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VOL. CXLIV. NO. 21
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A Successful Historical Pageant
By HELEN o. ROTH

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Since a wide interest is now being taken in Rural Recre—
ation the following article which describes in detail a His—
torical Pageant given at Bertrand, NIich., as a pa rt of a “Safe
and Sane” program for the celebration of Independence Day,
will be eagerly read. The experience of this Social (Jentcr
Club will furnish suggestions that can be successfully adopted
by most rural societies.

 

 

   

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HE executive committee of the stores, whose largest trade was in dry

Bertrand Social Center Club

were discussing plans for the
Fourth of July celebration. There
were to be races and contests, the
boys had challenged the married men
to a game of base ball, and someone
had undertaken to raise a fund for a
“band,” and of course there was no
question about the picnic dinner. The
location of refreshment stands was a.
subject for lively discussion when
someone suggested a “play.”

"‘Oh, yes, do let’s give a play. I
want to be in it,” was the approving
response.

“With all our natural beauty of
scenery on the banks of the St. Jos-
eph river, we ought to be able to put
on a very attractive out—door play,”
contributed one of the members. She
was immediately made chairman of a
committee to take charge of that part
of the celebration, and attention re-
turned to the subject of ice cream
stands.

After much consideration and re-
search the chairman conceived the
idea of giving an historical pageant.
Now, Bertrand is rich in historical
lore, but as is often the case, it had
not been considered of enough import-
ance by the older inhabitants to pass
on to their children, and the new-com-
ers knew nothing whatever about it.
Consequently interest and pride in lo-
cal history had to be aroused before
the idea of a pageant could be pre-
sented.

So it came about that a regular
monthly meeting of the club was giv-
en over to the discussion of Bertrand’s
early history. Judge Cooledge, of
Niles, and Judge Howard, of South
Bend, Indiana, both authorities on sub«
jects 'of historical interest, gave valu-
able talks, tracing the history of the
locality from the days of Spanish pos-
session, two hundred years ago, to the
decline of Bertand’s prosperity in 1848.
Miss Machin, who had lived in Ber-
trand as a child, and later taught the
village school, recalled the early days
in a paper full of spirited reminis-
cences. Relics and photographs loan-
ed by the Northern Indiana Historical
Society were on exhibit, adding much
to the interest of the occasion.

While in the early forties Bertrand
was a thriving French town of one
thousand inhabitants, had seven

goods; several taverns, a distillery,
smithy and other places of business,
it had slowly but surely sunk into de-
cay, until at the beginning of the
twentieth century there was nothing

was eventually moved up the river to
its present location near the Univer-
sity of Notre Dame.

So the old town died a gradual and
a peaceful death. With the. exception
of three or four. its broad streets in-

tersecting the main highway were
swallowed up in the fields which have
obliterated all traces of the original
city blocks. The. ruins of the old
brick church in the cemetery, long a
place of interest to the pilgrim histor-
ian, were removed within the past five
years. Here and there are small hous-
es on five to ten acre tracts. Beyond
is the little red brick school house,
and from the hi1] may be seen the out‘

left but a few scattering ruins and
houses near the river. Older and larg-
er than South Bend, or Niles, Ber-
trand’s business life was killed by the
greed of a company of eastern capital-
ists; and also by the building of rai1<
roads through the two neighboring
towns, thus leaving the station on the
old stage route between Chicago and
Detroit, a thing of the past. St. Mary’s
Academy, too, founded at Bertrand,

 

 

 

 

Society of the Early Days.--Act Ill.

lying homes of the prosperous farmers
of the region. The main road leads
to the St. Joseph river, which winds
in and out, around great curves and
small ones, its vine-covered banks re-
splendent with the alternating bloom
of dogwood, sweet brier and flaming
sumach.

Situated midway between South
Bend and Niles, Bertrand became a
popular resort for picnicers, who found
its beaties irresistible and in about
1909 or 1910 city people began to build
country homes in the vicinity. Most
of the newcomers are commuters,
working in South Bend, setting out
their few acres to fruit and gardens
and sending their children to the Ber-
trand school.

To meet the demands of this grow-
ing community, the Bertrand Social
(‘enter Club was organized in October?
1913, from the members of which were
recruited the actors of the pageant.
The chairman of the committee direct-
ed the performance, and no help was
obtained from outside. While the
plan and general outline was the work
of the director, there was no play
written, nothing cut and dried to be
rigidly adhered to. The scenes as
finally presented were the crystaliza-
tion of the composite ideas of direc-
tor and actors; the entire performance
being the spontaneous creation of the
people of the community. Young men
came to rehearse after a day’s hard
work behind the cultivator or in the
factory. The women and girls had
been just as busy, but there were no
complaints. Each one. was eager to
do his part to make the whole a tre-
mendous success.

In order to realize some financial
profit, souvenir booklets were prepar-
ed for sale. These contained enough
advertising contributed by Niles and
South Bend merchants to pay for the
printing. Besides notes of the pag—
eant, they contained a brief history of
Bertrand, the. story of the Social Cen-
ter Club, advantages of being a Ber-
trand citizen, program of the day, and
cuts of the old buildings, with a por-
trait of Joseph Bertrand, the founder,
0n the cover.

The item of expense connected with
the pageant was so small that it de-
serves mention. The bill for grease
paint for “makeup” was the only one
turned in to the club treasurer. Two

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CURRENT COM MENT.

 

On another page of
For Independence this issue appears
Day. an article . descrip—
tive of a historical
pageant successfully given by local
talent at Bertrand, Michigan, as a part
of an Independence Day program. In
recent years there has been general
criticism of the manner in which we
celebrate our national birthday. The
practices have grown to be so threat-
ening to life and property that instead
of being a holiday to look forward to.
a very large number of the citizens of
our country breathe a sigh of relief
when the day is over. This criticism
and dissatisfaction have given rise to
the discussion and suggestion of cele-
brating in a “safe and sane” mnaner.
It is probable that the pageant above
referred to meets the new idea admir-
ably. Here is a type of entertainment
that not only has educational value
and creates an interest that will in-
spite patriotism and loyalty, but it
also gives the community an opportu-
nity to discover and realize the pos-
sibilities of local talent. Such a pro—
gram would displace much of the ob-
jectionable in the old method of cele-
brating and it would direct the minds
of the younger generation along chan-
nels where as much or even greater
ingenuity will be asked and required
of them as in burning explosives. It
happened that the Social Center Club
of Bertrand found itself in pos-
session of local historical matter well
adapted to this type of entertainment.
It is probable that most cqmmunities
would find upon careful research inci-
dents of similar merit that would of-
fer considerable dramatic possibilities.
However, if nothing of importance can
be found in local history, events in
our state or national history could be
used instead. These, well worked out,
would certainly stimulate patriotic in-
terest and thereby perform the very
purpose we hope‘ to gain through the
celebration of this day. Such an en-
tertainment coupled with a program of
athletic contests, base ball games and
fireworks in the evening, would give
the day a new significance to our
youth and render it a more enjoyable
one to all American people.

Among the new laws

Exterminating passed by the Legis-
the Rats. lature which recently
adjourned, as noted in

our last issue, was one extending to
the boards of supervisors of the var-
ious counties authority to appropriate
money for the payment of a bounty on
rats not to exceed five cents per head.
This law is not likely to be acted up-
on by boards of supervisors unless
there should be a definite expression
of sentiment in favor of such action

THE MICHIGAN FARMER.

on the part of the people who elected
them.

This law is one which is worthy of
the serious consideration of the citi-
zens of any county, and particulraly
of the farmers. Much has been said
and written regarding the economic
waste caused by the ravages of these
loathsome rodents. This waste is said
to run well into the millions, but we
cannot give accurate statistics regard-
ing it, nor is this necessary to make
the average farmer appreciate the ex-
tent of such loss.

The menace of the rat from a sani-
tary standpoint is even greater, par-
ticularly adjacent to seaports where
its agency in the spread of dangerous
communicable diseases has long been
recognized. The same charge against
the rat is probably equally well found-
ed in the interior of the country. The
rat is undoubtedly an active agent in
the spread of communicable stock dis-
eases, such as hog cholera, and may
readily be the medium through which
other germ diseases are spread from
points of infection.

Without question the extent of this
possible. bounty is but a fraction of
the economic benefit which would re-

. sul in the destruction of the rats on

which such bounty was paid, and if
the payment of a bounty of this kind
would bring about the general de-
struction of the pest, it would be a.
wise expenditure from the standpoint
of both producers and consumers. The
question of making the law operative
in any county is at least worthy of
the thoughtful attention of the farm-
ers of every agricultural county in
Michigan and a discussion of the prop-
osition by farmers’ organizations
would be both desirable and profit-
able, to the end that public sentiment
on the question may be crystallized.

Indiana has recently
conducted a series of
road.schools in rural
districts under the supervision of the
College of Agriculture. So far as we
have been able to follow the work
done at these schools, it has been con-
ducted along broad general lines re—
lating to the best methods of building
permanent highways. The idea sug-
gests itself that an effort of a similar
nature in our own state designed to
teach local highway officers the best
method of caring for earth roads and
disseminating similar knowledge
among the farmers of various sections
would be most desirable. There has
undoubtedly been a marked improve-
ment in the character of the work
done in permanent road construction,
particularly in counties where the
county road system has been adopted
in recent years. This work is not,
however, confined to such localities.
The article appearing in another col-
umn of this issue relating to the work
which is being done in several town-
ships of Hillsdale county in the con-
struction of permanent roads shows
what is being done in progressive lo-
calities not under the county system.

There is, however, great need of im-
provement in methods of caring for
earth roads and those partially im-
proved under the road district plan.
We have in mind a stretch of very
good road, several miles of which were
gravelled but a few years ago, which
is rough and comparatively unservice—
able to what it might have been made
with a few hours’ work with a King
drag or light grader used at the prop-
er time this spring. This is but typical
of thousands of miles of similar road.
to say nothing of the clay roads in the
state which might be put in excellent
condition by proper methods of care
each spring.

True, some work has been done
along this line by our state highway
department in the education of local
highway officers, but highway officers
are changing each year, and the only
way to secure generally good results
in the betterment of the earth roads
is through the medium of an educated

Road Schools.

public sentiment. For this reason it
is to be hoped that a modified plan of.
road schools having, this object in
view may be adopted in our own'state
in the not distant future.

Considerable has been
published in our col<
umns lately with re-
gard to forage crops
which may be substituted for clover in
the crop rotation where there has been
a failure in securing a satisfactory
clover seeding. The use of such sub-
stitute crops is sometimes a necessity
upon very many farms, but such use
of crops other than legumes should be
limited to cases of like emergency.
Because they can be grown with a fair
degree of satisfaction where clover
has failed, this is no good reason why
clover should be abandoned for these
substitute crops in future years.

