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VOL. CXXXIII. No. 9.

Whole Number 3466.





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FARM NOTES.





Treating Seed Wheat for Smut.





How is seed wheat treated with copper-

sulphate? Is there a better treatment?

If so what is it?



Washtenaw Co. E. W. M.





The copper sulphate treatment for

smut is not largely used at the present

time. The formula recommended foraise

in treating seed oats for





tion the shovels, the grain bags and the

drill should be disinfected by soaking the

former and spraying or sprinkling'the

latter with the solution. If preferred,

the grain may be dipped in the solution

by immersing it in the bags in a suitable

vessel for ten minutes, after which it

should be allowed to stand in the bags

for two hours and then spread out to





due to the presence of smut and is gen-

erally conceded to be satisfactory and

the best available treatment to use un-

der average conditions. The saving is

very material in any case where the

smut spores are present in the seed, and

they will generally be present in suffi-

cient numbers to make the treatment a

profitable precaution, even where the





to build such hopes upon. It must be

remembered that alfalfa is dflicult to get

established for the first time upon most

of our soils where it is given a clear

field and the best of conditions. Rela-

tively it is nowhere near as sure a crop

as our common kinds of clover, hence

one could not reasonably expect better

success in seedingr alfalfa in corn than

could be expected with

the common clovers, and





 





smut is one pound to ten

gallons of water, the

grain to be thoroly

sprinkled with the solu-

tion. For the treatment

of seed Wheat stronger

solutions are recommend.

cd, ranging-from five to

ten gallons of water to

one pound of the blue

vitriol, according to the

source of the advice.

The formalin or formal-

dehyde treatment has,

however, very largely

displaced the earlier

methods advocated for

the treatment of seed

grain for smut, owing to

the fact that it has no

poisonoug effect on the

grain, which is an ob-

jection with some of the

other treatments advo—

cated. This method or

treating the seed grain

has another strong point

in its favor, in that it

involves less labor than

any of the other meth—

ods which may be employed.



The material for this treatment, which

is known as formalin, or 40 per cent

formaldehyde solution, can be obtained

at any drug store and is comparatively

cheap. It should be mixed with water

at the rate of one pound to 40 gals. or

water. It takes about one gallon of the

mixture to treat a bushel of grain, so

the amount of solution required can be.

easily figured. The mixture having been

provided, place the grain on a tight,

clean floor in piles of convenient size

to be thoroly stirred and mixed. Then

sprinkle the solution on these piles, stir-

ring thoroly to the bot-





 





 





dry, but sprinkling or spraying as above

described is more generally favored.



This form of treatment has proven

uniformly successful for the prevention

of stinking smut or hunt in wheat, from

which the greatest losses occur, but it

has not proven as effective as the hot

water treatment for the loose smut of

grains. This treatment is given by soak-

ing the grain in cold water for from four

to eight hours, then dipping it in hot

water at a, temperature of 130 degrees F.

for from five to ten minutes. However.

the formalin treatment will give an

economic degree of protection from losses





 





Farm Home of George Kent, Huron County, Mich., who Discusses the Automobile Question on





seed appears to be free from the fungus.

Seeding Alfalfa in Corn.



Have you any one’s experience seeding

to alfalfa in the last cultivation of corn?

\Vhat would be the objection to this plan?



“'ashtenaw Co. SUBSCRIBER-



Some years ago one correspondent rc-

portcd success with seeding alfalfa in

corn, and from this experience was rather

enthusiastic about the possibility of us-

ing alfalfa in the regular crop rotation

as clover is used, instead of devoting a

field to this crop for a series of years.

However, the seeding of alfalfa in stand-

ing corn is too uncertain a proposition





these cannot be so seed—

cd with any degree of

certainty that a good

stand will be secured.

“'hcn the conditions are

just right, when there, is

plenty of moisture and

good Weather for the

germination of the seed

and the development of

the young plants the plan

works out iincly. \\'e

have seen many very

fine sccdings of clover

that were secured by

sowing the seed in the

standing corn at the last

cultivation. tut we have

observed more failures

than successes from the

use of this plan. If





there is not sufficient

mOisture to germinate





the seed quickly or to

keep the young plants





growing rapidly after

. they come up. the stand

Page 146. will be poor and the,





plants will go into the

winter in poor condition to survive its

rigors. Or if there is a heavy rain just

after the Seed is sown it may be washed

badly on rolling ground and a poor stand

secured for this reason. it is not a plan

which is a safe dependence. altho in a

season when all the conditions are right

it may be profitably employed in case it

fits in well with the regular crop rota—

tion.



The same fact. might obtain in tho

seeding of alfalfa. Experience with this

crop in Michigan has demonstrated that

there seems to be no best season of the

year to sow it, and in a season when all



conditions seem to favor





 





tom as long as the liquid

is absorbed. After an

interval of a few min-

utes,» or after all the

piles have been treated,

repeat the operation and

repeat again if necessary

to get all of the kernels

thoroly 'wet. At least

three quarts of the mix-

ture per bushel of grain

should be absorbed and

one gallon will not be too

much. The grain should

then be covered with a

canvas for about twu

hours, as the formalde-

hyde is a rather volatile

liquid, and the fumes

"from its evaporation will

aid in the killing of the

smut spores. The seed

may be all shovelcd into

one pile to facilitate cov—

ering. After the canvas

is removed the grain

should again be shov-

eled over at intervals to

dry it out, when it will

be ready for sowing at

'any time. Care should

be taken in handling the

treated grain that it does





 





. . _ Twenty—nine acres of rye, 17 acres

not again become m the good yield due to the fact that the

fected, and as a precau- to apply manure is as a top dressing on





 





Harvest Scene on the Farm of Francis Walker, of Lapeer County, Mich.





of which was in rye last year, threshed 700 bushels. Mr. Walker believes

field was top dressed with stable manure and believes the proper place

fallow ground intended for winter grains.





the plan it might be,

profitable, and would

certainly be an interest—

ing‘ experiment to try.

The plan would haVc.

the advantage of saying

a season‘s time over most

other methods by which

alfalfa is seeded, and

the weeds \\'Ullld cer-





 





tainly bother it less in

case it gets sutlicicnt

growth to live thru the

winter and make an curly

and vigorous start the

following spring. But it

should be remembered

that a comparatively

thick and cvcu stand of

alfalfa is essential to the

highest success with the

crop, and that plenty of

seed should be used if it

is sown in the standing

corn as some of the

plants would be likely

to be destroyed in bar-

vesting the corn.



“'hilc alfalfa culture

promises great things

for Michigan agriculture,

it is still in the experi-

mental stage, and the

farmer who tries it out

should apply to it a de-
146





gree of thot and judgment which will

probably not be required when we have

become more familiar with the require-

ments of the crop‘for‘successful growth

in our state and when our soils have be-

come generally inoculated with the bac-

teria which'find ’a. Welcome home in its

roots and which seem to be so vitally

essential to the profitable growth of the

plant. '





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IS THE AUTOMOBILE PRACTICAL

FOR THE FARMER?





Replying to your request for a letter

upon the practicability of an automobile

for the farmer, will say I will do my

best to set forth my ideas upon the sub-

ject. Having purchased an auto and run

it over 3,000 miles I can say I have had

some experience, at least. Now as to

whether it is a practical proposition for

a farmer to own an automobile depends

so much on circumstances that it is a

hard question to answer in an offhand

way. One might answer as easily

whether it is practical for a farmer to

put $2,000 into a house to live in when

he could get along with one that cost

$1,000 and put the other $1,000 away, or

is' it practical for a farmer to own a

nice horse and carriage to drive when

he could get along with the draft horses

and wagon. The $2,000 house has many

advantages and conveniences over the

$1,000 house that make life worth living,

so has the driving horse and carriage

over the lumber wagon and work team.

And while I do not wish to deteriorate

against the usefulness of the horse, for

they have always been my best crop on

the farm, I must say the automobile has

a great many advantages over the horse,

in a country that is suitable for an auto-

mobile to run. I should say to the farmer

that lives where most of his driving

would be in a hilly, sandy country, he

had better leaVe them alone, at least

until the road system has been perfected

or the auto improved more. To be sure,

automobiles will go thru some very bad

roads and climb hills that will surprise.

one, but it is a hard strain on them and

it costs much more to run them. Be-

sides, there is no pleasure in riding when

you must be using all your power to get

thru. They would wear out too fast, and

they cost a lot of money, so I don’t think

i! would be practical for -..n

farmer to own one under those circum-





nz-rl in r. or





stances.



(in the other hand, the farmer that

lives where there are reasonably gooo‘

roads, even tho it be. moderately hilly,





providing the hills are hard, then there

is u grcut deal of cnjoymcnt and satis—

faction in having an automobile, if not

economy.



ln regard to the cost of running and





tsp—keep of an auto depends largely upon:





the roads and the man that runs it.

Some men wear out a grain binder in

live ycars, others make it last ten. In

a l.illy country three horses are used on

a binder but in a level country two horses

often do the same work.



It is the same with an auto. One man

will run it for all there is in it and

another will be careful and make it last

twice as long. 011 thc level, hard road

it will ‘ly along at a great speed with

cue—half the gasoline that is required on

a heavy, hilly road. My experience was

this: Living in Huron county, on a

main traveled road that goes up thru

the ('cntcr of the thumb to Port Austin

:Iud l"t. Aux Iurqucs, summer resorts

where one can scc autos of all descrip—

tions going by most any hour of the day,

I easily caught the auto fever and pur—

cilascd a two—cylinder 10 horse power

runabout, after a careful study of the

different kinds, and began operations.

chcr having had any experience with

gasoline engines, I had it all to learn,

and, like all beginners, had some reverses

until I understood my machine, but had

less trouble than I expcclcd, and I can

say this much for the reliability of my

auto. that I have always went where I

started for and come back again on my

own power. 1 got into a mull—hole once

and was about half an hour getting out

but would have gone thru it if I had had

chains on my wheels. There have been

times after a heavy rain that I use a

horse to drive with instead of taking the

auto. 11 is possible but, not always prac-

tical, to run when the roads are. slip—

pery, especially on clay roads. I have

never yet known anything about tire

trouble, never had a puncture, altho I

huvc made trips as far as 300 miles and

went thru four counties, and in one, place

had to run over about 10 rods of crushed

stone that had been drawn into the. road

and had not hccn rolled down. It was

very sharp, cut the tires some but did





‘the cost of running a small car is:





THE MICHIGAN FARMER, ,





cattle tramping over new seeding. Our 0





My experience in

On a.

good, hard level road, one gallon of gas-

oline will run me about 20 miles; if the

wind is behind, pushing me along, 1

can go farther. It all depends upon the

labor your engine has to do, and one

gallon of lubricating oil will last about

250 miles. A larger car, of course, costs

more to run. My car weighs 1.100 lbs.

and is not so hard on tires as a heavy

car. '



Other men that own autos may make

dilferent statements in regard to costs,

but I am simply speaking for myself and

my car. I am not doing any advertising

stunt, for I shall not mention the name

of the makers.



As to its advantages over the horse, it

simply cuts distances into halves and

quarters. 'The man who lives five to ten

miles from town is within a few min-

utes reach of it.



In fact, he can be there by the time

he would have his horse and buggy

ready to go. This might mean a great

deal in case of sickness or some other

emergency. On a hot, dusty day one

can ride along perfectly cool and the.

dust all behind, with the pleasurable sen-

sation of having a power carrying you

along that responds to the lightest touch

with the ease and comfort that is not

found~in a carriage, and I might add the

auto don’t tire, don’t sweat, and doesn’t

need a fly net.



And now as to the question of economy

compared with the horse. I think, mile

for mile, they will not cost as much, con-

Sidering first cest and maintenance, but

on the other hand, Brother Farmer, you

can figure on going at least five times

as much. You may even hunt up ex-

cuses to go, and you may get as absurd

as to think your wife is a dear old girl

when she tells you she is all out of tea

and wants you to take her to town. She

will catch the auto fever as well as your-

self. She may kick on your using to-

bacco or spending money otherwise but

she won’t say anything about your gas-

oline bills. So there is the economy side

of it. But, summing up the whole thing,

they are a great convenience, the same.

as the rural telephone, the rural mail

delivery, the daily newspaper, etc., that

the farmer now has. rl‘hcy all help to

bring the farmer out of his isolation and

make his vocation one to be desired, and

his life worth living.



Huron Co.





not let any air out.





GEO. KENT.





 





PASTURING MEADOWS AND NEW

SEEDING.





A subscriber writes that he. does not

sce how he can follow my advice about

pusturing meadows and new seeding, be-

cause his pastures are short and the only

‘way he Sees in getting thru the summer

is to turn his cows into the meadows and

’1' they get too short later on, turn them

into the new seeding, which is fine. Now

l.e certainly can get along without doing

this, if he believes it is a bad practice,

and believes it thoroly enough; because

1 do not do it and I am also short of

pasture. \\'e have to feed the cows hay

now twice a day and a grain ration once

a day and. in fact, they get very little

at the prcscnt time. from the pasture.

“V have one meadow that is so situated

that it is fenced so that we could turn

them in, but I will not do it because. I

am convinced that we would lose money

in the long run. Now, in the first p'ucc,

if the grass has made growth enough

so that thcrc is pasture enough to

amount to very much, it Will pay to cut

that and draw it to the cow's rather than

to turn the cows in and let them eat it

«ff, because they will waste about half

of it. 'l‘hcy will tramp it into the ground,

much of it will be soiled by the droppings

cf the cows, so that they will not get

cver 50 per cent of it, probably. Now,

we can cut this, cock it, draw it in and

feed it to them and it is eaten up, every

bit of it. Of course. it takes a little

labor to do this but it can be done quite

rapidly. I am positive that I will get

more out of it by feeding it in the barn

than I will by turning the cows in and

letting them help themselves. This is

the meadow containing about 19 acres

from which we secured GR loads of hay

at the first cutting. ‘Ve had one good

shower of rain lately and it is making

a fine, growth. If we should get aonther

rain to help it along. it will make quite a

cutting for a second crop, and we shall

probably cut it, but I would not want the

cows trnmping over this field this fall.

I believe it would do more injury than 1

would get benefit out of the grass they

would eat. Now when it comes to new

St't'tllllg I am absolutely Opposed to the





"it with the mowing machine.





.rs





seeding is splendid this year. We have

30 acres of as fine a catch of clover as-

I ever had in the world, and it is going

to get so large that we will have to clip

This field

is not fenced so that we could pasture

it, anyway. If it was I wouldn’t have the

cows turned onto it for anything. I am

sure that it would be the poorest kind

of economy. While they would get con-

siderable to eat off this new seeding of

clover, I am sure that in the long run

we would lose by turning them in, be-

cause they would injure many of the

plants by tramping on them that other-

wise will survive and make good, thrifty

plants next year. I would rather buy

hay, and grain, too, to feed the cows

during a shortage of pasture than to turn

them onto the new seeding. It is wrong

and you will eventually lose money by

doing it.

COLON C. LILLIE.





 





EXPERIENCE WITH ALFALFA.





 





In the first place I made too mistakes

in sowing with grain and of course made

two failures in getting a stand that suit-

ed me. For my third endeavor I selected

a piece of ground which had been in hoed

crops for a number of years and heavily

manured each' year, plowing it in April

and keeping it cultivated till July, when

1 seeded it at the rate of 20 lbs. per acre.



On the night following my sowing we

got a veiy heavy shower and I got a

magnificent stand. On part of the field

I had sown, with wheat, red clover the.

fall before. So that in tho fall after

sowing my alfalfa the red clover was

knee high and in full bloom, and as I

did not wish it to go to seed I ‘turned my

cattle and sheep into it thinking they

would not trouble the alfalfa, but I found

that I had made a great mistake as they

fell upon the alfalfa and eat it nearly into

the ground. I gave it up, thinking it

was entirely ruined, but the next spring

it came up as green as a bed of lettuce

and since then, now five years ago, I

have mown from two to three crops each

year, of the very finest of hay and the

stand of alfalfa is now as good as ever

and all without being manured or fer-

tilized in any way.





Oceana Co. A. C. GOWDY.





 





Steel Wheels for Farm Wagons.





Farmers whose wagons are in good

serviceable condition, with the exception

of the wheels, will be glad to know that

they can, at very small expense, make

them better than new. All that is re—

quired is to remove the old woollen wheels

and put on a set of steel wheels. \Vrite to

Empire Manufacturing Co., ll—A, Quincy,

111., for a copy of their booklet on wheels

and wagons. This booklet is a veritable

encyclopedia of information and will

prove, of interest to every reader of this

paper. It is mailed free.





 





Electric Lights for Farmers.

Anyone who has enjoyed the advantage

of a house equipped with electric lights

will at once testify to their superiority





over other methods of lighting the home. ~





Ilcrctofore very few farmers could avail

themselves of this advantage ,for the very

good reason that to do so, they must

live in favored localities where the cur~—

rcnt could be sccttrctl or install expensive

plants for the production of the electrical

fluid. The Michigan Storage Battery Co.,

(:9 Atwater Street It), Detroit, Michigan,

whose iltl tilillcul‘s in another column of

this issue. will be glad to demonstrate

how any farmer can light his house with

clccll‘icity at small cost. Call at their

factory at the above named location

while at the State Fair and let them

demonstrate this fact to you.





 





Hector. N. Y., July, 14, 1909.

Humane Horse Collar Co.,

Chicago Heights, 111.

Omaha, Nebraska.

l\'le.ssrs.:—The collar you sent—the

style—1'3 collar—is being used now every

«lay on one of my driving horses with

perfect satisfaction; and the heaVy one

on one of my team horses that I should

lt:I\'c to abandon the use of in a horse

collar—but in the humane collar he is

working with case every day. I am a

man not given to gush—~my reputation

always has been, as all my writings

prove, to speak just what I think. I do

not hesitate to say when that man, J. D.

“'hipple, invented the humane horse col-

lar, he invented the one and only device

which enables the, horse to use his full

strength under all conditions without in-

chting‘ more or less pain, if not create-

actual injury. Had he been alive and

invented this,col1ar one hundred years

ago. a bulky horse would be a freak.

Ninety per cent of horses balk and refuse

to pull loads simply because the collar

hurts them to do so and when the dis-

position is spunky or sullen, they refuse

to be hurt.

Cordially yours.

C. D. SMEAD,

Veterinary 'Adviser for the Tribune

Farmer Of New York City and National

Stockman. of Pittsburg, Pa.





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‘ Selecting the Ram.

In the last issue we commented on the

culling of the. breeding flock so as to





,insure a greater profit from this branch





of the farm on which sheep are kept.

After this culling is done, and the. flock

of ewes is made as uniform as possible,

consistent with the retaining of the best

producing females, the selection of the

1am to which they are to be bred is a

matter of the next importance. A good‘

many owners of sheep do not give this

important matter sufficient consideration.

It is often said that the sire is half the

flock, but where the flock is one of grade

owes, he may become much more than

half the flock if he is a pure-bred and

prepotent individual. And no sire ought

to be used on any flock that is not pure-

bred. It might be added with equal

force that no sire should be used that is

not a. prepotent sire, but, unfortunately,

a centificate of registration does not in-

sure prepontency with anything like the

certainty that‘it insures the pure breed-

ing of the individual to which it relates.

But the pure-bred sire that has been bred

for generations along certain well defined

lines, and that has the concentrated

blood of many prepotent sires in his

veins, is far more apt to measure up to

the highest requirements in this respect

than is the sire of mixed breeding, which

has neither type nor consistent breeding

back of ‘him. Many sheep owners, and

especially owners of small flocks, hesitate

to pay the small additional price required

to purchase a pure—bred sire, but if they

would stop to consider the matter a little

carefully they would not hesitate to

make the additional investment. Even

if the ram is not bred to more than 25

or 30 eyes, the better quality of the first

lamb crop will more than repay the

extra. cost of the pure-bred ram, and the

additional gain derived from him in fu-

ture years, as well as his additional value

rwhen sold will be char profit, to say

nothing of the improvement which may

be brot about in the flock by retaining

the ewe lambs for breeding purposes.



Having determined to buy a pure-bred

mm, the first essential step has been

taken. The question of breed will next

arise. This will, of course, depend some-

what upon the type and breeding of the

flock. If an attempt is to be made to

improve the flock by the keeping of the

ewe lambs for breeding purposes, the

ram should be of a breed that 'will blend

with or readily build upon the foundation

stock for such improvement. In other

words, a violent cross should not be

made use of for this purpose, altho it

is sometimes useful for special purposes

as the success in raising feeding lambs

from merino ewes bred to middle wool

rams attests. But while those made ex-

cellent feeding lambs, they would not

have made good foundation stock upon

which to build up a flock. For this pur-

pose it is better to select a ram from a

breed which is not widely different in

type from the ewes upon which he is to

be bred. Then, when the breed is once

selected, the wise farmer will stick to it,

and not be continually changing, using

a ram of one breed this year and of some

other breed the next. This will lead

to nowhere, so far as the establishment

of type is concerned.



The breed having been selected, the

choosing of the individual demands the

careful consideration of the flock owner.

This should be done with a full knowl-

edge of the shortcomings of the ewes

upon which he is to be used, and he

should be selected with a view of over-

coming these in the next generation.

Here the advice of the breeder from

whom he is purchased will be of value,

and should be secured. But independ-

ently of this the purchaser should have

studied the question of type and have de-

termined in his own mind some of the

more essential points which are to be

desired in the sire to be purchased. Of

course he does not need to heed the line

points in breed type as closely as the

breeder who is purchasing sires to use

on pure-bred ewes, but he should have

a well defined idea of the kind and type

of sheep rwhich he needs. As in the

selection of ewes, the first requirement

is health and vigor. The conformation

should also be good, and compact-

ness and strength, with good carriage,

should be sought for, rather than size

without these important characteristcs.

Then, when the ram that suits is found,

it is a mistake to let a few dollars in





price stand in the way of the purchase.

If the flock owner proves to be a good

judge, the sheep which he will select will

be one that the breeder is not particu-

larly aHXiOus to sell, as will generally be

indicated by the price, but if he is the

best adapted to the use for which he is

needed the additional investment will be

a, profitable one. Tie best is none too

good, even for use on a grade flock, and

at anything like a fair price will prove

the cheapest in the end.



TAPE WORMS IN SHEEP.





I am losing lambs, as J. F., of Hillsdale

is, only we find tape worms in some of

them and we also find some of them are

troubled with nodular disease. What

strikes me as being rather peculiar is

some of the lambs die on a full stomach;

but the small intestines are empty, ex-

cept that the bowel is fairly well filled

with tape worms. Vv'e have taken nearly

100 feet out of one lamb. Can you give

a remedy for such worms and where do

they come from? The sheep seem to be

bloodless. This is a matter which con-

cerns me and it must interest every-

sheep breeder in my locality and perhaps

other parts of the country where your

paper is read, therefore I hope you will

answer my letter fully and enlighten me

on tape worms for I can't save my sheep.



Lenawee Co. S. H. BACHELDER.





Taenia Expansa is the scientific name

for Tape Worm and, strange to say, it

has caused great loss to sheep raise‘rs,

not only in America, but both Australia

and Germany, also in other countries.

Its cystic form is not by any means too

well understood. However, in order to

check its increase I know of no better

plan than by watching what sheep pass

the ripe, detached segments, shutting

them up while treating the sheep, burn—

ing not only the worms that are expelled

but all excrement which they pass when

the vermifiage is given. The tape worm

of sheep varies in length from eight to

thirty feet and I have seen them much

longer; they are a. dirty white color, the

beak is about one-twentieth of an inch

wide and the tail nearly a half inch

Wide, but fiat. Sheep that have them are

usually pale in the skin and the mucus

membranes are white instead of red.

They generally cause scowring, much

emaciation, great weakness and some-

times death. Now in order to obtain the

best possible results from treatment

sheep should be fasted for 15 hours.

I have obtainefl the liner results hy giv-

ing Kamala, following it a few hours

later with a brisk dose of epsom salts or

(-astor oil. Oil of turpentine given in

milk gives fairly good results and I have

obtained excellent results by giving eth-

«rial extract male shield fern. Try giv-

ing three drams of kamala in 3 or 4 023.

linseed gruel or milk. This is a full dose

for an adult sheep, if the bowels do not

move freely give two or three ounces

of casior oil four hours after the kamala

was given. If this dose fails to bring

results give one dram male shield fern

in three or four ounces castor oil and if

it is iot convenient try the turpentine

and milk, giving with it a teaspoonful of

powdered areca nut, and no harm to add

half a teaspoonful oil male fern, giving

it in four ounces of sweet milk or raw

linseed oil. Remember when giving sheep

a drench of this kind they should be

allowed to stand on their feet in a natu-

ral position, the head should be raised

only high enough for the medicine to

run into back part of mouth, the com-

mon custom of pinching the throat is

not only wrong but dangerous for it in-

duces coughing, some of the medicine

may go down the windpipe into the lungs,

causing great irritation and bringing on

bronchial pneumonia, followed by death.

The medicine slrould also be given slow:y

for if poured down rapidly it might get

into paunch and fail to do much good;

but be sure and not hold the head too

high when giving the medicine. A short

time ago I gave treatment for stomach

worms. You no doubt clipped from the

paper what I wrote and have it on file

for future reference. Just a word in

conclusion, be sure and purchase drugs

of a reliable druggist or you will fail to

get satisfactory results in the treatment

of worm'S. W. C. FAIR, v, s.



CORN VERSUS OATS AS HORSE

FEED.





 





The Ohio Experiment Station recently

conducted some experiments to test the

widespread belief that oats are superior to

other grain as a feed for horses. Six

mature grade Percheron geldings were

fed on a basal ration of clover and tim-

othy hay, three receiving oats and three

corn as a supplementary ration. Esti»

mating corn to be worth 40 cents per

bushel, oats 30 cents per bushel, and hay

$8 per ton, at the time the experiments





 





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THE MICHIGAN ' FARMER: '

were made, it was found that the average





cost of food per hour of work was 3.3

cents for the corn-fed horses and 4.54





cents for those fed oats. The use of corn

to the exclusion of other grain for a

period of 48 weeks was not found detri-

mental to the health of work horses, and

they endured hard work during the hot

weather as well as tliOse receiving oats.

