-

cent sales of hogs were at about $2

per 100 pounds below the prices cur-

rent a year ago, While corn sold about

seven cents a bushel higher than then.

Packers have no cause to complain,

as they bought hogs during the .win-

ter packing season much of the time

for $6.50@6.85 per 100 lbs., and prof-

its made on provisions have been and

still are substantial, notwithstanding

the marked decline from prices of a

year ago.-



Cattlemen have become a good deal

discouraged over the long time requir-

ed for stamping out the foot- and-

mouth disease and the consequent cur-

tailment of the market movement re-

sulting from the numerous quaran-

tines. Many stockmen ov ning cattle

appr caching maturity are in doubt as to

whether it is best to let the cattle go





 





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market conditions after all quaran-

tines are called off. While it is im-

possible to know what the future may

bring forth, probably the best course

to follow is to let the cattle come to

market whenever they are fat enough,

£01 feeding cattle already matured is

expensive and does not pay as a rule.

Where the cattle are doing well on

feed and the owner has sufficient corn

and other feeds, the proper thing to

do is to finish them off, so that they

will grade as good, for in the absence

of any feeder outlet in the Chicago

market, killers insist upon buying

thin steers at a big discount from the

prices paid for cattle that me at all

fat. Naturally, prices fo1 all sorts of

cattle are far lower than a year ago,

with the commoner steers selling es-

pecially lower, but perhaps stockmen

owning cattle may derive some conso-

lat1on by turning backward and recall-

ing What at this time in 1908 steers

odered on the Chicago market were

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A demand for breeders is reported

in various quarters by men handling

high-class draft and other horses. The

enormous foreign demand for horses





 





 





 





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Dairying in Northern Michigan.





 





T is always interesting to watch

the development of a new country,

but it is especially so to note the



progress of agrichlture in the Upper

Peninsula of Michigan.



. It is eleven years since the writer

first crossed the straits and saw for

the first time, this part of our grow-

ing state.



He will not soon forget his impres-

sions of the live stock situation as it

appeared to him at that time.



Almost the only business of any im-

portance, that pertained to agricul-





ture, was cutting hay and selling it'





wherever and whenever the price was

best. Timothy hay controlled the sit-

uation. I recall that one real estate

man told me that the farmers’ insti-

tute lecturers had been to their town

and told the people to sow clover, that

they had sown 'it, and now‘they could

not get rid of it. He was much dis-

gusted with the fellows, who at the

expense of the state, had gotten the

farmers of his locality into such ser-

ious trouble.

Great Advancement in Agriculture.

The writer is now on his tenth trip

through the peninsula, and though he

has resolved to write about the H01-

stein cattle, and to stick religiously to





[his text, he can hardly help telling of





the wonderful advance in all lines of

agriculture that is so apparent on ev-

ery hand.



Nature has seemed to fit this part

of Michigan especially for the home

of the dairy cow. There are all breeds

here already, but among the dairy

breeds the Holsteins seem to have





the preference if numbers are to be .





taken as an indication.



At the hospital at Newberry is one

of the best herds in the north. In

comparatively a few years this herd

has grown from a small beginning to

a very valuable acquisition. Here are

some really good cows, and their sires

are being distributed to many parts

of the north, to be used in improving

the native animals in the hands of the

small farmers who are now improv-

ing the land and making new and

comfortable homes all over this part

of the state.



At the experiment station at Chat-

ham, is a splendid beginning in the

work of Holstein breeding. The state

has purchased several fine heifers

whose dams are in “The A. R. 0.

Class” and the sire at the head of this

herd is fully up to the requirements.



Use Pedigreed Bulls.



The farmers in the vicinity are en-

couraged to use this bull in their own

herds, and one can easily see what

this must mean to them and to the

community generally in just a few

years. Some of the county farms

have been made object lessons in'the

way of better breeding of live stock.

Puxe-bred bulls have been secured

and their calves from registered cows

have been distributed to become the

sires of better dairy cattle on the

farms of the pioneers of the counties

adopting this plan. In addition to

this, there are private breeders of

pure—bred Holstein cattle whose stock

would be hard to excel anywhere in

the world. It is indeed wonderful to

know that this part of our state

which, until recently, was so' little

known by those of us. below the

straits, and not at all as an agricul-

tural district, is fast becoming the

home of great and profitable herds of

pure-bred cattle.



What I am saying here must not be

taken as reflecting any discredit upon

any other dairy breed. Indeed, there

are here some of the best Jerseys to

be found anywhere, and the old notion

that the Jersey cow is too tender for

a cold climate should be abandoned in

the light (if the record of Eminent

Bess, who, when she made her mar-

velous record within a few miles of

the shore of Lake Superior, was the

largest producing Jersey cow in the





world. Yes, the Jersey cow does ad-

mirably here. The man who wishes

to practice intensive dairying will find





her the same reliable companion on ~





his way to financial success, as she

has ever proven in all climes where

dairying has become a business. The

Guernsey, too, has made good here,

and 'the reader must not think, if he

is partial to this breed, that the ex-

perience of these people has taken

aught from the honors which these

excellent cattle have won.





Excellent Pastures.



There are, however, special reasons

for the popularity of the Holstein in

this section—here is the region of

“Green Pastures” as the summer

through. Nothing like it in the coun-

try below the straits. As sweet and

tender grass as cattle ever ate, green

from the time the snow goes off in

April until it comes again in Novem-

ber. And the amount of grass produc-

ed on the better soils is far beyond

the usual growth in the regions furth-

er south. Young cattle will make

splendid gains all summer here, and

cows will give milk in full flow until

September without any grain. Of

course, this is not true in the case of

the lighter soils. There the pasture

is not as good and does not hold out

as long.





The Dairy Business Prospering.



This is also a. country of large areas

and as yet it is not the home of “in

tensive farmers.” For these reasons

it is but natural that men here should

want to grow young cattle for beef

purposes as well as to keep cows for

milk



True, much yet remains .to be done.

Many of the people -here are like

those of other localities in that they

do not yet appreciate the necessity of

breeding better stock. But this coun-

try is in the making. In every county

are strong men perhaps, but few of

them in some counties, but they are

here, and they are putting forth their

energy in behalf of modern methods.

Their werk is apparent. Slowly, per-

haps, but surely, the rank and file of

the people will come to see their way,

and upper Michigan will be a very

bright spot on the map.





Live Stock Expert Doing Much Good.

The state has kept Mr. W. F. Raven

here for seme time to assist the farm<

ers in adopting better methods in

breeding. In the live stock 'business

Mr. Raven is a “past master” and his

work is bearing fruit already in many

counties. ‘



Among the agencies that are mak-

ing for the development of this reigon,

we-must not fail to mention the Mich-

igan Farmer. It is truly inspiring to

see how fast The Farmer is making

its way to the homes of these people.

On this trip, we have the company of

one of the men sent by the publishers

of this paper to take subscriptions,

and it is a wonder to see the people

subscribe so willingly.



The people want the paper. They

realize with us, that from the south-

ern boundary to Lake Superior, Mich-

igan is all one state. Her timber is

soon to be a thing of the past, but her

agriculture and her mining will re

main, together with her ever increas-

ing manufactures,to keep her well to

the front among her sister states.





Live Stock Industry a Great Factor in

Development.



Some day Michigan'will be a greater

state than ever she was in the past.

Agriculture, the surest and safest

foundation on which a nation can

stand, will underlie her entire struc-

ture. This will mean greater wealth,

more of the kinds of business that





help soicety, larger and better schools,





a'larger number of happy homes, and

to‘ these important 'resdlts the live

stock industry of the Upper Peninsula

will contribute its full share.



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' A KICKING COW.





 





I have a cow whose first calf was

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If you recommend tying hind foot

back will you kindly give full details

of how to do it? I used it once but

have forgotten how I fixed the rope

so as to quickly loosen it if necessary.



Macomb Co. J. I. C.





Buckling a strap or tying a rope

around body tight in front of udder

will not injure the cow. If you tie

foot, have a short strap to buckle

around ankle with ring on stray to

which attach rope. Have ring and

staple behind the cow and tie with

bow knot so it can be pulled out

quickly.



Remember that the udder of a heif-

er is quite tender and her teats may

be chapped, especially as she was out-

doors in these dry winds. Apply lin-

seed oil to her udder and teats and

rub. well with the hands, both before

and after milking. Wash the udder

before applying the oil, with warm

water and dry it with a clean cloth.

Vaseline will do if you haven’t the





 





linseed oil. Zinc salve is also good.

It hurts the heifer when you milk her

or she would not kick. -Perhaps the:

finger nails are too long, or there are

hard calluses on your hands. Remove

the cause of pain and sympathize with

the heifer and you can do away with

tying her when you milk, in a short

time.





PAINTING A SILO ON THE INSIDE.





 





Do you advise painting a silo inside

with hot coal tar? If so, should the

painting be done when I am taking

the silage out or should I wait until

summer when it is empty?



Sanilac Co. J. R. S.



It is not necessary to paint a silo on

the inside. It has been recommended

by some, but only practiced by a. few.

Not enough air will get through the

wood to cause any appreciable loss in





 





the silage, and as to preserving the

wood it does not seem to be neces-;

sary, for a stave silo will last for?

years, in fact, no one knows how longj

without being painted. I



If the silo is to be painted it is best,

to paint it before it is ever used, and

it is not necessary to use hot coal tar.

Coal tar that has been thinned with

gasoline is quite as good and much_

more pleasant to apply.



A cement silo would be benefited

more by an application of coal tar

than a wooden one.





FOOD VALUE OF BEET PULP.





 





In a test for five weeks conducted

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cows were fed by the reversal method

on a. ration of hay, bran and cot-

tonseed meal to which was added 4.3

lbs. of either corn meal or of beet

pulp daily. The herd lost in live

weight 33 lbs. on the corn meal ration

and gained 37 lbs. on the beet pulp

ration. There was no substantial var-

iation in the yield or average compo-

sition of the milk. It required for the

corn meal ration 112 lbs. of dry mat-

ter to produce 100 lbs. of milk and

20.51 lbs. to produce one pound of

milk fat; for the beet pulp ration

110.72 pounds and 20.54 pounds respec-

tively. In a similar experiment to the

above, molasses, beet pulp and corn

meal were compared. The amounts of

digestible nutrients in each ration

were approximately the same.

herd gains were similar. There was

no wide variation in milk yields and

only a slight advantage in the produc-

iion of milk—fat with the corn meal ra-

tion. It required for the corn meal

ration 104.4 lbs. of dry matter to pro-

duce 100 lbs. of milk, and 18.72 lbs. to

produce one pound of fat; for the mo-

lasses beet pulp ration 108.1 and 19.87

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ABY C‘ilX AND DUCKLINGS. White and Brown

Leghorns $8 per 100. Barred Rocks $10 per 100. /

White Wyandottes 810 per 100. Buff Ducks '15 per 8100.

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TRONG DAY-OLD CHICKS 8: MATCHING [3008.

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' ~30. White Kellerstrass. Special prices. - .- .

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HODE ISLAND REDS. Cockerels $2 to $5; 15 Eggs



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2: Tom Turkeys 8 to 38 lbs. according to age: 38

10 eggs 84. A. E. CRAMTON. Vassar. Mich.





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Pine Crethhiie Drpmglon: b... may: .3“? (13;;

t in heavy laying strain. Catalogue on request.

MRS WILLI~ llOI'GH. Pine Crest Farm. Royal Oak. Michigan,

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While Wyamlolls Eggs .150 per 15: .350 . 35.9%

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

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White P. Rocks. Pekin and white runner ducks.

White guineas, e as and day old ducks and chicks.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





 





* APRIL 3," 1915.





Raising Pullets For I'M'arket.





 





HERE are many who find it a

good. business to raise pure-bred



_ and high-bred cows for market,

but I think few have thought seriously

about raising pullets for market. Most

people who keep hens will hardly sell

pullets at any price, only cockerels





and old hens, thinking even if they





are not needed, to keep up the flock

no one would want to pay the real

value of a pure-bred, well-grown pul;

let just ready to lay in winter. The

fact is that there are a large number

of people who have neither the equip-

ment, time, or knowledge to, grow

them economically and successfully,

and would prefer to pay someone well

for doing it.

Pullets Bring Good Prices.



I want to tell about a. young man

who has demonstrated that, conducted

as a business, pullet growing is a

good proposition. Not long since I

visited the poultry farm in Otsego

county, New York, owned by Charles

Ingoldsby. Mr. Ingoldsby, Sr., is very

successful in operating a mammoth

hatcher of 7,000 egg capacity, and a.

flock of 600 White Leghorn hens. His

son, wishing a separate business, be-

gan to raise pullets to sell. He found

he could sell the pure—bred pullets,

ready to lay November 1, for $1.00 to

$1225 to farmersand others. Having

all his father’s equipment for hatch-





turity successfully. At the price Mr.

Ingoldsby gets these would be wortn

$375. - A run of one-half an acre of

grass land where the colony houses

are located, and possibly a. fence to

inclose it, beside \the interest on the

money investedin an upkeep of equip-

ment, feed for chicks, and small items

as kerosene for incubators, and gaso-

line for colony houses, cover nearly

all the expenses.





'It is possible to pay a large part of

this expense, if the cockerels are

handled in a way to get the most out

of them, thus making the amount re-

ceived from the pullets mostly all

profit. This is done by separating

them from the pullets as soon as they

can be distinguished, and feeding

them so as to force growth, and fat:

ten quickly, then selling for fancy

prices direct to wealthy people in

large villages or in cities when they

weigh from one and a. half to two

pounds. If sold as dressed fowls they

are easily shipped by parcel post.



Alfalfa a Good Feed. .



It is important that the puliets

should have a large grass run to keep’

them economically, and develop vital-

ity. I can testify that there is noth-

ing so good for them as alfalfa. The

better way to feed it green is to cut it

in short lengths with a clover cutter





 





 





Colony Houses and an Incubator, the Only Equipment Necessary for Rais-





ing and brooding, and the advantage

of a. poultry course at Cornell Univer-

sity, he went to work to learn the cost

of raising a pullet to six months when

best equipment and scientific feeding

and care were given. He found he

could raise a pullet so as. to give him

a good margin of profit close to 60

cents, I think. Last year he enlarged

his business which netted $600 for the

summer’s work.



Having spent a. day with the In-

,goldsbys, investigating their plant, I

will try to describe more in detail the

details of scientific chicken growing.

First, much less money is invested in

an equipment for raising pullets than

fortlaying hens. All that is needed are

incubators, which can be placed in the

cellar of a house, and colony houses.

Mr. Ingoldsby uses the gasoline Cor-

nell colony house, and the chicks are

kept in it until grown and ready to

sell, or put in the house for layers. He

formerly used incubators before in-

stalling his mammoth hatcher. Two

incubators of about 300 egg capacity

is'needed for one colony heuse for 300

chicks, figuring on 50 per cent hatch—

es.‘ The cost of the material for the

Cornell colony house 8x9 for about 300

chicks, is close to $38.



inexpensive Equipment.



For full information about their con-

struction and management write to

the poultry department of Cornell Uni-

versity, Ithaca, New York. The cost

of the two incubators of standard





make, and the colony house will not'





be far from $100. One hatch with

this equipment should produce 150

pullets, as a minimum, and probably

200, another in April wouldmake- the

total'from 300 to 400. Three. hundred

pallets will probably be Ergwn to ma-





:' he '*





ing Pullets for the Market.





and put it in slatted boxes in the

yards. Alfalfa will not thrive well

when pastured. I think nearly half

the grain ration could be left out with

plenty of alfalfa. Sometimes, my hens,

where eating alfalfa, have left the

grain almost untouched, and still lay

more eggs than when on the best

grain ration.

New York. W. H. JENKINS.

HOW TO FEED THE

CHICKS.





INCU BATOR





 





I have experimented for a number

of years with the best way to feed in-

cubator chickens. My greatest mis—

take, when I first started, was feeding

too much. Don’t be afraid they will

starve to death, for they do much bet-

ter on a little feed. During my first

experience with incubator chicks I

lost nearly all of them, and afterward

I found out the loss was caused by

over-feeding. My second experience

was with 22 chickens, and I raised ev-

ery one. Only 22 out of 50 eggs hatch-

ed. I fed hard boiled eggs for the

first week. One-half an egg for the

22 per meal was all the feed they had

the first week. The second week I

still fed egg but more of it, and I also

fed the little scraps of beefsteak

which was left from dinner; cut the

steak very fine, or grind it. Be sure

to keep plenty ‘of fresh water before

them. I make a fountain by turning a

tin can upside down in a. pail lid or

saucer. This plan keeps the chicks

from running through the water and

making it filthy. Do not feed incu-

bator chickens until they are 36.hours

old. Redmgtoosoonisoneofthe

mistakes nearly all amateurs make.



Alcona. Co. Mas. F. Trmons.
'APRIL 3, 1915.





FARM-GROWN FEEDS FOR THE

HENS.





 





A considerable part of the food we

are giving our hens this winter was

grown on the farm. Some of this ma-

terial is not reckoned of much value

in dollars and cents, but it serves the

purpose and also adds somewhat to

our own profits from the birds. ‘ The

rations recommended for laying hens,

should we follow them out literally

and purchase all the feed, would make

our hens cost us almost as much as

we could hope to get from them. We

find it is not necessary to purchase all

these things and seemingly the birds

do just as well.



In the first place we raise all the

green feed the flock needs. A patch

of rye, planted near the hen runs, so

the birds can have a feed whenever

the snow is not too deep, helps out

materially. Late-cut clover takes the

place of costly alfalfa, which as yet

we have not raised. Unthreshed oats

and barley straw are thrown in the

pens and the hens do the rest. Corn

was raised on the farm. We purchase

wheat and bran, also some oats. Buck»

wheat is grown at home and a row of

Russian sunflowers Were planted last

year to give a variety to the diet. For

the dry mash we have used corn.

ground cabs and all, bran and ground

oats. The bran and oats are pur-

chased.



Home-grown Green Feeds.





As to green feed, we store a goodly

quantity of cabbage, mangles, beets,

carrots, turnips, kohl rabi and pota-

toes. Cabbage, mangles and beets are

fed raw. Other vegetables are cook-

ed and fed as a moist mash. This

latter is never fed on excessively cold

days. Such roots are largely compos-

ed of water, anyway, and make heavy

demands upon the body heat. Wet

mashes are always given in the" morn-

ing. For the coldest weather, we pre-

fer to give the birds a bunch of clover

hay to peck at. Also, sometimes, we

give sprouted oats. These contain

less water and do not draw on the

natural heat, as heavier greens do.

Pumpkins and squashes are frequently

fed, boiled and mixed with bran and

corn meal. In a mash of this kind a

minimum quantity of water is used to

mix the mash. Siich feeds as these

are principally valuable for the vari-





ety they add to the ration and for;





their bowel-regulating and appetite-

building qualities.

A Variety of Feeds.

Last fall we fed out quite a quan-





tity of watermelons for which there;





was no market. One or two were

thrown in each pen in the morning

and the birds fell to and cleaned them

up with right good will. The melons

were fully ripe when fed and every-

thing but the rind was eaten. Ripe

cucumbers were fed in the same way,

but pumpkins and squashes are not

relished raw. Chopped apples, if of

mild flavor, are eaten, but we feed

most of the apples boiled and mixed

in a mash. Using the farm-grown

feed, much of which is of little value,

materially lessens the cost of main-

taining the flock.



So far as we can see, these rations

produce just as many eggs as more

costly feeds, therefore we credit our-

selves with a larger profit on the bal-

ance sheets. '





 





N. H. CHAS. H. CHESLEY.

POULTRY NOTES.

Screenings, the small grains of





wheat, if not moldy or mu'sty, make

as good poultry food as the large

grains, and can often be purchased at

one-half the cost of good wheat.





The best disinfectants 'for a poultry

house are pure air and sun-shine.



The meat food supplied poultry

should always be sweet and fresh. An-

imal food that smells badly should be

used as fertilizer and not as poultry

food. T. Z. Ricniir.





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The Farm Reading table should be

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ture throughout the year. While the





summer season is the busy season on

the farm, yet on the well conducted

farm every member of the family will

have some time to read every day, and

good literature should be at hand for

their enjoyment “at, such times.



On Page 427 of this issueappears

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class magazines at a price never be-

fore offered them.





Our special article for

this week touches briefly

upon an important phase

of farm life. A man who has for

many years been a close student of

American agriculture was heard to

remark recently that there was too

much talk about farming as a busi-

ness and agriculture as a profession,

that to his mind farming was a life

rather than a business or a profes-

sion. There is much of truth in this

idea which should appeal strongly to

every progressive American farmer.

Farming is, of course, a. business, but

it is what might properly be termed

'a family business, and a business in

which, to a greater extent than is true

of any other occupation, the pleasures

of life must be counted as a factor in

the business itself.



Too many farmers and farm families

are not getting the essential advan-

tages which would make life better

worth the living to them; on too many

farms hard work is the order of the

day, and too little thought is given to

the matter of labor saving conven-

iences, particularly in the farm home.

