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VOL. CXLIV. No. 17

Whole Number 3832





50 CENTS A YEAR.

$2 FOR 5 YEARS.





 





 





 





DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1915.





 





. HIS business—for it is becoming

an established business—is yet

young in this country, but the



future will bring it to the front to



such an extent as to surprise those

who have not given it a thorough in-

vestigation.



For the benefit of those who are not

familiar with the supply of, and de-

mand for, pure-bred Belgian hares, it

will not be amiss to advance some in-

formation along that line. In the

first place, he who wishes to breed

Belgian hares should secure good

stock. In fact, this is the keynote to

success in breeding any kind of stock.

The horse or cattle man, the poultry,

sheep or swine breeder, all recognize

this fact, and when they purchase

stock for breeding purposes aim to

buy the best. Stock of any kind that

has quality will always sell for a good

price, while inferior grades will be a

burden upon the breeder. The man

who has the best will get the best

prices and make the most sales and,

best of all, will satisfy his customers.



In order that those who have not

had the opportunity to acquaint them-

selves with the points of superiority

in the Belgian hare, I will here give

the most essential qualifications





.which a first-class hare should pos-





sess. At maturity, which will be about

one year, he should weigh seven to

eight pounds and may easily weigh a

pound or so more. His color, a very

vital point when we consider his value

from a breeding standpoint, should be

a rich red and extend well down to

his feet. He should be long and racy

in body, with back well arched. His

head should be rather slim with large,

bold eyes and good long ears, which

are laced or slightly fringed with black

at their edges. A fine

specimen always re-

minds me of a little

race horse.



A young doe should

not be bred before

she is seven or eight

months old. If she is

bred younger her

growth will be retard-

ed and she will. not,‘

as a rule, mature as

large as she otherwise

would. At the end of

thirty days after the

does is bred we may

expect five to ten

young. If your doe has

more than seven, kill

the weaker ones at

about three days old.

Seven is enough for

her to raise. They

will be worth more

than a dozen that are

half fed, which will be

the case if she has too

many to supply with

milk.



The hutchin which

to keep a doe should‘

not have less than 12

square feet of floor

space, preferably four

feet long and three





 





 





 





feet wide. The hutches can be built

one above another, letting the roofs

of the lower one be the floor of the

next higher. Three stories are all that

is allowable on account of cleaning

the hutches and handling stock. Twen-

ty to 25 inches should be the height

of each story. The doors should be

made of one-inch mesh poultry net-

ting, using 1x2-inch strips for the

frame, each door to be hinged separ-

ately to its respective hutch, so as to

swing outward instead of raising up-





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ward. The illustration shows such an

arrangement which will be found very

satisfactory as well as most conven-

ient.



Some breeders use store boxes for

hutches, which answer the purpose

very well if the right size, but they

take up much more room and are un-

handy as compared with hutches built

against the wall as described above.



Several days before the doe should

have her young, her apartment should

be thoroughly cleaned and fresh litter





 

 

 





Hares.





or straw given her. She should also

be provided with a small store b0x,

say 12x16 or 20 inches and 6 to 8

inches deep, partly filled with chaff and

straw, well pressed down, in which to

make her nest. This small box should

be placed in one corner of her hutch.

Plenty of fresh water must be kept be-

fore her at this time or she may eat

her young. Great thirst being caused

by the fevered condition of this pe-

riod. The doe will generally pull a

good quantity of fur from her own

coat with which to line the nest in

order to protect the young from cold,

which is very necessary in winter. As

soon as convenient the young should

be examined and any dead ones which

might be in the nest thrown out.



As soon as the little fellows open

their eyes, the nest box should be dis-

carded and a nest made for them in

the corner of the hutch upon the floor.

They will now soon begin to come out

and eat. They may, with propriety,

be allowed to eat whatever their moth-

er has been eating, which should con-

sist of bread and milk, oat meal or

rolled oats, oats mixed with chop or

bran and niiddlings and dampened

slightly with salted water. Green feed

may also be given, such as clover,

plantain, cabbage, carrots, dandelions,

etc, care being taken not to feed it

when wet with dew or rain, and good

judgment being used as to quantity

given of such foods in beginning to

feed them.



Oats and clover hay form the staple

diet of the Belgian hare. The oats

may be partly replaced with corn in

winter.



The youngsters should not be wean-

ed until thcy are about eight weeks

old, at which time several litters may

be turned together in

a runway or larger

pen and the does

again bred. By this

method We get about

four litters per year

which is enough for a

doe to produce.



The breeder gener-

ally begins to sell his

stock at three months

old and by the time it

is four to five months

old the first quality,

for the most part, has

been sold for breeding

purposes at a. good

price. If he has the

room and can produce

enough to supply his

demands he will do

well to mature some

stock. Does bred or

old enough to breed,

as well as a few fine

fine bred bucks are al-

ways in demand at

good prices. If he has

a surplus after he: has

shipped his best stock

for breeding purposes,

he still has the meat

market to fall back

on and if he is adja-

(Continued on P. 502)..
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HOW To PRODUCE ALL;

THE MIRA“ YOUR SOIL

.REQUIRBKT WYUTILE

EXPENSE?

The Famogem method

shows you how to do this—

it shows on how to out

your fer ’ izer bills in half

and to produce .

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HOLDS THE WORLD’S RECORD ‘





phat-MM worth of We (on in I

outlay of only $400 For Fumogerm) It ‘

Pleinsboro. N. J., ofteryeerso'l‘ unsuccess- i

“effects eels. “e Iur oetend

oldest "tritium" (if succe 1 pure

legume hctwildfall 'Itylesin the world. 1

State Government appoi'n’tees as their

sole manufacturers for distribution to

firmer-I.



Amused Gold Medal etrNeaw York P-lr

Awarded in! Premium at Georgia

Miler-sew ”Fain.





”MFA, mvmmsns «BM

AND nu. OTHER molasses YIELD EARL-

IER, LONGER AND BETTER WHEN TREAT-

ED WITH me.





Write for free Illustrated IBooklet No. 67

axfihlniug’Fmer-s methodof produc-

ing your own fertilizer and at the seine

time en ' in: your toil ‘smd increasing

yourcrop. «Fmrbfor selehleul-

ins seed Healers everywhere. We won:

7m ’to beware ‘of imitations-3mm no

ooh-titans. If yourdeeler moot imply '

you with genuine ’Farmozerm protect

ground} by writingms dialect.

Formogemprices': $2.00mesize.“100

'fiveiecre size. 25c half cordon. size. «and

‘50c'for golden size (reductions'm $50 ncre

size or some).





Earp - Marries Fmogerm Co. E

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Write for prices on Rock Phosphate.

Hanna-and Radium Fertilizers.





 





 





 





 

 





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This year, do the best disk-E .

”ing you have ever done_

it will make you money.





disk barrows make it yourdealerboshow-yw

so easytodogooddisk- CU’I‘AVVAY (CLARK)

ring‘rthat thereis really disk i‘hurrowo and

no excuse for doing plows. Jf he doesno

any other kind — and sell them. write to us.



~_th¢re'saistyle and size We ship direct Where».

‘ for every farmer. Ask we have no agent.



E ' Sen'dfm' new catalog today ‘

. mun rCUTAWA'Y HARROW comm «

Maker of the obtain-l CLARK disk honour and plus

:902 Main Street "Higcanlnnp , ..





The "TOWER" Theionlyifllcdml





The champion prise corn was

lcultivuudwthe {TOWER way.





“We «are using and have used TOWER

cultivators ssvsrsl'years. We use .thsm slv’

me time. wet or Iidry weather, and hav.

made «some fine yields on ground cum-4

raced with them. In‘l9l2 on one mossu ”.2

acre ofxground‘wsfralseil l4l bushels of cor ‘

to th? acre, winning first prize in the state .3.

In l9 31's raised 12 bushels. winning-swam;

price in the-state. In I9M we raised l k:

bushels, winning first prize in the ante

Weelso Won~6rdd10be " ~





   

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





she TOWER method ‘the :only method ‘0 2 {tom if >cnpi3dity .Idictates selling SllCh hold true undoubtedly on all other le-

sseed .at seed prices. ' '

'-the'f11tnre .ough‘t‘bo be made a positive etc.

‘ traceable *fact and a car-load ought to the future we «will inoculate the «#61 nsomegas white beans. When out green

be accompanied with the affidavits of clover «seed with «commercial bacteria, fierhay 'thQYaare very difficult to cure.

the «growers .as to disease and yield no .matser :thw m crops we have gaineighbornaf mine out some for hay





cultivation. ..and will always recommend

bo‘corn growers." E

WILLARD ZELLE‘Rdz'SONS. 4

Cooper, 13., March 2), l9l5. :

’For "the 'I‘O'WER “Corn Book" mice

J. D. TWER ‘8; “SONSxCO.

81th We. HMTA. ILL.





‘v'lhe‘flewrsllp Wire ”*6: Fence‘suuchtrg

. , The Standard forfleers. :

“Puree! Post to your door. hkdoeleror sad ,





Company. Werren.;





 





 





’ been grown in rotation for the last 32





. ctr weakened seed stock more general- SUCCBSSfIfllY-

‘ly described .as ‘frun-out,” .are





, farther south where beans have been

grown for a longer period.





. below a certain average minimum that

, it is all off with bean growing. As a





I “come back” and farmers are loath to





f at hand.





' said we are all more «or less «creatm'es like Admiral or Market Garden varie-

. of custom and bearers of burden.





of crops, a retired farmer made the peas in too early.

. . remark ~that he never knew .a time to cats, but for barley we should wait

i, when wheat was not unenaced by in- for growing weather.





; dating back perhaps darther in point dare.

of time than the ‘ifluping” with sul- deflatinew #120 m9, {that commercial cul-





- phur and molasses as a spring medi- ture containing ‘the required bacteria





- seed, {but ~that is .not necessarily "free.

' , Northern grown seed :.also possesses





would :rpoy 150 :have :the .ssed come in While.

”MWI'NW‘WU Mum“! . 1, .’ :the 'Zhag with fthe :growerls name .and

. wield reconciled thereon ,



. It will my :this :year «to {screen out that .tbese soil .bactermzmlmtmhfiwe ..





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Observations on Beans





Thememga-damgesesd’mm, mum'tosmafierm 'i‘hedifi2h

with firm headquarters in Wcago, ence "m price helm W





. and the term located in Elohim, said stock and northern sadism-ea quite

f flatwax beans from calm. were nearly ofiset by the greater number of

. _up to the maximum in vitality and beans in the bushel. with the added





freedom from disease for about three facts of greater freedom from disease





~years, «and after that period the re- and increased vitality. The early pur-

iturns and yields began to decrease, chase of seedbeans isat present good





financial advice. ‘

J. N. MCBRIDE.





when grown in Michigan.

Another discriminating farmer said

that on his farm, where beans Shad





Shiawassee Co.





Ll LLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





years, he was satisfied that his fields

were, in a measure, less well adapted N01; in recent years ‘have weather

to beans than land Where the crop conditions been so favorable for get-

had not been grown so long. It is ting spring work done and for plant-

rather an interesting qnesficm as to ing the early crops as the present

Whether the theory of toxic (poison- spring. We began working the land





1 ing, soil] infection with disease spares, for early upeflfi on April 6 Mid the £011





mineral depletion of soil ingredients was «dry enough Ito run the big tractor

Not only this, but the

the soil worked nicely; even the clay

causes. In discussing bean growing spots had not packed down as they do

with farmers in the best bean grow- some years, and pulverized in fine

ing sections in the northern counties, shape. “'9 993311 sowing peas on Ap-

they are amazed .at the meagre aver- rt] 8 and ‘fimshed an 11‘3“? 'fie’ld on

age yields as reported from sections the mnth and. started another field,



but a good ram, and a much needed

These one, prevented finishing this second





northern county farmers unhesitating- field until today, the fourteenth. The





! 1y say that when their .bean yields .get pea-s already sown are nicely sprouted,





and with no «adverse conditions from

now on will come up in fine shape.

They are going to get .a fine start and

prospects are very favorable. I have

my stake set to grow $100 worth of

, ' peas per acre this year. Only very

give up a crop that has proven profit- favorable conditions from beginning

able in the past and where the spemal to end will allow me to do it, but it IS

tools and machinery for that crop are worth trying for. Some say that it is

Goethe, the German poet, too early to plant late or sweet peas





matter of fact, there is always hope

and expectation that a crop will





‘ , . .. . _ . ties, but I believe with Brother Stev-

Offsettmg certain pesmmlstic VJGWS ens, that it is hardly possible to get

The same applies





At any rate, I

sects or disease, whose mames have have one field sown, part of it before

been legion and {in itbe “and 11herehas the rain, and these are sprouted, and

been no shortage «if :hrcad. The Cow if the weather permits will finish the





’ casian race—philosophysis that of over- entire acreage of 35 acres this week.

i coming, and in matters of agriculture

‘ many plant diseases and insect ut-

’ tacks cannot only .be «prevemad (but yours .thatvon dandnothaving recently

j the crop advantaged by seed and :snil grown gpeas, =the growth «could be con-

‘ treatments and selection.

1 been a notable “come iback”-of wheat $011 with pea:bacter.ia. d‘have noticed





Inoculation for Peas.

I have been convinced for several





There has sidsrahly increased thy xincculating the





in the great wheat growing counties for some years :uhatson :fields where I





; attributed to largely mew grain varie- have .grownipeas and~oahszin a regular

I ties and to fertilizers.





rotation, .I haVe a «better .crop of peas

Belief in sulphur as an insec- than where zrhis crop was planted on,





ticide and fungicide d8 deepfieated, fields that mover {produced peas be-

EBut new wines a .new idea, at





cine. One experimenter reports the will help on‘ land where peas have

eradication of rust or anthracnose by been successfully grown recently and

mixing dry sulphur with moistened whereihere is apparently abundant

see d p] us at ithe :time _of planting. bacteria, because these commercial

LEven Blithe possibility of :beingguilty bacteria are more Vll'lle or active than





., 7 ~nf:.a.rspetition, :I am going “to say that the bacteria that live over in the soil.





 





"the success of the .bean crop anf .1915 I am testing this theory this spring.





_ . > _ . It costs about $2.90 per acre for the

IS gomg to abegm with the seed. The . ,. . ,7 .

. d stock most nearly {free .‘from‘an- commercral bacteria, .but if they will





‘ . J . help grow aabetter crop this cost can

' . the 2 them r wn ’



thracnose ’5 m , nor g D easily be made :upz'byaa «very small ;in-

«crease .in »the crop. sOn the field ‘that





. . . . last year produced two tons of shelled

more Vitality. The-conscxentlous ele peas per acre and which should con-





vator man in ’the northern counties .tain an abundance of bacteria, I have

has 9919““ seed from hlgh yielding :inoculated nearly .oneshalf of it with





‘fields, and as free :from disease as pos- commercial bacteria We could 1th e





sslble, in fact, rbeingmround-aone-poun‘d orize 011»th . -. .

. - , . . - . question andeflmtely and

mick -from all causes. .Hund-picked not know, 'but «a p.310 invest out 111





mans: 90153th and taken from diS' tell .at :once. I will report results. {If





eased, IOW‘Y‘elmng “938, 031111“ be this theory is correct on peas it will





:Seed 71393113 in gumes, as red clover, alfalfa, beans,

It is possible, therefore, that'im:





and an added price he made for ‘this ~me 'gmwmg. m wow be a good

seed stock :tobhe gamer. .thingforhberbsangrowers to test the

.1 sun «radar {the :dmpression that it ‘matser.





Lime 'for «Easteria.

The agricultural maintains “:teil :us‘





.the'hggenbsmsflor use commercially, well .in «a soil :that .is “in my «degree ‘





and me who medium ‘small size -for acid in reaction. l'Ii-‘he Mil mat she





PM BWflulniggfla "‘1' «seal. ruse anguished-sheen is mtlas neutral .or «alkalmedn traction. ziltgiuhe "





:forIOIItornm‘Wol-h ovOuIveets. «Phon





 





write. '3. 'fl.‘ Mum 00.;M’m1veu :‘Dotroit. . lichr





scum 24, 1915. ‘





all. Itsfightly acid. some of mm

«line, but they do not make a My.

W m. hence cam; Wre

my mmmrogen Mathemsgnd

as a spasm them phat. the





MMWmDrMDMMWt4-

ly supplied with nitrogm to me? ’a .





maximum growth.



I have never yet got my very mk-

ed reaction with litmus paper Once

or twice «it would seem that it We!

a little pink, but use very dismiss.

However, I reasoned that I could not

a-fiord to pay $2 per acre for commer-

cial bacteria to inoculate my soil and

then have the bacteria prevented from

making a vigorous, healthy growth,

because of an unfavorable acid condi-

tion, when a little lime applied would

correct this condition. Therefore I

ordered .a car, 25 .tons, .of hydrated

lime. I used hydrated lime because it

must act quickly. Ground limestonv

is all rightwhen it can ‘be applied a

suficientt length .of time before plain-

ing to perform its work, but I wanted

something that «would act quickly.

Again, hydrated lime, while it costs

more per 12011, is worth nearly twice

as much as limestone. That is, one-

half ton" of hydrabed {lime has as much

power to «correct acidity as one ton of

limestone. You pay more per icon,

but you get more acid correcting :pow-

er, and the freight is no more on a

ton of «hydrated lime hhan .on .a ton «of

limestone .t-hat has less power. ;I «used

one-half ton 10f hydrated lime per new.

There is this to be said, however, in

favor of ground limestone, .it is «much

more pleasant to handle.



Winter .Wsheat.



Wheat has come through the winter

in fair shape, not .as good as .last sea-

son. but better than the average. I

never before saw wheat «look so green

and thrifty in February as it did this

year when the snow went .off. Since

then the weather has not been so fay-

orable. It has been cold and dry, but

not so much heaving as some years.

because it stayed steadily cold, did

not thaw out during the day, and the

plants were not injured so much as

would have been the case had greater

extremes of temperature prevailed be-

tween night and day.



(Reports come of Hessian fly in

many parts of ‘the state, but nothing

serious in that respect is noticeable in

this locality as yet. Prospects are

very fair. The same can be said of

clover. In fact, favorable spring con-

ditions «for wheat are also favorable

for «clover.



"COLON C. LELIII'E.





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I have .been much interested ,in .the

articles in the Michigan Farmer «01!

soy beans. I have had ,a little expe-

rience with them here in Wexford

county. and I wish tosay that it is a

mistake in «suppose that the seed will

not ripen in Michigan, that is, if you

plant the :early varieties. I planted

fithc Ito San :andhadno difficulty what-

ever «in getting them ripe. .I did «not

inoculate the seed, yet,they had nod—

anles ran the roots. .They appear to

-.do tas wellpn poor land as any ,bean,

but of course the better the soil the

ibetter‘t-lzieyygrow. On 8011 that is well

:manured they make .a thrifty growth,

30:1nches or more in height. As to

athesguantityof seed onermight expect

:from ~sin-gators, I can nuts.” definitely

from experience .as I ..only grew .8.

small Quantity as _an experiment; but

I should judge that under similar con—

ditions "they would yield about the





and when 210 '10111‘9 out .011 .the .gtound.