When mixed (clover and timothy) hay

was fed to mature gcldings at general

farm work, ear corn was practically as

efficient, pound for pound, as oats. A

drop in weight of the corn—fed horses co-

incident with the beginning of the use

of shelled corn indicates that ear corn

is to be preferred above shelled corn for

work horses.





HOGGING DOWN CORN.



Of late years this method of disposing

of a portion of the corn rop, has been

becoming extremely populdh. Instead of

being the lazy man’s way it is fast becom-

ing the method of our most progressive

and advanced farmers. By its use, corn

is converted into pork in the easiest

and most sensible way that can be Used.

Last year we had a oarload of pigs which

we summered over on clover pasture, to-

gether with a small amount of ear corn.

In the bunch were the spring pigs from

eight sows which had also run on the

clover. As soon as the green corn was

ready to feed we began to cut a small

amount each day and to give it to the

hogs. It was thoroly relished by them,

being caten until hardly the bare stalks

remained. Not only did it make a good

food but also got them so thoroly accus-

tomed lo the groin Corn that we felt

that tin-re was absolutely no danger in

turning llum into the corn field.



We have forly rods of 30—in. woven

wire hog fencing. This we take up and

move around whenever we please. It

is a \'(‘l‘y easy matter to take it from

the posts, roll it into a bale or roll, and

to put it on a sled. \Ve just keep the

stretcher attached; eight or it‘ll posts

suffice for the forty rods. “'0 don’t dig.

the holes very deep, and then the posts

are set in with the little cud down in

order that they may be pulled out easily.

Two men can change it in a half day.



The smallest field we had was. a piece

of twenty acres. We hated to turn the

bunch in the twenty, so we fenced off an





 





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eight were piece. A few (lays ago, one

of our neighbors spoke of wiring the

fence directly to the corn. A strip 01

rape was sown along one side of the

field and, oh! how they did go for it.



The hogs were given the run of a

twenty-acre pasture lot in which there,

was plenty of shade. In it was a large

well from which we got water. \Yo had

taken care to put a few loads of sawdust

around the trofs in order to prevent the

hogs from making unsanitary wallow

holes. That is the best remedy for that

trouble which we have yet found. A

supply of good water is an imperativ-

necessity to a. bunch of fattening hogs

in September.



We were surprised at the. regularity of

the hogs’ feeding habits. From eight in

the morning until four at night it was

almost impossible to find a hogr in the

field. Also we were surprised at the way

in which they ch-ancd up the field, im-

there was actually less corn left on tho,

ground by the hogs than is usually left

when the crop is out with the binder.

That being our first experience, we cx~

pooled that a great deal would be wasted,

but we were agreeably surprised. Later

in talking with others who have had the

same experience we have found the same.

to be true. In some reports made by

the Department of Agriculture, that same

fact was cspccially noted.



Of course, they did not clean up all the

fodder but it was not badly musscd. In-

deed, it was in sili‘ll shape that when the

sheep were turned on it they ate all but

the bare stalks. “'0 out these up and

burned ihmn, plowed the (light acres in

the fall, and put it to oats this spring.

The remaining twelve acres were put

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yielded 55 bu. to the acre, yet I think

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We that the field Would have yielded

about 35 cwt, of corn to the acre. The

hogs brot ovcr $33 per acre for their gain.

Counting husking at three cents per bas—

kct, that makes $2.63 saved on an acrc,l‘

cutting at $1.50 per acre and you can

see how we received the equivalent of

about $37 per acre for our corn so fed

without the bother and expense of crib-

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equal bother of feeding it out. Several

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We have become so enthuSIastic that

we have, together with our own, gotten

a bunch of 175 hogs which on April 19

weighed 97 lbs. apiece. During the sum-

mer we have lost a few but I think that

when the corn is ready we will have

some 170 to turn into it. “'e have been

giving them four sacks of, ear corn every

day, and now we are feeding the green

corn rather heavily. We have forty

acres of corn in which we sowed rape

at the last cultivation. This, together

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should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

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Iiidigestion-J’Vorms.——I weaned my

4-month-old colt last week, since then

he has begun rubbing his tail against

the side of the building. I am inclined

to believe that he is troubled with worms.

S. “K, Fennville, Mien—Mix equal parts

ground gentian, ginger, quassia and bi~

carbonate soda together and give your

colt a teaspoonful at a dose night and

morning for two or three weeks.



Grub in the Head——Stomach VVorms.——

My sheep have been dying off, both old

and young, without us knowing the cause

of their death. Some of them have a

discharge from nose; have applied pine

tar, thinking it was a grub in the head.

My neighbors tell me they are losing both

sheep and lambs and they are not able

to tell why they should die. F. . P

(lalien, Mich. It is possible that some

of your old shcep may have grub in the

head at this season of the year; however,

it is not a very common ailment for

nearly all the grubs have been dropped

out of the head by this time or have

produced death in the sheep. \Vhen a

sheep dies, cut the head open and you

will soon ascertain whether grubs have

caused their death or not. I am more

inclined to believe that your sheep die

5: ‘l I; ' 1')-

fifinigwwfl‘ 1‘3. .f.€..§lls?it%‘imi"s’.’ Eréfibé

your lambs a teaspoonful of turpentine

in a cup of milk or in 2 ozs. of sweet oil

and your older sheep will be bencfitted

by the same dose. Also give your sheep

some of the tonic and condition powder

recommended for stomach worms in this

paper.



Partial Dislocation of Stille, Joint—«l

would like to know what ails my 3—year—

old filly. At times her hind leg locks as

if the joint was stiff; when she gets

started she appears to travel all right,

but she makes quite a fuss when first

steps are taken then suddenly the leg

jrl‘ks and she LraVels good. \Vill it do

her harm to work'.’ (I. (1., Constantine,

lVlich.~.\ll the trouble is in stitle joint

and if you will blister with cerate of

cantharidcs once a week she will soon

recover. Moderate work will do her no

harm and the hind feet should be kept

three inches higher than fore until she

gets Well; this can be done by filling

back part of stall with clay.



'Bruiscd Throat and Neck.





 





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quite succcssful in treating my horses

by following the :ldviCe you Inch given





others lliru the Veterinary Departmcnt

of the Michigan Farmer, but now l am

puzzled to know what to do for a two—

ycar—old lilly. She incl With an accident

last spring, by puttingr her head Ihru a

ft'l‘n‘c and getting i‘astriaftcr being rc-

lcascd licr ncck and throat sw'elled con-

sidcl'ablc. I applied some linimcnt a few

times and thot she had recovered; how—

ever, some time later I noticed her glands

wt-re swollen, then I applied iodine oint-

ment. 'I‘liis treatment reduced the swel—

ling,- some, but failed to effect a cure.

This is a valuable lilly and any advice

you give will Ilc highly valued by me.

\‘V. II. Y., North Star, IVIicIl.—vl am in-

clined to believe if you will giVe your

filly 1 dr. iodide potassium at a dose in

feed or water twice a day it will soon

make an impression on the bunch ,\'ou

spcak of; especially if it is a glandular

swelling. However, if it is a fibrous or

muscular thickening it may remain swol—

len for some timc. Apply one part red

iodide mercury and eight parts lard once

or twice a week and this ointment: should

be Well rubbed in. 01' course, you under—

stand this medicine will blister slightly.

consequently you must use your own good

iudginent as to‘how much you use each

time.



Scrotal 'I‘umorVWSprained 3acl.’.——/\l)out

the 15111 of June I had my 10—month old

L-olt castrated; the operation proved to

be successful so far as I could tell for

the wounds \vcre healed at end of two

weeks; however, I noticed he traveled

:iueer in hind parts and has gradually

crown weaker in them. It is most

noticeable when he travels uphill and it

is also hard work for him to get on his

feet. From his actions I imagine there

is something wrong with his back. but

he has lost no flesh, he eats well and has

a normal temperature. I am at a loss

to know what to do for him and come to

you for advice, II. ' 1%., Howell, Mich.

Winery year I am called into the. country

to treat Cases of this kind and I usually





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





find the lower end‘of'cord’ has adhered to

skin-of scrotum instead of retracting back

thru inguinal ring into body. _When colts

are castrated during the hot weather the

cord should be left short and when the

wounds are healing if the cord is in-

clined 'to hang low andvunite with the

skin of scrotum the adhesions should be

broken loose with the finger and if the

cord appears to be hanging too low a

portion of it should be removed with

either an Ewasuer or an Emasculator.

Now when colts are castrated and the

caustic clamp used, this condition is very

apt to arise on account of the cord being

held down and out of body for 2-1 or 48

hours. This is a very good reason Why

the old method of castration should be

dispensed with and a new method adop—

ted. If you find the cord hitched ,to

Scrotum, which I think you will, cut down

on tumor, dissect out the diseased parts.

pull cord well out of body, cut it off with

an Emasculator and your colt will soon

get well. Both Sides may be affected.

If his back is sprained apply equal parts

turpentine, aqua ammonia and sweet oil

to back every two days and feed him well.





W'ormy Goslings.—My goslings have

been very thin for some time. On inves-





tigation I find the intestines and gizzard

full of very fine thread-like worms, and

I would like to know what to do for

them. Subscriber, Springport, Mich.—

cach gosling, if they are a month old, 3

drops turpentine in 2/3 of a teaspoonful

sweet oil; also dissolve 3 drs. citrate of

iron in each gallon of their drinking

water. Your premises, where they run,

should be cleaned and if they are running

in a lot and have access to a pond you

had better bar them out until they are

rid of worms; besides the dishes you feed

them out of should be thoroly scalded and

left in the air and sunlight between feed-

ing times. Their food should also be

well cooked.



Abscess 0n Shin—I have a 7—year-old

mare that has a bunch on hind' shin

which has broke open several times. The

leg at present seems tender when rubbed.

J. M., Fennville, Mich—Perhaps there is

some foreign body in leg which acts as

an irritant, causing the leg to inflame

from time to time and suppurate. Now

the first thing for you to do is to aseer-

tain what is causing the, leg to remain

sore. If it is now discharging pus follow

the opening to bottom and you may per

haps find a small splinter of wood, or

perhaps a piece of dirt that will prevent

the leg from getting well, but as soon as

it is removed a recovery will take place.

Apply equal parts spirits camphor. extract

witch hazel and alcohol to sore parts

twice a day and if you make a wound

during your investigation apply one part

iodol‘orm and four parts borac acid night

and morning, covering the, sore with some

oakum and light bandage. .



Septic infection. Last February I had

a cow take sick some, two weeks before

she ~was due to be fresh; at that time. I

was trying to dry her and she was only

giving about a quart of milk twice a day.

She appeared toKbc weak in hind quiar-



er n ' ‘ . 0' two ' )k .

ITH‘Serzlldhel‘IT 61” 31651.11 a boggleasdildlg‘d" r331

each teat to backbone. Her bag was

quite decomposed and matter must have

been forming several days before she

died. Now what I would like to know is,

did this cow die of milk fever? I forgot

to say that I took a calf away from her

as she was too weak to expel it herself.

Ii, \V. M., Vicksburg, Mich—Your cow

died the result of septic infection. When

pus formed in her udder it should have

been allowed to escape: had this been

done she would have perhaps got well.

No matter what part of body pus forms

in, if it is possible to tap and drain the

abscess, it should be done. for fear of it

being reabsorbed, and poisoning the

blood. She showed‘no symptoms of par-

turicnt apoplexy (milk fever) and that

is a disease which always comes on at

or soon after calving.





 





 





 





Chicago live stock commission firms are

cautioning their country patrons to look

out for “high spots" in the hog market

from now on and to use them for mark-

eting their remaining supplies of hogs

that are ready to come, “’l‘ake advans

lane of every upturn," is the

givrn in a recent circular letter,

one side there is the universally recog-

nized hog shortage, and on the other

side is the dctermined resistance to ad-

vances in prices made by the packers.

This has resulted on some recent Occas-

ions in sharp breaks in prices. The,

market frequently varies a good deal

the same day, and advances in a certain

favored class of hogs do not always in—

clude advances in less attractive grades.

()ld packing sows :lre apt to be bad

sellers whenever the aggregate hog re-

ceipts happen to be of good proportions,

and strictly grass—fed hogs are usually

salable only at comparatively low fig—

ures. Stags no longer top the market,

hot weather having stopped the sausage

industry.





Milking Machines at the State Fair.



The management of the State Fair to

be held at I)ctl'oil, has made arrangement

with the John \V. Ladd ("o., of Saginaw,

to exhibit at the State Fair, lZ—I'rK (Tow

Milkers, together with the. Burrell Cow

(‘lcaning Machines, in actual operation.

Exhibitions of the milking will take place

at 9:00, 11:00, 1:00, 3:00 and 5:00 o’clock.

The exhibit will be under canvas, located

between the cattle and sheep

(‘ows will be furnished by the association

to be milked by these machines.

exhibitions will be extremely interesting

to the dairy farmers. The milking ma-

chines have, without doubt. come to stay.

There are now in the slate of Michigan

alone, marly 40 installations, and in the

world there are ovI'r 6,000 machines in

use. The attendants in charge of the

exhibitions will be only too glad to an-

swer questions rega'ding machines, as

the exhibit ls made simply for educational

purposes. Any of our readers who are

milking ten or more, cows we. would ad-

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You can have electric light day and night in your house, barn, cellar,





MICHIGAN STORAGE BATTERY 00.,





5’ ~."~ ”V”, 3.3 ~ .f,





   

   

   

   





why we can do this.





Micigan Telephone Main 4977.





 





BIG BARGAINS Reglatered Percheron Stalllona



- 5 years old. sound: 25 registered

P. 0. hours; 50 registered sows; 75 reg. Bhropshlre

runs; 150 reg. ewes. J. C. BUTLER. Portland, Mich.





WANTED 6 Guernsey Cows (registered) stilte

age. breeding. results. price and

when freshen. R. E. ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.





BREED“? DIRECTIIIY.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULATA BLACKBIRD

1T0 83836. one of the beat sons of PRINCE [TO

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Bapldn Fairs of 1907 and 1908. Herd cou-

slats of Ericas. Blackbirds. Prices. etc.

WOODCO'l‘E STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





BUY Herd and Flock Headers at Kalamazoo. De-

trolt and Grand Ruplds State Fairs. 6 Polled Dur-

ham and Angus bulls. 10 South Down and Hampshire

Rams. of Clover Blossom Herds. Pt. Austin. Mich.





' ' ' HICKORY GROVE STOCK

Holsllln-FrmIInS- mm. o... T....p..........

R. 1. Oak Grove. Lolv. 00.. Mlchlann. Bell phone





notsTBlns—A few fine bull calves (registered)

from 4 to 7 months old at $50 each.

I. M. SHORMAI‘. Fowlervllle. Mich.





HOLSTEIII FIIIE§IAIIS 3.552.;rhe'iiii‘cea‘é’;





Royal King. W. . JONES. Oak Grove. Mich.





75 REGISTERED HDLSTEINS,





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

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

ments to quick buyers. L. E. Connell. Fayette. Ohio.





TOP NOTWTEINS.



Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

bining In themselves the blood of cows which now

hold and have In the past held World’- Records for

milk and butter-fat at fair prices.



McPHERSON FARMS (70.. Howell. Mich.





sullanN Slogllgglll. | Holstein cattle.





J ACKSON.

Hus more Imported Holstein-Frieda!) Cows

than any farm In the Middle West. Registered

BULL CALVES of the most fashionable breeding. 30

line. reglatered, Duroc Jersey sows due to fan-ow soon.





ORSALE—One three-yeabold Jersey bull. 7 grade

Jersey cows, 300 lb. butter producers. due to fresh-

on won; 6 yearling holtorl. J. M. Park, R. 6, Cooperuvillo, Mich.





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

heifer whose dam gave 7344 lbs. of milk in ’08.

Site’s Dam’s record 10,060 lbs. In 101/. months.

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





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Northern Grown Jerseys.





ROYCROF’I‘ FARM. Sidnnw. lI'Ilc





 





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Lillie Farmstead Jerseys. ;

We have some splendid bull calves for sale from .

one to six months old. They are from cows with l

records of 300 to 425 pounds of butter last year.

Write for description and prices.



COLON U. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mich.





“9 Pom” BULLS. t:%i.°.3‘tii£i.%”.§iid§.

5°W5- J0“ Berner & Son. Grand Ledge. Michlgnn,





MARS’I‘ON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





'I‘. F. MARS’I‘OI‘. Bay City. Mlohllnn.





CHOICE JERSEYS- £232?Ef'.Iii.‘é‘.”§§§"¢$‘I‘iI€





CLARENCE BRISTOL. R. No. 2. Fentou. Mich.





 





 





 





HEAVY MILKING SHORTHORNS—Can spare

a. few females. Good notes good as cash.

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





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I. B. CROUSE SIIIIIII FIIIM, ggfitwliorzd.





Have some choice cows and heifers at rlgpriLIces-

SHEEP.

0XFORD RAMS & EWES 3:53 $333,535:





prize-Winning rams, for sale. Address either B. F.





 





 





 





 





 





sheds. .





These 1





Iller, Flint. Mich..'or Geo. L. Spillane. Fllnt. Mich. I





M

RAMS and EWESH

nxrunn nuwu WWW

Hiahlnnd. Mich. ‘





”ELAINE RAMS‘—Large. heavy fleeced Delaine

and American Merino Rama.

Also 20 good ewes. S. J. COWAN. Rockford. Mich.

100 HEAD of good breeding EWES from

1 to 4 years old. mostly all black



faces. a. few are white faces. Price $5 per head.

J. B. GARDNER. Box 437. Cadillac. Mich.





lG.BAHBOUILLETS-—M rams, 200 ew I end Inmbl. Flock

founded 1892, with 40 select owes. A rams uud imported

or from Imp. sins and dams. J. Q. A. COOK, Morrico, Mich.





REGISTERED Delalne erlno Rams—Descent!“

from Standard Mode and A. T. Gamber’s Ring.

0. M. MANN. Rockford. Michigan.





 





 





 





 





 





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HEAD YOUR FLOCK WITH





PIIIISIIHS OXFOIIIIIIIIWIIS





the popular big. dark faced sheep. with 1011 , hesv

wool. My rams are graded according to theglr form):

slze, wool. etc. I do not offer a. sheep that shOuld

not be of satisfactory service to you. Ram lambs.

weight 70 l0125 lbs. GradeX $15; grade XX .20:

grade XXX '25. Have rams one to five years.

weight 150 to 250 lbs. Grade X ‘15; XX .20; XXX

.25. Can also supply you with registered hornlesa

delnlnes. Blacktops and Cotswold rams. Don't de-

lay. order now and I will pay the express charges

R MEYN c. PARSONS. '

Michigan's largest breeder of good sheep—over

twenty years in the business. Address

Grand Ledce. Michllau.





LOHIMEH “PP. Breeder of registered Delnlne





sheep. High-class Rama for sale

shipped on approval. >Bockford. Kent 00.. Mich:





Log Cabin Farm has choice registered anboulllel





. Sheep of both sex for solo at farmen'

prlcol. Citizen: Phone Augusta. Olin. F. Keefer, August-y Mich.





Choice MAPLE LAWN FARM

Shropshire Rams A. E. BACON & SON. Prop’s

for Sale. Sheridan. B. 10. Mich.





SHROPSHIRES. all ages, both sexes. extra. qual-

, lty and breeding In lots to suit. Also a few large.

robust anboulllet and Franco rams. Wlll be priced

so as to move them quickly. Correspondence and

Inspectlou Invlted. C. LEMEN, Hamburg. Mich.





SHHOPSHIIIE HALL STOCK FARM.





Will make special prlces for thirty days. on ewes

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





i and Mansell rams to lamb In March and April. also





on very choice ewe lambs, this Is to make room for an

mportaglon, that Is going, to urrl‘ve thls spring. .

L. 8.. DURHAM ;& SONS. Concord. Mfohldan.





» . .W , r—‘

‘ "Des-1' . 35?} ‘ I



A few bred sows left yet, but no boars. S xln l s



of best families. Guernsey Cattle. Plymou‘th BI! pkgs.





Pekln Ducks and M. B. Turkeys. H PP

FARM. Birmingham. Mich, G. C. HUPP. Mgr.





HOIITHEIIII IIIOVIH BEIIKSHIIIES.





ROYCRUFT FARIVL Sidnuw. Mich.





A FEW FALL GILTS bred for fall fax-rowing,

also choice lot of spring pigs bred by King

Premier. A. A. PATTULLO. Deckervllle. Mich.





Choice pigs of March'and

Improved CheSters- April furrow. either sex.

Also Holstein Cattle, a few cows and young bulls for





sale. W. 0. WILSON. Okemos. Mlcb. Both Phones,





A fin l t f

IMPROVED CHESTER WHllEs. p,g,,§..§’,e:’,g¥sg

rowed In March and April. Price 310. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvllle. Mlch.





DUROC JERSEY SWINE, Sphelfi‘e'd DOEB- B-





. ock e s. l

for 15. J. H. BANGHAR'I‘. Lansing. legIch.a





DUROC JERSEYS





CAREY U. EDMONDS. Hustlnll. Mich.





DUBOC Jersey of slze and quality. 40 Boar: ready

for Iervlce. 60 sows at Farmers Prices. Satis-

faction Guaranteed. J. 0. Barney, Goldwater. Mich





 





 





O I. C.’s Boers asows all sold, I have a fine lot of

. young pigs that will soon be ready to ship.

A. NEWMAN. Route No. i. Marlette. Mich.





0.1, C. SWINE. My herd Is headed





with a grandson of



Jackson Chief, the world’s Champion and Grand



Champion. the greatest O. I. C. boar in the world.



He Is also grandson of Tutesy. the world’s Champion

sow. Plgs by him at live let live price.



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





A better lot of l

FOR SALE 0- I- 0:. ever. Wllluof‘e);l?l%l‘z'g€bt‘ltl:l:





Fair this year. Please send your orders, satlsiac l

guaranteed. OTTO B. SCH ULZE. Nashville, MICCIII





, —-ALL AGES. ’l‘hlrty sows b

0- I. C S for spring fan-ow. Shlptligg

on approval. H. JUMP. Muulth, Mich.





 





 





 





Pol a nd.c hi n aS‘PE-R FEL‘TION STRAIN:





Springp s oul . O‘C .

now. E. D. BISHOP. Route 38, Lakelgmessi, Mlichl:





W“

PIILMIII-IIHIHAS. L°"g ”MM "r008 boned. spring





_ pigs. both sex. at low prices. Sen

for snap-shot photo. Robert Neve, Pierson, Mich?





 





 





POLAND-CHINA BIIEEIIEHS





are invited to Inspect my great herd at Michigan State

Falr will be there strong with a. car load. from the best

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





—Cbolce young boars read

POLANB'GHINAS for use; bred right. Alsg

young Saws bred ; right prlcea. Write today.



L. W. Barnes & Son. Byron. (Shlawsssee Co.) Mich.





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Poland-Chmas. $25.. ”51.3%. "3.13%

your order now. WOOD &. SONS. Saline. MIch.





 





 





lAIIGE EHGLISH YORKSHIHES.





Boar: ready for service $15.00; Gllts bred for fall far-

row 020.00: spring pigs elther sex. . Satisfaction guan-

COLON C. LILLIE. Coopersvllle. Mlclh





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CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE.

FALL CARE OF THE DAIRY HERD.





There is no time during the year when

dairy cattle require better care and more

liberal feeding that during the autumn

months, yet very few dairy farmers ap-

pear -to realize the importance of giving

the cows any special care and attention

during this critical period. My own expe-

rience in feeding and caring for dairy

cattle leads me to believe that more than

one-half of the complaints regarding

dairy cattle coming thru the Winter in

a poor, thin, emaciated condition is due

directly to their being kept out too long

in the pasture or fields and then chang-

ing them into winter quarters and put-

ting them on a ration of hay, dry forage

and fodders.



The cow that is allowed to run outside

until cold weather comes and compels

her owner to put her in the stable for

winter, cannot regain her lost condition

and flesh and become accustomed to her

change of food and surroundings in any

short period of time. Then again, few

dairymen practice a liberal system of

feeding during the winter, more especially

when the cows are dry, and for that

reason they cannot recover their condi-

tion and go thru the calving period and

come out in condition to do efficient dairy

work the following season.



The average dairy farmer takes it as

a matter of course that cows usually

shrink during the fall and fall away in

their flesh condition, and therefore he

makes no plans to remove the cause of

the shrinkage and falling away in con-

dition.



Every thinking dairy farmer knows that





velopment and this will require that the

crop be sowed at various times so that

one plot will be at that stage of growth

at the time it is needed for feeding pur-

poses. I generally sow one bushel of

peas and two bushels of oats mixed, to

the acre. With the exception of alfalfa

there is no kind of forage superior to

oats and pens to keep up the flow of

milk and maintain the flesh condition.



For early fall feeding there is nothing

superior to sweet corn. This may be

sowed slightly thicker than the common

Iield corn and it will make a good growth

of fodder and furnish many ears which

will add to its feeding value. Sweet corn

makes a very palatable feed and the COWs

will consume large quantities of it. In

many cases enough to make up for the

deficiency of the pasture grass.



Another point that many neglect is

making the cows comfortable during the

fall months. I believe that as soon as

freezing nights come they should be put

in the stable every night, but I am in

favor of allowing them to be out every

favorable day, for the extreme cold win-

ter weather which we are sure to have

in this latitude compels us to keep them

confined in the stable much longer than

we realize. The man who allows his

cows to go dry early in the fall is culti-

vating a habit in them that will be hard

to overcome, for once a heifer or cow is

allowed to go dry after being milked a

few months it is very hard to make her

continue her period for a longer tinie

after she drops her next. Training as





well as breeding influence her future

usefulness.