There has been far less progress in

this direction than in the equipment

of the farm itself with labor-saving

devices for the accomplishment of

field work. Quite probably the out-

side equipment has come first for the

reason that it has seemed more im-‘

portant to the business itself, but the





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.THE MICHIGAN FARMER





equipment of the house with labor-





'saving devices should not be neglect-





ed for a moment longer than is abso-



lutely necessary upon any farm.

Elimination of unproductive labor is



one of the greatest problems in farm





" management, and it is one of the com-





mon failures among even progressive

farmers. Thought and study devoted

to an analysis of this factor of farm

management would be time well em‘

ployed for every Michigan Farmer

reader. It is true that a farm busi-

ness cannot be systematized to the

extent which is possible with a manu-

facturing business, where every man

can be employed at specialized work

continuously, but a great deal more

system, especially in the matter of

saving unproductive labor, could be

applied on practically every farm with

exceedingly profitable results.



Farm surveys which have been con-

ducted in various parts of the country,

including Michigan, indicate in prac-

tically every case that the farm labor

income is low, too low to make farm-

ing seem a really attractive business

proposition; yet in every such survey

there is a very wide variation in this

item of farm labor income, running up

in some cases to a very liberal sum

indeed, depending largely upon the

ability of the farm owner or operator

in this department of farm manage—

ment.



Right now, at the beginning of an

active farming campaign, is an excel-

lent time to make and carry our more

effective plans for the elimination of

unproductive labor and a'correspond-

ing increase in farm profits or labor

income. An additional and very de-

sirable effect of such a course will be

the possibility of devoting moretime

to pleasure and recreation by every

member of the farm family during the

strenuous season’s campaign which is

before us.





Reference has pre-

viously been made

in these columns to

the efforts being

made to organize the bean growers of

the state with a view to a better solu-

tion of the marketing problem. Mr.

McBride, who has represented the

State Board of Agriculture as field

agent in marketing, conceived an idea





Marketing work

in Michigan.





' relating to the relief of the present





congested condition of the potato mar-

ket while engaged in the work on

beans.



This idea was the employment of

the machinery in the Michigan beet

factories for the drying of chipped po-

tatoes which might be sold in foreign

markets, thus taking the surplus prof-

duct off the market and helping to

maintain the price of this staple food-

stuff at a point which would cover the

cost of production. A resolution Was

introduced in the Legislature by Rep‘

resentative Follet authorizing the Sec-

retary of the Public Domain Commis-

sion to investigate this question and

report, upon its possibilities. Secretary

Carton has secured a large amount of

information upon this topic and will

make a report at an early date. The

outcome is yet in doubt, but this

movement to bring needed relief to a.

low market illustrates the beneficial

possibilities of a market bureau to do

similar work in Michingan through a

permanent office. .



There is much to be learned about

the proper marketing of farm pro-

ducts, and most of this will probably

be learned through adverse conditions.

Necessity is the great mother of in-

vention in every line of human activ-

ity, but it is most helpful to have the

machinery at hand by which new

ideas can be carried into effect when

they are developed by this means,

since quick action is at such times

most desirable. . ‘



The public will doubtless await with

interest the report which will be forth-

coming as a result of this inquiry,

whether anything more practical

comes from the idea or not. The in-





vestigation itself will broaden the

knowledge of Michigan people relat-

ing to the possibilities of their agri-

culture, and from this standpoint will

be well worth the getting, with the





.added possibility that immediate re-





sults may also become apparent.





Public sentiment is now

about ready for the re-

versal of the old adage,

- “In time of peace. pre-

pare for war.” With the greatestof





International

Peace.





.world wars in progress there is now





an .. inclination on the part of many

public spirited citizens to inaugurate a,

movement for international. peace,

once present complications are set-

tled. 4 ‘ '



The various plans which have been

advanced with a view toward bring—

ing about international peace have in-

cluded: First, disarmament of na-

tions; second, an international court

of arbitration for the settlement of

international disputes; third, an inter-

national police and naval armament

of sufficient force and power to enforce

the decisions of such an international

court; fourth, an end of making prep-

arations'for. war between nations.





Of these ideas advanced to date,

practically all agree upon the neces-

sity of an international court of arbi-

tration in any comprehensive scheme

looking toward the establishment and

maintenance of world peace. The dis-

armament of nations is also desirable

as an insurance of world peace, while

the maintenance of an international

police force sufficient to compel the

acceptance of arbitration decrees in

all cases of international disputes is

the most generally favored of practi-

cal ideas upon this subject. The last

mentioned, but perhaps not least valu-

able method of maintaining the world

peace, the putting an end to prepara-

tions of war between countries, gives

promise of good results. The best

method of securing this desirable con-

dition which has so far been advanced

would appear to be the placing of a.

tariff penalty on any country which in-

sisted on warlike preparations against





any other country. As an illustration, i





where complaint made against any

country for making such preparations

by any other country was substantiat‘

ed, an international provision by

which the tarifi on goods from that

country or carried by ships of that

country imported into other countries

would be increased by an additional 10

per cent would automatically go

into effect. The natural effect would be

a forcible demand for peace on the

part of "the people of the offending

country, since no nation could long

stand such a discrimination in their

commercial relations with other coun-

tries. It is held by some that the

United States alone could enforce

peace upon the rest of the world by a

declaration of such a policy at the

present time. In any event, this ques-

tion of world-peace is one which will

hold a large degree of public interest

from this time on until its successful

solution shall have been worked out.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





. Foreign.



The European Wan—Since the ad-

vance made by the Allied forces at

Neuve Chapelle in northern France a

fortnight ago, and the capture of





Przemysl in Western Galicia. by the \





Russians, there has been little of

seeming importance reported. The

Germans are holding the Russians at

bay at the north. and before Warsaw.

In the Carpathian district Russian

advances are noted and Austria fears

an early invasion of the plains of Hun-

gary. At the south no activity is ob-

served, Serbia being disease stricken

and Austria fears to take the offensive

because of the threatening attitude of

Italy who as yet. has not taken up

arms. The western battle line has

changed but little; the Allied forces





have pushed forward at a few points 1





in northern. France and the French

forces are in possession of new- terri-

tory in Alsace-Loraine. Otherwise

former lines remain intact. The naval

attack on the Dardanelles continues

and the Allied fleet is -





slow ,





APRIL 3, 1915.;





progress. The defense is stubborn





and there ‘is general belief that the .





co-operation of land forceswill be nec-

essary to open the straits. The Rus-





,sian Black Sea fleet opened an attack





on the Bosphorus forts guarding Con-

stantinople, Sunday.



The German cruiser Prinz Eitel

Friedrick will either interne at, or





leave Newport News this week. She ,





has been making repairs and her time

limit will expire soon. British cruis-

ers are lying outside the harbor and

in order to prevent an attack on the

German vessel within .the three mile

limit if her captain chooses‘to go to

sea again, she will be accompanied by





.the U. S. battleship Alabama.





The Mexican situation shows no im-

provement. The situation at Mexico

City is still acute. Villa’s troops are

now endeavoring to take the city of

Matamoros opposite Brownsville, Tex-

as, from Carranza’s forces. Artillery

will be needed and there is fear that

Americans on this side of the boun-

dary line will be endan ered. '



The militarists, hea ed by Count

Okemo, won in the recent Japanese

elections. Out of 387 seats in the new

house the popular party will have 231

members. The diet will convene be-

fore May 25.



Mrs. Andrew Borden, mother of Sir

Robert Borden, premier of Canada,

died at her home at Grand Pre, .Haii-

fax, N. 8., Monday morning.



' National.



The trend of events in the financial

circles of this country during the

month of March.has been most en-

couraging. The stock market of New

York has been decidedly bullish. Stare

dard industrial issues and railroad

stocks have been prominent among

those showing strong advances. The

liquidation of American issues held by

foreigners continues, but so far the

ability to absoxfi them has been an

encouraging feature among the tran-

sactions of the exchanges.



Tin workers in the Pittsburgh dis-

trict are taking a referendum vote on

the matter of working for less wages

than they were receiving some time

ago. The majority of the votes so far

as counted, are favorable to the cut.



In the seven months ending with

January the United States exported

motor vehicles valued at $10,989,442,

which is an increase of 811 per. cent

over the value of those shipped for

the corresponding period a year pre-

vious. Imports of these vehicles de-

creased 53 per cent during the same

periods.



The United States submarine F—4

and her crew have apparently been

lost just outside the harbor of Hono-

lulu. So far efforts to rescue the

craft from the sea have been unavail-





ng. .



Dr. Charles R. Henderson, a widely

known sociologist, died at Charleston,

S. 0., Monday morning.‘ He was in-

strumental in settling the street car

strike in Detroit in 1892.



The steamship Heredia. rammed the

liner Parisian at the mouth of the

Mississippi river, then swerved and

struck a small coasting steamer which

was sunk. The other two vessels

were badly damaged, and the crew

of the lost vessel was saved.





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SHIP, MANAGEMENT, ETC.





-of the Michigan Farmer, published

weekly at Detroit, Mich., required by

the Act of August 24, 1912.



Name and ‘ Postoffice Address.



Editor, I. R. Waterbury, Detroit,

Mich.; Managing Editor, M. J. Law-

rence, Washington, D. C.; Business

Manager, E. H. Houghton, Detroit,

Mich; Publisher, Lawrence Publish-

ing 00., Detroit, Mich.



Owners, (if a corporation, give the

names and addresses of stockholders

holding one, per cent or more of total

amount of stock):



M. J. Lawrence, Washington, D. C.



M. L. Lawrence, Cleveland, Ohio.



P. T. Lawrence, New York City.

OhNellie Lawrence Parsons, Cleveland,



10.



Citizens Sav. & T. 00., Trustee,

Cleveland, Ohio.



George Lomnitz,

land, Ohio.



Mrs. G. B. Rogers, Cleveland, Ohio.

Lillian Cotton, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Known bondholders, mortgagees,

and other security holders, holding

one per cent or more of total amount

of bonds, mortgages, or other secur-

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HE high queen of all the Chris-



tian festivals throughout the



world is Easter. At this time

joy rules triumphantly over all other

emotions; the sadness of the cruci-

fixion is lost in the resurrection and

“Christ is risen indeed.” Always the

greatest joy is that which follows

close upon grief. '



“It is characteristic of human life,”

said Philip Brooks, “that its greatest

day should be its saddest, full of suf-

fering and sorrow. It (Easter) show-

ed how life in its essential nature was

sad, but it was a day of hope, its sor«

row full of promise.”



Years ago Easter was celebrated

most seriously. The Puritans were

prim and exacting and frowned upon

the slightest desecration. They were

zealous and sincere and they observ-

ed Easter with proper ceremony; but

the, modern method has made it a

fashion show. .



No one can deny that Easter is fash-

ion’s great show day. In fact, this

period of twenty-four hours has three

distinct aspects, religion, fashion and

fun or frolic. The children enjoy the

sport of hunting for the eggs that

Br’er Bunny leaves, which, of course,

is harmless fiction. (They delight in

the many—colored eggs, and the flow-

ers and the general good cheer that

marks Easter-day.



A quaint custom





in egg-giving at





this season is prevalent in Austria. It.





is a long way from America to Aus-

tria and therefore perfectly plausible

that their diversions should differ

from ours. The Emperor presents a

great number of eggs annually to

many people, but. the eggs are of sil-

ver or, gold or some other precious

material and there is usually conceal—

ed within them some present or bau-

ble that will delight the recipient.



In the Austrian province of Tyrol

where the scenic wonders are second

only to those of Switzerland, the cele-

bration of Easter is an occasion of

great joy. Musicians journey from

town to town and from valley to val-

ley. They sing as they play. while

the citizens of the community assem-

ble and hold high torches of flaming

pine wood. They add to the merri-

ment by joining with the musicians in

the chorus of their beautiful hymns.



Easter in the Grecian land is sad

and solemn. For fifty days the people

live without meats but use, instead,

bread, wine, olives and figs. A funer-





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BY nr-zxm’ vAN DYKE.



These are the gifts I ask,



()1: the Spirit serene.



Strength'for the daily task,



Courage toface the road,



Good cheer to help me hear the trav.

eler’s load.



And, for the hours of rest that come

between,



And inward joy in all things heard

and seen.





These are the sins I fain



Would have thee take away;



Malice and cold disdain, ,



Hot anger, sullen hate,



Scorn of the lowly, envy of the great,

And discontent that casts a shadow





gray,

On all the brightenss of the day.





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Easter-Day at Home and Abroad. '





a] service is held in each church and

is followed by a burial procession to





imitate the passing of Christ. Dirges

are played and the marchers bear

candles, crosses, and other emblems

of deep mourning.



In various places of the Orient a

queer custom is observed at the pe-

riod of Easter. The ceremony is one

of vengeance on the faithless follow-

er, Judas, who betrayed Christ. An

effigy of Judas islmade and burned

regularly each year. By the Greeks

who reside in Oriental lands this

strange custom of “burning at the

stake” is rarely if ever omitted.



FloWers are seen almost everywhere

in Holland when the great season of

Easter arrives. Holland is a pictur-

esque country, checkered with numer-

ous canals and other waterways, and

the bargest that ply back and forth

are laden with masses of tulips and

other fragrant blossoms for many

days preceding Easter.



Many of the quaint customs that

formerly were so general in England

have greatly diminished in number

and almost disappeared. “Clipping

the churches” once was very popular

in Shakespeare’s_nativity. 'An Eng-

lish writer details the observance as

follows:



“When I was a child, as sure as

Easter Monday came, I was taken to

see the children ‘clip the churches.’

The ceremony was performed amid

crowds of people and shouts of joy by

the children of the different charity

schools, who at a certain hour flocked

together for the purpose.



“The first comers placed themselves

hand in hand with their backs against

the church. They were joined by their

companions, who gradually increased

in number till at last the chain was of

sufficient length to surround the

edifice. _ '



“As soon as the hand of the last of

the train had grasped that of the first,

the party broke up. They then walk-

ed in procession to the other church

(for in those days Birmingham boast-

ed of but two), where the ceremony

was repeated.”



In the northern section of England

an odd bit of rhyme was often heard

during the Easter season. The words

sounded like a witches’ spell or in-

cantation and were as follows: "Tid,

mid, and misers; carling, palm and

Pasch egg day.” ‘



The meaning of the first line was,

“Christmas, 'Epihany and Lent.” Carl-

ings were fried peas to be eaten dur.

ing midlent. “Palm” is a reference to

Palm Sunday, so-called from the palm

tree branches which were thrown be-

fore Jesus as he entered Jerusalem.

Pasch eggs were those that had been

boiled extremely hard and colored or

etched with various designs or

sketches. . -



In Florence and other parts of Italy

pyrotechnical ,displays, or fireworks,

are ‘used extensively in the celebra-

tion of Easter-day. “Scoppio del Car-

ro” is the- term by which the natives

designate the peculiar custom. Its

translation is, “Explosion of the Car."



A spectacular vehicle is drawn to

the public Square, and while the crowd

looks on in wonder, a small lamp is

lighted. This releases a “dove,” which

slides on a wire from the cathedral

top to the car. A fuse on the “dove”

has been lighted, and when it comes

in contact with the car, the latter be-

comes a panorama of blazing fire, and

the great crowd shouts with marvel-

ous delight at this'strange process of

announcing Easter’s arrival.





There are many quaint legends con-~

cerning the action of certain birds





which saw Christ nailed to the cross

at the Crucifixion. The crossbill is

said to have attempted to draw out





the cruel nails but succeeded only in '"The' happiness that Eater inspires Moravian





twisting its beak and receiving

splotches (if the martyr’s blood which

changed the color of its plumage ever

afterward.



There is a similar tradition con-

cerning the robin and explaining the

origin of the read feathers on its

breast. The Spanish say that an owl,

dazzled by the light of day, was not

aware that it had perched upon the

cross. When night arrived and it was

enabled to see, the bird exclaimed,

“Cross! Cross!” and disappeared.





According to a Danish legend, three

birds came to the cross. The stork'

cried, “Strengthen him! Strengthen

him!” The swallow importuned, “Re-

fresh him! Retresh him!” The last

bird was a tapwing and it urged “Tor-

ture him! Torture him!” A Swedish

legend adds a fourth bird which said,

“Lord! Lord!" This was the turtle-

dove whose cry of lament was ascrib«

ed to this origin. ‘





The name of Easter is from Ostera

or Eastre, the Saxon goddess of

spring. The heathen Saxons held a.

festival in her honor during Easter

month: When the Christian mission-

aries came to England and began to

convert the heathen Saxons, they

changed the character of the celebra-

tion from pagan to Christian and

changed the name of the month from

Eastermonth to April, but permitted

the people to designate the festival by

the name of the heathen goddess.

Thus it is that Easter is a heathen

name but a Christian festival or cel-

ebration.



The typical flower of Easter is the

lily. It is thus identified with the day

because the whiteness of its bloom is

the personification of purity. The

natural home- of the lily is France

where it blooms annually about East--

er time. The only place in America

in which the plant blooms at the prop-

er period, without forced cultivation,

is a town at the extreme southern

point of Texas.



Whittier, the great American poet,

once described in rhyme the meaning

of the lilies. The fragment of verse,

sweet and filled with true sentiment,

is as follows: '





A thought of love immortal blends

With dear remembrance of friends,

And in these earth-born flowers,

With Eden’s lingering fragrance sweet,

The heavenly and the human meet,

The heart of Christ and ours.





The lilies are an appropriate sym-

bol of Easter, but the egg that every

child delights to color and discover

and use in many ways for merriment,

is likewise wonderfully befitting for

Easter celebration. It signifies the

resurrection and is thus described by‘

an ancient writer: ‘



“As the bird imprisoned within the

shell comes to life- and liberty at the

appointed time, so did our Savior on

Easter morning burst the gates of the

grave.’ .



Paas, or Easter, was a famous fes-

tival among the Dutch, the early set-

tlers of the state of New Yerk. The

good housewives spent many days in

coloring eggs and in lettering on them

the dainty mottoes of—love and friend-

ship. These eggs, so prettily adorned,

were found on every table, together





with “rabbits,” cut out of pastry or .





skillfully fashioned from candy.

The celebration'of Paas day in New

York has become practically extinct

and a more modern method has taken

its place. A fav0rite song of the





Dutch and other settlers of that time .





was the earliest Easter hymn; by St...

Ambrose, the first verse of which





was:

This is the very day of God.

Serene with Holy light it came,

In which the stream of sacred blood

Swept over the world’s crime and

shame.





 





 





APRIL 3, 1915.





in our boys and girls does not arise

from the spiritual significance of the

day. They are too young and too

light-hearted for the serious aspect;

but they are aware of nature’s awak<

ening and are imbued with the feeling

that spring is coming. A little poem,

“Easter Day,” tells the source of the

joy:

The brook has found its voice again,

The lark has found the blue,

The crocus bud has found the sun,

The sun has found the dew.

The butterfly has found the light,

The grass the green of May, ‘ .

And Christians all find joyous life

On Holy Easter day.





EASTER MORNING 'IN BETHLE-

HEM.





 





BY E. S.'CRAWFORD.





The Easter customs of the old More

avian church in Bethlehem, Pa., are

quaint and very interesting. They do

not vary from year to year, but every

succeeding Easter brings many strang-

ers to witness the scene new to them.

Long before daylight on the Resurrec-

tion Morn, men go through the town

with trombones‘, playing a. sweet and

solemn tune, to which are set the

words:



“Christ is risen from the dead.”



In response to this music the Mor-

avians gather in their ancient church,

now decorated with lilies and other

flowers. A part of the Easter Litany

is said, and at the passage, “Glory be

to Him who is the resurrection and

the life,” the congregation rises and

moves in procession to the cemetery.

The little children go first, then the

singers and the trombone players, next

the clergymen, then the women, and

lastly the men. Slowly singing hymns,

they walk through the streets, and

enter the quiet city of the dead, with

a burst of music, Just as the sun ap-

pears above the horizon. Taking their

appointed places on the different

paths, they sing, and chant .the re-

mainder of the Litany. '





This “Moravian grave-yard” is one

of the most attractive places in Beth-

lehem. It lies in the very heart of the

town, looking toward the sunset-and

we wonder why they did not choose

a location looking to the east. It is





'simply a field of greenturf, shaded by





great trees, with wide, well-kept

walks, and rows of green 'mounds.

Here the rich and the poor lie togeth~

or, without distinction except of ser—

in the order of their dying. Instead of

resting beside one’s own kin, a man's

worst enemy may be next him. Even

if their banner is “Unitas Fratrum,”

no doubt these brethren, and sisters,

too, have their likes and dislikes the

same as other people. No stately

monument anywhere obstructs the

View proclaiming to the world that.

the dead could not take his money

with him. On each mound lies a sim-

ple marble slab, bearing merely an

inscription of a name, date of birth

and of death; no eulogy of virtues,

making us wonder, as a child once ex-

pressed it, “where the bad folks are

buried.” On these slabs the harsh

word “died” is not seen, but the kind

er word, used by St. Paul, “departed.”