Berhqpsalfgthey were : planted as early





Elem it .Will. be worth 'aasmosstblezin the spring, raudnot cut





toodaieinithe fall, ,and therebappen

ed‘mdaen spell of dry weather justat





’the right lime for curing. one might





bessble .toauuike~ bay of them. But ,the

sesd'mnlriren all right and no .doubt

they make am excellent concentrated

food‘mrsgmund.





'“i' 01' good a ”type. nor .aygeldep @5713 1:116? soil is quite' acid they cannot live at_ ‘.Wexf0rd 09. P _G..BAGH.ELDER~





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THE MICHIGAN FARMFR





Explosives in Land Clearing.





 





XPLOSIVES have come to be used

E quite generally in removing the



1mm yo—pefiSoI 1110.1; sdmms

When large stumps are pulled without

first being blasted, their disposal will

often cost more than the pulling. It

is next to impossible to pile them by

the use of a team and blocks so that

they will burn. Splitting them even

by the use of powder is a hard prop-

osition. ,



Unless there are many worthless

logs and tree tops to pile with them,

it is very hard to burn solid, unsplit

stumps. They often require to be re-

piled more than once. 0n the other

hand, when stumps are blasted by the

use of small charges, just large enough

to plit and loosen. the stumps with-

out throwing them out of the ground,

they may then be removed by the use

of the stump puller, a team with

blocks and line, or a power outfit.

When such pieces of stumps are piled

they usually burn quite readily. In

some cases larger charges are used in

order to remove the stump entirely, or

the largest part of it, so that a direct

pull of a horse or team will remove

any remaining root. This is not prac-

tical where‘the large stumps are

found, but may be done in some sec-

tions where the white pine stumps

predominate.



Many settlers on logged-off land hes-

itate to use explosives to blast

stumps because of an exaggerated

idea of the danger connected with

their use and handling. While there

is an element of danger in their use,

anyone who is ordinarily careful can

safely handle the low strength ex-

plosives used in stiimp blasting. If

passible only fresh explosives should

be used. Never accept or try to use

explosives that have been materially

damaged by improper storage, or that

show by the wrappers that the explo-

sive ingredients have leaked out. Ex-

plosives that have been frozen should

not be thawed unless for immediate

use. Large amounts of explosives

should not be purchased unless ade-

quate means for storing them are pro-

vided.



Soil Conditions for Blasting.





The time for blasting stumps most

advantageously, except on sticky silt

or clay soils, is when the soil is well

filled with moisture. At this time the

water fills the air spaces and the

stumps leave the earth more easily.

The saving is very apparent in loose

sandy soil. Stumps in such soils

should never be blasted when the soil

is dry. The work should be done on

sticky soils when they are dry enough

to plow.



In all but exceptional cases of

stumping, it is better to use explosives

of 20 to 30 per cent strength, rather

than stronger explosives. These

strengths are found to give good re-

sults at minimum expense.



No man should attempt to use ex-

plosives without first tho‘roughly fa-

miliarizing himself with the best

methods of handling the explosive that

he intends using. This can be done

by observing others at work, by read-

ing directions furnished by the manu-

facturer, or the U. S. Department of

Agriculture bulletins upon the subject.





Placing the Charge.





In order to get the best results when

blasting stumps, it is necessary to





' place the charge below the part of the





stump that is hardest to lift. To do

this is not always an easy matter, and

it can be learned only by experience

where to place the charge and to esti-

mate exactly the amount of powder

to use under a given stump. The root-

ing system, age, and size of stump, as

well as the soil and subsoil must be

taken into consideration when placing

the charge.



The hole in which the charge is to

be placed may be made in several dif-

ferent ways, dependinglupon the'kind





of soil, rooting system, and size of

stump. All stumps except those hav-

ing a taproot are blasted by placing

the explosive in the earth beneath the

stump. For small-sized stumps that

require only small charges the hole

may be made with an ordinary crow-

bar. For larger stumps an auger of

from two to three inches in diameter

is used, while holes under the largest

stumps are often dug with bar and

shovel. The making of the holes is

the most important as well as the

most laborious part of the work. The

auger should be started at a point a

short distance from the body of the

stump between the two largest roots,

and the hole should be bored at an

angle of 45 degrees or more from the

horizontal, until it reaches a point a

few inches beyond the center of the

stump. The charge should be placed

beyond the center of the stump rather

than in front of it. From observation

it has been noted that there is a great-

er danger of a blowout on the side

from which it is loaded, and if any

part of the stump is left in the ground

it is the opposite side. For this rea-

son in order to get good results it is

necessary to place the charge slightly

beyond and well below the center of

the stump.



After the hole has been completed

and is in the proper place, the requir-

ed, charge is inserted and pressed to

the bottom of.the hole and compacted

by means of a wooden tamping stick.

The primer is then placed on the

charge. It consists of a blasting cap

crimped upon the proper length of

fuse and imbedded in the last or top

cartridge. When only one cartridge

is used it must contain the cap.



Where Care is Required.





The caps used are very sensitive,

and should be handled with care.

While they are innocent looking, they

are very powerful, and should be kept

out of the hands of children and oth-

ers who do not know what they are

handling. When several charges are

to be fired at the same time, only

electric caps can be used.



After the primer is placed on the

charge, fine soil to a depth of three or





four inches is sifted upon it and pack-





ed lightly, after which the earth can

be shoveled in and packed solidly by

means of the wooden tamping stick.

The tamping should continue until the

surface of the ground is reached.

When the tamping has been complet-

ed, the chargeg may be fired. If the

ground is wet or cold the blast should

be fired soon after loading. If neith-

er of these conditions is found it can

be left until convenient. The fuse is

usually lighted by a match, or often

some other form of lighter is used, as

a. red hot iron rod or a-short length of

burning fuse. The success of the shot

depends upon the position of the

charge, and the quality and amount of

explosive used. If either of the above

is not correct the blast will be only

partially successful.



The objections that are offered

against the use of explosives in land

clearing are that they are dangerous,

the use of some kinds cause headache,

they are too expensive. Men experi<

enced in this work have reduced these

objections to the minimum.



The cost can be reduced to some ex-

tent by co-operative buying in large

lots.





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COURING in calves is very often

S a common result of indigestion,



an effort of nature to Unload

from stomach or bowels their irritat-

ing contents. Feeding calf too much

rich cold milk, or milk from cow that

has been over-heated at milking'time,

or allowing calf to go too long be-

tween meals; feeding milk that has

too much age, which has fermented;

drinking milk from covvs that are fed

on unwholesome food; keeping calf in

dark, damp, filthy basement stables;

feeding calves too much artificial

food; licking hair off other animals, or

eating and drinking anything that will

cause indigestsion may bring on the

scours. Whenever indigestion persists

and fermentation goes on, the case be‘

comes more difficult to handle. With

digestion arrested, the organized fer-

ments seem to develop a form of

scours which is often contagious.

When this disease is once seated in a

stable, it is no easy task to get rid of

it. This contagion can be introduced

into a herd by purchasing a diseased

calf, or by purchasing a cow from in-

fected herds which is about due to

freshen. Light colored calves are the

most easily infected; also, those that

are from stock with weak digestive or-

gans. Whenever calves are kept in

filthy, foulsmelling places where ma-

nure is plentiful—this is where the

disease thrives best. Anything that

has a. tendency to lower the vitality of

the calves, is a contributing cause of

scours. Damaged sour milk from dirty

cans, skim-milk from a dirty cream-

ery, or feeding from dirty pails are all

common causes of scours. Calves that

suck their mothers are much less fre

quently affected with scours, than

those raised by hand.



We also have acute contagious. di-

arrhea in the new born calf, or devel-

ops the first or second day after birth

—this form of diarrhea is due to

germs entering the calf’s body through

the navel cord. Of course, other or-

gans as well as the bowels are affect-

ed, but the scouring is very charac-

teristic.



Prevention.



The prevention of these cases is to

guard against constipation and indi-

gestion, of course, not forgetting the

importance of treating the navel of ev-

ery new-born calf. The selection of a,

strong vigorous stock, keeping them in

clean, thoroughly disinfected buildings

with proper drainage; furthermore, the

excrement from stable should be haul-

ed away and free use made of chloride

of lime, not only on the barn floors, but

in drains. It is also important to feed,

the COWS with a good quality of food.

The calves should be kept some little

distance from calving cows. If the

calf is allowed to suck, it should eith-

er be left with its mother or fed four

times a day. Keep in mind the causes

I have mentioned and remove them,

as near as possible.



Treatment.





You can readily understand that the

treatment must vary according to the

nature and stage of the disease, but

bear in mind that the quicker you give

a calf one or two ounces of castor oil

to remove the irritant matter from

stomach and bowels, the better. It is

also important to cut down the milk

supply one-third, or perhaps a. little

more. Give a tablespoonful or two of

lime water with each meal—this is

made by dissolivng a handful of lime

in a bucket of water, pouring off the

first water, then refill and use. If the

stools have a strong offenSive odor,

give half an ounce or more of caicine





: magnesia occasionally. It is also good





practice to give a dram of nitrate of

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* Securing In Calves.





By DR. W. C. FAIR.





of mercury in a pint of water; or,

give five-grain doses of salol three

times a day. Now then, regarding the.

importance of treating the navel of

every new-born calf. First wash the

parts with an antiseptic solution, such

as one part carbolic acid, 30 parts we.

ter—or one part coal tar disinfectant

and 20 parts water, or one part bi-

chloride mercury and 500 parts water

and tie cord with either a silk or linen

string that has been thoroughly sat-

urated in one part carbolic acid and

nine parts glycerine or olive oil. One

inch from body out off cord, paint end

of it with tincture iodine and dust on

boracic acid twice a day until navel

is healed. 0r, you-‘may use any of the

healing solutions I- have mentioned.‘

Remember, the contagious germ that

causes White scours lurks in a build-

ing for a long time, but if the calf es-

capes this infection, the first two or

three days of his life he usually lives,

but those that recover from an attack

are apt to suffer from inflammation of

the lungs a week or two later. It is

a good plan to remove a calving cow

to a thoroughly disinfected clean sta-

ble that is free from infection. She

should be furnished with abundance of

dry clean bedding sprinkled with a.

two per cent solution of carbolic acid

and her hind parts washed with this

same solution. After calving she

should be injected with carbolic acid

and water made by dissolving two

drums of carbolic acid in a quart of

water. Now, as a remedy you will

find white scours serum a. valuable

remedy, therefore, I would advise all

dairymen that are troubled with white

scours in their herds to keep it on

hand, and as the directions go with

the goods, it is needless for me to

state how it should be applied.





The twenty-fifth of 52 special arti-

cles to be published in consecutive

issues. This is one of several similar

articles noted under the general head

ofE‘éThe Emergency Medicine Chest."

— 3.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





The southern spring lamb crop is



reported as 25 per cent less than last

year, with fewer ewes bred than us‘

ual. Tennessee and Kentucky will not

ship lambs before May.

‘ The hog market has at last been

Placed on a firmer basis as a result of

decreasing receipts in the Chicago-

market and reports from all quarters

that from now on smaller shipments

will be made by stockmen. The last

Dig crop has been largely marketed.

and it will be impossible to continue

to market the large numbers of hogs

forwarded to packing centers ever

since the first of last November. As

matured hogs are going to sell higher

in all probability, owners should see

that their hogs are made good and fat

before shipping them to market.



Colorado sheepmen struck it rich

this-season, recent shipments of fat

lambs of medium weight to the Chi-

cago market having brought rices

rarely paid anywhere. The Co orado

flockmasters usually stick to the bus-

iness, end they find that this bus in

the long run. Too many farmers are

in the habit of abandon mg the sheep

industry after an unfavorable season

and endeavoring to start in after a

boom in prices like that of the present

time, but the latter is difficult of

achievement, as when prices are up

hardly any owners are willing to part

with either breeders or feeders.



The greatly increased marketing of

hogs in western receiving points for

the past winter and this spring has re-

sulted in .an extraordinary production .

of provisions of various descriptions,

and as consumption has failed to in-'

crease correspondingly, stocks have

accumulated to an unusual extent. On

April 1 the five principal western

packing points, Chicago, Kansas City,

Omaha, St. Joseph and Milwaukee,

held aggregate stocks of provisions

footing .up 86,331,000 Wads’ showing

an increase of 20,784, pounds dur-3

ing March and 3. gain of approximate. ,

1? 145,000,009 rounds on stocks held a

car are. These large gems in lipid

ngs explain the declines in prices:

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THE’~MICHI~GAN 'FARMER





fflelency on the Dairy Farm—2





HE drain man who is seekmg to

I build up‘Za ‘h‘erd Qf efliment‘dairy





. cows will find it practically im-j

possible to maiii'titin a standard of





more than' 6,000 pounds of milk per





c'ow per year without planning his op-‘





erations so that he can raise and de

velop his heifers and from them select

cows for his milking herd. A tremen-

dous loss results in raising heifers

from inferior sires and dams and also

because So many of the calves are

neglected and poorly managed from

the time of their birth to the time

they first freshen that what little

dairy capacity they might have inher-

ited is wasted as a result of neglect

and being fed unbalanced rations of

roughage and grain. The dairy calf

should be properly fed and cared for

during the formative period when the

body, framework, muscles and vital-

ity, which subsequently are to enable

it to develop into a profitable cow,

are being developed. No matter how

well the mature animal is fed, unless

this animal has been properly fed and

cared for as a calf she will never de-

velop into a money-making cow.

The Pure-bred Sire.



The first fundamental law of herd

betterment is the use of a pure-bred

sire from a line of advanced registry

ancestry. ‘The only explanation for

the use of inferior bred bulls is the

fact that dairy farmers are unwilling

to invest in anything that does not

pay returns the sameyear. For ex-

ample of successful herd betterment

I have in mind Ernest F. Dye, of

Chautauqua county, New York, who

set about the problem about fifteen

years ago to build up a herd of effi-

cient dairy cows. In those days he

could buy good. cows for from $30 to

$50. Prices began to raise until he

was compelled to pay from $60 to $80

for inferior cows. Simultaneously the

price of grain and by-products began

to advance. Mr. Dye was a good feed—

er but he could not make those infer-

ior cows give milk at a'profit. He de-

cided to reorganize his business and

develop a herd of better cattle. He

realized that he must have better

cows or go out of the business. He

also knew that if he were going to

raise his own calves he must have

better ones, so he started out in

search of a pure-bred sire. While vis-

iting the herd of a well known Hol—

stein-Friesian breeder he found the

kind of a sire he wanted; he also

found two cows. While buying a bull

at a long price he concluded that he

could realize better returns from his

investment by owning a few choice

cows of the same breed. With this

modest beginning he has built up a

herd of registered Holstein-Friesians

that compare favorably with many

herds in the country that represent an

investment of several thousand dol-

lars. In speaking of his methods and

success while visiting his farm last

summer Mr. Dye said: “From the

very beginning it has been my ambi—

tion to build up a herd of efficient

dairy cows that would pay a profit at

the pail; breeding has been regarded

as a side issue. I prefer the Holsteins

because they have been the most prof-

itable cattle ever maintained on my

farm. \Vhen we introduced Holsteins,

we began in a small way and did not

change our methods and take up the

so-called fancy lines of farming; we

required that the cattle should either

make. us a profit under practical farm

conditions, such as obtain 011 almost

every other farm, at least in this com-

munity, or quit the place. We did not

take them on as pasture decorations

or because their black and white color

harmonized with our color scheme.

What a practical dairyman thinks of

a breed of dairy cattle is based upon

what they can do for him on his farm.

If it yields large rewards he can love

it to the extent of a loud enthusiasm,

but if it does not pay,'his.affections

will be quickly shifted to Some other





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breed or class of stock.- Personally,~i

have no use for any animal that lacks

the ability to return a profit ‘ ‘ ‘

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» “Buildmg' up a herd of efficient dairy t

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and a bull is no small undertaking





and one is Sure to meet with many ‘

The first few years :





disappointments.

more than two-thirds of the calves

born from the pure-bred cows were

bulls and bull calves are undesirable

property unless one has established

his name as a breeder. I kept at the

game, however, until the tide turned

in my favor and by the occasional pur-

chase of a promising female and the

continued use of improved sires I

have worked into a herd of more than

twenty pure-bred cows and about that

many heifers. In a few years I shall

have as large a herd of pure-bred cat-

tle as my farm will carry. Now that I

am testing my cows for the advanced

registry, I have no difficulty in dispos-

ing of my bull calves at remunerative

prices and I am gradually bringing my

breedingoperations down to a definite

basis. It is my ambition to develop

and test every heifer calf before she

is offered for sale. In this way I can

build up my own herd and those who

buy my stock will have these milk

and butter

making their selections.”

Supplying Market Milk.



One of the most perplexing prob-

lems on farms where market milk is

produced is that of buying and selling

cows. One of the very few dairy farm-

ers who have succeeded in working

out this problem so that they avoid

heavy losses, is George Burns, of Del»

evan, New York. The Burns’ farm

consists of about 750 acres of land

which varies in quality and productiv-

ity from rich creek bottom to rough

and broken slopes and hillsides which

are adapted only for pasture. The

farm has two sets of buildings and is

operated as two separate units, Mr.

Burns himself operating one farm and

having a tenant on the other. This

enables him to change cows as the oc-

casion requires and maintain both

herds at maximum efficiency at var-

ious times of the year. It also tends

to simplify the problem of keeping up

the city milk contract throughout the

year, because fresh cows can be shift—

ed from one farm to the other when

needed. The two farms produce about

2,000 pounds of milk daily. This, of

course, means that many cows must

be sold and purchased each year. Re-

garding this particular phase of his

dairy business Mr. Burns said: “As a

dealer in cows I find it necessary to

buy new cows when and Where I can

get them for the least money. It is





possible many times for me to buy a





bunch of 20 or 30 cows that are in

various stages of lactation and it

would work a hardship upon my ten-

ant to hold these cows over in his

dairy until they freshen. By keeping

them on the farm that I am operating

myself we eliminate this trouble and

save many dollars annually, for farm-

ers Who'have new milch cows to sell.

quite naturally, take advantage of the

milk producer’s wants and ask from

$70 to $100 for anything that gives

promise of giving two or three gallons

of milk per day. I figure that, by

dealing in cows and having good pas-

ture for my dry stock, I save more

than $1,000 per year. In fact, I have

more than maintained my herds at

maximum production without going

down into my pockets for money to

make up an annual deficit.

Raising the Heifer Calves.



“Some farmers tell me that I should

raise my best heifer calves and devel-

op my own dairy cows, but I find that

the cost of raising dairy cows, togeth-

er with the risks and disappointments,

is about as great as the cost of new

cows, especially in my own case where



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ONE- MAY GIVE YOU A

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matter of individual prefer-

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difference which one you

choose.





NOT SO WITH BUYING A

cream separator, however.



THE MOST \VASTEF‘UL MA-

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THE MOST PROFITABLE

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A CREAM SEPARATOR IS

used twice a day, 730 times a

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it’s a “cream thief,” and an

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got it as a gift.





BUT IF IT SKIMS CLEAN TO

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that today 98% of the cream

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the world over are exclusively

De Lavals.