New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





 





WHAT IS A COW TESTING ASSOCIA-

TION?





Mr. Lewis Palmer, of Media, Pa., writes

and asks the above question, what is a

cow testing asociation? Michigan readers





 





 





 





 





 





Promising 16-Months’ Old Heifer, the Property of A. C. Bennett, of Kent COunty.





there are certain essentials that cannot

be neglected at any season of the year

if the cows are kept up in a condition

to give milk, and that if any or all of

these essentials are neglected there is

sure to be a falling away in the produc-

tion of milk.



Cows that are expected to return a

profit must have liberal rat‘ons and the

kind of foods best adapted to their needs.

They must have dry, comfortable and

well ventilated sleeping places and be

kept free from .excitement cmsed by

exposure and neglect. The practice of

allowing dairy cows to run over the

whole of the farm and be herded by dogs

and children and compelled to eat frosty

clover and forage cannot be made to

return a profit, even tho they may eon-

sume waste forage and fodders, when

this practice is followed.



To supply good food for the dairy it. is

necessary that we exercise forethot and

plan for the fall season which is sure

to ‘come every year. Grass does not

grow rapidly after cold weather comes

and what does grow contains but little

nutriment. The dairy farmer who plans

a system of supplemental forage crops

to tide him over this period is wise in-

deed. but wiser still is the farmer who

g‘I‘oWs enough cnsilage so that he can

open a silo and begin feeding his cows

ensilage as soon as the pastures begin

to fail in the fall.



The next best feed after ensilage is

oats and peas sowed along about the

middle of July and allowed to stand as

late as possible and cut and hauled to

the stable and fed. To make the best

use of oats and peas they should be fed

when in the milk stage of the oats de-





are generally familiar with the idea of

a cow testing association, especially read-

ers of the Michigan Farmer, but I pre-

sume there are many who have not been

interested heretofore and may be so now.

At any rate, I deem the question of suf-

ficient importance to answer it briefly.



A cow testing association is simply a

co-opcrative business association among

dairymen. The dairymen of a commu—

nity, realizing the. importance of testing

the individuality of their cows, organize

into a business association, and hire a

man to go from farm to farm to do this

testing. Some one says, “if that's all

there is to it, why don’t the farmers

themselws do the testing?” and echo

answers, “why? Yes, why don't the

farmers do this testing?” I have tried

to solve this problem in my own mind and

the conclusimi I have come to is that

because the farmer has so very many

things to do he doesn‘t have time to do

these things and many others that he

ought‘to do. Consedmlntly. his Cows are

not tested. He goes on from year to year

without knowing anything about the in-

dividuality of his cows. When he real-

izes sufficiently the importance of the

question, then he is willing to co-operate

with his neighbors.



The great object of a cow testing asso-

ciation is to test each cow for economical

production. The idea is not to find out

how much the cows will produce, to see

how much you can make them yield by

excessive feeding, or anything of that

sort. The idea is to find the net profits

from each cow. This is the question that

dairyinen are interested in. Are there

cows in the herd that make no profit

at all? Unless we keep, as it were, a





 





 





   





The Passing of the Milk Factories





has been caused by





The Universal Adoption of Cream Gathering





The Vermont Farm Machine Company are the pioneers in the cream

gathering system. This cannot be successfully denied.



The farm or dairy sizes of the United States Cream Separators made

such headway that the proprietors of milk factories, against their will, had

'to change. The farmers demanded it.



Not 10 per cent of the whole milk factories of nine years ago are

running today, as suchfi They have either closed up or changed to cream

gathering, the more economical plan. Our would-be-competitors,” Who

are always “claiming the earth,” cannot deny this fact.



These “would-be-competitors”had been supporting the whole milk

scheme and fighting the progressive cream gathering system. \Vhen they

saw that their efforts were futile—that the change was bound to come-—

they tried to save what they could out of the wreck.



If you have read their big blustering advertisements containing testi-

monials from creamcrymen, you have noticed that nearly all admit they

changed from whole milk and took agency for farm separators of this

particular “would-be-competitor.” because of the large commission allowed

to the creamery on the sale of their Separators. The creamerymen made

more money out of them than they did on the cream. Some went so far

as to refuse to take cream from any separator which they do not sell and

get the commission on.



This worked for a time, but the farmers were too intelligent to be

bulldozed in this way. They insisted on having the BEST separator. All

these creamerics tacitly admit that they had to give up their exclusive

agencies and take cream from tho I'nited States Separators.



Several events forced them to it. Their pet separator was beaten in the

greatest International skimming test ever held, in endurance tests runnlng

over thirty days.



The United States Separator also beat this pet separator in the county

where its factory is located: and in that county, for ten years the United

States has ayeraged more than three separators to every one of this

“would-be-competitor‘s.”



Figuring on the same basis {is our “would—be-competitors” figure their

profits, it puts seventy-five dollars a year into the farmer's pocket if he

uses a United States Separator instead of this “-would-be-competitor’s"

separator.



A United States Separator catalogue, which can be had for the asking,

explains all these things fully.





VERMONT FARM MACHINE COMPANY,





Bellows Falls, Vermont.





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   

   

 

 





 





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Cow comfort and cow sanitation result in more

cow profits. and that alone should induce any

farmer or dairyman to seek these conditions.

Louden Sanitary Steel Stallsnnd stanch-

ions double. the light and air in a barn and insure

erfect ventilation,.perfeet sanitation—a result

unpossible with any Wooden equipment. Yet





c IUUDEN STALLS AND STANGHIUNSI.





are actually cheaper. Louder) stalls of heavy

tubular steel. with malleable fittings, have no

flat surfaces for dust to accumulate—easy to keep

clean and almost indestructible.



Louden stanchions give cows more comfort

than other makes, yet keep them perfectly lined

up. Throat chains prevent cows from lying

down when milking. Simple and very durable.

Latch easily opened or closed with gloved hand.

but can’t be opened by animal. Send today

for free catalogue of sanitary. money-saving

barn equipment.





‘ IOUDEII MACHINERY (20.. 803 Broadway. Falrileld. la.





FARMERS will find a display ofthe LOUDEN goods at the Michigan State Fair at Detroit.

September 2nd to l0th Inclusive. and are cordially Invited to inspect them.





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MACHINERY





Made in sizes to suit all wants. SOLD

ON THEIR OWN MERITS. Buy them. .

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Our catalogue

shows the most

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In Stationary from 3 to 50 H. P., Portables. all

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HILLSDALE, MICHIGAN.





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“our“





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Wagon Hubs





(ll. This automatic machine shown

above will mortise ten hubs to a

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they fit so perfectly that they form

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own. It makes. roofing last-

e use it to make Genasco—

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If you want your roof insured

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No repair bills. Empire steel wheels are made



to last a lifetime. Listen to one of our customers:

"Gentlemen—I send you herewith order for 4 more

wheels. The wheels 1 got from you 10 years sgo_nre all

right now.‘ That's QUALITY." It's the Empireidee all

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book account for each cow, we do not

know whether we have some thatare

making us no profit, or not, consequently,

we are liable to keep cows year after

year in the herd that are paying us little

or no profit; "when by keeping careful

records ‘of the cows we will be able to

cull out each year the unprofitable ones

and, in a short time, raise the standard

of our herd so that we would realize a

much larger profit at dairying.



Now the cow tester is a young man

competent to weigh the milk of each cow,

take a sample of it correctly, test this

sample accurately for butter-fat, weigh

the feed of each cow, figure it up at the

market price, and charge each cow with

,tlie cost of her feed and give her credit

for thc butter—fut, or milk, she produces

at the market price. This is keeping a

pcrsonal account with each cow. At the

cnd of each month he figures out the

profit made by each cow and leaves a.

rccord of these figures with the farmer.

He also keeps in a book for that purpose

a copy of this record. At the end of the

year he gives to the farmer a complete

record of what each cow in his herd has

done that year, giving the total number

of pounds of milk produced, the average

test of this milk, the total number of

pounds of butter—fat produced, and the

market price of this product, whether





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out the amount of food consumed by each

cow at the market price and charges up

to the cow and simply strikes the balance

so that the farmer can see at a glance

just how much profit each cow has pro-

duced.



Now all cows that have made a. good

profit are retained in the herd. Those

that make little or no profit are sold. The

result is that the farmer does not keep

on raising his herd from those poor cows,

but only from the best, and if in addi-

tion to this he will purchase his dairy

sire of some one of the exclusive dairy

breeds, breeding his best cows to this

sire and saving the calves from his best

cows, it is only a question of a few yours

when he has made a marked improvement

in the profiiablcncss of his herd.



The State Dairy and Food Department

is fostering and encouraging these cow

testing ass0ciations. There is no work

that will better dairy conditions greate

than this. This, rionnrl‘ment furnishqin

blank books for the cow testers, blank

leaves to be fillcd out and left ‘with the

farmer and then; the complete yearly

records of each association are published

in bulletin form for breeders convenience.

These records are interesting reading.

They are the only reliable data we have

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WHEAT AFTER CORN.





 





Here are a couple of problems which

I would like some aid in solving: We

have been using a three year rotation of

corn, oats and clover, putting the barn-

yard manure on the sod for corn. As it

is thot to be. better to have the ground

covered during winter, what would you

think of putting wheat on at least a.

part of the corn ground where the corn

is taken off to till the silo? Would you

usc any fertilizer if you did this? Vic

Iliavc bettcr success on our soil, which

is a rather hcuvy sand and gravel 1011111,

to drug in tho clover seed in spring.

Would the stubble bother much in the

spring dragging? I think I read that

Mr, Lillie puts wheat on corn ground

does he use a disk hurrow to fit the

lground with? \tht feed would you mix

‘with ryc to finish hogs that weigh 125

to 150 pounds?

Livingston (‘0.





 





 





 





SUBSCRIBE-R.

For a dairy farm with a three-year

rotation, I know of no better rotation

than clover. corn and oats. Pens and

oats would be theoretically a better crop

to raise than wheat, because the peas

and oats would furnish feed for the

dairy coy; but, us subscriber says, this

lcuvcs the ground bare ovcr winter,

which is wrong, and then you are not

as sure of a good catch of clovcr with

pens and outs as you are with wheat,

and I would prefer, tnkmg cvcrvl‘hing

into consideration, to raise the wheat,

scll the wheat and buy the grain ration

to mix with the corn silage and the

clovcr hay, rather than to raise peas and

outs if I only had a three—year rotation.

Subscriber is right. I used to have this

rotation and we got along nicely. For

five years I had an average crop of wheat

of 30.25 bu. per acre and the wheat was

put in after the ensilage corn in the fall.

Then came a change in seasons. Late

years we have not be able to get our

cnsilage corn taken care of early enough

so that we can get the wheat in on time

so we havn’t been raising as good crops

late years. Then I wanted to raise

sugar beets. This interfered with my





 





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fermer rotation and extended it to “four

and, in ’some instances, to‘ five years.

Then again, I have a, larger— farm and

can’t put one-third of it into corn every‘1

year, and if I did I could not get it all

into the silo. These things have influ—





enced me to change my rotation. I have _





discontinued rais'ng wheat after corn.

but‘I am not raising as good wheat as

I did. I am now sowing it after oats and

oats and peas in a four—year rotation.

If you can get the corn off by the 1st of

September so that there is time to fit the

ground, I do not think there is any better

rotation than the one you mention. I

believe in fertilizer and always use fer-

tilizer on wheat. About 200 pounds of

fertilizer per acre gives the wheat plant

a good start and helps it to get a good

hold. ’



We kept the corn ground cultivated

until late in the summer—in fact, culti-

vated it well up to the time when we cut

the corn for the silo. W'e did this be-

cause it helped to prepare the ground

for the wheat. When the corn was re-

moved we piked up the stalks and ears

that were left and hauled them off, and

then fitted the ground by simply culti-

vating it the same as if it had been into

corn. “'e did not disturb the corn

stubble at all. Then when we drilled

in the wheat the drill would straddle

the rows of stubble without any diffi-

culty. Ithn the stubble stands all win-

ter, they get in such a condition that

the roller will smash them down and»

level up the corn ground so that you

have a fairly even surface for the inca-

(low which follows. It is a little rougher

meadow than one likes to have but you

can get along very nicely with it. If

you sow .the clover seed late in the

spring so that you can harrow it, this

harrowing would also help to level up

the corn stubble, and, after they were

rolled down with roller, I do not think

they would clog the drag or interfere in

covering the clover seed. I, however,

always sowed the clover seed in March

bci‘ore the ground thawed out in the

spring and always got a good catch but

my land is heavy audit is easy to get

a good stand.



The best feed to feed with ground rye

to fatten hogs is com. There is nothing





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HEIFER FAILS TO GIVE MILK.





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I have a heifer that came fresh last

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has not given any since. I have bred her

again. Can I feed her anything that will

causc her to give milk? She seems to

be all right and is a fair one.



Kalamazoo Co. R. B.





It looks to me from this meagre descrip-

tion, that this heifer would not bc.wortl‘.

milking. I would not experiment with

her but just as soon as shc is fat, (and

she ought to be fut now if she does not

give milk), would sell her for beef. A

heifer that fails to give milk is no better

than a steer. You better get rid of her.

It is barely possible that this heifer the

next time she freshens would give milk,

and perhaps a fair amount of 'it, but it

is a question whether she would ever be

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expense of keeping her again for nine

months to give hcr another chance. You

might better sell her for beef and buy

another heifer. Occasionally such on

animal appears to make the study of

live stock more uncertain but more in—_

tcrcsiing‘. I have known heifers coming

in in the back pasture where the cult

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ihcre was no one to milk her, causing

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again. Such heifers, when bred again

and kept until they come fresh, are all]

right. But as I understand it, this hcifcr,i

without any apparent cause, gave no’

milk. Under such circumstances, I would3

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would keep for a cow.





 





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' THE VENTILATION PROBLEM.





 





 





 





 





How to properly ventilate a. poultry

house is a problem everyone keeping hens

must solve. Too much or too little ven-

tilation is injurious to the health of the

flock. Hens, like human beings, take

cold easily in too close or too open

houses. A happy medium must be found.



If the house is practically air tight

the Windows should be raised an inch

or two, according to the temperature, to

admit fresh air. There should be an

opening near the top of the front side,

or if the house has a double roof,

at the peak of the roof, where

the bad air can pass off. This

aperature should have a door or slide

which may be left part way or wide open

according to the weather. An opening

at least eight inches square for every

200 square feet of house room or floor

space is sufficient. ' .



On every warm sunny day during the

cold monthS, the windows should be

raised after the sun is a few hours high,

and lowered at least an hour before sun-

set so as to give the pen a chance to

warm up before the hens go to roost.

The door or doors may be opened instead

of the windows if screens are put in to

keep the hens from getting out into the

snow.



During the night two windows may be

raised an inch and the slide opened about

half way. One must use his judgment

in regulating the Ventilation. A ther-

mometer hung in the poultry house is

of material assistance in determining

whether to admit more or less air.



In a house whose front side is made

of boards with cracks between them, one

need not worry about ventilation, for it

will take care of itSelf. A lizllf century

ago most farmers’ henhouses were simply

well battened on the north and west

sides. Colds and roup rarely ever attack

i'owls kept in such buildings.



The ventilation problem is also solved

in open-front or curtain-front houses.

Such houses have roosting apartments

in the rear of the pen, protected by n,

boasd or curtain partition which allows

a supply of fresh air to reach the hens

from underneath .and the foul air to

escape overhead. This partition keeps

out the wind and drafts and prevents the

warm air from escaping too rapidly.

Hens in such apartments have plenty

of fresh air and are perfectly comfortable.



Colony houses should be built to admit

the largest amount of fresh air possible

without drafts. Houses with the two

sides and back covered with paper, and

having an open front cow-red with half-

inch wire netting to keep out night in-

truders, serve their purpose admirably

and are properly ventilated.



Chicken Coops should receive as much

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fresh air free acccSS.



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HANDLING UNFINISHED SECTIONS.





 





A Problem of impartance in Seasons Such

As the Present One.



During good and prolonged nectar flOWs

the apiarist generally will not be caught

with a lot of partly filled sections. Cer-

tainly not if he manages rightly. It is

during poor years that there is trouble

here. Such was the case two years ago.

For a short time the bees worked fairly

Well, then the flowers went on a strike

and whole superfuls of sections were left

in such an unfinished condition as to be

unmarketable.



\Vhat to do with so many filled but

poorly sealed sections is quite a problem.

If they are half or more sealed over,

the combs can be cut out and sold as

“chunk" honey, providing one has a

market for honey in this form. The

combs may be packed in special large

screw-top cans, or maybe some will like

gallon stone jars all right. Extracted

honey is to be poured over to fill the

empty spaces.



Honey put up this way will have to be

sold direct to consumers. The price

must be less than for section honey. If





 





- THE --MICHIGAN FARMER. m 151





section honey sells for fourteen or fifteen

cents per pound, ten to twelve cents per

pound is about right for this. This is

about as profitable as section honey for,

you see, the extracted goes at this price,

too.



As already said, the season preceding

the last one was poor. I had a good many

sections well filled with honey but not

sealed, or not many cells sealed. When

sections have but little honey in them I

let the bees empty them, as will be de-

scribed later. But feeding such full sec~

tions I thot rather wasteful, as the bees

would get enough for winter from f'lll

flowers. So I extracted them.



I made some section-holding frames,

four such frames being necessary for a

four-frame extractor—one for each

pocket. The frames as I made them

hold but two sections each; were I to

make new ones they would be .made

deep enough to hold four sections each.

That would shorten the work of extract-

ing, sixteen sections being emptied at one

turn. I



If some of the sections are partly cap-

ped, the cappings, of course, must be

cut off. If the combs are fastened to all

sides of the sections they will not break

out, but if loose from the sides and bot-

tom the spin in the extractor will break

them. Therefore, if you want to save

such combs, don’t run them thru the

extractor but feed to the bees.



I have spoken especially of poor sea-

sons, but during good seasons as well

a few sections will be left unfinished at

the cessation of the white nectar flow.

At this time all sections should be taken

off the llth'S because the fall honey is

amber, or dark, in color and sections

of vari-colored honey do not sell well.



There will also be some sections having

but a few cells filled, therefore having

but a few ounces of honey. Such I do

not consider worth the time required to

run them thin the extractor. If fall

honey is to be stored in them they can

be used without emptying, for the little

light honey will not show thru the darker

colored fall product. If they are tho be

carried over to the next season they

must be emptied. This I let the bees do.



Such sections are put into supers and

the latter “stacked” upon an ordinary

bottom-board several rods from the

spiary. Cover the top of the stack bee

tight, and contract the entrance so only

a few bees can pass at a time. The bees

will soon find the honey and carry it

home. if the bees are given a large en-

trance to the supers it will excite them,

inducing robbing, and in their eagerness

the bees also tear up the combs.



If the combs are free from pollen they

are quite safe irom wax moths. Cells

of pollen must be cut out. If there is

much pollen I cut out the whole comb.



If .the fall flow is good the sections

filled with comb can be put, or left, in

supers and put on the hives at the propel

time. With comb ready for filling, quite

a fall surplus may be secured.



Those sat-tions from which honey was

extracted must be cleaned by the bees

in the same manner as the partly tilled

ones, that is, if they are to be carried

over to the next stason; if to be used

for fall honey I don’t bother about it.



Wisconsin. F. A. Srnonscnnm.





 





Commends Buckwheat as Honey Crop.

~~The veteran bee authority, Mr. A. 1.

Root, reproduces, in his interesting col—

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in his endorsement of the plan described

he says: If I understand the writer of

the article, he has struck on a plan by

which the bee-keeper can get two val-

uable crops for honey; and not only that,

he can keep on growing buckwheat con—

tinuously year after year—at least for a

time. \Ve have been in the habit for

years of sowing rye after digging the

potatoes, or taking off some other crop,

and turning the rye under the following

spring just before it begins to head out;

but it never occurred to me before that

1 could get two honey crops by sowing

turnip and rape seed with the rye.





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know they will both winter over in our‘

locality, and furnish valuable blossoms,





for the bees, because I have done so re-

peatedly, but never in connection with

rye. * * * * I hope a number of our

bee—keepers will test this idea, and re—





port. If the frost holds off in the fall,‘

good crops of buckwheat can be secured“





even if sown as late as August 1 or later;

and if the frost should ruin your chance

of getting seed, the valuable blossoms





for honey, and the buckwheat to turn‘





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Now that the State Fair



Our Second at Detroit is in progress



Big Fair and plans have been made



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ing week, the reader should not consider



that he has discharged his full duty



toward himself and the industry which



he represents so far as attending agri—

cultural fairs is concerned.



On the week following the State Fair

at Detroit, the West Michigan State Fair

will be held at Grand Rapids. The desig-

nation of this agricultural show as a

second state fair has been earned by the

progressiveness of its management, the

large number and high class of its ex-

hibits and the wide distribution of its

patrons.



Many of the same faces will be seen at

the State and West Michigan Fairs, since

those who came from a distance to the

first, feel it to be also to their advantage

to attend the last named of these two

big Michigan fairs, While their geographi-

cal location givcs the people of the

whole state an opportunity to attend a

high class agricultural fair which would

not otherwise be enjoyed.



So great has been the success of this

fair in recent years that the managers

found it necessary to enlarge the grounds,

which was done by the purchase of

additional land last year which will this

year be opened up for use for the first

time.



It is unnecessary to say anything fur-

ther regarding the character of the ex-

hibits which may be seen at this fair for

the bcnciit of those who have ever at-

tcndcd it, and those who have not should

attend and sec for themselves.



Lovers of light~harncss racing will be

pleased to learn that the track on the

\cht B'licliigan fair grounds is one of the

very fastest in the country and that at

the recent race met-ting a world‘s record

which has stood since 1892 was broken

by a team of pacers, driven to pole, in

tln- remarkable time of 2:02-74.



As in rt-cent years other entertaining

fvatul‘t-s will be liberally provided so that

from both an miucational and an enter—

tainment standpoint, the “’est Michigan

State Fair will prove an event which

should not be missed by any who are so

situated that they can pessibly attend it.





The wheat market during

The Wheat recent weeks may best be

Situation. described as a waiting

market, with the big mills

and elevators absorbing all that is of-

fered at around the dollar mark, but

with comparatively little grain moving

for this season of the year. In market

circles this waiting tendency is admitted

to be due to an uncertainty as to how

freely the western spring wheat crop will

be marketed at the figure now prevailing

for the cereal, and there is an air of un-

certainty about the market which clearly

indicates that even the big operators

have no very clear idea as to even im-

mediate future market conditions.



“'ith an unusually good crop of winter

that in Michigan this year, this situa-

tion becomes one of more than ordinary

interest to the Michigan wheat grower,

hence an attempt to analyze the situation

at this time will be a profitable 0ccupa~

tion for the reader who grows wheat for

market. With the available supply of

wheat almost at the vanishing point

thruout the world at the commencement

of the present harvest, it is at once evi—

dent that supplies for the year must be

provided by the current year‘s crop. As

the first step toward determining the





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probable total of that crop. let us review

the estimates for this country. The Au-

gust reports indicated that the yield of

winter wheat for the country would be

about 1.1 bushels per’ acre larger than

last year, but that the aggregate yield

for the country would be lower than last

year owing to a. smaller acreage, the pre»

liminary estimates showing that the prob-

able total‘yield of winter wheat for this

year would be 432,920,000 bushels, com-

pared with a total yield of 437,908,000

bushels last year. The condition of spring

wheat on August 1 was 91.6, compared

with 80.7 on August 1, 1908. If these fig-

ures be taken to represent the percentage

of increased total yield of spring wheat

at harvest an increased production of

something over 26 million bushels of

spring wheat would be indicated, making

an aggregate increase in the country's

crop of between 22 and 23 million bushels





.over last year. This is not at all start~





ling when we remember that our last

year’s production totaled 660 million

bushels in round numbers. Probably the

increase would not do more thanprovide

flour for our increased population, leaving

no more than a normal surplus for ex.-

port. Of course, these figures are rela-,

tive, and may not be accepted as an ac—

curate indication of the country’s actual

wheat yield, but they are the best 0b-

taina‘ole at the present time and must

be accepted as a guide to probable market

conditions until they may be supplement-

ed by later estimates.



The latest advices with regard to for-

eign conditions indicate that the lateness

of harvest in the importing countries will

cause a further drain on already excep-

tionally low stocks, and altho the Euro-

pean harvest will undoubtedly be larger

than thOSe of the past two years, when

there was a serious shortage, it is un—

likely to come up to that of 1906 or even

that of 1905. In Austria unfavorable

weather at harvest time has seriously af-

fected the yield of marketable grain,





while in Russia the wheat crop is esti—’





mated at 17 per cent below that of last

year. \Vhile it is still too early to judge

of the outlook in India, Australia and the

Argentine, where the current year's crop

is yet unsovvn, yet seeding conditions are

said to be auspicious in the two countries

first named, while a serious drouth, as

yet unbroken, seems certain to greatly

limit the area sown to wheat in Argen-

tina.



Thus conditions thruout the world

would seem to indicate only a normal

crop, which means that all the wheat

will be wanted for consumption during

the year at good prices. “'ith this fact

in view, it would seem the part of wis—

dom on the part of growers in this coun~

try to market their crop slowly, holding

for a fair price whenever the market

drops below a reasonable figure. All of

the wheat will undoubtedly be needed

and taken at at least a dollar a bushel

from the growers, aild those who sell for

li'SS than this figure will probably be ad-

ding to the profit of the mills and cle-

vators in which it is held for consump-

tion. That speculative dealers believe in

a higher market is indicated by the fact

that futures are selling about even with

cash wheat. “'ith the grain in ills bin

we believe the grower can safely Show a

like confidence.



Since the passage of



The Maximum the new tariff bill and



Tariff. the publication of com-



ments on same in this



department, we have received an inquiry



from a reader asking for an explanation



of the maximum tariff provision con-

tained in section two of the tariff law.