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IGH LE, high low, I’d like to



know why in the Summer we



never have snow,” sang Billy Be

By Bo Bum as he plowed through the

deep snow drifts that hid the floor of

the White Forest.



“We do have snow in the Summer,

lots and lots of it,” answered Tinker

Teedle Tee, the merry little elf, who

just at that minute came flying up

and alighted on Billy’s shoulder.



“Pretty soon you will be telling me

the moon is made of green cheese,"

said Billy, who thought Tinker was

making fun of him. “I’m going on

eight years old, and I’ve never seen

so much as a flake of snow in the

Summer.”



"Well, now, Billy Boy, I don’t mean





that we have blizzards right here on





the Fourth of July, but remember,

this is only one little corner of the

world, and I could take you to dozens

and dozens of places where you could

go sleigh riding in the middle of Au-

gust.”



“Oh, you mean up at the North

Pole,” said Billy.



“No, sir, I mean right here in the

United States,” replied the elf, nod-

ding his head until the weeny copper

kettle he wore in place of a hat

bounced up and down at a great rate.

“You’ve heard of the Rocky Mountains

haven’t you?” '



“Sure I have,” replied Billy.



“Well, sir, if you took a trip out to

California, you would see, oranges and

figs and lembns and all kinds of trop-

ical fruits growing at the foot of the

mountains, fruits that grow only in

the warmest countries. Then when

you had climbed up the side of the

mountain a few thousand feet, you

would come to big fields of wheat and

other grain, for the climate would be

too cold for tropical fruits. Farther

on up would be the timber belt, where

the grain would be replaced by big

forests, and at last you would come to

the snow line, and above that lies the

land of perpetual snow, where it 'is so

cold that nothing will grow.



“Yes, sir, Billy Boy, it is so cold on

the tops of those mountains that the

snow never melts from one year’s end

to the other, and blizzards sweep over

the barren wastes almost every day.

At the foot of the mountain, only a.

few miles away, it will be so hot peo-

ple will be going around in their shirt

sleeves, fanning themselves.





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April Fooling





Land O’ Nod Stories.





By HOWARD T. KNAPP.

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Tinker Proves W Real Scientist:





“But see here, Tinker, when you’re}

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er the sun than when you’re in the

valleys a couple of miles below?” de-

manded Billy.



“Sure you are,” replied Tinker Tee-

dle Tee.



“Then I should think it would be

warmer on top of a mountain than at

the foot,” said Billy, sure that he had

the merry little elf up a stump this

time.



“Anyone would naturally suppose

it would become' warmer as you get

nearer the sun, but it’s just the other

way. You see Billy Boy, the air we

breathe only extends a few miles





above the surface of the earth, and as 1





you climb the side of a mountain or

go-up in a balloon, the air becomes

thinner and thinner, until at last there

is not enough to breathe, and if you

00111 keep on going up you would at

last come to a point where there





wasn’t any air at all, only, of course, j





you could not go so far, because you

couldn’t live without plenty of air."





“But I don’t see what the air has to "

do with it being cold on top of a ‘





mountain,” protested Billy, who was

more puzzled than ever.

“It is the air that carries the heat





of the sun,” replied Tinker, “just as‘





a telephone wire carries the sound of

your voice to the person at the other

end. The sunbeams heat the air and

the air brings the heat to us, but on

top of a mountain there isn’t much air

to be heated, so, of course, it is cold,

even if you are nearer the sun.”

“Gee whiz, it makes me shiver just

to think of such cold weather,” said





Billy. “I like the winter and snow and :

ice. all right, but winter all the year?

round is too much of a good thingm‘

\Vhy, just think Tinker, you couldn’t.

go fishing or swimming or go barefoot

~or anything. No, sir, you don’t:

catch me living on top of a mountain. 1'

I like the jolly, warm sunshine too1

well. And now I am going straight,





home and build a great, roaringfire in

the fireplace so I will forget all about

that horrid land of perpetual snow.

Good night, Tinker Teedle Tee.”

“Good night, Billy Be Bo By Bum,

I’ll be waiting for you at the pasture

bars next Saturday afternoon,” and

the merry little elf spread his wings

and flew off through the woods, while

Billy scampered home as fast as his

chubby little legs would carry him.





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Another Way.





By L. D. S'I‘EARNS.





ILLY and Tilly Jones were twins.

Tilly’s hair was long and brown,

and crinkly, while Billy’s was



short and brown, and crinkly, for Billy

was a boy and Tilly was a girl; but

that seemed to be about the only dif-

ference between them.



Billy’s eyes Were hazel, and dancing

with fun. Tilly’s were just the same.

What one did the other had always

done; and their hands and feet were

always busy. Sometimes, it was pret-

ty hard to keep track of them both at

once. But today they sat in a sunny

corner of the yard, their usually danc-

ing eyes sober, their red lips drawn

into two small, determined knots; for

Bill and Tilly were almost having a

quarrel.



It was the First Day of April.





Billy dug the toes of his new shoes .





into the soft earth. “What’s the use,"

he growled, “of getting girlish? We’ve

always played tricks all day, and

we’re always going to. That’s what





the F‘irstot April's for. So therel?’





and that. "’Tisn’t girlish,” she de-

clared stoutly. .“And anyhow, we’ve

just as much right to be girlish as to

be boyish.”



“Like to know why.”



“’Cause!” Then the pink in her

cheeks turned to a bright red. ' “Billy

Jones,” she cried tragically, “I heard

Mamma say this morning that she

dreaded the day, ’cause we’d be busy

from morning till night doing every-

thing we ought not to do. And Nora

just rolled her eyes and said, ‘The

Saints preserve us!”’ Tilly giggled,

but something very like a tear glisten-

ed on her cheek. “I hate to have folks

dread us!” 'she gulped.



Billy’s eyes widened. “Shucksl” he

said. . ~



Then a small, soft hand touched his

sleeve. Like a flash she remembered

the story her mother had read the oth—

er night about the sun and the rain

having a battle, and at the end, when

the sun came out victor, he looked





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down at a little girl who was watching

and cried, “If you want to beat, little

lass, just shin’e!”



“Twin,” she whispered,

April .Fool another way.”



For a few minutes the two brown

heads drew close together, while the

sparkles came back to their eyes and

their lips curved once more into

smiles. “You see,” Tilly declared, giv-

ing his knee soft little pats, “it will be

April Fool just the same, ’cause they

expect to be bothered all day.”



Jumping to his feet Billy held out

his hand and Till-y slipped hers into it.

“Twin to twin,” he laughed, giving it

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and, since you are going on, I’ll look

at that trace clip while you tell Miss

Barrington. I mean the younger one."



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ston. “You are coming with me.”



A little grim smile crept into Dane’s

eyes. “I am not. I wouldn’t raise a

finger to help you now,” he said, and

retreated hastily.



It was five min'utes later when Win-

ston walked quietly into Maud Bar-

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when the girl signed to him. He won‘

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was beating.



o“It is very good of you to receive

me, but I felt I could not slip away

without acknowledging the- kindness

you and Miss Barrington have shown

me,” he said. “I did not know Colonel

Harrington was away.”





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have had no opportunity of congratu‘

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a long way, and the police did not

iseem desirous of pressing the charge

lagainst me. Perhaps I should have in-

lsisted on implicating myself, but you

would have scarcely looked for that

after what you now know of me.”





Maud Barrington braced herself for

an effort, though she was outwardly

very calm. “No,” she said, “no one

would have looked for it from a man

placed as you were, and you are pur-

posing to do more than is required of

you. Why will you go away?”



“I am a poor man,” said Winston.

“One must have means to live at Sil-

verdale.” ‘



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laugh. which cost her a good deal, “it

is because you prefer poverty, and

you have at least one opportunity at

Silverdale. Courthorne’s land was

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trembled a. little. “Your friends would

resent it.”





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they urged you to stay?”

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of them, and they know it, now, as I

did at the beginning. No doubt they

would be courteous, but you see a

half-contemptuous toleration would

gall me.”



There was a little smile on Maud

Barrington’s lips, but it was not in

keeping with the tinge in her cheek

and the flash in her eyes. .



“I once told you that you were poor

at subterfuge, and you know you are

wronging them,” she said. “I also know

that even if they were hostile to you,

you could stay and compel them to

acknowledge you. I fancy you once ad-

mitted as much to me. What has be-

come of the pride of the democracy

you showed me?” '



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then,” he said dryly. “I should feel

very lonely now. One man against

long generations. VVouldn’t that be a

trifle unequal?”



Maud Barrington smiled again. “I

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though what you consider prejudices

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frequently, no limit to what a man

may attain to here, if he dares suffi-1

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on her, with one brown hand clenched

on the table and the veins showing on

his forehead.



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the last acre of Courthorne’s land,

while my friends, who are yours, mo,

looked on wondering. Then you would

stay—4f it pleased you. Where has

your splendid audacity gone?”



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is very dreary in the winter.”



It was about this time when, as the

whitened horses floundered through

the lee of a bluff where there was

shelter from the wind, the men in the

sleigh found opportunity for speech.



“Now,” said Dane quietly, “I know

that we have lost you, for a while at

least. Will you ever come back, Win-

ston?”



Winston nodded. “Yes,” he said.

“When time has done its work and

Colonel Barrington asks me, if I can

buy land enough to give me a stand-

ing at Silverdale.”



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many dollars, and you insist on fling-

ing those you had away. How are

you going to make them?” ,



“I don’t.know," said Winston simp-

ly. “Still, .by some means it will be

done.”



It was next day when he walked in-

to Graham’s office at \Vinnipeg, and

laughed when the broker shook hands

and passed the cigar box across to

him.



“We had better understand each

' other first,” he said. “You have heard

what has happened to me and will not

find me a profitable customer today.”



“These cigars are the best in the

city, or I wouldn’t ask you to have

one,” said Graham dryly. _ “You un-

derstand me, anyway. Wait until I

tell my.clerk that if anybody comes

round I’m_busy.”



A bell rang, a little window opened

and shut again, and Winston ‘smiled

over his cigar.



“I want to make thirty thousand

dollars as soon as I can, and it seems

to me there are going to be opportu-

nities in this business. Do you know

anybody who would take me as a

clerk or salesman?”



Graham did not appear astonished.

“You’ll scarcely make them that way

if I find you a berth at fifty a month,”

he said: - -



“No,” said Winston. “Still, I would

not purpose keeping it for more than

six months or so. .By that time I

should know a little about the busi-

ness.”



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“One thousand dollars,” said Win-

ston quietly.

Graham nudded.

out, and. don’t worry me. I’ve got some

thinking to do'.” _ I

Winston took up a Journal, and laid?

it down again twenty minutes later.:

“Well," he said, “you think it’s too?

big a thing?” . 5

“No,” said Graham. “It depends.

upon the man, and it might be done.





.Knowing the business goes a good





way, and so does haying dollars in

hand, but there’s something that’s

born in one man in a thousand that

goes a long way further still. I can’t:

tell what it is, but I know it when I





see it.” .



“Then," said Winston, “you have

seen this thing in me?”



Graham nodded gravely. “Yes, sir,





but you don’t want to get proud. You

had nothing to do with the getting of

it.

going to have a year that will not be

forgotten by those who handle wheat

and flour, and the men with the long

heads will roll the money in. Well,

I’ve no use for another clerk, and my

salesman’s good enough for me, but if

We can agree on the items I’ll take

you for a partner.”



The offer was made and accepted;

quietly, and when a rough draft of the f

arrangement had been agreed, upon,?

Graham nodded as he lighted another.

cigar. 1



“You may as well take hold at once,

and there’s work ready now,” he said:

“You’ve heard of the old St. Louis'

mills back on the edge of the bush

country. Never did any good. Folks‘

who had them were short of money,

and didn’t know how they should be

run. Well, I and two other men have

bought them for a song, and, while

the place is tumbling in, the plant

seems good._ Now, I can get hold of

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and everybody with dollars to spare

will plank them right into any con-

cern handlin‘g foodstuffs this year.

You go down tomorrow with an engi-

neer, and, when you’ve got the mills

running and orders coming in we’ll

sell out to a company, if we don't

want them.”



Winston sat silent a space turning

over a big bundle of plans and esti-

mates. Then he said, “Youll have to

lay out a pile of moiey.”



Graham laughed. ‘That’s going to

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only one condition. Every dollar we

put dow has got to bring another in.



“But,” said Winston, “I don’t know

anything about milling.”



“Then,’ said Graham dryly, “You

have got to learn. A good many men

have. got quite rich in this country

running things they didn’t know much

about when they took hold of them.”



“There’s one more point," said

Winston. “I must make those thirty

thousand dollars soon or they’ll be no

great use to me, and when I have

them I may want to leave you.”



“That’s all right,”-said Graham. “By

the time you’ve done it, you’ll have

made sixty for me. We’ll go out and

have some lunch to clinch the deal if

you’re ready.” (Concluded next week).





TH EEEWI’N}:

BY CLARA .1. BENTON.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





HE car-window impressiOn I re-

ceived in riding up the valley of

the Danube was that the prac-

tice of agriculture in Austria. is less

intensive than in Italy and much more

so than in Russia. The Danube valley





the stream rise to a considerable

height. In this valley, on the twenty-

second of May, wheat, corn, barley,

oats and sugar beets were just nicely

up and looking well. There are no

fences to obscure the View.



Vienna, four hours from Budapest,

is larger than Chicago. Austria and

all Europe are experiencing a drift of

the country population to the cities.

The city seems to outbid the country

in the labor market and country life

is thought to be, in other respects,

less attractive. The city likewise out-

bids the country in the money market

and thereby attracts the money of the

country to further augment commer-

cial development in the city. A part

of Europe’s answer is to encourage

the organization of agriculture on a.





cooperative basis. This conserves

the created wealth of agriculture at





home for the further promotion of ag-

riculture and brings greater satisfac-

tion to the rural families by making

agriculture more remunerative and

more interesting.



In Austria. as elsewhere, the Spirit

of co—opcration is frequently empha-

sized, in fact,,l believe the inculcation

of this spirit is one of the abiding as-





 





sets. It means, team-work. It means

a social and fraternal relationship

that makes for hettcr citizenship.





This spirit is not simply recommend-

ed, it is “nominated in the bond,” so

to speak; in other words, when a co-

operative organization is effected the

members bind themselves to co-oper-

ate. For example. co-operative dairy-

men bind themselves to deliver all of

their milk for a. term of years to their

own co-operative cramery. The spirit

of co—operation furthermore, manifests

itself in the free services in an official

capacity of leading citizens, school

iteachers and the clergy. In this way

ithe cost of administration is kept re-

duced to a minimum.

Co-operative Credit.



The Agricultural Co-operative Credit

Societies in Austria are chiefly of the

Raiffeisen type. The distinguishing

characteristic of this type is the un-

limited liability of its members, and

the limiting of the activities of the

association to the community in which

it is organized. The loans are thus

local, they are small and mainly rep-

resented by two or three name pa-

per, that is, a note signed by the real

borrower and by one or two of his

neighbors. This is short time paper

as distinguished from long time cred-

it, provided by other organizations.

The strength of the Raiffeisen type

lies in the fact that, the money bor~

rowed by the members can only be

borrowed and used in the local com-

munity for constructive purposes, on

the farm. The result is that each

[member watches his neighbor to see

iiirst, that a good investment of the

imoney borrowed is made, and second,

ithat the earnings from the investment

:is used in liquidating the indebted-

iness. The community in which such

ian organization exists catches and in-

vests the community spirit. The

wealth of the members is deposited,

kept and reinvested in the further

promotion of the community. The

rate of interest is steadied because

the community can decide upon its

own rate for the use of its own money

Iin conducting its own business. The





 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





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[American Commission found that the





farmers of Austria through their own





ice—operative credit organizations were .





getting money for four and a half per

cent interest, when money was com-

manding seven and eight per cent in

the genereil money market.





 





is a great grape country, the banks of'





i Agricultural Organizations of Austria.

By Wm. B. Hatch, Michigan Member of American Commission.





‘ We could hardly call these little

banks such, in America,.because we

have become accustomed to some-

thing larger. The membership varies

from twenty members to one thou-

sand. The average investment of each

member amounts to only three dollars.

Deposits are received from both mem-

bers and non-members. These little

credit societies, or rural banks, the

public officials freely concede, have to

a great extent, awakened among the

rural population a sense of thrift. The.

farmer and his laborers, who in for-

mer days concealed their savings in

stockings beneath their beds, in the

hay or behind the stoves, deposit it

today with these Raiffeisen societies.

They have learned that it multiplies

and grows, so every spare crown now

finds its way there. In the autumn,

when the farmer has sold his pro

ducts, he repays the loan received,

and leaves the balance for a saving in-

vestment. Day laborers, factory hands

and children are numbered among the





APRIL 3, 1915





erative grain storage or warehouse

companies are common. These socie-

ties collect, sort, mix and clean the

farmer’s grain and then sell it to the

best advantage. This gives the farm-

er, among others, the following advan-

tages: (1) Improved methods in grad-

ing of qualities, drying, mixing and

asserting to render

(2) Regulation of prices according to

the requirements of the different mar-~

kets. (3) Acquisition of easy credit

for farmers on storage grain as col-

lateral. (4) Economy in handling ex-

penses and transportation rates.





There are also co-operative societies"

for the disposal of eggs, truck farm

products and live stock. In the last

named line of service a trustee is se-

lected for a given district whose bus-

iness consists in advising the farmers

as to the actual market prices of live

stock, in collecting the live stock of

their district and shipping it in car-

loads ‘to the best market. The pro-

secds are divided among the original

owners of the stock. This is a line of

service which is rather better per-

formed through separate co-operative

sales organization because such an or-





 





 





Co-operative Agricultural“ Supply Depot in Connection with the Co-operative'

Zemstov Bank and Store at Volschansk, Russia.





depositors. Out of one hundred and

thirty thousand saving deposit ac-

counts in Bohemia, over fifty thou-

sand came from servants, workingmen

and children. A government official

stated that, “It can safely be asserted

that, without the stimulus of the easy

and convenient term-s offered by the

Raiffeisen societies 3. large number of

these persons would have made no de-

posits, owing to the lack of time, the

distance to be traveled to the nearest

savings bank, and the small sums in-

volved. In Galicia, these Raiii‘eisen

societies have become the dcpositories

for the savings sent home from Ani-

erica or brought back by returning

immigrants. Even the harvest work-

ers, who each year go to Germany,

Denmark, and France, invest: their

savings in them, thus providing am-

ple loans for their own people. There

are over eight thousand of these so-

cieties in Austria with more than a

million members. These are federat-

ed into Central Credit. Organizations.

These central organizations advise the

local societies, in legal and commer—

cial matters, and supply larger credit

facilities, receiving the execss depos-

its of the local: The line of credit

granted by the central to the local

ranging from fifty to one hundred and

twenty—five dollars per member.

Co-operative Production.

Among the-most advantageous c0<

operative organizations in the develop-

ment of agriculture have been those

for cooperative production. These or-

ganizations cover the fields of dairy-

ing, wine making, the manufactureof

olive oil and oil of rosemary, the dry-

ing of chicory, the distillation and

drying of potatoes, the making of

pickles and saurkraut, cattle raising

and pasturing.

Co-Operative Distribution.

Co-operative distribution in Austria

is not essentially different.fr0m the

agricultural organization for this work

in other European countries. ‘Co—op-





gunization has also authority to fur-

nish credit and lend money. In many

instances also these live stock dis~

p05al societies slaughter their own

stock and dispose of their own meat

directly to the consumer.



An Austrian Meat Trust Remedy.



It was found in Anetria, a good

litany years ago, that in the handling

of live stock and dressed meats, that

credit conditions had a paramount in-

ilucnce on market transactions. It,

was ascertained that there existed a.

concentration of the entire live stock

trade on the Central Live Stock Mai“

ket in Vienna, in the hands of a few

cattle. dealers established there. This

trade was virtually monopolized by a

few to the disadvantage of the produc-

er and consumer alike. It was found

further that this group of dealers had

a credit, monopoly for a, basis since

only members of this, group enjoyed

credit in live stock transactions. This

was sixty years ago. To break this

monopoly the government induced the

city of Vienna to establish a credit

scheme, since known as the “Munici-

pal Meat Foundation,” which was to

make the extension of credit to pur—

chasing butchers obligatory. This

credit fund caused the disappearance

of the privileged group and out of it

gradually grew the live stock commis-

sion business. A commission of three

per cent on the gross sale of the cat-

tle is charged and five per cent on

small live stock. Payment to the sell-

er must be made in the course of the

market day. Arrangement for*per~

sonal credit to butchers and curers of

meat, doing business in, the market

place, enable them to purchase stock

for slaughter. Advanced loans on live

stock under consignment are also

granted. ~ .



The Vienna Dairy, 3. limited co—op‘

crative company, is claimed to be the





largest .co-operative dairy in existence.