On farms where there is repeated
difficulty in getting satisfactory stands
of clover, steps should be taken to put
the land in condition to again grow
the clover satisfactorily. This is ordi-
narily a more simple matter than is
realized by the average farmer. Quite
generally failures to get clover seed-
iugs are attributed to dry summers or
unfavorable winters, when as a mat-
ter of fact, in probably a majority of
cases, the failure is due rather to the
fact that the soil has gotten into an
unfavorable condition to make a fit
home for the bacteria peculiar to the
plant and necessary to its successful
growth. The application of lime and
the improvement of the physical con‘
dition of the soil by the use of green
manure crops will overcome this con-
dition, and this should be the aim of
every farmer who has had difficulty in
growing clover, rather than the con-
tinued use of substitute crops.

Substitute F or-
age Crops.

Just about ten years
ago the first cow—test-
ing association to be
organized in the Uni-
ted States was organized in one of
Michigan’s western counties. From
that little beginning, cow-testing asso-
ciations have multiplied until last year
there were 168 of these organizations
in the country. Several Michigan com-
munities have undertaken this work
with varying success. In a few com~
munities where the work has been car-
ried on for a year or so, interest has
languished largely because of the dif.
ficulties attending the getting of a
competent tester, but in the communi-
ties where this work has been con-
ducted for a number of years, the re-
sults have been so highly beneficial as
to leave no room for doubt that there
should be a cow-testing association in
every dairy farming community in the
state of Michigan.

Through this medium the dairy
farmers will not only be able to learn
which are their best.producing cows,
but as well which cows are simply
boarders which should be discarded as
unprofitable. Very much information
can be gathered through the testing
work relating to the efficiency of dairy
rations as well. This is an item of
greater importance than is appreciat-
ed by many dairy farmers who have
not given the propositions involved
the very closest study.

In a recent issue appeared the sum-
mary of a year’s work in one of the
newer Michigan cow-testing associa-
tions. In an early issue we will pub-
lish a comment on the work of the
first association to be organized, in
the hope of stimulating greater inter-
est among Michigan dairy farmers in
cow-testing work. Unfortunately the
interest in the promotion of this work
has in recent years devolved very large-
ly upon, breeders of purebred cattle
who desired to make semi—official tests
of individuals in their herds. There is,
however, just as much reason why the
dairy farmer who keeps common cows
should know what these cows are do-
ing for him as there is why the breed-
er of pure-brads should gather the
same data relating to the individuals

Cow-testing As~
sociations.

MAY 22, 1915.:

of his herd, and we sincerely hope
that the time may come, and at no dis-
tant date, when cow-testing work may
be more generally carried on in this
state where it was first tried out in
America.

 

HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.

 

Foreign.

The European War.~The point of
greatest activity during the past week
has been along the battlefront from
Arras in northern France through to
the Belgian coast. Here an offensive
movement by the Belgian and English
forces met with success, and German

trenches of considerable length were

captured. But the opposition was stub-
born and the casualty list is said to
be very high. Farther to the east ar-
tillery duels are reported but no
changes in positions of importance
have been made. In the eastern thea-
tre the Austrian and German forces
appear to have suCCeeded in driving
the Russians from Hungary with
heavy losses. However, at present the
Czar’s forces have checked the Teu-
tonic drive and have confidence of
maintaining their present stand in
Galicia. Battles are now being fought
1n the western and southern parts of
that province. Toward the north little
of importance has taken place accord—
ing to reports. In the attack on the
Dardanelles and the Bosphorus the Al-
lied forced appear to be having the
advantage. The armies landed have
been driving back the Turks and the
fleets are making some headway
against the forts along the water-
course. The Russian fleet is doing
effective work at the Black Sea end of
the channel.

Italy appears to be war mad. Last
week when Premier Salandra, who is
in favor of declaring war against Aus-
tria, handed in his resignation there
occurred in the important cities of
Italy many war riots. King Imman-
uel, however, has refused to accept
the resignation and war between that
country and Austria appears more
probable now than at any time since
the European war began.

There is a revolt on at Lisbon, Port-
ugal, where the reactionary party
commanding three thousand troops is
preparing to storm the city. Already
a number of persons have been killed
or wounded and property belonging to
loyalists has been pillaged. The reac—
tionists declare they are going to re-
store the republic to the republicans.

National.

President Wilson will review the At-
lantic fleet in New York harbor on
Tuesday of this week.

There has been a great deal of un-
certainty regarding the probable out-
come of relations between Washing-
ton and Berlin, due to the sinking of
the Lusitania and the American
steamship Gulflight by German sub-
marines. President Wilson’s note to
German appears to have the united
support of the American press, and
while it does not bind this nation to
go to war in case Germany refuses to
agree to the conditions of the note,
the language is very firm and will un-
doubtedly be considered with great re—
spect on the part of Germany. There
is a belief that a compromise may be
affected whereby Germany will insure
safety of passengers on the high seas,
while the United States will prohibit
carrying of explosives on passenger
ships leaving this country.

Notwithstanding the fact that busi-
ness men have been giving much at-
tention to the relations between
Washington and Berlin and the prob-
able outcome thereof, business condi-
tions in this country last week show-
ed the strong position the country
now occupies.’ If we may consider
the stock market as a. gauge of other
business, this country has by its in-
creasing financial strength discounted
every opposition to its advancement
that has arised during the‘ present
crisis, save that of entering into war
itself, and it is believed by financiers
that even such a state of afiairs can
be discounted to a very large degree.
More gold is being imported to bal-
ance exchange between this country
and Europe and the money market re-
mains undisturbed. Added to this is
the promising condition of American
farm crops.

On May 12 the conductors and mot-
ormen of Detroit United Railways
walked out on strike because one of
their number had been discharged
without sufficient cause, so they claim:
ed. The following day an agreement
was reached and service restored.

Judge James Phelan, who has been
prominent as judge of the recorder’s
court of Detroit since 1899, died at his
home in this city last Saturday mom-
ing. His body lay in state in the City
Hall over Sunday and was viewed by
about 25,000 people. . '

Mrs. James Schermerhorn. wife of
the publisher of the Detroit Times,
died suddenly at her home in Detroit
Sunday morning. Besides her husband
she is survived by four children.

 

 

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MAY 22, 1915.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

Thick vs. Thin Planting

Last year on the Michigan School

for the Deaf farm, we raised some
very good corn. We drilled in 35 acres
of corn with a check row planter.
Twenty acres of this was used to fill
the two large silos which hold about
200 tons, the remaining 15 acres was
husked and put into the crib.

Last Year’s Results.

Twenty-six acres of this corn was
drilled in rows three feet six inches
apart and the corn was drilled seven
inches apart in the row. This corn
was used to fill the silos and the re-
maining six acres was husked. We
husked 898 crates of corn off this six
acres. Nine acres of the corn was
drilled 12 inches apart in the row.
This was also husked and we got only
100 crates to the acre on this field.
There was no difference in the quality
of the corn grown in these two fields.

The length of the ears in the thick-
er planted field was shorter than those
raised in the field where the corn was
not so thick. The cars from the six
acres averaged from seven to nine
inches in length while the ears in the
nine acres averaged between nine and
11 inches in length. The corn in both
fields were well filled out and mature
when harvested. The fodder from the
six acres was the best because the
stalks were smaller in diameter and
were not so coarse as was the other.
The height of the stalks was about
the same.

Comparative Conditions.

The six acres was planted on May
26 and was cut on September 28, while
the nine acres was planted on June 1
and was cut on October 3. Thus the
growing period was practically the
same for both fields. Each field was
well fitted before planting and each
field was cultivated four times with
the double horse cultivator. One of
the main things in drilling corn is to
kill the weeds before putting the corn
in the ground. Drilled corn is hard to
keep clean, but if the land is well
worked for several weeks before plant-
ing most of the weeds are killed be-
fore the seed is put into the ground.

Plant for the Average Season.

From the results which we had last
year, it would seem as though the
close planting of the corn was by far
the more profitable. But one year’s
experience is not at all reassuring.
We had a very good season, with
plenty of rain-fall when we needed it
and lots of warm weather and sun-
shine. Perhaps if the weather and
other conditions had not been so good
the other field would have been the
better. It seems reasonable that if it
had been too dry the thinner planting
would have been the better. How-
ever, we do not generally plant our
crops for the adverse seasons and we
do not plan on those kind of seasons.
We plant the crop for the average sea-
son and find that in the long run that
the results will be better than as
though we planned on an ideal season
or an adverse season.

A Local Problem.

I am not giving this result as con-
clusive proof that you can get better
results by drilling the corn closer to—
gether than is generally the rule. It
is just the actual experience that we
had last year and the actual results
that we obtained. I planted the corn
the same way the year preceding and
was sure in my own mind that the
corn was the best where it was drilled
closer together but I did not keep
track of the results and so decided to
watch it more closely this last year.
In my own mind, I am convinced that
for our land and our conditions corn
drilled seven to nine inches apart in
the row is more profitable than if it
was drilled 1.2 or more inches apart in
the row. However, under other condi-
tions and upon other types of soil, the
conditions may be reversed. We in-
tend to try the same thing out again

this year and perhaps for
years to come, and try to find out
whether my conclusions are correct
when taken for a series of years. This
is one of the things which we have to
work out for ourselves and the more
we study our crops and the crops of
our neighbors, the better farmers we
will become. Each man must work
out the rules for his own individual
conditions and needs.

Lapeer Co. L. S. BRUMM.

ALFALFA 0N THIN SOIL.

 

I am moved to write you in view of
the advice I have so often read, that
alfalfa should only be seeded on soil
well supplied with humus, and of good
quality, and that no success could be
expected from any other practice.
Farmers should seed their best land
to alfalfa.

I don’t pretend to know anything
about it, but would like to tell what I
have done and ask someone who
knows better, to reconcile it with the
above doctrine.

Experience on a City Lot.

Some fifteen years ago I bought
about two acres of land in Ann Arbor
in a strip about four times as long as
it is wide. Near the west end was a
hill, and near the east end was a ra-
vine. To improve it for city residence
lots, I let a contract to fill the ravine
from the hill, and later a street was
cut through the hill. This hill was
nice clear sand, a little too coarse for
plastering sand in places (though a
good many loads were sold for that
purpose) and a little too fine for
grout. After the land was leveled I
tried to get it seeded to grass; but
there was not enough substance there
to make anything grow. The best it
would produce was a few stunted rag-
weeds. Considerable water has been
accustomed to run down the gutter
since the street was put through
where the hill was. This water com-
ing down after snowstorms, brought
some sweet clover seeds, which lodged
and grew in the gutter. In pulling
these up to get rid of the pests, I dis-
covered that the roots were loaded
with nodules. This fact suggested to
me the idea of trying to seed the soil
stripped land to alfalfa.

