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VOL. cxuv. No.15

Whole Number 3830





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1915.





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Methods of a Michigan Woman in Gardening.





E are helped most by those



‘/‘/ who, in circumstances much



like our own, have made a

success of their work, That is why

Mrs. Fred Osborn, who is the owner

and manager of a fine truck garden in

Washtenaw county, is attracting much

attention. .In the face of difficulties

and handicaps which would have dis-

couraged many a man, this little Wom-

an has dug out of a patch of muck

land a competence for herself and

family.



Mrs. Osborn was the wife of a mis-

sionary clergyman and the mother of

two small children when her hus-

uband’s failing health forced him to

give up his work and be relieved of

all responsibility. The doctor’s in-

junction was to get out-of—doors. Gard-

ening seemed the only possible thing,

‘and the burden of responsibility was

shifted to the wife’s shoulders.





After a few years in western Mich-

igan, Mrs. Osborn happened to be in

Ann Arbor, where she found that

gardeners were getting 25 cents a doz-

en .for celery, whereas she was getting

but 10 and 12 cents. “Well,” she said,

“if I can get that much for celery

here, I am coming here, that’s all.”

Inside of two weeks she had rented

her little farm in Decatur and moved

to \Vashtenaw ecunty, within market-

ing distance. of Ann Arbor.



Here she secured twenty acres of

muck land, assessed as “ Waste lands

of Washtenaw county.” That was ten

years ago. Today she has 60 acres, a





 





 





lrrigating Celery by Artesian Wells.





comfortable home. Her two children

are being educated at the best schools

and last year (1913) this “waste, muck

land,” brought over $3,500 income—all

through the modest business of truck

gardening. Westerners say that muck

lands in the east cannot be leveled for

irrigation, but Mrs. Osborn has prov-

ed that this is not so. It must be done.

gradually, however. She does a little

every year. She is fortunate in hav-

ing artesian wells, and worked out her

own system of irrigation, using about

400 feet of common corrugated con-

ductor pipe, shoved together, with the

joints puttied up. This is a very in-

expensive arrangement, and may he

used on any low lands. In the case of





Irrigation increases the value of

lands three-fold or more.

account for the fact that Mrs. Osborn

would not sell her little farm today

for less than $300 an acre. She raises

cabbage, carrots, onions, potatoes,

parsnips, radishes, corn, etc., but her

Chinese vegetables are her latest en-

thusiasm and her celery‘ her special

pride. In Ann Arbor she is called the

“Celery Lady,” and, while she will not





That may ,





not covered,





She uses French’s Success, a varie-

ty that does well on most any soil.

She sows the seed in the nursery bed

the first of April, with the seed drill,

in rows about six inches apart, with

the covers tied up so that the seed be

and keeps the ground

moist. Mrs. Osborn says with em-

phasis, “The surface should never be

allowed to become dry, as the seed is

practically on top of the ground. The





 





 





General Vi'ew of the Truck Garden Operated by Mrs. Fred Osborn.





peddle, she delivers her celery herself,

at her own home market town.



She takes infinite pains to satisfy

her customers. Every week, on her

rounds, she asks them if the celery is

all right, if there are any suggestions

they can make to better it, etc. One

of her rules is, not to send one bunch

of celery to market she would be

ashamed of, and another is to keep

cheery, no matter what rebuffs she

may meet, for, as she says,



“That cheerful grin



Will take you in



Where a kicker is never known."



Absolute honesty in dealing with

her patrons, tireless energy in produc-

ing the best, plus business acumen in

marketing, are the secrets of her suc-

cess. She raises over 200,000 plants,

and grades every bunch for market

herself, grading about 250 to 300

bunches a day.





soil should be very, rich. The plants

should be kept free from weeds and

left to grow until the first of July.”



Meanwhile, the field is manured,

plowed, worked down and marked out,

the fertilizer put in the row with a

one-row fertilizer distributor. Here

Mrs. Osborn lays especial emphasis

again: “I trust nobody’fOr that work,

but go over every bit of the patch

myself, and see that every row is ir-

rigated. That is where nine-tenths of

the celery raisers fall down. \\’e have

not a neighbor who lays enough stress

upon that point.”



Only a straight, complete row hills

up as it should. That is why it is so

important that each plant be started

right. In fact, it is no good unless it

does start right——when the rest start.

Great care, too, must be taken that

the water does not settle in any one

place, or the ground becomes water-





 





 





 





 





celery she irrigates every other row. Beans Grown by W. W. Terry & Son, of Isabella County. (See Page 442).





logged as this retards the growth of

the plant.



The second irrigating was done last.

year (1913) the first, of September,

when the drouth in Washtenaw coun-

ty was so devastating. This irrigating

was what gave the Osborn celery a

fresh start, when the neighbors’, on

the same kind of land, with the same

kind of seed, was drying up. It in-

sured her, too, the largest and best

celery in the community, bringing her

10 cents a dozen more than her com-

petitors’ brought, right along.



Shallow cultivations are given ev-

ery week after the celery is set out

until the first of October, with a. com-

mon one-horse small-tooth cultivator,

winging the dirt with a common wing

shovel. About: the tenth of October

a two‘horse celery hiller is started,

pulling the dirt up over the celery and

repeating these operations about ev-

ery ten days.



October 25 the shovels are taken

from the hiller and the knife put on

and eight rows of the celery cut. out

at a time. It is packed standing up,

in pits about 18 inches wide and six

rods long, the dirt being shoveled up

at the sides more. and more as the

Weather gets colder. A little dirt is

covered over the top along about the

fOurth of November. This is the best

way, Mrs. Osborn thinks, to keep and

blanch celery.



The next step is finding a market,

but as soon as you have demonstrated

the superiority of yolu vegetables, the





 





 





“at

Late Culture of the Celery Crop.





market will take care of itself. For

example, one carload of carrots, all

hand sorted, “The best carrots that.

ever struck Toledo,” the commission

men said, established Mrs. Osborn’s

market for carrots at that city.



When farmers, gardeners and fruit

raisers learn the value of marketing

the perfect product, as they have

learned in the far west, they will find

the “acres of diamonds at their own

back doors,” and that it will not be.

necessary to go across a continuent

to obtain a. blessing from Dame For-

tune.



Washtenaw Co. KATE E. VVARD.



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animal life. It’s these “rogues” in the

bean family that the Terry idea is to

eliminate, just as the stock breeder

gets rid of his grades and starts into

the pure line to reproduce “after their

kind.” The productive bean is the

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the Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Associa~

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sample was not hand-picked, and more

beautiful, even-sized beans I never saw

and they were practically free from air

thracnose. Mr. Terry told the writer

that, “not getting satisfactory yield of

beans with splendid stands of vines,

we were led to think something was

wrong. On examining the beans we

found we had a very bad mixture of

everything except the bean we want-

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same picking- as the first, planting

nothing but perfect seed each year.

We did not plant all the perfect seed

we raised, but just what we got pick-

ed out each year. This picking to

shape is very hard on the eyes and it

can’t be followed long at a time. We

have been working these beans down

for six years and can truly say We

now have a bean that is true to shape

and a yielder. In 1913 we threshed





:31 bushels per acre.”





Beans After Clover.



One of the interesting things about

beans, ascertained as a general rule,

is that the paying crops were grown

last year on clover sod. I suspect

that the question of available nitro-

gen in the clover and a neutral or al-

kaline soil, proven by the fact that it

grows clover, is the condition demand-

ed by beans.



Last year Mr. Terry grew on potato

ground, four and a half acres, from

seed of less standardized grade, and

one year in arrears of his best select-

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to the acre. On clover sod. with his

most perfected seed, the yield on five

and a half acres was 29 bushels per

acre.



With the shape of the bean estab«

lished, Mr. Terry is going to make a

stalk selection with reference to in

creased number of pods. In 1913 Mr.

Terry’s crop averaged 31 bushels per

acre. A photograph of his field is

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take the place of vacant corn hills,

were free from blight, while the regu-

lar clean fields were strongly attacked.





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the growing corn actually acts as a

shield and keeps the spores of blight

from reaching their desired host. An-

other theory is that the corn prevents

the sun reaching the bean plant and

in this way prevents the necessary

conditions for blight development.





Blight is the yellow cast given to

the bean as distinct from the iron

rust colored spot, which is anthrac-

nose. Seed selection gives reasonably

immunity from anthracnose but blight

seems to be more a matter of season.

Anthracnose free beans are found in

the northern counties but even these

are not free from blight appearance.

Beans of different types are grown

over Wide degrees of latitude. The

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work of Mr. Terry and his sons along

these lines is distinctly original and

decidedly promising.





Shiawassee Co. J. N. MCBRIDE.





FARM NOTES.





 





Buckwheat as a Catch Crop.





With an idea of building up a some-

what run-down clay soil I drilled in

rye between rows of corn and have

a good stand. This land was an old

meadow and has raised two crops of

corn since sod was turned under.

New I want to get some kind of a

crop off the land this year after turn-

ing under the rye. I have clover sod

to turn under for this year’s corn. 1

cannot pasture the rye as the piece

is not fenced and don’t want to fence a

field of such shape. There is tempta-

tion to sow clover in the rye this

spring and harvest the rye, but I did

not put the rye in with any such in-

tention, and besides am doubtful if it

would get a good stand of clover until

soil is built. up. What crop, other

than corn, would you suggest putting

in after plowing the rye under?



Van Buren Co. SUBSCRIBER.





In a case of this kind buckwheat

would seem to fit admirably into the

rotation. By using this crop the rye

could be permitted to get a considera-

ble growth before being plowed down,

thus adding more vegetable matter to

the soil. The buckwheat could be

seeded to clover with fair prospects of

getting a stand. A cultivated crop

will deplete the soil of humus more

rapidly than will a crop of this kind,

for which reason the use of buckwheat

is suggested.



Treating Seed Oats fer Smut.





I would like to treat my seed oats

for smut, using formaldehyde. How

is the work best done, where can I

ii‘f‘l, the dope, what will it cost per

100 bushels, and how long before sow-

ing should they be treated? Also, how

do you treat potatoes for scab?



Macomb Co. J. C. T.





In the treatment of seed oats for

smut ordinary commercial formalde-

hyde should be used at the rate of one

pound—or one pint—to 40 or 50 gal-

lons of water. This solution should be

thoroughly sprayed or sprinkled on the

grain, shoveling it over in the mean-

time to get every kernel thoroughly

wetted. The grain should then be

shoveled into piles and covered with

a canvas for a couple of hours, and

later spread to dry before being sown.

The treatment is very inexpensive, as

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mixture to treat a bushel of seed. For-





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tle stronger mixture should be used or





one pound of formaldehyde to 30 gala





Ions of water, soaking the seed in this

solution for about one and a half

hours. ’





Seeding Alfalfa in Wheat.





I have a. piece of ground that I ex-

.pect to put out to oats, and another to

barley. Also wish to sow wheat on

the same ground in the fall. Would it

be advisable to sow alfalfa in the

spring on this Wheat ground, and if so

how much seed to the acre? The soil

on one piece is clay, and the other





is gravel.

Lenawee Co. W. T. D.





In numerous cases good stands of

alfalfa have been secured by seeding

same in wheat. On land which has

never grown the crop before, and

which is not in condition for same,

this would not, in the writer’s opinion,

be the most promising method of

seeding. A better plan would be to

mix the alfalfa and clover seed, using

about six pounds per acre of each.

This would give a thick enough seed-

ing that if the alfalfa caught it would

become established and make a good

stand after the clover disappeared.



Seeding Alfalfa with Early Peas.





I have eight acres of heavy clay soil

and would like your advice on seed-

ing. What I have in mind is to sow

early peas and sow buckwheat as a

second crop and seed with the buck-

wheat with June clover. What I wish





to do is to seed with alfalfa. Would

you consider this advisable? Do you

think I could get a catch?



Wayne Co. F. W.





I don’t suppose there is any better

crop to seed alfalfa with than early

peas. The peas come off early and

give the alfalfa complete possession of

the ground. No other crop will do this

so early, before the hot dry weather

comes. You -can inoculate the alfalfa

seed with pure culture or with soil,

by the glue method, and sow the peas

with a grain drill with grass seed at-

tachment, then both peas and alfalfa

can be sowu at the same time, and

fertilizer applied also without extra

expense for applying.



I don’t think it would be Wise to

sow alfalfa with buckwheat after peas,

for it will get such a late start it

might not be well enough established

to stand the winter. Provided you do

not think it best to sow the alfalfa

with the early peas, I think the next

best thing is to fit the ground after

the peas are .harvested, and seed the

alfalfa alone.



Fertilizing Corn.



Will you please give me information

in regard to using fertilizer with corn?

In drilling corn what quantity of fer-

tilizer can be used to the row Without

injuring the seed?



Eaton Co. C. S.



The germinating power of corn is

not so easily injured by sowing fer-

tilizer close to it as beans, but it is

not advisable to use over 100 to 150

pounds per acre in the row with the

seed. With larger applications, the

major portion of it, or even all of it,

is best applied broadcast before plant-

ing the corn and mixed thoroughly

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formulated by a committee, including

County Agricultural Agent Skinner.

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MORE ABOUT SWEET CLOVER.





 





As I am a reader of your valuable

paper and have read with much inter-

est the articles that have been written

0n sweet clover, I would like to ex.-

press my views and observations on

the same.



Sweet clover was brought into this

vicinity about forty years ago by a

man who kept bees, and was sowed

along the highways.



I think sweet clover has all the

good qualities claimed for it, but it is

a bad master if it gets into your rail

fence corners or is allowed to grow

as a noxious weed.



I also find that it will not grow in

acid soil, but requires land with lots

of lime, the same as alfalfa.



I have four and a half acres which

I seeded in rye last spring. The seed

germinated good, grew about two and

a half inches high and then the plants

seemed to die.



Litmus paper showed this soil to be

acid and only a small amount of sweet

clover showed'last fall. There was





 





an old fence row, however, which I

plowed up in this field and here thei

litmus paper showed the soil as not:

acid and here the sweet clover grew,1

most luxuriantly.



The farm on which I live has a rail-

road along the east side of it and hereI

sweet clover grows most plentiful and ‘

my cattle eat every spear of it that;

gets through the fence; in fact, I have ;

cut it and thrown it over the fence,g

and it all disappeared but the big1

stems.



I have found it growing on some

poor soil farms, along the rail fences]

but out away from the fence it didé

thrive. I tested the soil by the fence;

and it showed no acid. but out away‘

from the fence it showed the acid.

Two years ago, while workingson the

highway with an engine and road

grader we stopped by a ditch to put

water into the tank. Here sweet clo-

ver was growing rank on muck or peat

soil so I took a. spade and dug up a

few roots that I doubt if you could

have pulled up with a team of horses

in any other soil. 1 investigated a

little farther and found that this

marsh was underlaid with an excel-

lent quality of marl, hencethe big

roots on muck soil.



Sweet clover is a. great humus crop

and should build up any soil that has

lime in it.



Your article of March 27 speaks of

Mr. \Villis’ being in danger of arrest

by indignant citizens. I would say

that the man who brought sweet clo-

ver into this vicnity was a doctor and

kept bees as a side line. and if the

doctor (who has long been dead),

could only hear some of the remarks

that have been made about him, I-think

it would cause him to rest rather un-

easily, but sweet clover has come to

stay and is a mighty good servant but

a poor master.



Shiawassee Co.





 





 





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Would it have to be harrowed in?

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secure any benefit from top-dressing?

Do you recommend fertilizing broad-





cast?



Lapeer Co. M. A. C.



A fertilizer with part of the nitrogen

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best, as part of the nitrogen would be

immediately available, the balance

would become available more slowly

as the plant needs it. A 3:823 would

be a good top-dressing for wheat.



The fertilizer should be applied as

early as the ground will admit. The

fertilizer should be harrowed in and

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





F ceders’ Problems.





Self-feeder for. Hogs.



We have eight fall pigs and two

brood sows due to farrow in April.

I intend to turn them out on an acre

of alfalfa, later on changing to an

acre of rape. A creek running be-

tween the two fields will furnish wa-

ter. How early should rape be sown?

Is it practical and profitable to feed

the pigs dry ground mixed feed from

a self-feeder? Please tell me how to

make such a self-feeder, giving the





, dimensions of the most practical size.





We are going to be very busy with

fruit and other crops and wish to raise

the pigs with as little labor as pos-





sible.



Van Buren Co. E. W.



There is little authentic experiment-

al data available on the merits of the

self-feeder for pigs on pasture. Some

farmers who have fed pigs on alfalfa

pasture maintain that pigs will not

eat more than a half ration of grain

on this feed, in which case it would

seem to be a practical method of feed-

ing. The accompanying illustrated de~

scription shows one style of self-feed-

er for hogs.- These feeders are some-

times made lower and wider with ere

tensions of roof on either side to cov-

er trough, and with divisions or par-

titions in trough to prevent the-crowd-

ing out of the small pigs.



Rape may be sown as early as oats,

if desired, or at any time later in the

season, depending on when the pas-

ture will be most needed.



Value of Potatoes as Hog Feed.





What are cooked potatoes worth as

hog feed? I can get 250 per bushel

for them on the market. Have got

plenty of grain to put with the pota‘

toes and plenty of hogs to eat them.



Van Buren Co. W. W.



At the Wisconsin station several





trials indicated that 441 lbs. of cooked





APRIL 10, 1915.





also a-floor for the pigs to stand on.

Now put a three-inch board out about

eight inches from the bottom of the

feed box on each side. This makes a

feed trough eight inches wide on each

side of the feed box where the pigs,

large and small together, will enjoy

a meal as wanted. The floor also

helps to keep the feeder in position at

all times. A cover should be fitted to

the top of this box in such a manner

as to shed any water that may fall.

This feeder will hold several hundred

pounds of ground feed at a time. With

a feed trough on each side of the

feeder it will accommodate 30 or 40

hogs of all sizes, and there will be no

pushing or fighting. After the pigs

get used to it they will not hurt them-

selves. I always see that there is

plenty of good pure water for them to

drink at all times.

Jackson Co. C. E. BEC‘KWITH.





SHORTHORN BREEDERS OF SEV-

EN COUNTIES MEET.





 





 





At the Harrietta Shorthorn Breed‘

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ties were represented. Mr. Neil Mar-

tin, president of the association, esti-

mated that there were 400 people in

the hall in order to hear the various

speakers.