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Vienna and adjoining towns. Two

hundred and ten push-carts, and two

hundred and twelve horses, suggest

something, of its activities. Stables

for the accommodations for these two

hundred and twelve horses are also

supplied, also sleeping, smoking and

dressing rooms for the unmarried em-

ployes, and a. restaurant. Six hundred

and sixty persons are regularly em-

ployed, and in the morning hours, dur-

ing the delivery of milk, about twelve

hundred persons in all. This dairy

handled over twenty-nine million

quarts of milk and cream the year

the commission visited. it. It netted

the producing members about six

cents per quart.



Department of Farm Management and

. Book-keeping.



An’ interesting feature of. the Impe-

rial and Royal Agricultural Society of

Vienna, is a department of farm man-

agement and book-keeping. Through





the activities of this department book-’





keeping ofiices have been organized

throughout the various Austrian.Prov-'

inces. Inasmuch as profits are found

in net proceeds, if at all, it is neces-

sary that some form of practicable

book-keeping should be practiced by

the farmer in order that he may know

just what each department of his busi-

ness produced and what it cost him

to produce. So a comprehensive plan

has been worked out by which, on

blanks furnished by the society, the

farmer makes weekly returns to the

book-keeping department of the agri-

cultural society. The society reports

back _to the farmer, offering sugges-

tions for improvement and pointing

out leaks, and in this way the agricull

tural society obtains reliable, econom-

ic, statistical data, so essential for

guiding its work in the development

of the economic resources of the na-

tion. These book-keeping. departments

are looked upon as experiment sta-

tions for agricultural economics. They

show whether the appropriations by

the government for the support of this

work are profitably invested and they

play a most important role in determ-

ining the tariff policy of the agrarian

party. This book-keeping department

of the agricultural society is then an

advisory board for the farmer, a sta-

tistical board for the economists, an

advisory board for the statesman, and

a guide as to the right economic pol<

icy for the nation to pursue in regard

to its agriculture, by showing the ex-

act cost of the production of each pro-

duct.





THE SECRET OF A SUCCESSFUL

FARM LIFE.



(Continued from page 410).

account, for I am far from perfection

in my arrangements. It is the idea I

want others to see and understand.

My first year proved to me the gain in

time and money of letting wood, iron

and steel, managed and directed by

mind, do the hard work instead of us-

ing more muscle through longer time

trying to save a few dollars.



There are few farms now produc‘

ing to their full capacity, or anywhere

near it. Yet their owners go on and

on purchasing more land to be in turn

half-cultivated, half-fertilized, raising

half-crops, half-tended. They have

much to learn and many will learn,

as I did, the advantages of intensive,

scientific farming by means of proper

fertilizing, crop rotation, handling, ev-

erything possible by machinery in-

stead of human muscle, and thus rais-

ing more, at less cost, realizing more

clear money and being in fit condition

mentally and physically to enjoy some

of the pleasures of living that rightly

belong to us.



The Most Important Result.



I came near omitting the most im-

portant result of all. In the high

school Will attended there are three

courses of study all alike for the first

two years and with half the work the

same in the remaining two years. But





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from different subjects leading to a

college preparatory, a commercial or

an agricultural diploma, respectively.

Will had just begun on the commer~

cial studies when I bought the wheel

plow and announced a change in pol-

icy. 'This so aroused his interest in

the farm that he 'changed over to the

agricultural course and did double

work for a time, ’making up after

school the hours of work on the agri-

cultural course that had been passed

over while he was studying in the

commercial classes. He said nothing

to me about this change but almost

two years later at commencement

time he came to me with his agricul-

tural diploma and somewhat timidly

asked that he be permitted to partici-

pate actively in the work of the farm

and to try poultry raising as a per-

sonal specialty. Maybe you can ima-

gine how I felt to hear this after the

years I had seen him getting away

from the farm. That evening I heard

the boy talking to his mother and

learned the cause for the whole thing.



“I always knew what pa wanted,”‘he

was saying, “but I couldn’t bear to

think of settling down on a farm all

my life. I couldn’t see anything to it

but hard work and making money

that we never had time to enjoy. But

when pa changed over I saw what

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ies began to show how people could

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schooL”



Where Life is Worth Living.



Now my boy and I are really part-

ners, although he is yet seVeral years

under twenty. He reads and studies

and I recall past experiences and we

combine our minds in planning and

carrying out farm work. I still see

ways of improving things and am try-

ing them out as fast as I can conven-

iently. On less expense I am making

more clear money than ever before.

Every year I spend a fair sum for

permanent improvements, buildings,

live stock, indoors and out. Last

spring I bought an auto, not an expen-

sive car, but a light, substantial truck

with Which Will is carrying crates of

eggs to our shipping point twice a

week for direct shipment to high-class

city consumers who pay him a neat in-

crease over local rates. Will looks

after the poultry himself, no one else

has a word to say, only as occasional

advice. He also has charge of several

different features pertaining to the

farm—thanks to his agricultural stud-

ies—and is. planning. several additional

innovations before we shall have ex-

hausted the resources of our 280

acres. One of these is the purchase

of ‘a gas tractor. That looked like a

big stunt for a farm the size of ours,

but as Will says, we now keep seven

horses, the year around, three teams

and a driver. Since we have the auto

for rapid delivery and purchase trips,

a tractor will allow us to dispense

with several horses.



Last fall when my mill gave out,

Will connected on the engine and

pumped the tanks full each morning

in about five minutes. But the wind

looks like cheap power and we may

repair the wind-wheel power. Will is

planning a bath room, toilet,and all

city advantages and filling the tanks

and reservoirs with the engine, but I

tell him we must go slow and have

no debts hanging around. Thus far

we have put in all our improvements

without one cent of indebtedness and

yet have spent more money outside

than formerly. We are beginning to

learn that a farmer’s family may live

decently, enjoy the legitimate pleas-

ures of life and yet prosper in farming

and make all desirable expenditures

keeping things up to date. For we

know now that such things are not ex-

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that they add to, rather-than detract

from, our opportunities to enjoy life

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HERE are the grandmothers



of yesterday?” wails a writ-



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grandmother who dozed by the fire-

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pick out the grandmothers by their

looks, there are none left. For these

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many cases intensely more interesting

comrades than either daughter 01‘

- grand—daughter.



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grow careless and lazy. forgetting that

the world takes us wholly by appear-

ances, unjust as this estimate may be.

The daily bath is too much trouble,

though ten minutes would suliice for

it. and the gain in'health would more

than repay for the extra early rising

and bit of trouble. It is easier to

lounge in an easy chair, dozing over a

book in the evening, than to take,

time to massage the scalp to preserve

the hair, or to rub in cold cream to

keep wrinkles away. Fingernails are

neglected, when a minute or two a

day after washing the hands would

keep them in fairly good trim.



Not only is the person neglected,

but the clothes are not kept. up. Shoes

are allowed to run down at the heel.

The best suit is left unbrushed and

hung up any old way, instead of being

carefully put away on hangers, though

skirt and coat hangers may be bought

two for a nickel. Pins take the place

of buttons and hooks and eyes, gloves

are left with ripped fingers, hats cov-

ered with dust of the last drive are

put upon heads not too carefully

brushed and combed. The little things

which make the, difference between

tidiness and untidiness are neglected,

and as a result the woman looks ten

years older than she need, probably

that much older than she really is.



In most cases this is the result of

thoughtlessness and habit. In some

it is really pride, a false pride which

makes the person boast that she isn’t

“stuck up,” and never bothers about

how she looks so long as she is com-

fortable. Such women are not only

proud of their untidiness, they are

criminally selfish. For an untidy per-

son is an offense to the eye of every-

one she meets.



W’e owe it to ourselves and to our

families to keep as trim and good to

look upon as possible. Who has not

felt rested and inspired by looking at

a beautiful picture, a beautiful land-

scape or a gorgeous sunset? While

correspondingly, the ugly and uncouth

depresses us. Nature herself teaches

us to contrive in every way for beauty.





She hides the stumps and rocks with

a garment of vines, and covers the

ugly brown earth with a carpet of

flowered green.



A trim appearance has a money val-

ue, too. The business man will pick

out every time,‘ the employe with

clean nails, white teeth, well brushed

hair, and neat, carefully pressed gar—

ments. Many a man has been kept

back, not for lack of mental qualica-

tions, but because he was untidy. Per-

haps because of a day’s growth of

heard, a soiled collar and unpressed

garments.



It is as much a duty to keep clean

and young in appearance as to give to

the poor or to perform any of the oth-

er virtuous acts upon which we pride

ourselves. By so doing we benefit

not alone ourselves but everyone who

looks upon us. DEBORAH.



TUMBLER DOILY IN CROCHET.



The illustration shows a very dainty

and attractive tumbler doily in the





X n





catching in center of spaces in second

row. Repeat around entire ring.



Make fourth grow in same way. only

chain ten in each loop. fasten and dc

four times in first loop of fourth row.

Ch. one dc. four times in same place.

Repeat around ring.



Fifth row, dc. four times in space

between dc, in 4th row. Ch. 2, dc. 4

times in next space, repeat, etc.





Sixth row, ch. ten, fasten with slip

stitch (51 st), in space between dc. in

fifth row. Ch. four. turn and triple

crochet (tc), in half ring just made 19

times. Ch. four, turn, and tc. in each

of the 19 tc. previously made in ring.

This forms a shell. Ch. ten. catch in

next space in fifth row. Ch. 10 and

repeat as for first shell.



Seventh row, eighth row and ninth

row, ch. 7, catch back three to form

a picot, chain seven. catch back three,

chain three, catch in first tc. in first

shell formed. Repeat around ring un—

til there are three picot scallops on

e ge of each shell. Eighth and ninth

rows, catch in center loop of precede

ing rows. .



Tenth row. ch. 20, catch in center of

scallop between picots. Repeat around





 





An Attractive Tumbler Doily.





popular “baby Irish” crochet. In No.

{-0 cordonnet crochet cotton, such as

is illustrated, or in fine D. M. C., or

ordinary machine thread. it works up

beautifully. Attractive finger bowl,

plate doilies 0r (antGl‘DlOCQS may be

worked by the same pattern by mere-

ly adding more rows of the picots.

There are three rows in the tumbler

doily. Hot platemats made from the

same pattern with heavy crochet cord

or carpet warp are extremelyhand

some.



To make this (10in chain eight

stitches (st), and join to form a ring,

chain 3 and double crochet (dc),

three times in the ring, keeping .two

loops on the hook each time. Then

draw the book through all at the last

dc. This will form a point. Chain

(ch), six then dc 4 in ring and finish

as first point. Repeat until eight

points and eight spaces have been

formed. Join last chain then ch. 8,





doily. The eleventh row is the bor-

der. Dc. 12 in ch. of ‘20, fasten with

one sl st., dc. 20, fasten, etC., around

entire edge.



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HOME QUERIES.





Household Editdr:—\\"ould someone

send me a good recipe for a coffee

cake and steamed corn bread?—I\Irs.

XV. H., Bridgeport.



German Coffee Cake—Make sponge

as for bread with one pint of scalded

milk, a yeast cake stiffened in a little

warm watervand flour. \Vhen it is

light, add two-thirds cup of melted

butter or lard, one~half cup of sugar,

one teaspoonful of salt, and two eggs

lightly beaten. Stir in flour until it is

difficult to stir with a spoon and let

rise again. When light again spread

in a buttered dripping pan and let

rise. . Just before putting in the oven

brush the top with beaten egg and





 





cover thickly with granulated sugar

and cinnamon mixed.



Steamed Brown Bread—One cup of

sour milk, one cup of sweet milk, one

cup of molasses, one cup of graham

flour, two cups corn meal, one tea-

spoon of soda, one-half teaspoon salt.

Mix thoroughly, pour in well-buttered

pan and steam for three hours. This

should be served hot.



A much finer brown bread is made

.as follows: Two cups sour milk, one-

half cup of brown sugar, one-half cup

of molasses, three cups graham flour,

one cup white flour, one teaspoon of

soda, one heaping teaspoon baking-

pmvder, half a. teaspoon of salt and

two rounding tablespoons of shorten-

ing. Stir up as a cake and bake one

hour in a moderate oven. This is

good warm and better cold. I



Household Editor:—~\Vill you please

give me some good recipes for grav—

ies?——Mrs. A. T.



Slice a small Onion, into hot drip-

pings in the frying-pan and cook five

minutes. Remove the onion and stir

into the fat. two tablespoonsful of

flour, stirring quickly and constantly

until the flour is evenly blended. Then

Stir in, a little at a‘ time, two cups of

boiling water, and salt and pepper to

taste.



The above gravy «an be varied by

adding one cup of w~ll cooked toma-

toes. .



A good gravy is made after frying

salt pork and bacon by blending two

tablespoonsi‘ul of flour with the fat

and adding a pint of boiling milk.



Many like, a gravy made by blend-

ing two tablespoonsfuls of flour with

two of melted butter or drippings and

cooking in it for five minutes two ta-

blespoont’uls each of chopped onion,

carrot. and parsley. Then remove the

vegetables, add one cup each of stock

and tomatoes and cook. for a. half hour

on the back of the range.



Household Editorz—Will you please

publish in your next issue a recipe

for baking macaroni and cheese?—

E. M. \V.



Break up a half pound of macaroni

into inch-long pieces and put in turn

quarts of boiling water with a level

teaspoonful of salt, to boil until the

macaroni is tender. Then drain it

through a colander and rinse quickly

with cold water. Place a. layer of

macaroni in a baking dish, sprinkle

with salt, pepper and a little flour, dot,

with butter and cover with grated

cheese. Repeat this until the dish is

full. having the top covered with

cheese. Pour on rich milk or cream

and milk, until the liquid comes up

to the top of the macaroni and bake

until the cheese is thoroughly melted.



Household Editor‘:~—Please state in

the columns of your paper if the an—





nouncement of a wedding calls for a

present—Subscriber.



No.



Household Editorz—I wish some of

your readers would send recipes that

are especially nice for. reunions. Also

some ways of decorating cakes, etc.,

to make them look pretty—Mrs. L.

L. G.





 





TOOLS FOR THE CHILDREN.





 





BY MRS. JEFF. DAVIS.



When mothers are investigating

ways and means of keeping the chil-

dren happy and busy. they should not

forget that one of the best safeguards

for a boy is tools. These will, occupy

his spare time, give him something

he will enjoy doing and teach him in-

numerable useful lessons.



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1y benefited by the muscular exercise,

acquires needed dexterity, becomes

familiar with the use of tools, the

knowledge of material and what can

be done with wood, steel, tin, etc.

Thus he unconsciously becomes fitted

to deal with often occurring emergen-

cies in a home.



Of course, it will take a. long time

to learn to do anything really useful.

He will have to begin on something

very simple, any rough, small article

will do, but let it be something that

will serve a useful purpose so that he

will not feel that his work is wasted.



As his knowledge increases let him

advance to more pretentious building.

Encourage him to do a little repairing

around the house, and he will become

helpful and reliable about such things.



Don’t make the mistake of thinking

any sort of tool will do for a boy, get

the best quality, if you have. to pur-

chase only one tool at a time. Re-

member it is quality for which the ex-

tra price is paid, and we know that it

is true economy, in the end to buy the

best in any article from which good

service is expected. This practice will

also teach him a valuable lesson in

making him realize the advantage of

procuring good material, and then tak‘

ing the greatest possible care of it.

To impress this truth more emphati-

cally, let him learn how to USe and

care for each tool before another is

presented. Make this an incentive to

become the owner of a complete set

of tools of which any may might be

proud.



Our boys and girls now have, in

many cases, manual work to do in the

schools and often they are taught the

art of manufacturing fine, substantial,

artistic articles of furniture. But if

your child has not this advantage en-

courage him to read papers that give

explicit directions for making really

beautiful things such as boys and girls

like to own and enjoy manufacturing.



If rightly directed in this line a boy





:can acquire knowledge which will





some day be of great use to him. It

will save many dollars and materially

add to the comfort of his home.





Flowers a Feature of Spring

Millinery.





HE early spring is being hailed



with delight by milliners and



dressmakers, and already these

thrifty persons are gathering in the

shekels. The Tipperary hats, which

were so popular in February, are now

passe, and something newer and more

distinctive is being demanded.



Among the many shapes shown,

none are more popular than the high-

crowned, narrow-brimmed sailor. The

brim droops slightly all the way

round, and is sometimes faced under-

neath with silk, either plain or laid

in narrow pleats. These are trimmed

with flowers in clusters, or with bows

.of ribbon, or two long ends of ribbon

wired to simulate wings. The hats

come in all colors, black, blue in all

its variations, green, brown, and, of

course, the popular sand and putty

shades.



There are many small straw hats

shown, however, hats with a rather

high round crown and narrow rolled

brim,.coming closely to the crown.

These brims are usually covered with

silk in a shade to match the hat, and

the hat itself is generally a flower gar-

den, of pink or blue posies. It is a

flower season so far, particularly

small flowers. The gay little buds and

blossoms are used in wreaths or in

small clusters on the hat, and often a

cluster like those on the hat is worn

on the coat lapel. . _



It is still too early to say what the

dress hat will be, but whatever the

shape or style it will undoubtedly be

trimmed with flowers in preference to

feathers _or ribbons. No matter what

the most popular style the wise. thing

to do is to buy a. becoming shape. The

small “woman. should beware of the





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





large hat, just as her larger sister

should shun the small hat.



The most noticeable things about

the new dresses are the wider skirts,

normal waist lines, set-in sleeves and

semi-fitted- waists.

least two and a "half or three yards

around, some of them more, and the

flare is given by the circular two-piece

cut, or five-gored model. After so

many years of high waist lines, the

waist has gone back once more to its

normal position, though on youthful

figures the raised effect is still given

by the girdle or sash.



Sleeves are long and set in to regu-

lation sized armholes. Some have

caps over the shoulders and there is

a tendency to fullness below the el-

bow, with a flare at the hand. High-

back collars, with a 10W finish in front

are still in favor, though the lingerie

models show the low neck.



Serges and gabardines in cloths, taf-

fetas and crepe de chines in silk are

just now the favored materials for

dresses. Chiffons, marquisette and

nun’s veiling over the flowered silks

are good for dressy wear. Just now

black and white combinations are very

popular, but this by no means ex-

cludes other colors. Gray, taupe,

green, rose with sand, Wistaria and

blue have many admirers. DEBORAH.





HOUSEHOLD HINTS.





 





If you need a reminder when the

grocery man comes, out tablet paper

into convenient strips and tack a

bunch of them upon the kitchen or

pantry wall, keeping a pencil near by.

Then when you find an article will be

needed just jot it down. This will of-

ten save a trip to town—Mrs. S. B.



~When making biscuit never use a

rolling pin. After dough is on board

make flat, by pressing with palm of

hand. Then out a biscuit, with left

hand tuck corner against dough where

it has been cut. This makes a place

to out next biscuitf Go all around the





piece. Cut rest of biscuits in same

manner. This leaves no scraps—Mrs.

C. C. L. ,





FASHIONS BY MAY MANTON.





Our latest Fashion Book, cantaining

illustrations of over 700 of the sea-

son’s latest styles, and devoting sev-

eral pages to embroidery designs, will

be sent to any address on receipt of

fifteen cents.





 





   





8589 Girl's Dress,





8591 Gathered Blouse,





34 to 42 bust. 4 to 10 years.





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8584 Short Coat for

Small





Misses and 8541 Dress in Military





. Style for Misses and



Women. Small Women.



16 and 18 ream- " and 18 years. .

The above patterns will be mailed



to any address by the fashion depart-



ment of the Michigan Farmer on re-



ceipt of ten cents for each.





Skirts measure at-





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Your total saving is FORTY

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house. Gives you every con-

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A Man Who Has Laid

A Lot of Tile Says:





“The man who is going to

make money doing drainage

work on contract has got to

have a good machine. He can’t

, have the land made to order

5 -—he's got to have a ma-

, chine that will have good

traction on soft ground. He's got to

have an excavating wheel that will

handle sticky and gumbo eoile as

well as clay soils and those more

favorable to machine work."





M





Farm

Drainage

Excavator





fills these requirements exactly. The

“P & H" Corduroy Grip Traction,

, illustrated above, gives it a secure

footing. The self-cleaning excavat-

ing wheel cuts clean, smooth trench-

es true to line and grade, and cuts

Ithem fast and economically. All

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





ICHIGAN Bean Growers affect-

ed a state organization at Sag-

inaw, Tuesday, March 23rd.





, Twelve of the important bean growing





counties had representatives present

to participate in the formation of the

general society. Besides the regularly

authorized delegates many others in-

terested in the development and pro-

tection of the bean industry were there.

Whatever the outcome of the effort

may be it is certain that the charter

members of the association were en-

thusiastic at this first session.



Earl Robinson, county agent of Sag-

inaw county, called the meeting to or-

der and explained the purpose of the

gathering, after which Jas. N. Mc-

Bride, special agent of' the State

Board of Agriculture for organizing

the bean growers of the state and the

several producing counties, set forth

the conditions maintaining in the bean

industry and presented the opportuni-

ties now in reach of the growers if

they but organize and work together.