Method of Inoculation.

Last May I took some of the sand
from where the sweet clover had been
growing, cultivated it into this area,
and seeded to alfalfa, without any
nurse crop or fertilizer, covering the
seed well with a pin-tooth drag. Ex-
cept in places near the edge of the
stripped area the alfalfa made only a
weak growth, all summer. It turned
yellow, and I thought it was going to
die. The ragweeds came as strong Or
better than ever. They were clipped
with a scythe three times:
middle of July, once the last of Aug-
ust, and once about September 20.‘ As
the fall rains came on the alfalfa be-
gan to take courage. By the time
growth was stopped by freezing
weather the ground was pretty well

covered, and the color was much
darker.
Good Growth of Alfalfa.
With the first warm days this

spring the alfalfa began to grow; and
now, May 10, it is a very dark green,
stands about 15 inches high, and fills
every available inch of ground. This
growth is made on land where there
is no soil at all, and where to the
depth of about eight feet (the depth
of the trench for the sewer in the
street) if not more, there is nothing
but sand.

This experience prompts the ques-
tion: Why could not the same thing
be done on the despised “blow-sand”
which most people consider hopeless?
If it can be done, why has not some-
body tried it?

Washtenaw Co. JOHN R. Roon.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

' Township Stone Roads

OME two years ago, the writer
first contributed to these col-
umns, an article on the crushed

stone roads of Fayette township. Oth-
er articles followed later, called out in
part, by comment and inquiry con-
cerning the subject. Since the first
contribution was published, giant
strides in permanent road construc.
tion have peen made in various parts
of Michigan. In Fayette township and
its neighborhood, the work has stead‘
ily progressed, and the territory in
which macadam roads are being built,
has been very materially enlarged. So
much interest is manifested in these
roads, that a few paragraphs dealing
with progress during the past year
and with prospects for the future. will
be l‘ound'of pertinence and value to
all concerned with the. good roads
movement.

Fayette township was the pioneer
in crushed stone construction. But.
she no longer carries on the work
alone. Three of her neighbors, Litch-
field, Allen. and Scipio. now own com—
plete outfits for building these roads.
This in itself is proof enough of the
efficiency and advisability of the con-
struction of such roads. These last
named townships waited till Fayette
had tried out the experiment. and the,
fact that they considered it a success
is proved by their subsequent action.

Farmers' Roads.

In considering the subject, of stone
road building in these four townships,
let it be borne in mind that the area
represents a territory essentially agri—
cultural. l\‘o cities are embraced with—
in the townships, and in two town—
ships, therc is not even an incorpor-
ated village. This work of permanent
load improvement. therefore, is being
carried on by, and with the hearty
support and commendation of the
farmers. The farmer's vote and the
farmer's money are back of the work,
and prove that the farmer’s heart is in
the project. The attitude of the farm-
ers in these townships does away once
and for all with the assertion so Often
made to the effect that farmers do not
want macadam roads. “'here these
roads have once been introduced, the
farmer has been the first to recognize
their merits. After hauling his wheat
and other farm products for years,
through sticky clay or deep sand, the
benefits of the stone road are realized
at once and heartily appreciated.

Ten Miles of Road.

In dealing with the subject under
consideration, a few facts concerning
the present status, will be of interest:
Three of the townships, Fayette, Allen
and Litchfield, will construct, this sea-
son, about three miles each, of crush-
ed stone road. In Scipio, the voters
are paying for their outfit, and only
about one mile of macadam road will
be built.‘ The total will amount to ten
miles. As these townships comprise
the northwestern corner of Hillsdale
county, and are compactly situated, it
will readily be seen that even at the
rate of ten miles per year, the roads
of this district will very soon change
very materially for the better. At the
end of the season Fayette township
alone. will have ten miles of this stOne
within its boundaries. Three of the
townships named are traversed by the
Detroit and Chicago pike, a road much
traveled and notorious in the locality
in point, for stretches of deep sand.
These bad places on the pike are be
ing converted into stone road. As this
is a state road, permanent improve—
ment made in the future will consti-
tute the so-called trunk line road. The
crushed stone road-bed on this trunk
line road will be 16 feet in width in-
stead of nine as on other roads, and
the townships will receive double
state reward for its construction. All
three townships will build some of
this trunk line road, this year, and as
several miles of macadam have al-

ready been built on this highway, its
unenviable notoriety for sand and bills
will soon be a thing of the past.

In the progress of permanent road
improvement in these townships, the
attitude of the voters toward the re-
pair of roads has changed. The farm-
ers realizing that repair work in the
township must be performed by them—
selves, while in permanent road im-
provement they have the assistance of
village taxpayers and of the state, are
in favor of cutting down so far as
practicable, the expense of repairing.
ln Fayette township, for instance,
$5,000 was voted this year, for perma-
nent road construction, and less than
$1.000 for repair work. Of course.
some repair work each year is abso-
lutely necessary, but the tendency is
to carry on as rapidly as possible, the
work of permanent. improvement.

The Best Type of Road.

In the four townships under consid~
oration, plenty of stone for crushing is
available at almost any point. Indeed,
these stones which are being convert-
cd into inacadain highway, are a great
nuisance to the farmers who part with
them gladly. \l'ith an abundance of
the material available, it has become
evident that crushed stone road is the
most. economic kind of permanent road
improvement for these townships to
make. Good gravel being available
only in widely separated neighbor-
hoods. and the expense of hauling
coupled with the lower state reward,
makes the construction of gravel
roads less practicable. Time is an es-
sential factor in determining the wis-
dom of any kind of public work. So
far. time seems to be very decidedly
on the side of the advocates of the.
crushed stone road, and the work is
growing more popular year by year.

Hillsdale Co. J. A. KAISER.

 

LlLLlE FARMSTEAD NOTES.

 

Disking for Corn.

A Saginaw county subscriber of the
Michigan Farmer writes me advising
against depending upon disking with-
out plowing for corn. He says that in
the spring of 1913 he disked a field
that. had been to beans the year be-
fore and the corn crop was not what
he thinks he had a right to expect.
Great pains was taken to do a good
job of disking, and the land was work-
ed up in fine shape. He had a fairly
good yield of cars. but the. stalks only
grew about; two-thirds as tall as they
should. The land like mine was sod
plowed down for beans. He advises
plowing for corn. One thing he should
have done, and that is plowed a por-
tion of the field; that would have. set‘
tled the question at least for that sea-
son under those conditions. But this
he, did not do. and we are not sure
that he would have had any better
corn if he had plowed the ground. I
wish he had plowed a strip.

His letter has reminded me of the
necessity of doing this very same
thing. “'9 will plow an acre or two
down through the field, enough to give
the question a thorough test, then we
can form a more intelligent opinion of
the matter. I am confident I should
have neglected this, had it not been
for this timely letter.

Influence of Weather Conditions.

I am certain that if it holds as dry
as it is now and has been all spring,
if we plow the corn will be very spot-
ted on our soil. Where we have clay
cropping out to the surface the soil
Will dry out so much in spite of all we
can do that the corn will not come up
well and we will not get an even
stand. If the weather should change
from now on and we have an abund-
ance of moisture, perhaps an excess
during the summer, as we do have
some years, then I should expect the
crop to do better on plowed land for
the drainage would be better, but if it

remains dry, or if we only have 3. nor-
mal amount of rain from now on, it
being so dry now, I believethe crop
will stand a chance to be better on
disked land, for the reason that the
plants can get more moisture from the
subsoil, and also because there will be
a less amount of water lost in prepar-
ing for the crop. A portion ‘of the
field plowed, however, will be a fine
experiment.
Fitting Fall Plowed Land.

It has been a splendid spring to
work land and destroy grass and
weeds. One sod field plowed last fall
is titled in splendid shape by once
disking with the engine and then har-
rowing with spring-tooth barrow. I
expected this field would require con-
siderable more work than this to pre-
pare it, and it would had the season
been wet, because it was a sod of two
years’ standing, something we rarely
have as all our hay is clover or alfalfa
and we only mow the clover one sea-
son. We always sow timothy seed
with the clover, because it usually fills
in a few places where the clover stand
is not so good and makes a better
yield of hay. Always, however, when
we seed I hope that the clover will so
establish itself that we will never see
any timothy. I think it. is well worth
the expense of the timothy seed, as
there are generally a few spots where
the timothy does better or as well 'as
the clover.

On the greater portion of this field
I have applied a. half ton of hydrated
lime per acre; this is where I will
plant lima, beans. The balance of the
field will be planted to potatoes, and
there we applied no lime. The. weath-
er is not settled sufficiently yet for
planting lima beans, and we. will oc-
casionally barrow the. field until it
seems proper to plant. probably not.
until about the twentieth of the
month. At the. present. writing we are
drilling fertilizer broadcast on this
field as it had no stable manure. That
portion of the field intended for pota-
toes we can plant now any time that
would seem advisable.

Effect of Fertilizer on Wheat.

Last fall on one field of wheat back
of the barn we. left a few strips the
width of the drill Without using any
fertilizer, that is, we simply threw the
fertilizer part of the drill out of gear
so it would not sow, just to see if the
fertilizer made any difference in the
growth of the wheat. ‘In some places

 

 

Unfertilized and Fertilized Wheat.

it looks as if the fertilizer really per-
formed a miracle. No one would be—
lieve it made so much difference or
could make so much unless they ac-
tually knew about it. It certainly
Icoks as if 250 pounds of fertilizer per
acre had more than doubled the crop.
Where fertilizer was used the crop
looks good for 30 bushels per acre; on
the strips where not used no one
would say the yield would be over 10
or 15 bushels, and on some spots not
that much. How can a little fertilizer
make so much difference? This land
is rented land and somewhat run, but
it is as good as lots of land in this
section of the county. It is a heavy
clay loam and in 1912 produced a good
crop of clover, in 1913 a fair crop of
corn, and last year an ordinary crop
of peas. It would seem that a little
fertilizer makes a stronger, thriftier
and more vigorous plant, and this
plant so invigorated has the power to
help itself to other plant food in the

MAY 22, 1915.

soil that is in such a condition, that
the weaker plant has not 'the power of
utilizing, or elseperhaps the soil lacks
one or more elements which is the
limiting factor, and the plant can only
make growth in proportion to the sup«
ply of this element. The added sup-
ply enables it to make a normal
growth. It may be the soil lacks a
sufficient amount of two elements or
of all three in available form and the
fertilizersupplies enough with that al-
ready in the soil in available condi-
tion to make a vigorous plant. All the
theories seem reasonable to me. The
condition of the soil makes any one of
them possible.
Coma C. LILLIIC.