THEN THE DE LAVAL IS SO

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Egg Preservation-





HERE is not the slightest reason

in. the world why the farmer

cannot hold his own eggs in me



servation, i. e., since there is a way

by which he can do this cheaply and

without loss to the natural. freshness





of the egg. There are a few persons _.





who will deny this, but the greater

majority will verify the truth of the

statement. Eggs are invariably high

in the winter and low during the time

of greatest production, which is the

summer and fall seasons.



Where eggs are used to any extent

at all, it will pay big to preserve them

from time of low prices until they may

be economically used during the time

of high prices. As far as the sale of

the eggs is concerned, I know of no

law that forbids the sale of stored

eggs provided they are sold as such.

They cannot be sold as fresh eggs.

Because of the fact that eggs can be

so economically stored by the farmer

and come out of storage in a practi-

cally freshcondition it would be an

injustice to the latter if any legisla-

ture would pass a law forbidding the

sale of the same.



There are two general methods of

egg preservation in general practice,

i. e., the dry and the fluid. The dry

method includes the practices of pack-

ing in bran, sawdust, talc, salt, grains,

sand, etc. Eggs may be coated or left

without at protecting covering. The

latter is advised for the prevention of

molds and bacteria entering the gg.

Eggs can not be preserved for any

length of time by this method and for

this reason it becomes of little value

except for special cases and practices.

There is scarcely any expense at all

connected with this system.



Waterglass as a Preservative.



Sodium silicate, or waterglass, is

the most efficient, the cheapest in the

long run, and the most practical meth-

Od of preserving eggs for the farmer.

The price at the local drug store will

vary, but at the best it should not cost

more than a cent a dozenfor storing

eggs. It may be purchased in either

liquid or crystalline form. If bought

in the crystal form, one part of crys-

tals dissolved in two parts of water

will give the ordinary waterglass so-

lution. Of course, this is further di-

luted as explained below.



The waterglass is usually sold in

the liquid form. Of course, it should

be bought of a reliable druggist. If

one has a hydrometer it would be to

his advantage to test it, although it

should not be necessary, if the one of

whom it was purchased was trust-

worthy. The specific gravity should

be from 1.3 to 1.4. This on the Baume

scale would be 41.5. We will assume

the solution to be of that density or

specific gravity in the following:



A great many people use a ten per

cent solution, that is, one part water-

glass to nine parts water. However,

this makes a very dense solution and

the eggs are very apt to float. The

per cent of 7.5 has been recommended

by a good authority. This is one part

waterglass to 14 parts water. This

makes an efficient solution. In Eng-

land, they often go further than this

and recommend a five per cent solu<

tion or one of waterglass to 19 of wa-

ter. We ought to content ourselves

with the 7.5 per cent soluiton. In this

eggs will keep easily for six to eight

months.



Precautionary Measures.



Water that has been thoroughly

boiled and then cooled quickly should

be added to the waterglass. In this

way all molds, bacteria and other or-

ganisms are destroyed before they can

enter the solution. The eggs may be

added to the solution as desired. It

is important that they be added while

strictly fresh. The liquid, for safety,

should be kept covering the eggs at

least two inches above the upper layer

of eggs.



For storage purposes, a stone jar or

crock is best. Metal vessels should





APRIL—24. ms;





If“:





not be used. Fifteen pints of the so-

lutiou is sufl‘lcient to cOVerat least

20 dozen eggs.~ This amount‘ will just

about-fill a six-gallon jar. Thus it will

be seen that one- pint .or Waterglass,

before his diluted, will be sufficient

for 20 dozen eggs. ,



The jar should be placed in a rea-

sonably dry cellar, preferably .in the

dark and kept covered. -The. latter

precaution is solely to prevent evapor-

ation and thus concentrating the solu—

tion. Eggs may be placed in the so-

lution at any time, contrary to the be-

lief of some that the weak alkaline

solution will injure the hands. A con-

venient method of packing is to place

the egg upon .the small end.



Nothing but strictly fresh eggs

should go into the solution. If in

doubt, candle the egg, or better still.

discard it. Avoid all stales, dirties,

cracks, and rots. Washing an egg be-

fore placing in storage is not to be

recommended. This removes the nab

ural coat of the egg and gives a great-



The sources of failure in the past

er chance for bacteria to enter.

have been due to solutions of impur-

ity, improper strength or to the use of

slightly bad eggs to start with. When

the egg comes out of the solution,

there may be a jelly-like deposit with

it. This can be Washed off with water

and does not injure the egg. The shell

of the waterglass egg should come

out fresh and clean and the yolk

should stand up as well when it comes

out as it did the day it went in. Some

investigators say that they can detect

a faint alkaline taste in eggs that have

been stored for a period of eight

months, but we have reason to believe

that there must have been an especial-

ly acute sense of taste vested in them

as the majority of investigators say

that they can detect no such taste.



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BREEDING AND MARKETING BEL~

GIAN HARES.





 





(Continued from first page).

cent to good hotels, sanatoriums, or

hospitals, a very fancy price can be

had for all he can spare for meat.

Nothing is more delicious than a four-

months’ old Belgian hare.



As yet very few people in the ruial

districts have taken up thebreeding

of Belgian hares. The production of

this little animal in commercial quan-

tities is an assured success and the

time is not far distant when this fine

red fellow, the Belgian hare, will be

found in every community and will be

a luxury on every man’s table.



The rural districts have every facil-

ity to be the heavy producers. They

have the room, the feed, and a knowl-

edge as to the requirements of any

any all kinds of live stock. Nothing

can hinder them from producing the

bare in commercial quantities. Good

stock to start with is all that is need—





'ed. They will do the rest.





The little country of Belgium has

for years been producing hares for the

commercial trade on a large scale.

Their export trade to England alone

aggregates about 400,000 hares per

week under normal conditions.



These facts show that the Belgian

hare will soon cut an important figure

in the meat production of this coun-

try. It will take thousands of good

breeders ten years to produce breed

ing stock enough to put the business

011 a steady meat—producing footing.



Ohio. A. D. STALTER.





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In Splendid Company Today





If you went to New York you would see on Fifth

Avenue hundreds of HUDSON cars. You would see

in them women of fashion and men of wealth.



If you went to Washington you would see in

HUDSONS men of national repute. Many senators

own them, one cabinet member, and other well-

known men. '



So wherever you go. You will find HUDSONS

owned by leaders. And nowhere will you find a finer

car, a handsomer car, or a car that men more respect.



Do you know what that means—to feel that your

car is the class car? To know thatit proves you

discriminating? And do you know that a man

ashamed of his car loses half the enjoyment of

motoring?





It’s More Than Pride





Distinguished men, of course, like to own distin-

guished cars. But it is more than pride that leads

big men to buy HUDSONS.



These men of wealth and position are usually

experienced motorists. They have driven cars for

years—cars of various makes. They have learned

in those years the need for quality cars. They know

that it pays to buy them.



Note that under-grade cars are usually bought by

new buyers. They are not bought by men who

know. Men who have been through the mill in-

sist on getting the best that can be built.





Suppose You Save $200





Suppose you could save as much as $200 by get-

ting a lower-grade Light Six.’ How long would it

take you to lose that saving when parts began giv.





We have dealers everywhere.





MICHIGAN DEALERS





Ann Arbor—Ann Arbor Garage.

Big Rapids—C. P. Judson.

Bessemer—E. H. Ekman.



Battle Creek—American Motor Co.

Birmingham—Morris Levinson.

Bay City—Peter J. Oswald.

Chasselledwin E. Warner.

Durand—Durand Auto Co.





ing out? But the days you’d lose—days of pleasant

driving—would mean more than the money.



An under-grade car may look well when you buy

it. It may drive well for awhile. But the finish soon

grows shabby. The skimping, weakness or mistakes

are bound to show in time. The second season is a

costly time with a poor car. Every old-time motorist

knows this. That’s why they buy quality cars.



A HUDSON, if you wear it out, will last years

longer than a low-grade car. If you sell it later, it

will bring a much higher price.



So you save nothing at all when you sacrifice

quality. And you lose content, lose pride of own-

ership, lose half the fun of driving. Any man who

has had experience will tell you not to do it.





The Day of Light Sixes





The Light Six today is the standard, popular type.

Few cars are sold above $1100 which are not of

this up-to-date class.



Every ambitious motorist has long wanted to

own a Six. It means continuous power, flexibility,

luxury of motion. But Sixes for years were high-

priced and heavy. They were costly in tires and

fuel. Only the few could own them.



The HUDSON wiped out those obstacles in

creating this new-type Six. By better materials and

better designing it saved more than 1000 pounds.

It cut tire cost and fuel cost in two. And it brought

down the price until this new HUDSON-the ideal

Light Six—costs but $1550.





Why HUDSON is Best





Nearly all the better makers have now come to





Dundee—McIntyre Bros.

Detroit—The Bemb-Robinson Co., 288

Jefferson Ave.

Eagle River—R. L. Blight.

Flint—A. A. Farnam.

Gladstone—Holmgren Auto Co.

Grand Rapids—Reid Auto Co.

Hillsdale—L. E. Roethlisberger.

Iron River—Lindwall & Lindstrom.

Ionia—Eugene Kerstetter.

Jackson—Temple Garage Co.





Light Sixes. But the HUDSON still leads for

these reasons:



HUDSON is the original. It created the Light:

Six type. Our whole engineering corps, headed by

Howard E. Coffin, has devoted four years to perfect-

ing it. So the HUDSON today shows all the final

refinements. It shows the Light Six as it will be.



This is the only Light Six designed by Howard E.

Coffin, who has led for years in motor car designing.



And there are 12,000 HUDSON Light Sixes in use.

In the past two seasons these cars have been driven

some 30 million miles. So this is the proved-out car

of this type. It is utterly certain that this car will

develop no weakness or shortcoming. In a new-type

car, so much lighter than old types, this is a very

important matter.





That’s why we urge you to see this new HUDSONJ

It’s a car you’ll be proud of. It is a finished produc-

tion, and you know it is right. It gives you a value

which would be utterly impossible without our enor-

mous production.



See it now. Last spring thousands of men waited

weeks for this car. This spring we have trebled our

output, but there are sure to be delays if you wait.



7-Passenger Phaeton or 3-Passenger

Roadster, $ 1550, f. o. b. Detroit



The HUDSON Company never loses interest in

the cars it sells. So long as a car is in service we

maintain our interest in the character of its service.

That’s one great reason for HUDSON reputation.“





HUDSON MOTOR CAR COMPANY

DETROIT, MICHIGAN





These are a few in your vicinity:





Kalamazoo—Kalamazoo Auto Sales Co.

Lansing—F. A. Roethlisberger, Jr.

Marquette—Superior Garage, Ltd.

Menominee—Auto, Service Co.

Manistique—L. Yalomstein.

Owosso——Ferris Bros. & Wolaver.

Plymouth—J. R. Rauch & Son.



Port Huron—George E. Yokom.

Saginaw—Saginaw Hudson Sales Co.

Union City—F. B. Hart.

Wyandotte-A. W. Pardo.





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B—DETROIT, APRIL 24. 1915.





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Considerable interest



The Wool Sit- is manifest on the

uation. part of readers of the

Michigan F a rm e r,





touching the wool situation and the

probable future of the wool market

upon which this season‘s clip will be

sold. There has been criticism from

some sources of the wool market news

and quotations published in the Mich-

igan Farmer during recent weeks.

The following letter is typical of com-

munications which have been received

011 this subject from a number of our

readers:



You have continually quoted wool

strong and higher in your paper for

the last two months. but we. farmers

have been unable to find any such con-

ditions. In fact. everything looks low-

er at all points about here and we

would be glad if you would tell us Who

is paying these prices as we would

like to sell them our wools.



The reader should understand that

the wool quotations given in our reg-

ular market report are Boston quota-

tions, Boston being the recognized

wool market of the country. as Elgin

is the recognized butter market. As

has been explained in the comment

accompanying these quotations in nu-

merous issues of recent date, quota-

tions have been largely nominal. very

little fleece wool, in which class Mich-

igan wool grades, having changed

hands during recent weeks. There

has been but a limited supply of these

wools and they have been held

strongly by the speculators or dealers

holding them, and there has been ev-

ery indication that wools of this class

would bring a better price this spring

than was the case last year.



As is ,quite natural at the approach

of the flush marketing season, a

strong effort is now being made on

the part of the trade to bear the mar-

ket and force values down to a more

favorable speculative basis. To\ this

end recent importations of fine Wools

from Australia, South Africa and

South America have been emphasized

in Boston market news. Likewise,

claims that the demand for goods has

not been as large as was anticipated,

and that for this reason manufactur-

ers are not expected to be unusually

strong buyers during the early mar-

keting season. Notwithstanding these

influences, however, the outlook for

wool is logically better than it has

been at a similar season in recent

years. The trend of the market for

sheep and lambs indicates the relative

scarcity of these animals in our own

country and it is conceded that no

large stocks of wool are being carried

Over by dealers or manufacturers.



The European situationis of course,

uncertain, and this may—have a more

or less direct influence upon market

conditions, but there would seem to

be no valid reason why wool growers





 





THE‘MICI—IIGAN F'ARMER





should not be fairly strong holders of

their season’s clip, since there is ap-

parently a world shortage of wool at

the present time. Naturally local

dealers will be careful in their pur-

chases until the market for the new.

clip becomes well established? The

weakness so far shown has been main-

ly on western grades and it is yet too

early to predict with any assurance

how far fleece wools may share in the

reaction. As the market becomes

more settled however, competition will

doubtless be more keen in the pur-

chase of the new Michigan clip. In

the meantime conservative marketing

would seem the wise course f0r Mich-

igan wool growers.





The Bureau of





Public-Cooperation Animal Industrir

Should Continue. of the U. S. De-

partment of Ag‘





ricuiture announced early in April

that for the first time since the ap-

pearance of the disease last October,

there were no animals known to be

affected with footand-mouth disease

in the United States. A few cases

have occurred since this announce-

ment was made, and additional cases

are expected from time to time, due

to germs which have survived the div

infection following the slaughter of

diseased animals. Where such spor-

adic cases occur they can be quickly

and effectually dealt with, provided

the authorities are promptly advised

of their presence. For this. reason ev-

ery suspicious case should be at once

reported to the state or federal offl-

cials, to the end that there may be no

new centers of infection for this dis-

ease. which has been stamped out at

such great cost.



The Department has recently issued

a bulletin on foot-and-mouth disease

known as Farmers’ Bulletin No. 660,

which, among other information, con-

tains a brief description of the symp-

toms of the disease and the character

of the lesions which it causes in the

mouth and about the feet. The inter-

est and co-operation of the farmers of

the country should continue until the

eradication of footand-mouth disease

has been finally and. efiectually ac—

complished. It is probable that no

more cases will occur in Michigan,

but if local outbreaks should be found

they should be promptly reported to

both federal and state authorities.





Acting under au-

thority granted

him by the Legisla-

ture, Secretary Carton, of the Public

Domain Commission, has recently

made a careful investigation of the

possibilities of utilizing the pulp dry—

ing machinery in the Michigan sugar

factories for the purpose of preparing

dessicated potato products. At the

outset, it was thought that this meth-

od might be taken to relieve the mar-

ket of some of the surplus of last sea-

son’s crop in order that any loss from

this surplus might be avoided.



The report has been completed and

is available for distribution to those

interested. The possibilities are ap-

parently encouraging. since it is point-

ed out in the report that the machin-

ery used in drying beet pulp could be

employed in the drying of potatoes for

the manufacture of potato flour with-

out additional equipment. Secretary

Carton’s report recommends that fur-

ther consideration be given to the

subject by the State Board of Agricul-

ture. Incidentally the report covers

the operations of two factories now

operating in Michigan in the making

of dried potato products; these are

marketed through a Canadian firm

which operates seven other factories

in Canada. '



The market outlook for dried pota-

to products would appear to be very

bright indeed, in fact, potato flour

manufactured. in Norway, Sweden,

Holland and Germany. is now being

sold in the United States in package

form and is in increasing demand by

housewives for use in cooking opera-





Potato Products.





tions. A proper amount of potato flour '





used in the baking of all kinds of bread

and pastry adds a desirable flavor and

has the effect of keeping it fresh much

longer. There is undoubtedly a good

held for the manufacture of products

of this kind in Michigan, particularly

in a year like the present when pota- ,

toes are abnormally cheap. An indus-

try of this kind, to be available in

such years, must be established on a ‘

permanent basis. The merchantable

value of our potato crop could be in—

creased in any year by a. proper grad-

ing of the tubers and the. use of cer-

tain grades in the manufacture of pro-

ducts of this kind, while in years when

a surplus of potatoes was produced,

an industry of this kind which could

relieve the market of a considerable

percentage of the crop would be of

great value to the growers by adding

stability to their Mum. This re-

portisonewhichahouldbeperuaed

with interest by the potato growers of

the state by whom future develop-

ments will be awaited with interest ,





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.



The Euro an Wan—The war situ-

ation re unchanged from last

week. In Belgium, northern France

and the Voages district considerable



hting has been done, but only minor

a vantages gained and these seem to

have been well divided between the

Germans and the Allies. The Allied

forces are now making'a desperate ef-

fort to either cut off or drive back the

strong German wedge at St. Mihiel;

so far, however, nothing decisive has

been accomplished. In the east the





 





condition remains unchanged. The M.





Russian invasion of Hungary has been

checked, strong German forces having

come to the aid of the Austrians. it

is intimated, however, that the Rus-

sians have taken precautions to se—

cure their lines of communications be-

fore advancing upon the plains of

Hungary. In the south Serbia keeps

up artillery activity but no important

change in positions is noted. The Rus- ,

sian Black Sea fleet attacked Kara‘

Burun, Sunday. This point is thirty

miles north of Constantinople. It is

also reported that several Turkish

garrisons in European Turkey are be-

ing removed to Constantinople. The

English report success in the Suez

district and are advancing upon the

German owned railroad in the valley

of the Euphrates.



The United States government, up-

on investigating the activities of the

Japanese in Turtle Bay, lower Califor-

nia, report that the work of the 0ri«

entals is confined to salving work.



National.



The past week has been a rather in-

teresting one in. business circles. On

the New York Stock Exchange the

week will go into history as one of the

most active on record, the number of

shares changing hands averaging

around a. million a day. Large war or-

ders from belligerent European na-

tions have stimulated industrial man-

ufacturing, especially steel. As a re—

sult of this and the improved domestic

demand, steel stocks have advanced

rapidly in the markets of the country.

Besides federal statistics show that

the balance of trade since December

lst is near the $600,000,000 mark,

and it is estimated that by the end of

June the balance will aggregate $1,~

000,000,000, which will exceed the high

record of 1913 by $300,000,000.



Electric car accidents were numer-

ous in Michigan last week. On April

14, in west Detroit, a loaded electric

car was run down by a freight train

and 15 persons were killed and a

score injured. On Sunday morning an

interurban car struck an automobile

in Kalamazoo and two persons are

dead as the result. At Clarenceville,

Wayne county, another automobile

was hit by an interurban car and two

lives were lost.