Temporary Constitution Adopted.





 





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





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on 80

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At the afternoon session a tempor-

ary constitution was adopted and pro-

vision made for a committee to revise





gsame and present at the first regular





meeting to be held at Flint some time

between August 15 and September 15

next. The objects of the association





Ias set forth in the constitution are:





(a) To secure better seed by selec-

tion, breeding, etc.



(b) To study and combat diseases.



(c) To arrange for the financing

of the growers, so as to avoid the

need of dumping their beans on the

market faster than the demand will

warrant.



(d) To carry on a campaign of ed-

ucation, by advertising, 'distribution

of cook books, cooking demonstra-

tions, etc.; to promote the more gen-

eral use of beans as a human food; al-

so to secure data upon consumption

of beans.



(9) To secure and disseminate

among the growers timely and reliable

information as to bean crop and mar-

ket conditions and to negotiate with

selling agencies concerning compensa-

tory prices; said prices to be based

upon cost of production, size of avail—

able crop and general market condi-

tions.



(1‘) To agree upon a standard of

grades and to assist, by inspection, in

protecting the reputation of these

grades.



(g) To assist the growers in ar—

ranging for reliable selling agencies,

so as to eliminate, as far as possible,

the speculative feature from the mar—

ket, to the advantage of both the

grower and the consumer.



(h) To assist in securing a proper

distribution of beans, so that all con—

suming centers be fairly supplied at





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all times and that gluts be avoided.



(i) To assist in securing better

transportation facilities, the settle-

ment of claims, etc.



Under the head of the election of

officers F. W. Swan, of Flint, was

elected president and Jas. N. McBride,

of Burton, was made secretarytreas-

urer to hold office until the. fall meet-

ing. A board of control is provided

for to consist of a representative from

each organized county. .In the local

organizationsieach member will be as-

sessed a fee of fifty cents, one-half of

which will be used to defray expenses

of the local work and the other half to

be paid into the treasury of the state

society.



The extension of the work will be

continued. In the counties already

organized steps will be taken immedi-

ately to increase the membership and

bean growing counties not now hav-

ing associations will be visited by the

secretary and the growers urged to

co-operate in the work.



Jobbers Would Co-operate.



A feature which has been declared

by the bureau of markets at \‘i'ashing-

ton to be very unique is the willing-

ness of the distributors or bean jobbers

to co-operate with the growers in

handling this crop. The great coop-

erative associations of the west were

obliged to organize their selling agen-

cies, but here the selling organiza-

tion is complete and ready to do busi-

ness at the outset. . '



In this connection the address of

Mr. ’Welch, president of the Dean Job-

bers’ Association was interesting. He

noted that last fall prices started low,

then mounted to above the three dol-

lar mark after which they declined to

the preSent basis.





APRIL 3, 1915.





in prices during the-marketing of a.

crop. This he maintained could be

largely accomplished by lengthening

out the marketing season. Now we

sell in two months what it takes the

country 12 months to consume. When

the offerings of beans exceed the cur-

rent demand there is opportunity for

speculation. By delivering beans to

the trade only as

would eliminate the speculative fea-

ture and the only way this delivery

can be successfully regulated is

through the organization of the pro-

ducers. ’



Some Advantages in Advertising.



Some of the results of advertising

were discussed by Mr. Campbell, of

Detroit. The first and greatest result

of publicity work is letting the other

fellow know what you have'for sale.

A second is the establishment of con—

fidence in the article . advertised.

Again, advertising brings information

to prospective users. It unfolds ways

of using and tells of advantages so

that people will be influenced to try

the article, or if they have tried, to

use it more. The world should knew

that well-cooked beans is the best all-

around food we have. It should also

know that Michigan and not Boston

is the center of the bean industry.



How to provide a fund for carrying

on anadvertising campaign was the

substance of an address by Mr. Hart,

of Saginaw. Experience shows that it

is necessary to a good market to have

the demand a little better than the

supply. So the problem in disposing

of beans is to keep the demand up.

This can be done through proper ad.-

vertising but advertising costs money

and since every grower and dealer

will benefit by any.increase in the de-

mand the question of distributing the

cost equitably is rather difficult of so-

lution. Mr. Hart suggested that local

elevator men he made the agents and

that they solocit the farmers who de-

liver beans for funds, asking a half

cent or so on every bushel delivered.

The elevator men stand ready to con-

tribute out of their own funds. [In





He believes that this manner he felt it would be possi-





through organization the growers can ble t0 raise a neat sum for publicity





solve the problem of undue fluctuations Work.





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Will Advertise Holstein Milk.





EMBERS of the \‘i'est Michigan

Holstein Breeders’ Association

believe in advertising. At the



spring meeting held March 20 in

Grand Rapids, the society voted a pub-

licity fund of $50, to be expended

soon in pushing the virtues of H01.

stein milk. An advertising committee

was appointed, composed of M. \‘i'. “'11-

lard, C. Hunsberger and Peter Buth,

to direct the campaign. Milk con-

tracts for the season between produc~

er and dealer for the Grand Rapids

city trade will soon be made and on

this account the regular spring meet-

ing of the association, which is usu-

ally held in April, was set ahead a

few weeks on request 01' some of the

prominent members living.r near the

city. The program of talks was also





 





 





 





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arranged so as to correct any misap-

prehensions that may have arisen re-

garding the true value of the milk of

the black and white cattle, and its

good qualities were boosted without

criticizing other breeds. Jersey,

Guernsey and other cattle were well

spoken of

The City Milk Supply.



At the morning session C. Hunsber-

ger. of Kent county, went somewhat

into the milk situation in Grand Rap-

ids. He showed that most of the milk

being supplied the city trade at the

present time is Holstein, even though

a number of the men in the retail

trade still have the name of other

breeds on their wagons, in line with

the old-time theory that rich milk

must necessarily be yellow milk. It

was stated that white milk can be

richer in butter-fat than yellow milk,

that the cream globules in Holstein

milk are small, making this milk emi-

nently well fitted for human con-

sumption.



Secretary Harper stated that he had

heard of some prejudice existing in

Grand Rapids, with its origin trace.

able either to dealers who want to

bear the market and buy cheaper of

producers, or to dairymen opposed to

this breed. He has communicated with

Pres. Aitken and Secretary Houghton;

of the National Holstein Breeders’ As-

sociation, and finds that this body will

co-operate in an educational campaign

in western Michigan to the extent of

furnishing literature and. advice, but

has no money for the purpose, the ad-

vertising fund for this year having

been depleted. The foot-and-mouth





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disease has been costly to the nation-

al society. ' . -

Educating the Consumers.



In the afternoon M. W. Willard, of

Kent county, spoke on _ways and

means of educating consumers in

Grand Rapids to the true value of

Holstein milk for family use. Highest

authorities were given to show that

Holstein approaches nearest to moth-

ers’ milk and is an ideal food for in-

fants, invalids and for humankind in

general. Careful analyses have shown

its superiority and it is being used ex-

clusively in santariums, hospitals and

state institutions. Experiments in

feeding pigs and other animals were

given to show that greater gains have

been made in the use of Holstein

milk. He alluded to what the Living-

ston county association has been do-

ing in the way of advertising in the

catalogs and he recommended news-

paper, and possibly street car pub-

licity in Grand Rapids. Just before

adjournment Mr. Willard made the

motion for an advertising fund already

referred to, which was carried.



Elmer McCoy, of Jenison, said that

getting people to use Holstein milk

long enough to know its value would

solve the problem. He cited several

instances in his own family and else-

where showing tha excellence of this

milk, and suggested a printed pam-

phlet or other literature, to be dis-





. tributed among city consumers._





Overcoming Prejudice.



B. E. Hardy, of Owosso, told how he

had successfully assisted a home deal-

er to overcome prejudice against Hol-

stein milk and to establish a large 10-

cal demand for it. Pamphlets issued

by the national association of breed-

ers giving a history of Holstein cattle

were distributed in the city, particu-

larly in homes where there were chil-

dren, or where the stork was expect-

ed, physicians having been enlisted in

the work, and the campaign proved

successful.



Secretary Harper suggested that the

birth columns in the city papers

might assist in the proper distribu—

tion of literature.



A. R. Harrington, of Kent county,

also made a plea for the proper edu-

cation of city milk consumers to the





- fact that nearly all the‘milk sold in





Grand Rapids is Holstein milk and he

suggested that what ails this milk

chiefly is the popular half-pint bottle

of cream. Tests of market milk made





' by the city officials average three and





one-half per cent.



Dudley E. Waters, a wealthy Grand

Rapids banker, and breeder of H01-

stein cattle, urged advertising and

creation of a big demand for this milk,

clean barns and invitations to the pub-

lic to visit the dairy farms.



Prof. Anderson, of the M. A. 0.,

who was in the city on other business,

entertained the members with a brief

talk. “I believe in advertising, in di-

rect and clean advertising,” said he,

“without speaking ill of other breeds.

Emphasize the food value of your

milk, its nitrogenous food value. 1

am surprised to learn of any preju-





dice existing in Grand Rapids regard-





ing Holstein milk and didn’t suppose

its value as food was ever' called in

question. The laws of nutrition show

that the food value of milk is not





confined to the butter-fat and that





pure cream is not the all in all. We

feed our animals, in the barns a bal-

anced ration, then go in the house and

cat what we like.”





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Crop and Market Notes.





- Michigan.



Shiawassee 00., March 23.——Wheat

and rye came through the winter in

fine shape, but the freezing and thaw-

ing of late is injuring it somewhat.

Roads are unusually good for the time

of year. There is plenty of feed and

live stock is in good.shape. Farmers

are making maple syrup and cutting

wood. There is a considerable amount

of wire fence being built, also a large





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





number of houses and barns under

construction. There has been nothing

made in feeding cattle this year.

Wheat $1.45; beans $2.75; eggs 15o;

butter 22c.



Eaton 00., March 24.——Wheat and

meadows look good. Live stock is in

good condition. There is not a large

amount of feed in farmers’ hands for

home use. Not much marketing is

being done. Wheat $1.45; beans $2.75;

oats 52c; rye $1; corn 70@75c; pota-

toes 25c; butter 20@25c; eggs 15c;

steers $5.50@7; calves $8@9; hogs,

live, $6.25; lambs $4@7.50; chickens

13c; butter-fat 27%c.



Lapeer 60., March 23,—Wheat and

clover fields have been somewhat dam-

aged by alternate thawing and freez-

ing since the snow went off. Live

stock of all kinds is looking fair.

Plenty of roughage and grain to last

through the feeding season. Horses

are selling cheap at sales. Cattle

prices not so high as a year ago. Hogs

$6.25; wheat $1.46; corn 820; chick-

ens llc. Farmers are hauling off

their potatoes, which bring 22c per bu.



New York.



Genesee 00., March 23.—There is

very little snow left, and roads are

fair. Grain and meadows have been

exposed and are rather brown looking.

The amount and condition of live

stock is about normal, and there is

plenty of feed on hand for home use.

Farms are changing hands at lower

figures than usual, owing to scarcity

of money. Some of the cold storage

apples are being evaporated. Potatoes

are being marketed, also some wheat

and beans. Potatoes 22c; wheat $1.40;

beans, $2.70@3.10; oats 60c: hogs

$6.50; lambs 150; butter 25@35c; eggs

17c; chickens 14c; cabbage $7 per

ton; loose hay $11@13 per ton.



New Jersey.



Monmouth 00., March 22.—-Weather

fine and spring plowing well under

way. theat and rye not looking as

well as they should. Meadows are

poor on account of dry weather last

fall. Roads are good. Live stock is

looking well, and nearly all surplus

stock marketed. Most farmers have

enough feed on hand. Wheat' and rye

about all sold; some hay and corn

still on hand. Wheat $1.50; rye $1.10;

corn $1; hay $12@15.



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Brown Co.. March 22.—We have had

no rain or snow for some time, and

the roads are good. There has been

more plowing this spring than usual.

There is a large crop of, spring pigs,

and also spring lambs. Wheat and

rye are looking well. Farmers will

have plenty of feed for home use, and

possibly some to sell. Butter 20c;

eggs 150; com 750; wheat $1.50; hogs,

choice $6.75.



lndiana.





Daviess Co. March 22.——There has

been very little rain or snow recently,





and roads are fine. A great deal of.





spring plowing and spraying have

been done. Wheat, rye and meadows

are in excellent condition. There is

more than the usual amount of Live

stock on hand, but in poor condition

on account of scarcity of feeds, and

most farmers are buying feed. Hogs

$6.50; cattle $7.50; Wheat $1.40; oats

600; corn 750; hay $18; butter 25c;

eggs 16c; seed potatoes $1.25.

Elkhart Co., March-22.—This month

has been pleasant, with very little

snow. Prospects are good for wheat





and rye. There are very good clover,





meadows. Farmers are commencing

to plow for oats. Live stock is doing

well. Public sales are numerous and

well attended; Wheat $1.50; corn 800;

hay $12; eggs 17c; butter 25c; pota-

toes are in poor demand, selling at

45@500.

Illinois.





Marion 00., March 23.-—We have

had no snow this month, and very lit-

tle rain. Roads are good. Wheat is

damaged some by freezing and thaw-

ing but is now growing some. Rye

and meadows are coming through the

winter in good condition. Live stock

has not wintered well on account of

shortage of feed. There is no surplus

of stock for sale except young horses

and mules. Farmers are buying all

their feed except silage. There is

nothing marketed except dairy pro-

ducts and eggs. Butter 25@30c;

cream 29c; eggs 15c.



Missoilri.



Vernon 00., March 22.——We have

had considerable snow and rain this

month and the roads are in bad shape.

Small grains are looking well. Oat

sowing is commencing. Live stock is

coming through the winter in good

shape, and there seems to be plenty

of both roughage and grain feeds for

the balance of the feeding season.



(Continued on page 432).





“Try-a-bag” of fertilizer. Our brands

are soluble and active, and not only

increase yield, but improve quality

and hasten maturity. Agents wanted.





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. ' , To produce genuine grain leather

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





March 30, 1915.



Wheat—The range of values during

last week was lower than the week

previous. The possibility of a break

between Turkey and Germany and of

a move for peace by the former seem-

ed to have a depressing effect upon

the market; not only this, but up until

late last week crop conditions in this

country appeared to be generally very

satisfactory. On Monday, however, a

recation seemed to have set in, and a

large part of the loss was recovered

by Tuesday. Not only did it appear

that military operations abroad would

likely continue for some time to come,

but complaints began coming in from

widely different sections that the

wheat crop is suffering in this coun-

try. In some places there is a lack of

moisture, Indiana farmers report that

the plant is heaving, while in the

southwest the Hessian fly appears to

be getting in its work. The foreign

demand was greatly improved Mon-

day, the outsiders taking not only

Wheat but large blocks of flour. One

year ago No. 2 red wheat was quoted

at 980 per bushel. Quotations for the





 





week are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May

Wednesday .... .1.55 1.51 55

Thursday ...... 1531/2 1.49%, 21.53%

Friday ....... . . .150 1.46 1.50

Saturday ..... .1.481,/2 1.44%,» 1481/;

Monday .... . .1.50 1.46 1.50

Tuesday ....... 1.53 1.49 1.53



Chicago, (March 30).—May wheat





$1.53; July $1.23.



Corn—Values here have followed

closely the changes in wheat prices.

Deliveries from farms have decreased,

and the visible supply shows a sub—

stantial reduction. One year ago No.

3 corn was selling at 67c per bushel.

Quotations are as follows:





No.3 No.3

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday ......... 74 75

Thursday ........... 731/2 741/2

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

Saturday ........... 72 , 73

Monday ............ 3 74

Tuesday '74 75

Chicago, éMarch 30).——May corn

731 0; Jul 60.

Oéats.—T)his cereal reflected the





strength of the other grains on Mon-

day and Tuesday. Reports on seeding

in the southwest are somewhat con-

flicting; in some sections seeding has

been completed under normal condi-

tions, while in other places. the cold

weather has delayed operations con-

siderably beyond the normal time for

completing the work. The visible sup-

ply shows a small decrease. Primary

receipts are of fair volume. One year

ago standard oats were quoted at 420

per bushel. Quotations are as follows:





No. 3

Standard. White.

Wednesday ......... 601/2 60

Thursday ........... 60 59 1/2

Friday .............. 581/2 58

Saturday ....... ,_ . . 571/2 57

Monday ' ............ 58 57%

Tuesday ............ 58 1/2 58

Chicago, (March 30).——May oats





57.6c; July 54.30.



Rye—This cereal has suffered a de-

cline of a cent during the past week.

The market is dull and steady with of-

ferings small. No. 2 rye is quoted at

$1.16 per bushel.



Barley.—Quoted at 73@790 for malt-

ing at Milwaukee.



Beans.——A lifeless situation appears

and prices are 10c lower. Detrmt quo-

tations are: Immediate, prompt and

February shipment $2.85; May $3.10.

Chicago trade is steady and feature—

less. Red kidneys are unchanged. Pea

beans,'hand-picked, choice, quoted at

$3.20@3.25; common 3623.15; red

red kidneys, choice, at $3.25fl375. At

Greenville beans are selling on a $2.70

basis. .



Clover Seed—Market is firm and

lower. Prime spot $8.25 per bushel;

March $8.25; prime alsike $8.40.



Timothy Seed—Prime spot $2.90. At

Toledo prime cash $2.70.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the DetI‘Olt

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—lb. sacks, jobbmg 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@14.50; light

mixed $15@15.50; NO. 1 m1xed-$14@

14.50; No. 1 clover $13@13.50.





- consumptive demand.





Chicago.——-Offerings are moderate

and demand good. Prices are steady.

Choice timothy $16@16.50: No. 1,

$14.50@15.50; No. 2, $13.50@14.



New York—Steady. Prime $22; No.

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



Straws—Steady. Detroit prices are:

Rye straw $7.50@8; wheat and oat

straw $7@7.50 per ton.



Chicago—Rye straw $9.50@10; oat

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





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Butter.——Market is active and firm

Demand brisk. Prices one' cent lower

Extra creamery 27%c; firsts 25%0;

dairy 210; packing stock 16c.



Chicago.-—-An increasing demand

brought an advance of 1&0. Market is

in a healthy condition and plenty of

good grade stock is moving. Quota'

tions: Extra creamery 281,4@29c;

extra firsts 27%@280; firsts 25@27c;

seconds 20@241,éc; packing stock 18c.



Elgin.——A very slight improvement

in the market brought an increase of

2’83; the quotation for the week being



0





 





Poultry.—Market is easy and quiet

Fresh receipts are light but dealers

have left-over stock to dispose of.

Live.-—Springers 17c; hens 13@18c;

ducks 17@18c;- geese 14@15c; turkeys

20c per lb.



Chicago.—No notable change in con

ditions. Market steady and buying is

fairly active. Prices slightly. higher

Turkeys 15c; fowls 11@16c; springs

131/2@17c; ducks 16c; geese 8@90.



Eggs.—Market is easy with good

Fresh stock

sells at 18%c per dozen.



Chicago—A firm feeling exists with

prices slightly lower. Demand is good

and. supply liberal. Miscellaneous lots

cases included 17@18c; ordinary firsts

1761317140; firsts 17%@18%c.



VeaI.——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—Demand is fair but is not

active enough to please holders.

Quotations: Baldwins $2.25@2.75 per

bbl; Greenings $2.,75@3; Spy $3.25@

3.50; Steele Red $3.50@3.75; No. 2,

40@500 per bushel.



Chicago—A firm feeling exists on

the part of holders and prices have

advanced although supply is ample.

Prices as here quoted are for refrig-





 





erator stock: Michigan Baldwins

$2.50@2.75; eastern $2.50@3; Kings

$3@3.25; North-





Greenin%s $2.75@3;

ern Spy $3.50@4.5 ; Western box ap-

ples are selling for 750@$2.75 per box.



Potatoes.—-Offerings are liberal and

demand fair. Carlots 35@37c per bu.

At Chicago the market is easy with

receipts large. It is expected receipts

will increase. Demand is fair. Michi-

gan white, in bulk, are quoted at 37 @

43c per bushel; at Greenville receipts

are very light and quotations are from

28@30c.





 





WOOL.





Transactions were of small volume

largely because of a shortage in sup-

plies. Prices are being well main-

tained with the tendency upward ex-

cept for a few lines that have been

held abnormally high. Interest in the

fleece wool division is dull because

the lines are practically. depleted.

Former values still rule and the prob-

ability is that no reductions will be

made, at least until the new crop is

coming forward. Michigan unwashed

delaines are quoted at 33@34c; do.

combing 34@37c; do. clothing 26@32c

per pound at Boston.





GRAND RAPIDS.

The egg market opened firm this

week at 17@171/2c and prices are ex-

pected to hold until after Easter.

Dairy butter remains steady at 19c.