Dr. Eben Mumford, State Leader in

Farm Management from M. A. C., gave

the first address in the morning ‘on

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fact that we must have more team

work in the rural communities; also

the farmers were told that they must

advertise their products for market.



Mr. C. W. Crum, of Montcalm coun-

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the Montcalm Shorthorn Breeders’ As-





 





 





potatoes would save 100 lbs. of corn

meal when potatoes comprised two-

thirds of the ration by weight. Ex-

pressed in another way, four and one-

half bushels of potatoes would, ac-

cording to these experiments, be equal

to one bushel of corn for feeding hogs

when fed with corn in the above men—

tioned proportions. On this basis it

would not pay to feed 25-cent pota-

toes in the proportions used in these

experiments. It might, and probably

would pay to feed a smaller quantity,

as the relative benefit would undoubt-

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Were made a smaller factor in the ra-

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as large a proportion of potatoes as

possible in compounding the ration.





 





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the top, and one and one-half feet at

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good matched lumber. The sides

come within three inches of the bot-

tom, this leaves a space for the pigs

to work the feed out as wanted.



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sociation during the last three years.

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are sorry we did not form the associa-

tion years ago. Their members ad—

vertise their stock as an association.



Prof. W. E. J. Edwards, M. A. C.,

discussed “The Principles of Breed-

ing,” and told the members that Short-

liorn cattle would mean thousands of

dollars to the VVexford county farmers

within the next ten years. '



Association work in Michigan was

discussed by Oscar Skinner, president

of the Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’

Association.



The question box was in charge of

Jas. F. Zimmer, County Farm Agent,

and many prominent breeders took

part in answering various questions

relating to live stock in general.



An excellent dinner was served in

the Grange Hall, in charge of Mrs.

Wm. Robinson, and many expressed

themselves in saying it was the best

meeting ever held in Harrietta.



Wexford Co. JAS. F. ZIMMER.



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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. '
APRIL 10. 1915.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





TheCarc of the Calf.





 





T will be well to ‘remember, before



I we’smrt talking about the calf,

that a dairy cow is more artificial

than she is natural. In nature the

dam. gives only enough milk to bring

up the calf, and then dries up. As the

result of man’s endeavor the modern

dairy cow is, literally speaking, amilk

machine. She is mechanical, highly

specialized, and decidedly unnatural.

All that she is depends on two factors,

namely, heredity and environment. We

must admit that environment is a

broad term. It includes the idea of

feeding, care, surroundings, and other

minor things. To bring up the best

cow, then, we must start the develop-

ment by the right care from the be-

ginning. The following ideas have

proved themselves valuable in every-

day practice.

The Early Care of the Calf.



The calf may be allowed to suck its

dam a few times, or for the first day

or so, but should then be put in a

separate pen. If the calf is strong

and the cow’s udder is in good condi-

tion it is best to separate them the

first or second day, as the cow is

more easily reconciled to the separa-

tion, and the calf can be taught to

drink more readily than if it has suck-

ed the cow for some time. If the calf

is weak it is better to leave it with

the cow a while, as it. will feed often-

er and get stronger; or if the cow’s

udder IS caked and inflamed the calf

will help to bring it back to proper

condition. At any rate the calf should

always get the first milk, or colos—

trum, as it starts his digestive func—

tions to working properly. When the

calf is taken from the cow it may not

drink at first, but after the omission

of a feed or two it becomes hungry

and can be taught to drink quite

easily.



Fresh, warm, whole milk, preferably

from its dam, should be the calf’s

main feed for two or three weeks. It

is best to feed three times a day for

the first few days. Eight or ten

pounds per day is about right to start

with, increasing gradually to 12 or 15

pounds at the end of two weeks. If

the cow is a high tester it is advisable

to feed the first milk drawn, as it will

have a. lower butter-fat content, and

will be less apt to cause digestive dis

orders. In case of scours the feed

should be reduced immediately, cut-

ting down at least one—half, and if nec-

essary, medical treatment resorted to.



The First Feeding of Grain.



When it is two or three weeks old

the calf can be taught to eat a little

grain by throwing a handful into the

pail after it has finished drinking the

milk. The grain should not be mixed

with the milk as it would not he prop-

erly masticated and digested. A very

good mixture for this purpose is three

parts corn meal, three parts ground

oats, one part bran, and one part oil

meal, by weight. As‘ soon as the calf

has a good set of teeth he can grind

his own corn and oats very well. This

is a faculty peculiar to calves and it

is well to let them do it, as the grain

will be eaten slower and the chewing





~ is good for the teeth. Therefore, after





a time the corn meal and ground oats

in the above mixture can be replaced

by shelled corn and whole oats. Grain

should be fed in the proportion of a

half to one pound of grain to 100

pounds Weight of the calf. It is im-

portant to keep the feed box clean and

free from musty and mouldy grain.

At the age of two or three weeks

the skim-milk supply may begin; The

change should be made gradually so

that the calf’s stomach will adjust it-

self to the new conditions without

trouble. Begin by replacing one pound

of whole milk with an equal amount

of skim-milk the first day, and replace

tyvopou‘nds the second day, and so on

until the change is complete. In this





way it would take about a week to





true,





make the change.

skim-milk may be increased to 20

pounds per day by the time the calf is

six weeks old, but it is usually not

profitable to feed more. Unless skim-

milk is very cheap it does not pay to

feed it after the calf is seven or eight

months old, and it usually can be

dropped before that time. The milk

should be warmed to body tempera-

and should always be sweet.

Milk that is run through the hand sep-

arator and fed to the calf before it

loses its natural warmth is sure to be

all right. When using this method be

sure to pour off the foam or let it

settle before feeding. Creamery skim-

milk, unless pasteurized, is dangerous

because of the acidity developed, and

the possibility of transmitting tuber-

culosis to the calf. Care should be

taken to keep all pails, etc., clean, to

avoid scours.

Feeding Hay.



Hay feeding should be started along

with the grain. Bright clover hay, of

fine quality, or good alfalfa is best

for calves.

ing time to save out and put aside

some of the best and finest of the

clover for calf feeding.

the Clovers, especially the former, are

very rich in protein, the most essen-

tial element for growth and develop-

ment of the body.

all the hay it will eat up clean.

silage is a very good roughage for

calves, but it should not be. fed until

the skim-milk is well established, and

should be dropped if scours develop.



Fall calves may be turned on grass

in the spring as soon as possible, but

some grain feeding should be contin—

ued even then, depending on the con-

dition of the pasture. If the calf is

young a quick change from barn to

pasture may cause scouring, but this

can be avoided by letting the calf

graze only a short time the first day,

and increasing the grazing period each

day. In the dry summer months when

the grass is short and dry, some green

feed would be a valuable addition to

the pasture. The calf should have ac-

cess to water after it is three or four

months old, as the milk furnished

will not be sufficient drink.



Ingham Co. B. A. HEATH.





SOY BEANS GROWN IN CORN.





 





Please balance a. ration from the fol-

lowing feeds: Corn silage twice a

day, good June clover once a day,,

wheat bran at $1.55 per cwt; cotton—

seed meal at $1.55 per cwt; corn meal

at $1.65 per cwt. Will soy beans ma-

ture about the same time that corn

will when planted together for silage?



Ingham Co. F. R.



If you plant your corn for silage

it will not give the soy beans much of

a chance, yet even thus I think they

will pay well for the seed and plant-

ing, and that is all they will cost. But





the thinner you have the corn, the:

I am“ '





better the beans will grow.

growing sweet corn for the canning

factory and plant as you would field

corn. In this way I have grown many

well developed beans. The beans will

develop sufficiently for silage. They

don’t need to be ripe, neither does the

corn want to be ripe. Even a medium

late variety will do for silage. I plant-

ed as late as July 7 last year and

grew a splendid forage crop.



Feed what silage and clover hay

the cows will eat fairly clean. They

should have a good feed of clover hay

once a day. Feed one and a half

pounds of cottonseed meal to each

cow, three-quarters of a pound night

and morning, and feed this on the

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equal parts by weight, and feed a.

sufficient amount of this to make the

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THE MICHIGAN FAR-MER





APRIL 10, 1915.





Forecasting the Fruit CrOp.





OR some years I have been inter-

ested in the study of the buds of

our common fruit trees, reading



the stories of promise for the coming

year and the histories of past sea-

sons’ bearing. This is done during

the dormant period of the tree’s life,





.when the limbs are bare of leaves and





the wind shrlks its wintry wan

around the stark trunks. An examina-

tion of the apple orchard any time

during this period reveals, to the ini-

tiated, just what the trees have been

doing for a few years past and what

they are likely to do for the year to

come. It is also true that the buds

and fruit spurs reveal the measure of

care the orchard has had.





Practically all of our fruit trees and

shrubs, as well as the native berries

and small fruits, form their fruit buds

the year previous to fruiting. Excep-

tions to this rule are the grape and

the quince. Both of these start into

early spring growth and bear their

blossoms on new wood. It is, there-

fore, true that previous care makes

this year’s crop, and the rewards for

this season’s cultivation and pruning

will be garnered next year and the

year after.



The Buds of the Apple Tree.



If we would examine our trees with

a view to forecasting the crop we

must first learn to distinguish be-

tween the fruit and the leaf bud. Take

the apple. There will be found buds

of two kinds if the tree is to bear the

coming year. The round, robust ap‘

pearing buds are fruit buds and the

narrow, sharppointed ones will pro-

duce nothing but leaves. If there is

any doubt in the mind as to the differ-

ence, select a few of the buds and cut

them open lengthwise. The fruit buds

will show all the component parts of

a flower, while the leaf buds just as

plainly show the rolled up leaf. After

dissecting a dozen there will be no

further question as to which is the

embryo fruit. Another infallible dis-

tinction is the position in which the

buds are borne. Having learned the

appearance of the different buds, next

notice the position in which they are

borne. This is the experienced man’s

unfailing sign. Thus the fruit buds al-

ways appears at the end of a short

spur. This shoot is as necessary to

the fruit as the bud itself. It may be

a short side spur, less than half an

inch in length, or a zig-zag twig show-

ing scars of the fruitag'e of a number





of years. In the latter case it is ap-

parently the prolongation of the

branch that bears the fruit; it is in





reality just as much a fruit spur as

the side branchlet. Examination will

show to the careful observer the meas-

ure of each season’s growth. In the

case of such a spur. one will note a

of scars where apples have





grown for perhaps eight or ten sep-

arate years, if the tree is an annual

bearer, or if not, the seasons that





have given no returns are clearly 0b-

vious to the initiated. It is not a diffi-

cult matter to understand these his-

torical facts, on the contrary one

should be able to quickly comprehend

the prophecy that is written, simply

by studying the position and appear-

ance of the buds.

Neglect Spoils Future Crops.



The conclusions to be drawn, after

reading the story of the buds, are that

apple trees must be kept in a con-

stantly growing condition and not al-

lowed to bear too heavily in any one

year. Fertilization and Cultivation

will induce the growth of new spurs;

the next year may be required to

bring. them to perfection and form

buds, while the third year perfects the

fruit. This is the process necessary

with an orchard that is not hearing.

It illustrates how important constant

care is to the profitable apple tree.

One year of neglect may spoil the

crop for two or three years to follow.





After one crop has been produced,

judicious care ought to keep the or«

chard bearing annually, and all the

processes of preparation going on

each season. If the trees are allowed

to bear heavily one year, they are so

taxed with perfecting the fruit that

they have no energy left to grow

spurs or buds. This is the scientific

reason fer thinning the fruit. In short,

cultivation and fertilization to induce

growth, pruning to induce correct

shape and room for spurs and thin-

ning to prevent over-exertion in fruit-

ing are the lessons learned from the

apple buds.





Pear tree buds are borne in the

same general way as apple buds, al-

though the arrangement of spurs to

the casual observer may appear de-

cidedly different. The general rules

that apply to apples will also apply to

pear trees.



Determining the Crop on the Peach.



Peach trees bear their buds along

the sides of twigs, not at the end of

short spurs. With a vigorous bearing

free these buds appear in threes at in-

tervals along the branch. It will be

noted that the buds are not all alike.

The center one is narrow and pointed.

It is a leaf bud and will produce a

tuft of leaves or perhaps be prolonged

during the season into a branchlet.

At either side are shorter rounded

buds and these are the ones that will

eventually open. It is quite important

to understand the peach buds, as, by

this knowledge. it may be ascertained

if buds have been injured by cold

weather. Annually it is desirable to

cut back the trees and this should be

done more thoroughly when the crop

prospects are good, in order to assist

in the thinning work. In this cutting

back, which is best done in early





spring while the trees are still dor-





mant, one should remove the poorer

branches and cut back some of the

others. Fruit buds are borne on vigor-

ous shoots of the previous season’s

growth, indicating that annual induce.

ments for growth are needed with the

peach. To ascertain if the buds have

been injured by cold, cut the bud

crosswise through the center. Live

buds ShOW green and perfect, while

the blasted ones are dark and with-

ered.



Plums vary considerably in the gen-

eral arrangement of buds. Some form

spurs, with single buds, while the Jap-

anese varieties have clustered buds on

short spurs. In general the fruit buds

are shorter and fuller than leaf buds.

The dissection of a few will readily

indicate to the inquirer the difference.



Cherries bear their fruit buds in

clusters along the side of shoots which

were grown the year before. They

appear much like those of the plum.



New Hamp. C. H. CHESLEY.





 





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As soon as frosty weather is over

we mix up lime Whitewash add a few

cans of concentrated lye and go over

the trunks of our 125 orchard trees.

With an old stubby broom, or brush,

the stubbier the better, we brush in

the whitewash from the ground up

well into the forks and crotches.

scrubbing loose all. rough, shaggy bark

Where insects may lurk. The trees are

later given a thorough spraying with

lime-sulphur and it pays big returns.



We have practiced this method on

our trees for the past twelve years,

and now the trunks are quite as

smooth as the smaller branches of» the

tree. And the large apples, I have

sold them in the market three for a.

dime, and at the grocery and fruit

stores they netted me $2.00 a bushel.

I think this pretty fair money for our

little effort in scrubbing and spraying.





One day each spring does the work or” “ ' ‘





scrubbing over our orchard. ‘

Penn. H. W. Sworn.
APRIL 10. 1915,





 





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





A plan for aiding the,

unemployed and also

those seeking to c:::«

ploy labor, has been

developed through the co—operation of

the U. S. Department of Labor and the

Postotfice Department of the Federal

government. This plan has been tried

out through the operation of a govern

ment employment office in New York

city which has been in operation for

a number of years and has been quite

successful. During the early part of

the present year other similar offices

were opened in a number of cities, in-

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western part of the state, which are

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or where stir-‘1 labor would interfere

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possible that this new service will be

of some value to the farmers of Mich-

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A U. S. Employ-

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Figures recently



The Foot-and Mouth compiled by the

Campaign. U. S. Depart-

ment of Agricul-



ture show that 134,141 animals have

been slaughtered in the campaign

against foot—and-mouth disease from

the inception of the outbreak in Octo-

ber to March 25 last. The total value

of the animals killed is estimated at

between five million and six million

dbllars, of Which the federal govern-





THE. MICHIGAN 'FARME'R





ment paid half and the states half.

This, of course, represents only‘a part

of the loss to the live stock industry

of t‘xe country, inasmuch as all pay-

ments for animals killed are made on

the utility basis and there was includ-

ed among them many valuable pure-

bred animals and herds. ' ‘



In this connection the action taken

by prominent live stock organizations

which have held meetings since the

outbreak of the epidemic will be of

interest. The. U. S. Live Stock Sani-

tary Association adopted resolutions

at their eighteenth annual convention

held in Chicago during February, rec.

ommending the co-operation of states

and individuals with federal authori-

ties and providing for the appointment

of a committee for the purpose of

drafting and submitting at each an-

nual session recommendations where-

by joint and uniform control of one of

the contagious and infectious diseases

may be submitted and recommended

to all live stock sanitarians of the Uni-

ted States. The Percheron Society of

America at its annual meeting passed

resolutions favoring the reimburse-

ment of owners of pure—bred animals

on the basis of a fair valuation of such

animals for breeding purposes, in case

it became necessary to slaughter same

as a measure for the public welfare.



The losses due to interference of

normal movements of live stock in the

big markets of the country have been

very considerable; the packers have

been able on account of the quaran-

tine to force prices to a low level

much more easily than would have

been the case under normal condi-

tions. But it is now believed by fed-

eral as well as state officials that the

outbreak has been practically subdued

and that while there maybe some

sporadic cases of infection, there will

be. no further general spread of the

disease and restrictions on shipments

will gradually be relaxed as it appears

to be safe until the quarantine is en-

tirely raised.



There is a type of

The Progressive progressive farmer

Farmer. to be found in al-

almost any commu‘

nity who is keeping up with the new

developments in agriculture, constant-

1y trying out new scientific theories

and experimenting with new crops or

methods of soil management. In far

too many cases it will be found that

the great majority of the other farm-

ers of that community are inclined to

ridicule his efforts in this direction

and to be more ready to advertise his

failures than emulate his successes in

this pioneer agricultural missionary

work. In future years it quite often

happens that some farmers follow the

lead of their more progressive con-

temporaries, but generally without

giving them any credit for the work

time in trying out the new things and

demonstrating their practicability un-

der local conditions.



‘his is a most regretable tendency,

not so much because of the injustice

done to the farmers of the class above

mentioned as because of the untoward

influence upon the younger farmers

of the communities in which they live.