 

 

FAVORS PLANTING BIG KERNELS
0F CORN.

 

As it is about corn planting time
please give me space in The Farmer
this week for an item that may help
to make the corn crop better this year
than last. year, if the farmers will try
an experiment.

For planting part of your corn field
this year select, not the largest ears
of corn, but the ears with the largest,
thickest kernels for seed. We plant
good sized potatoes so why not plant
large kernels of corn? The. large thick
kernels will furnish more food for the
young corn plant, till the roots can be-
gin to get its food from the ground
than a small kernel will, and you have
noticed that. a strong, early plant al-
ways makes the best com.

I tried all large kernels two years
ago and got better corn, so last year
I sent to the factory and had extra
thick disks made so as not. to split‘the
extra thick kernels and they seemed
to be all right, as we had a much bet
ter stand and the best, corn I ever
raised—~nearly all good sound corn
with much larger, thicker kernels than
usual. I planted it with a, two-horse
planter in rows three feet four inches
wide and one kernel in a place about
15 inches apart and drilled home mix-
ed fertilizer in the row at the same
time. It was all right for the corn
but I made the fertilizer too strong
for the beans. It was my first time
of mixing fertilizer at home.

I plant the rows three feet four
inches so the cultivator will keep the
middle between the rows clean. Tr)r
at least a part of your field and report
to The Farmer in the fall.

Allegan Co. A. L. ROCKWELL.

 

DETROIT BANKS OFFER PRIZES
FOR CORN.

 

The People's State. Bank, the First
and Old Detroit National Bank, and
the Union Trust Company have ap«
propriated $300 to be given as cash
prizes for the best bushels of corn
raised in 1915 in each of twenty coun-
ties of Michigan. A first prize of $10
for the best bushel of corn and a sec—
ond prize of $5 for the second best
bushel of corn will be given to farm-
ers in each of these counties. The ap-
propriation is announced by George.
E. Lawson and W. T. Bradford, mem-
bers of the committee of agricultural
development of the State Bankers’ As
sociation.

The corn is to be exhibited at
the Michigan State Fair at Detroit,
September 6-15, and the awards are
to be made by the state fair judges.
The twenty counties eligible to share
in the competition are Wayne, Ma-
comb, Oakland, St. Clair, Sanilac, Hur-
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Washtenaw, Monroe, Lenawee, Hills-
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-year to the apple crop.

MAY 22, 1915.

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

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THE APPLE CU RCULIO.

 

The curculio is a little fellow that
is not being so much talked about as
the aphis, but he is present with us
and does considerable damage every
At harvest
time little punctures may be seen in
the skin of the apples, some of them
apparently not extending quite through
the skin, while some are deeper.
Where Bordeaux is used in spraying
the punctures are not quite so pro-
nounced as with lime-sulphur, as the
latter causes a sort of leathery condi-
tion just beneath the skin and a dis-
coloration around it. Apples that are
thus injured are not strictly first-class
stock and are really unfit for storage,
as the break in the skin affords an
opening for the attack of the rot fun-
gus. Entomologists tell us these punc-
tures are made by the curculio and
are made in feeding. This damage
is considerable. I notiCed some of it
in the apples on the exhibition tables
at the meeting of the State Horticul-
tural Society at Kalamazoo last De-
cember. The curculio also attacks
several other kinds of fruit besides ap-
ples. Their damage in peaches and
plums is frequently serious.

Methods of Control.

There are several methods of com-
batting the curculio, none of which
seem to be very successful. Either
the kerosene emulsion or nicotine
sprays should afford a rather unpleas—
ant experience for them, as both of
these sprays kill by contact. Perhaps
the addition of the arsenate of lead at
the time of the “pink” spray might
kill some of them, as they are said to
be eating the foliage at that time.
About the most effective means yet
found is perhaps the jarring method.
Sheets are spread under the trees and
the branches jarred with a mallet
with a muffled head in the cool of the
day, when the insects will play ’pos-
sum and fall on the sheets and may
be brushed up and destroyed. This is
quite effective with smaller trees but
it must be followed up every day as
long as the curculio can be caught in
any considerable numbers. It is there-
fore somewhat laborious. But this
method is not feasible with large ap-
ple orchards. Perhaps if chickens were
quartered in the orchards and encour-
aged with a little feed to thoroughly
cover the ground they might pick up
a good many. Prof. Hammar, of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
found that this insect pupates in the
ground in August, and at that stage
is quite tender and that by Siirriii';
the ground with a lead pencil he could
kill 70 per cent of them. From this
he gathered that in cultivated or-
chards the harrow would destroy
many of them at just the right time.
Another method that has been sug-
gested is to provide some sort of trash
about the orchard early in the fall, as
it is known that they seek some such
covering in which to hibernate, and
by furnishing them the proper conven-
iences they can at the approach of
winter be burned.

Allegan Co. EDW. HUTCHINS.

TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.

 

Asparagus Beetle.

_ Please advise me as to how to erad-
icate the asparagus beetle. The pest
is a tiny black beetle with tiny white
spots on back, strong mandibles that
suck the moisture from the asparagus
stalk and ruin it, the eggs of the beet-
le look like tiny green spikes stuck
on the stalk of asparagus. I must
eradicate the beetle or the asparagus
will be ruined.

Huron Co. A. P.

The most satisfactory way to con-
trol the asparagus beetle is to destroy
all volunteer plants so that they may

not be a source of infestation, and
then keeping the patch well cut down.
it is also an advantage to leave a row
or two around the outside as a lure to
the beetles where they may be killed
with arsenical sprays. Five ounces
of Paris green and one pound of lime
to 50 gallons, or two and one-half
pounds of arsenate of lead to 50 gal-
Ions will be sufficient to kill the beet-
les on these rows. Dusting the plants
with freshly slaked lime before the
dew has disappeared in the morning is
also an effective control measure, and
poultry allowed to run in the patch
will help to get rid of a great. many of
the beetles.

As the beetle appears during the
cutting time, it cannot be controlled
by spraying, except on the few rows
left for trapping them. One must use
care in not getting the spray material
on the shoots which are to be out for
eating purposes. It is by the use of
the several methods mentioned that
this insect is controlled rather than
by the use of any single remedy we
know of.

Growing Spinach.

Would like some information about
spinach, which we have been rather
unsuccessful in raising. Some times
the. seed fails to come and when it
does come up the young plants begin
to form seed pods almost before the
leaves are large enough to be picked.

lieelaiiau (‘0. Mrs. A. \V. M.

Spinach is probably the most popu-
lar plant grown for its use as early
greens in spring. It is a cool weather
plant. and is not very good for use dur-
ing the hot months. Being raised for
its green foliage, it should be planted
on soils rich in nitrogenous material,
or should be liberally fertilized with
barnyard manure or nitrate of soda.
It is often started early under cover
and then transplanted when the dan~
ger of frost is over, or it may be
planted in late August, given slight
protection during the winter and be in
good condition for early spring use.
When spinach is started late in the
spring the growth is dwarfed and the
plants are likely to go to seed before
the foliage becomes of usable size.
The main thing, then, to prevent the
formation of seed pods is to start the
plants early. If one desires greens
for use during the entire summer,
Swiss chard is a very good substitute
for spinach. It should be planted in
the spring, and is good for use
throughout the entire growing sea-
son.

Keeping Birds from Cherry Trees.

Can you give me a remedy for keep-
ing birds away from cherry trees? I
had a dozen trees well loaded with
cherries and they ate them just as
they ripened. There are no farms
near ours. It is all standing timber.

Houghton Co. Mrs. J. C.

We regret to say that we know of
no satisfactory way to keep the birds
from eating the cherries. In places
where there are only a few trees, net-
ting put over the trees is often used
as a means of protection. In larger
orchards some of the early varieties,
such as the Governor Wood, are set
for the purpose of appeasing the birds’
appetites for cherries, and in that way
protecting the main crop to a great
extent. Mulberries are also set to
detract the birds from the cherry
trees. The use of scarecrows to keep
the birds away is a failure, as they
soon become accustomed to whatever
might be used for this purpose. While
we have never seen it tried, we have
heard recommended the use of thread
as a means of keeping the birds away
from the trees. The thread is draped
over the tree either up and down or
around, so that the birds will become
entangled in it. It is said to frighten
them so that they will leave the tree
alone thereafter.

 

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without a sting! '

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You get on the shady
side of the lane long
enough to jam your old
jimmy pipe brimful with
Prince Albert, make fire
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FENCE POSTS

OMPARATIVELY speaking, few

farmers appear to understand

the importance of giving their
hard-worked horses proper grooming.
On many farms the horses after a
long day’s work on the plow or her
row, are unharnessed and turned into
their stalls With no further attention
than giving them their feed and wa-
ter; on others with a little perfunc-
tory brushing that, by no stretch of
imagination could be correctly term-
ed, grooming. -

Just why the average farmer fails
to recognize the beneficial effects of
grooming his horses is hard to under-
stand. He gives a certain amount of
care to his automobile, the farm en-
gine and other farm machinery and on
some farms where dairying has been
developed to a high degree, the cows
are given more and better grooming
than the work horses receive on oth-
er farms.

If farmers more thoroughly under-
stood the real object of grooming and
its beneficial effects upon their horses
they‘lwould insist on more attention
being paid to that work by the team-
ster. Primarily, grooming is not for
the purpose of improving a horse's
looks, although an improvement in the
looks of a horse’s coat always follows
proper and regular grooming.

The Object of Grooming.

The principal object of grooming a.
horse that is being worked hard is to
{secure the stimulation of the surface
of the body, by friction, to such an
extent as to fortify him from taking
cold and developing the muscle sore-
ness which marks so many farm
horses soon after the spring’s work
commences. It is evident, therefore,
that the best time to groom a hard—
worked horse is upon his return to
the stable from his work, when the
brisk friction will lessen the danger
of a. chill and while the skin is warm,
making it easier to distribute the nat-
ural oil secretions over the skin and
through the coat.

When a horse is called upon to do
hard work he sweats profusely and
nature, unaided, is not able to throw
off this unnatural increase of exuded
sweat. Without grooming the pores
will become clogged, the skin will be-
come unhealthy and eventually the
horse’s whole system will become do
moralized. Proper grooming will not
only act as a. preventive of colds, when
done immediately after the horse
reaches the stable, but it will also re-
move the obstructions from the mouth
of the pores, increases the activity of
the glands and shows its healthful ef-
fects by the glistening lustre of the
coat and the absence of muscle sore—
ness under the hardest kind of work.
It is well to remember, too, that the
heavier the feed rations of the horse
and richer they may be, the larger
will be the quantity of waste material
the lungs, skin and kidneys will be
forced to eliminate, hence the more
grooming he should receive.

Methods of Grooming.