This reader, from reference to this pro-

vision which he had st't-n in other publi-

cations, evidcntly thot that the maximum

tariff provision of 25 per cent ad valorem

in addition to the duty levied under the

regular SCllCLIUltS of the tariff bill would

apply or might apply to any or all of the

commodities imported. The provision of

a maximum tariff, iiLH‘Vt‘th‘, was incor-

porated in the bill solely for the purpose

of protccting our trade with foreign coun-

tries and to provide a means of retaliav

tion in cases where foreign countries dis-

criminated against the HUDUI'ltlllUll of our

products.



As a means of explaining this provision

to the satisfaction of the reader and of

providing general information upon this

feature of the new law, we will give the

text of section two of the tariff bill which

is as follows:



Sec.~2. That from and after the thirty-

first day of March, nineteen hundred and

ten, except as otherwise specially provided

for in this section, there shall be levied

collected, and paid on all articles when

imported from any foreign country, into

the United States, or into any of itspos-

sessions (except the Philippine Islands





 





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and the islands of Gu ’m‘fil‘id T‘utulla).

the rates of duty prescri ed* by the sched-t

ules and‘paragraphs of the ‘dutiable list

of section one of this Act, and in addition-

thereto twenty-five per centum ad val-

orem, which rates shall constitute the

maximum tariff of the United States:

Provided, That whenever after the 315i;

day of March, 1910, and so long thereafter

as the President shall be satisfied. in view

of the character of the concessions grant-





.ed by the minimum tariff of the United





States, that the government of any for-

eign country imposes no terms or restric-

tions, either in the way of tariff rates 0.-

proviSions, trade or other regulations.

charges, exactions, or in any other man-

ner, directly or indirectly, upon the im-

portation into or the sale in such foreign

country of any agricultural, manufac-

tured, or other product of the United

States, which unduly discriminate against

the United States or the products thereof,

and that such foreign country pays no

export bounty or imposes no export duty

or prohibition upon the exportation of

any article to the United States, which

unduly discriminates against the United

States or the products thereof, and that

such foreign country accords to the agri-

cultural, manufactured, or other products

of the United States treatment which is

reciprocal and equivalent thereupon, and

thereafter, upon proclamation to this

effect by the President of the, United

States, all articles when imported into

the United States, or any of its posses—

sions (except the Philippine Islands and

the islands of Guam and Tutuila), from

such foreign country shall, except as

otherwise herein provided, he admitted

under the terms of the minimum tariff

of the United States as prescribed by sec-

tion one of this Act. The proclamation

issued by the President under the author—

ity hereby conferred and the application

of the minimum tariff thereupon may, in

accordance with the facts as found by the





President, extend to the whole of any‘





foreign country, or may be confined to





or exclude from its effect any depend—-





ency, colony, or other political subdivision

having authority to adopt and enforce

tariff legislation, or to impose restrictions

or regulations, or to grant concessions

upon the exportation or importation of

articles which are, or may beNimported

into the United States. Whenever the

President shall be satisfied that the condi-

tions which led to the issuance of the

proclamation hereinbefore authorized no

longer exist, he shall issue a proclamation

to this effect, and ninety days thereafter

the provisions of the maximum tariff

shall be applied to the importation of

articles from such country. Whenever

the provisions of the maximum tariff of

the l'nited States shall be applicable to

articles imported from any foreign coun-

try thcy shall be applicable to the. pro-

ducts of such country, whether' imported

directly from the c0untry of production

or otherwise. To secure information to

assist the President in the discharge of

the duties imposed upon him *by_.WSj;$eCF

tion, and the officers of the Government

in the administration of the customs laws,

the President is hereby authorized to: em-

ploy such pcrsons 3.3 may be required.

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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.





Spanish troops in Meiilla, Morocco, are

still on the defensive. The forces are

too weak to begin an active campaign.

At least 50,000 more men will be needed

to hold present occupied positions and

make advances.



The first shipment of the unique

trophies from Col. Roosevelt, who is still

in Eastern Africa bagging game, is now

in Washington and will be unpacked in

a few days and prepared for exhibition in

the new $2,500,000 museum just erected

by the government.



August 22 was the first day of the air-

ship races at Rhcims, France, and it is a

compliment to American inventors that

in two races the first, second and third

posxtions were all taken by men fiving

machines after the pattern of those con-

structed by the Vv'right Brothers, of Ohio.

lhe meet will continue thruout the week.



American financiers have won a victorv

over the financial interests of Europe in

securing from China permission to par—

ticipate in supplying the loan for the con-

Sil‘llctltlll of Hankow—Szechuen railroad.

Not only this but a greater portion of the

material for the roads will be taken from

this country.



A heavy earthquake shock was felt at

Lisbon, Portugal, on the 17th inst, and

on the following Sunday a tidal wave did

much damage to the shipping interests at

Barcelona, Spain. Another series or

shocks was also experienced about the

same time as the disturbance at Lisbon

at Acapulco, Mexico, where the shore;

line raised some 30 feet.



President Gomez, of Venezuela. has ap-

pomted a new cabinet and council as pro—

vided by the new constitution of that

country.



In .her attempt to gain a coast line

Boliv1a is likely to have war with Peru

as the awards of the arbitraton of the

boundary line between the countries by

the Argentine Republic have not as vet

been accepted by the former country, and

Peru has sent an aultimatum which will

either lring immediate peace or put

troops in the field. It is believed that

Chili will aid Boliva in her struggle



Official announcement of all pending

questions between China and Japan have

been adjusted and of this the nations will

be informed in a few days by the gov—

ernments.



The reorganization of the custom de~

partment is providing for a closer sur—

veilance of the passengers and vessels

as they land here from foreign ports.



National.





A river steamer burned on the Illinois

river Friday, and a loss of $15,000 was

sustained by the owners. Forty persons,

were aboard when the fire started.

.Fortymine service and national guard

rifle.teams are at Camp Perry, Orio, at-:

tending the annual rifle contest:



The extending of the powers authorized





   

   

 





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by- the charter of the central leather

company, of New Jersey, was for the

purpose of acquiring interests in other

leather concerns, and particularly to bring

about a consolidation between it andthe

United States company. The capitaliza-

tion of the former company is now $80,-

000,000. -



Captain Carter, who was sentenced to

prison for fraud said to have been worked

in connection with the building of har-

bors at Savannah,‘ Ga., will be aided by

ex-Senator Foraker, of Ohio, in an at-

tempt to gain his freedom.



President Taft has announced that he

will meet president Diaz of Mexico; during

his western trip this fall, and has also

stated that he will go into Mexico to

greet his contemporary, which will be

the first instance of a president of the

United States setting foot on foreign

soil during his term of office.



Forest tires are raging near Spokane,

1Vash., and it is estmated that fully 11

million dollars worth of timber has al-

ready been destroyed.



The government is to push with all

possible dispatch the case against the

Harriman merger of the Union Pacific

and the Southern railroads.



It is estimated that during the past

two years the fight against the liquor

traffic has decreased the sale of liquor of

all kinds to consumers by $464,449,997.12.



The national postmasters’ convention in

scSSion at Toledo this past week sup—

ported Taft‘s appeal for strict economy

in the conduct of the post office business.

A similar request has been made by the

president of each department of his

cabinet.



The trans-Mississippi commercial con-

gress in session at Denver, passed a reso-

lution asking congress to enact a law

dividing the agricultural, mineral and

forest reserves.



That hogs inoculated with a serum dis-

covered by a government employee. are

immune from attacks of cholera has been

demonstrated to the satisfaction of the

government inspectors who have been

making tests of the remedy at Kansas

City.



A movement among cotton manufactur-

ers has been started for the restoration

of the wages paid operators before the

cut in 1908.



Fire believed to have been of incendiary

origin destroyed 30 houses in a Ports-

mouth suburb district Friday.



The Mauretania steamship again is

queen of the Atlantic. having established

a new record in making the trip across

that body of water to New York in 4

days, 14 hours and 38 minutes.



The census bureau reports that two-

fifths of the population of the United

States are church members, which 0is a

substantial increase during the past 16

years.



It is now generally known that the

Japanese government will return Ambas-

sador Takahira to this country after he

has served to draft treaties between his

home» government and the United States.



The United States is said to have lost

$10,000,000 thru the. concesSions made

Cuba on sugar importatious.



Telephone companies are having trouble,

since the new Lincoln pennies came out,

the coins being heavier than the old pen-

nies and about the weight of a nickle,

are readily used at telephone pay sta-

tions instead of the. more valuable coin.



A party of sightscers are. believed to

have been lost on the crater of Mount

Tacoma, “iasliington. They attempted

to ascend the mountain without a guide.



The new seismograph just installed at

Ann Arbor, Mich., recorded a severe

earthquake disturbance on Monday. The

trouble was thot to be around Central

America or in the Pacific ocean.



The steamship \Varatah, which found-

ered somewhere off the shore of Cape of

Good Hope several days ago, is now given

up as a complete loss, and it is believed

that nearly all of the 300 passengers

aboard when the accident occurred, are

drowned.



A storage battery, believed by experts

to be of great importance in electrical

engineering, has been invented by a

Swedish inventor.



Under the law of Persia, the eleven-

year old Shah is compelled to marry and

preparations are now being made for the

event tho the Shah protests against the

union. .



Two-thirds of the native population of

Uganda, Africa, is said to have been

wiped out the past seven years by sleep-

ing sickness.





Grain receipts in June at 15 leading

interior markets aggregated 43,423,955

bushels, compared with 45,644,917 and

61,650,970 bushels reported for June, 1908

11nd 1907. Of the total receipts 6.551.372

bushels was wheat; 18,926,628 bushels

corn; 13,583,494 bushels oats; 4,035,551

bushels barley; and 326,910 bushels rye.

The most marked decline is seen in the

monthly receipts of wheat, which were

about one—third below the June, 1908,

receipts, and less than one-half the June,

1907, receipts. The receipts for the

month, of cats, barley, and rye, were

somewhat larger than during June, 1908.

Grain receipts at the same markets for

the crop season, beginning with Scptem-I

her 1, to the end of the month totaled

630,680,686 bushels, compared with 639,-

449,090 and 718,408,117 bushels for the

1907~8 and 1906—7 seasons. The largest

losses as compared with the. 1907-8 re-

(-eipts occurred under the head of corn

and oats. The wheat receipts during the

current season, 208,622,397 bushels, were

about 26 million bushels in excess of like

receipts during the 1907-8 season. The

flour Shipments during June from 13 Im—

portant milling points, 3,030,368 barrelS,

compare favorably with the analogous

figures for' June, 1908, 2,831,326 barrels,

the falling short of the June, 1907, figures

of 3,192,470 barrels. The six months flour

shipments from the same points 18,061,460

barrels, exceeded like shipments for the

same period during the two previous

years.





GENERAL REVIEw OF CROP CONDI-

nous.





According to estimates made by the

Bureau of Statistics, Department of Ag-

riculture, crop conditions in the United

States on August 1, 1909, were, in the

aggregate, slightly higher than on Au-

gust 1, 1908, and moderately higher than

a ten-year average condition of all crops

on August 1. In addition to the higher

condition, the acreage of cultivated crops

is about 1.6 per cent greater than last

year. Of the important crops, winter

wheat, spring wheat, corn, oats, rye,

flax, and grapes were better than last.

year and the ten-year average; barley

and potatoes were better than the condi—

tion on August 1 last year but slightly

below the average condition. Tobacco

and sweet potatoes were better than the

average and lower than last year. Im-

portant crops which were below both last

year and an average condition are cot-





,ton, rice, hay, buckwheat, and apples.





Conditions vary, however, in different

sections of the United States.



In the North Atlantic States, including

New York and Pennsylvania, general con-

ditions on August 1 were about 6.7 per

cent lower than a year ago and 7.5 per

cent below the ten-year average on Au-~

gust 1. Nearly all crops were reduced

below the condition prevailing a year

ago and the average condition; hay, by

far the most important; crop in this sec-

tion, having a condition of only 76.7 per

cent, against: 85.7 last year and 87, the

ten-year average.



In the North Central States east of the

Mississippi river, comprising Ohio, Indi-

ana, Illinois, Michigan and Vt'isconsin,

general conditions are about 9.4 per cent

above a year ago. and 6.6 per cent better

than the average. Corn, the most im-

portant crop in this section, averages

90.4, against 78.8 last year and 84.3, the

ten—year average condition on August 1;

wheat, oats, potatoes, and tobacco are

above last year and the ten-year aver-

age; barley, hay. and apples are below.



In the North Central States west of the

Mississippi river crop conditions are about

9.1 per cent better than last year and 8.7





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





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per cent above the ten-year average on

August 1. All important crops are above

last year’s and the ten-year average on

August 1. Apples are above last year

but below the average.



In the South Atlantic States crop con-

ditions are not so favorable, being about

8 per cent below a year ago and 3.8 per

cent below the average on August 1.

All important crops show a more or less

material reduction in condition, com-

pared both with last year and the ten-

year average. except rice and sweet po-

tatoes, which are slightly better; white

potatoes are the same as last year.



In the South Central States, also, con-

ditions are unfavorable, being about 13

per cent lower than on August 1 last

year and 10 per cent below the ten—year

average on August 1. All important

crops, except tobacco, are below a year

ago and the ten-year average condition

on August 1; cotton being 70.0, against

82.0 a year ago and 80.9, the ten—year

average.



In the far western states crop condi-

tions are materially (about 8 per cent)

above a year ago, and moderately (4.8

per cent) above the ten-year average on

August 1. Most important crops are

better than a year ago; barley and hay

in re Slightly below the average, but better

than last year: peaches, below last year

but above the average; apples, below last

year and the average.



Summarized, the relative condition of

crops, in the aggregate. in the different





sections of the United States on dates





indicated was as follows:

August 1. 10-1’r.





Sections. 1909. 1908. Av.

No. Atlantic Div. ....... 79.7 85.4 86.1

No. Cen., 1‘]. of Miss. R..88.5 80.9 83.0

No. Cen,. 1V. of Miss. R..88.8 81.4 81.7

South Atlantic .......... 81.1 87.1 83.2

South Central ........... 72.2 83.0 80.5

Far ii'est ............... 91.4 84.7 88.8

United States ........... 83.4 83.1 82.6





Summary of August Crop Report.





The following tabulation is a summary

for the United States of crop conditions

on August 1, with comparisons. as esti-

mated by the Bureau of Statistics of the

1.'nitcd States Department of Agriculture.





 





Corn ......................................

Winter “'hcat, yield—

per acre, bushels .......................

Quality .................................

Spring \Vheat ............................

Oats .....................................





Flaxseed .................................

Rice .....................................

Tobacco ..................................

Hay (all) .................................



Timothy ...............................





Pastures .................................

Potatoes .................................





Sweet Potatoes .......................... .

Apples ................................... .

Peaches .................................. -





Pears ....................................

Grapes ...................................

Blackberries .............................

Raspberries ..............................

VVatermelons .............................

Cantaloupcs ..............................





Cabbages .................................

Onions ...................................

Beans (dry) .............................

Beans (lima) .............................

Peanuts .................................



Broomcorn .................... ' ...........





Sorghum .................................

Sugar Cane ..............................

Sugar Beets ..............................

Cotton ...................................





Condition August 1.

9 ’. " .





1909. 1 08 1.107 Ten—Yr. July 1,

AVcl‘ttge. 1909.

84.4 82.5 82.8 82.6 8..3

15.5 11.4 14.6 13.9 82.4

90.3 90.1 90.5 .. .. .. ..

91.6 80.7 79.1 81.1 92.7

85.5 76.8 75.6 89. 88.3

85.4 83.1 84.5 86.1. 90.2

89.1 88.1: 88.9 87.9 91.4

86.3 89.4 91.9 91.7 .. . .

92.7 86.1 91.9 87.7 95.1

8-1.5 94.1 88.6 90.0 90.7

83.4 85.8 83.8 82.3 89.8

86.8 92.1 87.0 87.0 77.8

.’5.8 89.8 88.5 87.7 37.1

78.7 96.6 71.7 82.0 83.8

89.3 91.1 81.9 87.6 .. ..

94.4 88.8 88.7 91.4

86.7 86.}: 87.6 .. .. 90.0

85.0 86.5 35.6 .. .. 89.4

84.8 86.4 91.7 89.7 93.1

85.8 82.9 88.5 86.7 .3.0

86.9 88.8 85.7 86.8 89.7

46.3 52.2 39.1 56.4 54.6

15.1 67.1 11.3 51.5 .00

56.4 70.6 .. .. 57.5

89.7 87.1 81.5 8 LS 90.2

79.6 83.9 83.3 88,8

81.1 81.4 76.3 89.5

71.6 79.5 78.3 80.6

77.0 80.1 71 9 82.4

86.3 89.1 81.9 86.1

87.0 93.0 90.7 88,0

84.2 81.5 .58 91.6

85.3 84.5 89.4 90.7

88.8 88.4 90.5 91.7

89.1 88.0 89.2} 89.1.

85.7 86.1 85.1 89.1,

85.1 85.5 84.9 86.7

83.5 80.8 86.1 86.8

91.7 77.4 88.1 .. .. 91.0

82.7 86.4 88.7 89.0 79.2

83.0 85.4 85.3 87.8 87.0

88.0 88.3 92.5} 88.9 82.5

90.4 87.3 93.0 .. .. 90 .1.

71.9 83.0 75.0 80.6 71.6





 





AT MICHIGAN FAIRS.





 





We want a representative at each fair

held in Michigan and adjoining states.

\Vc pay a liberal commission to solicitors.

Experienced solicitors desired but ex—

perience is not necessary. \Vrite at once

for terms, etc. Address the Michigan

Farmer, Detroit, Michigan.



Michigan Fairs.





Michigan State, Detroit, Sept. 2-10.



West Michigan, Grand Rapids, Sept.

13—17.



Allegan County, Allcgan, Sept. 21—24.



Alpcna County, Alpcna, Sept. 00—00.



Armada Fair, Armada, Oct. 6-8.



Barry County, Hastings, Sept. 28 to

Oct. 1.



Bay County, Bay City, Sept. 14-17.



Calhoun County, Marshall. Sept. 14—17.



Caro Fair, Caro, Sept. 14—18.



Charlevoix County, East Jordan, Sept.

28—30.



Clinton County, St. Johns, Sept 28 to

Oct. 1.



Croswcll Fair, Croswcll. Sept. 22—24.

Cass City Fair, Cass City, Sept. 29 to

Oct. 1.



Deckervillc, Deckervillc. Sept. 14-16,



Eaton County, Charlotte, Sept. 21-24



Flint River Valley, Burt, Sept. 21-23.



Fowlcrville Fair, Fowlerville, Oct. 5—8.



Gratiot County, Ithaca, Aug. 24-27.

OHillsdale County, Hillsdalc, Sept. 27 to



ct. 1.



Howard City Fair, Howard City, Aug.

31 to Sept. 3.



Huron County Fair, Bad Axe, Oct. 5-8.



Imlay City Fair, Imlay City, Oct. 5-7.



Kalamazoo and So. Mich., Kalamazoo,

Aug, 30 to Sept. 3.



Lcnawee County, Adrian, Sept. 20-24.





Marquette County, h’laf‘ittitlrtcy Sept.

6'10: ., _ . .



8111137211 1531361116781 35119.53?10161-15 1

Sélhiii-tLI;-:fi'ziiicli Fair, North Brant-lg,

:JNélrtheastern Industrial, Flint, Sept.

8:32.931. (83.3% i}, (1331319 $1171 ' i 131' 717'





Ottawa—\Vcst Kent, Berlin, Sept. 21-24 I





'l‘ri—Countv I 'ikc ()titw‘w ‘ ”

H. ‘ .. u . ...I, he )1. -10

iri-(ounty, Reed t‘itv, Sept I"1:14

"uscola County, Vassar SI» 7 7";

Oct 1. , _ (1)1. ..,l

Arcnac ('ounty, Standish, Sept

kit-calla County, Hart, Sept ‘11—'01

est Allegan—South Ottaw-H ~ I -

Sept. 21-“. a, Holland,





‘ State Fairs and Ex "

Michigan~lletroit, Septpgfllfiions.

lintliana—wlndianapolis, Sept. 6—10

Ohio—Columbus, Aug. 30 to Sept 3

IIllnois~—Springficld. Oct. 1-9. h .

kenturky—Louisvillc, Sept. 13-18.

Pennsylvunia~Bcthlehan Sept. 7—10

New York~Syracuse, Sept. 13—18. .

Canadian National Exposition~'l‘oronto



Aug. 28 to Sept. 13. ,

Iowa—Des Moines, Aug. 27 to Sept. 5‘

‘Vlsconsin—IWadison, Sept. 151-17.

Minnesota—Hamlinc. Sept. 6-11.

International Live Stock Exposition—



Chicago, Nov. 28 to Dec. 5. 1

American Royal Live Stock Show—-



Kansas City. Oct. 11-16.



6 lligational Corn Exposition—Omaha, Dec.

St. Louis, Gratiot C0,, Aug. 16-21.



We will consider it a favor if any onei

knowing of any fair not in above listf

would please advise us of the time and]





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Every year, you’re learning '.

how to raise a little more com '.

to the acre—or oats—or hay. At

40, a man farms better than at.

20. That‘s progressive experi- '-





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O“ Now, we’ve had along, pro-.

', gresstve experience in making ._

'. roofing—over 25 years—much ,

,' more experience than any other .

. roofing. manufacturer to-tlay.

' So we’ve learned a lot of things '3

others have yet to find out. '





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ROOFING-F





“'e’ve learned how to make the '

, PAROID felt right, because we make ',

- it in our own mills. Other manufac- -

- turers buy their felt from first one .

- mill, then another—whereverthey can

'vgct lI. cheapest. \Ve have the most up- j.

to-date felt mill in the C0111li(}', equip- -

, pctl with special felting machinery.



_ We have designed our own saturat— '

mg and coating machines—have our -

own special formula for making our .

waterproof compound—the result. of ,

years of experiment and test. This '-

, gives the most pliable, smoothest-sur- -

faced. longest-lasting roofing on the

market.





 





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effect is desired. \Ve use our regular

:: finished PAROID asa INJSCflud add an .

. extra weatherproof deep red colored

. Coating by a Separate process. ~

The ornamental edge gives the effect

' of stained shingles or slate. ' "

Especially designed for residences, .,

bungalows, club houses and fine farm

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for twenty-five years. Costs about the .

same as tarrcd felts and other cheap

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as long. Contains no tar, clean to ”

handle. easy to lay. '



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Will replace evcrysouarc foot of rooting "

'4 that proves to be of defective manu- '.

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suggestions tree. Be sure to write us '1

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Please inform me‘, thru the M. F. if it

is practical to sow Beaulien’s Hardy

White onion now to be used for bunching

the following spring. The soil I shall

use will not heave easily.



Eaton Co. F. HILL.





While not having had personal expe-

rience ‘with this particula‘,r variety, I

think there would be no exception to this

sort. It has been rated by growers as

entirely hardy and a profitable kind; at

least, this is the conccnsus of opinion in-

sofar as I have been able to learn from

observation and correspondence with

those having had it under culture. Your

ground as you mention, is well calculated

for the work; but; I would take the pre-

caution to mulch with straw or some lit-

ter in early winter, letting it remain until

hard freezing is over in the spring. This

is the 'safe plan with all varieties, and

I think you will meet with success.



J. M.





TROU BLED WITH BO‘RERS.





Could you tell me thru your paper

what to do for my young orchard? It

has been set five years and has been

cultivated, this year has had wheat cut

from the ground. When cutting I found

one tree which the borers had killed.

Yesterday I found another broken over.

Is there anything that can be done for

it? The orchard has been doing finely

until now.



Eaton Co. F. E. Marxnn.



Apple tree borers are the larva of

beetles that lay their eggs on the bark of

the apple trees. There are two kinds,

viz: the flat-headed and round-headed

borers. The latter are found near the

ground while the former generally work

about the larger branches. Two seasons

of the year offer opportunity for combat-

ting the pest. In the spring the trunks

and larger branchcs, if both k’nds of bor-

ers are troubling, may be painted with

whale-oil soap, and during the fall the

grubs or larva can be dug out of their

burrows. After a few have been found

it is not a ditiicult matter to discover

the enemy by the residue from his work

and from the nOise of his eating thru the

wood. Vi'hen found he 0111] be dug out

with a sharp knife. or killed in his bur-

row 'with a small wire—the wire being

inserted and forced to where the intruder

is working when. by manipulating it he

is destroyed, Do not illjtll‘c more of the

bark than is necI-Ssary in cutting out

the pest.





 





 





BREAKING DOWN ONION TOPS.





I have in an acre of onions. “'ill you

please tell me when to turn them down?





 





Or, do they have to be turned down

at all?

Ottawa Co. A. T.

Usually onions do not need to be

broken down. \l'hen planted on new





land, a freshly turned down sod, or on

soil receiving a heavy application of

coarse manure, the tops often grow larger

and keep green too long to properly

mature the bulbs. The source of the

seed also furnishes a cause to this late.

growing tendency. If the tops continue

green and do not show any disposition

to die above the bulb the latter part of

August or the first of September, then

it is well to roll or break them down.

It is diiiicult to find a crop where some

of the plants remain green after the 0th-

crs have ripcncd, and where the number

is comparatively small it would not pay

to roll down, since the onions resulting

are generally of lower quality than those

ripening from the natural dying of the

stems and the operation is more likely to

damage these that die down than the

others as the stiff stems of the latter

offer resistance to the roller. A barrel

makes a good implement for rolling down

the tops; it is light enmigh that the bulbs

will not be bruised to any large extent.





ORCHARDT'BVER- no N WITH WILD

MORNING-GLORY,





 





Will you please tell me thru the col-

umns of your valuable paper how to de-

stroy the wild morning glory? It IS in

my orchard and is spreading every. year.