The man who becomes sufficiently in-

terested in agriculture to make it a

constant study and a matter for con-

tinual experimentation generally cares

little, in a persOnal way, whether his

efforts are or are not appreciated by

his neighbors. He is getting his pay

in satisfaction as he goes along





although that satisfaction very often





costs~ him considerable, in both time

and money. He is also doing a valua-

ble work for agriculture, and this is

added compensation. He does not

need sympathy nearly so badly as

does the man who belittles his efforts,

more often perhaps because of jeal-

ousy than for any better reason. If

we have been in the past inclined to

such an attitude, let us, in the future,

rather profit from work of this kind

which may be carried on by many of

the progressive farmers of our com--





munity. Indeed, let us Ourselves get

into that class and help in the better

development of modern agriculture.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The, European Wain—The foreign

situation is little changed from last

week. On the west unimportant shift-

ing of lines were reported. The Ger-





‘maDns have taken a small point on '





the west bank of the Yser canal and

the French have pushed their lines

forward in the Woevre district. In

the east the troops have been more

active; the Russians declare the con-

test in north Poland to be developing

greatly in their favor, while in the

Carpathian district the fighting for the

passes is becoming more violent. The

Russians are sending large bodies of

troops to the different points, while

the Austrians are bringing every re-

source into play in defending these

avenues that lead into Hungary. An-

other factor has arisen along the

southern frontier during the week just

past; Bulgarian mobs are now attack

ing the Servians, and although they

succeeded in occupying Serbian terri—

tory they were finally repulsed and

driven back into Bulgaria. The at-

tack upon the'Dardanelles by the Al-

lied fieets of the English and French

continues, but few reports of any

gains by either side have been receiv-

ed. The Russians have made some

efiort against the forts along the Bos-

phorous. Dispatches from London in-

dicate that land forces will be sent to

co-operate with the fleets in opening

up the watercourse.



Australia is sending 10,000 more

troops to England, which will make a

total oi 60,000.



The situation in China seems to be

in abeyance. In a recent interview

President Yuan~Shih~Kai declared that

the assurance given by the United

States that China’s integrity would

not be broken by- the European war,

has been of great assistance in re-





straining political unrest over the Jap- ‘





anese question.



The 'people of Great Britain are now

actively discussing the question of pro-

hibiting the manufacture and sale of

alcoholic liquors, at least during the

remainder 'of the war period. The

royal court and members of the parlia-

ment have voluntarily taken the stand

against the use of wines and other in-

toxicants at all public functions and

in their private families, while public

men everywhere are crying down the

use of such beverages, especially dur-

ing trying times like these. .



A commission representing the Car-

ranza interests in Mexico is enroute

to the United States on a secret mis-

sion. In an effort to protect the 25,-

foreigners in Mexico City, a plan has

been proposed and accepted by Gen-

erals Villa and Zapata to make Mexi-

co City a neutral zone. An effort will

be made to secure the sanction of Gen.

Carranza.



Fishermen from the Newfoundland

Banks report that seal fishing in that

district has been a complete failure

this year. '



Outrages against Americans ,and

refugees in missions in northwestern

Persia were checked by the heroic

efforts of the missionaries in charge.

An investigation is now being conduct-

ed, but no satisfactory information

has as yet been received. ‘



A contract has just been signed by

the authorities of greater Berlin for

the purchase of 53,000 acres of wood-

lands adjacent to the capitol for the

development of permanent parks.





National.





Much damage was done by the





storm which swept the Atlantic coast





last Saturday. Nine ships have been

reported missing, traffic has been tied

up, wires along the shores are down

and several deaths and many injuries

are reported at various points. Fears

are held that the Dutch steamer

Prins Maurits went down with 49 per-

sons on board, off Cape Hatteras.



The German cruiser Prince Eitel

Friedrich is still at Newport News. It

was expected that the vessel would

take to sea last week. It is now re-

norted that the German battle cruiser

Von Der Tann is enroute to the relief

of the Eitel.



The state of Texas is bringing ac-

tion against packing house corpora-

tions of Chicago for alleged violation

of the federal anti-trust law.



The Niagara Hotel, of Toledo, was

burned Sunday morning and one per-

son is dead and eight others are miss-

ing and believed to have perished in

the flames.



Billy Sunday, who has just closed a

successful evangelistic campaign in

Philadelphia, began similar services at

Paterson. N. J.. this week.



The United States District Court is

continuing its investigation into the

election frauds of last November at

Terre Haute, Ind. One witness as-

serts that he ballotted 22 times on

that day and was only challenged

once. ‘





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It might have appeared unusual in

England, but it was much less so in

a country where the specialization of

professions is still almost unknown,

and the man who can adapt himself

attains ascendency, and on the mor-

row W‘inston arrived at a big wooden

building beside a pine-shrouded river.

It appeared falling to pieces, and the

engineer looked disdainfully at some

of the machinery, but, somewhat

against his wishes, he sat up with his

companion most of the night in a lit-

tle log hotel, and orders that occa-

sioned one of Graham’s associates

consternation were mailed to the city

next morning. Then machines came





'out by the carload, and men with





tools in droves. Some of them mur-

mured mutinously when they found

they were expected to do as much as

their leader, who was not a trades-

man, but these were forthwith sent

back again, and the rest were willing

to stay and earn the premium he

promised them for rapid work.



Before the frost grew arctic, the

building stood firm, and the hammers

rang inside it night and day until

when the ice had bound the dam and

lead, the fires were lighted and trials

under steam began. It cost more than

water, but buyers with orders from

the east were clamoring for flour just

then. For a fortnight Winston snatch-

ed his food in mouthfuls, and scarcely

closed his eyes, while Graham found

him pale and almost haggard when he

came down with several men from the

cities in response to a telegram. For

an hour they moved up and down,

watching whirring belt and humming

roller, and then, whitened with the

dust, stood very intent and quiet

while one of them dipped up a little

flour from the delivery hopper. His

opinions on, and dealings in, that pro—

duct were famous in the land. He

said nothing for several minutes, and

then brushing the white dust from his

hands turned with a little smile to

Graham.



“We’ll have some baked, but I

don’t know that there’s much use for

it. This will grade 3. very good first,”

he said. “You can hook me the thou-

sand two eighties for a beginning

now.”



Winston’s fingers trembled, but

there was a twinkle in Graham’s eyes

as he brought his hand down on his

shoulder.



“Gentlemen,” he said, “I was figur-

ing right along 011 this when I brought

the champagne along. It was all I

could do, but Imperial Tokay wouldn’t

be good enough to rinse this dust

down with, when every speck of it

that’s on you means dollars by the

handful rolling in.”



It was a very contented and slightly

hilarious party that went back to the

city, but Winston sat down before a

shaded lamp with a wet rag round his

head when they left him, and bent

Over a sheaf of drawings until his

eyes grew dim. Then he once more

took up a little strip of paper that

Graham had given him, and leaned

forward with his arms upon the ta-

ble. The mill was very silent at last,

for of all who had toiled in it that

day one weary man alone sat awake,

staring, with aching eyes, in front of

him. There was, however, a little

smile in them, for roseate visions

floated before them. If the promise

that strip of paper held out was re-

deemed, they might -materialize for

those who had toiled and wasted their

substance that the eastern peoples

might be fed would that year, at

least, not go without their reward.

Then be stretched out his arms wear-

ily above his head.





“It almost seems that what I have

hoped for may be mine,” he said.

“Still, there is a good deal to be done

first, and not two hours left before I

begin it tomorrow.”





 





CHAPTER XXVII.

Reinstatement.



A year of tireless effort and some

anxiety had passed since Winston had

seen the first load of flour sent to the

east, when he and Graham sat talking

in their Winnipeg office. The pro-

ducts of the St. Louis mills were al-

ready in growing demand, and Graham

appeared quietly contented as he turn-

ed over the letters before him. When

he laid down the last one, however,

he glanced at his companion anx-

iously.



“We have got to fix up something

soon,” he said. “I have booked all

the St. Louis can turn out for six

months ahead, and the syndicate IS

ready to take the business over, al-

though I don’t quite know whether it

would be wise to let them. It seems

to me that milling is going to pay tol-

erably well for another year, and if I

knew what you were wanting, it would

suit me better.”



“I told you I wanted thirty thousand

dollars,” said Winston.



“You’ve got them,” said Graham.

“When the next balance comes out

you’ll have a good many more. The

question is, what you’re going to do

with them now they’re yours?”



Winston took out a letter from Dane

and passed it across to Graham.



“I’m sorry to tell you the Colonel is

getting no better,” it run. “The spe-

cialist we brought in seems to think

he will never be quite himself again,

and now he has let the reins go,

things are falling to pieces at Silver—

dale. Somebody left Atterly a pile of

money, and he’s going back to the old

country. Carshalton is going too, and,

as they can’t sell out to anyone we

don’t approve of, the rest insisted on

me seeing you. I purpose starting to-

marrow "



“What happened to Colonel Barring-

ton?" asked Graham.



“His sleigh turned over," said Win-

ston. “Horse trampled on him, and it

was an hour or two before his hired

man could get him under shelter!”



“You would be content to turn farm-

ez again?”



“I think I would,” said Winston.

“At least, at Silverdale."



Graham made a little grlmace.

“Well,” he said resignedly, “I guess

it’s human nature, but I’m thankful

now and then 'there’s nothing about

me but my money that would take the

eye of any young woman. I figure

they’re rind of useful to wake up a

man so he’ll stir around looking for

something to offer one of them, but

he’s apt to find his business must go

second when she has got it and him,

and he has to waste on house fixings

what would give a man a fair start in

life. Still, it’s no use talking. What

have you told him?"



“'inston laughed a little. “Nothing,”

he said. “I will let him come and you

shall have my decision when I’ve been

to Silverdale.”



It was next day when Dane arrived

at Winnipeg, and Winston listened

gravely to all he had to tell him.



“I have two questions to ask," he

said. “Would the others be.unani-

mous in receiving me, and does Col-

onel Harrington know of your mis-

sion?” ‘



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haven’t a man there who would not

hold out his hand to you, and Barring-





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APRIL 10, 1915.





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to fancy nothing has gone right at

Silverdale since you left it, and others

share his opinion. The fact is, the old

man is losing his grip tolerably rap-

idly.”



“Then,” said Winston, “I'll go down

with you, but I can make nopromiSe

until I have heard the others.”



Dane smiled at little. “That is all I

want. I don’t know whether I told you

that Maud Barrington is there. Would

tomorrow suit you?”



“No,” said Winston,

today.”



The creeping darkness found them

still upon the waste, and the cold

grew keener when the stars peeped

out. Even sound seemed frozen, and

the faint muffled beat of hoofs unreal

and out of place in the icy stillness of

the wilderness. Still, the horses knew

they were nearing home, and swung

into a faster pace, while the men drew

fur caps down, and the robes closer

round them as the draught their pas-

sage made stung them with a cold

that seemed to sear the skin where

there was an inch left uncovered.

Now and then a clump of willows or

a birch bluff fiitted out of the dim-

ness, grew a trifle blacker, and was

left behind, but there was still no

sign of habitation, and Alfreton, too

chilled at last to speak, passed the

reins to Winston, and beat his mitten-

ed hands. Winston could scarcely

grasp them, for he had/lived in the

cities, and the cold he had been shelt-

e1ed from was numbing.



For another hour they slid onwards,

and then a dim blur crept out of the

white waste. It rose higher, cutting

more blackly against the sky, and

Winston recognized with a curious lit-

tle quiver the birch bluff that shelter-

ed Silverdale Grange. Then as they

swept through the gloom .of it, a row

of ruddy lights blinked across the

snow, and Winston felt his heart beat

as he watched the homestead grow in-

to form. He had first come there an

impostor, and had left it an outcast,

while now it was amid the acclama-

tions of those who had once looked on

him with suspicion he was coming

back again. ’



Still, he was almost too cold for any

definite feeling, but the sting of the

frost, and it was'very stiffly he stood

up, shaken by vague emotions, when

at last the horses stopped. A great

door swung open, somebody grasped

his hand, there was a murmur of

voices, and partly dazed by the

change of temperature he blundered

into the warmth of the hall. The blaze

of light bewildered him, and he was

but dimly sensible that the men who





“I will come





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hand.



‘We are very glad to see you back, ”

she said, with a simplicity that yet

suggested stateliness. “Your friends

insisted on coming over to welcome

you, and Dane will not let you keep

them waiting too long. Dinner is al-

most ready.”



Winston could not remember what

he answered, but Miss Barrington

smiled at him as he moved away, for

the flush in his face was very elo-

quent. The man was very grateful

for the greeting, and what it implied.

It was a few minutes later when he

found himself alone with Dane, who

laughed softly as he nodded to him.



“You are convinced at last?” he

said. “Still, there is a little more of

the same thing to be faced, and, if it

would relieve you, I will send Alfre-

ton, who has some taste in that direc-

tion, to fix that tie for you. You haVo

been five minutes over it, and it evi<

dently does not please you. It’s the

first time I’ve ever seen you worry

about your dress”



Winston turned, and a curious smile

crept into his face as he laid a lean

hand that shook a little, on the toilet

table.
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Others May Be Right





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7-Passenger Phaeton, $1550, f. o. b. Detroit

Four other body styles





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MICHIGAN DEALERS





Ann Arbor—Ann Arbor Garage.

Big Rapids—C. P. Judson.

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Birmingham—Morris Levinson.

Bay City—Peter J. Oswald.

Chassell—Edwin E. Warner.

Durand—Durand Auto Co.





Jefferson Ave.





Dundee—McIntyre Bros.

Detroit—The Bemb-Robinson Co., 288





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Grand Rapids—Reid Auto Co.

Hillsdale——L. E. Roethlisberger.

Iron River—Lindwall & Lindstrom.

Ionia——Eugene Kerstetter. '

Jackson—Temple Garage Co.





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Marquette—Superior Garage, Ltd.

Menominee—~Auto Service Co.

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Owosso—Ferris Bros. & VVolavc—r.

Plymouth—J. R. Rauch & Son.



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“I also think it's the first'time these

fingers wouldn’t do What I wanted:

lthem. You can deduce what you

please from that,” he said.



Dane only nodded, and when they

went down together laid a kindly

grasp upon his comrade’s arm as he

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her niece opposite him.



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the others talked about during the

meal but he had a vague notion that

there was now and then a silence of

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ed graver than usual when he stood

by her chair.



“I don’t wish to pain you, but I

surmise that Colonel Barrington is

scarcely well enough to be consulted

about anything of importance just

now,” he said.



Miss Barrington made a little ges-

ture of assent. “We usually pay him

the compliment, but I am almost

afraid he will never make a decision

of moment again.”



“Then,” said Winston slowly, “you

stand in his place, and I fancy you

know why I have come back to Silver-

dale. Will you listen for a very few

minutes while I tell you about my pa-

rents and what my upbringing has

been? I must return to Winnipeg, for

a time at least, tomorrow.”



Miss Barrington signed her willing-

ness, and the man spoke rapidly with

a faint trace of hoarseness. Then he

looked down on'her.



“Madam,” he said, “I have told you

everything, partly from respect for

. those who only by a grim sacrifice did

what they could for me, and that you

may realize the difference between my-

self and the rest at Silverdale. I want

to be honest now at least, and I dis-

covered, not Without bitterness at the

time, that the barriers between our

castes are stronger in the old coun-

try.”



Miss Barrington smiled a little.

“Have I ever made you feel it here?"



“No,” said W'inston gravely. “Still,

I am going to put your forbearance to

a strenuous test. I want your ap-

proval. I have a question to ask your

niece tonight.”



“if I withheld it?”



“it would hurt me,” said Winston.

“Still, I would not be astonished, and

I could not blame you.”



“But it would make no difference?”



“Yes,” said Winston gravely, “it

would, but it would not cause me to

desist. Nothing would do that, if Miss

Barrington can overlook the past.”



The little white—haired lady smiled

at him. “Then,” she said, “if it is any

comfort to you, you have my good

wishes. I do not know what Maud‘s

decision will be, but that is the spirit

which would have induced me to listen

in times long gone by.”



She rose and left him, and it may

have been by her arranging that short-

ly afterwards Winston found Maud

Barrington passing through the dimly-

lighted hall. He opened the door she

moved towards a trifle, and then stood

facing her, with it in his hand.



“Will you wait a moment, and then

you may pass if you wish,” he said.

“I had one great inducement for min

ing here tonight. I wonder if you

know what it is?”



The girl stood still and met his

gaze, though dim as the light was, the

man could see the crimson in her

cheeks.



“Yes,” she said, very quietly.



“Then,” said Winston, with a little

smile, though the fingers on the door

quivered visibly, “I think the audacity

you once mentioned must have return-

ed to me, for I am going to make a

very great venture.”



“It is you I came for,” he said.

“Still, for you know the wrong I have

done, I dare not urge you, and have

little to offer. It is you who must

give everything, if you can come down

from your station and be content with

mine.”



‘jOne thing,” said Maud Barrington,

very softly, “is, however, necessary.”



“That,” said Winston, “was yours

ever since we spent the night in the

snow.”



“Then,” she said, “what I can give

is yours—and it seems you have al-

ready taken possession.”



It was some little time later when

Miss Barrington came in and, after a

glance at Winston, kissed her niece.

Then she turned to the man. “My





brother is asking for you,” she said.

‘ “Will you come up with me?“ p

Winston followed her, and hid his

- astonishment when he found Colonel





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Barrington lying in a big chair. His

face was haggard and pale, his form

seemed to have grown limp and fra-

gile, and the hand he held out trem~

bled.



‘_ “Lance,” he said, “I am very pleas-

ed to have you home again. I hear

you have done Wenders in the city,

but you are, I think, the first of your

family who could ever make money.

I have, as you will see, not been well

lately.”



“I am relieved to find you better

than I expected, sir,” said Winston.

“Still, I fancy you are forgetting what

I told you the night I went away.”



Barrington nodded, and then made

a little impatient gesture. “There

was something unpleasant, but my

memory seems to be going, and my

sister has forgiven you. I know you

did a good deal for us at Silverdale,

and showed yourself a match for the

best of them in the city. That pleases

me. By and by, you will take hold

here after me.”



Winston glanced at Miss Barrington

who smiled somewhat sadly.



“I am glad you mentioned that sir,

because I purpose staying at Silver-

dale now,” he said. “It leads up to

what I have to ask you.”



Barrington’s perceptions seemed to

grow clearer, and he asked a. few

pertinent questions before he nodded

approval.



“Yes,” he said, “she is a good girl

—a very good girl, and it would be a

suitable match. I should like some-

body to send for her.”



Maud Barrington came in softly

with a little glow in her eyes and a

flush on her face, and Barrington smil-

ed at her.



“My dear, I am very pleased, and

wish you every happiness,” he said.

“Once I would scarcely have trusted

you to Lance, but he will forgive me,

and has shown me that I was wrong.

You and he will make Silverdale fam—

ous, and it is comforting to know,

now my rest is very near, that you

have chosen a man of your own sta-

tion to follow me. With all our faults

and blunders, blood is bound to tell.”