Err-Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, who

for nearly a generation represented

Rhode Island in the upper house of

Congress, died in Washington last

week. Funeral services were held on

Sunday at Providence.



Of the 98 men convicted in the

Terre Haute conspiracy case, 16 were

sent to the Federal penitentiary at

Leavenworth, Kane. The others are

confined in the local jail.



The trial of Col. Roosevelt for libel

starts at Syracuse N. Y, this week.



In Illinois 22 incorporated villages

are voting on local option‘ this week.





“Try-a-bag” of fertilizer. Our brands

are soluble and active, and not only

increase yield, but improve quality

and. hasten. maturity. Agents wanted.

Address American Agricultural Chem-

ical 00., Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit





We five a who]. winter to

=provo rl If the Wolverine doesn’t

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that fair?





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HOW the RaiIIeisen System Serves the German Farmer.





ERMANY is the natural place to

G study rural credit because it is



the home of rural credit. The

farmers of (lermany are financed in

the sum of nearly $2,000,000,000 on

long time mortgage loans at low inter-

est, while $1,250,000.000 have been

loaned to the farmers, the small

tradesmen, the mechanics, the farm

laborers, on what we might at first

flush call inadequate security. And

this is explained by the Raiffeisen and

Schulze-Delitzsch banking systems and

the landschaften mortgage loan sys-

tem.



“Vater Raiffeisen,” as he is affec-

tionately called in Germany, has gone

to his reward, but a monument has

been erected to his memory. It stands

a few steps from where he lived in

front of the first union he established,

at Neuwied on the Rhine. This first

union is still in prosperous condition

and grown to large proportions.



Sixty-five. years of experience in

lermany has demonstrated that char-

acter, moral worth, industry, sobriety

and thrift constitute security, safe

enough for loans which pass the bil-

lion dollar mark. Collective responsi-

bility is a cardinal principle in the lit-

tle Raiffeisen banks. Unlimited re-





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





sponsibility, one man one vote, re-

stricted area of operation and man-

agement on the principle of promoting

the interests of borrowers instead of

making profit for those who loan, have

proven by long experience to result in

very few losses as compared with

banks O'ganizcd on the basis of com-

mercial profit.



It is important to note the Raiffei-

sen spirit of Christianity and patriot:-

ism. Raiffeisen was a religious man

and he made Christianity one of the

foundations of this society. The arti-

cles of every society to this day con-

tain this:



“The society aims less at realizing

profits than at, strengthening those

economically weak and promoting the

intellectual and moral welfare of its

members. Its activities must accord—

ingly extend to: (a) The furtherance

of thrift; (b) The accumulation of an

indivisable foundation fund for the

promotion of the economic conditions

of the members; (c) The organization

of means for the cultivation of rural

social welfare and of love of home;

((1) The establishment of consilia-

tion courts of the society for the pur-





 





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pose of checking litigation; (e) The

active opposition to such transactions

in real property as are against the

public good, and such participations in

the relief of landed pmpcrty from debt

as may be expedient; (t') The. holding

of instructive lectures and the ex-

change of practical experiences at the

meetings of members.



“The society rests on a Christian

and patriotic foundation. At meetings

and in all of the activities of the as-

sociation opinions and measures of a

religious or political character are ab-

solutely prohibited.”



And these provisions seem to be

lived up to. Habits of industry and

thrift and sobriety are reported wher-

ever these little banks have been or-

ganizcd. \K’hole communities are said

to have been redeemed by the leaven

of these banks.



It is, of course, a very simple mat.—

ter to organize one of these banks.

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seven, get together and organize,

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is frequently in a little back mourn

the manager’s hause.

The banks are open certain hours





every day. Deposits are received from”

members, who are paid interest—one

per cent less than is charged on loans.





members

fourth to one per cent less than are

members. The loans are made to mem-

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fithat the purpose is productive or eco—

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ispecific instance he can and will carry

lit out so as to insure a money return

;that will guarantee the payment of the

:loan. Loans are made from periods of

;from three months up to periods of

iwo or three years and are extended

‘when advisable up to ten years, which

is the limit. Loans running longer

than a few months must be reduced

by partial payments annually.





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half to five per cent. It was a striking

fact that a stringency about the time

the American Commission were mak-

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ed by the Imperial government to ad-

vance to seven per cent and that of

the commercial banks to eight per

cent. These little credit societies con«

tinued to 'serve their members at the

usual cheap rates with apparently no

injurious knowledge of the shortage of

money. The bank keeps in the little

safe only such money as is needed

from day to day, two or three hundred

dollars; the balanCe being held at the

central bank, drawing interest. If its

members need more money than the

local bank has, the Central Bank ad-

vances it at a low rate of interest.





Here the unlimited liability comes

in: A member becomes liable not

only for his friends but for the other

99 members of the society. All of the

little properties of a. member might

not be worth a thousand dollars, and

would be practically worthless as a se-

curity for a commercial bank, for the

expense and trouble of selling and

realizing would be far greater than

the small sum earned in interest. But

all these little possessions foot up a

thousand dollars, and when all the

hundred members is combined in the

society it becomes a hundred thousand

dollars of Raiffeisen’s security. And

so your society has a rating of a bun-

dred thousand dollars although its

capital is only two or three hundred

dollars. And at any time the central

bank, without any other security, will

advance_one-tenth of this rating, or

ten thousand dollars.





And so a bank organized with a. few

hundred dollars capital can take care

of all the needs of a small community.

The answer to this big surprise, as it

seems to be to the average American,

is that the government reports show

that while the capital of these 17,000

banks average less than $500 of the

hundreds of millions of dollars they

handle annually, nearly 90 per cent

comes from their own deposits, one

and two-tenths per cent from share

capital, two and six-tenths per cent

from accumulated surplus, and but

eight per cent borrowed from the cen-

tral bank or from some other source.



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ber that the large aggregate of work-

ing capital thus created by the Ger-

man farmers and through their rural

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“It is the little savings boarded in tin

cans and old stockings, and the new

savings that have .come into existence

by reason of new habits of industry

and thrift and sobriety that make up

the enormous total in the co-operative

bank—money that has never been in

an ordinary bank and much of it prob-

ably never would be.”



It is shown that the establishment

of these little banks with the millions

they have drawn as deposits has not

reduced the volume of deposits in the

savings and commercial banks. They

have continued to increase at a nor.

mal rate. In three years in Germany,

while deposits in co-operative banks

have increased $150,000,000, about a

third, deposits in savings banks in-

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eloquently proclaimed by government

statistics. In a period of 16 years up

to within a year or two of the time

were

there the statistics covering the whole

15,000 of these banks show that there

were just 19- failures and in no case

did a depositor lose a cent. For every

one of these little banks that failed 55

commercial banks failed, many of the

latter largely capitalized.



The average size of loan in these

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responsive they are to the small needs

of the farmers and workers they care

for. The report of the federation for

1910 shows 16 per cent of the loans

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CHAPTER II.—(Continued).



His voice was hardly as cordial as

his words sounded, but I felt it best

to accept the rather surly invitation.

I led my horse down the dim path in-

dicated, until I came to where the oth‘

er animal—a rangy, ill-groomed sorrel

—was securely hidden. I had blindly

stepped into a trap, but just what kind

I could not as yet determine. I must

win the man’s confidence, and learn

what I could. The fellow, whoever he

might prove to be, was evidently in

concealment—but for what reason?

Was he deserter or spy? And, if it

was true, as he claimed, that he was

also bound for the Green Briar, how

was I to easily avoid traveling in his

company? To refuse would arouse

suspicion at once, and might plunge

me into greater peril. Yet, if, on the

other hand, we did continue to con-

sort, how was I to conceal my real

purDOSe and identity? Once we were

in the neighborhood of Lewisburg, my

impromptu claim of being a Cowan

would be easily exploded. I had as-

sumed that particular name on the

spur of the moment, chancing to re-

member there was such a family

prominent along the Green Briar, but

the deception would be very apparent

so soon as we crossed the mountains.

Even now I had grave reason to doubt

if I had actually deceived this man by

my sudden invention. There had been

a look in those glinting blue eyes that

told of cunning suspicion. However,

at present nothing remained but to

play out the game and thus gain all

the advantage possible. Whoever the

man might prove to be—spy, scout,

bushwhacker, or deserter—beyond all

question he possessed intimate knowl-

edge of the country lying beyond the

Alleghenies. He knew the existing

conditions there, and was acquainted

with the people. Once his confidence

could be fully secured, providing his

sympathies were with the cause of the

south, as was most probable, his in-

formation would be of the utmost val-

ue. And surely, if we journeyed to-

gether, there would be some revela‘

tion of his identity, his reason for be-

ing where he was, and the side he es-

poused in the quarrel. Reticent as he

was, suspicious and close-mouthed, a

silent, typical mountaineer, he could

surely be' induced to let fall some

scrap of information. And somewhere

along the way an opportunity must

surely arise whereby I might escape

from his company, if such ,a move be-

came really desirable. The fellow

could not remain on guard night and

day, and once convinced of bmy hon-

esty his suspiciouswould naturallyre-

lax. Revolving these thoughts rapidly

in my mind I returned to the hut, care-

fully bearing the bundle containing

the Federal uniform tucked under my





arm. The gaunt mountaineer, busily

engaged in preparing breakfast at the

open fireplace, scarcely favored me

with a glance'of recognition, but be-

gan to arrange the scant supply of

food on an overturned box.



“Just pitch in, an’ help yerself, Cow-

an,” he said affecting a cordiality of





manner not altogether natural. “Thar '





ain't much of it, but we’ll eat whut

we’ve got, an’ then rest awhile. If

yer a goin’ ter travel along with me

it will be done mostly at night til’ we

git down Covington way.”



I seated myself without ceremony.



“You are in hiding then?" I asked

carelessly, not even glancing up at the

expressionless face oposite.



“Wal’ not exactly. Thar’s nuthin'

I’m specially feered of, an’ I reckon

it’s more habit than enything else.

We’ve grown pretty skeery back in

the hills-nobody thar knows their

friends frum their enemies these days.

Yer liable ter git popped at most eny

time, an’ never know who did it. Yer

ain’t been thar lately, I reckon?”



“No; not for over a year.”



“Things has changed sum since

then. Nobody lives ter hum eny more.

It’s sure hell in Green Briar these

days—somebody is gettin’ kilt every

day er two. The cusses travel in

gangs, murderin’ an’ burnin’ from one

end 0’ the county to the other.” He

spoke in an even drawling voice, with

not the slightest show of emotion, as

though telling an ordinary bit of

news: “Damned if I know which cut-

fit is the wus~the Yanks, or the

Rebs.”



“Which are you with?”



“Who, me!" He paused in his bolt‘

ing of food, and gave vent to an un-

pleasant laugh. “I rather reckon it

would puzzle the Lord Almighty ter

find that out. I don’t give a whoop fer

neither of ’em.

an’ it keeps me tolor’ble busy tending

ter his affairs, without botherin’ ’bout

no government.”



“Then your name is Taylor?”



“I recokn it has been fer ’bout sixty

years. Thar’s a slew o’ Taylors over

along Buffalo Creek, an’ som’ of ’em

are Yanks, an' a parcel of ’em are

Rebs, but the don’t git ol’ Jem ter

take nary side. At that, I’m gittin’ all

the fighting I banker arter. Natural-

ly, I’m a peaceful critter, if th’ cusses

let me alone.”



“Quieted down some over there late-

ly, hasn’t it?”



“Not thet I’ve heard of."



“Why, I understood that the Federal

troops from Charlestonwere in con-

trol, and-held the county?’_f_ ”



“Huh! Thar’s a ‘rigiment o’ blue-





coats at Lewisburg, an' 810" cavalry-





men ridin' ther pikes. Don’t amount

ter a hill 0’ beans as fer as ther boys

“ (Continued on page 608).





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beetle flew in Billy’s face fright-

ening him so that he fell ove1 back-

ward onto a bed of moss that replaced

the snow drifts when Spring arrived,

driving Old Father Winter back to his

home at the North Pole and changing

the White Forest to the Greenwood.

“I see the Sexton Bug is around again.

Now I wonder if he is merely out for

a. stroll or has some business to at-

tend to.”



“Well I hope he has some other bus-

iness than going around bumping into

people,” grumbled Billy Be By Bo

Bum, picking himself up from the bed

of moss.



“He has,” replied the merry little

elf. “The Sexton Bug is the official

undertaker and grave digger of the

big woods. XVhenever one of the Lit-

tle People dies, he arranges the fun—

eral, digs the grave and buries the

body. In fact, there would not be any

funeral at all, at. all, if it wasn’t for

the Sexton Bug.”



“Do you see any green in my eye?"

demanded Billy; “You can’t make me

believe a bug can dig a grave large

enough to hold a mosquito, let alone

one of the Little People.”



“Oh, can’t he?” retorted Tinker.

“Well, unless I am very much mis-

taken—



But Billy interrupted him by crying,

“Oh, look, Tinker, there is a dead field

mouse under that skunk cabbage.”



“Yes, and here come the Sexton

Bugs to bury him,” answered the elf,

as two big beetles dropped to the

ground and crawled under the skunk

cabbage. “Now, Billy Boy, you will

see for yourself just how they conduct

a funeral in the Greenwood.”



So Billy and Tinker sat down on a

log and watched to see what would

happen. They did not have long to

wait, for the beetles, without wasting

any time, went straight to work.

Crawling under the body of the poor,

dead mouse they began to dig, and be-

fore long they had thrown out quite

a fair sized pile of dirt. Then two

more Sexton Bugs dropped to the

ground and joined in the work, mak-

ing the dirt fly like sixty. For nearly

an hour Billy and Tinker watched

them, and they worked so hard and

so fast that at the end of that time

they had hollowed out quite a hole un-

der the mouse.



“If you come along here tomorrow

looking for that mouse, you wouldn’t

find him,” said Tinker. “By that time

he would be buried good and deep and

the earth piled back in the grave, cov-

ering up the body so you could hardly

tell where the funeral had been held.”



“But why do they want to bury

him?" asked Billy.





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leplied Tinker.



“But what is instinct?” persisted

Billy.



“Instinct is what makes an animal,

or a man do something without think-

ing. It is a trait inherited from your

ancestors. If you fall into the water,

yon don’t have to stop and think what

to do, you just start swimming for

shore. That is instinct. And so it is

with animals. They do lots of things

without knowing why they are doing

them, or without stopping to think

about it, things that they must do to

live and prosper in the big woods, and

that is instinct.



“Now, when Mr. Mouse is safely

buried, Mrs. Saxton Bug will lay her

eggs on his body, so when the eggs

hatch out the baby beetles, who, when

they are first born, are nothing but

grubs, will have plenty to eat until

they grow wings and can take care of

themselves.





“But there is another reason why

the Sexton Bugs go around digging

graves for the Little People. You see,

Billy Boy, if a dead animal is not bur-

ied it soon decays and smells badly

and often breeds disease. So Old

Mother Nature picked out the Sexton

Bugs to be her undertakers and keep

the Greenwood free from any dead

body.”



“I don’t see how the Sexton Bugs

know when one of the Little People

dies,” said Billy. ’



“That is~one of the mysteries of na-

ture,” answered the elf. “It is one of

the things no one can explain. Now,

down south the turkey buzzards are

the official undertakers, and whenever

an animal dies they are always on

hand to dispose of the body. Maybe

a turkey buzzard hasn’t been seen in

the neighborhood for years, but if a

dead animal is left in the fields, it

won’t be long before a whole flock of

buzzards arrive to attend the funeral.”



“But where do they come from?”





“A turkey buzzard’s eyes are some-

thing like telescopes and he can see a.

long distance. So when he is hungry

he flies up and up until he is out of

sight, lost in the clouds, but his eyes

are so sharp .he can see everything on

the earth below him. Around and

around he soars in a wide circle until

at last he sees a dead animal on the

ground. Then he swoops down and

his flight attracts the attention of the

next buzzard, who may be miles away.

So he starts, and the buzzard next to

him sees something is going on and

he follows the other two. So in a few

minutes a whole flock of undertakers

is on hand for the funeral, and when

they leave the bones of the dead ani-

mal are picked clean. ”





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are concerned. All they got tel‘ do is

go further back in the hills, an’ be a

bit more keerful. I reckon, young man,

ye’ll find plenty o’ deviltry goin' on in

Green Brlar, if ye ever git out that





away. ‘Wal, thet’s all thar is for us

ter eat, an’ I’m goin’ ter take a

snooze.” 1





He closed the door, fastening it so

curcly with a wooden bar, and then

stretched himself out 011 the floor

The room was dark, as the only win-

dow was tightly boarded up. and, us-

ing my bundle for a pillow, I lay down

also. For a short time I remained

staring up through the dim light,

thinking, and endeavoxing‘ to plan

some feasible coulse of action but

there was no reason to remain aw ake,

nothing to fear immediately. for his

heavy breathing was evidence enough

that Taylor slept. Slowly my heavy

eyes closed, and I lost consciousness.



The sun was below the mountain

ridge, when the heavy hand of the old

mountaineer shook me into sudden

wakefulness. I had amused once dun

ing the day, and lay listening to the

sound of heavy wagons passing along

the pike—a strongly guarded train to

judge by the voices of men, and the

thud of steadily marching feet. A111-

munition, no doubt, destined for the

Army of the Valley, in preparation for

the coming campaign. Then my eyes

had closed again in dreamless sleep.

With nothing left to eat we were not

long in preparing for departure, I on-

deavoring vainly to get my silent com-

panion to converse, being rewarded

merely by grumbled and evasive an~

swers. Finally I desistcd in the at-

tempt. content to follow his lead. Ta)"

lor. astride his sorrel, with gun rest~

ing grimly across his knees. rode

straight through the brush, away from

the pike, down the valley of a small

stream. In crossing, the horses drank

their fill.



“How about the valley road ?” I ask-

ed as we climbed the opposite bank.



The leader glanced back at me.



“This yere way is nigher, an’ a darn

sight mor’ quiet,” he answered grufily.

“Soldiers been marchin’ over the pike

all day. Mout be all right for you, if

yer’ve gotapass—but I ain’t got none.

We’ll hcv’ good ’nough ridin’ in ’bout

a mile mor’.”



“You are aiming for the cut-off?”



“I be—yer do know sumthin’ of this

yere kintry, I reckon, but yer’ve got

more eddication than eny _Cowan I

ever hooked up with store. Yer don’t

talk none like mountin’ folks.”



I drew a quick breath, sensing the

return of suspicion.



“That's true,” I admitted readily.

“You see I went to school at Caving-

ton; they were going to make a.

preacher. out of me.”



“The hell they m,” and he chuck-

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preacher—hey ?”



“That was the program!" ‘



Taylor stared into my ‘laco, his

vague suspicion seemingly gone.



“Well, I’ll be damned—a preacher."



He rode on into the dusk, chuckling

and I followed, smiling to myself, glad

that the man’s good humor had been

so easily restored.



We were led at a but far back in

the foot-hills, where an old couple, the

man lame,‘were glad enough to ex-

change their poor food for late news

from the army, in which they had a

son. Then we rode on steadily to the

south along a deserted, weed—bordered

road, meeting no one to obstruct out

progress. Earlier in the war the Army

of the Kanawa had passed along this

on forced march, and 'the ruts





way

left by battery wheels were still in

evidence, the frozen ridges making





fast riding impossible. There were no

villages. and only a few scattered

houses. but the night was not so dark

as to prevent fairly rapid progress.