It~ is a, great pest and I would like to

get rid of it. Have tried several reme-

dies, such as covering with salt, slacked

lime, also, heavy manuring to smother;

but these made it grow still better.



Emmet (“‘o. SUBSCRIBER.



This plant is persistent, as the inquirer

has found. Many times the plant Will

yield to the remedies which he has tried,

but the locality often has much to do

with the effectiveness of the treatment.

We would suggest that he try clean cul-





THE MICHIGAN ' EARMER.





tivation, using teeth that run shallow

but leave nothing uncut—almost every

make of cultivatorfhas teeth for work of

this nature. If it is not advisable to cul-

tivate, the pasturing of hogs in the or-

chard will likely result in lessening the

number of plants since hogs relish them

and will tear up the soil for the root-

stalks which make the plant so persis-

tent in its occupation of the soil. Where

alfalfa can be grown, few farmers have

found that the weed will not stay long in

a field seeded to the legume. If this

plant can be started in the orchard (a

procedure that would seem to offer some





difficulty), good might come not alone in,





riding the orchard of the morning-glory.

but also in putting in its place a plant

that will furnish nitrogenous matter for

the use of the trees. But alfalfa being

a deep feeder would not be an ideal plant

to grow with trees as both would strive

to occupy the same root feeding ground.

SPECIAL CARE OF DISEASED RUF-

FAGE.





It has reached the point where seem-

ingly there is nothing but eternal war-

fare against fungus and bacterial diseases

and insect pests. Preventive measures

are better than curative, but with all

possible care along these lines they still

steal in upon us to our hurt. But doubt-

less, the preventive efforts save much

loss that otherwise would follow. The

vine crop ruffage is a special source of

danger and the only safe plan is to dry

and burn them just as soon as they cease

to bear. If thrown on the compost heap

their fertilizing value will be trifling com-

pared to the risk of spreading the dis-

case. “'hcn burned they are safely out

of harms way, and the aghes as far as

they go, will be of some value. XVherever

club root is pr~~s~nt in the cabbage, caul-

iflower, or any member of the crucifera

family, all plants should be

burned or boiled, root and branch: and

under no circumstances should they be

left to lie on the ground, or be fed ou‘..

The compost heap is a good thing in its

way; but without veiy much care as to

what is consigned to it, and the after

treatment, it easily becomes a hotbed for

the breeding of insects and fungus dis-

eases.



Wayne Co.

BERRY NOTES.





discuscd





J. E. MORSE.





The old patch of strawberries is now

thoroly cleaned out and the rows are

making a good start considering the very

dry weather. This patch is in a peach

and apple orchard four years old, the

whole comprising one and one—half acres,

but as the trees take up a good deal of

room there is perhaps an acre of berry

rows. The patch was becoming quite

foul, as half of it has been fruited two

years and the manure applied has brot

in a good many weed seeds. It was also

more difficult to clean up on account of

the trees causing more hand work. How-

ever, the work was done at a cost of

$27.35, including the mowing, raking and

hauling the mulch, plowing middles, hard

lowing, cultivating, and hoeing and pull-

ing all wccds. All the ground was Worked

over with the, cultivator or hoe. Part of

the. mulching was left around the trees.

and in hoeing the larger needs were

thrown about them.



A comparison of this expense with that

of growing a patch of spring set plants

of one acre in an orchard one year old

may be interesting. “'e will leave out

the cost of fertilizing in both cases. The

total cost of plants, preparation of ground

and care of this acre of plants is $60.88.

This includes the layering of the runners

which is not quite completed. and will

leave the patch so about the same amount

of care will be required as for the old

bed. Of this amount, $26.25 was for

5.250 plants at 50 cents per hundred. The

plants were home grown. so perhaps a

part of this should be deducted.



I think that on an average it will cost

about twice as much to grow spring Sct

plants up to the middle of August as to

clean out and renew an average old bed.

“’e also lose the use of the ground for

a season in growing the new beds. so

everything considered. it would seem as

if the renewing of beds that have fruited

but are in fairly good condition is a pay-

ing practice. If the runners are layered

the first season and the surplus ones

kept cut, the rows are established and

after mowing and raking, the stubs of the

old plants are spaced so as to be easy

to hoe around with a narrow hoe, or bet-

ter yet, with a hoe having a couple of

prongs at the back for digging up the





ground without cutting the roots. We

rely more on getting the old plants to

throw \out new roots * and grow new

crowns than for them to throw out run-

ners and grow new plants to fruit the

next season. If the season is wet run-

ners and new plants will form quite cop-

iously, but if dry, as at present, few new

plants will take root and one must rely

on the old ones. Last year a renewed

patch and a newly set one were side by

side and, if anything, I believe the yield

was in favor of the old patch. The plants

were mostly old plants also, as last sea-

son was so dry that few new plants

formed in the renewed beds.



The care of both plantations from now

on will be to cultivate about every ten

days, depending upon the weather, until

October, to hoe out between the estab—

lished plants, and, to keep suiplus run-

ners cut. This sounds simple, but it is

a rather slow, laborious process. Berry

growing is an occupation in which ma-

chinery does not supplant the hoe as with

many farm crops. A fortune awaits the

man who can invent a practical machine

hoe and runner cutter for strawberry

growers.





Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.





MAKING CIDER VINEGAR.





The process of making cider vinegar

is very simple. Good fruit should be

used, but unmarketable fruit will make a

good grade of vinegar, provided all de-

f-ctive parts of the apples are removed.

The finished product will be no better

than the quality of the apples used.



Perfect cleanliness is a very necessary

feature. Apples that are picked up from

the ground are usually dirty and should

be thoroly washed before being placed

in the cider mill. The mill and all uten-

sils used in the making should be kept

well cleaned. To use unclean fruit or

unclean vessels simply invites bad fer-

mentation. If all sorts of germs, which

are found on dirty and decayed fruit, are

put in the elder, a good quality of vinegar

must not be expected.



The amount of juice that can be ex~

pct-ted from one bushel of apples depends

upon the machinery and variety of ap-

ples used. “'ith large machinery four

gallons of juice can be extracted from

one bushel of a good variety of cider

apples. I have recovered three gallons

of juice from one bushel of “'ine Saps

with a modcrn hand mill.



\\'hcre one has no mill the fruit can

be pulped by hand with wooden mauls

in a wooden trof. The juice can be ex-

tracted very effectually by this method;

and, where only enough vinegar is want-

ed for home use, it is not a diiiicult mat—

ter to secure it in this way.



The best i‘eCt-piaclvs in which to put

the. cider arc molasses kegs, or whiskey

barrelssprefcrably those which have

held vinegar previously, since fermenta-

tion commcnccs sooner when the fer-

menting organism is present than when

it must find its way into the liquid from

outside mediums. The common name

for this organism is "mother—of-vinegar,”

which in the course of its life processes

brings about a somewhat complicated

change of the sugar in the apple juice,

to acetic acid, which is the sour prin-

ciple in vinegar.



To make a good grade of vinegar two

things are very essential during the proc-

css of fermentation. First, the air must

have free access to the liquid to support

the organism. Second, the temperature

must be favorable for the growth Of the

fermenting agent. If possible, the bar-

rcls should be placed in a room where

the temperature will be fairly constant

at 70 to 75 degrees, placed on their sidcs

in order to give more surface to the at-

mosphere, and filled with juice to within

six or eight inches of the bung hole.



The hole should be carefully covered

with clean cotton, so as to exclude the

entiance of germs and vermin. This

cover readily permits the gases to escape

and should never be allowed to touch the

liquor. It is a great mistake to allow the

barrels or kegs to foam over, as all

sorts of germs enter therein.



After a few days raise the cotton and

note the condition of “head” on the





 





 

 





 





liquid. It should become thick and have

a dark appearance. As soon as the liquid‘

becomes comparatively quiet, it will be

found fairly bright and limpid. llnder,

ordinary conditions some time is required'

before a good product can be made.l

When sour enough for use the vinegar

can be drawn as required and strained,

and the “mother-of—vinegar” left for

the next season. "

Illinois.





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AUGUST 28, 1909. .





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The instinct of mod-

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woman is often a great

hindrance to the cure

of womanly diseases.





Women shrink‘ from

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of the local phy-

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lndellcate. The

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them, and so they en-

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surely progresses from

bad to worse.





ll has been Dr.

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to cure a great

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have found a re!-

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his offer of FREE

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denllal. Address

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Bullalo, N. Y.





 





 





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AUGUST 28, 1909; " H _





 





Address all correspondence relative ‘ to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.

L. CheneY. Mason, Mich.





Associational Motto.—

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer’s most valuable asset.





 





Associatlonal Sentiment.—

The farmer; he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





THE CLUB AND THE LOCAL FAIR.





 





While the Farmers’ Club Fair has come

to be a special feature of club work in

many clubs and is to be highly recom-

mended for emulation by other clubs, yet.

for all clubs that do not feel like a ding

this feature to their regular work, the

local or county fair offers an opportunitv

to make a special club exhibit, which will

prove good advertising for the club and

add to the interest of the membership not

a little. Several clubs in the state have

done this with entire success, and even

in case a club fair is held, an exhibit of

this kind will prove advantageous for any

club, whose membership is interested in

a local fair held within the territory to

rWhich the club is tributary. 'Arrange-

ments could doubtless be made with the

officers of the local fair for special exhi-

bition space for such an exhibit, and in

cases where more than one club could

conveniently compete for prizes, as would

be the case in several counties in the

state, local managers would probably be

willing to make a special class and offer

liberal premium for such exhibits. It

would help the clubs as well as help the

fair in any event, and the suggestion

might be acted upon with profit by many

local farmers’ clubs.





 





SHALL WE AS FARMERS SEEK TO

BECOME SPECIALISTS?





Synopsis of paper read at the August

meeting of Columbia Club, of Jackson

Co}, as reported by the correspondent:





’1th term specialist is applied in a gen-

era ‘ if, to a person who follows a par-

tic l r fine or branch of some business.

Tl shame have made the greatest inveii-‘-

tionsilgnd discoveries in science, those

who r-accomplish mighty achievements ol‘

this progressive age, have all been spec—

ialigts. ,Life is too short to learn every-

thing, even in so simple a business as

farming. There are so many helps in the

way-"0f experiment stations, both state

and national, as well as the agricultural

press, that anyone who desires ought to

be able to make a success of some special

line of farming. To become a specialist

on the farm one need not necesarily raise

but onehcrop, but only to make that one

of the most importance. Follow a system

that is adapted to one farm and locality,

and stick to it from year to year, and be

satisfied only with the best in whatever

we adopt. Farmers should study feeds

and feeding, and become specialists along

this line.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.



Discuss Local Market—The August

meeting of Columbia Club, of Jackson

(30., was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. J.

B. Freeman and Mr. and Mrs. Sherman

Gallup at Evergreen Hill, the home of

the latter. The, commodious and shady

lawn made an ideal place for the meeting

which was called to order by President

(,‘i'cgo. After the usual opening exercises





and the routine business, the secretary

presented a communication from the

Chamber of Commerce of Jackson, re-





garding a public market in the city. It

was voted to leave the discusion of the

subjects to the next meeting. Roll call,

“\Vhat Is My Duty Toward the Club?”

was quite well responded to, some of the

responses bcing decidedly humorous.



Hold Old-Fashioned Spelling Match.—--~

The interest of the day centered around

the “spelling match.” The president ap-

pointed Mrs. Vining and Geo. Friedrich

to choose sides, and Mr. Freeman as

schoolmaster. He produced an old—fash-

ioned spelling book and the race began,

Mrs. Vining's side winning by a narrow

margin. This closed the program, after

which a bountiful club supper, including

ice cream, was served on the lawn. The

next meeting will be held with Mr. and

Mrs. Halladay, and will be the first Sat-

urday in September instead of the second

and will be an all day meeting.



Early History of Ingham Co.——The Au-

gust meeting of Ingham Co. Farmers’

Club was held at Coldwater Farm, with

Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Crittenden, and was

one of unusual interest. As President

Ives was not present, the vice president,

Mrs. W. H‘. Taylor, called the meeting

to order and announced the annual ex-

cursion to the M. A. 0., Thursday. Aug.

26. and hoped as many would go as pos-





sible. Judge Bristol gave an interesting

paper, “The Early History of Ingham





County.” In part he said: “Perhaps no

other county has changed any more, early

covered by forests and the idea seemed

to be to cultivate. The Indians were





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





here, altho preceded by an unknown race,

then the white man.”



Ingham county was organized in Oc-

tober, 1829, and included a large terri~

tory. The first county seat was laid out

four miles east of Mason on the Elijah

Brooks farm and named Ingham; a log

building built for a court house, but never

used. Later it was located at Mason—~

the right place and right spot—named

after Stevens T. Mason. He also spoke

of Jefferson City, a village laid out upon

the Isaac Drew farm, where the first

Fourth of July celebration was held.

Also of Columbia, eight miles west of

Mason—all that is left is the Columbia

road. He described the early schools of

the county, one of which was taught by

Lucy Rolfe. She had eight pupils and

received a salary of $1 a week and board-

ed around. A schoolhouse was built in

Lansing in 1847, taught by Miss Powell,

later by Mrs. J. Bush; commenced With

ten scholars and at the end of three

months had forty. He also described the

early churches, the first, the M, 13., being

built in 1839, closely followed by other

denominations. He told about the judi-

cial circuits. They have grown until now

Ingham has two judges. (Not yet). The

early roads were almost impassible, fol-

lowed by the plank roads.



Mason was the terminus of the J., L.

& S. railroad from Jackson to Mason for

a year, also the terminus of the electric

line from Lansing to Mason for about the

same length of time. ‘



He interestingly told of the early neWS-

papers, the location of the capital at

Lansing, the state institutions located in

the county, including the house of cor-

rection for juveniles, later changed to the

reform school for boys and now the In-

dustrial school. M. A. , was opened in

1857, women admitted in 1870. This paper

brot forth many memories of early days

and the discussion was interesting and

participated in by many.



Balanced Rations for the Family.——Mrs.

Burt L. Gren gave an able paper on “Bal-

anced Rations for the Family.” In part

she said, “we can do much better upon a

mixed diet, that occupation and climate

ought to rule the meat question, that

men are greater eaters than women and

the conditions of one's family should gov-

ei'n the diet. If one is not well, study

the diet and change it.” Mrs. Alice Robb

opened the discussion and said what a

wonderful world. Everything was creatcd

when the world was made and enough to

supply all generations, and that chemical

elements do not change. She fully en-

dorsed the paper and recommended the

mixed dict.



First Aid to the Injured.—Dr. Thomas

arrived in his auto and gave some plain

and practical hints about the first aid to

the injured. lie treated of fractures,

sprains and wounds, cautioning one not

to give too much stimulant. and especially

in case of a wound to kecp everything

scrupulously clean; as regards poisoning,

he regarded the liquid fly poison as dan-

gerous, and Spoke of carbolic acid, pai‘is

green, arsenic, chloroform and others. As

regards burns, he spoke of those from

hot water, from fire and from carbolic

acid, and to keep the burn covered will

save the ugly scar, one of the best oint-

ments for home use was made of equal

parts of lime water and sweet oil. Con—

vulsions and fits in a child are like chills





in an adult and sliould‘be treated the

same. Dr. Thomas was given a vote of

thanks for his practical talk and was

made an honorary member for three

years. The next meeting will be with





Mr. and Mrs. Irving Sanford, the second

Saturday in September and will be a

temperance program.





 





CLUB PICNICS.





 





Odessa Farmers’ Club.



“'ith heavy skies and every indication

of rainy weather the Lake Odessa Farm-

ers’ Club held its animal picnic in the

Bosworth Grove, and in spite of the

threatening weather a goodly number

were present to enjoy the occasion. Ow—

ing to the uncertainty of the weather

many did not arrive at the grove until

it was about time to serve dinner and the

program which was advertised for ten

o’clock in the morning was postponed

until after the noon hour.



As is always the case with this organi—

zation, a dandy picnic dinner was spread,

two large tables were necessary to ac~

commodalc the crowd. Th;- fii'st tablcs.

seated 96 and the second seating numbered

28. The good ladies of the Club came

well prepared to satisfy the most hungry

heart and the result was of perfect sat-

isfaction to all.



Following the dinner,

called the gathering to ordcr before a

platform, where an interesting program

was given. Following the completion of

the program, Z. IV. Carter opencd the

discussion of the club enlargement and

among other things emphasized the state—

mcnt that any organization that becomes

satisfied with its present conditions soon

dies. Mr. Cai‘tcr's remarks were followed

by several suggestions on the discussion

that led to the motion of the appointing

by the president of a committee of three

to act with the officers of the club on the

matter of club enlargement. The com—

mittce is as follows: John Klaun, M. L.

Foght and Frank Aldrich. Following tho

discussion Miss Carter read a very amus-

ing and interesting reading on the subject





President Curtis





“The Financial Difficulties of the Farm-

crs’ Wife.”

President Curtis announced that the





next regular meeting of the club would

be held a week earlier than planned on

accounty of the Tri-County Fair, which

Will bring the next meeting Saturday.

Sept. 4, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

V’Villiam Beard.



Joint Picnic a Success.



The joint picnic of the Marion, Genoa

and Howell Farmers‘ Clubs, at Gregory’s

Grove, drew a good sized crowd and was

very enjoyable. A bounteous dinner at

noon was a pleasant feature, of course.

In the afternoon, A. M. Wells presided

for the program. which was a good one

thruout. R. Roche gave the address.

A ball game, boating and general visiting

were in order in the afternoon.





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ONE GOOD TURN 331' glygsutr tgiaafofl‘g; go

January 1 for only 10 cents.





 





 





 





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Our Motto—“The Farmer is of more

consequence than the farm, and should be

first improved." -





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THE SEPTEMBER PROGRAMS.

State Lecturer’s Suggestions for First

Meeting.



Power on the farm and in the home,



water, horse, windmill and engine.



Presented by a man, discussion led by

a woman.



Live stock as

agriculture.



Reading of a favorite poem,

chaplain. '



Preparation for the fall fairs—1. Defl-

nite details to be looked after by ex-

hibitors.



2, Definite items to be looked for and

studied by spectators.



(Assign a man and woman to each sub-

topic).



Entertainment features furnished by

boys and girls who are going away to

school this fall.





a factor of successful





by the





THE POMONA GRANGE PROGRAM.



Mrs. Anna R. Doyle, lecturer of Antrim

County Pomona, recently favored the

writer with a program of their Pomona

Grange meeting and rally to be held this

month. There are some features of this

program which I desire to notice in this

connection. First, the subjects are ap~

propriate and timely. Second, the parties

chosen to handle them are fully C(iliilpc—

tent. Third, the work is so distributcd

as to insure a good attendance from all

Grangcs not too rcmotc from the place

of meeting. A reception committee

been appointed to welcome all visitors

and so far as I can discover the little

details that contribute so largely to the

success of any meeting have not bccn

overlooked. One feature of the program

is the exemplilication of the third (ichl‘t‘e

by a team belonging to the entertaining

Grange.



The motive in mentioning this program

is not, primarily, to extol Antrim County

Pomona. “'0 have dcsigncd. rather. that

it should serve us a text from which we

would write our convictions of what the

Pomona Grange ought to be in a general

way along the line of its literary work.



The Pomona Master should be a good

presiding officer. He should be watchful,

tactful and not a .bit afraid of work. But

after he has done his best, the Pomona

will fail to accomplish its object if the

lccturer has not done her part. The

Pomona Grange progi'aiii is the one great

feature upon which the success of this

organization rcsts. The subjects should

be timely to create the largest possible

intci'cst. They should be practical in

order that the time spent in discussing

them may be wisely employed. For

ample, the managcmcnt of a winter dairy

is not a good topic for a May meeting,

and farming in the Ai'gcntine lit-public

need not be dim-usscd at great length

until more of the problcms on Michigan

farms have becn satisfactorily solved.



The right persons should be selected

to handle the subjects on the program.

lt is the mission of thc suboiwlinatc

Orange to discover and bring out the

talent in the community where it is lo—





has





catcd. ’l‘hat many of those placed upon

the subordinate Grange program should

fail is incvitablc. That many olhcrs





should do poorly is but to be expected,

for the subordinate Grange is the primary

room in the Grangc school. Its. mission

is in part to do a great deal of preparm

tory work. IIr‘l‘c, ihc dillideni member

who hitherto has bccn unable to talk or

even think while standing upon his feet

in the prescncc of others, overcomes his

bashfulncss. Hci‘c the man who has

farmcd thus far without a plan, learns

the value of crop rotation, and the dis—

couraged onc gcts :1 ncw inspiration and

discovers largci‘ possibilities in the liclds

he has hitherto tillcd with unsatisfactory

results. Here subjects pertaining to the

home, and question of importancc to the

neighborhood, are discussed. Here grcrit

notional questions are handled—some-

times, it is true, by those who know

little about them, but there is generall,v

someone among the members who is able

and willing to correct errors and. even

tho conclusions temporarily arrived at are

erroneous, the work is always worth

doing.



But the work of the Pomona is differ-

ent. Only those who are fully competent

should be assigned places on a Pomona

Grange program. It is neither a kindness

to the individual nor fair to those in at-

tendance to place one on a program of

this kind to discuss a question that he

knows little about. The Pomona Grange

should command the very best talent in





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the county in which it is located. Ques-

tions that strengthen public sentiment

along desired lines need to be ably dis-

cussed. The best music obtainable should

be,provided for these occasions. The

program should be of such a character

that people will look forward to it for‘

weeks and plan to attend the meeting.

Such a program will make the Pomona

of great service as a moulder of public

opinion in the community.



But, again, the exemplification of the

degreis of the subordinate Grange by

competent degree teams should frequently

form a part of the Pomona program.

The object of degree work is to reveal

the Grange to the candidate, and it should





be well done. In one year, under a

splendid system of supcrvision,* the





Granges of Michigan accomplished more

in degree work than could have been

done in a decade without special effort.

It is the privilege ofxthc Pomona to

gather up and conserve all the forces

that tend to strengthen the organization

and make it answer its purpose in the

world. W. F. TAYLOR.

M—q

MEETING OF MICHIGAN'S LARGEST

POMONA.





Charlevoix Pomona, the largest Po-

mona Grange west of Pennsylvania, met

with Maple Grove Grange, Thursday,

August 12. About 100 Patrons were in

attendance from all parts of the county.





The Grange was callcd to order in the

degree of Pomona by IVorthy Master

\Vard in the i'oi'cuoon and immediately





after organization a rcccss was taken for

diiincr. ()ii rcasscmbliiig the different

committees werc appointed, after which

the lccturcr's program was taken up.

Bro. E. E. Slroud. Master of Maple

Grove, gave a hearty welcome which was

i'cspoiidcd to by Henry Black, treasurer

of Pomona.



Bro. I), E. McClure, state speaker, was

then introduced. He was at his best

and kch the crowd laughing at his many

stories which illustralcd his Splendid

talk on the sti'cigth and weakness of

organization. .



The colillniticc on Pomona Granges

recommended the securing of trailic ar—

i‘angciiiciils for tho 5|)” Charlevoix Pat—

rons who are going to State Grange and





thc holding of spccial meetings for the

purpose of confci‘i'ing the fifth degree.

The committee on subordinate Grangcs





recommended the use of special day pro~





grams. Reports of subordinate (Ilrangcs

showed the county's total membership

to be about 900, with Grange property

valued at $11,000. South Arm Grange.

was declared the banner Grange of the'

county.





in the evening the degree of Pomona,

was ccmfcrred in full form on a class of





Si? by the crack fifth degree team from

Marion Ccntcr. cht meeting will be

held with Pine Lake Grange in October,

\\'oi'ihy Mash-1' llull being chosen as

sililc Spczilici'.



Maple Grove Grange. with which the

meeting was held. is one of our newer

Grangcs but has propci'ty valued at over

a thousand dollars. locatcd in one of the

beauty spots of Norlhci'n Michigan. and

is composed of hustlers. as was demon-

strated by thc splcndid cntci'tainnient

givcn Pomona in lhc way of good-fellow-

ship, good music and good meals. Au-

gust 35‘ this Grangc will hold its sccon-l





annual picnic. Bro. John A. Ketcliam be-

ing the principal spcakci‘.——Gleiiii l\l.

DuBQis.





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





Peninsula Grange is trying the experi-





ment of holding its summer and fall

incetings at tho homes of members rathcr

than in its ball as it is lit-llcvctl that in

this way a licllI-l' attendance can be sc-

curcd during this busy season, which is

more than usually busy for people in the





fruit scctions.

Maplewood Gi‘angc.m.\ Grange of it:





nu-mbci‘s was organized Aug. 18 at the

Fuhriinan St'llUHl. llclta (.‘o., by State

Iii-poly “'ihlc. Thc following are tho

oliicci‘s: Master, S. S. Sncll‘. ovci‘secr,

.lns‘cpll Schultz; lcclui'cr, (,“lai‘a Snell;

<l¢-\\'ill'(i, I.o\vcll 'l‘hibaull; ass't sin-ward,

Edward _l<‘uhriman; lady ass't steward,

Rose ’l‘hibault; chaplain, Sarah Schultz;

trcasurci', Gco. l’uhriman, Sin: smmctary,

.lamcs Snell; gatc keeper, llobcrt Sncll;





(‘crcs, Edna Snell; Pomona, Mrs, .1.

Flora. li‘lorcncc li‘uhriman.



Grain TopicS compose

planncd by Grand ’i‘ravci‘Se Grange for

its Ccrcs meeting. They are stated as

follows: Tlic annual corn contest and the

bcncllt‘s that we arc deriving from the

sonic. Michigan vs. Illinois as a corn

producing i‘cgion. Does it pay for us to

try to raisc wlicat‘.‘ Grain crops other

than corn and wheat. Grain farming vs.

potato farming. Grain farming vs. fruit





)Ici‘o‘,





the program





farming.

COMING EVENTS.

Pomona Meetings.