Winston saw that Miss Barrington’s

eyes were a trifle misty, and he felt

his face grow hot, but the girl’s fing—

ers touched his arm, and he followed,

when, while her aunt signed approba-

tion, she led him away. Then when

they stood outside she laid her hands

upon his face and drew it down to

her.



“You will forget it, dear, and he is

still wrong. If you had been Lance

Courthorne I should never have done

this,” she said.



“No,” said the man gravely, “I think

there are many ways in which he is

right, but you can be content with

Winston the prairie farmer?”



Maud Barrington drew him closer to

her with a little smile in her eyes.

“Yes,” she said simply. “There never

was a Courthorne who could stand be-

side him.”



THE END.





THANK vow





We desire to take this opportunity

to thank the many readers of “Win-

ston of the Prarie,” who have express-

ed their appreciation of the story. it

has been a surprise to learn how many

were reading it, and satisfying to

know that every reader is praising it

as the kind the family paper should

bring into the home. During the win-

ter a long list of stories have been ex-

amined that we might select one to

maintain the high standard set by the

serial just completed. We are confi-

dent that in “The Red Mist,” by Ran-

dall Parrish, the story selected to fol-

low ‘fWinston,” we have one that will

sustain the interest of all who delight

in a clean, uplifting story with plenty

of action and a hero and heroine of

the type that wins the admiration.

The new story begins in the issue of

‘April 24. Readers will find the weekly

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is to keep still and control one’s evil

nature. But it would be exactly as

sensible to refuse to pull weeds in the

garden because nature put them there

as it is to refuse to correct, one’s in-

born unlovely tendencies because we

“were made that way.”



In the business world it is the man

who looks for the faults in himself

who makes a success. The man who

fails is the one who blames his boss,

the fellow at his side: or, on the farm,

who blames the weather, poor seed,

bad drainage, early frosts and spring

freshets. Every failure, if honestly

studied, could be the foundation for

future success. If instead of saying

the weather was to blame the farmer

should say, “I made a mistake in

planting too early,” or, “I planted the

wrong crop for this climate,” and act.

upon his dearly bought knowledge his

next season might be a success.



As a matter of fact, we are all too

prone to blame God or the devil for





our failures. “God needn’t have made

me so,” and, “the devil tempted me,”

have been stumbling blocks in the

way of progress for centuries. “'9

hold within ourselves the power to

choose what we shall do, and the will

to do what we choose. It is only the

weakling who blames his failures on

forces outside of himself. DEBORAH.





MICHIGAN’S HAPPY BABIES.

No. 14.



1TH spring and summer com—



ing on the mother of the bot-



tle-fed baby is bound to be



worried more or less by disturbances

in the baby’s digestion caused by

chat ges in the milk. Just as the nurs-

ing infant is affected by any change

in the character of the mOther’s milk,

so the bottlef'ed infant is bound to be

affected by a change in the cow’s milk.

And some change is sure to come

with a change in the character of the

food. as the change from the dry food

of the winter to the grass of summer.

The milk fed from cows which are

stabled and fed clover hay with a

moderate amount of bran or middlings

is better for the baby than that from

cows that are allowed to roam through

pastures and woods, eating everything

they desire. Large amounts of green

food almost always show in the infant

in colic and a. disturbed condition of the

bowels. It would be better, if pos-

sible, to keep one cow stabled for the

benefit of the baby, especially if there

is any tendency to digestive troubles.





 





Bordered Cape Meteor.

In no case should the animal be fed

waste products from a distillery or

brewery.



In feedii g the infant the old saying,

“"he best is none too good,” does not

always hold true. Vt'e are accustomed

to regard Jersey milk and that from

thoroughbred animals as being the

best, but experience has shown that

such milk is usually the worst for in-

fants. The milk from sturdy animals,

as Holsteins or common grade cattle.

is better, as these animals are not so

easily upset by changes in food and

temperature.



All milk should, of course, be as

fresh as possible, but if one can have

ice, older milk may be used. It goes

without saying that the milking should.

be done under scrupulously clean con-

ditions and all utensils should be thor-

oughly sterilized. lnless the infant

is vigorous and can easily digest the

whole milk, the cream should be sep-

arated and just that amount added to

skim—milk which your own baby can

digest easily. The milk should be

cooled as quickly as possible after be-

ing drawn and great care taken to

prevent its souring.



As hot weather draws on the baby

is frequently restless and cries a great

deal from thirst. Many mothers make

the mistake of giving it milk to drink

at this time, forgetting that milk is a

food as well as a drink. " It would be





i as sensible" for the mother to 7 eat a





slice of-‘bread and, butter or a: hot po-

tato When she, is thirsty. . Milk'is the

baby’s fdod, and should never be given

to relieve its thirst. Givé'it water-in-





stead, all it desires. There is no harm

done by giving plenty of cool water,

but of course it must never be given

very cold water or ice water. It is

well to reduce the amount of food giv-

en during the hot weather, instead of

to increase it. DEBORAH.





FRESH AIR NECESSARY.





 





BY L. H. COBB.





Fresh air! Do we realize its im-





portance ‘?





 





The winter season brings:





closed doors and oxygen consuming,





lamps.

into consideration ?





Are we taking these things?





Were it not for the great difference 1





between the inside and the outside

temperatures in winter, and the nat-





ural rush of cold air in, and heated air .





out, when





the slightest opportunity'

offers. our carelessness in this matter“

would have mttch more serious results 5





than now attends. and yet the results:





are often serious enough.





In many loosely constructed houses





there are cracks enough around the

doors and windows to supply plenty

of ventilation, for in winter the ex-

change of air is rapid, but, in the

sleeping rooms there is seldom enough

ventilation unless some special ar-

rangement is made. The. opening and

shutting of doors during the day in

other rooms tend to increase the ven-

tilation also, but the bedroom is sel-

dom entered from the outside. It must

be ventilated directly or it is not ven-

tilated at all.



One should never sleep in a close

room with no preparation for ventila-

tion. Open a window at least. If there

is danger of draft fasten a coarse

cloth over the opening. A very good

plan is to have two frames made and

cov ered with muslin, one for below the

sash and one for above it. Lower the

upper sash and raise the lower, put-

ting the frames in place, and you will

have a perfect circulation.





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circumstances than the glass. Glass

is almost. a, perfect. conductor of heat,

and your frames will not cool the air

more rapidly than the glass would,

unless there is a very heavy wind

blowing. and I am not certain it would

even then.



It is unwise to heat a room with

one of the oil stoves that burn with a

wick and have no pipe leading out-

side. One of these heaters will con-

sume more oxygen and release more

carbonic gas than a crowd of people.

I have seen one of these stoves in a

close room on a very cold day con-

sume the oxygen until the flame was





 





A New Silk.





reduced to a mere rim above the wick.

The air was so foul it was suffocating





the flame. \Vhen a door was opened

the flame would brighten immediately,

and it was found that the room could

be kept much warmer by admitting

some outside air all the time. I have

been in rooms where my head would

begin to throb in a little while, and I

have slept in rooms where I would

arise in the morning with a dull heavy

headache, and feel an overmastering

desire to get into the fresh air. How

my lungs would rejoice and my head

cease to ache and new life would seem

to come into me. Natureflghts “1.3-3?





 





 





 





 





 





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The Chicago Gas Company has

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people would-

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T‘HE- MICHIGAN FARMER





evils valiantly and we escape the pen-

alties We think, but sooner or later we

must pay the price of our careless-

ness.





New Sleeves and. Skirts.





FEATURE of the new spring

A dresses are the double skirts.



These started some months ago

as tunics, and grew longer with the

passing days until now they reach the

bottom of the undershirts in points

back and front, and are shorter only

at the sides. Or perhaps it is long

side points, with the shorter length

front and back. These double skirts

are seen in nearly all the dressy

gowns, over a cloth or silk undershirt.

Many of the top skirts measure three

and four yards around, especially if

of the veiling material, but the under-

skirt measures only two or two and a.

half yards



In the separate cloth skirts and in

suit skirts pleated models are favor-

ites They give the extra. fullness at

the ankles and are sufficiently like the

tight skirts Of last season to endear

them to most women The circular

skirts are too great a. change for

many.



Almost any material you choose will

be good for your gown, crepe Ge}

chine, taffeta,_organdy, voile, plain or‘

embroidered, lawn or linen. It is hint

ed, however, that linens may be rath-

er expensive as the war will make

them difficult to get.



The newest sleeve is long, short

sleeves being seen most on lingerie

waists. Bell shaped sleeves and the

old mutton leg are promised. Most of

the sleeves have a flare at the wrist,

either in the cut of the sleeve Itself

or a flare cuff.



Children’s dresses follow the grown

ups in fuller skirts and overdresses

for the party frock. There are many

with high waist lines, too, though the

low belt is still good. The materials

are the same, lawns, organdies and

crepes for the best dress, and ging-

hams, percales, chambrays and linens

for everyday wear. Dutch necks and

round necks are both good.



Children’s coats Show the flare ef-

fect, also. Belts are much used, soutel

at the normal waistline, but many at;

the low waist line. Serge, gubardinc1

and black and white checks are favor ;

ite materials for the small folks’ coat-5. l



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M. L. W., Sanilac County—We can,

not publish the names of business

firms in this column, so all requests

for addresses must be accompanied by ,

your name and address and a stamp

for reply. However, if you write to,

any of the big publishing houses in;

Chicago or New York they can un-S

doubtedly give you the address of a'

firm where you can buy the book.



Mrs. M. B.———This is the best and

easiest recipe for orange marmalade 1

know. One large orange, one large

grapefruit, one large lemon. Cut the

grapefruit in half and remove seeds

and tough fibre which separates sec-

tions. Then out everything else into

fine pieces. Cut the lemon and orange

also into small pieces, discarding

nothing but the seeds. Measure the

fruit and add three times as much wa-

ter. Let stand all night, boil ten min-

utes, let stand another day, add sugar,

cup for cup, and boil until it jellies.

This usually takes about three-quar-

ters of an hour. '



Household Editorz—We would like

to know the recipe for old-fashioned

carpet rag dyes for the colors yellow,

blue and green, and others if you have

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Every breadobaklng that. falls: every cake

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There is a Majestic

dealer in every

County in forty-

two States. It you

don’t know him,

write us tor his

name.

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Manufacturing“

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If every woman was as careful

With her baking as we are

In milling





NEW BENTURY FLOUR





There would be no complaints

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Isn’t that worth a trial, when it 'costs

no more than ordinary flours.



NOT BLEACHED.

Insist on the sack with “Our Dainty Maid"

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the time, going half as far.

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T is an interesting sight to see a manur

spread an even coat of manure on a strip of

When you buy any International

on can now get a Wide spreading

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You can adjust this strong, simple attachment to spread any

width from the width of the wheels up to nine feet. Then run

your feed gear in “high ” notch and you will have unloaded in half

Yet you will cover the same amount of





Another point is that when you are coming back spreading a.

second strip, you can run your near wheel a foot or more off the

covered ground and still leave no space unspread between. You

need not run your near wheel on the manure. .



Probably you are familiar with some of the strong pomts of

construction and operation that have placed International Harvester

Spreaders on so many American farms.

and see one of them demonstrated—or write the nearest branch

house for catalogue and information.





International Hangnster Cgmpany of America

corporate





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HE local conditions will almost

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details of cooperation as applied

For instance,

a man came into our country (western

Michigan) and his talk was all “take

the stems off the cherries." Now, we

couldn’t agree because our market de-

mands cherries with the stems on,

while the market which this man's

district supplied demanded cherries

without the stems. He has to take

his. cherries off the stems, while we

have to clip ours off the trees if they

are to find ready sale at first market

prices. Among the most essential de-

tails of co-operation in agricultural

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A Leader with Power to Do.



1. There must be sufficient leader-

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this matter and know that there must

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of our co-operative associations had a

line outlook but the members were





 





 

 

 

   

   

   

 





 





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.not. willing to vest enough power in

=‘the leader to give him a chance to do

igood work. There is a dearth of men

who have had the business training

and have the natural ability to lead

such a movement. If the leader does

not know that the directors are be-

hind him, he is not always just certain

what to do with a particular product.



In order that sales may be made ad-

,vantageously and that. supplies may

be bought when the time is ripe, the

’manaeer and leader should have pow-

.er behind him.

lKeep Members Acquainted with what



is Being Done.



2. Suspicious movements should be

'avoided. We farmers are very sus-

ipicious of any such undertaking and

gall the movements and projects oftlie

lassociation should be made public to

'the members and there should be

nothing about the organization which

Jis not readily accessible to all the

imembers. They should be able to find

out the prices which dealers have to

pay for the association’s product and

also the price which the association

thas to pay for crates, barrels, sup-

plies, etc. As Mr. Sheldon, of Litcli-

field, has said before, I believe the

matter of publicity is an important

one in stimulating interest in any co-

operative undertaking and I do not

doubt but that the success of the

Litchfield movement has been due in

part, at least, to the publicity which

has been adopted by the management.



Have Books Audited.



3. We have just gone into a large

organization of the whole of the Grand

Traverse region and after seine in

vestigation. we believe that we have.

a good arrangement under the law.

\I'e have a board of eight auditors who

audit the hills and accounts and in

addition the books are audited once a

year by an expert accountant. None

of the eight auditors can be directors

of the association. This gives the

members more confidence in the integ-

rity of the movement.



The Iron-clad Contract.



4. The members should be closely

bound together by a contract. Two

years ago Mr. Bassett and myself ap-

peared on this program and at that

time I was not in favor of an orgaiir

zation in which the members were

closely bound together by a contract

and thought a. loose organization

would be more flexible and better all

the way around. He held that there

should be an iron clad contract and

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Essentials of Agricultural Co-oporation.

By A. J. BL‘N’I‘ALL.





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association. This gives the manage-

ment something to base their con-

tracts on and if they do not have any

idea of the amount of. produce that is

to be.marketed through the associa-

tion, it is often embarrassing.



Now, after two years more, of expe-

rience with agricultural cooperation

I have come fully to Mr. Bassett’s

View and I believe that for the good

of all concerned in the work, the

members should be, bound by a strong

contract to sell their products through

the association. While I was at North-

port I was in close touch with all the

members of the association and it did

not seem necessary to have an iron-

clad contract, but since. I have. moved

away from there. I have come to the

conclusion that this. is; safer.



A Real Co-operative Society.



5. Organize something that is really

co-operative. In England co-operation

is the. very life of the country. I was

back there a short time ago and I

found that all the old shop keepers

who had kept shop when I lived there

in my boyhood had been crowded out.

The so-ialled cooperative stores had

taken their places. In England there

are some (‘O-Opcl‘ative associations

built on something; the same plan as

our American associations, but the

term “Co-operative Store” is there ap-

plied to such as the chain stores of

this country. They are not truly co-

operative in the sense in which we

speak of such moyennr-rnts in this coun-

try, and so I say we should organize

something that is really co-operative.

Not only is it. necessary to co-operate

that the growers of the product are

benefited but. there should also be

cooperation as is intended to benefit

the consumer as well.



Limiting Membership of Local

Societies.



6. Do not attempt to form too large

a membership. We should be careful

also to form a unit. such that it may

be able to go in with other like units

and form a large association, as has

been done in the California Fruit Ex-

change. Where there are a lot of

small organizations in the district,

necessarily there is more or less com-

petition between them for sales and,

of course, this cuts down the efficiency

of the organization as the competition

costs. If the work can all be handled

from the central house, it gives the

growers a chance to so direct the mar-

keting that no market will be glutted

at. once. This effects more even dis-

tribution of the products and insures

more even prices.



How Much Shall the Shares Be?



7. We must not he too anxious to

get something for nothing. We farm-

ers are in the habit of wanting to get

something for nothing and usually get

just what We pay for. \Vhen an or-

ganization is formed, there is usually

some protest against the shares at

$100 each for it seems a lot of money,

but if it is not worth this much to a

man, it is sure that. he would not make,

a very desirable member. At first we.

had some experience with smaller

shares, but I have come to the conclu<

sion after some experience, that a $100

share is about the right size. I have

noticed that those stockholders who

hold the larger shares are the most in-

terested in the work and make the

best members.



8. “Personal liberty” must be' fore-

gone. There has been some discus-

sion as to how these contracts take

away the member’s personal liberty.

They do to a certain extent, but the

altruistic movement should be culti-





 





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The Michigan fruit law now de-

mands that every package must be

labeled with the grade of the fruit,

and the name and address of the

grower. But the up—to-the-minute farm-

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the slogan, “Ask for the Red Handle.”

The right to use this trade-mark is

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Such a label is far more effective’

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Michigan.



Berrien 00., March 25.—-—Wheat and

rye are looking well, and clover fields

though few in number, are looking

fine. Peach buds and fruit buds of all

kinds seem safe. Weather and roads

are all that could be asked for. The

soil is unusually dry for the time of

year, and plowing and disking for oats

and clover seed is under way. There

is no grain or bay to ship, as all will

be required for home use. Many sales

are being held, with live stock and

implements selling rather low. Farm

help is very scarce and wages high.

Butter 250; eggs 16c; potatoes 300.



Branch 60., March 23.-W’eather is

ideal for spring work. Wheat, rye and

grass looking good, though there was

not much wheat sown on account of

the fly. Live stock is wintering in

good condition. Not much stock be-

ing fed for market owing to the high

price of grain. A few farms changing

owners at $60@100 per acre, accord—

ing to location and improvements.



Emmet 00., March 23.—Weather is

fair but rather cool. Some snow still

remains in old drifts, and some frost

in the ground. No spring work done

yet except pruning, hauling manure,

etc. Feed is getting scarce. Eggs

180: beef and pork $7@9. There

is no snow. but the roads are bad.

Not much land changing hands, and

not as many auction sales as usual.

Farmers are showing considerable in-

terest in an association organized for

the handling of farm products. Quite

a lot of hay is being shipped, blinsring

$10@12 per ton. White beans $23. 7

wheat $1. 39@1.43; oats 530:1ye $1;

beef, live $4. 50@7; hogs, live $6 25;

butter 250; eggs 160.



Ohio.



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Meadows and wheat have withstood

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well. Spring plowing has commenced.

There is considerable live stock on

hand. Wheat $1. 50; oats 52c; hay $14;

hogs 70; eggs 17c



Hardin 00., March 26. —Farmers are

making good use of the fine spring

1'. Gather, and some have finished their

plowing. Some oats have been sown

Live stock has wintered VCI)’ well.