When dawn came we were to the west

of \'\'synesboro, in broken country,

and all through those long night hours

scarcely a word had been exchanged

between us. “'9 camped finally in the

bend of a small stream, where high

banks concealed us from observation.

There was little to eat in our haver-

sacks, butwe munched what we had,

and Taylor. his eyes on the horses,

broke the silence.



“l recokn the critters don't need

mor’n a couple hours‘ rest.” he said.

“They ain’t been rid noways hard, an’

I'm fer~ gittin’ through the gap durin‘

daylight—the road ain’t overly good

just now."



“Across the mountains?

gap here?”



“Thor road ter Hot Springs is ’bout

two miles below yer. I cum over it ten

days ago an’ I reckon I kin find my

way back. It’s ’bout forty miles from

thar tor Lewisburg, mostly hills, but

a. good trail. I know folks et Hot

Springs who will take good keer 0’ us.

onct we git thar.”



We rested dozing. but neither sound

asleep, for nearly three hours. What-

ever might be in Taylor’s mind, the

lonely night had brought to me a new

thought relative to my companion.

The fellow was evasive, and once he

had frankly lied in seeking to explain

his presence in the valley, and the

reason for his secrecy of movement.

By now we were decidedly at cross-

purposes, each vigilantly watching the

other—Taylor in doubt. as to what the

bundle contained, which I never per-

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of which I had caught in an inside

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some Union emissary in the Confeder-

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in western Virginia, became clear and

distinct. His explanation that he had

been seeking payment for losses occa-

sioned by Confederate troops, was far

from convincing. Had this been true

he would certainly have been provid-

ed with a pass, and there would be no

necessity for riding these back roads

at night to avoid being challenged. His

mission, whatever it might be, {was

secret and dangerous. Of that his

ceaseless vigilance was proof.





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was cold and blustery, the clouds

hanging low, and threatening storm.

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other, never relaxing our vigilance.

We encountered few travelers, and

with these scarcely exchanged a word.

Not a soldier Was seen, although

there was a Confederate garrison at

Covington a few miles to the south.

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Springs- It was like a deserted ham-

let, few houses' appearing inhabited.

and the shop windowgfioarded up. Oc-

casionally a faeépe‘ered at us cau-

tiously through closed“. windows‘, and

a mam tramplngj'gcroes» the square,

paused tosta’rtc’driodilrin our direc-

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life visible. Over a stone building—

possibly the postofllcewflapped a

small Confederate flag, ragged and

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down the main street, and turned onto

a pike road, leading to the left. A

mile beyond, a frame house, painted

white, barely visible through the deep-

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CHAPTER III.





The Body on the Floor.





AYLOR stood at the foot of the

T steps, pausing in uncertainty.

“Is that you, Sam?"



“Yas, sah, but I don’t just make out

who you gentl’men am, sah.”



“Well, never mind thet now. Is

Mister Harwood yere?”



I insensibly straightened in my sad-

dle. .Iiarwood? What Harwood, I

wonderedasurely not Major Harwood

of Lewisburg, my father’s old friend!

What was it I had heard about him a

few months ago? Wasn't it a miner

that he was on General Ramsay’s

staff? And the daughter—~Noreen-—

whatever had become of her? There

was an instant’s vision before me of

laughing eyes, and wind-blown hair, a

galloping horse, and the wave of a

challenging hand. She had thus swept

by me on the road as I took my moth-

er southward.



“I don’t peer fer to recollect no such

name, sah,” replied the negro, scratch-

ing his wool thoughtfully. “I done

reckon as how you got the wrong

house.”



“No, I reckon not,” said the other

dryly. “Git ’long in, an' tell him Jem

Taylor is yere.”



The door opened wider.



“Suah, I know you now, sah. Jest

step right ’long in, the both of yer.

I’ll look after them horses. You‘ll

find Massa Harwood in the dinin’-

room, sah."



I followed the mountaineer up the

steps, and into the hall, utterly indif-

ferent as to whether my company was

desired or not. But Taylor paid no

apparent heed to my presence. The

interior was that of an oldiashioned

residence, which, as yet, had not suf-

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dences of neglect were numerous

enough, yet the furniture remained in-

tact, and the walls firm. The hall was

carpeted, and the stairs leading up-

ward were covered with a rug of

brightly woven rags, yielding a touch

of color. It was not yet dark. but a

lamp burned on a near—by table, and

a cheerful fire glowed at the farther

end. A door standing open revealed

what must have been the parlor, a

seemingly large room in which hair<

cloth chairs and sofas were dimly vis-

ible. But a brighter glow of light

streamed from a room beyond, and

Taylor, evidently acquainted with the

house, walked directly forward, around

the bulge of the stairs, and stepped

within the open door. Determined to

miss nothing, I was so close behind,

that my quick eyes caught what I be-

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was an impression born from my own

suspicion, rather than any real move

ment, for Taylor took but a single step

across the threshold, and stopped,

leaning on his gun. Behind him,

standing in the open door, I had full

glimpse of the interior. .





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above the table, the other on a side—

board to the right. The room itself

was panelled in dark wood, the- two

windows heavily draped with hanging

curtains, a few pictures decorating the

walls. There was a fireplace, with a”





pair of crossed swords and an old

powder horn. The single occupant sat

upright, before him the remnants of a.

light repast, his hand toying with a

spoon, and his eyes shifting from Tay-

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prominent, the forehead broad, the

nose roman. It would have been a

hard face, but for a gleam of good hu- '

mor in the eyes, and the softening ef- f

fect of gray hair, and a gray mous-

tache. The man had aged greatly, yet .

I recognized him instantly, my heart

throbbing with the possibility that I

also might be remembered. Yet sure- ,

ly there was no gleam of recognition

in the eyes that surveyed me—and

why should there be? I had been an

uninteresting lad of fifteen when we

last met. This knowledge gave me.

courage to meet that searching glance,

and to lift my hand in the salute due

to an oflicer of rank.



“Ah!” said Harwood in deep voice,

“a soldier from the valley?” .



“Yes, sir,” respectfully, “the Sixty-

fifth Virgiina.”



“Oh, yes; there was a company of.

mountainmen from Covington way in

that command. Daniels your captain?"



“Yes, sir."



“Deserter?”



“No, sir; on thirty days' furlough.”



“Oh, indeed! so ‘old Jack' thinks he

has plenty of time, and can let part

of his army go heme, does he? Well,

that’s his business, of course. How

does it happen you wear artillery uni-

form?”



Expecting the question I answered

unhestiatingly.



“They’d lost so many gunners, some

of us were detailed to help. Recruits

are coming in now.”



“What was your battery?”



“Staunton Horse Artillery, sir."



“Stationed?”



“At Front Royal—that was our win-

ter camp.”



He nodded, tapping his spoon

against the.table, favorably impressed

by my prompt replies. His keen eyes

sought the face of the silent moun-i

taineer. .



“You know this man, Taylor?” - ‘





“Wal, I can’t exactly say that I dew, .

Major,” he said drawlingly, shifting?

his feet uneasily. “He wus sorter.

wished on me, an’ as he was bound.

this way, I reckoned as how it wus

best fer us to ride ’long together. He

says he’s a Cowan, from over on But-l

falo Creek.” 1



“A Cowan—you mean—~"



“No, he don’t claim ter be none 0'3

01’ Ned Cowan’s brood—his mar’s aI

widder woman. They ain’t no kin. I,

reckon.” ‘



Whatever thoughts might have been‘.

in Major Harwood's mind were con-i

cealed by an impassive face, as he satl

there for a moment in silence, gazing

at the two of us. ,



“No doubt you'did what you believ-i

ed to be best, Taylor,” he said at lastf

quickly. “We will talk it over later.)

You are both hungry enough to eat, I.

suppose? Draw up some chairs, and}

Sam will find something. No objec-i

tion to remaining over night, Cowan 1’” ;



“I'd be glad to get on, sir, but my"

horse is about used up. The roadsf

have been hard, and we haVe traveled!

rapidly.”



“Well, there is plenty of room, and

you are welcome. This house,” he ex-

plained, “belongs to a friend of mine,

who had to leave the country—too

Yankee for his neighbors. -I find it!

rather convenient at times. Ah, Sam,

that rasher of bacon looks prime—~I’il

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room. Glad to escape an uncomfort-

able situation the other men followed

him, and the rattle of wheels soon told

Grace they were on their way to the

village three miles down the road.



Too stunned to move, she sat in her

chair. like Marius among the ruins,

viewing the desolation she had

wrought. If there was one thing on

which John prided hismelt‘ more than

another it was on always having a

good table. He had a horror which

almost amounted to an obscession of

being regarded stingy. And here she

had set two neighbors down to a din-

ner of bread and milk, and skim—milk

at that! Skim—milk, and two quarts of

cream for table use standing in the

cool cellar at that very moment! And,

worse than all, she had told those

men that she and John couldn’t afford

anything better. Was it any wonder

that John was so mad he couldn't

even speak?



Anyway, he had redeemed himself

in the eyes of the neighbors by taking

them to the hotel. They would know

he wasn't the miser, there was one





My of comfort in that for her. But

what would they think of her? And

what would the. rest of the. neighbors

think and say. She turned hot and

cold by turns as she thought of the

story tiylng all over the neighborhood.

For of course the. men would tell it as

soon as they got home. And their

wives! Grace shuddered as in imagi-

nation she heard tho telephones ring

and the click. click of receivers along

the. line that went down to take in

the conversation. .llel‘ore sundown cw

ery family around would know that

trace Ludlow set out nothing but

skim-milk and bread and fried cakes

to the neighbors who had been kind

enough to help her husband with his

work. She could tell to a word what

the ditt‘erent women would say, and

see. the righteous tossings of feminine

heads. She knew exactly what each

man would do “if his wife ever cut tip

such a dido.” John’s suli‘erings from

righteous wrath were. as nothing to

the lashings of remorse and shame

which swept over his wife.



Added to these goads were. the

thoughts of the time John would lose,

to say nothing of the money. It would

take probably two hours to drive to

town. eat dinner and come back, an

hour and a half anyway. The money

for the dinner wouldn‘t be. much, but

two hours out of the heart. of a busy

day, might. mean the loss of part of

the crop, for the men could not come

back tomorrow. Why had she been

such a foolish woman? Yes, a down-

right wicked one. Her act had been

nothing short of a crime and she

ought to be punished. Well, she would

be, all right. John would never, nev-

er forget this.



Too miserable even to cry, Grace

arose and cleared up the table. She

heard the men when they returned

and watched them file laughingly out

to the field. glad that they could not

see her and make her still more con-

scious of her misdemeanor.



Then with a determination to ex-

piate her misdeeds with a punishment

that fitted the crime. she built the hot-

test fire. she could manage and plung-

ed into preparations for a big supper.

The raspberry pie, a whipped cream

cake, the particular jumbles that John

liked most. she made them all, with a

thermometer hovering around 102, and

a stove so hot she had to leave the

oven door open part of the time and

stand by to watch that her viands did

not scorch. '



The table groaned under the weight

of good things when the men came up.

But the neighbors declined her em-

barassed invitations to supper and de-

parted hastily for home.



“They can’t even wait a half hour

before they tell it," Grace thought bit-

terly, and then admitted that she de—

served all she got.



Aside from the consolation of doing

penance the cooking of the meal

brought Grace nothing. John ate but

little, and that in stony silence. The

hard, set look about his mouth warned

Grace that this was no time for peace

overtures, and as she cleared the table

the'tears which had refused to flow

before, rolled down her cheeks.' She

had offended her husband beyond all

hope of reconciliation.





“Time heals all wounds. they say.”





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(trace reflected mournfully, “but time

will never help this. Whatever made

me think I’d get. my gasoleno stove by

playing such a mean trick? Aunt. Ann

says sugar catches more files than

vinegar. and she's always right. Well,

I don't. deserve a new stove. i ought

to broil the rest. of my life. And," as

she remembered John’s face, “I guess

I’m likely to.” Dnnoaan.





ABASFBLU E MONDAY."





“As goes Monday so goes all the

week," runs the old saying. lt‘ortu

nately it has as little truth in it as

most old saws, else our weeks would

be one continual gloom, for "Blue

Monday” is as old a. saying as the one

Just quoted, and with more truth.



"Blue Monday" is a. condition which

is brought about in most homes by the

advent of the. weekly washday, and

the blueness is caused by the. frame

of mind of the housewife as she con-

templates the pile of soiled linen to be

rubbed, and feels in advance the. ter-

rific backache she will have. acquired

by 10 a. m. if the lifting and bending

and rubbing could be avoided, "lllue

Monday" would be turned into “Sun-

ny Monday.”



Luckily in many farm homes the

miracle has been accomplished, as it

can easily be, by having the house

piped for water. With water in the

house. stationary tubs come as a nat-

ural consequence, which solves the

problem of lifting and emptying. Then

as a next step comes the water—power

washing machine, which can be pur-

chased for from $15 to $18 and the

rubbing is a thing of the past. in

thousands of homes now, hand-power

machines are in use, and the women

who have learned the value of a good

washing machine are the. first to buy

the power washer. Perhaps it is not

a water—power motor that. is bought.

On many farms the gasolene engine is

used to run the washer and the cream

separator, while still others on the

roads where electricity can be easily

secured are. using electric motors. The

electric motors are more expensive but;

they are very convenient.



Power washing machines of some

sort are finding their way into the

farm homes, to the great benefit of

the entire family. For we are learn-

ing that whatever adds to the comfort

and health of the home-maker increas-

es the enjoyment and efficiency of all.

WOMAN’S NATIONAL MADE W. U.



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The \Voman’s National Made in U.

S. A. League has been formed, with

national headquarters in Washington,

D. C. It has’for its sponsors, patrons

and chairmen, the most prominent

women in the country. It already has

a tremendous membership made up

fromjevery state in the Union.



To put the duty of a member of the

Woman’s National Made in U. S. A.

League completely, it is this:



Ask for “Made in U. S. A.” goods,

products and manufactures.



Insist that the Quality and price be

right.



Buy with discrimination and intelli‘

gence.



Insist upon honest label-s.



Encourage American designers,

manufacturers and producers.



Respect good work and workmen.



Tell your friends about it.



There are no dues. When a Woman





 





 





has signed the pledge inserted here-,

with. and sent. it to National head-

quarters in Washington, andtlivea up

to the. pledge. to the. best, of .her abil—





ity, she is carrying; out her duties as?





a member of the. League. Any woman

who reads this article can use. the

blank pledge. inserted herein as her

pledge.



Pledge. _



Buying everything, whenever possi-

ble. “Made in U. S. A." is practical

patriotism.



Pledge of Membership.



Woman’s National Made in U. S. A.

League:



"1 pledge myself for the welfare of

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demand and buy everything, when-

ever possible, “Made in U. S. A.,.

and urge my friends to do likewise."





Name

Address ................. . . .' ........



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U. S. A. League, 1329 B Street, North-

west, Washington, 1). (3., and help

your fellow country men and women

in all parts of the United States.

There are no dues.



The Woman's National Made, in U.

S. A. League. and the general commit.-

tee in charge. of this propaganda. are

going' to set», to it that the national

trade mark is not used or misused as





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a medium of selling cheap, sho'ddy,‘





unworthy goods and articles.





HOME QUERIES.



Household Editor:~-—ln answer to re—

quest of Mrs. W. H. for recipe for

steamed corn bread, I send the follow-

ing: ()no egg, two-thirds ofa cup of

sugar. one cup sweet milk, two cups

of buttermilk, one teaspoon of salt.

one teaspoon of soda, one cup of flour.

two cups of meal. Stir thoroughly.

turn into a greased mould and steam

for three hours.—-Mrs. A. D. H.



Household Editors-Will you please

answer the following question: Can

a husband compel his wife to live

with his people if it. is distasteful to

her to do so, and make her work for

the whole family without recompense

or a voice in any of their affairs?—

Subscriber.



The law assumes that the husband

is the head of the house and can de-

cide where the home shall be. The

wife is therefore obliged to live. wher-

ever he decides, unless she can prove

that her health or nerves are impaired

by living in the home he selects. If

she leaves him and can not prove that

her surroundings were detrimental to

her health she can not force. him to

support her. If she can prove that

the home. he provided injured her

health she can compel him to pay her

bills. There is no law on the. Michi-

gan statute book regarding this, the

matter is left to the discretion of the

judge. The law explicitly states, how-

ever, that a husband is entitled to his

wife’s services, and she is expected to

do the work in their home. Whether

she could be forced to work for his

relatives, too, is an open question.

Most of these matters can be settled

out of court if both sides are open to

reason.





 





 





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When sweeping, instead of dampen-

ing the broom, sew a two—inch strip of

woolen cloth' around the top of it,

then pour a little warm water from

time to time on the cloth. .It will keep

the fibres just damp enough to banish

the dust—Mrs. H. 'R.





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,RURAL SANITATION.

ln' FLOYD w. lmlllHON.

(Continued from last week).



it is not usual to urge sanitary con-

sideration from an economical point

of view. it is so frequently the rule

that sanitary matters are attended to

only when an actual and immediate

health consideration makes it neces-

sary. But with our broader under-

standing of sanitary matters, their

deep-seated relationship to the eco-

nomical problems involved in every-

day life is more and more apparent,

and, we are glad to note, becOming

more appreciated by the general pub-

lic. So much time and energy is de-

voted to the cultivation of crops and

the harvesting and marketing of them

that, it is quite easy on the farm to

neglect a consideration of sanitary

matters, and it is fortunate that we





‘ are able to show a decided economical





aspect of the sanitary problem and

thus be able to conlmand the attention

and consideration of the farmer.





The Farmer’s Family in of More Con-

quuence than the Farm.



it seems to be the rule, as deter.

mined by average conditions, that the

farmer gives first consideration to

conditions which facilitate farm oper-

ations, and consequently the conven-

iences installed in the farm home too

frequently are secondary to the con-

veniences installed in the other build-

ings on the farm. How common it is

in driving through the country to feel

the truth of this statement. The

barns and adjoining buildings are very

frequently arranged with a consider-

able regard for order, and then the

home in which the family spend their

lives is too frequently devoid of any

of the appearances of convenience

which are manifest in the other build-

ings. There ,is reason for this, of

course, but in our judgment, with an

equality of other considerations, it is

a decided mistake. Our ideas contem«

plate a reversal of this condition and

a fair consideration of sanitary efli-

ciency and its close relationship to

rural economy will, we think. compel

a concurrence in these views by the

farmer. -

Destruction 'of Nuisances is in the In-



terest of Farm Economy.