Grooming should be done in some
portion of the stable absolutely free
from draughts. The feet and legs
{should receive the first attention, the
lhoofs cleaned out and the hair below
the knees freed from all dirt. In case
the hair on the legs is matted with
mud it will be well to wash it out with
warm water, drying the legs thorough-
ly afterwards.

A thorough grooming once a day—~
after work~should keep a farm horse
in the best of condition but it should
be thorough. After drying the legs
the currycomb should be used, not
harshly or roughly, for it will inflict
pain if used in that way. Use it with
care, especially upon horses that show
nervousness under its use. Rightly
used the currycomb is a valuable
aid to proper grooming as it loosens
the partially exfoliated and used-up

 

 

 

GEORGE I. CHANDLER. Mini. m3 5,

dandruff which is' of no further use

MAY 22, 1915.

The Importance of Grooming

and should be removed; it also re-
moves the dried sweat and dirt from
the hair, at the same time, if used
with a light hand, it arouses the
nerves and blood vessels into healthy
action. It may be said, however, if
the currycomb is not used rightly it
would better not be used at all.

After the currycomb comes the stiff
dandruff brush, which is also a most
useful article to start grooming the
hooks and other parts of the legs
which often become gummed up. Like
the currycomb, the dandruff brush, be—
ing composed usually of stiff whale-
bone bristles, should be used with a
light hand. It is the body brush, how-
ever, that may be used to the best ad-
vantage to put the horse’s skin into a
healthful condition. It should be used
vigorously and with a good pressure
in order that the various tissues.
glands, blood vessels and nerves may
be thoroughly massaged while the coat
is being cleaned.

The finishing touches of a thorough
grooming, which experienced grooms
of show horses regard as the most im-
portant part of their work are not us-
ually given to the farm team except
when the teamster happens to belong
to that class now and then found
among farm hands and generally a1-
luded to as a “horse crank.”

And yet these finishing touches
which put a. horse’s skin and coat in-
to the perfect bloom of health are
very easy to give, and the only in-
strument needed in the work is a lin-
en cloth. We have all noticed 'the
glossy hair beneath the harness on
horses whose coats in other places
look dull and rough. These glossy
places are due to the continual pres—
sure of the harness on what may be
called the pomade glands of the skin.
which brings out the secretions of
these glands when this pressure is
exerted

This is exactly what the groom does
who, after the pores of the skin have
been opened and the coat relieved of
the dirt and dried sweat, uses the rub-
hingr cloth briskly The use of the
linen cloth causes the exudation of
the natural oil or “pomade” and dis-
tributes it well over the surface of the
coat, giving the horse the glossy,
healthful look which proclaims to all
observing persons that he is well
groomed

Every neighborhood possesses one,
or perhaps a few teamsters whose
horses always have glistening coats
and whose ribs are never visible
through their coating of flesh

The longer period of usefulness
which a team cared for by a man of
this kind will endure. as compared
with the that which ,marks the team
never or seldom groomed and then
not properly, will surprise anyone who
will take the trouble to make compar-
isons, and such comparisons may eas-
ily be made in almost any neighbor-
hood.

With the value of good farm horses
at the high figures they now repre—
sent, every farmer should use his
work horses in such a way as to con-
serve their powers of usefulness for
as long a period as possible and good
grooming, next to good feeding, will
do as much in this direction as about
anything that can be mentioned.

Nevaork. H. L. ALLEN.

 

While every stockman who is inter-
ested in the hog growing industry
knows that hogs are selling at much
lower prices than in recent years, they
are very apt to forget that in most
past years swine sold at much lower
prices than are paid at the present
time. Eleven years ago hogs reach-
ing the Chicago stock yards were sell-
ing for $4.25 to $4.95. .

Opinions differ as to just where the
boom in prices for fat sheep and
lambs will stop, but no onc.expects to
see otherwise than fancy prices for a
long time. The country is. greatly
short of flocks of sheep, and a mutton
famine is fast approaching.

 

 


 

 

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EFFICIENCY ON THE DAIRY FARM.

 

(Continued from last week).

Not only is this much so, but hun-
dreds of dairy farmers are buying an-
nually tons of mixed feeds of doubtful
feeding value, because they contain
an excess of the very elements they
already have on their farms. So many
brands of ready mixed feeds (guaran-
teed to meet every requirement of the
animal regardless of its condition, age
or sex), are on the market that one
need not wonder at the bewilderment
of the dairy farmer who is unac-
quainted with feed analysis, composi-
tion nd values. For example, White
has plenty of clover hay and matured
corn silage, but he finds that by feed-
ing a few pounds of grain he can
nearly double his milk yield, so he
buys a few tons of bran and malt
sprouts, but when he examines his
cost sheet at the end of the month he
finds that the increased flow of milk
has cost him as much as it sold for.
He begins to study the feeding prob-
lem, consults with one of the best
feeders in his locality and finds out
that he is paying out his good money
and forcing his cows to consume more
of some of the elements than they
can digest and assimilate. He begins
to see that to buy a ton of bran at $30
that is pure, contains only 240 pounds
of protein, when a tOn of cottonseed
meal contains nearly 800 pounds of
protein, and costs only $40, is to part
with one’s money without reasoning.
In the bran the protein costs less than
14 cents a pound, in oil meal six cents
and in the cottonseed meal five cents.
He decides to try out the new idea
and finds that by feeding his cows two
and one-fourth pounds of protein a
day, all that they can make efficient
use of, that these two concentrates,
oil meal and cottonseed meal, fed with
silage and clover hay, fill every re-
quirement of the ration, and, as oil
meal and cottonseed meal counteract
each other’s peculiarities, his cows do
better than when he was feeding
them the diluted mixed feeds that cost
almost as much per tons as the
straight concentrates As he studies
the problem further he finds that
there is a credit of nearly one-fourth
the cost price due these richer and
more valuable concentrates for their
fertilizing value The result is that
White has cut down the cost of feed-
ing his herd more than one dollar a
day through intelligent feed buying.
It is very likely he would have been
another member of the great army of
men who are wondering what is the
matter with the dairy industry, had
he not begun to study his business
from the efficiency standpoint. There
is a necessity that the dairy farmer
study the feed problem so that he will
always make judicious investments
and not bring on to his farm a lot of
cheap mixed feeds that contain an ex-
cess of the very elements he already
has in excess.

Finding Suitable Markets.

One of the greatest problems in
dairy farming is that of finding the

best markets for the products. The

location of the farm to suitable mar-
kets and railroad facilities must nec-
essarily govern the kind of products
produced and the methods of selling,
although it is difficult to convince
many dairymen of this fact. For ex-
ample, two men with whom I am per—
sonally acquainted, have different

. views on this important question. One

of these men lives five miles from the
shipping station and ,hauls his milk
that distance every morning past a
creamery within one mile of his farm.
On the way to the station he meets

THE MICHIGAN,FARMER

the other farmer who lives but one
mile from the station with about the
same quantity of mlik, hauling it to
the creamery a distance of about three
miles. A little figuring will show
these men that the efficiency problem
is not being applied to their business.

In deciding between selling his milk
to the creamery, cheese factory, con-
densery or city milk trade, one should
be guided by the prices paid for milk
and butter-fat, and his convenience
for raising young stock. Any good
feeder will find it possible to realize
from 20 to 30 cents per hundred
pounds from skim-milk by feeding it
to calves, pigs or poultry of the com«
mon sorts, and higher values if fed to
pure-bred animals intended for breed-
ing purposes. Whey has a food value
of about 10 cents per hundred pounds.
The selling of whole milk to the city
trade or condensery leaves no by-pro-
duct on the farm. Therefore, in figur-
ing a reasonable scale of prices I sub-
mit the ones below for comparison
and it is my judgment that they are
approximately correct: Creamery $1;
cheese factory $1.10; city trade or con-
densery $1.25. The prices paid by
creameries seldom vary more than 10
to 15 cents per hundred pounds from
those paid by cheese factories, be-
cause most of the progressive factory
owners have the equipment necessary
to make butter in case the market
goes below that for butter.

New York. W. MILTOX KELLY.

 

COMFORT IN THE STABLE.

Much is said by some of the writers
of the farm press, concerning cold sta-
bles in winter, stables with cracks in
the doors, loosely fitting windows, etc.
Although this is undoubtedly un-
comfortable for stock, I cannot think
that they suffer more than when con-
fined in close, filly-ventilated stables
in hot weather.

Many stables that I know of have
either no means of ventilation except
the doors and windows, or else they
are so open that there is a current of
air passing in every direction. Agreat
help to proper ventilation is a louvre
on the roof. This is our method of
ventilation—a sort of cupola protect-
ed by slat blinds 'through which the
air passes, thus carrying off the foul
gases.

A great help to pure air in a stable
is to allow no such thing as a manure
pile at the door. We haul to the field
or orchard, summer or winter. By
deodorization a great benefit is gain-
ed. For this work many purchase
land plaster, but finely pulverized clay

   
 

 

 

 

 

or loam are sometimes used instead.
By this means the liquids are absorb-1
ed and the saturated portions are re-
moved.

Some preach against basement sta-

 

bles. I wish such could visit ours and
see how thoroughly the stock enjoy it?
“—(001 in summer and warm in winter. l
Duiing the day in summer the doors;
are kept open, being protected by?
screen doors which admit the air and;
at the same time keep the poultry out—‘
side, for they, having free range, often
manifest a liking for nesting places in
the mangers, and this is contrary to
the rules laid down on our farm.
Opposite the door is an alleyway
leading to the cellar, so none of the
stock stand in a draft. Overhead in
the barn floor is a trap-door—some
six feet long (over a stairway) which
is open day and night in warm weath-
ei, which with the fresh air admitted
through the screen door and the es-
cape of foul gases through the roof
makes the stable well ventilated.
We think the thermometer almost a
necessity in regulating the tempera-
ture of the stable in winter, as it
quickly tells if we get it too warm or
too cold, when ventilators can be op-
ened or closed—as the case may re-
quire. I believe the well-being of our
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7—595

Isyour cream can being

ROBBED?

Is your

separator
the thief ‘2

UPPOSE you found that some one

was stealing even a little of your

cream every day. You wouldn’t rest
easy until you had put a stop to it.

If you are 'using an old or inferior
cream separator, the chances are ten
to one that each time you use it you
lose some cream. Your cream can is
being robbed just as surely as if some
one were stealing cream from it.

Some people go on using their old
separator even if they know that it is
not working right. They fail to realize
that if the separator doesn t run right
it can‘t possibly skim clean.
overlook the fact that a De Laval will
soon pay for itself just from what it
saves over an inferior or half worn-
out machine.