There seems to be plenty of rough

feed, but corn is scarce. W heat has

been somewhat hurt by the 11992111};

and thawing, but will mak good yet

Hens ale laying fairly well Hay $12;

hogs, live 70; oats 500; eggs 15c.



Wisconsin.



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thawing slowly, though there are still

some deep drifts and roads in rather

poor condition. Frosty nights, fol-

lowed by thaws are commencing to

heave clover and rye. Potatoes re-

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





 





April 5, 1916.



Wheat—Transactions in wheat

have been closed with much uncer—

tainty as to the exact marketing con-

ditions in the country and abroad. The

visible supply is down to 50,000,000

bushels, which with a reasonably good

demand from Europe would give the

market for cash wheat strength, but

when dealers are suspicious that much

of this visible supply has been already

contracted for they are nervous and

are careful not to sell short. Besides

there is a strong tone to the spring

wheat trade, a firmer feeling in the

other grains and complaint of unus-

ually dry weather in the southwest.

Last year No. 2 red wheat was quoted

at 97 %c. Prices for the week are:





Wednesday .....1.52 ' 148 '1.52





Thursday . . . . . .1 521/2 1.48% 1.52%

Friday . . . . . .................

Saturday . . . .1.53 1.49 1.53 . .

Monday - . . . 1.551/4 1.51%, 1.55%,

Tuesday ...... .

Chicago. (April 5).——N0. 2





re

$1.55%@1.561/;; May $1.56%; July

$12453...



Corn—The influence. of wheat and

the cutting down of the visible supply

of corn were important factors in put—

ting the latter on a higher and strong-

er basis. One year ago the price was

67%c for No. 3. Quotations for the

past week are:



No. 3 No. 3





Mixed. Yellow.





\Vednesday ......... 74 75

Thursday ........... 74 75

Friday .............. . . . .

Saturday ........... 74 75

Monday ............ 74 1/2 75 ya

Tuesday ............





Chicago, (April 6).»«No. 2 yellow

corn 740; May 73%c; July 757/3C.



0ats.-——A1though Monday’s market

shows an advance over Saturday’s

quotation the oat deal is a little hamp-

ered by a slow cash demand. A year

ago standard oats were quoted at 42c

and last week quotations were as fol-





lows: -

No. 3



Standard. White.

Wednesday ......... 581/2 58

Thursday ........... 581/4 58

Friday ..............

Saturday ........... 59 58 1,19

Monday ............ 59 1/2 59

Tuesday





Chicago, (April 5).—Standard oats

5714c@571/2c; May 56%«4c; July 533., c.



Rye—Market dull and steady with

offerings small. No. 2 rye is quoted

at $1.16 per bushel.



Beans—A lifeless situation appears

and prices are lower. Detroit quo-

tations are: Immediate, prompt and

February shipment $2.80; May $3.

Chicago trade is ordinary and feature-

less. Red kidneys are unchanged. Pea

beans, hand-picked, choice, quoted at

$3.10@3.15; common $3@3.15; red

red kidneys, choice, at $3.25@3.75. At

Greenville beans are selling on a $2.60

basis.



Barley.—Qu0ted at 74@790 for melt-

ing at Milwaukee.



Clover Seed.—-—Market is easy and

lower. Prime spot $8.15 per bushel;

October $8.15; prime alsike $8.25.



Timothy Seed—Prime spot $2.90. At

Toledo prime cash $3.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detrmt

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, jobbing 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: N0. 1 mixed $14@

14.50; No. 1 clover $13@13.50.



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@21. ‘



Straw—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 good. Price 20 higher. Extra

creamery 291,40; firsts 2854c; dairy

210: packing stock 16c.



Chicago—An increasing demand

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Poultry.—Hens and springs are in

active demand and price on springs is

higher. Live—Springers 171/2@18c:

hens 13@180; ducks 1761180; geese

14@15c; turkeys 200 per 11).



Chicago—Market is dull and the

demand limited. It is only by lower-

ing prices that sales can be made.

Fowls 10%@141/§c; springs 13@16c;

ducks 17c; geese 8@90; turkeys 15c.



Eggs—Offerings liberal and market





higher than the close of last week;

most of the choice handy lambs sell-

ing at 1114c. Look for steady to

strong prices balance of the week with

moderate receipts.



We quote: Hand lambs $11.15@

11.25; cull to fair 8@11; yearlings

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

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

wethers $8.75@9; cull sheep $5@6.50;

veals, choice to extra $10.25@10.50;

fair to good $8@10; heavy calves $6





easy. Prices 1/20 higher than last

week. Fresh stock sells at 190 per @8

dozen.





Chicago—The feeling is steady at

slightly higher prices. Prices are high

considering the liberal receipts. Mis-

cellaneous lots, cases included 17%@

18%c; ordinary firsts 171/1@171/éc;

firsts 1814@181/2c.



Veal.—Quoted steady at 140 per lb.

for fancy, and 10@1lc for common.



Pork—Market is steady for dressed





. hogs, light weights selling at $8 per





cwt; heavy $7@7.50.





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.——Market is firmer and prices

average slightly better. Quotations:





d Baldwins $3@3.25 per bbl; Greenings





$2.75@3; Steele Red $3.50@3.75; No.

2, 40@50c per bushel.



ChicagoqA firm feeling prevails

and prices are improving. Demand is

good. It is thought that speculation is

a factor in present improved condi-

tions. Quotations: Baldwins $25067?l

3; Kings $361,325; Greenings $3@

3.25; Northern Spy $2.50@6; western

gox apples are selling for $1@1.75 a



0x.



Potatoes.——Market steady and prices

3c higher. Carlots 38@400 per bu.

At Chicago the market is firm and ac-

tive. Demand good, prices unchang-

ed. Michigan white. in bulk, are quot-

ed at 37@44c per bushel: at Green-

ville farmers are receiving from 30@

:12clper bushel.





WOOL.





There is a general feeling that wool

will soon make further advances be-

cause of the improvement in general

business conditions. However, at. the

present time, transactions are small

at prices previously quoted. There is

no interest in fleece wools because

stocks are practically depleted. Mich-

igan unwashed combing is quoted at

34@37c; do. delaines 33@34c; do,

clothing 26@320 per pound.





GRAND RAPIDS.





The egg market starts off this week

at 17c and with buying for storage

purposes not quite under way as yet

the prices are unsettled. Dairy butter

remains unchanged at 19c. The pota-

to market is due to showalittle more

life now, with planting time at hand,

but to date there is no improvement.

The bean market is also quiet, with

the price around $2.75 on hand-picked

basis. Fowls and spring chickens, live

weight, are in good demand at 14@

150. Local greenhouse products are

lower, with lettuce at 8c per lb. and

radishes at 20c per dozen. Wheat is

quoted by the mills at $1.44.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

April 5, 1915.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 130 cars; hogs 90 d. d.; sheep and

lambs 50 d. d.; calves 1500 head.



With approximately 130 cars of cat-

tle on our market here today, and only

11,000 reported in Chicago, all the

heavy cattle weighing 1,200 and up

sold from 35 to 50 cents per cwt. low-

er than last Monday, and the butcher

grades and female stuff, and cattle of

low quality sold from 15 to 250 lower

than last Monday. At the close about

everything was sold and the market

on the better grades closed 100 strong-

er than the opening. Our advise to

all our shippers is to be very careful

on all these cattle weighing 1200 or

over, as the inquiry now seems to be

for handy weight pony fat cattle, and

we would not be surprised to see

these big heavy cattle sell lower again

in the near future, although there was

so much take off today from last week

that we expect to see them sell better

next Monday, as we have no idea

there will be near so many of these

heavy cattle on the market.



We had a fairly liberal run of hogs

here today, close to 90 double decks,

and with good shipping demand, prices

were 5@100 higher on all excepting

heavy weights. Anything on the light

order at the opening sold from $7.65

@775, with heavy weights quotable

at $7.50@7.60, but quite early in the

day the market weakened and after

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Chicago.

April 5, 1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.





Receipts today..11,000 32,000 14,000

Same day 1914. .15,797 35,721 31,172

Last week ..... 32,378 100,343 40,181

Same wk 1914. .38,881 93,369 90 916





Only 7,371 cattle, 8,616 hogs and

5,150 sheep were shipped from here

last week, comparing with 17,042 cat-

tle, 31,238 hogs and 24,700 sheep the

same week last year. Hogs received

averaged 234 lbs.



Most of the meager cattle supply

today was placed in the free division,

and an active demand made better

prices, sellers quoting an advance of

10@15c for most kinds. Hogs averag-

ed 50 lower, but a sale was made to a

city butcher at $7. Sheep and lambs

were scarce and 100 or more higher,

with prime lambs taken at $10.25.





Cattle were in very moderate de-

mand during Holy Week, a time when

the consumption of beef is materially

lessened, and continued moderate re-

ceipts failed to check the downward

tendency of prices. The bulk of the

steers offered sold at $7@8.25, with

good lots taken at $7.75@8, choice to

extra heavy beeves $8.05@8.50, and

inferior light-weights $5.75 and there-

abouts, with not many steers selling

below $6. A medium good class of

steers went at $7@7.70, while the bet-

ter class of yearlings sold at $7.75@-

8.55, the only sale above these figures

consisting of 26 fancy yearling Here-

fords averaging 1040 lbs. at $8.75. As

usual, cattle in the quarantine divi-

sion were discriminated against. Cows

and heifers on the butcher order went

at $4.60@8.65, with not many heifers

going as high as $8, while few cows

sold above $7, with $7.25 the top. Cut-

ters sold at $3.80@4.50, canners at

$2.50@3.75 and bulls at $4.25@6.60.

Calves found buyers at an extreme

range of $4.50@10.25 for coarse heavy

to prime light vealers, with the late

top $9. The market for canners was

particularly bad. Cattle closed largely

15@40c lower than a week earlier,

with no late sales above $8.25.





Hogs have shown a rallying power

of late after considerable reductions

in prices, country shippers withhold-

ing supplies when prices were lower.

For some time the best hogs have ral-

lied to somewhere near $7 after the

breaks, with pigs selling at a large

discount, although prime light and me-

dium weight shipping hogs were mar-

ket toppers invariably, with prime

heavy hogs selling at a discount. Re-

cent receipts averaged 237 lbs., com-

paring with 234 lbs. a week earlier,

221 lbs. a month ago, 236 lbs. a year

ago and 242 lbs. two years ago. Fresh

pork consumption continues large, but

stocks of provisions in Chicago ware-

houses have increased. The great

falling off in the receipts last week

caused late advances that left prices

on Saturday at $6.45@7, comparing

with $6.30@6.85 a week earlier, while

pigs closed at $6@6.50 for most lots.



Sheep, yearlings and lambs sold ex-

traordinarily high last week, the top

for prime wooled lambs making a

further advance to $10.15, because of

light offerings, while prime yearlings

touched $9. Lambs comprise most of

the receipts, with Colorado furnishing

the principal share. The country’s

supply of live muttons is remarkably

short. All the markets are bare of

feeders, neither is there any consider-

able num-ber of breeders for sale any-

where. The only complaint that kill-

ers make is that there are too many

heavy weight lambs. Wooled flocks

closed as follows: Lambs $8@10.15;

yearlings $8fl>9.15: wethers $7.25@



35; ewes at $5618 and bucks and

Stags $6@7. Lambs weighing from 90

to 100 lbs. brought $8.50@9.85, and

shorn lambs sold at $7.25@8.40. The

week's receipts were unusually small.





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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

April 1, 1915.



The second week of the yards’ op-

ening was far from abrilliant success.

The run in all divisions was again

very light, most of the receipts going

to the packing plants. It does not

look as though the cattle division

would open for several weeks and it

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um and heavy from $8@10.50.



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for interstate shipments.



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They did not, however, get many at

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ing shipped on orders to New York

packers. -



Cattle.



Receipts none. Market at packing

houses off cars without feed or water;

yards still closed for cattle. Best

heavy steers $7.25@7.50; best handy

weight butcher steers $6.75@7.25;

mixed steers and heifers $6@6.75;

handy light butchers $6@6.50; light

best cows $5.25@

5.75; butcher cows $4.50@5; common

cows $4@4.50; canner‘s $3@3.75; best

heavy bulls $5.25@5.50; bologna bulls

$4.75@5; stock bulls $4.50@5.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 328. Market at yards is

strgng. Best $11@12; others $8@

10 0.





Reason & S. sold Mich. B. CO. 7 av

145 at $11.25, 8 av 125 at $11, 9 av

150 at $10.50; to Newton B. Co. 7 av

150 at $11, 2 av 170 at $8.50. .



Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 1 wgh

150 at $11; to Mich. B. Co. 14 av 145

at $11; to Barlage 2 av 150 at $11.



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

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120 at $10.50, 27 av 140 at $10; to

Thompson Bros. 15 av 150 at $11.50;

to Kull 4 av 105 at $10.50, 3 av 155 at

$11.50, 3 av 125 at $10; to Thompson

Bros. 5 av 160 at $9, 9 av 150 at $12,



Sheep and Lambs.





Receipts 642. Market strong at the

yards. Best lambs $9.50@10; fair do.

$8.50@9; light to common do. $7@8;

spring lambs $12@14; fair to good

sheep $5.50@6.50; culls and common

$4@5.



Reason & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 76

sheep av 95 at $6.50, 33 lambs av 65 at

$9.50, 14 do av 55 at $9.25; to Newton

B. Co. 82 do av 45 at $8.50. .



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lambs av 31 at $12, 35 do av 48 at

$8.50, 3 sheep av 90 at $6, 1 buck wgh

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Receipts 4191. Market at packing

plants $7; bidding at yards $6.85; few

sold, the bulk going east on orders

from New York packers.



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

528 av 134 at $7.20.



Same sold Crane & Co. 233 av 130

at $7.20, 111 av 160 at $7.10.





Friday’s Market.

April 3. 1915.

Cattle.



Market steady; everything goes di.

root to packing plants. Best heavy

steers $7.25@7.50; best handy weight.

butcher steers $6.75@7.25; mixed

steers and heifers $5.75@6.50; handy

light butchers $5.50@6.25; light butch—

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Foreign Body in Mouth—I have a

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other roughage, then spits it out, but

eats grain fairly well. Took her to a

Vet. who floated her teeth, but found

them in good condition. C. W. .,

Monica, Mich—Your mare either has

sore throat, sore mouth, or a foreign

body lodged in back part of mouth,

preventing the swallowing of bulky

quids. Dissolve 1 dr. of chlorate of

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mouth and throat three times ’a day,

but be thorough in your examination

to ascertain the cause.



Warbles.——A few days ago I discov-

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calves; the bunches are about as

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apply one part carbolic acid or coal

tar disinfectant and 30 parts water to

sores twice a day.



Nodular Disease.~—Lately I have lost

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the cause of death. I feed them hay,

cornstalks, bean pods, ensilage and

straw; furthermore, they have been

kept in a nice warm place and have

good care. These sheep appear to

grew very thin and die. M. E. .,

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tious food, or else from nodular dis-

ease, a parasitic bowel trouble which

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week to your sick sheep. Mix togeth-

er one part powdered sulphate iron,

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tian, and give each sheep one-third

of a teaspoonful at a dose in ground

oats twice a day.



Abscess—The glands on one side of

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it has opened in three other places;

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abscess every two or three days and

apply one part iodoform and nine

parts boracic acid to wounds daily.

Give lé oz. hypo-sulphite of soda at a

dose two or three times a day.



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THE LASTING QUALITIES OF

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BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.



A problem of far reaching import-

ance to farmers is involved in, the

substitution of modern fence wire for

the now obsolete materials in fence

building. The introduction of steel

jwire into fences has introduced a

l‘problem which has been of consider-

able importance financially to farmers

generally throughout the country.

IPractical experience has demonstrated

[to the satisfaction probably of every

{farmer in the state, or perhaps to his

fdissatisfaciion, that there is at the

gpresent time absolutely no uniformity

iiin the quality of the wire supplied for

ifencing purposes. In fact, there seems

jto be no uniformity in the wire of a

isinglc manufacture, and fence wire

§which is stretched across the field will

{deteriorate in spots while other spots

fwil] apparently resist atmospheric

,conditions indefinitely.

§ There has been little inquiry Into

fthis subject by any of the various

,agencies who are interested in mat—

ters pertaining to the farm and the

farmer. Curiously enough, while man<

{ufacturers of metal products have of

necessity been compelled to standard-

ize their metals used in other lines of

manufacture, there has been appar—

ently little, if any, attempt on their

tpart to study the various problems

iwhich cause the corrosion and de-

1struction of wire used for fence pur-

poses. As a consequence they have

not been prepared to put a wire upon

the market which can be guaranteed

for any definite period of time against

conditions to which it: has been sub-

jected upon the ordinary farm. It

seems as though it would be a proper

subject for experiment station investi-

gation to exhaustively inquire into the

causes which produce corrosion. In

our judgment these will be found to

lie very closely around the question

of composition of the iron itself.

Steel Corrodes Faster than the Older



Iron Wires. .



It seems to be the consensus of

Opinion that modern steel wire cor-

rodes much more rapidly than did the

old-fashioned iron wire. It is not at

once apparent why this should be so,

for supposedly, steel wire is produced

under much more standard conditions

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and since the introduction of galvan-

izing, which in itself is supposed to

be a protection against rusting and

corroding, it would seem offhand, that

the difference in composition would

not be so material. 'lnat the composi-

tion of the wire, however, is of vital

importance is shown very plainly by

the manner in which corrosion so fre-

quently takes place. For example,

many times we will find a steel wire

nail corroded in one particular portion

until the nail is eaten almost com-

pletely through, while the other por-

tions remain perfectly bright and un-

attacked. Again, on a wire fence, gal-

vanized or otherwise, portions of the

Wire will remain firm, solid, bright

and uncorroded, while other spots

will be very vigorously attacked, in

fact, almost completely destroyed. It

seems to us, without any doubt, this

must be due almost entirely to a dif-

ference in the composition.

How Carbon Gets Into Iron.



We know now, for example, that

the different ways in which carbon is

established in iron exercise a very

important relationship to the life of

that iron. In the production of iron

from iron ore, which is one of the

various oxides of iron, that is, a com-

bination of metallic iron with oxygen

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APRIL 10, 1915.