The tolerance of flies and mosqui‘

toes on the farm is directly opposite

to rural economy, and being so meas—

urably uneconomical, their destruction

is in the interests of farm elficiency

as well as of farm sanitation. Rats

and mice on the farm would not be

tolerated by a farmer if he had a keen

appreciation of the costs of these rod-

ents to agriculture. If there were

large agents contributing one-quarter

as much to the destruction of real val-

u-es on the farm as are rats and mice

there would be an urgent demand for

their repression. We have seen many

instances of almost a 50 per cent re-

duction in young poultry due to the

destructive activity of rats, without

any very great attempt on the part of

the farmer to get rid of them. Rats

and other rodents are a very decided

uneconomical pest. We know also at

the present time that they aresurely

potential sources of contagion. Such

diseases as bubonic plague have been

traceable to rats and rat the present

time, to secure a complete eradication

of this disease as well as the removal

of other suspected diseases, the city

of New 0m in carrying on a re-

lenfless Wm against rats. A little

thought on the order and arrangement

of hr.- m, the collecting of

dehis which is scattered here and

theme a! over the tom and the do-

make the eradication of rats and mice





a comparatively easy matter.





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The time is not far removvd when

it was considered that certain of the

domestic animals on the farm would

thrive better and do better generally

under certain conditions which we

now know to be decidedly unsanitary.

There is virtue, it is true, in the mud

ba‘h and in the dust bath, provided

they are properly disinfected and are

not allowed to become sources of in-

fection and contamination. Even with

swine it is now definitely known that.

a clean hog is a more healthy hog

than a filthy one. Nowhere does lllth

promote sanitation even when applied

to domestic animals, and when we





 





realize that it. complicates very mate-j ‘





rially the sanitary problems surround-l

ing the farm home. the necessity fori

the suppression of such places and

such conditions is given sufficient ex-

planation.



The association of sanitary consid-

erations with. economical ones was

given undoubtedly its first. great im-

petus when cities began to demand

that certain sanitary precautions in

the production of milk should he. fol-

lowed on the farm. Not only has this

been forced from the consumers’

point of view but. now milk, if of a

high degree of cleanliness and produc-

ed under more scientific sanitary reg

ulations, demands a much higher price

in the markets. To produce clean

milk it becomes necessary that cer‘

tain direct changes be instituted on

many farms. This means more thought

being given to the housing of the

stock, to the conditions of sanitation

under which the stock are housed, to'

the disposal of the manure and other

refuse matters, and to the light and

ventilation of the barns and stables.

In the city it is necessary that planesi

where manure is stored must bel

screened in order that fly breeding

from these places is impossible. There

is no reason why precautions with

this same end in view should not be

followed on the farm. and we make

free with the assertion that econom<

ical prdouetion and efficiency of farm

stock as well upon the farm will fol-

low the institution of such precau-

tions.





Poultry, at Large, a Nuisance.



One of the great assets of the, farm

is poultry husbandry and there, is no

feature of agricultural husbandry

which is so apt to become a nuisance,

as the way in which poultry is hand-

led on the farm. The allowing of.

poultry to run at large all over the

farm and the farm yards is certainly

antagonistic to effective sanitation.

Why this department of farm endeav-

or should not be conducted in an or-

ganized and systematic fashion, we





 





 

 





 





are at a loss to understand. The fact,

that it is not done is too frequently]

we think, the result of effort expended 3

in that direction, for we have seenl

and knotr of many farm homes where

as far as these types of nuisances are

concerned, the farm home is as free

from them as are the homes in the

city. All of these various matters

come in for their due share of consid-

eration and should be considered in

planning an effective scheme of sani-





When they are properly cared for

none of them become sources of polu-

lion tier lineman water supply. We

have conceded the question of the

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fiscal year 1881 to less than two and

one-half million in 1914, is again find-

ing its way to foreign markets in rap-

idly increasing amounts. The half-

year ending with December showeda.

total export of over two and one-half

million pounds; January, 1915, 3,000,-

000 pounds; and February. nearly 7,-

500,000 pounds, the aggregate for

eight months of the current fiscal year

being 13,000,000 pounds, or more than

in any fiscal year since 1907.



Where Our Cheese Goes to.



England is now, and for many years

has been, the largest foreign market

for American cheese. The February

shipments thither included, according

to recent statistics of the Bureau of

Foreign and Domestic Commerce, 3,-

000,000 pounds from Maine and New

Hampshire, 2,000,000 from New York,

and 1,000,000 from Michigan, out of a

total export of 7,500,000 pounds. In

the fiscal year 1894 when our exports

of cheese were much larger than at

present we exported 61,500,000 pounds

to the United Kingdom, 10,000,000

pounds to Canada and other British

North America, and nearly a half mil-

lion pounds to South America. Last

year’s exports were distributed, not

only to the foregoing countries, but

also to Panama, the British 'West In-

dies, Cuba, China, Hongkong, and oth‘

er oriental countries.



Assisting the Trade.



Both federal and state laws have

tended to restrict the sale of cheaper

grades of American cheese. The most

recent general legislation affecting its

sale was the pure food and drugs act

of June 30, 1906, which requires man-

ufacturers to state specifically on the

label the character of the goods offer-

ed for sale. “Filled cheese,” by which

is meant cheese from which the but-

ter-fat has been removed and foreign

fats added, has been legislated against





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which may not be lawfully manufac-

tured for sale in the United States

may be manufactured for export in re-

sponse to foreign orders for those

grades.



What we import.



The domestic cheese product, rang-

ing between 320,000.000 and 330,000,-

000 pounds annually, is from five to

six times as much as the annual im-

port of foreign cheese. In the period

from 1893 to 1902 imports of cheese

fluctuated between 10000000 and 17,-

000,000 pounds annually, from 1903 to

1906, between 20,000,000 and 30,000,-

000, and from 1907 to 1913. between

30,000,000 and 50000000. while in the

fiscal year 1914 the total was 63,784,.-

313 pounds, valued at $11,010,693.



Italy and Switzerland are the lead-





ing sources of our imported cheese,

having supplied last year 26,500,000

and 22,500,000 pounds respectively, as

against nearly 5,500,000 pounds from

France, three and two-third millions

from the Netherlands, 3,250,000 from

Greece, 1,000,000 from Canada, and

smaller amounts from Norway, Ger-

many, England, and Austria-Hungary.

The most popular varieties imported,

according to special reports made by

the collectors of customs in connec-

tion with an investigation by the De-

partment of Agriculture as to the pos-

sibility of manufacture in the United

States are: From Italy, the Gorgon-

zola, made from the unskimmed milk

of the cow; Parmesan. or Reggiano, a

cow’s milk cheese popularly used for

grating into macaroni or soup; Ro-

mano, or Pecorino, from sheep’s milk;

Caciocavalli, said to be thus designat—

ed because it originally bore the im-

print of a horse’s head as a trade

mark; and Provoloni, a hard rennet

cheese from the milk of the cow or

buffalo; and from Switzerland the.

Schweitzer, a rennet cheese, and the

Emmenthal, similar to the Schweitzer,

but harderand of richer milk. Ched-

dar and Cheshire cheeses, made in

England, are very popular in this

country, as also the Roquefort and

Neufchatel cheeses of France, the

Camembert of France and Germany,

the Stilton cheese of England, and the-

Edam cheese of the Netherlands. The

tariff act of 1913 changed the duty on

imported cheese from six cents per

pound to 20 per cent ad valorem.

Producing States.



Our consumption of cheese in 1910

was 3.8 pounds per capita. The cen-

sus of that year credited Wisconsin

with a production of 149,000,000:

New York, 106,000,000; Michigan,

Pennsylvania, and Ohio, from 12,000,-

000 to 14,000,000 pounds each; and Ill—

inois, Oregon, California, Vermont and

Minnesota, from 3,000,000 to 5,000,000

pounds each. Utah and Iowa each

produced over 1,000,000 pounds, and

Colorado, Indiana, Arizona, Washing-

ton, Missouri, and New Hampshire,

approximately a half million pounds

each.





CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING.





 





More than a billion dollars’ worth of

agricultural products are sold by co-

operative and farmers’ marketing as-

sociations in the United States each

year, according to a report of a survey

which has been made by the Office of

Markets of the Department of Agricul-

ture. The extent of cooperative mar-

keting which this investigation shows

will prove a surprise to many persons

who have been under the impression

that co-operative selling in the United

States is yet in an undeveloped stage.



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than 8,500 market associations, 2,700

cooperative and farmers” elevators,

2,500 co-operative and farmers' cream-

eries and more than a thousand co-op-

erative fruit and product associations

in this country.



The idea of co—operative marketing

is becoming more popular each year

in the United States, according to men

who have been engaged in the govern-

ment’s work of surveying this form of

business, and better results have been

obtained than under the old-fash.

ioned system of individual handling.

Through the handling of agricultural

products through co-operative associa-

tions farmers have been encouraged

to improve their crops and to stan-

dardize in the packing of products. The

discovery of the best daily market has

also been one of the principal advan-

tages of the system, resulting in ad-

vantages”, it is said, both to the cou-

sumer and the producer.





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





 





The Crop Reporting Board of the

Bureau of Crop Estimates, United

States- Department of Agriculture,

makes the following estimates from

reports of its correspondents and

agents:



The average condition of winter

wheat on April 1 was 88.8 per cent of

a normal, against 95.6 on April 1,

1914, 91.6 on April 1, 1913, and 87.6

the average condition for the past 10

years on April 1. There was an in-

crease in condition from December 1,

1914, to April 1, 1915, of 0.5 points as

compared with an average decline in

the past 10 years of 2.7 points be—

tween these dates. The acreage plant-

ed, as estimated last December, was

11.1 per cent larger than the acreage

planted in the preceding year.



The average condition of rye on Ap-

ril 1 was 89.5 per cent of a normal,

against 91.3 on April 1, 1914, 89.3 on

April 1, 1913, and 90.1, the average

Icanilition for the past 10 years on Ap-





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





The condition of wheat on April 1

in the state and southern counties was

86, in the central and northern coun-

ties 85 and in the upper peninsula 94.

The condition one year ago was 91 in

the state, 92 in the southern and cen-

tral counties, 90 in the northern coun—

ties and 94 in the upper peninsula.



The average depth of snow on

March 15 in the state was 1.02 inches.

in the southern counties 0.07, in the

central counties 0.14 of an inch, in

the northern counties 1.10 and in the

upper peninsula 8.97 inches.



On March 29 the average depth of

snow in the state was 0.58, in the

southern counties 0.06, in the central

counties 0.09, in the northern counties

0.66 of an inch and in the upper penin-

sula 4.88 inches. .



The number of days protection to

wheat by snow, in the state was five,

in the southern counties two, in the

central counties three, in the northern

counties seven and in the upper penin-

sula 25



In answer to the question, “Has

wheat during March suffered injury

from any cause?” 205 correspondents

in the southern counties answered

“yes” and 41 “no,” in the central coum

ties 86 answered “yes” and 16 “no,”

in the northern counties 79 answered

“yes” and 37 “no” and in the upper

peninsula five answered “yes” and 21





The total number of bushels of

wheat marketed by farmers in March

at 69 flouring mills is 107,850 and at

88 elevators and rain dealers 120,015

or a total of 227, 5 bushels. Of this

amount 166,586 bushels were market-

ed in the southern tour tiers of coun-

ties, 48,440 in the central counties and

12,839 in the northern counties and

upper peninsula. The estimated total

number of bushels of wheat marketed

in the eight months, August-March, is

9,250,000. Sixty-four mills, elevators

and grain dealers report no wheat

marketed in March. .



Rye—The average condition of rye

in the state and southern counties is

90, in the central and northern coun-

ties 89 and in the; upper peninsula 98.

One year ago the condition in the

state was 93, in the southern and cen‘

tral counties 94, in the northern coun-

ties 92 and in the upper penisula 96.



Meadows—The average condition of

meadows in the state is 88, in the

southern counties 86, in the central

counties 87, in the northern cotmties

91 and in the um:- peninsula 98. The





condition in the state one year fim‘.

was 89, in the southern counties 85,111; m





we central counties 91. in the north:

ern counties 92 and in the upper pe-

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of horses and sheep in the state is 96,

cattle. and swine 95.

Fruit.-—Correspondents throughout

the state are generally of the opinion

that present fruit prospects are con-

siderably above the average. The fol-

lowing table shows the prospect for

an average crop of the various kinds

of fruit in the different sections of the





state:

80. Ce. No. Up-

State. Co. Co. Co. Pen.

Apples ..........80 79 75 88 89

Pears ...... . . . . .80 81 73 82 90

Peaches .. 79 78 78 84 90

Plums ..........82 82 78 86 86

Cherries . . . .. . .88 89 82 91 92

Small fruit ...... 88 88 86 93 91





In regard to the question “what per

cent of orchards are being sprayed?”

correspondents report 46 in the state,

49 in the southern and northern coun-

ties, 33 in the central counties and 29

in the upper peninsula.





 





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Crop and Market Notes.

Michigan.





Monroe 00., April 14.—-Condition of

wheat and rye above the average but

meadows need warm rains. Farmers

are busy sowing oats, about the usual

acreage being sown. April so far

could not be better for spring work.

Farmers planning for a: large acreage

of corn. Apple, peach and cherry trees

budding and are not damaged so far

by the heavy frosts we are having.

Butter 280; cream 27c; eggs 18c; oats

550; com 81 per owt; potatoes 35@

400; cows $50®75; horses $150@250.



Livingston 60., April 12.——VVheat

and clover haVe come through the

winter in excellent condition, and a

good rain has started up grass and



astures. Considerable plowing has



een done. There will be about the



usual amount of spring crops sown.

The milk business has been anything

but satisfactory the past winter. the

price having ranged lower than for

years, and as this is a dairy section it

is rather discouraging to the farmers.

Not much grain being marketed. al«

though there is a considerable amount

in farmers' hands.



Sanilac 60., April 13.-Meadows

and wheat have stood the freezing and

thawing wonderfully well, and look

green and healthy. Some oats already

sown, but the ground is in poor con-

dition for working, the weather being

cold with no warm spring rains. A

large acreage of oats and barley will

be sewn, and a smaller acreage of

beans than last year. A large mount

of corn will be plnted. Fruit buds are

rather slow, with no warm weather

to start them. Wheat $1.46; oast 53c;

butter-fat 290; eggs 18c; beans $1.60.



Washtenaw 00., April 12.—-—The‘ con-

dition of meadows and wheat is very

good, and the outlook is for a normal

crop. Spring Work is opening up nice-

ly, everyone is plowing, and some oats

already sown. Indications are for a

large acreage of both corn and oats.

PotatOes will be planted quite largely

in this vicinity. Prices for milk and

butter-fat are rather low, and the

price of cows has dropped consider-

ably in consequence. A very good cow

can now be bought for $50; hay $12;

butter 300; eggs (1)819 poultry, live 150.





no.



Darke 00., April 12.—-Farmers are

almost through plowing, and oats are

all sowed. Wheat is looking fine, and

meadows have begun to grow. Fruit

buds ade all right. Butter-fat 28c;

eggs 17c.



Clermont 60., April 13.--Meadows

are in fine condition. Wheat and rye

have withstood the winter well and

look nice. Farmers are bus plowin ,

also improvin the roads. ruit bu 3

seem safe, bout the usual amount

of cats, corn and potatoes will be rais-

ed, but a larger percentage of tobacco

than usual. Some have not sold their

last year’s tobacco crzogp. Eggs 150;

butter 23c; butter-fat @270.



Greene 60., April 13.--Meadows are

in fine shape since the spring rains.

Wheat and rye generally look good.

Spring work is well advanced, cats

are sown and more plowing done than

usual for the time 0 year. The usual

acreage of oats and probably an in-

creased amount of corn will be plant-

ed. Fruit buds are in excellent con-

dition so ilar. Milk 134% per gallon:

butter—fat 29c. Hay and roughage is

in good demand, as some are short on

account of prolonged cold weather.



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hafirange 00., April 1-2.-—~The spring

ram-s- have appeared. at last. It has

been exceedin l-y dry until today. The

meadows an . spring grains came

throu .h the winter in excellent shape.

Alfal a has started in fine shape, ver

little of it having been winter-kills .

liauling manure and glowing for corn

IS the main work 0 the farmers at

present. The dry sprin 'has given the

farmers an excellent c ance to get an

early start in farm rations. Many



en are. sowin c over since th

drought last year i'l‘l‘ed most ot‘it‘. ‘

larger acreage of corn will be planted

than usual. The fruit buds haVe not

been injured as yet by the frost.





 





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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





April 20, 1915.



Wheat—While values have fluctu-

ated the price tendency in the wheat

market has been upward during the

past week. The encouraging feature

of the trade is the strong position of

July wheat, which on Monday advanc-

ed two and a half cents, while cash

wheat only gained one cent. Both

European and American markets were

active buyers. Crop conditions in this

country and Canada are favorable but

this apparently amounts to little in

face of the bullish war news. Exports

are double the primary receipts, and

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pected to increase during May. Flour

is again in demand. One year ago No.

2 red wheat was selling locally at

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No. 2 No. 1



Red. W'hite. July.

Wednesday . . . . 1.60 1.56 1.30

Thursday ...... 1.60 1.56 1.31

Friday ......... 1.60 1.56 1.34 1,6

Saturday .. .1.60 1.56 1.36

Monday . . . . .1.61 1.57 1.38%

Tuesday ....... 1.59 1.55 1.35



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$1.621/2@1.631/2; May $1.643/; July

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$1.37 /



Corn.——A renewal of strength is evi-

dent in this trade, prices having ad-

vanced over three cents during the

week. Domestic and foreign demand

is good and the visible supply shows

a decrease of nearly four million bush-

els. One year ago No. 3 corn was





quoted at 67%c per bushel. Quota-

tions are as follows:

No.3 No.3

Mixed. Yellow.

VVeduesday ......... 74 75

Thursday ........... 5 76

Friday .............. 75% 76%

Saturday ........... 77 17$ 78 176

Monday ............ 781A 79

Tuesday .............. 781/2 79

Chicago, (April 19).——No. 3 yellow

corn 78%@79c; May 77wc; July,





793/40 per bushel.



Oats.—This market did not advance

with the other major grains. The

trading is steady and easy with prl-

mary receipts almost equaling the de-

mand for consumption and export.

The visible shows less than a mil-

lion bushels decrease. One year ago

the price for standard oats was 410

per bushel. Quotations are as follows:





0.

Staiécliard. White.





Wednesday $6 61

Thursday ........... 61 1,6 61

Friday .............. 61 60 36

Saturday ........... 60 lé 60

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

Tuesday ............ 60 176 60





Chicago, (April 19).—Standard oats

58%@59c; May 57%0; July 56%c._



Rye.—This trade is inactive. With

cash No. 2 selling at $1.12, which is

one cent below last week’s price.



Beans.———~The market shows some im-

provement in demand and prices. The

Detroit quotations are: Cash $3; May

$3.05. Chicago trade is ordinary and

featureless. Red kidneys are unchang-

ed. Pea beans, hand-picked, choice,

quoted at $3@3.10; common $2.80@

2.90; red kidneys $3.25@3.75. At

Greenville beans are up 200 to $2.70

per busheL





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $7.50; seconds $7.25; straight

$7.00; spring patent $7.80; rye flour

$7.10 per barrel. .



Feed.—In 100-1b. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $30; standard middlings

$30; fine middlings $32; coarse .corn

meal $30; corn and oat chop $27 per

ton.