Western Pomona (Ottawa Co.) with





Tallinadgc Grange, Friday. Aug. 27.



Emmet (‘o., with Pickerel Lake Grange,

Friday, Sept. 2-1. ,



Kent (‘0., with Paris Grange, “rednes-

day, Get, 27. Miss Ida Chittenden, state

speaker.



Grand Traverse District Grange.

Silver Lake Grange in Monroe Center

lodge hall, Vi’ednesday and Thursday,

Sept. 1 and ‘2.



Picnics and Rallies.



Charlevoix Co. Grangcs will hold second

annual picnic with Maple Grove Grange,

Saturday, Aug. 28.





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DETROIT WHOLESALE MARKETS.





August 25, 1909.

Grain and Seeds. .



Wheat—The margin between the high

and low prices for cash wheat was nar-

rower last week than for the week be-

fore. Futures, on the other hand, sl'mWed

more variation and did not respond to

the same influences that the cash trade

1did. A bearish feeling has crept into the

trading circles and so strong is it that

there is no organized effort on. the bull

side of the trade to check the movement.

Railroads leading from the spring_\viieat

sections are preparing to move a big crop

and every condition .seems present to sup—

ply the long wanting market With the

cereal. The shorts on Tuesday Were .1

little excited, however, ovor reports 'of

rain in the harvesting and-threshing dis-‘-

tricts.‘ Liverpool is not glvmg the flea.

much support. Reports from Michigan

farmers who have threshed shows the

vield to be about what was anticipated.

One year ago the price tor lVo. .. It]

was 95c per bu. Quotations for the week





 





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am No.2 No. 1 No.3

Red. \‘v’hite. Red. Sept. Dec.

Thurs. ....1.081/2 1.081/2 1.051/2 1.03%, 1.061/12

Fri. ...... 1.08% 1.08%, 1.0514 1081/4 1.001“.

Sat. ...... 1.081/4 1.0814 1.0514 1.083/4 1.0614

Mon. ..... 1.0714 1.0714 1.041,; 1.06% 1.0314;

Tues. ....1.07 1.07 1.04 1.061/2 .03 (2

\Ved, .....1.07 1.07 1.04 1.061/2 1.001,:

Corn—There has been little newsnto

disturb conditions in the corn belt. Rains

aided the growing crop in many sections

and but few places are suffering from

drought or excessive meisturc. the de-

mand and supply kept prices on last





and the mow-ment of grain





weck’ baSis '

S the price for No.





is small. One year ago





:1 corn was 491/éc per bu. Quotations tor

the past week arc. No. 3

No. .‘i Yellow.

Thursday ................ 71% 7314

Friday .............. 711/2 33

Saturday ................. 711/2 73

Monday .................. 71) A; _3 1

Tuesday ................. ’1: Fl” 14.:

\Vednesday ............... 4.. . 1..) (a

Oats—Many farmers are complaining

that the yield from their oat fluids is

not as large as was promised, altho this

condition may not be generally true. . De-

spite the fact that threshing time IS at





”ts height over a large section of the oat

in'oducibng part of the land, and that

prices are holding so well, it is almost

certain that from the best information,

the crop will support high prices tor an-

other SE’ZISOH.‘ Last year at this. time we

were paying 491/2c per bushel 101‘ No. .3





1 uotations are as follows: ‘

““5 Q No.3 \Vhite. Sept].

Thursday ................. 40 391,.

Friday ....... . ............ 40 3g /2

Saturday ................. 40 13%

Monday .................. .. i"

TueSday .............. . . . 2:? 3‘23

\. ednesday .............. u.’ . .





excellent crop of beans is

growing, but it will take aOgood harvest

to replenish the supply, since the last

crop was a short one. There is no trad-

ing to speak of and nominal quotations

for czISh goods have dropped a nickle dui~

ing the week. October continues at the





Beans.~—An





price reported a Week ago. 1'riCcs for

. ‘ z re:

the uttk 1 Cash. (it-t.

'l‘hui‘Sdav $225 $2.00

Friday ‘ ..................... 2.20 2.00

Saturday ................... 2.20 5.38

Monday .................... 22,0 $.00

Tuesday ................... 1".‘0 3.0)

'\\'ednesday ..... . .......... 2.20 “I .

Cl0verseed.—'l‘he approach of hullmg





season has caused prices to take a dip

downward--—a decline of about 15c being

noted during the past week. Prime al-

sike is selling around $7.60 per bu. Quor

lationsz for the week are:





()ct. March.



Thursday .................. $7.35 $7.40

Friday ..................... $.40 34);)

Saturday .................. .2. i.-.;)

Monday .................... 2.29 91.2.3

,ptit-stlay ................... 1.2:) 7.?)

\Vctlncsday ................. 7.21) .ot

Rye."*A moderate demand and a good





supply has lchrcd values. But trade is

stcadv at the decline. Cash No. 1 is

selling at 68¢ per bu., which is 2c below

last week‘s price. _

Visible Supply of Gram.

This week. Last week.

8,2s3.000





) ........... x,5s4,000

3011151“. . i Z I :::...........2,2.l::,000 2,121,000

(3.... ...................::,4i::,000 2.142.000

Rye .................... 173,000 154,000

Barley ................. 103,000 200,000





Flour, Feed, Provisions, Etc.

Flour.-—Market active, with prices 4000





50c lower than a week ago. Quotations

are as follows: r M

(fllcar ................................ $2...»

Straight ............................. E319

Patent Michigan .................... 1.3.1,.)

Ordinary Patent ..................... 0.00





Hay and Straw.—Markct for both hay





and straw is unchanged. t‘arlot prices

on track are: No. 1 timothy, new

$130114; No. 2 timothy, $120913; clover,

mixed. $110112; rye. straw, $7; wheat and





oat straw. $6 per ton. ' .

Feed—«Bran and coarse nnddhngs are

lower. Bran, $25 per ton; coarse mid-

dlings, $26; fine llllddlings, $30; cracked

corn, $30: coarse corn meal, $30; corn and

out chop, $28 per ton. ‘

Potatoes.‘Market is being quite ‘well

supplied with home-grown tubers. Sup-

ply fair and 6})egn6and 1:00:31, With prices

‘. ”' from (1“ ac pe .

nlgpclilylrigsions.——Family pork], $21.150@22$:§§i;

mes‘ ork, $21.50; light s ort cear, .- ;

heafv Ishort clear. $22.50; pure lard, 1314c;

bacon, l50i'16c; shoulders, 11c; smoked

hamS, 14c; picnic hams, llc.

Dairy and Poultry Products.

Butter.—-—VVhat happened this past week





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THE ” MICHIGAN ,FARMER ‘1





in the creamery butter deal has been ex-

pected by dealers. The production is not

as large as usual -and the demand con—

tinues brisk. Dairy butter, also, enjoyed

an advance. Qubtations are: Extra

creameries, 28c; firsts, 27c; dairy, 21c;

packing stuck, 200 per lb.



Eggs.—Values have not shifted, leaving

the market unchanged and steady with

last week's quotation maintained. Fresh

firsts, case count, cases included, are

quoted at 220 per doz. ..



POultry.—There is not a great deal of

activity in poultry trading just now and

prices remain on the same basis as a

week ago. Quotations are: Hens, 1fi1/2c;

roosters, 963100; ducks, 1060150; geese,





 





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

Cheese. Steady. Michigan full cream,

150016c; York state, 16%0; limburger,





161/20; schweitzer, 20c; brick cream, 161/2c

per lb.



Calves—Choice to fancy, 10@11c; ordi~

nary, 90I‘l0c per lb.



Fruits and Vegetables.



Cabbage.—Lower. Home-grown, $1

Dt'l' bbl. _



Tomatoes.—Declined and now selling

at $400150c per bu.





0nions.——Domestic offerings, $2 per

bbl; Spanish, $1.50 per crate.



Pears.——Bartlett, $1.25@1.50 per bu;

Common, 75c@$1.



Grapes—Delaware, 400; Niagara, 35c;





Concord, 30c per pony basket.

Apples.—I-Iome growth, 850@$1 per bu.

Peaches—Michigan grown, baskets, $1



01l.75; peeks, 250.0300.

Blackberries—Lower at $2@2.50 per bu.

Huckleberries.——Higher, $3.50@3.75 per



bushel.



Vegetables.——Beets, 75c per bu; carrots,

75c per bu; cauliflower, $l.25 per doz;

cucumbers, 150120c per doz; eggplant,

5512501150 per doz; green beans, 75c per

bu; green onions, 121/2c per doz; green

peppers, 75c per bu; lettuce, 50c per bu;

mint, 25c per doz; parsley, 25@30c per

doz; radishcs, 8610c pcr doz; spinach, 000

per hamper; summer squash, 500 per box;

watercress, 250L50c per doz; wax beans,





 





$1 per bu.

OTHER MARKETé.

Grand Rapids.

No radical changes are noted in the

grain market this week. \Vheat is off

1c, oats 1c, while No. ‘2 yellow corn has





advanced 3c. In dairy products, creamery

butter went up 11/2c, dairy 1c. The egg

market is unchanged. \\"hile, dressed hogs

remain at 100_[101,4_.c, the market is easier.

Spring ducks are off 2c. First early

(‘rawi‘ord peaches have arrived, selling

at $1.50. First plums are also in, ranging

from $1011.50. Early apples~ are selling

for 5001.\’5c, llutchoss bringing the out-

side price. Home-grmvn muskmelons are

bringing $1.230/150 p:r bu. Tomatoes

were higher. bringing 90c01$l. Seeds are

\vcakcr, alsike now retailing at $9, while

clovcr is off to $7.80. Potatoes are selling

around 00c,



Quotations follow:



Grains—W'heat, $1.01; oatS, 39c: corn,

75c; buskwheat, 55c per bu; rye, 600.





Beanswvlllachine screened, $1.90,



Butteix—ABuying prices, Dairy, No. 1,

2201~23c; creamery in tubs, 280; prints,

270028140 per lb.



EggsACase count, 21@220.



Potatoes—60c per bu.



Pcaches.—$1.25@1.50 per bu.



llucklcberries. —- $1.75; blackberries.





$1.25; apples, 5000850

V«-gctablcs.~—'l‘omatocs, 90cfi7$1 per bu;



sweet corn, 100 doz; cabbage, 25@300 doz.

(‘attlth Cows, 32.50014 per cwt; slcers



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





 





mutton, 907‘10c; dressed veal, 6@90;

dressed beef, cows, 5@61/20; steers and





heifers, 71/;0ii91/2c.



Hogs—Dressed, 10017101/3c.



Live Poultry.——Fowis, 10@12c; roosters,

701M“: turkeys, Hmlfic; spring chickens,

lhaltic; spring ducks, 11@12c.





 





Chicago.





\‘i'licat.—No. 2 red, $1.03@1.05; Sept.,

973430; December, 941.2.c; May, 98%c.





Corn—No. 2, 69@71c; Sept., 665/3c; De-





cember, SONG.





Oats—No. 3 white, 360137140; Sept.,

3075c; December, .‘iti-‘im.



liuttcr.——Strongcr and higher. Cream-

crics, 2»l@28c; dairies, 211,4401251/20



Eggsfillighcr with fresh firsts, case

count cases included, 22c per doz.



New York

Butter—Firm and higher. “’cstcrn





factory firsts, 2001220; creamery specials,

23(11‘291A3C.



Eggs Irregular. “'t'\stern first to ex-

tras, 22W‘25C; seconds, 2001210.

Poultry.—~I)rcsscd. Higher

IVcstcrn broilers, 15012lc;

171/;c per lb. Live—Steady. Western



chickens, lX’rzl9c; fowls, 170(ll71/2c.



(iraiu.—\\'hcat, No. 2 red, $1.07 per bu;

corn, No. 2, Sic for old; oats, mixed, 42@

»l.\‘c for new.





 





butt quiet.

l‘owls, 1613/?





Boston,



\VooL—Thc outlook for the woolen fab-

iic trade is very promising and manufac-

turers are scouting for raw material to

keep up with the demand. The amount

of trading the past week was heavy and

prices continue lirm. The following are

the leading market quotations: Ohio

and Pennsylvania fleeces XX, 35017360;

X, 35107340; No. I washed, 400041; No. 2

washed, 400141c; fine unwashed. 27002.9(“;

half blood, 3501360: tlircc—cighths blood

combing, 3500360; quarter blood combing,

340112701 de'laine washed, 3901:40c: delaino

unwashed, 33fi'34c. Michigan, Wisconsin

and New York fleeces—Fin" unwashed,

250126c; delaine unwashed, 31@32c; half

blood unwashed, 34fl‘35c; three-eighths

blood unwashed, 240F35c; quarter blood,

33011340. Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri

—Threc-eighths blood, 34c; quarter blood,

3200330.





 





. Elqin.



Butter.~—Market firm at 280 per 1b.,

which is an advance of 11/29 over last

week’s price. Sales for last week

amounted to 833.400 lbs, compared with





 





939,200 lbs‘. for the previous week.





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

August 23, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of sale stock here today as.

follows: Cattle, 150 loads; hogs, 9,600;

sheep and lambs, 8,000; calves, 1,200.



The cattle market today was fairly ac.

tive and the best cattle on the market

sold steady at last week‘s prices. Butcher

cattle sold from 10@15c higher and stock-

ers from 2507,30c higher than last week.

The best fresh cows and springers sold

about $2 per head higher.



\Ye quote: Best export steers, $6.50@

0.75; best 1,200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,

$5.8501‘6JO; best 1,100 to 1,200 . do.,

$5,600,115.85; medium 1,050 to 1,150 lb.

steers, $5005.25; light butcher steers, $4.50

@475; best fat cows, 34.50095; fair to

good, $3.75@4; light cows, $3003.25; trim-

mers, 31.75022; best fat heifers, $5@5.50;

fair to good, $4.50@4.75; common, $3.75

014; best feeding steers, 800 to 900 lb.

dehorned, $4.50@4.75; 700 to 750 lb. de-

horned stockers, $3.75@4; light stockers,





$3.25@3.50; best bulls, $4004.50; bologna

bulls, $3.500r3.75; stock bulls, $3033.25;

best fresh cows and springer-s, $47@57;





fair to good do., $300040; common, $200025.



The hog market opened fairly active on

all .the good grades but SICHV and draggy

on the common kinds. The good hogs are

all sold but there is some common stuff

unsold. We would advise caution in

buyin grass ' hogs.



VVegquote:3 Medium and heavy, $8.45@

8.55; mixed, $8.40W8.45; best yorkers,

$8.35@S.40; light yorkers and pigS, $8.250?

8.30; roughs, $7.10@7.15; stags, $5.75@

6.25.



The lamb market today was active and

everything is sold. We think the pros—

pects steady for the balance of the week.



We quote: Best lambs, 5576500785; fair

to good, $6.50W7.00; culls, $5.25@5.75; skin





culls, $4014.75: yearlings, $5.25005.50,

wethers, $5015.10; ewes, $4.400v4.75; cull

sheep, $2003.25; best calves, $9.50@9.75;





fair to good, $7.019; heavy, $4@5.





Chicago.

August 23, 1909.





Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Received today ..23,000 30,000 28,000

Same day last ycar..31,183 25,961 27,22).





Received last week .51,992 88,703 110,912

Same week last 3't"ill‘.52,489 95,928 91,002



Cattle were marketed quite freely last

week, with supplies consisting to a great

extent of plain to pretty good steers and

on Monday and \Vednesday, much the

biggest days, good supplies of good to

choice steers, but buyers would have

been better pleased if receipts of western

range Cattle had been on a larger scale.

The most striking feature was the stilt

advance of strictly prime heavy beeves,

with tvm transactions at $7.80, or 250

higher than any trade of the previous

week. Thus the long predicted advance

in choice corn-fed beeves has taken

place, and a rise to $8 is being talked

of now. The poorer grassy native steers

sold at $4_i)2015.ltl, and the course of

prices for all except really good fat cattle

was in a downward direction. In fact,

after Monday even very good cattle sold

at 100.01% lower figures. Cows and heif—

ers went at $3.300i‘6, a few selling at





$6.25@6.50 and firmness confined to good

lots. (Tanners and cutters sold at $261)

3.25. and bulls declined sharply, gomg





slowly at $2.500i‘5. Calves were active and

still higher, selling at $350009. The de-

mand for stockers and feeders was bet-

ter, and prices advanced largely 1001‘20c

under limited otfcrings of good cattle,

sales ranging at $2.750; 5.25. Stockers of

superior quality that averaged 742 lbs.

brot $4.60. \\'yoming range cattle sold

up to $6.25, being fully 35c higher than

such slct‘l's brot a week earlier. Range

steers sold all the way down to $4.50,

while range cows and heifers were taken

freely at 2034001550. Prospects are bet-

ter for range cattle than for native grass-

fcd stock, and feeders are bound to sell

higher.



Cattle were in good supply and demand

today, (Monday), the reCeipts embracing

about 4,000 range cattle from the north—

west. lood cattle were active at steady

prices, but others were slow and largely

1th lower.



Hogs were marketed so sparingly most

of last week that prices were usually kept

advancing, despite the efforts of packers

to hold them down. Eastern shippers

were much smaller buyers than usual,

taking less than 6,000 hogs Monday and

far less other days, while local buyers

satislled their wants by purchasing the

cheaper grade of heavy packing swine.

llogs went at the highest prices seen in

this time for years, and it, was interesting

to recall the fact that thirteen years ago

sales were made at $2.55@3,371/_.. The

range of prices has been contracting, and

the average price has risen to the highest





point in three weeks, with rather light

weights selling the highest. The recent

receipts have averaged in weight 2::

lbs., compared with 226 lbs. a year ago





and 250 lbs. two years ago. Pork has had

sensational advances, and packers Were

good buyers. Hogs should be marketed

whenever ready to come, but pigs should

be fattencd, for the big corn crop means

lower prices for feed. A large part of thc

hogs go for the fresh meat, trade, which

is very large. Today's market was 5c

higher, and the best went 71/2c higher.

Sales were at 347250920.



Range lambs came forward for the first

half of last week with a rush, about

63,000 sheep and lambs showing up Mon-

day and Tuesday, and there was such a

big break in prices that by Thursday

receipts underwent a big falling off. Re-

ceipts came largely from the ranges, with

Idaho furnishing the principal share, and

the percentage of Sheep and yearlings

was so small that they failed to sell of

much. In fact, on Wednesday only two

lots of yearlings were offered. More range

lambs have arrived this year than in the

same period last year, and plenty remain

to come, but much lower prices would





 





AUGUST 28, 1909. '





cause many flocks to be held back. Some

of the feeder lambs from the range were

much poorer in quality than previous

offerings and sold slowly at much lower

prices. Lambs' declined during, the week

50@75c. Today's market was active at

steady prices, lambs being salable at $4@

7.65, with feeders at $6@6.75. Wethu's

were salable at $4.50@5, ewes at $2034.50,

rams at $20174, and yearlin s at $437503

5.50. Breeding ewes Went at §4.25@6, feed-

ing wethers at $4.45@4.65 and feeding

yearlings at $4.750t‘5.35.



Horses are as active as could be ex-

pected during the latter part of August,

with a better demand than that of a year

ago, but trade is hampered by moderate

offerings of desirable kinds. Before long

the fall trade will open, and better prices

are looked for. ‘There is an active in-

quiry for choice feeders at $165@225 per

head, several Illinois dealers competing

with eastern buyers. More activity is

seen in small southern chunks at un~

evenly higher prices, sales ranging at

$60@110 and upward.





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Thursday’s Market.



August 26, 1909.

Cattle,

Receipts, 693. Market 5@10c higher on

all grades. ' _



W’e quote: Dry-fed steers, $5.50@5.§o;

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200, $4.29@

4.75; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000, $3.75

61425; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $3.75GII4.25; grass steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.25

((13.50; choice fat COWS, $3.75717450; 800d

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

(«13; canners, 1.50042; choice heavy bulls,

$3.50Ql'3.75; fair to good bolognas, bulls,

$3.25; stock bulls, $2.50@3; choice feeding

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

steers, 800 to 1,000, $3.50@4; choice stock-

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

500 to 700, $3@3.35; stock heifers, $3;

nlilkers, large, young, medium age, $4063!

60; common Inilkers, $25@Zi5.



Roe Com. Co. sold Smith 3 bulls av

1,090 at $3.50, 1 do weighing 880 at $3.25;

to Sullivan P. CO. 2 do av 1,260 at $3.60;

to Rattkowsky 4 butchers av 760 at $4,

1 heifer weighing 430 at $3; to Schlischer

2 butchers av 730 at $3.50, 3 do av 566 at

$3; to Goose 1 cow weighing 1,100 at $3.50;

to Rattkowsk-y 3 butchers av 710 at $3.60;

to Sullivan P. CO. 1 bull weighing 1,060

at $3.50, 6 butchers av 650 at $3.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 3 cows av 1,166 at $4, 2 do.

tav 1,000 at $3.50, 2 do av 1,035 at $3.50,

19 butchers av 925 at $4.25, 20 do av 811





at $4.15; to Sullivan P. Co. 15 do av 740

at $3.75; to Thompson 11 do av 700 at

$3.75; to Newton B. Co. 3 steers av 1,180





at $5.65.



Bishop, B. & H. sold to Mich. B. CO.

13 butchers av 870 at $3.80; to Goose 3

do av 386 at $3, 2 cows av 900 at $2.50, 3

heifers av 423 at $3; to Austin 4 stockers

it" 605 at $3.40, 7 do av 604 at $3.40, 7 do

uv 643 at $3.65; to Brcsnuhan 2 (10 av

675 at 3.50; to Smith 3 bulls av 1,016

at $3.75, 1 do weighing 820 at $3.25; to

Bresnahan 5 heifers av 550 at $3.50; to

Markowitz 9 steers av 1,075 at $4.50, 1 d0

Weighing 1.150 at $1.50; to 1V, Smith 3

bulls av 1,016 at $3.75; to Newton B. Co.

2 cows" av 710 at $2, 11 steers av 960 at.

$4.75, 3 ,coyvs av 890 at $3.75; to Bresnahan

2 stockers av 510 at $3.25; to Regan 14

butchers "av 586 at $3.40; to Austin 4

stockers "660 at $3.60, 3 do av 666 at

$3.25; to, ‘ooke 5 steers av 886 at $5, 2

do av 795*“ $4.25; to Goose 2 butchers av





610 at $2.50; to Thompson 9 do av 944

at $3.70.

Spicer, M‘. & R. sold Goose 2 bulls





av 426 at $3; to J. W'. Smith 10 feeders

av 882 at $3.90, 2 bulls av 665 at $3.15, 1

do weighing‘960 at $3.50; to Regan 5

heifers av 464 at $3.25; to Dombitk‘e 2

butchers av 585 at $3.40, 13 do av 583 at

$3.25; to Caplis 1 cow weighing 780 at

$2.50, 1 heifer weighing 700 at $3.75, 10

butchers av 663 at $3.50; to McDonald 3

stockers av 616 at $3.60, 2 do av 440 at

$3.25, 4’ do av 690 at $3.50; to Mich. B.

Co, 3 steers av 690 at $4, 7 cow's av 940

at $3.50; to Rattkowsky 2 do av 950 at

$3; to ’l‘horborn 13 stockers av 602 at $3.60.

Sharp sold Thompson 3 butchers av 853

at $4.

Long sold Kamman 4 butchers av 805





t.

' sold Schlischer 2 bulls av 700 at

L cows av 850 at $3.10, 15 btuchers





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av 576 at $3.55.



Lewis sold Gerish 19 butchers av 855

at $4.40.



“’titerman sold Marx 11 butchers av

910 at $4.15.





Robb sold Mich. B. Co. 2 cows av 900

at $4.25, 2 heifers av 765 at $3, 11 butch-

ers av 911 at $4.



.lohnson sold Regan 3

at $3.50.



Same

$1.40.



Haley sold same 4 steers :Iv 790 at $3.90.



Haley sold Sullivan P Go. 9 butchers

:tv 760 at $3.75.



Long sold same 2 bulls av 1,005 at $3‘50,

2 do av 650 at $3.60.



\Vaterman sold same 2 990

at $3.30.



Same sold Gcrish 3 steers av 1,100 at

$75.1 '





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heifers av 506





sold Gerish 9 steers av 832 at





CO \V 5 51V





. Veal Calves.



Receipts, 387. Good calves $10150

higher than last week. Bcst, $96010; oth—

$50I‘8.50; milch cows and Spl‘ingcl's

striltl)’.



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

1‘ v. 15 av 160 at $8.50; to Goose 2 av 175

a: $4; to Austin 7 av 155 at $8.50: to

.Il’lllllllOlld, S. Co. 8 av 145 at $9.25;

to Fitzpatrick Bros. 2 av 260 at $6, 9 av

1:10 at $9; to Parker, W. & Co. 2 av 185

a: $10, 1 weighing 220 at $9.50; to Fried-

man 2 av 125 at $9; to Newton B. Co.

5: :iv 145 at $8.75; to Fitzpatrick Bros.

9 :l\' 160 at $9; to Parker, \V. & Co. 14

n." 155 at $9.50, 22 av 180 at $8.50.



Spicer, M. & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 3

m 1.35 at $8, 2 av 205 at $4, 1 weighing

,wi :iL $5.50, 5 av 160 at $8.25, 2 av 125

,1! $8.95; to Goose 2 av 255 at $6; to Mich.





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1:. Co. 2 av 220 at $5.25, 7 av 145 at $9, 3

:n' 150 at $9, 1 weighing 220 at $5.25; to

McGuire 8 av 150 at $9. 2



Johnson sold Mlch. B, Co. 2 av 11;)





at $7.50. _

Sharp & W. sold Sulhvan P. Co. 7 av

140 at $8.





Clark 8; McK. sold same 8 av 150 at

$8.50.



Waterman sold Burnstinc 9 av 160 at

$8.50.





Snyder sold same 9 av 155 at $8.75.





crHE MICHIGAN FARMER.