Poultry is still hard to get, with live

fowls readily bringing 15c. Quite a

market is developing for day-old

chicks, with prices ranging from a

shilling apiece for Leghorns to 15c

for Rhode Island Reds and other

breeds. Grand Rapids was at one

time quite a wool market but the

amount sold here now is small, the

market opening this season at a price

around 250 for the best grades. No

change is noted in potato and bean

prices. Wheat is worth $1.40; rye $1;

hay $10@12.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

March 29, 1915.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 100 cars; hogs 80 d. d.;' sheep and

lambs 40 d. d.; calves 2000 head.

With 100 cars of cattle on our mar-

ket here today and Chicago reporting

16,000 and lower, our market on the





 





 





 





lower than last week. There were

three loads of Ohio cattle sold here to-

day for $8.80 that would have readily

brought $9 per cwt. last Monday. The





fact of this decline is on account of





the last week of Lent and Jewish hol-

idays, and with the 100 loads of cattle

they are not all sold, a few being left

over in first hands. Plain weighty cat-

tle not showing much fat nor quality

were fully 25@35c per cwt. lower than

last week, and light handy butcher

cattle sold from steady with last

week’s prices to about 10c lower, ex-

cepting a few early sales that were

made at strong to 100 higher than last

week. but after the first round the

market was easy and in many in-

stances lower on all the light and

butchering grades. Our advice to ship-

pers would be to be careful in having

cat-tle here next week, as the demand

for Kosher beef will be seriously cur-

tailed.



We had a moderate supply of hogs

today, about 80 double decks, and an

active and higher market on every-

thing. Trading was brisk from start

to finish, with everything outside of

roughs selling at $7.50 generally. A

few heavy hogs sold around $7.40;

roughs $6.25@6.50; stags $5@5.50.

Market closed full steady and every-

thing sold.



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

llc. Look for steady to lower prices

balance of week with moderate re-

ceipts.



We quote: Handy lambs $10.85@

11; cull to fair $8@10.75; yearlings

$9.50@10; bucks $5.25@6.50; handy

ewes $8@8.25; heavy ewes $8@8.25;

wethers $8.75@9; cull sheep $5606.50;

veals, choice to extra $11.75@12; fair

Egg‘ood $8.50@11.50; heavy calves $6





 





Chicago.

March 29 ,1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..16,000 24,000 11,000

Same day 1914..20,391 35,170 23,245

Last week ...... 31,738 127,922 57,392

Same wk 1914..40,726 122,359 101,971



Shipments from here last week

amounted to 7,175 cattle. 10.787 hogs

and 5,977 sheep and lambs, comparing

with 17,547 cattle, 39,434 hogs and

28,620 sheep and lambs a year ago.

Hogs received last week averaged 237

pounds.



Holy Week opened with a moderate

Monday cattle supply, but there were

enough for the demand, and at a late

hour it was thought that prices would

be no better. Offerings were mostly

in the free division. Hogs advanced

5@71/2c over Saturday’s prices, with

sales at $6.45@6.90,

bringing $6.45. Sheep and lambs were

scarce and held more firmly. .



Cattle prices took several upward

turns last week because of continued

small supplies, and while fat beeves

showed the greater part of the ad-

vances, even the less attractive offer-

ings were placed on a higher level.



Hogs suffered several declines in

prices last week, following the recent

firmness, killers asserting themselves

and refusing to operate except on

their own terms. Shippers usually op-

erated sparingly, so that outside com-

petition was lacking. The packers’

policy seemed to be to let the market

down by notches, and owners who had

been waiting for a spring advance

were considerably discouraged.



Sheep, yearlings and lambs have all

sold at extraordinarily high prices re-

cently, even after breaks in values,





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receipts running far behind those of





a year ago in numbers, while there .





was'a good demand on local account,

although the shipments from here

made a poor showing as compared

With those seen at the same time last

year. Wooled flocks closed as fol-

lows: Lambs $7@9.85; yearlings

$7.75@8.90; wethers $7.25@8.15'; ewes

$4.75@8; bucks and stags $5.75@6.50.

For lambs weighing from 90 to 100

lbs. buyers paid $8.50@9.65, and shorn

lambs brought $7@8.25.





CROP AND MARKET NOTES.

(Continued from page 431).





Wheat $1.40; corn 75c; oats 50c; but—

ter 220; eggs 16c; chickens 13c;

ducks 14c.



Kansas.





Franklin Co., March 22.—We have

had one heavy fall of snow and sev-

eral flurries this month. and there is

plenty of moisture. The ground is

still too wet to permit work in the

fields. No oats sown yet, though they

are usually sown here in February or

the first of March. Wheat on bottom

lands looks fine and on uplands fair.

Meadows are also in fair shape. Live

stock is in good condition, though very

little was kept for market purposes.

There seems to be plenty of feed for

home use, and quite a few have silage

and hay to sell. Eggs 15c: cream 23c;

Silage $4 per ton; alfalfa $15; timothy

$15. There are already lots of young

chicks hatched.



Iowa.



Osceola Co., March 22.——We have

have had a few thawing days, but the

snow is not all gone yet, and roads

are. bad. Farmers are busy grading

grain, repairing equipment, hauling

manure, and doing everything to hast-

en _operations when weather permits

active spring work. Not much grain

being moved, and prices are:

54c; corn 63c; barley 780;

$1.20; butter-fat 250; eggs 14c.





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

March 25, 1915. .



The local stock yards opened again

this week after having been closed

nearly a month for disinfecting. No

cattle can as yet be unloaded here but

calves, sheep and lambs and hogs

may come as usual and interstate

shipments may be made for immedi-

ate slaughter to eastern and western

points having government inspection.

The run here was very small and no

doubt will be until we are again open

for cattle.



The few sheep and lambs on sale

brought about the same at the yards

that they have been bringing for the

past week at the packing plants. The

top grades bring $9.50@10 per cwt.,

very few are coming here at present.



Veal calves are in active demand at

the yards and sold well, with bulk of

sales at $10.50, with a few choice at

$11, and common and mediums at $7

@950. There will be a good active

demand at the yards from now until

Easter as they are wanted for this

trade. _



The hog trade was $7 at packing

plants off the cars without feed or

water, for good grades, and packers

were bidding $6.85 at the yards on

Wednesday.



The hog condition is in peculiar

shape at present. Chicago, on ac-

count of not being able to ship out, is

about $6.70 for tops. Buflalo is $7@

7.70 and Detroit, on account of’being

able to get them from Chicago is $6.85

at yards Thursday for good grades.



Cattle.



Receipts at yards none; all cat-

tle must go, direct to packing plants.

Best heavy steers $7.50@8; best

handy weight butcher steers $6.50@

7.25; mixed steers and heifers $5.50@

6.25; handy light butchers $5.50@6;

light butchers $5@5.50; best cows

$5.50@5.75; butcher cows $5@5.25;

common cows $4.25@4.50; canners $3

@4; best heavy bulls $5.25@5.50; bo-

logna bulls $4.50@5.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 134. Market steady. Best

$10.50@11; others $7@10.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Rattkowsky 8

av 130 at $9.75, 2 av 170 at $11, 28 av

140 at $8, 5 av 170 at $10; to Mich. B.

Co. 17 av 170 at $10, 1 wgh 180 at

$9; to Sullivan P. Co. 8 av 150 at

$10.50, 12 av 170 at $10.



Sheep and. Lambs. -



Receipts 214. Market steady. Best

lambs $9.50@10; fair do. $8@9; light

to common do. $7@8; clip lambs $7@





 





 





'8; fair to good sheep $5.50@6; culls





and common $4@5.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co.

22 lambs av 90 at $10, 52 do av 80 at

$7.60, 10 do av 70 at $10, 7 do av 70

at $9; to Youngs 10 do av 91 at $9.75,

29 do av 80 at $9.50, 28 do av 60 at

$9.50, 3 sheep av 140 at $5.50, 2 d0

av 120 at $5.50.



Pearson & S. sold Mich. B. Co. 31

lambs av 65 at $9.25, 12 mixed av 80





at $6.50; to Rattkowsky 4 sheep av,





80 at $6.

’ Hogs.

Receipts 2713. Market $6.85 at the





wrds. .



' Bishop, B. & H. sold W. T. Church

500 av 190 at $6.85. This purchase

was made as a speculation, for reship-

ment under modified quarantine, pack-

ers not competing.





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Hogs have kept coming to market

freely, owners evidently being averse

to holding after their swine reach a

fairly large Weight, although the av-

erage weight of the receipts in the

Chicago market has increased within

a month from 226 to 234 lbs. Prices

are much lower than in recent years,

but at the lowered prices of corn in

feeding districts, there is a. profit in

making pork and lard.



Provisions have followed the down-

ward course of hog prices, everything

having sold do’wn to a much lower

basis, and recent sales of pork in the

Chicago market were as much as $4.35

per barrel lower than a year ago, with

similar declines in prices for lard and

short ribs. Hog receipts in western

markets ever since the first of last

November have been far larger than

a year ago, and the production of our-

ed meats has been much faster than

domestic and export purchases war-

ranted, the result being heavy accum-

ulations.



D. D. Cutler, of the Northwestern

Railroad says: “In Iowa, Minnesota

and South Dakota hogs are plentiful.

I never saw as much corn in that ter-

ritory at this season. The advance

guard of the spring pig crop is squeal-

ing lustily, and the farmers are stay-

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He bought it the year previous

at the exposition in Philadel-

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about 38 years old. It has

been in use ever since and I

am using it now.



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NE of the chief objections to

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ences in getting started. This is be-

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er cost of labor, etc, all of which

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sisted of 1,400 barrels, which sold for

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for $1.25 per bushel. In this orchard

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el. In 1913 this peach orchard pro-

duced only 700 bushels, and as it was

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patients had made out of the orchard-

ing business, got the fruit-growing bee

in his bonnet. This fruit-growing idea

entered his mind when he was still

working for credits in the local high-

school. This young man is George M.

Low, who is considered by many as

one of the few who really know how

to grow apples.

Making the Start.



Mr. Low was graduated from high

school in 1909; in 1908, a year be-

fore his graduation, his fruit grow—

ing ideas took practical form. That

year be rented an orchard which he

rc-l-eased to another for the care of it,

giving him one-half share of the crop.

The 350 trees in the orchard cleared

him enOL gll to buy his spray rig. Dur-

ing the following year he stayed out

of school when necessary to spray the

orchard, and in August sold the crop

on the trees for $1,500. Following

such a successful year, and in order

to keep hilllsclf busy the next year,

Mr. Low rented another orchard con-

sisting of 1,600 Duchess apple trees

and 600 pear trees. Hc rented this

on shares, with the option of buying

it after the first year. This he bought

in 1912 for $10,000. In 1911 he also

bought an 80-acrc farm on which there

were 5,000 peach trees, 1,600 pears,

1,000 young apple trees, and four acres

of grapes, for which he paid $15,000.

In order to accomplish these purchas-

es he formed a company with his fath-

er, who acted somewhat as financier,

and whose connections in this matter

enabled Mr. Low to get better credit.

Aside from this, his father was prac-

tically a silent partner, Mr. Low hav-

ing practical charge of the entire bus-

iness.



Some Good Prices.



With reference to results of this——

what many might consider a 'case of

high financiering—it can be said that

Mr. Low was fortunate as well as in-

dustrious, and a good manager. The





 





 





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Honest and Careful Packing Has Been Responsible for Premium Prices.





and over 1,000 of them were almost

entirely ruined. This orchard had

been given very good carc, but had

not given any returns, as it was just.

about ready to come into bearing

when the blight struck it. Mr. Low

immediately called upon the station

authorities and had a man there for

a week who had considerable experi-

ence in the control of blight in the

West. Radical measures for the check-

ing of this trouble were undertaken;

cultivation was stopped immediately

and all of the blighted limbs were cut





APRIL 3, .1915.





sandy loam soil and had been given

extra good care and fertilization, so

that the trees made a very vigorous

growth. It was due to this vigorous

growth that the blight made such rapa

id spread through the orchard. Many

of the trees are now having new heads

formed on them and care is being

used to keep the growth in check so

as to make the trees more immune to

the blight.



Mr. Low has also had crop failures.

The Duchess orchard two years ago

did not have enough fruit in it to

make it worth picking. The orchard

blossomed quite well, but being on

low land, the 'frost caught the blos-

soms. On account of the susceptibil-

ity to frost, orchard heaters will be

used in this orchard hereafter when

necessary.



Very Thorough in His Work.



In his orchard methods Mr. Low

uses all the accepted ways of orchard

care. He never takes a. chance by

neglecting anything which he thinks

the orchards need, and if he errs at

all it is in overdoing, the care of the

pear orchard mentioned above being

an indication of that. He is very

thorough in spraying the four accept-

ed times, and more if necessary. In-

cluded' in the application at the pink

of the blossom he uses arsenate of

lead, not because it will especially

control anything at that time, but as

a possible protection against the at-

tacks of the spring canker worm or

other insects. In cultivation and prun-

ing his methods are not different from

those usually followed, unless it be

that he follows them more thoroughly

than others.



Studies Market Conditions.



A. great factor in the success of this

young man is his way of handling the

harvesting and marketing of his fruit.

He is very exact in the grading of his

fruit, and will allow absolutely noth-

ing but an honest barrel to be packed

in his orchard. He has always stamp—

ed the barre-1s with his name and the

grade because he knows that each

barrel contains fruit which he can

back up with his name] He also makes

it a point to become thoroughly ac‘

quaintcd with the market conditions,

so that when the buyers come he can

easily judge whether the prices they

offer are fair or not. With an honest

pack and a thorough knowledge of the

market he can be confident in his re-

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fers. When be disposed of his 1912

Duchess crop, he had repeated offers,





 





The Duchess Apple is a Profit Producer for Mr. Low.





out, great care being used to disinfect

the tools and the wounds after each

cut was made. In many cases over

half the tree was cut away, and the

orchard which was once the pride of

Mr. Low’s heart was a. hard sight to

look upon. ’



Thrifty Pear Orchard Blighted.



This blighting occurred in. the year

when blight was quite prevalent in

pear trees, and the Keiffer pear which

was thought practically immune from

the blight, was, the most seriously af—

fected. Mr. Low’s orchard is on a.





for his fruit, but none of them, he

thought, wore high enough. He held

off until the harvesting began and one

car was loaded when a buyer ofiered

him five cents less per barrel than the

price he held for.



Results of Proper Packing.



An instance of what honest packing

and proper labeling with the grade

and name and address of the grower

may do, was shown when a buyer

shipped a car of Mr. Low’s Duchess to

New York. Fourteen ' inquiries for

more fruit were received" because the
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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





dealers were so pleased with this one

car.



While luck may have been a factor

in Mr. Low’s success, the careful ob-

server would.find that thoroughness

and confidence were the most import-

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great degree in all successes which

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are to an extent inseparable. Confi-

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on the other hand, his confidence to

the results that doing thing properly

and thoroughly would bring, caused

him to undertake what he did.





THE BEN DAVIS APPLE.





 





Probably We are all agreed that

there are worse apples than the much

criticized Ben Davis. Most of us can

remember a time when this same ap-

ple was the cynosure of all horticul-

tural eyes. Perhaps if the laudation

had been more moderate, the reaction

from practical experience with Ben

Davis would not have hit us so hard.

Certain it is that many a heavy 1n-

vestor in Ben Davis trees has w'ished

many times that he had his money,

time and labor back, or that he had

invested in more well tried apples. I

have a few Ben Davis trees, more than

I'wish, and shall try grafting some,

but-shall keep one or two trees as an

emergency apple, that is, an apple

which 'is quite liable to give fruit in

the off season.



Passing from the opinions of grow-

ers, we notice what seems to have

been in the minds of nurserymen with

regard to the Ben Davis apple. It ap-

pears to the observer that nursery—

men in their eagerness to. meet a'kind



of “watered stock” demand for this

apple, and which they anticipated, ov-

erstocked themselves, and as the de-

mand for this kind of apple decreased

there was no outlet for them, but to

fabricate in orders for trees, by put-

ting in liberally of Ben Davis stock,

even where'no Ben Davis trees were

ordered. This was true in my own

case, and in the case of a neighbor.

Not a Northern Spy nor a. Snow apple

did I get, though I ordered both, but I

got Ben Davis without ordering any.



My neighbor suffered more than I.

Out of a small order for 24 trees, in

variety, but no Ben. Davis, seven

turned out to be Ben Davis trees. I

am reliably informed by a friend, of

an instance in which a neighbor

bought and planted 100 Spy trees

£10111 3. Michigan nursery, and after

waiting until the trees reported in

fruitage, there were four Spy trees

and 96 Don Davis. Perhaps others

have had similar experiences. No won-

der we go slow on catalog statements,

newspaper advertisements, and the

picture books and blandishments of

traveling salesmen! It is a burning

shame to so impose on the helpless

and unsuspecting grower.



Doubtless the Ben Davis apple has

many praiseworthy characteristics,

but most of us like variety, and so we

entreat nurserymen not to spread Ben

Davis on quite so thick when filling

our orders for nursery stock. In these

days growers are getting to know

some things on their own account,

and if they think they need more Ben

Davis than anything else, why, let

them .say so in black and white on

2“their contract, then no grouchy feel-

ing will follow, after their trees have

come into bearing.



. Kent Co. . H. A. DAY.



The question of getting varieties

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one involved in the relations between

the nurseryman and‘the fruit grower.

No nursery that is- in the business to

stay can afford to wilfully substitute

other varieties for those ordered, as

nothing reflects upon the reputation of

a. nursery more than to have varieties

prove to be other than what they were





 





sold for. A reputable nursery will,

therefore, use every means to check

such occurrences.



On account of the nature of the

work, mistakes are likely to occur,

and do occasionally occur, even with

the best of nurserymen. It is easy to

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at digging time, but when such things

do occur, even after the greatest care

has been used, reputable nursery con-

cerns will dothe right thing to rec-

tify the error.



In all businesses there are both the

honest and the dishonest kind. On

account of the nature of the nursery

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those of dishonest tendencies. There-

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night nurseries and agents, but deal

with those of established reputation.

Anurseryman who advertises is a safe

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trade—Eds.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Diseased Grapes.





I have a vineyard in which the

grapes fall off if the vines are shook

a little. Can you give me a remedy

fox the trouble or should I cut the

whole thing down?



Ottawa Co. M. Van H.





The cause of grapes rattling off the

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due to the attacks of some fungus dis-

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may be factors in the trouble. Un-

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fruit than they can properly mature,





and to properly rectify this trouble,





one should prune the vines, if they are

on trellises, back to four arms each,

the arms consisting of last year’s

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other words, when the pruning is done

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the- grape is subject to the attacks of

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The other applications may be omit-

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GARDEN POINTERS.





 





Rotate your garden crops.



Plant radishes remote from the

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Do not plant potatoes in the same

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Carrots grow well in soil enriched

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Lettuce must not be sown where

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will stand such soil much better and

should be grown in every garden.



Cabbages do well after the beans

but not after early potatoes. ‘



Work a little slaked lime into the

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THE FLY NUlSANCE.

BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.



The fly nuisance goes directly hand

in hand with the mosquito nuisance.

Both are preventable and each has ex-

ercised a very great influence on man

and domestic animals.



In the rural communities one is

about as bad as the other except that

there are periods during the year in

some communities when mosquitoes

are not very troublesome, but all dur-

ing the summer months, in the cities

as well as in the country, flies are a.

constant source of annoyance and at

the same time a fruitful source of dis-

ease. Flies are, of course, very much

leSs troublesome in the cities than in

the country, although that is an. ex-

pression which should be stated in a

comparative sense only, for to secure

immunity from the action of this pest

requires extreme vigilance on the part

of the home—keeper. Various methods

have been proposed from time to time

to combat the fly nuisance. 'Most of

111958 methods have dealt with the

screening of the home and the reduc-

tion of the number of files through the

killing of the adults.



Remove the Source.



Science has proposed a much more

rational method of handling the fly

nuisance and it is somewhat similar

to the method proposed for the eradi-

cation of mosquitoes. This is a. re-

moval of the propagating or breeding

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fly, the early life of the insect is pass-

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In fact, the most effec-

tive plan is to go a step farther back

than this and remove the places where

the eggs are deposited and in this way

prevent any of them from incubating.

Flies breed and lay their eggs in filth

and particularly certain refuse food

materials.



Meat scraps furnish an excellent

place for the deposition of eggs be-

cause when the eggs have incubated

the young maggot has readily at hand

the food material which it most relish-

es. So it will be found that in the

garbage removed from the table and

left exposed to the- air, where food

products, and particularly meat pro-

ducts, are allowed to decay, generat-

ing in this way aromatic products

which attract the flies, eggs are de-

posited in these places and in the

course of a comparatively short time

the tiny little maggots will have been

developed and go on ravenously feed

ing upon this refuse material.



In the cities the abatement of the

fly nuisance consists almost entirely

in removing these opportunities for

the depositing of the eggs. The cov-

ered garbage pails assist in the ac-

complishment of this end very admir-

ably but a glaVnCe at the alleys of the

cities during the summer will soon

convince the inquirer that this is not

sufficient, that some means must be

devised to keep these pails covered,

and to remove the other debris which

accumulates as well.