 





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form of coke and the like. Under the

influence of heat this carbon from the

coke unites with the oxygen from the

iron ore and passes off in the form of

vapor, leaving the residual iron free

from oxygen and in a molten condi-

tion in which it is run into the var-

ious molds. Molten iron has a. consid-

erable affinity for carbon, consequent-

ly when the ore is burned with coke,

while the oxygen combines with the

carbon, the excess of the carbon be-

comes dissolved in the iron itself and

when it subsequently cools either the

carbon is retained in the iron more

or less evenly distributed, in which

condition it is called "combined car-

bon,” or it remains in patches, be-

coming crystallizcd, from which it is

known as “graphitic carbon." It is

this very uneven distribution of graph-

itic carbon which iziatei'ially influ-

ences the value of the iron for cer—

tain purposes.

Steel Also Lacks Uniformity.



in the manufacture of steel from

this iron manganese in varying pro-

portions is introduced. in fact, one of

the important points of the Bessemer

steel process consists in the manner

in which manganese is worked into

the product. Here, again, is an oppor-

tunity for a lack of uniformity in the

steel. Besides containing varying

quantities of carbon it may at the

same time contain manganese uneven-

ly distributed and this unevenness in

composition we think without doubt

must have its influence upon the life

of the steel wire. Without doubt,

therefore, a careful investigation, and

it is a. research which may require

two or three years. IO satisfactorily

work out, the question of the uniform-

ity of composition and the question of

composition itself of the steel wire,

has much to do with the question of

the corrosion of the steel.



Again, just what influence the elec-

trolysis has on the life of steel wire

is an item which has not been inves-

tigated. We do not understand why

some firm handling this product has





'not inquired into and benefited itself





by an investigation along these lines.

Electrolysis is a rather common term

and most people are somewhat famil-

iar with the manner in which it takes

place. Electrolysis is simply a work

of nature to establish an electrical

equilibrium. When properly under-

stood it may be taken advantage of

and work be accomplished therefrom.

Any difference in potential between

two points will cause a passage of an

electric current, and therefore the

question of electrolysis again may be

seen to hinge upon the lack of uni-

formity in a wire. Electrolysis will

not take place in a perfectly uniform

medium without the current is induced

from without. The atmospheric con-

ditions to which iron is subjected are

ideal, for the electrolytic corrosion of

the metal and this is surely a worthy

subject of investigation, to ascertain

just how electrolysis of wire is pro-

moted under ordinary conditions;

what factors induce electrolysis and

what conditions resist electrolysis, so

that it may be possible to institute in

the process of manufacture of wire

such checks as will reduce to a mini-





mum at least, the corrosion due to





electrolysis.

A Problem Worthy of Study.



There‘is at the present time prac-

tically no data available on these

points. It is a problem which in our

judgment is clearly within the possi-

bility of solution androne which is

surely of a great deal of importance

to farmers. The manufacturer who





first solves the problem'and will pro-_





duce a wire which is non-corrosive

will certainly have a tremendous adv

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APRIL 10, 1915.





HE condition of a colony of bees

in early spring depends upon the

care given it during the preced-



ing fall and on the method of winter-

ing. Often a bee-keeper finds that he

loses many bees during the spring;

this is known as “spring'dwindling.”

This condition may be due to at least

three causes.



First, the stores upon Which the

bees fed during the winter may have

been bad, which usually causes dysen-

tery. Its presence is known by a spot-

ting of the supers and hive body with

a brownish yellow excrement. The

chief cause of this trouble is a honey-

dew honey. It contains a large per-

centage of matter which the bees can-

not digest. The logical remedy for

this condition is to remove the cause

and provide the bees with good honey

or good sugar syrup, When the warm

weather comes so that the bees can

be out of doors and take long flights,

the disease disappears of itself.



Causes of Spring Dwindling.



Second, colonies that have winter-

ed with old queens will be at a disad-

vantage because the queens usually

die or are inactive, so that no brood

rearing is done to replace the bees

that naturally die. To remedy this,

unite such a colony with a strong one;

this will be taken up later.



The third reason for “spring dwind-

ling” is in most cases poor protection

of the bees during winter and spring.

They may have sufiered too much

from lack of the proper amount of

heat and ventilation.



If the bees have been Wintered in

the cellar the best time to move them

out is when the weather is bad enough





,to keep them from flying about. By





making it necessary for them to stay

in the hive a few days before taking

long flights they will learn to know

their location. Many beeekeepers have

decreased the number of their colonies

considerable by moving the bees out

during nice weather. The bees have

immediately taken long flights and

have not returned to their respective

hives because of not learning their lo-

cations before flying.



Thoroughly Examine the Hive in the



Spring.



Another precaution to bear in mind

is, not to examine the hives when the

weather is cold because the brood

may get chilled and die. However,

when the weather is warm enough the

following things should be done: 0v-

erhaul each hive, clean the supers and

hive body with a knife, see if each

colony has a queen. Mark the colon-

ies that are weak and have queens,

also mark the strong ones that have

queens. In the evening take the hives

of the weak colonies and move each

of them next to a strong one. Place

the weak colony on top of the strong

one with only a queen excluder be-

tween. Close the opening of the up-

per hive. The bees below will walk

up into the upper hive and the bees

above willwalk down into the lower

one. In that way they will mix and

after a short time the two hives will

have about the same number. The

weak colony above will receive the

benefit of the heat from the lower

strong one; the two queens will begin

to lay, and soon both colonies will

have plenty of brood. At the end of

about six weeks the number of bees

in the two hives will be about the

saute and both colonies will be strong.

Lift the top hive OE and place it be—

side the. other one; gradually move

the two apart, a little each day till

they are at least four feet apart. The

above has been found to be the most

eflicient way of strengthening the

weak colonies.



As a stimulus to brood rearing, stim-

ulative feeding is practiced by some.

Sugar syrup is made of one part of

sugar and one part of water. The





queen Willuthink..that the honey flow





T-HE MICHIGAN FARMER





The Spring___ Care of Bees.





has commenced and she will begin

laying eggs; thus by the time the

honey flow begins, a strong force of

bees will be ready for work. There

are others who feed the bees enough

stores in the fall so that they do not

need to feed them in the spring. The

beginner in bee-keeping had better

follow the latter method, because mis-

takes are easily made.

Ingham Co. A. A. SHILLANDER.





LATE HATCHl—hlG.





While early hatching is of advan-

tage to those who raise chickens for

the early broiler market, it is a mis-

taken idea that it is absolutely neces-

sary to hatch early in order to have

the chickens in condition for winter

laying.



With proper care chickens batched

in April, May and early June can be

expected to mature and start laying

before the cold weather sets in. Of

course, if the chickens are allowed to

shift for themselves without any at-

tention given regarding feeding for

good and early development it might

be necessary to hatch them early.

But those who will not give attention

to the proper raising of the chicks will

not make a success of early spring

hatching.



Early hatching involves much more

care and expense than having the

chicks come out at a more seasonable

time. The eggs for early batches are

not as fertile and therefore the per-

centage of the hatches is not as great.

More time and more equipment are

necessary to keep the chicks warm

and growing satisfactorily. Also, when

one buys eggs for hatching he usually

has to pay more than he does later.



The natural time for the hen to

bring off her brood is during the

spring months. This is an indication

that natural conditions are favorable

for the young chick then and they can

therefore be raised with less care than

at other times.



There are some poultry raisers Who

think that the endeavor to get winter

eggs is not worth while. They say

that the added expense of care and

feeding is not overcome by the high

price of the eggs, chiefly because the

production is not large enough. For

those with that idea in mind it would

be advantageous to hatch the chicks

even as late as July During that

month the price of eggs for hatching

is down to its minimum, other farm

work is slack and the chicks develop

sufficiently to go into the winter in

good shape.



In the days of the mother hen

hatching had to be carried on over a

long period to get a flock of any size

and broods of all sizes had to be tak-

en care of. With the incubator a defi-

nite time can be set for the hatching

and the process of raising the chicks

be gone through but once. The incu-

bator is just as valuable for late

hatches as it is for the earlier ones,

when the hens refuse to set, on this

account.





 





The keeping of poultry will prove a

profitable side line for the dairy farm

as skim-milk is a valuable egg food.





 





Readers raising African geese and

having eggs for sale should communi-

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we have inquires for eggs for hatch-

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Readers who want a sure prevent-

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Lousy Poultry Can t Pay

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Guarantee. lntcrlakos Farm. Box 39. Lawrence.Mich.





"ODE ISLAND REDS. Cockorels $2 to $5: 15 Em



82. Plymouth Rock cockelroli 5 to 1211111.. noooxdmg

tonnefltofi; hen-stow“ be. aooordlna to ace;



‘2; Tom Turkeys 8 to 38 lbs. according to e; 38



:10 em 84. A. E. CBAK’I‘UN. Vassar. ich.





B‘nnEn Ron‘s-Pallets“) ..32 eggs withhthes kllifikfliflll

W. C. COFFMAN, Tim-Pimm 6. aldengitfyficarfor. Mich.





B‘nuen noel“ suck for hatching,13fro.1xlzo:§lolr li‘lwood

J. A. BABNUMEI Union Cltyuulc son.





RUFF ROCKS, Ullllll $10111. it; s 331519.:

8.8.‘l'0W LEE. 3. R. No. 3. Hartford. 111.111.1111.

Eggs For Hatching. White Holand Turkeyséoceach.





Toulouse Geese 250 each. Columbian yandotto

chickens 13 for 81. Alden Whitcomh, Byron Center, llich.





—-Cockerele.pulleto,hona.

Pimlimillhiio Orpinglons 1,... 0...... a... m.

from heavy laying strain. Catalogue on request.

KRS W "11.1 HOUGH. Pine Crest Form, Royal Oak. Michigan.





White mollyandoth Eggs 5%}? 2233?." “Emma .1311’?"11

A. Franklin Smith. Ann Arbor, Michigan.





 





 





——E 113 81 for 15 fl, 75 for

While Wyn ndollo cockmls 21"... m, beat pen. a

10:15.15101-30. DAVID KAY. Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Bally!h Chlx 3310 ffper 100. R. I. Roda. While chhcms, Barred





Orpinmns, \Vllile undone: also Fun.

RIVER RAlSlN POULTRY FA‘RM. Dundee. Mich





——P k 200. st 1 M0

BAHRED BUCKS strzlixishlingl?gomrl?w'h{29.131131151218151

31.50 per setting. Fred Astling, Constantino. Mich.





 





 





BIG Beautiful. Hen Hatched. Farm Raised Ringlet

Barred Rock Egzsdmtt nqs $1. 52 ":l 10055.Ph01011





c1rculars. JOHN NORTHON, Clare, Michigan.





—'lhe Standard {or 30 learn.



Ring!“ “in“ Rock: Eggs 81. 50 [0115 from selettcd

mating. PLAINVIEW 8100K FARM. BomooJIich.

—S. C. White Kellerstrass. Special prices.





I

“rpm ans Eggs. Ohix. line grown stotk for your

new ock. M. E, Thompson Redford, Michigan.





I. c ‘8 c piggggidlsggnd fled Eggs $160 per If»





{ye r100b.yexpreaa ‘Bntiof y

JENNIE B





customers”. ELL. Ann Arbor. Mich.





noel cochnELs (All varieties. ) ltggs for hatching.

Baby 1 bit he and Pekin Duck eggs.



SHERIDAN POULTRY YARDS. It. l.'1 Sheridan. M'uh.

10“ GRADE HATCHINO EGGS: Write for book-





let with pruee 11 1d reasons for (nap nesting. (‘ i.

PATZTI" “SON. Breeder of b. C. W. Mghorus,Tocumsel1,Mi1l1,





R,&S.C KI RED Cogc'korilssqsoup 50





A. R. GRAHAM. FLINT. MICHIGAN.





R. C; Rhode Island Red Eggs .$§:,%g:°’;::fg;





Mu. FredC. Miller. R. F. D. No. 3. Sturgh. lch.





 





 





 





 





 





Chic ,W e ship thousands. different Varie‘.’ we. prices

- right order now for spring delnex). free

booklet. Freeport Hatchery. Box 12. F roeport. fich.





 





ILVEB LACED GOLDEN and WHITE WYANDO‘H'm—A fine

lot of \l lute (ockcrels weighing 6 to 8 lbs. at $2 and 83

Portland. Kloln'gno.





—Farm raised, heav la In

8- c “h“. [8259708 strain. Babychlckséspo I? 8

eggs 1‘4 pin-101). Also W lute Pekin Ducks.

duckling. Sunnybrook Poultry Farm.Hillsdne .Mlorh.

w'iiteP.Rocks.Pek1n and white runner ducks.

White gunman. eggs and day oldducks and chicks.

.Hos'r ETI.ER. ht. Johns. Ml lchlaan.





White Leghorn: Day-Oldvilllicks Wé'éfiffin‘éiifltfiz

fact ion to all our customers. MAPLE CITY

POULTRY PLANT. Box C. Charlotte. Michigan.





DUFF [ECHURI BESCIFE"ELS 6’: PULLETS $2.00.

81.50 per15. Dr William Areggigg. Trgtztrihhifihlllgfia





MR SALE, I. (1. BROWN lEGIIOIN





and 118. Old chick. Mn mmoth Pokln

duck eggs. CLAUDIA BETTSA ‘Hillsdale, Michigan.

s-—Bred Tc- Loy stock. Eggs .2





M. 'YIIJOHC £2 per 15: $3. 50 per 30; ‘8 per 100.





HOWARD GR NT. March-ll, Michigan,





cub. Brownings Viynndotte Farm.





 





 





 





 





GREIDER'S Fine CATALOGUE





and "lead" of purebred poultry. - 70 indent: illusirxfl and

described mu] '- nat-nl colon Pcrleu guide 10 poultry

"Bun—41d! oi facts. Low prices on flock and eggs for luau-l1

. a; loud-111m and hon-lea. yam in business. You

‘mddumdbook. Sealeclolu—«day





, {acumen .—. :: :1 11-53. Rhesus":





—th1arunfoed pedigreed stock for

“Elan "If“ P” sole mnahle. Write us for

prices. Stalter' s Babbitt-y, North Lewisburgh, O,





BHED-To-LAY—Bamd Plymouth flocks.





NATIONAL CONTEST WINNERS.



If you wl‘ to increase the production of your

poultry you must brood to do it. You seldom get

high producers from low producers. Five of our

hirds averaged one each in the National Egg

Laying Contact lest rm can an pl you feggs

from these birds at $10 tpot- wttinu of I; from

closely relu utodstock kta $10 per 100 011le -ohicks

at .15 per 100.



THE TOWNLINE FARM. KNOWLES BROS.‘

Prop' 3., R. P D. No. 3. Azulln. Michigan.





Bred to Lay.‘ Barron

S.C.Wl1ite Le‘hOI'IIS: Sualn H Eggs 31 50 per

15 poatpald. $6 per 100 by 01pm. Satisfaction guer-

Anteed. Baby Chicks. Bruce W. Erown. 11. No.3, Mayvllle. Mich.





—-—Statt rlzht with your Barred' a

83"“, "DCk [£33 with eggs from a pen direct- from

Bradley Bros. Yards. A. A. Pattullo, Decker-ville. Mich.





IEE 11115:. 3101111113.

cull run-11111111. hours. ole.





 





 





 





 





DAME!) PLYIOIITIL BOOKS





Winner of ll first crime at Climatic,ll Cincinnati2 and

Indianapolis in two years. 300 line Cockorels. some

good cook birds. bone and pullets in any number. All





 





stock shipped subjectto acolp val. Prices reasonable.

Write your wantaG .Ear cover, 11.7. Mutthowand

from rice-





ggs for HatChing winn 11.



Extra and White Rocks. Winners at Ba ltle

Creek Three River-1, Union Cit and Mich. State Fair.

River-view Poultry Farm. 801th Union City. Mich.





£11: 1111 MINNIE—WE. as has“. “.3;

bums. White Holland Turkeys, White Runner Duel a

Catalog (No. Rivervlo‘lv arm, R. No. 8. Volcanllldl.





BUFF ROCKS, 3 .... egg, .1... o. as 1911





til i;

100; 8. 0. BulILoahoruw heavyhy u ei’mwbm £10

100: Blue Orpimztnns S 15. Catalocu e.

BIRD LAWN FARM. BoxD .Lawreace. Michigan.





8.1:. Win Lug]:

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—Bred for size, shape. Vigor,

om: moroduetion. 13 oars' r:-

mHatchinsmsl .50perlt‘0



0. bin-d. Tecumseh Mich.





-W 11]]

Willi dalfllifllgrgalrlfiifiA .3.°$?..m193”1i.7f:§

null-neg, for‘atoh 'MW” and Apgild .6

n. maxim my .1 6011.111.me Bed





Iohlkan.

BERRYQ BASKETS All
Make Better Walls





Lees mortar exposed between joints— yet ,.

everyJointas solidasrock. Thisineans .

stronger, more durable walls—better

settli of silage—less chances for

t. rite us for these facts on





LANSING

Vitrified Tile

Silo





Costs nomore than most other silos but is "

far more durable. Reinforced with twisted

steel : has continuous doorway. easy climb-

ing ladder. Special shiplap block provides

cement reinforcing that lasts for ages. F irst

cost—only cost. Write for catalog m

J. ll. PRESTON C0 Lansing Mlch.

Get Our Qfl‘er on him ilags .

Gutters and Bidwell Threshers. .





 





   

 

 

 

 





 

 

 





 

   

   

   

   

 

 





 





 





 





 





Dunhams’ Percherons





are today as tor the past Forty.

eight years the brand’s best





As a matter of fact you can

also get more here for your

money than elsewhere.

If you are interested in





Percherons





and want to getin touch

with the oldest concern

in the business—the one that handles

the best class of horses. and whose

reliability is proven by the expcri-

ence of thousands of satisfied cus-

tomers. Come and see us.



New illustrated catalog on application





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LOESER BROS.





We have sixty head of imported Belgian

and Percheron stallions and mares, from

weanlings up. We are also offering a car

lot of big drafty grade brood mares all in

foal, weighing 1600 to 1800 pounds.





LIGONIER, IND.

PERCHERON SALE.





Farmers and Breeders Attention.





' re nick sales we have decided to cut

(1.3311532? llelgiir clioice for $1000. A lot of good ones

at, 4500-8600.