Graft sold Newton B. Co. 9 av 150 at $9.



Roe Com. Co. sold Hammond, . &

Co. 10 av 146 at $8.50, 1 weighing 110 at

$6, 2 av 120 at $6, 4 av 150 at $7.50; to

Mich. B. Co. 7 av 155 at $8.50; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 11 av 170 at $9.



Haley sold Newton B. Co. 11 av 170

at $4.50.



Cheney & H. sold same 15 av 150 at

$8.25.



Wagner & A. sold Kamman B. Co. 11

av 150 at $8.



heep and Lambs.



Receipts, 2,397. Market active and 25c

higher than last week.



Best lambs, $6.75@7; fair to good lambs,

$6.50; light to common lambs, $5605.50;

yearlings, $5; fair to good sheep, $4@4.25;

culls and common, $2.50@3.25.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B, Co. 21

sheep av 80 at $3, 47 do av 90 at $4: to

Parker, W. & Co. 78 lambs av 65 at $6.25;

to Young 26 do av 65 at $6.25; to Ham~

mond, S. & Co. 7 do av 85 at $7, 25 Sheep

av 90 at $4; to Sullivan P. Co. 41 lambs

av 65 at $6.50, 25 do av 60 at $6.50, 38

do av 70 at $6.50; to Mich. 13. C0. 17

sheep av 110 at $4.50; to Newton B. Co.

4 (10 av 80 at $4, 38 lambs av 80 at $6.75;

to Sullivan P. Co. 82 do av 65 at $6.75;

to Fitzpatrick Bros. 24 (10 av 75 at $6.50;

to Hertler 60 do av 50 at $6.



Spicer, M. & sold Mich. B. Co. 15

sheep av 90 at $4, 71 lambs av 75 at $7;

to Newton B. Co. 15 do av 50 at $5, 85

do av 65 at $6.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

8 sheep av 125 at $4.25; to Mich. B. Co. 21

lambs av 65 at $6.50.



\Vagner & A. sold Sullivan P. Co. 65

lambs av 75 at $6.50.



Clark & McK. sold same 20 do av 65

at $6.50.



Haley sold Newton B. Co. 5 lambs av

60 at $5, 1 sheep weighing 190 at $3, 33

lambs av 75 at $6.50.



Same sold Fitzpatrick Bros. 32 lambs

av 60 at $5.50, 1 buck weighing 180 at

$2.50, 35 Sheep av 80 at $4.10.



Lewis sold same 4 do av 100 at $4.25. 5

do av 115 at $3.50, 10 lambs av 68 at

$6.25. '



Chase sold same 13 av 70 at $6.50.



Haley sold Thompson 43 sheep av 75

at $4.



Clark & McK. sold same 9 do av 105

at $4.



Roe Com. Co, sold Hammond, S. & Co.

14 sheep av 90 at $4.75, 11 do av 120 at

$4.25, 2 do av 100 at $2.50; to (Saplis 23

lambs av 60 at $6.25; to Stoker 26 do

av 60 at $5.50.



Johnson sold Mich. B. Co.



133 at $3.50, 21 do av 70 at $4.90,

lambs av 75 at $6.30.





10 sheep av

119





Hogs.



Receipts 2,437. Market steady at last

week’s prices.



Range of prices: Light to good butch-

ers, $7.9«ms.10; pigs, $7.25fix765: light

yorkers, $770618; stugs, 1;, off.



iishop, B. & H. sold Parker, W. & C0.

38 av 150 at $7.80, 269 av 153 at $7.85, 157

:Iv 145 at $7.70, 304 av 160 at $7.90, 693 av

180 at $8, 188 av 190 at $8.10.



Spicer, M. & R. sold same 49 av 180

at $8.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan 1’. Co.

20 pigs av 90 at $7.25. 33 do av 100 at

$7.50, 50 do av 110 at $7.60.



Roe Com. Co. sold same 81 av 190 at

$8, 180 av 190 at $7.90, 109 av 165 at $7.80,

49 av 130 at $7.35.



Spicer, M. & R. sold same

at $8, 88 av 200 at $3.15, 37

$3.20, 43 av 165 at $8.15,



Spicer, M. & R. sold Youngs

at $7.75, 23 av 200 at $8.



Sundry shippers sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 120 av 188 at $8, 70 av 177 at $8.





30 av 175

av 200 at;





109 av 170





Friday’s Market.

August 20,

.~ Cattle.



There was a fair run of cattle on sale

for Friday at the Michigan Central yards

when the, market opened and all grades

sold full steady with Thursday, a few good

heavy steers bringing $5.50. Milch cows

and springcrs were also steady.





1909.





Haley sold same 2 bulls av 1,0110 at

$3.50, 2 cows av 900 at $2, 2 do av 775

at $2.





Spicer, M. 8; R, sold same 1 do Weigh-





ing 1.150 at $5, 1 steer weighing 1,040

at $5.50

Roe Com Co sold Kamman, B. (‘o.





3 butchers 'av 900 at $3.75, 2 do av 710

at $3.25, 5 do av 510 at $3.





iishop, B. & 171, sold same 4 cows

av 900 at $3.25.



Spicer, M. & R. sold some 5 butchers

av 792 at $4, 1 cow weighing 880 at $3.





1 steer weighing 800 at $4, 1 do weighing

860 at $4, 2 cows av 930 at $3.25, 4 butch-

ers 11V 870 at $4.15.





Roe Com. C0. sold Stabler 3 Sltli'lU‘l‘S

av 536 at $3.25.

Bishop, B. & H. sold some 5 feedels





av 906 at $3.90.

Sheep and Lambs.





The sheep and lamb trade was dull :lt

Thursday’s prices. The quality was very

common and bucky lambs are unsalable

at any price.



Roe Com. Co. sold llertler 49 lambs av

(30 at $6, 11 do av 45 at $5,



Same sold Erban 11 sheep av 70

$4.85;



Haley sold same 11 lambs av 58 at $5.25.



Roe Com. C0. sold some 43 lambs av

70 at $6.



Roe Com. Co. sold Mich. B, 00. 10

sheep av 1'26 at $3.75.



Spicer, M. & R. sold same 9 do av

65 at $4, 1 buck weighing 130 at $2.50. 7

sheep av 77 at $2.25, 8 do av 93 at $2.5 .



Haley sold Hammond, S, & Co. 1 buck

weighing 100 at $2.50, 2 sheep av 110 at

$4, 4 do av 145 at $3.75.



Hogs.



The hog trade was active and steady.

Thursday’s prices were paid for all grades.



Light to good butchers, $8@8.25; pigs,

$7007.50; light yorkers, $7.25@7.75.



Roe (70m. Co. sold Hammond, S. & Co.

6 av 170 at $8.



Spicer, M. & R. sold some 67 av 160

at $7.75, 34 av 150 at $7.90, 74 av 175





at $8.10.

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





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JIMMY’S GET-AWAY.

BY HOWARD DWIGHT SMILEY.



“Say, Cully, wotcher in fer, anyhow?”



The speaker, Red Kelly, a rough, mid-

dle-aged hobo, stood with his face pressed

against the bars of his cell, gazing across

the corridor.



Jimmy Graham, in the cell opposite,

raised his head slowly and looked thru

the bars at his questioner.



“Speaking 'to me?" he asked indif-

ferently.



“Yep; I was askin’ yer wotcher in fer."

answered Red, rough but kindly,



Jimmy rose wearily from his cot and

paced several times up and down the

narrow confines of his cell before reply-

ing.



“As near as I can make out," he said

finally, “I’m in because the stiff—necked

Johnny Wise that the people of this

county use for a judge, wouldn’t give me

a chance to explain myself. I was

pinched for stealing a ride on a freight

train.”



“Hittin’ the road, hey?” grinned the

other delightedly. “Dat’s wot dey got

me in fer, too. De judge gimme ninety

days, yesterday.”



“I got six months,” said Jimmy bit-

terly.



“Gee!” gasped Red, an expression of

horrified surprise overspreading his face;

“gee, dat’s fierce, ain’t it! 'Wot’d yer d0.

bust a seal?”



“No, I supp0se the judge handed me

the extra three months because I tried to

tell him that I had a wife and baby to

support, and was on my way to a job

that had been promised me, in Jackson.

He said that every hobo who had been

before him since he became a judge had

tried to spring that gag on him. Told

me I was a liar and a common bum and

then dianded me the six months, saying

he hoped it would be a lesson to me, and

that perhaps I’d be willing to settle down

and be decent when I got out. I’ve been

in only ten days.”



At this juncture the turnkey entered

the corridor and handed a letter thru the

bars to the young man. He then turned

and began unlocking the cells for the

purpose of letting the prisoners into the

corridor for their daily exercise.



Jimmy seized the letter eagerly and

quickly opened and read it. The contents

were cvidcntly of a, startling nature, for

he turned very pale and collapsed on his

cot with a groan.



He was aroused a moment later by the

voice of Red, who stood in the door of his

cell, which the turnkey had unloekcd

and opened.



“Wot’s do matter,

“Git some, bad news?”



Jimmy rose from his cot, thrust the

letter into his trousers pocket and stepped

out into the corridor. Ills face was still

white and drawn, and he seemed to be

almost at the point of bursting into tears.



“This is awful,” he said, as they

walked slowly down the corridor. “It’s

the limit. I’ve got to do something.”



“\Vot's dc rip, anyway?" asked Rod.



Jimmy slowly drew the letter from his

pocket and handcd it to his cmnpanion,

who rcad it slowly and laboriously. It

contained the following:



James Graham.

Caro (‘ollins (‘ounty Jail,

Collins, Michigan.

Dear Sir:



I have bccn asked to inform you that

your wife is very seriously ill, and prac-

tically destitute. Unless you are heard

from at once she will be placed in the

charity ward of the City Hospital and

your child sent to the Foundlings’ Home.



Yours truly.

SILAS CHURCH, M. D.



“Gee!” commented Red as he handed

the letter back. “Dat's Iicrce, ain‘t it!

\Vot‘d ycr run off an‘ leave yerc wife an’

kid fer? A man wot's got a fam’ly

ought‘cr stay home an‘ take care 0’ ’em,

.’stead ’o hittin" dc, road.”



“I had to go. I'd been out of work for

four months and everything in Chicago

dead, and no show of anything starting

up. I have a friend who’s foreman of a

shop in Jackson. and I wrote him for a

job and he wrote back that there was a

steady one waiting me there if I could

take it within ten days. I gave the wife

all the money I had. which was barely

enough to keep her and the kid until I

could send her more, and as I was broke,

I had to beat it. I got along all right

until I reached this town, when that con-

founded constable discovered me in the

empty and pinched me.”



“Dis town’s fierce fer pinehin’ boes,"

commented Red. “VVorse’n Godfrey.”





 





 





pal?” he asked.





‘ .





\





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.’





“Well, it seems that I’ve got to do’





something,” continued Jimmy desperately.

“Ican‘t stand it to‘think of Minnie being

in the hospital and the kid in the found-

lings home. What’ll Min do when she

comes out? She won’t have a cent' to

live on, and will probably be too weak

to work."



“Don't she know where yer is?”



“Oh, sure. I wrote her as soon as 1

could, and have had one letter from her.

She’s a game little girl, and said she‘d

try and get a job somewheres. But

there’s mighty few jobs in Chicago, .just

now, and now that she is sick she

couldn’t work if she did have one.' It’s

awful.”



“’Tis fierce, ain’t it,” said Red sym-

pathetically. “But keep yer head up,

pal. Mebbe something will turn up. Yer

can’t never tell.”



Just then the door at the end of the

corridor, near which they were standing,

opened and the turnkey entered with a

prisoner. The latter was badly intoxi-

cated, and the turnkey had to support

and assist him along. He carelessly left

the door unlocked and slightly ajar, and

bundled his charge to the end of the cor-

ridor, where they turned into another

and disappeared.



Both. Jimmy and Red noticed the turn-

key's carelessness. Jimmy Shot a quick

glance at his companion and then down

the corridor. The other prisoners were

walking about or standing in groups,

talking, and none had noticed the turn—

kcy's mistake.



Red nodded soberly. “You might make

yer get-away,” he whispered, “but it’ll

be risky. If dey ketch yer it‘ll mean a

year.”



Jimmy that fast. It would probably

be his only chance and he ‘felt that he

must do something for his family at once.

In his present desperate state of mind

he was ready to try almost anything, and

he quickly made up his mind.



"I’m going to make a try for it," he

whispered.



The other nodded silently and pressed

his companion’s hand. “I hope yer make

it, an’ good luck ter yer,” he whispered

as Jimmy turned to the door.



He stopped quickly thru and pulled it

shut after him. He found himself in a.

long hall leading to the sheriff’s office.

The hall was empty, but he could hear

voiccs in the office, and realized that he

must be quick. Looking hastily about

he discovered an iron door, close to his

right, with the key in the lock.



Jimmy turned the key softly and pulled

the door open slightly. It led him into

the back yard of the jail, and Jimmy

slipped out, gently closing the door be-

hind him.



lle dodged around the corner of the

jail, ran between two long rows of cord

wood, past a barn, and into an alley

which he followed until he came to a

street. He paused here for a second to

note that the street was deserted and

then dodged across the road and into a

back yard.



He continued this for some distance,

kecping to back yards and tumbling over

fences until, finally reaching the outskirts

of the town, he crossed a railroad track

and ran diagonally thru a large field

towards some woods. Iii-aching those he

found himself on the bank of a large

l'i\'i'l‘, and turning down stream contin—

ued his flight, casting frequent glances

over his shoulder to see if he were pur-

sued.



He continued thus until he had put

fully six mile-s bctwccn himself and the

town of Collins. and then suddenly found

his way blockcd by a large swamp.



His first impulse was to go around this,

but on second thot he waded straight

into it. The water was not deep and he

felt that the swamp would be an excel-

lent place of concealment. He was with-

out hat or coat, and realizing that he

would be bound to attract attention, and

perhaps suspicion in this condition, he

decided that it would be best to remain

out of sight until the darkness could

cover his lack of apparel. Beside this,

his long run had exhausted him and he

felt the need of rest,



After wading in for some distance, he

came to a small island, covered with

trees and underbrush, and crawling onto

this he throw himself down to wait until

night should fall.



It seemed an age to him that he was

('onlpcllcd to remain on the little island

but night finally came, and after waiting

until it was quite dark, Jimmy crept out

of the swamp and continued down the

river.



He had proceeded for about a mile,

when he came to a. grove of large trees

beside the river. The ground here was





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cleared of underbrush and leaves, and

Jimmy concluded that it was some sort

of a picnic ground.



A short distance farther he came sud-

denly upon a building. It was dark and

evidently deserted. After a moment’s

hesitation Jimmy advanced toward it.



The building was a low round affair,

without windows, and Jimmy followed

the wall around until he came to a door,

which stood open. He paused here for

a minute, peering into the dark interior

wonderingly.



“Hardly large enough for a dance hall,"

he mused. “Still, it must be something

of that sort. Guess I’ll take a look in—

side and see what I find. I might run

on to an old coat or hat that some one

has left behind.”



He stepped inside and groped half way

around the walls without encountering

anything. Then he stumbled onto what

seemed to be several empty packing

boxes. He was about to pass these,

when he was startled to hear the sound

of voices and footsteps approaching.

They were apparently coming toward the

building.



The first impulse was to dash out of

the door and run, but the voices were

already so near that he realized he could

not do this without being seen and prob-

ably captured. Turning to the packing

boxes he groped among them until he

found one lying on its side, and into

this he crawled just as a number of men

entered the building, conversing and

joking in a manner which at once assured

him that they were not a pursuing party.



A moment later a faint gleam penetrat-

ing the side of the room where Jimmy

was concealed, told him that a light had

been struck. He discovered a small

knot hole in the side of his box, and

placing his eye to this, he saw that the

light came from a large oil lamp hung

low in the center of the building, directly

over what appeared to be a small pit

surr0unded by a railing. The lamp was

fitted with a huge green shade, which

concentrated the rays upon the pit, and

left the rest of the room in gloom.



The men were scattered about, in

groups, conversing and joking. Two of

them approached Jimmy’s place of con-

cealment and, seating themselves on the

box in which he was hidden, commenced

talking. '



“Vl'ell, Judge,” one of them was say-

ing, “you’ve a pretty snug little layout

here. Makes quite an addition to your

hunting and fishing lodge, don’t it?"



“Yes," replied the other; “this ought

to be private enough to allow us to in—

(lulge in a little sport occasionally With-

out Buck finding it out. The sheriff’s

so blamed conscientious in the performo

ance of his duties that it isn’t safe even

to own a bird any more.”



At the sound of the last voicc, Jimmy

started. It was a peculiar deep guttural

tone, and he recognized it instantly as

holonging‘ to the judge who had sen-

tenced him.



“Bmk does keep the lid clamped down

pretty tight. He won’t even stand for a

quiet little game of poker in a back room

any more. They say he has it in for

you, too.”



“Yes. I exerted all my influence to-

ward preventing his election, and he

knows it. He’d jump at a chance to get

even with me, and therefore we‘ve got

to be mighty careful about this place. I

had it built ostensibly for a billiard room,

and have a table which can be moved

over the pit to conceal it. Outside of my

man, John, you follows are the only ones

who know anything about the purpose

of this building, and of course I can

trust you not to let Ruck got wind of it.”



“You certainly can. “'c are all just

as interested in the game as you are, and

are just as anxious to see the sport.

Guess we don’t need to worry about

Buck getting next to us, however; he

isn’t so wise. I hear he let a prisoner

escape from jail today.”



“Yes,” answered the judge. “It was

that young bum I sent up for six months,

the other day. I sized him up for a bad

egg right on the start, and when he tricd

to hand me that old gag about a wife.

and baby to support, it made me so tir-d

that I soaked him good.”



“‘ly the way, where is your man

John?” asked the other, who was ap—

parently not interested in the misfor-

tunes of Jimmy.



“That is what I’m wondering,” an-

swered the judge. “I sent him out this

afternoon to open up the building and

move out the table. I haven’t seen him

since we arrived; but he is probably

around somewhere, and will show up

soon.”



“That accounts for the door being





AUGUST 28, 1909.

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open,” mused Jimmy. "It’s lucky I didn’t

run right into John’s arms.” .



At this moment'the missing John ap-

peared, somewhat -flustered, and with

abject apologies for his prolonged ab-

sence. He made some explanation to the

judge which Jimmy could not hear, was

sharply reprimanded by his master, and

ordered to fetch the birds.



John hurried out to execute this order,

and shortly reappeared bearing a number

of wicker covered baskets which he placed

on the floor. The door was then closed

and the men gathered expectantly around

the pit.



Jimmy, who had been taking all‘ this

in thru his knot hole, saw two of the men

turn to the baskets and select two of the

fowls, which Jimmy recognized as game

cocks. The men jumped into the pit

with the cooks, and the others pressed

closer around the railing.



This was the nearest that Jimmy had

ever come to witnessing a cock fight, and

while he could not see the actual battle,

the actions of the men, their excited

wagering among themselves, and their

exclamations of joy or dismay as their

respective birds gained or lost ground,

interested him in spite of his precarious

position. ,



The fight was soon over, and Jimmy

wondered as he heard the victorious

rooster crow. He did not know that this

was necessary in order to decide the

battle.



Two more birds were quickly taken

from the baskets and made ready to

fight, and during this interval two of the

onlookers stepped over to Jimmy’s side

of the building and picked up one of the

packing boxes, carrying it to the side of

the pit and sitting down on it. Noting

this, two other men carried over the

second box.



This was naturally very disconcerting

to Jimmy. There were still over half

the men standing, and at any moment

they might come for boxes, and, as there

was but one other besides his remaining,

he would inevitably be discovered.



He hadn’t given much thot to his posi-

tion, so far, feeling that he was quite

safe in his place of concealment; but

now it occurred to him that, even if he

'were not discovered, when the men left,

the building would very probably be

locked, and as there were no windows,

except those in the roof, he would be

virtually a prisoner again. ‘



He pecped out at the men. They were

all excitedly watching the second fight,

and were crowded closely around the pit.



It'd be a pretty good plan for me to get

out of here right now, he, told himself.



Crawling noiselessly from the box he

tiptocd to the"door. To his dismay he

found this barred with a heavy piece of

oak set in iron cleats on either side of

the casing.



When he tried to raise this bar it stuck

in the cleats so that he had to exert con-

siderable upward force to move it, and

when he finally did succeed, it came up

so suddenly that he lost his hold and it

fell with a loud thud to the floor.



Several of the men turned at the sound.

Sccing Jimmy frantically trying to pull

the door open, they sprang forward and

seized him just as he succeeded in his

efforts and was about to plunge into the

darkness outside. He was jerked back

into the light, where, they viewed him

with mingled surprise and consternation.



“How did you get in here?” several

demanded.



Before Jimmy could reply the judge

strode forward, seized him by the shoul-

der and whirled him around so that the

light fcll full on his face.



“You’re the young fellow that escaped





from the jail today,” he said after a.





minute's scrutiny.



Exclamations of surprise came from

the other men.



“Are you sure, Judge?" one asked.



“Sure!” snapped the judge savagely.

“Of course I am sure! Didn‘t I send

him up? This puts us in a pretty mess!"



“Looks to me like a good joke on

Buck,” laughed one of the men. “lie

lets a prisoner escape, and his arch

enemy, Judge Butler, captures the pris~

oner. Ha, Ha!”



“It’s not so funny as you think,” re-

tortcd the judge. “If Buck gets hold

of this fellow again, what’s going to

happen to our little. cock-fighting ren-

dezvous? You don’t expect the prisoner

to keep his mouth shut, do you?”



The laughing one subsided suddenly.

“That’s right,” he agreed. “We can’t

let Buck get him. What in thunder will

we do?” ' ,



“That‘s what I want to know,” an-

swered the judge. “What were you do~

ing in here, anyway?” he demanded,





 





 





 





 





 





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turning to Jimmy. “What did you want

to break out of jail for?” .



Jimmy took the letter from his pocket

and silently handed it to his questioner.

A' surprised expression came into the

judge’s face as he read.



“Then you really have a Wife and

child?” he said. ‘ -



“Certainly. I tried to tell you so be-

fore, but you wouldn't believe it.”



The judge folded the letter up thotfully

and handed it back. “Well, what are

you going to do?” he inquired.



“That’s for you to say,” Jimmy an-

swered, shrugging his shoulders. “You've

got me.”



“Why don’t you let him go?" suggested

one of the men.



“That’s a bright idea," growled the

judge. “Then if Buck caught him we’d

have. a double charge against us: running

a cock fight, and aiding a prisoner to es-

cape. The last is a mighty serious

charge, I can assure you.”



“Perhaps if we give him a. chance to

get away he will promise to keep his

mouth shut about what he has seen here

tonight,” suggested one.



“How about that?" said the judge to

Jimmy.



But a great light had dawned on Jim-

my. He had been thinking fast while

the others were trying to decide on what

to do, and had arrived at a very definite

conclusion: If the judge had him, he

likewise had the judge.



“I guess I’ll stay,” he said quiitly.



“Stay!" gasped the judge in dismay.

“Vi".hat for?"



“Oh, thee dOl‘Sn't S'em to be much

use trying ('0 get away. A man can’t

run around the country dressed as I am

without exciting suspicion, and, as it

must be pretty generally known by now

that I have escaped, they’d spot me in a

minute."



“If it’s a coat you want, you can have

mine,” said one of the men, of about

Jimmy’s build, peeling off the garment

and emptying the pockets.



“Yes, and you can have my hat,” said

another.



Jimmy accepted the gifts silently and

donned 'tl‘iem. ' .



“Now get out of here, and don’t stop

until you are out of the state,” said the

judge, moving toward thc door.



“I'T'believe I said I was going to stay

here," - said Jimmy nonehalantly.



“But, what for? Don‘t you want to

get away and take. care of your family?"



“Doesn't seem to be much use trying.

I’m *out of a job and broke and couldn‘t

help them if I did get home. I guess I

might as well go back to jail and serve

out my time. I’ll have the satisfaction

of seeing some of you fellows in there

With me, or of knowing that you all paid

big fat iincs.”



“Now, see here,” said the judge in a

coaxing tone, “you don’t want to get us

into trouble, do you? These fellows here

are all prominent busincss men in Col~

lins, and their arrest on the charge of

participating in an cocking main would

be a complete disgrace to them. And

besides, it would put me out of business

and ruin me, were it known that I was at

the head of it. Now be a good fellow

and get out of the state."



"If you get into trouble it'll bc your

own fault,” answered Jimmy coolly. “If

you hadn't bccn so Johnny \Visc that you

sent me up for six months without giv-

ing me a chance to explain my circum—

stances, l‘d be working now and in :1

position to help my wife, instead of bcing

a fugitive. I‘ll be mighty glad to see

you get soaked to the. limit."



“()h, throw him out and take a Chance,"

growled one of the men. “He’s only

blutling and has no intention of giving





himself up. He’s just trying to work

us out of a bunch of coin.”

“if you put me 'out I'll hike right





back to the jail and tell the

’ dcclnrcd Jimmy.





straight

sheriff all I know,’



The incn starcd at each other in con-

sternation. The situation was obviously

beyond them.



“llcavens, let's make up a purse and

prescut it to him," said one of them.

“He's got Us dead to rights and don‘t

propose to let up until we dig.”



“How much do you want to get out of

the state?" demanded the judge, turning

to Jimmy.



'icforc he could reply there came a

spund from outsidc that froze them all.



It was the long drawn bay of hounds.



The. judge turned white as a sheet and

listened breathlessly until the sound was

repeated, this time closer to the building.



“lreat Scott!” he gasped. “duck has

got the bloodhounds on the trail! Fasten

that door, quick!”



Two men sprang back and placed the





’ THE MICHIGAN FARMER:





bar in position. They were not a second

too soon, for at that instant the dogs

arrived outside and .commenced to how]

and'scratch at the door. A second latex-

the voice of the sheriff was heard.