The Fly is a Bigger Problem on the

Farm.



On the farm the problem is not so

simple for the barns and barnyards,

which usually, and of necessity, can-

not be a great way removed from the

home, are very desirable feeding and

breeding places for flies. The remedy,

however, is exactly the same as that

applied in the city, only it will require

a. little greater forethought and more

care to insure its successful operation

on the farm. We should like to see

some system of co-operatlon among

the boys on the farm looking toward





"many persons who would





affect rural communities.



There is abundant reason why this

should be done from the standpoint

of annoyance alone, to say nothing of

the other evils which result because

flies and mosquitoes are tolerated.

Some scientists have gone so far as to

maintain that the total toll we pay to

the scourge known as typhoid may be

laid at the door of the fly. Certain

it is that the fly is one of the inost

active and efficient agents in the dis-

tribution of this infectious disease.



The Fly and Typhoid Fever.



Typhoid fever is not classed as a.

contagious disease, by which we mean

that individuals may contract this

disease through exposure, the same

as in the contraction of diphtheria,

smallpox, and the like. Typhoid fev-

er is an infectious disease, which

means that an individual must become

actually infected with the germ of ty-

phoid fever before. the disease may

become contracted. This may take

place in a variety of ways. It is very

evident that one of the chief sources,

if not the very chief source, of ty-

phoid fever infection is the fly. A pa-

tient having typhoid fever becomes

the center for the distribution of this

infection through visitation by flies

which subsequently transmit this dis-





ease by visiting well persons. In an-

other way the infection is carried

from individuals to food by flies.





There are a great many diseases, par-

ticularly of infants, and diseases of

digestion for the communication of

which the fly must be held responsi-

ble, which are carried in exactly the

same way typhoid fever is carried

from one patient to another, through

an individual or through the food sup-

ply.



It is pretty safe to assume that the

eradication of the fly nuisance will

very materially decrease the typhoid

fever morlality so that there is suffi-

cient reason why communities should

band together to remove fi'Om their

midst this dangerous but very com-

mon household insect.



As We have shown malaria to be

very largely due to infection from

mosquitoes in undrained localities, so

it will be found that typhoid fever and

many other summer diseases, particu-

larly of children, can be. attributed di-

rectly to the activities of the fly, an

insect which should be looked upon

with just as much suspicion and

handled with just as much precaution

as is the drug with the skull and





cross bones on the label, and marked

“Poison.”

If there is any economic use to





which the fly may be put it has not



been thus far promulgated.



The Elimination of the Fly is 3 Dis.

' tinct Gain\ for Public Health.

Vile have legislated quite effectively



against certain decided types of nui-



sances. There has been an active

crusade by boards of health against

the common drinking cup, and we are

glad to see that these ideas are grad-

ually reaching home 10 the people, yet

go thirsty



a long time before using a public



drinking cup view with no concern



whatsoever an abundance of flies in

the home. We realize that it takes

time for these ideals to become famil-

iar to the people and generally it is

to the oncoming generation that we

must look, to secure the fulfillment of

the ideals in these respects. .We have

had .many examples, however,vwhich

show clearly enough that elimination

and eradication of these nuisances

tend very materially to the promotion

of the public health.



The eradication of the fly nuisance

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giene and sanitation, one which is of

equal importance with any problem

which is met upon the farm. In just

what way the tolerance of flies upon

the farm affects the "prevalence of

certain contagious and infectious dis-

easesamong the stock on the farm is

not known but reasoning from analo-

gy, and surely this is a logical line

of reasoning, it is safe to assume that

much of the disease common among

the domestic animals on the farm will

be removed by the elimination of flies.



The time to begin is ‘now, with a.

general cleaning up of the premises

and the removal of all of the breed-

ing, incubating and feeding places for

flies, and their larvae. This will re-

quire, undoubtedly, quite effective

screening and cleaning up of the barn

and its surroundings, but once this is

accomplished and a certain system de-

veloped, we think it will entail no un-

usual hardship. Let the boys on the

farm see what they can do and let

the boys of the community hand them-

selves together to remove the fly ,nui-

sauce from their section of the coun-

try. It can be done and surely the re-

ward is very great.





Michigan Farmer’s club list.





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A most successful farmers’ rally

was held in Battle Creek, Michigan,

the last week in February, when 500

Grangers and members of Farmers’

Clubs representing the various farm

organizations of the county, assemb-

led in the large Masonic‘Temple, the

meeting place of the State Grange

last December.



The affair was the result of a move—

ment‘to bring the Chamber of Com-

merce of Battle Creek and the farm-

ers’ organizations together for mutual

benefit in business life and social re-





'lations.





It was the first annual convention

of the Central Farm Bureau, an or-

ganization comprised of a director

elected by each Grange and Farmers’

Club of the west half of the county.



This society is said by State Master

J. C. Ketcham to be the only society

of its kind in the state, so far as he

knows, and he heartily endorsed and

commended the movement.



The morning session opened at

10:30 with music by Stanley Grange

Orchestra. Then came report of the

nominating committee, and other bus-

iness, which was followed by a talk

on the county expert work and agri-

cultural education by Dr. Eben Mum-

ford, of the M. A. C.



Directly after the morning program,

a banquet was served in the dining-

room below. Each organization had a

table which was furnished by its mem-

bers with chicken pie and other deli-

cacies. The center table was occupied

by members of the Chamber of Com-

merce, this organization having serv-

ed oyster stew to the whole number

of guests. Coffee, sugar and cream

were donated by grocers and dealers

of the city.



The first speaker of the afternoon

was Hon. Frank F. Rogers, state high-

way commissioner, who discussed the

present status of road building in

Michigan. He declared that a great

improvement in county road condi-

tions- has been made since the state

reward system was introduced nearly

ten years ago, during which time 3.200

miles of road have been accepted by

the state for awards.



At the rate the work is advancing,

Mr. Rogers prophesied that 1,000 miles

will be built each year.



Mr. Rogers made his talk more in-

teresting by showing a series of ster-

eopticon pictures—vieWs taken in all

parts of. the state showing various

methods of bridge and highway con-

struction;



An illustrated talk on dairy topics

was then given by J. W. Helme, .state

dairy and food commissioner, and a

dairyman of 25 years’ experience; “To

be a successful dairyman,” said Mr.

Helme, “four things are necessary:

the right kind of man, the right kind

of COW, the right kind of feed, and the

right kind of barns and utensils.



“The right kind of man is the kind

who realizes that the cow is a bovine

mother, and requires the same kind

of tender care and attention the hu-

man mother does. Any disturbance

of the nervous, milk-giving organs re-

sults in a depletion of the milk in

quality and amount. The best kind

of dairy cow puts her feed into her

milk, although you can hang your hat

on her hip bones,” said Mr. Helme,

“and I have found that com ensilage

and alfalfa hay make practically a

perfect ration.”



The evening session was the big

event of the day, With State Master

John C. Ketcham- as state speaker.

Mr. Ketcham’s train was 45 minutes

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saying. “I bear splendid tidings of

good will toward Battle Creek for the

hospitable entertainment of the State

Grange here.” And he spoke highly

of the \plan of the united city and

farm organizations of the vicinity,

which shows that interest in country

life is now being felt by all kinds of

people.



“The great problem of feeding the

world is the responsibility of the

farmer,” said Mr. Ketcham, “and from

the standpoint of numbers and wealth

the-people of the country today have

the right to claim the attention of the

whole world. The day is coming

when the farmer is to be at the hear-

ing of great public questions in th

halls of legislation.” -



He discussed the problem of mar-

keting, urging the elimination 'of

waste and delay between consumer

and farmer, and made a strong plea

for the new system of rural credits.



In closing Mr. Ketcham declared

that country life is responsible for the

development of great leaders, that its

splendid moral reserve force will do

much to stamp out the saloon and le-

galized vice, and is a strong safety

valve against militarism.



So closed the last session of a day

to be remembered as the first of many

of these splendid get-together meet-

ings.—-Mrs. Laura A. Minges.





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Discuss Prison Problem.—The Clo-

ver Leaf Farmers’ Club held a most

enjoyable meeting Tuesday evening,

March 9, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Eugene Springer. The principal fea—

ture of the evening was an address by

George W. Hartt, secretary of the

extension work department of the

state prison. It was a very able ad-

dress in which the following points

were brought out: The home life, the

social environment, corrupt public

officials, all tending to the education

and training of the state’s criminals.

Mr. Hartt told a great deal of life in

Jackson prison, and of segregating

the hardened criminals from the short

term prisoners. He proved that the

prison was self-supporting, and what-

ever surplus there was went to the

families of the cOnvicts. He made a

strong plea for people to meet pris-

oners half way after they Were arol-

ed and give them a “square dea .” He

hit strongly at the drink evil, and

gave statistics to show that a very

great majority of the convicts came

from the “wet” counties. Mr. Hartt

talked on the censorship of moving

picture shows, and opened the eyes

of those present to their deplorable

existing conditions. A warm discus-

sion followed the address, after which

refreshments were served, consisting

of sandwiches, baked beans, pickles,

pie and coffee. The remainder of the

evening was pleasantly spent with

games and in visiting. There were 90

present and all report a most enjoy-

able time.—Mrs. Starr Fenner, Cor.

See.



A St. Patrick’s Day Meeting.——The

March meeting of the Indianfields

Farmers’ Club was held at the pleas-

ant home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ar-

nold. The house was beautifully and

appropriately decorated, emblematic

of St. Patrick’s Day.

buren treated the crowd of members

and invited guests to a fine St. Pat-

rick's dinner. President James Ar-

nold and several members of the Hick-

ory Farmer’s Club were present. Af-

ter the usual social hour recitations

were given by Mrs. James Paul and

Amos Andrews, and two solos by Mrs.

Roana Moore. Frank Arnold led the

discussion, “Can our present system

of road making be improved?” Sev-

eral members took part in the discus-

sion and all decided that the system

could be improved. Discussion, “Re-

solved, that the law requiring school

districts to pay the high school tui-

tion of students passing the eighth

grade is unjust and ought to be abol-

ished.” This subject was pretty Well

threshed out and all showed sympathy

for the student wishing a good educa-

tion. The question box, as usual, was

full of timely questions. Club ad-

journed to meet at the home of Mr.

and Mrs. Robt. Park, April 15.—Mrs.

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Indigestion—I have a. cow four

years old that calved February 23,

carrying calf 274 days; she cleaned

four hours later, did well for a few

days, but does not eat enough grain;





and I would like to know what to do

for her. W., Bravo, Mich—Give

her 1A oz. hyposulphite soda, 1A oz. of

ground gentian, 1A oz. Fowler’s solu-

tion at a dose three times a. day. If

her bowels do not act free enough,

give her epsom salts. Feed her some

roots.



Shoats Are Wormy.—-Will you kind-

ly publish a worm remedy for shoals?

One in a bunch passed worms about

six inches long and about the size of

a slate pencil. J. H., Burt, Mich.—

Mix one part powdered sulphate iron,

one part ground wormseed, one part

salt and three parts ground gentian,

give each Shoat a teaspoonful at a

dose in feed twice a‘day. It is well

to keep in mind that nearly all hogs

have a few worms, but a limited num-

ber does not appear to interfere with

the health of the hogs.



Indigestion~Thick Urine—My 11-

year-old horse keeps loose in bowels,

urine is thick and ropy, and altogether

too yellow. His skin is tight and he

is fed alfalfa hay, which is all I have

and I might add he is gaining in flesh.

McC. 13., Grass Range, Mont.———Mix to-

gether one part ground nux vomica,

one part powdered sulphate iron, one

part red cinchona, one part acetate of

potash and four parts ground gentian;

give him a tablespoonful at a dose in

feed three times a day. If his water

supply is not of good quality, boil it.



Loss of Appetite—Have a cow that

has been off her feed for some time

and she is losing flesh. I gave her

medicine prescribed for anemia and

she improved, then I discontinued the

treatment. W. M. A., Wexford, Mich.

—Give your cow 1 dr. of ground nux

vomica, 1 oz. ground gentian and 1/2

oz. of hyposulphite of soda at a dose

three times a day for not less than 30

days. Better feed your calves a small

quantity of thoroughly cooked flaxseed

meal if you feed it at all.



Surfeit.-—I have a four-year-old mare

that has small bunches in the skin

and she has been troubled with sore

shoulders. J. G. L., Sherwood, Mich.

—-Give her 1,5 oz. hyposulphite of soda

at a dose three times a day. Wet

bunches with one part bichloride mer-

cury and two thousand parts water

twice a day and dissolve 1,; lb. acetate

of lead, 3 ozs. sulphate zinc, 2 drs. of

tannic acid in a gallon of water and

apply to shoulders three times a day.



Nail Puncture—Four months ago

my seven-year-old horse stepped on a

nail puncturing foot, now when trav-

eling on hard read he flinches. D. H.,

White Cloud, Mich—Apply one part

. tincture iodine and three parts spirits

of camphor to coronet three times a.

week.



Eye Polypusi—I have a mare that

has a growth in eye situated between

eyeball and lower lid; our local Vet.

has cut it out three different times,

but it always grows again. B. F. N.,

Ypsilanti, Mich.—~The only remedy is

a surgical operation, but it should be

done very thorough or it is apt to

grow again.



Indigestion—Impaction of Bowels.

——For the past two years my horse

has had attacks of either colic or im-

paction of bowels and our local Vet.

has usually treated him, but horse

grows worse. H. B. J., Camden, Mich.

——Your horse should be fed the kind

of food that does not ferment after he

eats it; besides, it should be of a laxa-

tive nature; furthermore, he should

be exercised every day. Giving him

drugs is not the proper way to man-

age a case of this kind. Feed him

clover and timothy that has been well

cured. Also feed oats, dry bran and

a'few roots. Mix together equal parts

bicarbonate soda, ginger and gentian;

give him a tablespoonful at a dose in

feed three times a day.



Partial Paralysis—Vertigo.—My sev—

en-year-old mare on- November 29, be—

coming frightened at an automobile,

ran away, running one-half mile; smce

then she has had rather poor use of

hind quarters, gets up and, down fill”

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however, she eats plenty of roughage-





quarters. One of my hogs began to

bald head tilted to one side and three

days later began to stagger and fall;

since then' has not eaten well and

does not move about much. A. A.,

West Olive, Mich—Give your mare 1

dr. of fluid extract nux vomica, 17$ oz.

of Donovan’s solution at a. dose three

times a. day and if the kidneys do not

act free enough, give 2 dr. doses of

acetate of potash two or three times

a day. lee your hogs 15‘ grs. of bro-

mide of potash and a teaspoonful of

sulphate of soda at a dose two or

times a day.



Wound on' Face—Our local Vet.

some time ago .trephined colt for nas-

al ‘gleet; now we are unable to heal

wound leading to nasal cavity. R. W.,

Reed City, Mich—Better pack wound

with iodoform gauze and prevent air

from passing in and out from opening.



Light Milken—I have a two-year-old

heifer that came fresh March 17, but

her bag seems perfectly empty. Have

repeatedly tried to milk her, but am

unable to get a drop. Can anything

be done to make her give milk? M.

K., Claire, Mich—Feeding your heifer

milk-producing food and gently hand-

rubbing bag three times a day for 15

or 20 minutes might stimulate secre-

tion of milk. .



Hog Cholera—When hog cholera

has been on a. farm, how much time

should elapse before it would be safe

to stock up again, and what should I

do in line of sanitation? Also, do I

run any risk in keeping horses, cattle

and poultry at same time that cholera

infection exists? G. H. T., Ada, Mich.

——There is no danger of your horses,

cattle and poultry becoming diseased;

however, it is possible for them to

spread the infection. You should thor-

oughly clean and disinfect your hog

house and yard Where they run, by

using fresh whitewash and one part

of carbolic acid to 30 parts of white-

wash. There are many other commer-

cial disinfectants recommended for

this purpose which are perfectly re-

liable, especially those that are adver-

tised in this paper. I do not believe

it safe to place hogs on a farm of this

kind for less than a year; besides, you

might stock up now, but vaccinate

them against cholera. -



Bursal Enlargement—My driving

mare has a puff on hind leg above the

ankle joint which I would like to have

removed; she favors this leg when

first starting, but lameness soon sub-

sides. E. J., Dimondale, Mich—Apply

one part tincture iodine and three

parts spirits of camphor bnce a day,

and keep up this treatment for some

time. Kindly understand, a bursal

gunch of this kind is difficult to re-



uce. .



Elbow Tumor (Shoe Boil).——Ever

since the early part of last winter my

horse has been troubled with a shoe

boil and I have been unable to heal

wound. The shoes have been off all

winter. R. D., Linden, Mich—Apply

equal parts powdered alum and oxide

of zinc, also occasionally apply crude

carbolic acid to raw parts of sore.



Weak Stifle Ligaments.—I have a

colt seven months old that drags toe

and stifle joint snaps, but so far as

I can tell there is no soreness in joint

nor fever. L. C., Goldwater, Mich.—

Clip off hair and apply one part pow-

dered cantharides and five parts fresh

lard three times a month.



Chronic Cough—My seven-year-old

mare has been troubled with cough all

winter and glands of throat are swol-

len. P. V. V., St. Louis, Mich—Mix

together one part ginger, one part of

powdered lobelia and four parts pow

dered licorice and give her a table-

spoonful at a dose in damp feed three

times a day. Also give 1 oz. of the

following mixture three times a day:

Guaiacol, 1 oz. mixed with 15 ozs. of

raw linseed oil. Also apply one part

iodine and nine parts fresh lard to

glands of throat every day or two.



Infected Udder.—I have a cow nine

years old that freshened last August;

she milked well, considering that her

udder caked at this time, but she ap-

pears to get over it. Now, during the

last two or three weeks. she gave less

milk than usual from one quarter and

now a second quarter is affected. J.

D. C., Levering, Mir-h. Mix one part

fluid extract of phytolacca and three

parts olive oil and rub blocked part of

udder every day or two. Give her a

teaSpoonful of powdered nitrate of

potash at a dose in feed twice a day.

The udder should be‘gently hand-rub-

(tied for 15 minutes at a time twice a

ay. ,



Wounded Teat.-I have a cow that

cut teat on barb wire and I am unable

to stop milk leaking from wound and

dry her. E. S., Sanford, Mich—Feed

her less milk-making food, milk her

occasionally and apply equal parts of

powdered alum and tannic acid to sore

daily, covering wound with bandage.



.VVarbles.—My cattle are troubled

w1th grubs in their back. E. M., Mun-

ith. Mich—Open bunches With sharp,

clean knife, squeeze out grubs, kill

them and apply one part coal tar dis-

anfectant and 19 parts water twice a

ay. ’
_,‘





 





APRIL 3, 1916;





Dorrie-Jersey Sale





At Adrian. Michigan,





Thursday, April 8.





At l2:OO M.



We will sell at PUBLIC AUCTION at

the 001. Wood Barn, in Adrian, M1ch.,

about 60 head of royally bred Duroc-

Jersey Swine.



About 20 bred sows—bredtoFan Top,

lst prize Senior Yearling Beer at

811m Fair. I9I3. He weighed in at this



About 25 young Gilts, sired by Fancy

Top, out of the above Colonel andca

Ohio Chief bred sows. Five splendid

young boars ready for service, also

some fall pigs.



Our usual outlet for surplus stock

has been Ohio, Indiana and Illinois

but owing to the continuation of the

Federal Quarantine prohibiting ship—

ments from the state we are offering

this splendid lot of Registered Duroc-

Jersey swine to the Michigan breeders

and farmers at their own price.



Come and see these large, prolific,

cuick-feeding, early—developing type of

Durocs. No catalogues.





We will also offer a few service

Registered Holstein Bull calves.





KENNEDY HOISTEIN FARM C0.

Sale held in City of Adrian.





BREEOERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.

trains re resented consist of Trojan Ericas. Black-

birds and Brides only. Black Quality Ito. abull of

rare individuality an merit heads the herd.

WOODCO’I‘E TOCH FARM. Ionic. Mich.





‘YnsmuEs—One of the foremost dairy breeds The

most economical milk producers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cooker els; Duroc Jersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint. Michigan.





. fair at 750 lbs.





 





Four Pure Bred Angus Bulls. Extra good ones. One

a





how bull. Eight and nine months old. Priced

reasonable. Inquire F. J. WILBER Oiio. Mich.





Four rRegistered Aberdeen Angus Bulls. from ten

to seventeen monthao Price es reasonable.

GEO. HATEAWAY & SlO‘N. Ovid. Michigan.





THE VILLAGE FARM,

Grass Lake, Michigan,

GUERNSEY CATTLE.





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL. CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





A Derry Show Every Day.



120 Head of Dairy Stock. Milking done by



machines. Up-todate ice cream

making Advance Register work; 10 head on

yearly test. Herd bulls of high quality. One

with seven dams in 4 generations average 707 lbs.

butter fat. Guernsey products are always in

demand All the whole milk we can spare brings

Be not qt in bulk at the farm. Pure bred bulls

from A. R. dams for sale. Come and see them.

we will be giadto entertain you, or write for





Willi 11. AllliEVlllE.Ooldwaier,Mlol1.