A. A. PALMER 8: SONS,

R. B. Orleans. ' P. 0. Beldlng, Mich.





FOR SALE





" d Ol dsdale Stallion. Lord Ohauner.

Algonggdghe PHogse do sure foal getter. Will work

single or double. Will he need 'very cheap so

he can pay for himself in days in any locality.

Too many of his own stock in this neighborhood and

must sell him. Address





Starkweather Stock Farm,

Northville, -:- Michigan.

SOUTH 8i. HUI. HORSE &. MULE COMPANY.





t ck Yards. South St. Paul Minn.

A lggdfimsirgment of Good Horses and M’ules always

on hand. PRIVATE SALES DAILY

HO





 





 





AUCTION EVERY MONDAY.

RSGEET IN TOUCH WITH vs.





ERONS—Imposant, one of the heaviest



PERCH horses in statg, gt headl of stud.

' etc" or as e.



Bh’fi.%“s’&“ofio“3d‘so‘li§‘? Mendon, Michigan





_ ‘ 11‘ M

FOR SALE ffi‘i‘i‘iiif’e'i 312223251? .‘i’éf... “1’3?





spection invited. F. L. KING & BON. Char otte.Mich.





. IVE REGISTERED PEROHERON STALLIONB.

blacks. from weanlings to 12 vears old. and

sound. WM. McOHODAN. Dutton. Kent. 00.. Mich.





' at bargain

Clydesdale Stallion and {Wares We? .1...

‘ . ' i ll rl'es tit or service. erms

gggitéylgllgSLx‘Y EBOS" Fairgrove. Michigan.





. 0R BALE——2 Reg. PERCHERON. MARES. sound

and right in every way. “eight about. 1,600

be. M. A. BRAY, Oakemos, Ingham Co., Mich,





HERONS-Bred for utility as well as show

PERC qualities. The stable includes

rize winners at the West Michigan State Fair.



tine stallion oomin 2 years old, active and heavy

bone. 3 mares. l oomfng four. _2 coming) three. bred

2 yearling fillies Im orted Hire and nine. Come

or write. WM J. LAKE, Dutton, Michigan.





Registered Clydesdale Stallions For Sale.





F. A. PETZ. CAPAC, MICHIGAN.





Black Percheron Stallion





ll 63258. 6 years old. An unusually good sire

P 0t is ofi'ered for less than he is worth





BROOKWATER FARM. Ann Arbor. Mich





Registered Percherons.





Brood Mares. fillies and young stallions. Priced to





_ I tion l Vite .

1.3],th (313 ST FAliM. Eaton Rapids, Michigan.





JACKS AND MULES





Raise mules and get rich. 200 head line large



Jacks,Jenn s and mules 14 to



‘ 17 hands high. Large re later-



ed Jackson dDraftSta ions.



cheap now. Will trade for



sheep, cattle or horses. Write



for prices today. Stock guar-

anteed Address





Krekler’s Jack Farm,

West Elkton, O.





—— black rzncnnnox

WANTED {It‘ll-estmhevayvy boned and well mated.





Addre- Box A410. llohim Farmer. Detroit. Itch.





 

 

 

 





 

 





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$3M”





   





' It pays to shear the way you get the Ion -

eat and best wool.

better price for it.





You can easily net

cent more on ever

e stew-rt No. 9.

with hand shears. m the old, h _

way. Don’t have aching. swollen wrists.

Don’t scar and disfi ureyour ..

sheep with uneven s caring --

11 the wool With





You can get so mm:





from is to 20 ’0?

sheep you shear-"with





 

 

 





the fleece smoothly and

broken blanket with





The Stewart lo. 9





Ball Bearing





Shearing Machine





It’s the most perfect hand i

operated shearing machine

ever devised. Has ball bear-

ings in every part where fric-

tion or wear occurs.

all bearing shearing head





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 

 

 





Stewart pattern,

lete, including 4

s and 4 cutters

of the celebrated Stewart

quality is only $11.50.

Get one from your dealer

or send $2.00 and we Will

ship C. O. D. for balance.

Money and shipping

charges back. if not

more than satisfied.





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"5 ll. Lahllo St. Chicago. Illinois





Write for complete new catalog showing world' 9

lat eat: and .mqst modern line of shes

horse clipping machines. ed





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





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and Skin Diseases





t: and best Hog Lubricator.

orlts on absolutely new princlple.

Valves, Springs, Wheels or Gears.



Nits, Mange and other Vermin

Diseases can be cured and prevented with





lleyer’s llog Lubricator





your Hogs by kee ing them clean and

ective for C olera. and

Provente Worm. by Hogs eat-

prepared Antiseptic and Disin-



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No upkeep expense—first

cod by $10,000 Bond.





Nothing to Wear or Get Out of Order

Write for 30 Day Free Trial Offer. Agents Wanted





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cost lowest. Guarani





 





 

 





 





CHEAPEST

and BEST FEED

For Cows





All of the sugar beet left after man‘s food

(sugar) has been soaked out by water. Clean,

wholesome, pure, dried vegetable food.





 





Free from adul

buy bran, middlings. cornmeal,

barley, oats or other carbohy-

drate iced when you can get

a better feed like Dried





Beet Pulp for less money per





THE llllliOWE

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gill FEED—Mil [Ills Alli [£88





3'

use. J. E. Bartlett





Live Salesmen Wanted





to sell our Paints and Booting. Easytose

Blackstone Oil t Paint 00.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





ElllilllllIllilllllllllll||IHIIIIKEIUHHIIllllllllllllllllllllIlllilllllllllllllllllllllliHIlllllllllllllllllllllllfl

Grange. s

EllIHilHllllIlll“llllllllllllllIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|Illlllll||IlllIllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllullli





Our Motto:~“The farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should

be first improved.”





 





STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.





Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.

Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecum»





seh





_L'ecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-





Sing.





Secretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.

Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.

Executive Committee—C. S. Bart-





lett, Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit





Ridge; J. W. Hutchins. Hanover; W





F. Taylor, Shelby.





 





THE LECTURER’S ' OPPORTUNITY.





Perhaps the first really great day in

the life of any human being, is that

in which he discovers an object big

enough to lift him out of himself.

Paul said, “This one thing I do—for-

getting the things that are behind, I





press toward the mark.”





Among the privileges and opportu-

nities extended to those who lead in

public service of various kinds, few, if

any, are greater than those which





'may be shai‘cd by the lecturer of a.





subordinate Grange. The position of

Grange lecturer should be big enough

to command the best and the most





that is in one. To apply the first ex- 1.





pression in this article, it should lift

her out of herself.



But just what do we mean by being

lifted out of one’s self? I listened to

a great address recently upon the

“Things that Count-” There are a

great many kingdoms in this world

that are not named on the map. There

is the kingdom of Society, the king-

dom of Money, the kingdom of Power,

and the kingdom of Learning, but one

kingdom is greater than all of these,

and that is the kingdom of Service.



Now, the good lecturer has entered

this kingdom of service. She ought

to start into her new field of labor





Free with the great declaration quoted





above, "li‘orgeiiing the things that are

behind, I press toward the mark.”

But what shall she forget? Forget





‘hGl' weakness. Forget the things she

:does not know, the things she can not





do, wherever and whenever t0 remem-

ber would be to lessen her courage or

her determination to do her best.



While it is important that the things

that hinder should be forgotten, it is

no less necessary that other things

should be remembered. Primarily, the

Grange lecturer Should have a very

clear vision of the entire Grange pro-

gram. I do not now refer to the ordi-

nary program in the lecturers hour,

but rather to the, sum of all the things

for which the Order is living and

working.



It is not expected, neither is it re-

quired, that every lecturer should

place equal emphasis upon all lines of

Grange activity, but she should be ac-

quainted with them all, and their in-





fluence should be exerted for and not





against the things for which we stand.

In order that she may rightly under-

stand the wide and over extending





field of Grange endeavor, the lecturer

should read carefully and think ear-

nestly upon the great questions in;

volved. This is not saying that She

should spend an equal amount of time

in the lecturer’s hour, upon each line

of activity, nor is it saying that she

may not even ignore some things en-

tirely, but she should be familiar with

the whole program of the Grange, and

should hesitate long before she says

that any part of it is of “little or no

value.”





I have heard certain lecturers say,





“There is nothing in our Grange con-

tract system, I am tired of the ton-

nage tax and the Torrens system, all

I can see in the Grange that is worth

while is the educational part.”





(Continued next week).





 

 

 





 





APRIL 10, 1915.





:TEiI‘iiiillIIIHHHIIlllilllllillIIHIHHIHHIIHIHIHillilllllllllIllIIllllllllllllll“IIlillllHIIIIHHHHHIIHHE





. Farmers’ Clubs s





[ElliillillllllllllllHllHlllHlHlHHillliillillilllilliiilili:liiliiillIllHiilllillllllIllilllllllllllliilllilllllilfl

Associational Motto:



“The skillful hand with cultured

mind is the farmer’s most valuable

asset.”





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CLUB DISCUSSlONS.





 





 





, Organize. Seed. improvement Asso-

ciation—011 March ‘34 the members

and guests of Essex Farmei's’ Club, to

the number of 60 01' more, gathered at





the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs.

Austin E. Cowles, wile-re a cordial Wel-

come awaited all comers. In the ab-

sence of the president, Vice-president

A. C. Cowles presided. The exercises

were opened by ihc Club singing,

“There’s Music in the Air,” after

which Rev. Millard otfered prayer.

Following the reading of the minutes,

and under miscellaneous business, a

vote of thanks was extended to Mrs.

Sarah Matthews for the generous gift

of new song books, presented to the

Club. A paper, “Does. a higher educa-

tion tend to draw boys and girls away

from the farm?” was read by J. '1‘.

Danielle, in which the view was ex-

pressed that such is not the result,

because of the pleasant conditions

surrounding present-day farm life. Ad-

journment for dinner and the usual

social, happy houi'~and-a—half, was next

announced and, following the “feast,”

the company paid a visit of inspection

to Mr. Cowle’s large and Well-arranged

barns, where 60 steers and 800 sheep

are being prepared for the spring mar-

’et. The sheep have been shorn and

the wool bought and sacked, at the

barn, by a Detroit buyer. The after-

noon exercises wei'c opened with a

song, “The Happy Farmer Boy,” ex-

pi'essively rendered by Rev. and Mrs.

Millard. Roll call was the next num»

her and brought “Interesting Current,

Events,” in response. “Will it pay

farmers to set out apple orchards?”

was the subject assigned to A. E.

i'owles, who said, in part: “Don’t cut

down the old orchards but renovate

and take good care of them. Michigan

is advancing rapidly. as a fruit-grow—

ing state. The following varieties he

deemed among the best of apples, Viz.,

Northern Spy, Baldwin, Steele Red,

Greening. Ml". A. R. Potts, of M. A.

0., being present by invitation, was

next. introduced and gave an exhaus-

tive presentation of the important sub-

ject of corn improvement. Following

a short recess, Mrs. Frank Rice gave

a reading, “The Drunkard’s Daughter,”

after which Mr. Potts treated the sub-

Ject of the propci' selection of seed

corn, advising that it be selected iii

the field from medium size stalks, the

ears to be pendant and, well filled to

the ends. The ear should have a me-

dium length of shank. Seed corn, if

well air dried a‘nd not containing more

than 12 per cent of moisture, is safe

to plant. Seed corn, if purchased,

should be obtained from a more north-

ern latitude. A vote of thanks was

given the speaker for his contribution

to the value of the meeting, one of the

immediate results of which Was the

organization of “The Essex Seed Im-

provement Association,” of which Aus-

tin E. Cowles was elected secretary-

ti‘easui‘er.——J. T. Danielle, Cor. Sec.

Will Skip the April Meeting—The

Mai-ch meeting of the Columbia Farm-

ci's’ Club was held at The Oaks, with

Mr. and Mrs. C. Hewitt. The day was

all that could be desired and about 60

gathered at the pleasant home. Mr.

“llllS Crego, the retiring president,

thanked the Club for the success of

the past year, but all felt much of it

was due to his faithful efforts. Mr.

Clarence Cook, the new president, said

that the Club had been such a large

factor for good in the township during:

the past that he hoped nothing they

might do would reflect on the credit

of the same. Each one must solve

the problems that, help to make for

progress and success. “Spring work”

was introduced by Mr. Loomis, who

said “Look well after the tools, the

harness, the wood supply, and the

lawn before the rush of work begins.”

M. A. R. Palmer said the average

farmer will imitate other farmers, so

be on the lookout to do your best.

Mrs. Marion Johnson gave two recita-

lions and Mrs. Nanette Brooks two

piano solos. Mrs. Crego gave a read-

ing, “The Liberty Bell,” and Mrs.

Matie Lowry gave two readings. The

new programs for the coming,r year

were distributed. The Club decided

to purchase a large coffee beiler for

the benefit of the entertaining hostess.

All enjoyed the half hour social chat

before leaving for home. A bountiful

dinner was served. No April meet-

ing Will be held as this is house clean-

ing month. May meeting will be With

Mr._ and Mrs. Frank Ball.-——Maude

Smith, Reporter. , .





 





 





 





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, from





IAPRIL 10, 1915.





Biiniintiis' DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD FOUNDED LN 1900.





i resented consist of Trojan lirloas. Black-

gi’riu'i'ns"§riri only. Black M Ito. ebullof

rare individuaTi‘ty and merit. eads the herd.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





‘YnsmaEs—One of the foremost dair breeds The

most economical milk reducers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cookers e- Duroc Jersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. 'l'lintJHchigan.





Four Pure Bred Angus Bulls. Extra good ones. One

show bull. Eight and nine months old. Priced

reasonable. WILBER, Clio. Mich.





our Registered Aberdeen An us Bulls. from ten

to seventeen months old rices reasonable.

one. HATHAWAY er sch. Ovid. Michigan.





Inquire F. J.





 





THE VILLAGE FARM,

Grass Lake, Michigan,

GUERNSEY CATTLE.





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL. CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





A Dairy Show Every Day.



120 He d of Dairy Stock. Milking done by



a machines. Up-to-date ice cream

making. Advance Register work: 10_head on

yearly test. Herd bulls of high quality. One

with seven dams in 4 generations avers. e 707 lbs.

butter fat. Guernsey products are a ways in

demand. All the whole milk we can spare brings

5cper qt. in bulk at the farm. Pure bred bulls

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

we will be glad to entertain you. or write for





iiiiii‘iii o. AucEvmi, cuiiiaier, men.

Ihomughblfld Registered GUERNSEY and





HOLSTEIN BULLS of ser-

BULL CALVES.





viceabie age for sale. Also.

Man from A

reasonable. 3. E. SWEET. Birmingham. Mich.





 





R. dams. Prices





1': S 1 Re . Guernse Bulls. Berkshire hog sow

or a e, and ilts bro for spring furrow. rite

JOHN EBE . R. 10. Holland. Michigan.





—Tio istered GUERNSEY cows.

For Sale “sirens AND BULLS of choice

breeding. in. w. wrcnan. Lansing. Mich.





IEGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL CALVES for sale cheap at

\i'intleruiere Farm. Watervlict. Mich. Miiy Rose breeding.

Address. .1. K. BLATCHl-‘ORD, Auditorium Tower. Chicago. ill.





HEREFORD; 3§§°€w%“'y'ef£?"§i'a.“d





ALLEN BOBS . Paw Paw. Michigan.





A Splendid Young





Holstein Bull





Will he a credit to your community.

Sire, a three-fourths brother to the





$50,000 Bull.





Here is a good one.

Send for extended pedigree.





REED & KNOWLES,

Howell, Michigan.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a grand daughter of The King of the

Pontlncs. Hired by a bull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and wh ise dam is a 30 lb. 6% 5 fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more 30 lb.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





HATCH HERD.





Ypsilanti, Michigan,





Registered Holstein Priest in Sires—Grandsons

oi" Cflri World‘s Greatest Dairy Sire. '1 hey are out of

chum-e \ H. 0. dams. 'l‘hear sir.) Is:



Half brother to the World's record cow 44.15

pounds in 7dsys. Average record of 50 dams in

his pedigree 31.25 be. in 7 days. Average per

cent of for three nearest dams 4.37. Sires in first

three generations already have over 600 A. R. 0.

daughters. Also a to 1 females. Prices reasonable.





Threo Rog. Holstein Friasiin Bulls ai 8100 Each,

TWO from Zlvlb. dwms. Also bull calves.

DEWEY C. PlERSON. Hadley. Michigan.





ESPANORE FARM,

LANSING, MICHIGAN.

Home of the at Holstein Bull “PLEDGE SPOF-

FORDCALA i'rv PAUI " with as A.R.0. daughter ..

iucIu ling a 5-year-old with a 35-pound record. Others

20 to 32 pounds.





FOR SALE—l Bali Bali sired by this final Bull.





CHASE s. OSBORN,

ADAM E. FERGUSON. l Owners.





FOR SALE—Registered Holstein hulls ready

for service. Heifers iind cows



due in freshen soon at reasonable prices.



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





4





Reelstogdhllgttgly' Gain-:Egi‘fiift’.‘ mimic:

4.- eer-o e n . out o 54 lbs. d 13:.

how) F. JONES. R. No. 3. Oak crovi, Mich.





uil Celt—3 sisters from 53.08 to 34.31 lbs. Fire‘s sire

brother to Pontiac Korndyite. Dam 22.92 lb. her

dam has 2 30-“). sisters. M. L. McLAULTN. Redford. Mich.





 





 





HOLSTETN BULL CALF. 5 mn o'd. Rood individual.

well grown from . R. O. dam. Fire's dam has 7

day record 30.78 lbs. butter and a large yearly

record W. B. READER. Howell. Michigan.





J.





 





THE MICHIGAN FARME‘R





1 (iii-Registered Holstein-100





5th Annual Consignment 8an

OF TH





Howell Consignment Sales Co.

Livingston Oosniy, Michigan.





This sale ro resents the best families of the breed.

Kinf Soils. . engerveld DeKol. Pontiac Korndyke.

Pau De oi it such sires are in service KB. P. Howell.

King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne. Sadie Vale Con-

cordia s Paul DeKoi 3rd and other 30 lb. sires. Our

l-ist sale led all other Michigan sales by 05 per head.

Egon want the best come to Howell. April 29th at

10: A. M Oatslog April 18.



may a ism. Auctioneers. MARK a. CURDY. 5m.