Hay.—Quotations are higher. Car-

lots on track at Detroit are: New

No. 1 timothy $16.50@17; standard

$15.50@16; No.. 2, $14.50@15; light





mixed $15.50@16; N0. 1 mixed $14.50

@15; No. 1 clover $13@13.50.



Chicago—Offerings are moderate

and demand good. Prices are steady.

Choice timothy $18@19; No. 1, $16.50

@1750; No. 2, $15@16.



New York—Steady. No. 1, $22; No.

2, $21.50.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Butter.——Liberal receipts caused a

decline of 2c. Demand moderate. Ex-

tra creamery 29c; firsts 28c; dairy

21c; packing stock 1735c.



Chicago—Market is dull and weak

at lower prices. Receipts are larger

than daily trade is absorbing. Extra

creamery 2835c; extra firsts 28c; firsts

25%@27c; seconds 22@250; packing

stock 18%c.



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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





10wer prices. Quotation for the week

is 290.





Poultry.——Small supply keeps mar-

ketfirm at unchanged prices. Live.—

Springers 17%@18c; hens 13@18c;

ducks 17@18c; geese'12@13c.



Chicago—Market is steadyat un-

changed prices. The supply and the

demand are good. Fowls 1496c;

springs 14@180; ducks 15c; geese 8@

9c; turkeys 120.



Eggs.—Good demand and moderate

receipts caused a $60 advance. Buy—

Ing for storage purposes is active.

Fresh stock sells at 20340 per dozen.



Chicago—Market is steady and ac-

tive. Large receipts are being taken

care of by consumptive and storage

demands. Prices 140 lower. Miscel-

laneous lots, cases included 18@191,éc;

ordinary firsts 1814@181,§c; firsts

1914@191;éc.



VeaI.—Quoted steady at 121,5@13c

for fancy, and 10@11c for common.



Pork.—Market is steady for dressed

hogs, light weights selling at $8 per

cwt; heavy $7@7.50.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.—Market is firm at unchang-

ed prices. Demand is satisfactory.

Baldwins $3.25@3.50 per bbl; Green-

ings $2.75@3; Steele Red $3.50@3.75;

No. 2, 40@5OC per bushel.



Chicago.——Market is easy except for

fancy goods which are held firmly.

Baldwins $2.50@3.25; Greenings $3;

Northern Spy $2.50@6.



Potatoes—Market steady at slight-

ly higher prices. Carlots 40@42c per

bushel. At Chicago the trade is fairly

active. A wide range in prices exists

on account of differences in quality.

Michigan white, in bulk, are quoted at

40@46c per bushel; at Greenville

farmers are receiving 32c per bushel.





WOOL.





Boston—The market is quiet, this

being the off season. While in some

lines there is an easier tone, the gen-

eral sentiment in the market seems to

be one of firmness. The lines suffer-

ing most from depression are those

used in filling war orders; it appears

that mills having such orders are sup-

plied with raw material. The disposi-

tion of growers in the west to hold

out for firm values will probably keep

the market on a higher basis than if

they were disposed to sell at whatever

figures they could obtain. In Michi-

gan, Ohio and Indiana, where shear-

ing is just beginning, an occasional

sale is reported at 30c. On the Boston

market fine delaine fleeces are quoted

at 34@350 for washed and 29@30c for

unwashed.





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The potato market has been climb-

ing during the past week, going from

25@35c and with prospects of still

higher prices. The egg market opens

this week at 181/20. Dairy butter is

higher, selling at 23c. Hothouse let-

tuce has dropped to 30 a pound, the

lowest mark of the season. Local

stores dealing in garden seeds are do-

ing a rushing business just now. Va-

cant lot cultivation will be undertaken

in Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Holland

and many other cities of the state,

with a view to cutting the cost of liv-

ing. Red wheat has advanced to $1.51.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

April 19, 1915.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)



Cattle.——Receipts 140 cars; market

steady. Prime steers $8.35@8.50;

butchers $7.25@7.85; fat cows $5@

6.75; heifers $6@7.15; bulls $5@6.50.



Hogs—Receipts 90 cars; market ac-

tive; heavy $7.90@8; yorkers and pigs

$8@8.10. .



Sheep—Receipts 40 cars; market is

strong; top lambs $9.85@10; yearlings

$8@8.25; wethers $7.25@7.50; ewes

$6.50@7,



Calves.——$5@10.25.





Chicago.

April 19, 1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..18,000 21,000 12,000

Same day 1914..25,307 31,779 24,009

Last week ...... 40,385 103,263 58,364

Same wk 1914..40,877 93,972 87,370



Shipments from here last week

amount to 7,922 cattle, 14,716 hogs and

13,559 sheep, comparing with 6,093

cattle, 3,779 hogs and 4,348 sheep a

week earlier and 15,333 cattle, 20,173

hogs and 16,360 sheep a year ago.

Hogs received last week averaged 231

pounds. .



Another week opens with a good

demand for fat butcher cattle and fat

steers of light weights, these being

largely a dime higher, but undesirable

offerings and heavy steers are no bet-

ter, heavies being neglected, as the

weather is much warmer. Hogs are

15c higher, with sales at $7.10@7.80

and plenty of sales at the top, while

one carload of fancy light shipping

hogs brought $7.85. Sheep and lambs





 





 





 





are scarce and higher, with prime

lambs held for $10.75@10.80.



Steers were marketed last week at

$7.15@8.50, the best class of heavy





steers going at $8@8.50, with a good.





class selling at $7.80 and over and me-

dium grade lots at $7.40 and upward.

Warmed-up steers went for $7@7.35,

and while not much trading was done

below $7, limited numbers of undesir-

able, thin, light-weight steers sold all

the way down to $6. Yearlings sold

at $7@7.50 for the commoner offer-

ings, with sales made all the way up

to $8@8.50 for the choicer class, while

fancy yearlings were not offered at all.

Butchering cows and heifers had an

outlet at $4.80@8.30 for common to

prime lots, with sales of a few head

of fancy yearling heifers. at $8.75,

while the best cows brought $7.25. Ex-

tra choice yearling steers were nomi-

nal at about $8.60@8.75. Cutters went

at $3.90@4.75, canners at $2.50@3.85

and bulls at $4.25@7,with prime little

yearling bulls going the highest:

Calves were marketed liberally. There

was a fairly active demand, with sales

all the way from $4.50@8.50 per 100

pounds for coarse heavy calves to

prime light vealers. The calves re-

ceived ran largely to 105 to 112-lb lots,

and the killers gave their preference

to heavier lots. During the latter part

of the Week offerings of cattle were

smaller and good advances followed.



Advances in hog values have follow-

ed one another in quick succession,

and in all probability further good ad‘

vances will take place as receipts un-

dergo further reductions. Light ship-

ping hogs were the highest sellers.

Opening a “free” division last week in

the stock yards, enabling shippers to

compete with local buyers and stimu-

lating values appreciably. Speculators

also bought quite freely at times. At

the week’s close hogs sold at $7@

7.65, with pigs going at $5.50@7.25,

the heavier pigs going highest. Prime

heavy hogs sold about 25c below top

figures of hogs, and the pigs selling

above $7 were what are frequently

called “light-light” hogs, averaging

around 130 to 145 lbs. A week earlier

hogs sold at $6.75@7.271,é.



Sheep, yearlings and lambs have

been selling higher than ever. Offer-

ings are sniall—o—demand vigorous. As

the season advances, the proportion

of shorn flocks increases. At the

week’s close wooled consignments sold

as follows: Lambs $8.75@10.70;

yearlings $8.75@9.75; wethers $7.75@

8.75; ewes $5.50@8.50; bucks $6@7.

Lambs weighing from 90 to 100 lbs.

brought $9@10.40, and shorn lambs

sold at $6.50@8.90. The general mar-

ket was about 25c higher than a week

earlier.



Horses were in larger demand than

usual last week, and prices were well

maintained for desirable kinds. Farm

workers sold at $95@150, with farm

mares purchased at $150@175.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





There will be no extensive move-

ment of southern stock cattle to the

northwest this year, as young cattle

are not available. With stock ctatle

bringing higher prices down in Texas

than anywhere else in the country, re-

stocking northern pastures is bound

to be a most difficult and extremely

expensive proposition. At the same

time Kansas and Nebraska have man-

aged to make considerable purchases

of stock cattle at the different Mis-

souri river markets, and on the whole

very fair purchases have been made

for summer grazing purposes. Differ-

ent conditions prevail in the states

east of Chicago, if Pennsylvania and

Virginia are excepted, these two states

having succeeded in obtaining very

good supplies of stock cattle some

time ago, and there will be good sup-

plies of beeves for summer marketing,

it is claimed. Other eastern parts of

the country are not so fortunate, how-

ever, and Ohio, Indiana and Michigan

are knOWn to have purchased very

limited supplies of stock and feeder

cattle since the latter part of last

autumn.



Western bankers have exerted a

marked influence for some months

past, or ever since the first serious

outbreaks of hoof-and-mouth disease,

in materially checking purchases by

stockmen of cattle for feeding purpos-

es, their stand being that at such a

period of greatest uncertainty, it was

too risky business to loan money on

cattle paper, as no one could form any

intelligent idea as to when and where

the dreaded malady would next ap-

pear. A leading stockman ‘of South

Dakota, whose residence is in Alexan-

dria in that state, showed up on a re‘

cent day in the Chicago live stock

market, bringing two carloads of cat-

tle. He remarked that the bankers of

his part of the country had done all

they could to discourage former stock-

men from continuing in the industry,

and he added that, for that reason,

comparatively little cattle feeding will

be carried on this year. He said corn

has been selling in his locality at 54c

a bushel and the spring has been very

backward.





 





APRIL 24, (1915.





re’cently in Ohio and Michigan, and

sales have been reported at from 30@

3.1c a pound.



The poor shipping demand in the

Chicago cattle market for some time

past has given the local packers a

great advantage, for without genuine

outside competition, they were in a

pos1tion to hold prices down. Usually

the buyers have patronized the com-

mission firms doing the largest busi—

ness first and the smaller firms later

In the day.



Recent purchases of stock and feed-

er steers weighing from 650 to 1,000

pounds were made in the Kansas City

market at a range of from $7@7.75

per 100 pounds. At the same time the

gels; beef cattle were taken at $7.75@



Fat lambs are advancing to such

fancy prices that lamb for the table is

becoming beyond reach of most fam-

ilies. The country's supply of sheep

and lambs is extraordinarily small,

and lots of farmers are eager to be-

gin breeding or feeding, but few own-

ers can be found who care to sell.



There is a growing demand for good

breeding young Percheron mares, and

inquiries are coming from various

parts of the country.



Limited numbers of genuine baby

beeves have been marketed at Chica-

go recently, plump, finished 650-lb. cat-

tle having been sold for $8.65@8.75

per 100 lbs. They made good money

for their owners.



Muddy feed lots in Nebraska are

forcing on the market many cattle

that would otherwise be held consid-

erably longer. Some of the feeding

pens are described as knee-deep in

mire. Similar conditions are reported

in other states.





Receipts of sheep and lambs in the

Chicago market this year have ran

half a million head behind those for

the same period last year, and lessen-

ed supplies are reported in other mar-

kets. There is a great shortage of

lambs, and sheepmen west of the Mis-

souri river will need all their ewe





lambs for building up their seriously





depleted flocks.

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person- Livs STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

April 15, 1915.

Cattle.



Receipts none. Market steady at

packing plants; yards open for cattle

April 26. Best heavy steers $7.80;

best handy weight butcher steers $7

@750; mixed steers and heifers $6@

6.50; handy light butchers $5.75@

6.25; light butchers $5.50@6; best

cows $5.25@5.50; butcher cows $4.50

@5; common cows $4@4.50; canners

$3@3.75; best heavy bulls $5.25@6;

bologna bulls $4.50@5; stock bulls

$4.75@5.25;



Veal Calves.





Receipts 248. Market strong. Best;

$9@9.50; others $6@8.50.

Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. C0.;

10 av 138 at $7.75, 3 av 130 at $8.50,.





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4 av 155 at $8.50, 5 av 125 at $8.50,;

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140 at $7, 10 'av 170 at $9, 1 wgh 120‘1

at $7.50, 6 av 140 at $8.50; to Newton;

B. Co. 4 av 155 at $9; to Rattkowsky;

6 av 125 at $9; to Parker, W. & 00.;

9 av 125 at $9, 1 wgh 150 at $7.50, 7

av 125 at $8.50; to Goose 5 av 150 at

$9, 3 av 130 at $7.50; to Rattkowsky

3 av 130 at $9.50, 7 av 135 at $9.25.

Sandal, S., B. & G. sold Mich. B. Co,

2 av 110 at $7; to Goose 3 av 380 at:

$6; to Rattkowsky 4 av 105 at $6, 11:

av 35 at $8.50, 3 av 115 at $7, 4 avi

110 at $8, 1 wgh 270 at $5; to Goose

7 av 150 at $8.50.

Sheep and Lambs. .

Receipts 1290. Market steady. Best

wool lambs $10@10.25; fair lambs $9

@975; light to common lambs $8@$

8.75; clip lambs $8@8.75; fair to good

gliseéep $6@7; culls and common $4@





Sandal, 8., B. & G. sold Mich. B. CO.

24 clip lambs av 63 at $6.75; to Ratt-

kowsky 1 buck wgh 190 at $6; to

Newton B. Co. 5 sheep av 95 at $5, 8

lambs av 55 at $9, 3 do av 65 at $9.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Fitzpatrick 13

clip lambs av 70 at $8, 2 clip sheep





 

 





 





 





   





 

 





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lambs av 55 at $7.25, 66 do av 70 at

$8.75, 8 clip sheep av 95 at $6.25, 44

sheep av 110 at $6, 4 lambs av 60 at

$9; to Newton B. Co. 14 sheep av 85

at $5, 42 lambs av 55 at $8; to Park-

er, W. & Co. 39 do av 75 at $10.25,

30 do av 80 at $10, 20 do av 60 at

$9.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 72 clip lambs

av 75 at $8.75; to Mich. B. Co. 12 do

av 52 at $7, 24 sheep av 105 at $6.75,

8 lambs av 75 at $9, 55 clip lambs av

70 at $8.15, 23 do av 105 at $8.50; to

Nagle P. Co. 119 av 70 at $8.60, 96 do

av 63 at $8, 13 sheep av 85 at $5.50.

Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co.

21 lambs av 68 at $10, 15 clip lambs





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av 80 at $8.50, 4 sheep av 105 at $6.50.



Williamson sold Sullivan P. Co. 56

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$6.25, 42 clip lambs av 65 at $8.



Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 3 sheep

av 80 at $6, 12 lambs av 65 at $9.



Reason & S. sold Mich. B. Co. 2

511(9ng av 125 at $6, 13 lambs av 75

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Hogs.

Receipts 5466. All grades $7.35@

7.40 at yards; $7.50 at packing plants.

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

CO. 1510 av 200 at $7.40, 150 av 115

at $7.35.





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Now that the spring season has op-

ened for the free marketing of Wis-

consin dairy calves at Chicago, Tues-

days are lively days for veal calves,

with the greater part of the calves re-

ceived on that day, known as “calf

day.” Prices have had bad breaks

under such generous offerings.



Contrary to some reports, Kansas

has no considerable numbers of cattle

available for early .marketing. B. H.

Heide, live stock agents of the Chica-

go Stock Yards Company, returned to

that city a short time ago from a visit

to Kansas for the purpose of investi-

gating the cattle supply, it having

been reported that Kansas had a big

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to show up, and Mr. Heide said:

“While Kansas has been a greedy buy-

er of thin cattle for months past, they

are merely in storage, waiting to be

placed on grass. Owing to high cost

of feed and a disappointing winter

market, Kansas did not shovel much

corn into the feed trough during the

winter. The cattle went in largely to

replace stock sacrified during the 1913

drouth, but they are being roughed

through for summer and fall finishing

purposes. Any impression that Kan-

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will be shipped out before the first of

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[in TUESDAY, MAY 4th, l9l5.





100 HEAD of Registered Holstein Cattle of excellent type and breedin will be cold. Sons and



daughters of 30-“). sires. One young heifer of 354b. breeding. an one aonof the 40-h. sire.

johanna McKinley Segis. Good A. R. O. cows and heifers bred to bulls from ‘30-lb. dams and sire. closely

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This is the buyer's opportunity to buy good healthy cattle. consigned from territory which has been free

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Livingston County Holstein Breeder’s Sales 60.

Will Sell 90 Head of llegisiered Holsieins

:liStéflfJfé'uféX'ltt‘a Wednesday, May l9, I915.





Our oonsi ments will include a granddaughter of the 850 000 bull 3'.oowe that are sisters to cows with

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' erman and farmer.

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cause it Beats it Out.





It saves time for both Farmer and

Thresherman because it will thresh

when others cannot run at all. and

' thresh faster all the time.



Hans J. Thornsen and eleven other

farmers of Avoea. 1a.. say. ° "It surer

pays the farmers to insist _sI n havi

their threshi done wi the R

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The thresherman should equip

himself with what the farmer wants.

He should equip himself with the

RED Rrvsa SPECIAL.





IT SAVES





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The reason is that It uses the only cor-

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lork. It Is the o y thresher which does





BEAT OUT THE GRAIN.





All others depend upon the grain

dropping out. The RED RIVER

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the grain right at the cylinder.





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IHERE the labor Situation is

such that help inay .139 hired

at prices not too' prohibitive,





the oinion is one Of we most profit-





able of crops for the market gardener

and truck grower. It is a cr0p that

will grow in a great variety of soils,

deep or shallow, muck 0r loam, sand

or clay. In fact, there seems to be

but one or two requirements—«one is

that the soil must not be sour and an-

other is that it must not be wet. Muck

land sometimes produces as high as a.

thousand bushels per acre, but usually

not until it has been well limed. De-

cayed organic matter or “humus” is

necessary, and plenty of fertilizing

materials. The soil must also be well

prepared and pulverized by thorough

harrowing and raking. All clods

should be broken up and sods remov-

ed or- turned under deeply. Land that

has had a year or two of cultivation

under some other crop is best. A good

coat of stable manure—preferablyrot-

ted—-sh0uld be worked into the soil.

When land is once fitted for onions, it

may be kept in the same crop year

after 'year, if plenty of plant food is

provided.

The Best Varieties.



The easiest way to grow onions is

by planting the seed directly in the

rows. This should be done just as

early in the spring as the land can be

gotten into condition. For this meth-

od of growing, choose Yellow Globe

Danvers or Southport Yellow Globe,

these being the kinds that sell most

readily in the markets. Sometimes for





‘a special demand the Southport White





 





 





Globe and Silverskin varieties are

planted, both being white, as the

names would indicate. Again, red va-

rieties sell well in some markets.

Southport Red Globe is the best red

and Red Wethersfield is a close sec-

ond. Whatever variety is planted, an

endeavor should be made to procure

the best of seed. It is a good plan to

test a sample of the seed before plant-

ing, as it will be too late to plant over

if the first sowing does not germinate.

Northern grown seed is best for north-

ern localities.