“Open up, Graham, and surrender,” he

called. “W'e know you are in there, and

you can’t get away.” -



The judge seized Jimmy’s arm and

pulled him to the opposite side of the.





building.

“See here,” he whispered, “you’re

caught and can’t escape. But Buck





must not know that the rest of us are

here. You’ll have to go back to jail, but

if you’ll slip quietly out and give yourself

up, and keep your mouth shut, I’ll give

you two hundred dollars toward taking

care of your family, and will do what I

can to give you your freedom at once.

Make up your mind quick!"



“I'll agree to that,” Jimmy whispered

promptly.



The judge thrust a roll of bills into

his hand. .“There‘s two hundred or

more there,” he whispered. “Now get

out quick before Buck smashes the door

down, and be sure to 010569 it after you,"

and with that the judge sprang to the

side of the pit and blew out the lamp:



The sheriff and his men had been

keeping up a clamor outside and were

now pounding heavily on the door. Jim-

my quickly stepped to it and called out:



“All right, sheriff, I give in. Stand

back; I’m coming out.”



He removed the bar, and opening the,

door just wide enough to permit him to

pass thru, he slipped out, Closing it

quickly behind him.



lie was immediately surrounded by the

shcriff, three deputies and two

bloodhounds. The men carried lantcrns.





huge





“I thot we would get you,” said the

sheriff exultzmtly. “We had to telegraph

to Jackson for the hounds or we’d caught

you before this.”



“\thre‘d you get that coat and hat?”

demanded one of the dcputics suddenly.

“YOU didn’t have them when you left

the jail.” -



“Why, I—I—” began Jimmy confusedly.



“'Who is in that building?" asked the

sheriff suspiciously.



“Not a soul,” lied Jimmy faithfully.



“I don’t believe it. I thot I heard

someone whispering before you came. out.

Guess I'll take a look.”



To Jimmy’s dismay the sheriff stepped

to the. door, but he had barely crossed

the threshold when his lantern was

kicked from his hand and some one

struck him violently in the face, knocking

him down.



Instantly all three of his companions

and the dogs sprang to his aid; but the.

men inside were dctcrmincd not to be

recognized and aimcd kicks at the lan-

terns in the hands of thc deputies. quickly

extinguishing them, and in a second the

place was in darkncss and a turmoil of

shouting and lighting mcn and barking

(l(,>g's.



Jimmy was for the moment left alone

and sceing his opportunity he turned and

ran as fast as he could across the Iiclds.



From the direction of the town he could

hear the heavy pulling of a locomotive

and about a moment later the headlight

swung into view around the curve about

half a. mile away.



He knew that the railroad must be

somcwhcrc close by, and he could tell

by the laborcd pulling of the engine that

the train was on an upgrade. Hopefully

he run toward it.



lic rcachcd the tracks just as the

engine passcd him, and, as he had suru

miscd, the long heavy freight train was

having all it could do to top the grade,

and he saw that it was moving slowly

enough for him to catch it.



lie lct fully half the train pass him

before a box car with the side door

open came along. and then by running

as fast as he could he managed to catch

hold of the sidc of the door and swung

himself insidc.



A few minutes later the train was over

the grade, and rollingr down the other

side, carrying him away from his pcrscm

toward his dcslituto family

at a rate of thirty milcs an hour.



“Mighty lucky I hit that grade,” he

soliloduizr‘d as he. closcd the door and

sat down in :1 corner of the cur. “'l‘licy‘ll

never drcam that I caught this train,

and will hunt all over the county for me.

l‘ll make Hammond by daylight, and I'll

walk home from there. Once in good Old

Chi, I guess I’ll be safe from capture by

any country sheriff."





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In the year.



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Detroit. Michigan: Fair Sept. 2-10.

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owners the past three years has been the sensation

of the harness and horscrcoliur Worldnalso with the

veterinarians, farm pupcrs. agricultural stations.

’l‘liclr sale. has been so large that we lnul to (loublo

our capacity and establish two big factories in

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Whipple Collars yet.





Every horse owner owes it to himself to thorough-

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why about 100,000 are llisucccssl'ul usccurini: horses

everywhcro while they workusolil by m t r 4.5M)

leadlng harness dealers (’Vcrywllcro on satislaction,

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not to overlook our big exhibits.



Demand for these collars from farmers and horse





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Daily, Showing Horse’s 0 Free Booklets

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get well while working, and'why a. exhibits given. It will pay you to

a well horse can‘t get sore if collar call at our exhibit, which you can

is properly adjusted—why any easily llnd. If your dealer doesn't

horse can pull bigger loads much as yet carry Whipple Collars,

easier with Whipple Collars. write us for prices and book

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AHAND EMBROIDERED CORSET

COVER.

BY MAE Y. MAHAFFY.

One of the most useful phases of the





THE MICHIGAN ‘ FARMER:





a spatula is not commonly found among-

the utensils of the~ kitchen. This little

article soon becomes indispensable when





‘ once possessed. ‘It is so pliable that it





can be slipped under a cake or a pie





present day craze for handwork is the 'Without breaking either one. In cooking





possibilities which it opens for inexpen—

sive, yet attractive underwear. The mus-

lin, nainsook, cambric or linen founda-

tion, as the case may be. is never a.

costly item, but the dainty laces and

embroideries bring up the expense of

such garments to no small sum. And it

is just here that the woman capable of

placing tastefully a few lace or embroid—

ery stitches can aid greatly in keeping

the contents of her purse well nigh in-

tact, and at the same time be the po-

ssessor of garments far more valuable

than those made with shop trimmings.



To make a corset cover use the cir-

cular form of cut, making the cover

seamless, and finish it with a plain belt.

The top and fronts are scalloped simply

in buttonholing with a coarse luster cot-

ton. These scallops are easily marked

out around one edge of a. spool. An

inch below the scallops, half inch but-

tonholes are worked across the front and

back in groups of two, thru which the

ribbon is afterward run. This ribbon is

brot up and knotted in a bow on each

shoulder, doing away with other shoulder

straps.



The fronts are embroidered in scat~

tered daisies of French laid work, and

intermingling with them in haphazard

fashion are small eyelets. The design

is so simple that any one can readily lay

out a similar one in a few minutes.



The eyelets are outlincd in the row

of stamping, then punched with a stil-

leto and overcast. The Centers of the

daisies are eyelets made in the same

manner. The petals are covered first

with a few rows of lcngthwise stitches

to serve as padding, and are then worked

solid Straight across this pudding. The

eyelet centcrs should be placcd first, as

it will then be an easy matter to join the

petals neatly. A. tiny bow or two of the

ribbon givcsa prctty finish to the fronts.

It may be laced thru buttonholes if

desired.





 





KITCHEN CONVENIENCES.

BY E. E. in.



The kitchen being the workshop of the

home should be provided with as many

conveniences as possible, in order to

assist the housewife and her helpers in

saving time and labor. Any one of the

little things to be had at the five and ten

cent counters cost a nickel or a dime,

yet these are as indispensable in their

way as the larger or more expensive

utensils. Cooking spoons, forks, strain-

ers, covers. sauce. pans of various sizes,

basins, cggbcatcrs, can—openers, and oth-

crs too humorous to mention all come at

the popular price. Few kitchens are any

too well provided with all these and

often the lack of a single one causcs

inconvcnicnce and annoyance. I knew

a badly cut finger to result from an at-

tempt to open a tin can with a knife.

The can opener which would have avoid-

ed the accident had never been pur-

chased, needless to say the next visit

to town brot one.



"l‘in covers for all sizes of sauce pans

are a necessity. Burned fingers are

Hillscd by a lack of the right one which

cxnclly fits the cooking dish. There is

a lxlttlc, made in granite as well as

hcavicr warc, which has a clasp holding

the cover tightly in position when drain—

ing. Any one who has cvcr spilled food

or scaldcd their hands when trying to

drain a Incss of potatoes, knows how ex-

asperating it is to have the cover slip,

causing such an accident. A wire basket

in which the potatoes are placed while

boiling is still bcttcr. It. can be lifted

with its contents from the kcttlc.



The heavy iron pots and pans of oldcn

tines have largely given place, to those

of aluminum and agate. However, there

are still uscs for thc ironwurc, and one

of them is, when pan—broiling a steak.

For this an old fashioned cast—iron spider

is hotter than any lighter ware. as the

heat will not warp or break it. For frying

fish an iron pan-cake griddle is better

than anything else as it has more sur—

face and holds the heat evenly.



A kitchen cabinet combines many ex-

cellencies. The best ones are expensive

but as a saver of steps they hold first

rank, combining in small space what, in

the average kitchen, is spread over con-

siderable ground. To be able to stand in

one place and reach every article needed

in baking, relieves the necessity of re-

peatedly crossing the floor, when every

step means added expenditure of strength.



The thin, wide-bladed knife known as





omelet it is better than a knife for lifting

and turning the egg, and is excellent for

spreading icing or meringue.



No workman can do his best unless

equipped with tools, neither can a woman

when she acts in the capacity of house-

keeper and home-maker, with the multi-

tude of demands upon her time and

strength.





MOTH ER’S SAGE BED.





 





BY MIRS, NETTIE NED-RIDEK.



True, many mothers nowadays raise

this herb, as did our grandmothers, and

it is recognized as a vamable plant, both

for its medicinal qualities and its gen—

eral use in the culinary department.



Many of the home-mothers depend on

the druggist for their supply and invari-

ably receive an inferior quality. There

is no plant more easily grown in the

garden. Select a mammoth broad—leaved

variety. An ounce of seed will grow

enough plants to make nine or ten dol-

lars’ worth of dried leaves.



Seeds should be planted early in the

spring in a hot-bed or a shallow box in

a, sunny window. Transplant so as to

form stalky plants, before setting in the

garden. The bed should be of rich, soft

soil, enriched well with the best fertilizer

when manure. Keep soil well worked up

and free from weeds. A spadeful of fer-

tilizer put on before a rain will give

good results.



All flower buds should be plucked.

Gather on a bright day, clipping the large

leaves with sharp shears. Dry in a

warm, dark room, or in a high warming

oven over the kitchen range. The plant,

is a pcrcnnial; so, if carefully handlcd

and covered with loose straw in winter,

the plants will give you a good crop

the second ycar. Quite a little sum can

be earned each year by raising it to sell.

The ladies will be glad to buy the fresh

article of you at five cents per package.

The second year your orders will come

to you readily. The sage bed can occupy

an out-of-thc-way corner, and be a source

of income to the wife, or to the children.





 





BY o. A.

Frazen Chocolate.



Melt two squares chocolate, add one-

half cup sugar, a few grains salt and

one cup boiling water; boil until smooth

and then add three cups scalded milk.

(‘ool and frcczc. Serve in glasses with

beaten cream.



Coffee Ice Cream.



One quart cream, one and one—half cups

milk, one—third cup coffee, one and one-

fourth cups sugar, one-fourth teaspoon

salt, yolks of four eggs. Scald the milk

with the coffee, add onc cup sugar; mix

yolks of eggs with one-fourth cup sugar,

and salt; combine mixtures. cook over

hot water until thickencd. add one cup

cream and let stand on back of range

twenty—five minutes; cool, add remaining

cream, strain and freeze.



Brown Bread Ice Cream.



Three pints cream, one and one-fourth

cups dricd brown bread crumbs, one Cup

sugar, onwfourth teaspoon salt. Soak

the crumbs in one quart crcam, let stand

fifteen minutes, rub thru sieve, add sugar,

salt and remaining crcam and freeze.





 





FILLINGS FOR SOFA PILLOWS.





BY LAVILLA w. MACOMBER.



Did you ever make a pot-pouri pillow?

If not, now is the time to begin collecting

flower petals, etc., to fill one.



Where roses are abundant, their petals

alone may be used as a filling, but most

roses have no particular odor after they

are. dricd, and it is well to sprinkle over

some good satchct powder, or powdered

orris root. aftcr drying, then shake well

together and the filling is ready.



Petals of sun flowers, both the old-

i'ashioncd and hybrid varieties, also gold—

cn glow, have a slightly rcsinous odor

which is very agreeable to some people,

and would make a. good filling for a pil-

low. The flowers and lcavcs of swamp

gum weed also have this odor, that is

what gives the delightful swect smell to

wild hay cut on meadow lands.



Any kind of flower petals may be used

and mixed with leaves, which have per—

fumes of their own. Petals of daisies,

Violets, roses, lavender, etc, may be

mixed with the dried leaves of lemon

vermena, sweet briar. rose geranium or

rosemary and all together make a sweet-

smelling por-pouri.



By the way, let me tell you how to





make an inexpensive powder to mix with‘

the dried petals: Take a small handful

each of dried lemon and orange peel,

broken stick cinnamon, a little powdered

orris root, coriander and caraway seeds;

pound these in a mortar until well broken

and mixed together, then sprinkle over

the petals. .Tiny rose jars filled with

dried rose petals with a little of'this

powder sprinkled over them, make very

dainty Christmas gifts.



For an invalid or nervous person, a

pillow filled wth dried hops is especially

good, as the odor is soothing to the

nerVes, and is Said to be a cure for

sleeplessness.



A light, dainty filling is found in the

pods of the common milk weed, which

is generally found along the road sides.

The pods should be gathered while a

little green, as the fluffy filling will soon

scatter after they burst. This filling is

quite as light and elastic as leathers.



Dried clover blossoms, eszecially the

small white kind, make excellent pillowa

and may be used alone with a sprinkling

of violet powder, or they may be mixed

with other flower petals.



Last summer, while I was compelled to

remain indoors by illness, many of my

friends sent me large bunches of roses.

I set about drying the petals, after they

had lost their freshness, and by mixing

with them heads of white clover and

leaves of rose geranium, I had enough

for a small pillow.



Cushions for the floor or porch may be

filled with pine needles, chopped hay or

old newspapers cut in long, thin strips.





 





 





SEALING FRUIT JARS AND THE

USES OF GLYCERINE.





BY EMILY L. IRUSSEL.



In these busy canning times every in-

telligent housewife gladly avails herself

of the experience of others. It may be

gcncrally known that the jars, after be-

ing filled and the tops screwod as tightly

as possible, should be stood on thcir

heads until the next day to detect any

lcukagc. \Vhilc cooling, the tops may be

tightcned more if needed, but llt'\'t'l' dis—

turbed after cold. A neighbor complained

of the number of her cans, whose con-

tents had spoiled. One morning, hap-

pening in her kitchen when she was

“trying” her can tops—after standing all

night, perfectly cold, and no s'gns of

leaking, we told her the probable cause

of her “bad luck.” But, being of the

“always-done-this—wa_v” kind, we doubt

if she changed. it is a good plan to

partly fill the jars with hot water, ad-

justing rubbers and tops, thcn smlkc

well or stand on heads. and any im—

pcrfcctions will be discovered before the

fruit is put in.



it is said that if before sealing the

jars five or six drops of glycerinc is ad-

ded the fruit will not mold. Druggists

preserve thcir fruit syrups in this way.



Speaking of Glycerine.



Its uses in the. llousohold are numer-

ous. In the best regulated families acci—

dcnts will happen to the table. linen, ill

the way of stains. Those caused by tea

or coffee can be treated by soaking the

fabric in cold water; wring, spread out

and pour a few drops of glycerine on each

spot. Let stand several hours, then

wash with cold water and soap.



(‘offcc and milk stains may be removed

from woolen material by painting the

spots with glycorinc, thcn wash with

pure luke warm rwater applied on a clean

lincn rag. Afterwards press on the

wrong sidc.



A cement made by adding a teaspoonful

of glycorinc to a gill of gluc is a great.

convenience in the kitchen, especially

good for fastening lcathcr, paper or wood

to mctal.



it also has its various medicinal uses

——somc may not Do well—known. \thn

the baby has a stomach-ache, caused by

wind, two or three drops of glycerinc

will rclicvc it: and half a tcaspoonful

cvol'y half hour has curcd summer cho-

lcra, wutcr brash, etc.



It is said on good authority that the

Vcl‘y bcst .lhings for burns are glycerine

and cpsom salts. Lime watcr and lin-

sccd oil are most twidcly used, but gly-





ccrine and cpsom salts are superior.-





Moistcn the salts with water enough to

dissolve, add an equal amount of glycer-

ino as of salts used. Soak cotton in the

liquid, place on burn, bandage so as to

kccp out the air, keep moist, and the

injured part will be well in a remarkably

short time. Relief from pain is almost

immediate.



The word glycerine is derived from the

Greek and means “sweet.” It was dis-

covered by Scheele in 1779. who called it

“the sweet principle of oil.”



The usual method of obtaining it on a

small scale is from olive oil.





AUGUST 28, 1909.





Three Reasons

Each with Two Legs and

. - Ten Fingers.





A Boston woman who is a fond mother

writes an amusing article about her ex-

perience feeding her boys.



Among other things she says: “Three

chubby, rosy-cheeked boys, Bob, Jack and

Dick, aged, 6, 4 and 2 years respectively,

are three of our reasons for using and

recommending the food, Grape-Nuts, for

these youngsters have been fed on Grape-

Nuts since infancy, and often between

meals when other children would have

been given candy. -



“I gave a package of Grape-Nuts to a.

neighbor whose 3-year-old child was a.

weazened little thing, ill half the time.

The little tot ate the Grape-Nuts and

cream greedily and the mother continued

the good work and it was not long before

a truly wonderful change manifested

itself in the child’s face and body. The

results were remarkable, even for Grape-

Nuts.



“Both husband and I use Grape-Nuts

every day and keep strong and well and

have three of the finest, healthiest boys

you can find in a day's march.”



Many mothers instead of destroying

the children’s stomachs with candy and

cake give the youngsters a handful of

Grape-Nuts when they are begging for

something in the way of sweets. The

result is soon shown in greatly increased

health, strength and mental activity.



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' Ansus'r' 28; 1909. '





THE SPICES we use.





 





BY IRMA B. MATTHEWS.





, Pepper.



As most housewives are now using

many spices in canning and pickling we

thot a series of articles on spices would

be of especial interest. This is the first

in the series of five articles which will

appear each week until concluded.





Every one that cooks uses spices, altho

some VuSe many more than others, but I

was surprised one day in a gathering of

ladies when the topic came up to find

how few knew anything about them





WVhat part of the plant was used, how





prepared and where they grew,



Acting on this knowledge I have de-

signed this series of articles to give the

information regarding these that all

should possess. I have chosen pepper

as the first because it is one of the oldest

spices known to mankind. We find men-

tion of it before Christ’s time and at our-

time it was so highly prizrd in the city

of Rome. as to be worth its Weight in

gold. As one may well imagine, only the

wealthy used it at that time, but now-it

finds its place in every household.



Black pepper is the fruitcf Piper nig—

rum, a rambling sort of a shrub which is

a native of the East Indi:s but is now

cultivated in nearly all trop’cal countries

including many of the New World. The

fruit is borne in clusters, each individual

pepper being about the size of a pea

and when ripe, of a beautiful bright red

in color. It is, however, gathered we

soon as it begins to turn as it is stronger

then than when it is fully ripened.



The pepper in the wild state grows in

a moist leafy soil, and the natives often

gather this, but when cultivated it is

grown from cuttings, and is usually plant—

ed about six feet apart. It is Slipporiwll

by poles or by trees set for the purpose,

for it really likes shadc and the young

plants begin to bear in three or four

years, and continue until they are twelve

years old.



The berries, when picked, are dried in

the sun and then rubbed by hand to

separate them from the stalks.



Taken in small quantities, pepper is

x'ei'y,.m£flcia_l as a stimulant, but it is

a fact that it is hard to find a reason for

that the people living in the warm coun-

tries use it in much greater quantities

than: eipeople of the north and seem to

be behcfi‘ted by it rather than otherwise,

as one-might suppose. It was the one

thing that I found difficult to get used to

in southern cooking, altho in our own

country I believe the red pepper is used

more than the black.



In California they raise a shade tree

that is a species of pepper, altho nothing

could be more beautiful than they, with





their (lrm:ping leaves and clusters” of

scarlet berries, they are not as many

suppose, the pepper of commerce, altho





suiiicic‘ntly pungent I assure you, even

the leaves having the pepper flavor.





THE SPARE ROOM.





 





If you are obliged to use the room reg-

ularly which you would like to keep as

a spare-room, try this plan. Avoid hav-

ing the room cluttered up with useless

toilet ornaments—family pictures or mot-

toes, such as “God Bless Our Home,”

01‘ “VVllat is 110an IVitllout a Liother,”

ctc. Keep the room heat at all times.

llavc a covered box-a shoebox makes

a convenient size—in the closet, and in

this—keep a pair of clean towels and

wash cloth, a pair of clean sheets and

pillow covers, a fresh bedspread, blank-

ets, dresser and wash stand covers, have

these always ready. Then when unex-

peeled company comes, and you havp to

provide sleeping accommodations, there

will not be a grand scurry and a chasing

hither and thither getting the room

ready. All you will have to do is to

remove the covers that have been in use

and replace with the clean ones, make

up the bed and your “spare room is

rezulyx—l‘]. J. L. V



A CURE FOR BlLlOUSNESS.



Chronic biliousncss, of which so many

women complain, is nothing more than

chronic toxemia or poisoning, resulting

from the putrefaction of food in the ali-

mentary Canal, and is relieved by free

use of water as a chcragc. Eight or

ten glasses a day wOuld be none tod

many. ,*



Copious use of water is an internal

bath, and purities the body. An excess

is to be avoided. l7‘1'm1ucnt use. rather

than a large quantity at one time, is

recommended, You will find that the

person with a good complexion is gen-

erally addicted to the water habit.‘





 





 





Water'thins the blood, and increases

its volume. It is an effective means ‘of

relieving an ordinary cold, aiding as it

does the elimination of the toxic matter

in the blood which, more than exposure

to the dreaded “draught,” causes the

symptoms known as “a cold.”



Water is useful in cases of rheumatism

and constipation. Few of us drink enough

of it.





 





Elderberry Pie Reclpe.—Onc cup of

sour cream, one cup of sugar, one cup

of eldei'berrfes, two tablespoons of flour.

Bake with two crusts.





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The man who invents a machine that

will save the woman two minutes in the

preparation of a meal will do infinitely

more to conserve humane power than

he who invented the reaper or the

thresher.





Michigan Farmer’s club lisl.





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Besides the money, they save the trouble and

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making total 01.75. Any number of papers may be

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MANAGING THE WASHING.





BY MRS. G. HOWARD SMITH.





When I first started house-keeping,





nothing bothered me quite so much as

wash day. I dreaded Monday! I almost

believe I made every one around me dread

it, too. I want to tell you how I 'have

managed to remove a great deal of the

worry and strain of the dreaded wash-

day—for it still is my hardest day in the

week, but so much easier than it used to

be. -



Saturday I plan to have plenty of bread



to last over Monday. Often while doing

myfibaking I make a steamed graham

pudding, which will keep several days

and is easily steamed on Monday. Last

wash day I prepared a rice pudding while

getting breakfast, and put it in the oven

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required very little attention while bak-

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, I always plan an easily and quickly

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have all my strength and patience for the

hardest part of the day.



By Saturday night my soiled clothes

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the boiler and let it remain thus till I

have breakfast ready to serve. Then I

put enough of the following preparation

into the boiler to make a good suds: One





bar of soap shaved, three tablespoonfuls





of borax, two taplespoonfuls of kerosene,





about. one quart of water. Let it boil un- I





til soap is all dissolved,





This is the finest washing preparation





I know of. It removes the dirt and stains

and whitens the clothes without injuring

them in the least. After once trying it,

I am sure you will not want to be with—

out it. I keep a jar of it on hand.



Let the clothes in the boiler heat slow-

ly to boiling point, then boil 25 minutes »—

longcr boiling will not hurt them. Re-

move the clothes from boiler, add a little

more soap preparation and then put the

clothes that are soaked to boil while the

rest are being washed. Drain out as

much of the boiling suds as possible, and

if adding cold water to clothes makes

them too cold, have, some clear water

heated to warm it, but do not use the hot

suds.



I find that I have scarcely any rubbing

to do to the first boiler fullenly to get

the suds out. Wring as dry as you can

and blue. Have a large tub for blueing

and as full as possible.



As soon as the white clothes are done





I put the colored ones in, and let them‘





soak a few moments unless it is a piece

I think might fade.



I find that by washing colored clothes

in a cold suds (not a fresh clean one),

and rinsing well in} two waters, they

keep their colors better.



In wringing and hanging up my clothes

I save most of the honing. Every woman

knows how hard it is to iron Wrinkles





out of linen, especially when one uses‘





a wringer. If napkins, towels, lunch





cloths, etc, are folded before putting.





thru the wringcr, over half the work of

ironing is saved. It can be easily done,

and they do not need to be unfolded in

the blue water. I fold towels twice

lengthwise, napkins the same, and leave

them all folded until I hang them up, then

each piece is unfolded. \Vrinkles iron

easily from cotton pieces if one will take

a little cars and shake them thoroly. my

d‘sh towels. dusters. and gauze under—

wear, I, never iron. I fold all my clothm

as I take them from the line and those

l do not iron I place in the hot closet to

become perfectly dry.



’l‘herc is no one on our street whose

clothes are whiter than mine. and few. if

any. have them on the line earlier. This

Sounds like boasting. but it is only of

“11* method I hayt- learned in doing my

\thSIlIiij”.





THE KITCHEN FLOOR.



If you have an old ltitchcn floor which

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should be painted. and the paint renewed

frequent]y—vand the iloor is full of cracks,

the following mixture is a good one for





filling tip the cracks, preparatory to paint- 1,





lug. Tear old newspapers up into very

small bits, pour oycr this boiling water

and let it soak for 211 hours. BY that

time it should be thoroly soft. Pick it

and mash it well and stir it into flour





paste. into which a little glue has bceiii





stirred. Clean the dirt out of the cracks





and fill with this mixture a day before;

you are ready to do the painting—E. J..





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