' — I l f

MSIOMI Stock For Sale Piliigsei’i‘Tdraisié‘iafi

Jersey cows in milk or comin resh and 6 refistered

Jersey heifers. A. L With) '1’. Bad Axe. iii ohigan.





Fun :‘lE—Threeryoung. Reg. Holstein cown. are safe



in cal . No cull Price $175 each. Also

3 heifer calves Wench. 2 ha] calves. SEOeach. choice

brooding. PINE HILL FARM. It. 6. Lakeview. Mich.





Reg "duel“ Bull calves and Herd Bull. Can



Whit-e swine. [:3pr “3.3.33? ifirkgnghfisfgli

I I I I



I BARGAIN” OILT” 350 5.33



Holstein 82,11! Calif. Beet blood and best A.li.0. back—





ing on be si es. X white. Perfect and hand-

some individual. Rougemont Farms. Detroit. Mich.





High Class HOLSTEINS rigid





is headed by Snlthdele Alcsrtrn Pontiac. whose dam





is the tsmous Alcsrtrs Polkedot. Have iew younfl bulls

. W I buy





and females for sale st reasonable pr cos

a few heifers about 15 months. not bred

from court house. SETH B. ROBERT.





“Top-Notch” Holsteins.





rge line young bull. )bwhite. born Oct. 4. 1913.

Dam has cflcial record of 8. lbs. butter in '1 day?

117.60 The in 8) digs. Bire‘s dam is a 23.64 lb. 4 yr.-ol

den ter of a 30. lb. cow.



Me HEBOON FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan.





IIOLSTEIIIS FOR SALE





5 Good Bulls, ready for service.

10 Very Choice Bull Calves.

2 Two-year-old Heifers, bred.

1 Six- ear-old grand-daughter of King

Segre, due in December.





L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





Bigelow’s Holstein Farms

Breedsville, Michigan.

Highest Class Registered Stock For Sale.

A BARGAIN-“Tami?“ Hilltmhlliauli for

. . s

dam is a sister to Sarca:iii§s La'dl:d:m. who was a;

world's Champion Bull. at the St. Louis Exposition





and sold for ten thousand do an. Dam is of the

Uolantha striiin. A.E.('hziso. Clovercroit Farm.St..lohns.hich





FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





read for service. and bull calves. also females.

FB EHAN J. FISHBECK. Howell, Michigan.





 





 





 





. Farm 5‘ mile

Howell. Mich.





 





egistered Holstein Bull Calf. whose sire is full

R brother to Lady Tobe Del-£01. 3% yr. 36.59. . D.

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





IiOlSTEIII BOLT. euro -1... m...“ "we

us. No better breeding in



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

ofi‘er for sale three bull calves sired by Colantha

Johanna Ureameile Lad. extra tine ones. and will





accept good notes due in one year In payment. Hero

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





Holstein-Ensues Breeder‘figg’ “”233, £31.;

represented. D. D. AII‘KEN. Flint. Michigan.





HOBART W. FAY, Mason, Michigan.





Holstein Friessan cattle. Nothing [or sale at present

MIOHIOliI ROME llO TRlIIIIIIO SOROOL

LAPEER. MICHIGAN





Breeder of High Grade Holstein Cattle. Lists and





prices upon application.





' ' —Jersey Cattle. Yorkshire Hogs.

TJTIID F'TTTISTB.‘ Oxforl Sheep. Write for what you

want. COLON O. LILLIE. Coopersville. Michigan.





 





Jmor Bulls for 8an {isn'n't‘Bi‘it’m‘ttL‘iiiawti

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

FOR SALE, ngisimd Jersey Oons‘iifi..°.'oo§?

WAT BEAN O WATERMAN.

leadowland Farm. M Ann Arbor. Michigan.





RIILIIIIIO SIIOIITIIOIRS‘éfi'fig £393 diffic‘i’m?





eels. DAVIDSONa HALL. Tecumseh. Michigan.





' .2 ; . ' .. 2



SHOHTHOHIS: accustom. “rifts.“ “'V“

W. C. OSIUS. Hillsdale. Michigan.



Dairy Brod Shorthorns 25...”. ‘io’fm b.“.”i':§...¥.°

J. B. HUMMEL. Mason, Michigan.





FOR SALE-Shorthorn Bulls. red and roans. by

sons of Avondale and Victor Linwood. both Interns.

ticnai winners. John Schmidt. R.2. Reed City.Mioh.





POilEO DURHAM SALE





APRIL [7.





Write to Elmer West-fall, Edwardsburg,

Michigan, for catalog of 30 head of

Double Standard Polled Durhams and

Shorthorns to be sold at auction at Maple-

dale Stock Farm.





BIDWELL SHORTHORNS

Registered Bulls For Sale.





Big and strong in prime condition for immediate

use. 9 to 24 months old. Priced for uick sale.

Albion Stamp 35267 i by Ch. Bhenstone lbino. in

service. Write or see them on farm at Lake Shore it

Michigan Southern Depot. or five minute's walk from

Detrort. Toledo 1! Ironton Depot.



BIDWELL STOCK FARM





Box I). Tecumseh, Michigan.





—Young bulls sired by Bright-

STWI'TTIOTTIS For 33" Sultan. Also cows and heifers.

W. B. McQUlLLAN, Howell or Chilson, Michigan.





 





ShWTTlorll —Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

3 ages for sale nt farmers prices. 0. w. Crum.

Secy. Cont. liich. Shorthorn Breeders' Assn- McBride. Mich.





SIIORTIIORIIS: O OIIOIOE TOIIIIO ROLLS FOR SllE





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. llohigan.





 





 





 





SHEEP.





 





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80" WEIGI‘IED 932 L38.

A 23 MONTHS 0 D





‘ iONIA GIRL





I have started more breeders on the road to sue:

cess than any manliving. I have thelnrgest and flu-

est herd in the U. 8. Every one an my developer. _



ad





ready for the market at six months ol I want to

ghee one hog in each communit to vertise my

' erd.Write,for my pic. . ake Money from

.3033." 0. 8. BENJAMIN, mu") Peril-ll. In...





 





 





o l C -25 sows bred for Spring farrcw. 75 Fall

' ’ ‘ "in. large and rowthy. Write your wants.

GLENWOOD STOCK 1" RM. Zeeiand. Michigan.





 





T. (Y (‘Iioice Sept. pigs. either sex. (Tilt due .Tune 21. boar

e wvizliing 2251M. 525'). will take orders for March. April

& May pigs, not skin. A. l'. HAT’I‘. Grass Lake. Michigan.





 





0 I 0’ -Two servicable boars. sow coming two-yr.-

- I 3 old. bred for March farrow. fall piss. all

stock registered. 8. J. HOWELL. St. Johns. Mich.





Duroc J erseys‘é..§°‘io.°hi"°§ii “All?





Mayfarrow. Fallqpi¥eithersem 8.0.STA LMAN.

CHERRY LAW ARM. Shepherd. Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS-goevvflgnfggag, aid :2





8.

CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings. Michigan.





DUROC JERSEYS.





From Prize-Winning Stock.

Write. or better still, come.





Brookwater Farm,Ann Arbor,llicti..R.F.ll.7.

DUROC JERS EYS‘?&'i’°m





and open gilts. W. 0. TAYLOR, Milan. Michigan.





HAVE ONE GOOD GILT, weight 175 lbs.. furrow

April 10th. $2.3. One 200 b. gilt farrow last of

April. price $33. A few s ring and fall boars. rice

$20 to 830. 11. Gr. KEES ER. Cassopolis, Mich gan.





apltol Herd Duroc Jersey Swine. Established 1838.

Young boars and b"o«l sows for sale. I pay the

express. J. H. BANGHART. Lansing. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





UROC JERSEYS—A few bred gilis. {nil males ready f 1-

service. 5 W. Leghorn and Buff Roi-k eggs for sale.





. C.

J. MchCOLL, Station A, R. 4, Bay City, Michigan.





 





lT PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP 0F



PARSONS ”firgl‘mnmc

i sell and ship everywhere and pa

8%.31‘. hwt’éflr'i? 'oiizfl.





   

   

   

 





 





 





OXFORD-DOW! SHEEP, IIO STOOK FOR SALE.





1!. I". GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.





' —Yearling and ram lambs from Cham ion

lUTCCSTBr' flock of Thumb of Mlih. Also select erk

shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich





STRICTLY BJ‘. Polande—Absol utely none larger or



better. My herd represents best herds in U. .

8 ringiit full arrowfigs at bargain prices. Satisfac-

ton guaranteed. . D. Kruger. itavenna. Mich.





 





A few choice boars ready for service.

all”: TITSO’S: from prize winnin stock. (Iliil’

Middleton. Idlewild Farm .B.F.D.No.§.Clayton. Mich.





~March pigs either sex. sired b a. so

”limo 1""! of Volunteer Champion of 3 Stat: Fall:

and Chicago Show in 1912. L‘. H. Morris. Monroe. Mich.

Duroc Jerseys. Big boned service boars; gilts for

June furrow bred toson of Volunteer. Gd. Champ,

at 191.! International. F. J. Drodt. R. No. l, Munroe. Mich.





 





' l i

Wool-Mutton Shropshire Emu. 3:3: 030.3352?

out‘stock quick. Mo'tly sired b imported ram. Write

today. MAPLEWUOD STOCK ARM. Allegan. Mich





H005.





 





 





 





' I —Grand bunch of Gilts

Ourocs 3* VIGIWS S:&%‘.t§t§.ii%ti§éii

of Buperba. Defender. Much COL. Uriens and others.

A ow young burs. M. '1‘. STORY. Lowell. Mich.





 





Berkshire Hogs-Choice gilts bred to farrow in March

and April. Also a number of Barred l’l ymauth

Rock Uociierels. Chase‘s Stock Farm. R.No.l. HeriettsJiiich.





BERKSHIRES‘OW‘ °' ”N ”w"

_ Registered. 83) for

choxce, all guaranteed. 0. H. TZIDEii. Almont. Mich.

I _N '

Royaiion Ind Berkshire: “summarize its:

oi . Young cows and boars born last October. Prices

right. i). i". VALE-.TINE. 8npt.. Temperance. Mich.





 





 





 





HAMPSHIRE Swine—Breeding stock of all age

from most po ular strains. Yrite for breeding.

inspection invite . lr‘loyd Myers. ii. 9. Decatur. Ind





HESTER WHITES. August and September pigs. from

sires as Ciiick-isuw itud. Mod :ler. Bronson King. Acct-silicate

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





smps'iire swine, loma good Boars for Breeding and some

tinil was both sexes at right prices. West \i'iiid Farm.

Pontiac. birch. E. P. Hammond. owner. N. A. Wiser. niuusger.





POLAND CHTNAS of the big type, 30.",





. ready for service. 8 b d

for spring far-row. A. A. Wood it Son. Balingfvi/iiifli.





POLAND CHINA BBED GILTS~Bargains in big.

heavy bone fall boars. Satisfaction guaranteed.

U. Vi. BOLTON. 8. No. 11. Kalamazoo. Michigan.





POUND “HMO—Chm” “‘3‘“ m“ ‘9 1‘3" T599."

boars. L. w. Buggmkoggsytgymf 'fiifii‘i‘i‘i‘f





“ITGE TYPE P. c.—'Ekither sex. pairs and tries. not

bred gilts. w. J. HAUE-Lstinhafioflmtfefiigh:





Big'l‘ypedl’oisnfi China 801ml: and (Hits lenty of

size un gran . qua it ‘. no I -

nearer manna. ii. i‘. 1). ad. rigiingrii’ighl





POLAND CH1NAS—1'be type that wins. weighs.





and pays—big Vl'lil. quality

Bred cows and i either sex. Af .

sparse 3200i? Tum. Three oiflnfiigfiun





- —0

Largo Strum I’. O. .313 ifii’§.°i‘.°.‘i€."i’ $353.12:





and (all boars. will be raid at bargain i

choice bred8ilts. no bet or breeding. topii'ecliisi‘d atria:

price. 11. . SWARTL. Schoolcraft. Michigan





 





 





 





 





 





THE wrinwooc JERSEY HERD





Regfistered Jersey Cattle. rich. M ‘estys Wonder

No. 717. one of the best sons of Boys Mayesty is at

the head of herd. His sons show type and class and

his daughters are producing a large flow of high testing

milk. Write your wants. Alvin olden. Capuc. Mich.





The Jersey





comes into maturity early, is

long-lived and is often found

making records even to ad-

'vanced age. She stands

above all other breeds for

economic production. Shall we mail

you free a good book on the Jersey?





m AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB.

82! W. 23d St. New York City.





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 





 





J ERS EYS - Frr list of s no]; for



sale and dense: fin-H

MRS‘. P. H. \VALKER. R. R. No. 8.

Kalamazoo Mich. If zi breolur and a member

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





FISHERTON FARM JERSEYS;§:,§§:..§%?





Hood Farm anis’ 9th from Register of Merit (Tunis.

FISHERTON FARM. Pontiac. Michigan.





INE BRED JER‘R‘EY COWS AND HEIFERS. Fresh

J or this soon. Mule 4-ii'ves eligible to registration.

HAS. B. COOK FARM. ()wosso. Michigan.





BUTTER BRED JERfi‘fiYSRE”





CRYSTAL SPRING STOCK FARM.

Silver Creek. Allegan County. Michigan.





Icrseys. Bulls ready for service. extra quality s‘red

' by Jacohn's Fairv Emsnnn. No 7111. from high

producing dams. SMITH & PARKER. TIowell.Mich.





-Regist-red bull calves. 1 wk,, 5 wks. 5 mos.

JETS." $10 to 52"). Also heifer cn‘w‘s. Barred Rock





0888. ST setting. Peter FLDcumu. 11,2. Holland.Mich.‘





JERSEYS—THE REGISTER OF MERIT IilIIO.





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





 





host boars in the State





O. l. O. FIII PI 8-01“” 3“" ”'9‘! to one of the

0- J~ THO PSON. Rockford. Michigan.





 





o I C’s—STRlCTLY BIG TYPE. For 12 yrs.

I I. I have been breeding for size and

length With quality. Len by Prince one of the largest

bears the breed ever pro uced. heads our herd.assist



by White Monarch and Frosts Choice. 2nd.nrize under

six Months hear at Mo. Inter State Fair 1914., Stock

I“or solo at all times. nr'c s re-swnshle. Address.

NEWMAN’S STOCK FARM R. No. i. Mariette, Mich.





Big Type, O.i.c’s and Chester White Swine.





400 i'all pigs either sex. pecial prices for the next

30 days, airs.» broil gilis and service males and we are

booking orders for spring 1\' . ii:l our stock is good

enough that 1 will ship 0. U .and reg. free in the

O. I. U. or Chester White Assn. We won. more prizci

than all 0i.li“l' breeders vmt together. at Ill.. and

\Vis. State Frirs. VI 1' to for Show :ecord.





ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM

Cass City, - Michigan.





 





 





o I c —8pringboars all sold. Wegmve some

I I I





fine fall pi e read to s i .

edge. Nfichigan.





JOHN BERNEB & SON. rand





 





I -—I have extra. line lot of last spring

0- l- c 5 beers and slot of this fall pigs.

ither sex. not skin. if mile west of de ot.

OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich gen.





0. l. 0 Registered Pigs $533.35





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





HEAVY' BONED POLAND cHINA SOWS. Bred

tall igs. both sexes. pairs Let akin. Alto older

rices low. cheit I‘me. Pknon. Mich.





oland Chi-es. either iex. Lll ages. Something grid

. at a low price. Biirgains in boars ready ior Hi—

vice. P. i) LUhG. it 1". D. 8. Grand Rapids. Miih.





boars.





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

Poland Chinas grow big lice easy. mature early

ready for market at 6 mont a. 'hy? ecause we've

bred them that way for more than 20 yiais. 50 big

bo‘ned. lanfl bodied.gcws also I“) fall pigs at furmers'

r ces. uy one an am s more money on our h s.

. 0. History Free. J. O. BL'lLlLR. Poxtlahid. Militia.





16 Type boars by Big Smooth J .

B bear in State. 748 The at 17 mo. TEE; $28335;

long. tail. big bone sold at farmers rices. shi

0.0.D. Call or write. Wm. Wadlo. ldwaier. ich.





LARGE TYPE P. C.





Lar est in Mich! an

Bred gilts all an d. A fe 9 tr cod .' ‘

to move themouick. w x a 8 all pigs priced





W. E. Ll INGSTON, Parma, Mich.





~Bred gilts. sprin b0 . f ’

Mule Foo“ i airs not akin. Clderatlrred 'iiiiwg'r“:r

spring farrow. C. F. BACON. Ridgeway. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





all ages.





Mule Foot Hogs both sexes -

Satisfaction guarunielad. LONG BBO’S..DKTma.IOg}id.

so iciiiisniiits-emrrnotii‘ tactic";-





Rocks. I. a. Ducks. E. 8. cans. Homer. Mich.





 





 





O I C’s—Servlcatiio boars. Gilts bred for

o - Muv and June Farrow. I pay express.

G. P. ANDREWS. Dansville, Michigan.





 





o I c —Servic:ihhbmirs of Sept. fnrrnw. also

I I I a few choice gilts bred for May





i’arrmv. H. W. MANN. Damville. Michigan.





‘lf —~Write for new rice

0- I. Ce 5 INE list. jiistout. ave

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

I am also bookinu orders for March and April Pigs.

A. J. GORDEN. R. No. 2. Dorr. Michigan.





 





 





O I.,f"s. nothing for sale at present but will take

e orders for Mar. and Apr. pigs, pairs not akin. Reg.

free and shipped on approval. J. W. Howell. Ovid. Mich.





o I C's—Spring Digs, pairs and t'i's. not

0 I ‘ akin. from state fair winners.

AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Mich.





 





 





YORKSHIRES





Bred gilts. service boars Sent-I be d Oct '

Prices reasonable. W. C. COOnK. i342. Adnsbf' .5:





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DOGS.





TrainsdIIiiiinin Fox "tundra" F“ ’"d M“ "°‘““

. P! i .

stamp. we! urcxv. no'i‘imngrviiie'i °bhii§°nd





FOX, COON AND RABBIT HOUNDS





“roke to gun and field. Prices right. For and

Coon hound pups 3" each. Stamp for reply.

H. C. LYTLE. Frederlrksburg. Ohio.





 





 





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