High Grade Guernseys





Twenty large faun and white h2-year-old heifers. will





freshen thiss rin 875 h.ead can s are a few

young cows. ELI) 8‘ ESPSGOP. Lansing. Bdlchlgan.





FOR SALE'rAffgfigd Guernsey Bulls





at farmer' s prices. E.W UEHS. Caledonia, Mich.

Registered GUERNSEY and





 





 





ST N BU LS f -

Thoroughbre new... .13....‘1 1:.

BULL CALVES. Manyf rmo A. 8.11 ms. Prices





reasonable. E. E. SWEET. Birmingham. Mich.





For Sale]! of Gueruse Bulls. Berkshirehos

1 an ilts b for arring far-row. rite

JOHN EBEL . R. 1.. H01 and Mlchi flan.





PZGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL CALVES for sale cheap at

Windermere Farm. Watorvliet. Mich. May Rose breeding.

Address. .1. K. BLATCHFOBD. Auditorium Tower, Chicago. Ill.





HEREFORD; 33‘?&'3“".§$”§1‘a.“d





ALLEN BOBS . Paw Paw. iohl‘an.

Hereford Bulls for Sale—32:1?” 153.“:





and some Polled bull calves about seven mont s old.

These are well good animals and will be priced

right. amvnn 1.1 E RANCH 00.. Alponh. Mich.





A Splendid Young





Holstein Bull





WIll be a oredli in your 'oommunlly.

Sire, a three-fourths brother to the





$50,000 Bull.





Here is a good one.

Send for extended pedigree.





REED . &. KNOWLES,

Howell, Michigan.





 





 





 





THE MICHI





Do You Want A Bull?

Ready For Service.

Iron a graudd Muslim [The King

Pontl Sired by a bull that is more “0:“ half

brother to the Champion wot the

W0 PM. and whose dam is 11.30 lb. 6% fi fat dau liter

of? ontlac Aggie Korndyke whob has more b.

daughters than any other livingb

write for igree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS. Marshall, Mich.





HATCH HERD.





Ypsilanti, Michigan, '





Registered Holstein Frieehn Sires—Grandmas

of the World's Greatest Dairy Sire. They are out of

choice A. R. O. dams. Their sire is:



Half brother to the World's record cow 44.15

gigantic| in 7 days. Average record of 50 darn. in



pedigree 3.1 25 lbs. in 7 days. Average



cent of fat three nearest dame4 4.37. Sires in

Home! already have over see A. R. 0.

dnuthtore. Also a few females. Prices reasonable.





ESPAN’ORE FARM,

LANSING. MICHIGAN.

Home of the oletein Bull “PLEDGE SPOF-



0RD GALA [TY AUL" withBA A..BO (bug‘s;





includin a5- ear-old with 36- ndrecord.

from 1:. 3290 y undo. ‘ W“





FOO SALE-l Oull Oali sired by "11: Oral Oull.





cmsn s. ossorm.

ADAM 1o. rsaeusorz. l °‘"‘°"‘





lllll-llegislorod Holsteins-lllll

5th Annual consignment 8an





OF TH

Howell Consignment Sales Co.

Livingsion Oouniy, Miohig 1111.





This sale Brian-seems the best families of the breed.



enxrveld DeKol. Pontiac Korndyke.



Pau De cl ch 3 s1res are in service K. S. P. Howell.



l.dHengervbeld Palmyra Fayne. Sadie Vale Con-



's Paul K01 13rd and other 30 lb. sires. Our



last sale led all9 other Michigan sales by .5 or head.



f. cu want the best come to Howell. Apri 29th at

M. Catalog April 18,



PERRY & KELLY, Auctioneers, MARK B. CURDY. Secy.





HOLSTEIN BULL CALF. born Oct. 29 Siro’ sdam

30-lb cow with 8 31111.. sisters. Dam a first



calf heifer with record 1465 lbs. use. two- year-old.



Price W. B. EADER. Howell. Michigan.





FOR SALE—Registered Holstein bulls ready

for serv1ce. Heif Here and cows



due to freshen soon at reasonable pric



CHARLES T. COOK. Box 438, Fowlerville, Mich.





Registered Holstein Omit—33“” 05.18% 5.23.393?“





4- ear-oind herd bull. out of0 27% lbs.

her F.10NES. 11.. No. 3. Oak Grove, same.





If you do





 





 





 





 





 





ull Celt—3 sisters from El). 08to 34. 31 lbs. Sire' s sire

brother to Pontiac Korndyke. Dam 22.92 lb. her

dam has 2 30-lb. sisters. M. L. McLAUIJN. Redford. Mich.





—R ad f i F

Fourlls ‘f' llolsioin Bull: ME. 1.35.3113 1:603:21?

advan registry breeding. ri ces 3111,8125

DEWEY C. PIERSON. Hadley. Michigan.





 





\ Bull calves and Herd Bull. Can

Reg' "Olflein supply all wants in Reg. Chester

White swine. yB. Parham. Bronson. Mich





I “BIROIII” “IOILY” $50212”





Holstein Bull Calf. Best and best st.A 11.0. back-

ing on both sides. X white. aPerfect and he nd-





some individual. Bougmont Farms: Detroit. Mich.

High Class HOLSTEINSh...





is headed by Smithdaie Alcartra Pontiac. whose dam

is the famous Alcartrs Polkadot. Have few you bulls

and females for sale at reasonable prices Wi i buy

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

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





“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





Extra large fine young bull, 9‘ white. born Oct. 4. 1913.

am has oilicial record of 29401.bs butter in 7 days.

117. 50 lbs. in 30 das Sire' s 29dam is 1322. 64 lb. 4 yr.-old



dau hter of a 30. 5 lb.oo

HE EBSON FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan.





HOLSTEIIS FOR SALE





5 Good Bulls, ready for service.

10 Very Choice Bull Calves.

2 Two- year-old Heifers, bred

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

Segis, due in December.





I. E. CONNELL, Fayette. Ohio.





Bigeiow’ s Holstein Farms

Breedsville, Michigan.





Highest Class Registered Stock For Sale.





A BARGAIN—Registerned Holstein Ball for



alhle. old. His sire' s

dam is a sister to Sarcastic' s Lads dam. who was the

world’s Champion Bull. att he St. Louis Exposition

and sold for ten thousand dollars Dam is of the

Oolanthn strain. A.E.Chase. Clovercroft Farm. St. Johns. Mich





FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





read for service. and bull calves. also females.

BEE MAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. Michigan.





Registered Holstein “Bull Calf. whose sire is full



brother to Lady’l‘ be.DeKol 3%y ‘.G



10 yr. 31.66. ELMEB E. SMITH. Redford. Michigan.

—D ’ i



IOLSTEII BULL OILVE u.‘.’“ul.‘i§i;l.‘é'i“il€§5‘135 i3





Michigan. Long Beach Farm. Augusta. Kalamazoo Co..Mich.





 





I offer for sale three bull calves sired by Colanthla

Johanna Creamelle Lad. extra fine ones. and will

accept good notes due in one year in pvment. Here

is your opportunity. Geo.D .Clarke. assar. Mich.





Holstein-Frisian Breeder—ll M fun!-





The

esof the breed

represented D. D. AITKEN. Flint. Michigan.





HOBART W. FAY, Mason, Michigan.





Holstein Friessan cattle. Nothing for sale at present





IIOIIIIIL IOIE IIO lIllIlIO SOIOOL





EB. MIC

Breeder of High” Grade Holstein Cattle. Lists and

prices upon application.





—J C ttle. Y b hire Ho

lillio Farmland om ant... mils... .1... .3:

want. COLONC. mommi i.lle Michigan.





THE WILOWOOD JERSEY HERD





mEe‘mstered Jersey Cattle. rich MalieeMtys Wonder

7. one of the best sons of Boys Maisstyi s at

the head of herd. His sons showt ynpe an and

his daughters are producin I la ow of highm testing

In ilk. Write your wants. in olden. Oapac. Mich.





 





GAN'FARMER





:1“? R S EYE" 8 ".35 {Eigegfié‘il

Islam Mich. breeds;- anda member

our. J. c. no.6 send meadow; for ealetcthe above.





FlSl-lERTON FARM JERSEYS—3,320.2:





Hood Farm P%s' 9th. from Register of Merit dams.

FISHER N ra'ius Pontiac. Michigan.





gJINB BRBD JERSEY COWS AND HEIFERS. Fresh

or due soon. Male calves cii ible to registration.

MB. COOK FARE. Michigan.





BUTTER BRED assure"





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Alleges: County. Michltn.





Maplem Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd. Tuber-

cul ltestedn Government. For sale bull

calves and heiferb calves from B. of .dams a

grand dams and cod Farm Sire.



ham mmx. Allegnn. ancmgan.





Jens ya. Bulls readif or service. N0exigajfiualityhi sired

Jacoba' s leis: manon. ih

product 5d TH & PAIyKER. Howell. Mhic





JERSEYS—TIE IEIISIEH OF HER" IlllO.





BBCOKWATBB FARM. B. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.

dams.with





iomy Bulls ior Solo mfinm“i‘gi’o;°d.‘;gt,, ,1... 0,,

soml-oflclal test. 0. B.We ner.B 6,Allegan. Mich.





FOll SALE, Wilegslmrl Jersey Oar: l...”’i‘,..°.'o.,.‘,‘?

KHAN I WATEHMAN

leadcwland Farm. :-1 Ann Arbor. Michigan.





FOR SALE—Twelve high grade Jersey cows;

an giyin ilk d igeho‘omg'ig “git gofifofiiitois‘i?

m an o a n

V5.E. ADY, Armada. Michigan.





MILKI" SHOIIHOII -Youn bulls sired by





Gran May it Otis bull yfor

sale. DAVIDSON a HALL. Tecumseh. Michigan.





res SALE-11.15." .Ssdtzri {’“s so

months old. F. BARR. Aloha, Michigan.

'SHONIHORNGH 4 choice bulls. 2 year-1111.1... 2 calves





months old. for

C. OBIUS. Hillsdnle. Michigan.





—Y b ll sired by Bright-

Shorflwrns Fl" 88'. SuTannng. Ala?) cows and heifers.

W. B. McQUlLLAN. Howell or ChllsonJ Michigan.





 





FOB SALE—Shorthorn Bulls. red and roans. by

sons of Avondale and Victor Linwood. both Interna-

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





 





 

 





mt?!

“51:11:18 Inliving. I have thelargest and an

S.Every one an early developed;





 





O. I. C. SWIN dresser“ ’33:

on hand servi cs boars. also other sex of Aug. far-row.





I am also bookin orders for March and April Pigs.

A. J. GORD N. R. No .2 Dorr. Michigan.





I. C' 3. nothing for sale at present but will take



e orders for Mar. and Apr. p1gs. pa1rs not akin. Reg.

free and shipped on approval. ..W Hawaii. Ovid. Mich.

5—8 ri i . airs and tries. not



00 I. 31% n“ fixer: Istate fair winners.

AVONDALE ,STOCIHF RM. Mich.





0 I C ~25 sows bred for Spring furrow. 75 Fall





1 .large and w t.hy Write your wants.

GLENWOO’D gsSTOCK FfoM. Zeeland. Michigan.





0 I. C. Choice gilts bred for sparing furrow. Sept. lgs

'servloeable boar weighing 3 lbs price 330. The ong

bodied and big boned krnd. Alvin V. Bait. Grass Lake. Mich.





n. ' ”’8 -Two servicable boars. sow coming two-yr. -





old. bred for March furrow. fall pigs. all

stock registered. 0HW.ELL St. Johns. Mich.





Duroc Jerseys~A raw chm... .1...





bred for A ril and

May far-row. Fall either sex. 8. C. STA LMAN.

CHERRY LAW ABM. bhepherd, Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS], 1M few ufallfibloasleand 1:





CAREY U. EDMONDSb. Hastings. Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS.





From Prize-Winning Stock.

Write. or better still. come.





Brookmler F111m,Ann Arbor,lllol1..ll.F.ll.'l.





Wayne.





 





 





 





arryBred Shorthorns of Best Bates





PTRAIN. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Michigan.





sh r“. —Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

0 0m: ages for sale at farmers prices: C. w. Crum.

Secy. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders‘ Assn.. McBride. Mich.





FIVE SHOIIlllOllI BULLS FOR SALE £523.31)”.ng





reasonable. LEONARD HIBBARD, Cohoctsh. Mich.





SIOlllwllOllIS: OOllOIOE YOUIO BULLS FOR SALE





 





 





 





   





.W. KNAPP. Howell. Michlg hlgan.

SHEEP.

1'1 rsrs ro our runs 1111121) sum or ‘

PARSONS ,. £23351:

139.2% .m '1. club cflr “and enlist.

Oxfords, Shropn oirree nnd‘I’olled minusc-

' n PARSONS.GrandLedge.Mich. I1.





 





 





OXFOllO-OOWI SHEEP, IO STOOI FOR SALE.





M. I". GANSS





 





H005.





' ' —Grand bunch of Gilts

Duroos 81 Vlolonas 53;, 1:35;»; 111,111; g 3;,

of Superbs. Defender. Much 8001.8rions and others.

A few young boars. M. ’1‘. BOY. Lowell. Mich.





Royalton Bred Berkshires. Large stock of finely bred

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

Must reduce stock, and will quote low prices with registry papers

for quick clean up. D.l".Valentine. Snpin TemperancaJiich.





BERKSHIRE 0’1“” Mine hours and we.





ricedto move quick. Farmers



stock. ELMHUBS STOCK FARM. Almont. Mich

Berkshire Hogs—Choice gilts bred to furrow in March

and April. Also a number of Bar Plymouth

Rock Cockerels. Chase' s Stock Farm. 11.1%.], Mariette. Mich.





BERKSHIRE S’BESOc2§.'37°3ao“°l':.





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





IEOISHIBES: nh°§rliiogi33 3i?fi.i.%§oia‘i2§ai‘fgd

A. A. I’m Dockervillo. Michigan.





LEY. Lennon. Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS—Aug. boars ready for service.



lso Aug gilgs tailored for June farrowto prize-

winning «01:11.11?pr for your ins 0-

tion I. J nnop Route (1,109.1 Monroe. Mic.





DUROC J ERS LYS‘?.fii“°b%%°rl

and open gilts. W. O. TAYLOR. Milan. Michigan.





HAVE ONE GOOD GILT weight 175 lbs.. farrow



April 10th . One lb gilt (arrow last of

April. price Afews slpring an fall boars, price

$21 t0830. H. G. KEES EH Czrssopolis. Michigan.





 





 





apitol Herd Duroc Jersey Swine. Established 1883.

Young boars and bred sows for sale. I pay th e

express. J.“ .BANGHART. Lansing. Michigan.





DUROC JERSECIS~A for}: bred gills fail males ready for

servrce. S. cm and Buff Rock e s to

.1. McN1c0LL. Station A. R.4 g r ”h





 





,Bay City. lchigan.

TRICTLY B. T. Polands— Absolutel



S better. My herd represents bestylileon: 1:13,“.



Spring .11 fall arrowlpigs at bargain prices. Satisfac-



tion guaranteed Buvenna. Mich.





—Maroh gilte bred to s f V

Duroc JIM! ChanfiimnOR 1912 fairs. onoo‘detgllggggoefi

for March pigs E. RRlS, Monroe. Mi ich.





D. Kruger.





A few choice boars re d f

Duran JBISUyS: from prize winnin a 5:03;. 8«rallied

Middleton. Idlewild Farm B. I". D. No H§Clayton.o Mich.





POLAND CHlNAS





for spring farrow. A. A





Iggdthe big types Boers

y oreerv1ce owsbr

Wood & Son. Saline. MicIId





OLAND CHINA BRED GILTS—B

P heaVfiboue0N fall boars. Satisfactio‘hmgggaigtd)

N.B. No.11. Kalamazoo. Michigan.

—Ohoice ilt b dt “Bi "

POI-"n owl‘s boars koSDN 5.53.1513“ “533.33.





boars. L. W. BARNES Byron. Michi igan.





BIO BOIE POLIIO OHIII OILTO‘E‘tm ch01°11-





bred for spring

far rrow. rioes to l

MAPLEWB o1) “s'i‘ocx 11:13? °lee‘}{§§,'mcn.





LlllOE TYPE 1’. O. ’E‘P‘“ “ohm“ and m... not





m ki

bred gilte. w. J HAG GanmwTsigug-lefiiggf

Big Type Poland Chins Boers and Ollte lplenty of





1: send reat unlit It I

ROBERT MKBTINJ .21 p.193“. 22.3.32.” 1311'





 





AMPSHIRE oSwine—Broedingvstock of all age

from most ular strains rite for breeding.

Inspection invi Floyd Myers} .9, Decaturl Ind

Humpshlro swine, some good Boar: for Breeding and some

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

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





"ESTER WHITES. August and September pigs, from

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

of registry with each pig. John Gintling," ,





 





 





o '0 c F "P's —Choice gilts bred to one of the

I 1313991: boars 1n the St not

C. J. THO PSON. Rockford. Michigan.





 





o. l. C! —STRICTLY BIG TYPE. For 12 yrs.



5I have been breeding for size and

length with qualitIy. Lengthy Prince one of the largest

bears the breed ever produced heads our herd assisted

by White Monarch and Frosts Choice. 2nd.9{1rize under

six Months bolar at Mo. Inter State Fair 914 Stock

for sale at all tim mes. prices reasonable. Address

NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM R. No. .Mariette. Mich.





Blg Type 0. l. 0’s and theslorWhlte Swine.





400 fall igs either sex. ial prices for the next



30 days.“ are redgllte an service males and we are



orders for sprin SigD. all our stock is good



enougéi “that I will shl 0g and reg. free in the



0. .or Cheater ite Asso. We won. more prizes



thaIn all other breeders fput together, at 111. .. and

W1 i.s State Fairs Writs r Show record.





ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM

o I. c -Spri “boars all sold. We have some

0 I fine pigs read to all)?“

JOHN BERNIE 1| SOlN. rand ge. ichigan.

oil bears and alot of this fall pigs,

ither sex not akin. )5 mile west of de t.”

0110 a. son ULG. Nashville. Inch





e e w

0. I. (3- Registered Pigs 91.1553 5:;

prices. J. CARL JEWET’I‘. Mason. Michigan.

0.. I c, -—Servicable boars. Gilts bred for

s May and June farm-.1 pay express.

”G. P. ANDREWS, Dansville. Michigan.





 





'Cls—I have extra line lot of last spring





0 I c —Servicable boarsof Sept. furrow, also

I I a few choice gilts bred for May





farrow. H. W. MANN. Dmvllle. Michigan.





 





—The type th t . h

§OLANDCHJNA1§1thggdsg:”Z§E xiii]: firedfitl":

SPRINGW BROOK Tum. Thrce cliff" igfiignn.





' -—Can spare one of in hard

LITEO Sham P. 0' sold for no fa11lt,ay few $1813;

and fall boars, will be sold at bargain pr1ces. a few

choice bred gilts. no better breeding, to be had at any

price. H. 0. SWARTZ, Schooicraft. Michigan.





EAVY BONED POLAND CHINA SOWS.

H fall £1 gs. bolth sexes, pairs not akin. Also £1113:

boars. rces low Robert Neve. Pierson. Mich.





oland Chines either sex. all a s. S cod

P at a low Diroiohm Bar ains in ggars 23152141011”:-

vioe. P. ..D 8. Grand Rapids. Mich.





HE FARMEEB' HOG. ——Butler' 9 Bi B

TPoland Chinas grow big toe oasis. 13:11:19: 2:11:13.

ready for market at 6 months. IVhy ecause we 'vd

bred them that way for more than’ 20 years. 50 hi

boned. long bodied. sows also 100 fall pigs at farmers!

rices. Buy one ands mge more money any

..0 History Free. CBUTLER. Portland. IIMioh





IG Ty boars by Big Smooth J b we

Bboa [B10 State. 748 lbs at 17 mo. Tiles: 620:3"

long tail. big bone. sold at farmers

0 .Call or write. Wm. Wafile.(£1ldwaferharioh.





LARGE TYPE P. C.





est in Mich! an.

Bre ilts l”ll d. A f y;

to mddge thgmsgniok 9‘” 9‘ '5 all Dies priced





W. E. LIVINGSTON, Parmn, Mich.





—Bred gilts. sprin be

Mllle F0018 (fairs! not akin. lderagtedffsldwgifr:

spr1ng farrow. BACON .Bidgeway. Michigan.

38 8 9 e





Mule Foot Hogs, both sexes, w... .. 1,.





Satisfaction guaranteed LONG BROS. .OAlvada.





M“—

—A 1

50 “’RKSMRES 01:13:33“ 1.3.2.“ P211“ Q3“?





B.ocks I. B. Ducks. .Hsomeg' Mich.





YORKSHIRES





Bred gilts. service boars. Se to b 110 t b

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