They

If your present cream separator is
not skimming as close as two one
hundredths of one per cent it will
easily pay you to

trade in your old separator
on account of a new

68,000 users did so last year
34,873 in the U. S. and Canada

You can never get your money back by continuing to use a. worn-
out or inferior cream separator. The longer you keep it, the greater

your loss.

The quickest and best way to satisfy yourself as to the comparative
merits of the De Laval and your old machine is to ask the local
De Laval agent to bring a machine right out to your place.

He will be glad to let you have a. free trial alongside your present
machine ,and, if you decide to purchase, will make you an exchange
allowance on your old machine, whether it be an old De Laval or

some other make.

If you don‘t know the De Laval agent, write to the nearest De Laval
office below, giving make, number and size of your present machine
and full information will be sent you.

Why not take this up at once ? Stop your cream losses and have
the satisfaction of knowing that you have a separator that you can

depend upon.

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Beatrice

The Separator with
the double-angle discs

“The discs are the real ‘works’—-the
heart and Vitals—of any separator.
I am for the Beatrice with its
double-angle discs because it skims
the closest. You don’t feed your
high-priced butter—fat to the pigs
in the skimmed milk if ou have a
Beatrice Separator. Tis is one
of my main reasons for buying a
Beatrice‘keeps the dollars out of
the hog trough—puts them in my
pocket. And I can clean up in a hurr
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will show the result when the yearly
summing up is made.

Oceana Co. JENNIE WILLSON.

 

THE FEEDING QUESTION.

 

This old world we inhabit has stood
a long time, and for a long time peo-
ple have been feeding and milking
cows, and yet the subject of econom-
ical cow feeding is a good way from
being definitely settled. Some men of
experience and good judgment advise
feeding a liberal grain ration, while
other good men of wide experience
think there is little economy in feed-
ing cows a large amount of grain.
with such a disagreement among doc—
tors, who shall decide—rather, how
shall the little fellow decide? It is a.
question presenting two sides.

Liberal Feeding Pays.

That it pays to feed young and
growing animals well and bring them
to a full and vigorous maturity there
is no question. Last winter the writ-
er visited iwo herds of cows not‘ far
apart, both of the same breed. One
was raised and owned by a young man
with little experience in such work
and the other by a man who is evi-
dently a dairyman. One had evidently
been fed enough to keep the calves
alive and grewing, while the other
herd had been well fed and pushed.
The contrast between the two herds
was striking. One would hardly sup-
pose there could be the difference in
two herds of the same breed, although
neither had been “stunted.” Last win-
ter I bought a nine-months—old Jersey
bull calf that had been fed a good
mess of separated milk all his life,
and he was as large and vigorous as
most yearlings 0f the breed.

The Individual in Feeding.‘

Now, the question arises, at what
stage in the animal’s life is it wise or
economical to change this policy and
feed less than the individual can di-
gest and assimilate. If a cow is fed a
liberal but judicious ration there are
three possible ways in which she can
dispose of it. She can deliver it in
the pail, she can store it in her back
or, if fed in excess, she can waste it.
If the voidings are normal the pre-
sumption is that she is making good
use of the feedheither storing it up
in her body for future use or deliver-
ing it in the pail or foetus. Nor can
the question of profit be determined
by present production. If a cow has
been well fed the past winter she will
do much better the coming summer,
and if well fed the coming summer
she will do better next winter, so the
amount of milk or butter produced
just now does not determine whether
the cow is being profitably fed or not.
Certain it is that she cannot create
anything but must produce milk and
butter from What she eats.

If we feed a ration of grain on the
basis of a pound daily for every pound
of butter-fat produced in a week we
shall feed seven pounds for every
pound of butter-fat produced. If grain
is worth $30 per ton, (and in quanti-
ties it should be bought for not much
more than that),, and butter-fat is
worth 30 cents per pound, we shall
feed 101/2 cents worth of grain for ev-
ery 30 cents worth of butter-fat we
sell. As grain is the more expensive
part of the cows’ ration it would seem
that it will pay to feed about all the
cow will consume and digest. But this
is one side of the question.

The Cost of Feeding.

On the other hand, the cow does
not always turn seven pounds of grain
into a pound of butter-fat. If we have
a cow that produces 300 pounds of
butter-fat in a year she would require
on this basis 2,100 pounds of grain.
This grain would cost say, $30, and
would require 100 pounds of butter-fat
at 30 cents a pound to pay for it.
Would 2,100 pounds of grain make a

 

difference of 100 pounds in the butter-

fat any ordinary cow would produce
in a year? On the face of it it looks
doubtful, but how is one going to tell?
Surely a series of tests would be re—
quired to determine this matter defi-
nitely which the ordinary dairyman is
hardly prepared to make.

Mr. Lillie’s figures in the Michigan
Farmer of May 1 are interesting along
this line. Last year his cows consum-
ed $1,172.70 worth of grain, and pro-
duced 2,313.8 pounds of fat. He no
doubt bought his grain in carlots, and
if he paid around $27 per ton he fed
just about seven pounds of grain for
every pound of fat produced. Mr. Lil-
lie’s figures show a handsome profit—
$1.49 for every $1 in feed consumed,
including roughage of course. But
what might have been the correspond-
ing profit if the grain had been par-
tially or wholly left out? If, now, some
of the men who claim a larger profit
without grain would come up with
their figures we might have a basis
for comparison, perhaps.

The writer assumes that he is only
one of many who are interested in
this question of cow feeding, and
would like to see it discussed.

Allegan Co. EDW. HUTCHINS.

SOY BEANS WITH ENSILAGE
CORN.

 

I have read a great deal about eith-
er cowpeas or soy beans in your most
valuable paper. Now I would like to
know if I could sow them in with my
corn to any advantage to increase the
tonnage, and also the feeding value of
silage? If so when should they be
planted and how much seed with six
or eight quarts of corn per acre? Also
where could I get the seed?

Oakland C0. W. K.

’By actual weight the yield of en-
silage has been increased 4,550 pounds
per acre by adding soy beans to the
ensilage corn. There is not only an
increase in yield but there is an in-
crease in the total amount of protein
in the silage. It is claimed that the
corn even is richer in protein than
that grown alone for the reason that
the soy bean furnishes more nitrogen
for the corn. The soy beans should
be inoculated.

The best way to plant, if you use
the two-horse planter for the corn, is
to go at once over the rows again
with the same planter and plant about
the same amount of soy beans per
acre as you planted corn. A planter
is now made. I understand. that has
double equipment, dropping both corn
and beans in same row.

 

HOW MUCH GRAIN TO FEED FOR
EACH POUND OF MILK.

 

I have four cows which look as if
they would make very good producers
if they had a good mixed, well bal-
anced ration. Three of them have not
come in yet but are due soon. I have
lots of good bright oat straw, mixed
hay and a few cornstalks for rough-
age. Now I would like to have you
give me a table of well-balanced ra-
tions in pounds, which will include
ground corn, oats, wheat bran, oil
meal, cottonseed meal, and any other
grain which you think will make a
feed for these cows. Prices of grain
here are about the same as in Detroit.
How many pounds of grain should be
fed for each pound of milk?

Gratiot Co. W. W.

If you choose to feed both oil meal
and cottonseed meal (and this would
be a good practice where you have no
silage and no roots of any kind to
feed), I would feed one and a half
pounds of oil meal in the morning and
one and a half pounds of cottonseed
meal at night to each cow. Mix corn-
meal, wheat bran and ground oats.
equal parts by weight, and feed a suf-
ficient amount of this mixture to give
each cow one pound of grain for ev-
ery four pounds of milk if it does not
test above three and one-half per cent,
and one pound of grain for every three
pounds of milk if it tests above three-
and one-half or four per cent. Feed
all the roughage the cows will eat up
clean. ,

MAY 22, 1915.

GRAND RAPIDS HOLSTEIN SALE.

The fourth annual consignment of
registered Holstein-Friesian cattle was
held May 4 at the West Michigan
State fair grounds, Grand Rapids, by
the West Michigan Holstein Breeders'
Association. There was a very good
attendance of men and women inter
ested in black and white cattle and
while the stock, especially the young
heifers, in some cases went consider-
ably below their real value, the results
were fairly satisfactory. About 90
head of cattle were sold, the sales
totaling $16,000, or an average around
$190 per head.

The highest price paid at the sale
was $1,050 for a bull owned by John
M. Tobin, of Allegan, and purchased
by Ben Hanchett, of Grand Rapids,
who will place him at the head of his
valuable herd at Jenison. This ani-
mal was born June 8, 1914. The sire,
Johanna McKinley Segis, is one of the
greatest bulls of the present time. One
of his sons sold recently for $12,500.
The dam is an A. R. 0. daughter of
King Segis and Segis Beets De Kol
Salo, she being from a 32-lb. daughter
of Paul Beets De Kol. Johanna Mc-
Kinley Segis 3d is sure to give a good
account of himself.

The female bringing the most money
was K. S. P. H. Houwtje Maid, born
in October, 1912, owned by Buth Bros,
of Grand Rapids, and sold to J. J.
Bennett, of Fremont, for $400. Her

sire is by King Segis Pontiac, from a‘

good record daughter of King of the
Pontiacs. Her dam is a bull who do
rives 75 per cent of his blood from
Pontiac Korndyke and who is there
fore three-fourths brother to the sire
of the $25,000 bull, Rag Apple Korn-
dyke 8th.

Col. D. L. Perry, of Columbus, Ohio,
was auctioneer and was assisted in
the ring by N. C. Thomas, of Cale-
donia. S. T. Wood was manager of
sale and W. R. Harper business man-
ager. The sale committee included W.
R. Harper, M. W. Willard, E. W. Mc-
Nitt, John M. Tobin and P. Buth.

Prices secured were very good, in
view of general conditions, the prev-
alence of tuberculosis and the scare
over hoof-and-mouth and other diseas-
es. All cattle over six months old
were tuberculin tested and still there
were Holstein breeders at the ring-
side who would not make a single bid
for stock, stating that they had never
found any re-actors on their farms and
they did not want to take any chances.

Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.

 

 

MEETING OF JERSEY MEN.

The executive committee of the
Michigan Jersey Cattle Club met at
Jackson April 24. Those in attend<
ance were Dr. G. A. Waterman, of Ann
Arbor, chairman; Mr. H. F‘. Probert,
of Jackson, Mr. G. H. Jewett, of Alle<
gan, and Mrs. P. H. Walker, of Kala-
mazoo. All regretted that Mr. R. R.
Smith, of Howell, the president of the
club, was unable to be present. Re-
marks were made by Mr. Jewett and
Mr. Probert, both outlining plans of
work that might be taken up by the
club, to promote the Jersey enterprise
in Michigan. Mr. Jewett told of the
splendid work being done in the Alle-
gan Jersey Cattle Club and in the
Allegan Cow Testing Association. Mr.
Probert told of the work being done
on his farm, illustratingr what can be
done by having energy, push and abil-
ity, not only for his own profit and
also for the interests of the Jersey
throughout the state. Mrs. Walker
then gave her report, telling of the
work that has already been done by
the club. Many letters have been
written in an effort to come in touch
With every Jersey breeder in the state
A man was sent into Berrien county.
where the foot-and-mouth disease rag-
ed anda week’s work was spent try-
ing to interest the people in Jerseys.
“The editor of the Berrien County
Record lent his assistance, publishing
a special Jersey edition of his paper
illustrated with pictures of famous
Jerseys and containing articles writ-
ten by several of the prominent Jer-
sey breeders of Michigan. There were
also a number of Jersey cattle adver-
tisements in the paper. The report
was accepted.”