Having the land properly prepared,

which means all the clods broken and

the surface raked free from rocks and

sods the seed should be drilled in with

a garden drill. Four or five pounds

per acre is about right to sow on ordi-

nary sandy loam, and the drill .should

be adjuster to cover the seed about

half an inch deep. Have the first row

perfectly straight and allow 12 to 14

inches between the rows. The plants

show above the surface in about ten

days. From the first, every weed

should be kept out. The advantage of

early sowing is to get the plants start-

ed before the weeds. If weeds once

get a start, while plants are yet small,

damage will be done from which the

plants will never recover. Cultivation

should be started with the wheel .hoe

just as soon as the rows can be fol-

lowed. If this is kept up throughout

the season, but little hand work will

be necessary. If, also, the manure

with which the land is enriched is free

from weed seeds it will help much in

the cultivation. Hand weeders help a

great deal in keeping down the weeds.

Where boys, can be hired, who wish

to work after school or during vaca-

tion, they make good onion weeders.

By keeping up the work with the

wheel hoes, it is sometimes possible

to raise onions with only one hand

weeding. It is usually necessary to

go over the patch about twice, how-

ever.



Harvesting the Crop.



When the tops have died down, it is

time to harvest the crop. Select pleas-

ant weather and pull the onions, a1-

lowing them to thoroughly dry on the

ground before being taken to the, stor-

age house. For the large grower,

specially constructed houses are nec-

essary. The small grower will do bet-





: Onions a LeadmgTruck CrOp





ter to market the crop with as little

dela'y as possible

:put dIrectly into shipping crates when l

)harvested the Crates 'Ifterwards be,

ling piled in 'an open she'd Where the-

wind may finish the woik of drying?

them Ollt. - ’ ., m: ~

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TROUBLE DEPARTM ENT.“





 





The Plum Curculio.





I have several nice plum trees

which blossom very full every spring.

but something stings the plums, causal

ing them to drop off before they reach

any size. Would like information on

when to spray and what to spray

them with.



Mecosta Co. SUBS( RIBER.





The most common cause of plums

dropping after blossoming is the cur—

culio. The female, after hibernating

in the ground all winte'r, comes out

shortly after blossoming time and

punctures the newly formed plum in

a crescent shape for the purpose of

laying her egg. Plums so punctured

usually drop shortly after being at-

tacked.



The control of the curculio is af-

fected by the use of arsenate of lead.

just before the blossoms open, and im-

mediately after the petals drop. As

the spraying for the control of the rot

is done at the same time a fungicide

should be used, either lime-sulphur or

Bordeaux being effective. The lime

and sulphur should be used at the

strength of 1:50 and the arsenate of

lead two and a half to three pounds

to 50 gallons. The Bordeaux mixture

if used, should consist of four pounds

of copper sulphate and five pounds of

lime to 50 gallons. The amount of ar-

senate of lead used should be the

same as with lime-sulphur.



Other means of control are allowing

chickens to run in the orchard to dig

up the hibernating insects and jarring

the tree after a sheet has been spread

under it. 'When the curculio is dis-

turbed it plays possum by doubling up

its legs and dropping to the ground as

if dead. With a sheet under the tree

and the tree jarred many of the in-

sects can be caught in that way.



The latter method is quite laborious

and has gone out of use to a great ex-

tent since spraying has proved so effi-

cient. Thorough spraying at the two

times stated, and if the curculio is

very serious, again ten days after the

blossoms have dropped will save prac-

tically all of the crop which has for-

merly been destroyed by curculio.





SWEET CORN.





 





 





 





Sweet corn should not be planted

until danger of frost is passed in the

Spring and the ground is fairly dry, as

it is liable to rot in cold, wet ground.

Rich, deep soil is essential for a. good

yield of corn and where the fertility

is poor a little phosphate in the hills

will be of benefit. One quart of seed

will plant an hundred hills of corn.

The dwarf varieties of corn may be

planted three feet apart. and the bills

from two/t0 two and a half feet apart

in the rows, the taller varieties may

be planted four feet apart. After the

corn is up a few inches the hills

should be thinned out to three plants

in a hill, and if, later, all side shoots

not forming ears are removed fuller

and more perfect ears of corn will

result.



Corn can scarcely receive too much

cultivation but after the corn has

reached two feet or more in height

the spike-tooth drag may be substitut-

ed for the cultivator and a dust mulch

maintained by this method which will

be quite as useful as cultivating, and

leave the ground in better shape.



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A garden well-fed with fertilizer bet-

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may have used 100

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Grange.





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Early in its history, the Grange be

came a power in legislative reform.

Along this important line of work, it

has often distinguished itself, in fact,

its victories have been so many and

so important as to inspire confidence

on the part of the public generally, in

those principles for which the order

stands, and to make theaverage leg-

islator very anxious to learn the will

of the Grange in the matter Of any

proposed legislation in any way touch—

ing the interests of agriculture.





The order does not propose to aban-

don this very worthy and highly nec-

essary field of labor. In fact, its work

here has but begun. But there are

many ways in. which the desire of an

individual or' an organization to be of

service in the world, may find expres-

sion. Thus, we have in our order

many excellent men and women who

have little interest.in legislativemat-

ters. They are gobd members of the

Grange. They attend regularly, help

in the social. work and assist in the

lecturer’s program, but you could not

get themeto, worry a bit about the

“Torrens System of Land Transfers,”

nor to take any particular interest in

“The Tonnage\'I‘ait.”



This matter should not worry us.

We should remember how very large

the old world is,and how many things

in it need doing. It is well after all,

that we do not 'all want the same job,

and refuse'to do anything else, for in

such a case, many10t‘ us would be out

of work, and a lot of things would

never get done.



Reader, did you ever stop to think

of the variety of thought units pos«

sessed by different individuals? Here

is a man whose interest is centered in

his home. He seldom takes any inter

est whatever in any public enterprise.

He has no time to attend Grange, he

seldom goes to school meetings. Yes,

he belongs to the church, perhaps, and

goes quite regularly, but in this he

has considered only his own spiritual

interests and those of his family.

Should the church of his choice con-

sider any plans for rural betterment,

or launch a program of social reform

in the community, quite likely he

would oppose it, and if he did not, he

would probably take no part in it.

Still, he is a kind husband and father,

an honest man. and perhaps very

much inea-rnest-ahout everything that

pertains to the‘interest of his family.





Beside him, lives a man who is al‘

ways thinking about the welfare of

the community. Another neighbor has

been a member of the township board

for many years, and is ever watchful

in the interest of his township. An-

other has his mind on the matters per-

taining to county or state politics.



(Continued next week).





GRANGES ORGANIZED AND RE-

ORGANIZED. '





The number of Granges organized

and reorganized'trom Jan. 1, 1915. to

March 31, 1915, both inclusive, is as

follows:





 





Ol’ anlzed._



Colorado 13; onnecticut. 1: Dela-

were. 2; Idaho 1; Illinois, 8; Indiana,

4; Iowa, 1; nsas, 34: Kentucky,

1; Maine, 1; Maryland, 4;. Massachu-

setts, 4; Michigan. 10: Minnesota, 2:

Montana._ 4;- Nebraska, 21; New

Hampshire, 1: North Dakota, 3; New

York, 14; Ohio, 41; Oklahoma, 1; Ore.

son. 13: Pennsylvania, 12; South Da-

kota, 10; Washington, 8; Wisconsin,

5; Wyoming. 7. Total 226.



Flo-or anized.



Colorado. 1; O o. 1; Oregon. 2;

Pennsylvania, 1; Washington, 2; West

Virginia, 1. Total 8. I



Some HI h Polnts.



Ninety-six new ranges for March,





1915, is the best month record since.





1x76: 226 New Oranges. for quarter

ending March 31. 1915, is the beat

uarter since 187?. Interlaken Grange,

ll. organized by Richard .Pattoo

with 277 charter members, In my

opinion. stands at the top in Grange

aria—C. _ M. Freeman. tary a~

nal- Grange. . . ,





 





 

 





T‘H‘E‘~ MICHIGAN 'FA'RMER'





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CIATION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.





President—R. J. Robb, Mason.



Vice-president—C. J. Reed, Spring

Arbor.



Secretary and Treasurer-Mrs. J. S.

Brown, Howell.



Directors—Alfred Allen, Mason; Jos-

eph Harmon, Battle Creek; C. B. Scul-

1y, Almont; C. T. Hamline, Alma; W.

K. Crafts, Grass Lake; Edward Burke,

St. Johns.



Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to

Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich. .





 





 





Associational Motto:

“The skillful hand with cultured





mind is the farmer’s most valuable.





 





Associational Sentiment:

“The Farmer: He garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations."





- CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





A Corn Special.—-The April meeting

of the Washington Center Farmers’

Club was held at Highland Home, with

Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Cook. It was, as

usual, a pleasant and instructive meet

ing, with a good attendance. The us-

ual forenoon routine was observed

and a question carried over from last

meeting was discussed. “Do we ap-

preciate the hardships endured by the

pioneers of Washington township?"

The descendants of those pioneers

certainly do appreciate the years of

hardship and toil that have given

them this splendid farming country. A

corn dinner was served and one is

surprised at the many dainty and

wholeSome dishes that can be prepar-

ed from the most useful grain raised

on the farm. The afternoon session

was opened with music

Brown, assisted by Miss Payne and

Mrs. Tobey. Roll call was responded

to by “What I will grow in 1915.”

“What rights belong to a farm boy?"

This subject was led by O. J. Camp-

bell, and discussed by all. The boy

should be taken into partnership as

soon as old enough; should be given

stock to raise which should be his

own all the way through; should be

taught farm book—keeping, how to do

business at the bank, and many other

things that would keephim interested

in the farm. The same rights belong

to the girls on the farm. Mrs. Crow-

ell gave an interesting talk on the en-

tertainment of our friends. A paper

written by Leonard Crowel, a 14-year

old member of the Club, was read, en-

titled, “How I grew my corn.” These

was not quite an acre and after the

chickens and other domestic animals

had sampled it, 95 bushels of splendid

corn was husked. A fine exhibit of

this corn was made at the Club Fair

last October. “Buying farm and gar-

den seeds Of traveling salesmen," was

discussed. It was thought safe if the

law concerning the selling of seed was

complied with. The question box

brought out a number of questions of

local interest. The May' meeting be-

gins the half-day meetings of the year

and will be held with Mr. and Mrs.

W. W. Mette, the second Thursday in

May—Mrs. S. N. French, Cor. Sec.



Last All-Day Meeting.———The VVells-

Dayton Farmers’ Club met at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. George Spencer,

April 7, it being the last all-day meet-

ing. There were about 40 members

and visitors present. After. a bounti-

ful dinner, which was served by Mrs.

James 'Weeden, the meeting was call-

ed to order by the vice-president, the

president being absent. Mrs. Riley

sang, accompanied by her daughter,

Miss Agnes. A paper by Stanley

Stokes on “Potato Growing,” was of

great interest, as it was practical and

from his own experience, and as he

is a large potato grower, raising last

year over 2.000 bushels from six acres

the Club was greatly pleased with the

paper. _Mrs. S. Rose read a paper

on “The Farmer's Garden and Spring

Housecleaning.” Mrs. A. L. Adams

gave a recitation on “How Betsy and

I fell out,” and another on “How Betsy

and .I made up." both being much ap-

precmted. S. G. Ross read “St. Peter

at the Gate,” by request. The next

order of business was the voting to

buy a large coffee pot and one dozen

chairs. The next meeting will be held

at the home of Everitt Ross, in Caro,

the first Wednesday in May.-—-Mrs. S.

G. Ross, Cor. Sec.





The 1915 catalo of the C. E. DePuy

Co. of Pontiac, ich., lists a line of

high-grade northern own field and

garden seeds offered y this company.

The catalog is liberally illustrated

with halt-tone engravings from photo-

graphic scenes. " .





 





 





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The Agency at a United People





A striking comparison between

a homogeneous country and a het-

erogeneous group of countries is

obtained by placing over the map

of the United States the map of

Europe. These represent the same

area—about 3,000,000 square miles

-if a few of the remote provinces

of Russia are omitted.





Europe has the advantage in

population, with more than four

times as manypeOple as theUnited

States;in the number of large cities,

with two and a half times as many

cities of over l00,000 population.



Yet the United States, a com-

paratively young country, has out-

stripped Europe in the diffusion of

civilization, because of its wonder-

fully greater means of communica-

tion between all parts of its area.

The United States not only excels in

transportation facilities, but it has

nearly three times as many telei

phones as Europe, or about eleven





‘ times as many in relation to pop-





ulation.





By the completion of the Trans»-

continental Line we now talk from

one end of this country to the

other, while in Europe the longest

conversation is no farther than

from New York to Atlanta, and

even that depends on the imper-

fect co-operation of unrelated sys-

tems.





Europe, with twenty-five coun-

tries and many different languages.

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ibrcd. for my host calycs arc in dc-

;maiid by other dairyiiicn who have thc

it‘OIth‘lllt‘Ilt‘t‘S for l’ccding and roaring;

ltliciii for dairy purposes. The young

bulls arc usually sold as soon as they

are lit for ycal. By buying the bcttci‘

:class of cows and sorting them over

lprctty well before dccidinu‘ which oncs

!t0 kccp for milk production on my

own farms I havc managcd to kccp my

annual production up to about 6,000

pounds per cow pcr ycar.”

Utilizing the By-products.



On tlic majority of dairy farms

there is a woeful wastc of opportunity

in utilizing the by-products. It re-

quircs sonic careful planning to ad-

just the miiiibcr of young animals bc~

,ing fcd so that one can realize maxi-

mum bcncfits from those valuable by-

products. Perhaps the greatest losses

iconic from iicnlccting‘ to properly

supplcmciit lllt‘lll with otlicr fccds so

ithat thc rations arc bcttcr balanced

ito nicct thc nccds'ol‘ the animals be-

llna‘ fed. For cxaniplc. Banks sold his

milk to the crcaincry and had scvcral

huiirdcd pounds of skim—milk to haul

back to his farm every day. For years

he fed this to calycs. giving them all

they would cat. but very little other

fccd. He began to study the feeding

problem and dccidcd to improve his

methods. The next fall he started a.

bunch of ten licifcr calves and fed

ithem skim-milk and grain. By the

2first of May they were sufficiently de~

yelopcd to make good use of grain

and hay ration. By this time his six

.brood sows had farrowed and along in

June the pigs were put on pasture and

ffcd skim-milk and wheat middlings. A

glittle shelled corn was fed with the

jskim-milk and green feed. By the first

got September they were ready for the

.fatteiiing pens and were finished on a

:ration of corn meal and skim-milk.

iWhen they were sold Banks had an-

other bunch of calves started to take

the skim-milk. What the calves didn’t

gneed was fed to the brood sows. After

flie got his new system working his

{books showed that by buying 14 tons

fof grain feeds and six brood sows he

{had raised $1.200 worth of pork and

‘ten better calves than he had raised

when they were fed nearly all of the

:skim-milk they would eat until they

Ewere nearly ten months old. ,



. Now, if Banks had not studied the

:feeding problem the chances are he

gwould be wasting three-fourths of the

‘valuc of his skim-milk and wondering

why dairying was unprofitable. Ex-

‘periments show that skim-milk has a

lfar greater feeding value when fed to

lyoung animals than to older ones, and

ifurthermore that it can produce the

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{other foods that take the place of the

ffats and carbohydrates removed in

'skimming, and yet there are thousands

of dairymen who persist in wasting

more than three-fourths of the value

of this by-product because they are too

busy with cows and crops to bother

with such foolish problems as effi-

ciency methods in their business.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





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munication should state history and

symptoms of the case in full; also

name and address of writcr. Initials

only will be' published. Many quer-

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same ailments. If this column is

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clse. When reply by mail is request-

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fee of $1.00 must accompany letter.





Fistula on .law.—-l have a four~ycar-





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tiiiics

during the month of July. A. () li..

Blanchard, ll’Iicli.~~~Apply equal parts

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this mcdiciiic in a aclatiiic capsule

and force it to bottom of sm‘c cyery

day or two.



Sow Sucks Tongue and lloards.-~~-I

have a sow which is due to i'arrow in

about four wccks: for the past six

months she has fornicd a habit. of

sucking boards or anything clsc that.

she can grab hold 01‘ and if whipped

away will stand and suck hcr tonguc.

R. T., LcRoy, Mlch.——'I‘licre is no rcm-

cdy. cither mechanical or in tlic drug

linc. that: will have a periiiancnt cf-

-1‘cct in stopping her of this vicc.



Raising Orphan Pigs.-—l am anxious

to know if it is possible to raise or-

phan pigs “on cow's milk” from birth?

'l‘lic mothcr of this littcr has chills

and refuses to cat and. of course. hcr





milk yield ccascd. E.. Lansing.

Micli.—«As you perhaps know. young

pigs should be i‘cd with care; the





fccding' utciisils kcpt pcrfcctly clean

and you should also add both sugar

and crcam to cows milk in ordcr to

make it as rich in fat as the sows

milk is. VOI‘y soon you can add to

their milk sonic mcal: furthermore,

you should place water within their

reach. Give the sow 4 grs. of quinine

and 10 grs. of nitrate of potash thrcc

time a day and be sure that her bow-

cls act: free.



Vertigo—«I liavc a four—year-old Jer-

scy cow that dropped her first calf all

right, but soon comnicnccd having

spclls every month or so. falling on

her right side. remaining down about

two minutes. then she appears to be

all right. She had her second calf

last: September and gives a nice flow

of milk. Would you advise me to

breed her again? P. K, Ottawa C0.,

Mich—A chronic ailment, of this kind

is incurable: therefore, I would advise

you not to breed her, but perhaps dry

her late this summer and fatten her

next. fall. Drugs will not make much

impression on a case of this kind;

however, she should be given one or

one and a half pounds of epsom salts

immediately after she shows sickness.

Also give her 14 oz. doses of bromide

of potash three times a day for two

days.



Capricious Appetite—,Wc have a

pair of horses that eat old rotten

wood every time they get a chance,

but both of them are in good condi-

tion. C. H. McC., Coleman, Mich.—

Give each of your horses a tablespoon-

ful of bicarbonate soda, a tablespoon-

ful of ground gentian and a table-

spoon of powdered charcoal at a dose

in feed three times a day. Change

their feed. and feed them some roots.



Heart Disease—Plural Adliesions.—

I found a growth of something in the

heart and a portion of lung firmly at-

tached to the ribs. This cow lost

flesh, swelled in limbs and never laid

down. What caused her death? S. P.

L., Pellston, Mich—The tumor growth

you speak of in heart doubtless inter-

fered with heart action, which caused

the death of your heifer. The plural

adhesions was doubtless the result of

a mild attack of pneumonia.





Spasm of Muscles of Neck—I have

a cow that has occasional sick spells,

holding her head high, nose poked

out, neck muscles appear to be rigid

and she occasionally shakes head as

if in pain. These spells come and go

with four and six—hour intervals, but

she eats all right and her digestion is

good. She was dehorncd about four

years ago, but she holds her head very

much like a cow that had been recent-

ly dehorned. W. S. B., Albion, Mich.

—This crampy condition of the mus-

cles of neck is doubtless the result of





 





 

 





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an injury afiecting the circulation of

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