It was arranged to hold the summer
meeting. of the club at the college at
East Lansing some time after June 15.
The secretary was instructed to ar—
range for Jersey booths at as many
of the county fairs as possible, these
booths to be made attractive by dec-
orations and pictures, and also to be
stocked with an abundant supply of
Jersey literature for distribution. and
to be placed in the care of someone
who knows and loves Jerseys and who
has the knowledge to state the facts
concerning them. It was decided to
make use of the various farm papers
in a publicity campaign to boost the
Jersey and that Jersey breeders over
the state be asked to assist by con-
tributing articles of interest for publi—
cation from week to week throughout
the year.—-—P. H. Walker, Sec.

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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ILLY BE BY BO BUM was as

proud as a turkey cock. Yes,

sir, he was just as proud as a
great big turkey gobbler strutting
around the barnyard with his tail
spread out like a fan for all the chick-
ens and hen turkeys to admire. For
you see, his father had given him a
bran new compass, and Billy was just
itching for a chance to put it to use.

So after he had filled the wood box
and helped his mother feed the chick-
ens, he started off for the White For-
est where he knew Tinker Teedle Tee,
the merry little elf, would be waiting
for him. And sure enough, as he wrig-
gled through a hole in the stump fence
that separated the cow pasture from
the big woods, he saw Tinker perched
on a toadstool, the weeny copper ket-
tle that served him for a hat cocked
on the back of his head.

“Oh, Tinker. see what daddy gave
me,” cried the boy, as the elf, who
had spread his wings and flown to
meet his little friend, alighted on Bil-
ly’s shoulder.

“A sure enough compass, and a
beauty, too,” said Tinker, polishing
the glass front of the compass with
his tiny handkerchief. “But tell me,
Billy Boy, do you know how to
use it?”

“Father said the needle always

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pointed to the north, but I don’t see
why, do you Tinker?”

“Magnetism makes it do that,” re-
plied the elf.

“VVhat’s magnetism?” demanded Bil—
ly, who was rather surprised that such
a tiny fellow as Tinker, who, you
know, was only about as big as a min
ute, should use such a big word as
magnetism. ,

“Well, that’s mighty hard to an-
swer,” replied Tinker, scratching his
chin with the point of one tiny boot.
“\Vise men who have studied it all
their lives don’t know just what it is,
except that it is a form of electricity.
But you know what a magnet is, don’t
you Billy Boy?”

“Sure I do,” Billy replied. “It’s a
little steel horseshoe that picks up
pieces of iron and nails. Santa Claus
put one in my stocking last Christ—
mas, but I lost it.”

“Well, the needle of this compass is
a magnet,” said Tinker. “Now, if you

will get out your jack knife, I’ll Show
you a trick with a hole in it. Just
hold the blade near the compass and
see what happens.”

Billy did as Tinker told him, and
the needle, which had been pointing
straight: toward the north, turned
around until it pointed at the blade of
lilly’s knife. As soon as’he took the
knife, away, the needle went right to
where it was before. Then he held
the knife over the compass, and what
do you thing happened? The needle
spun around and around for all the
world like a puppy chasing its tail.

“You see, Billy. the needle. is really
a little magnet, and it wants to pick
up your knife,” explained Tinker Tee-
dle Tee. “But the knife is too heavy,
so the needle does the next best
thing, it tries to go to the knife.”

“But even if the needle is a mag-
net I don’t see what makes it point
toward the north,” said Billy.

“Well, you see, the whole earth is

  

a kind of magnet,” replied the elf.
“One end is called the North Pole and
the other the South Pole, and the lit-
tle magnet. in your compass always
tries to go to the North Pole when
there is not: a piece of iron or steel
near by to pull it the other way. So
as long as you have your compass
with you, you will never get lost, no
matter how far from home you may
be, for the needle always tells you
which way to go. It’s funny, but when
anyone gets lost in the woods without
a compass to guide them, they always
walk around and around in a circle.”

“Why do they do that?” asked Billy.
“I should think they would keep on
going straight ahead until they found
their way out of the woods.”

“That’s what they intend to do, but
somehow or other they always come
back to the, place they started from.”

‘ iut the chief use of the compass,”
continued Tinker Tecdle Tee, “is to
help sailors steer their ships across
the wide ocean. “’ith the aid of that
little needle, a sailor can sail his yes-
sel almost as straight as though it
was on a railroad track.”

“But, how did the sailors steer their
ships in the days before the compass
was invented?” asked Billy.

“They had to depend on the sun,
and stars,” replied Tinker. “And on

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a clear night the stars as true a guide
as a compass, for no matter- in what
part of the world you may be, the
north star is always in the same posi-
tion, pointing out the right direction.”

“How in the world can you tell the
north star?” demanded Billy, “when
there are so many thousands of stars
in the sky, and every one looking just
like the other.”

“But they don’t all look alike,” Tink-

er replied. “You know the big dipper
when you see it, don’t you, Billy
Boy?”

“Sure I do,” Billy answered. “It’s

that group of stars arranged exactly
in the shape of a tin dipper. My fath

   

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

er showed it to me one night last
summer.”

“Well, sir, the next time you see the
big dipper, just look straight ahead in
the direction the handle is pointing,
and the first star you see after the
last one in the handle of the big dip-
per, is the north ‘star. No matter in
what part of the, sky you see the big
dipper; no matter if it is upside down
or standing on end, the handle always
points to the north star.”

“If it is clear tonight I’m going to
look for it,” Billy declared, and just
then he heard the supper bell ring,
so he said good night to Tinker Tee-
dle Tee and scampered off home.

 

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CHAPTER VII.
Shelter from the Storm.

T was a hard tramp, the notch in

the hills farther away than I had

reckoned upon, and the ground be-
tween extremely difficult to travel ov—
er. At times an impenetrable tangle
of brush turned me aside, and I was
obliged to skirt numerous ravines
which were impassable. Yet I held
stubbornly to the course, seeing no
other way out from the tangle, and
Stlllflbllllg steadily forward, my body
aching from fatigue, and growing
weak from hunger. It was consider-
ably after the noon.hour before I
came upon the first sign of human life
-—an old logging road. W'eed over-
grown, and evidently long abandoned,
it was nevertheless a most welcome
discovery, and l limped on betWeen its
ruts, animated by new hope. The
weather had turned colder, and there
were whirling flakes of snow in the
air. The direction I traveled compell—
ed me to face the storm, and the wind
whipped my face cruelly. An hour
more of struggle brought me suddenly
on a dismal shack of logs in the midst
of a small clearing. I hesitated at the
edge of the wood, peering through the
snow The scene was a desolate one,
the clearing overgrown with weeds,
the hut barely fit for habitation. Yet
the very desperation of my situation
compelled me to chance its occupancy,
and I pushed a way forward through
the weeds, discovering no path, until
I attained the door. It was closed,
but unfastened, and, revolver in hand,
I opened it softly and stepped within.
There was but one room, and that
bare, except for an empty box or two,
and a few discarded garments hanging
from pegs against the wall. A gun
with broken lock stood in one corner
beside an axe, and a rudely construct-
ed fireplace occupied one end. There
was no other entrance, and the single
window was securely closed. The light
streaming in through the door reveal-
ed these details, and that the room
was unoccupied. Yet someone had
been there, and not so very long ago
for there were scraps of food on one
of the overturned boxes, and a faint,
barely perceptible curl of smoke arose
from the black ashes on the hearth.

Whoever the former occupant might
be, or where he had gone, was of
small moment to me just then. It was
enough to be assured that he had de-
parted. The sight of those food frag-
ments renewed my consciousness of
hunger, revived my sense of chilly dis-
comfort. I glanced without into the
storm and closed the door, changing
the interior into twilight gloom. Us-
ing the axe I soon had a cheerful fire
going, and as the warmth of the flame
became perceptible, began eager
search for something to eat. I almost
despaired of success in this effort, but
by chance pushing aside one of the
garments on the side wall, discovered
a haversack in which remained some

hard bread and a bit of home-baked
bacon. Unappetizing as these appear-
ed, I sat down before the fire and ate
heartily. I dared not sleep, and in-
deed felt little inclination to do so, my
mind busy with recollections of the
night’s adventures, and planning my
future course of action. I thought of
Fox, and his men, wondering who
among them all had fallen during the
fight, and what might be the fate. of
the others. It was Cowan, no doubt,
and his mountaineers, who had attack-
ed, and there would be little mercy
shown. This but likely was the abode
of one of the gang, and I gazed about
in renewed disgust. It would be well
for me to be away before the owner
returned, yet I lingered, seduced by
the warmth of the fire, and dreading
the storm without. The fellow would
not come back probably until the
snow ceased. Nor did I in the least
know where I was to go—except that
I must push along to the north, out of
Cowan’s country. Once in the neigh-
borhood of Lewisburg, I would be on
more familiar ground, and could pro-
ceed with the work assigned me. If
there were Federal troops there I
would boldly report the fate of Fox’s
detachment, proclaim my own purpose
as a recruiting ofhcffier, and request
protection. My papers, my intimacy
with Captain Fox,'and the knowledge
throughout the district that a Lieuten-
ant Raymond had been detailed to
this service, would disarm all suspi-
cion. And in my judgment Lewisburg
was in that valley ahead—might in-
deed be visible at the other end of
the gap.

I got to my feet somewhat reluc-
tantly, and opened the door. The
storm had ceased, but the ground was
white, and the wind still whipped the
snow viciously. There was no excuse,
however, for not going forward, and
closing the door securely behind me I
ploughed through the tangle of weeds
back to the road. A hundred yards
below I came to a pike, along which a
wagon had passed since the fall of
snow. The vehicle had been drawn
by mules, and their narrow hoof marks
pointed to the valley. I followed cau-
tiously, making no effort to overtake
the outfit, and thus, just before sun-
down, emerged from the narrow gap
and looked down into the broadyalley
of the Green Briar. It was a scene to
linger in the memory, and at my first
glance I knew where I was, recogniz-
ing the familiar objects outspread be-
fore me. The road led downward,
turning and twisting as it sought the
easier grades, and, no longer obscured
by snow, the soil showed red and yel-
low. The wagon was already nearly
to the bottom of the hill, distinguish-
ed by its spread of dirty canvas top.
Other than this I could perceive no
moving object, except what appeared
to be either a body of horsemen, or
bunch of cattle, far away to the left.
Lewisburg lay beyond a spur of the

hills, invisible from my position, al-

though distant spirals -of Smoke indi-
cated its presence. A few log huts ap-
peared along the curving road, the one
nearest me in ruins, while a gaunt
chimney beside a broad stream un-
bridged was all that remained of a
former mill. Beyond this, in the midst
of a grove of noble trees, a large
house, painted white, was the only
conspicuous feature in the landscape.
I recognized it at once as the resi—
dence of Major Harwood.

My gaze rested upon it, as memory
of the man, and his fate, surged fresh<
ly back into mind. The place had
been spared destruction; it remained
unchanged—but from that distance
there was nothing to indicate that the
house was still occupied. It had the
appearance of desertionwno smoke
showing above the broad chimney, no
figures moving either about the main
house, or the negro cabins at the rear.
This condition was no particular sur-
prise, for Harwood’s daughter, scarce-
ly more than a girl to my remem-
brance, would not likely remain there
isolated and alone during such trou-
blesome times, and the servants had
doubtless long since disappeared in
search of freedom. The young woman
would doubtless be with friends, eith-
er in Lewisburg or Charleston; and
that the mansion, thus deserted,‘still
remained undestroyed was, after. all,
not so strange, for the Major’s stand-
ing throughout that section would pro-
tect his property. He would retain
friends on each side of the warring
factions who would prevent wanton
destruction. I moved on down the
steep descent, losing sight of the
house as the road twisted about the
hill, although memory of it did not
desert my mind. Some odd inclination
seemed to impel me to turn aside and
study the situation there more close-
ly. Possibly some key to the mystery
of Harwood’s murder—some connec-
tion between him and old Ned Cowan
—~might be revealed in a search of the
deserted home. Fox had said that his
party halted at the house on their
march east toward Hot Springs.
Some scrap of paper might have been
left behind in the hurry of departure,
which would yield me a clue. If not
this, then there might be other papers
stored there relating to military af-
airs in this section of value to the
Confederacy. Harwood was the un-
doubted leader of the Union sympa-
thizers throughout the entire region;
he would have lists of names, and
memoranda of meetings, containing
information which would help me
greatly in my quest. An exploration
could not be a matter of any great
danger, and might yield me the very
knowledge I sought.

I had almost determined on this
course when I came to the cross—road,
which I knew ran directly in front of
the house. It was already growing
dark, clouds hanging Iow over the val-
ley, and, as I paused irresolute, a cold
drizzle set in, the north wind sweep-
ing the dampness into my face. Deter-
mined by this I turned aside into the
new road, and pressed forward. only
anxious now to find shelter. The road
twisted about along the bank of a
small stream shadowed by trees on
either side. I passed the ruins of the
mill, but beyond the night closed
about me so dark that objects became
shapeless, and I even found difliculty
in following the path, although it was
seemingly a well traveled road. Only
detached sections of rail fence re-
mained standing, and I should have
stumbled blindly past the very place
I sought but for the high stone pillars
which marked the place where the
gate had once been. These guided me
to the driveway, and I groped a pas-
sage through the grove of trees to the
front steps.

The great house loomed before me
black and silent. If I had ever ques-
tioned its desertion its appearance
lulled every Suspicion. Nor had it es-
caped unscathed from the despoilation
of war. At a distance, gazing from

MAY 22, 1915.

the side of the mountain, I could per-
ceive no change. But now, close at
hand, even the intense darkness
could not hide the scars left by van-
dals. The front steps were broken,
splintered as if by an axe, and the
supporting pillars of the wide veranda
had been hacked and gashed. The
door above was tightly closed, yet
both windows to the right were
smashed in, sash and all, leaving a
wide opening. I crept forward, and
endeavored to peer through, but the
darkness within was opaque. The only
sound was the beating of rain on the
roof overhead. Occasionally the swirl
of the wind drove the cold drops
against me where I crouched listen-
ing; I was wet through, chilled to the
bone, my uniform clinging to me like
soaked paper. At least the inside
promised shelter from the storm, a
chance for a fire, and possibly frag-
ments of food. And I had nothing to
fear but darkness.

My revolver was under the flap of
my cavalry jacket, dry and ready for
use. I brought it forward, within easy
grip, and stepped over the sill. My
feet touched carpet, littered with
broken glass, and I felt about cau-
tiously, locating an overturned chair.
and a cushioned settee, minus one leg.
My recollection of the interior of the
house was vague and indistinct—the
remembrance only of one brief visit
made there years before, a boy of ten
with my father. I had never been in
this room, which must be the parlor,
but I knew a wide hallway led straight
through from front door to back, bi-
sected only by a broad stairway lead-
ing to the upper story. The library
would be opposite directly across the
hall, and the dining-room behind that.
I had been in both these apartments.
and they had seemed to me then spa-
cious and wonderful; quite the most
remarkable rooms I had ever seen. I
groped along the inside wall, seeking
the door, making no particular effort
to be noiseless, yet rendered cautious
by fear of stumbling over misplaced
furniture. The apartment was evident-
ly in much disorder, glass crackling
under my feet, and a breadth of thick
carpet torn up, so that I tripped over
it, and nearly fell.
door at last, standing wide open, and
emerged into the hall. The way was
clearer here, and there came into my
mind the recollection of a bracket
lamp, on the wall at the foot of the
stairs. Perhaps it was there still. and
might contain oil. If this could be lo-
cated, a light would be of great assist-
ance, and could not add very much to
my peril of discovery. No one would
be abroad in this desolate country on
such a night of storm, and the house
was utterly abandoned. Besides, the
heavy blinds at most of the windows
were closed tightly. My remembrance
of: the position of the lamp was ex-
tremely vague, yet my fingeres found
it at last, and lifted it from the bracle
et. The globe contained oil, and, in
another moment, the light revealed
my immediate surroundings.

Except for a broken stair rail the
hall remained in good order, a storm-
coat hanging beside the front door,
and a serving table and low rocker oc-
cupying the recess behind the stair-
way. I could see nearly to the further
end, where a bench stood against the
wall with some garment flung over it,
and up the stairs to the blackness of
the second story. The total desertion
of the place was evident; the destruc-
tion which had been wrought was
plainly the work of cowardly vandals,
who had broken in after the Har-
woods left. Convinced of this truth I
proceeded fearlessly to explore, seek-
ing merely the warmth of a fire and
food. The library, a large room, the
walls lined with bookcases, afforded
no encouragement, but I stopped in
amazement at the door of the dinin-
room—the light of my lamp revealing
a table at which someone had lately
eaten, apparently alone. There was 3.

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A Successful Historical Pageant

(Continued from first page).
of the leading actors rented Indian
costumes at personal expense. Indian
braves wore khaki suits trimmed with
gay fringes. The Indian maidens’ cos-
tumes being made of cambric or
cheesecloth, beaded and fringed to the
wearer’s taste. The priest and nuns
in borrowed college
gowns, with cap and bonnets of home
manufacture, and many were the com-
ments on the accuracy of their attire.
The “gay-liters” had no trouble in pro-
curing hoop-skirts and ruffled gowns,
long-tailed coats and tall hats. One
of the United States Commissioners
wore an up-to-date derby which escap-
ed the director’s notice until it was
too late to change, and there was one
little pale-faced Indian. However, it

is well to consider that there were

only three weeks in which to rehearse,
and it was not possible for the direc-
tor, who also took the part of an Indi-
an maiden, to be in every spot at once
and see that sixty people were all
properly arrayed at the last moment.

The last moment came all too soon.
On the rise of ground under the trees
near the bridge was a steadily in-
creasing crowd of spectators. It had
been expected that the audience would
sit, to view the performance, the nat-
ural amphitheatre making it possible
for every one of the vast crowd to see
the stage. But such is the perversity
of human nature that they all stood

crowding as near as they could to the.

water’s edge.

The broad river with its vine-cover-
ed, tree-crowned opposite bank form-
ed an effective background for the
stage, which was a long, narrow, gras-
sy strip of land, separated from the
mainland by a little bay of shallow
water, fifty to one hundred feet in
width. Two giant maple trees, in each
of which nine or ten boles spring from
a common base, marked the extreme
right and left, and two large trees at
the back, and one to right of center,
completed the natural setting of the
stage, which was carpeted with grass
of velvety green. Willows at either
end of the peninsula provided partial
shelter for the actors between scenes.

As the hour for opening drew near,
the actors began to arrive, being
brought in boats from the opposite
shore. The waiting audience had the
added pleasure of seeing the .stage
set. A “priest of the Holy Cross,” with
his robe tucked under one arm, assist-
ed an “Indian” in setting up wigwams.
The “landlady,” in voluminous skirts,
was seen to hide a basket of proper-
ties behind a tree. Some of the gen-
tlemen of the “gay-life” and the “Indi-
an Chief” and his “Squaw” sold sou-
venir booklets among the spectators.

At length all was in readiness. The
actors, inspired by the presence of
the large crowd, were aquiver with
impatience to begin. To the front of
the stage advanced a “French” gentle-
man in the cocked hat, ruffles and
kneebreeches of early days. With the
aid of a megaphone (which was not
in "character,” though quite essential)
he announced each scene, giving an
outline of the plot.

ACT I. .

The stage as set presented to the
audience a peaceful scene of Indian
camp life. To the right center sat
Topenebee, Chief of a tribe of Potta-
watomies. His squaw was mending
the fire under a large copper kettle in
front of their tepee, while little brown
children played near by. At the left,
in front of another tepee, was a group
of Indian maidens. Indian rugs, pot-
tery and baskets added to the realistic
effect. The quiet was immediately
broken by the shouts of Indian braves
returning from the hunt. They brought
exciting news. A white man had been
seen on the river! The camp was

» thrown into confusion as all hurried
to the river bank to watch for the

stranger. Presently he came into
view—7a keen-faced, sharp-eyed man
in coon-skin cap, his gun across his:
knees, Joseph Bertrand arrived under?
the guidance of a tall Indian who pad-'
dled the canoe. They landed. Ber-E
trand was welcomed by Topenebee,1
for the Pottawamies were peaceful at:
this time——1812——and many of them}
Christianized, and the two men sat in 1
a circle of eager, curious Indians. Ber-i
trand having come to trade with thei
Indians, his guide brought from the.
canoe an ancient chest, and some!!
sharp bargains were driven over gay;
calicoes and heavy furs. The trading:
over, the young braves gave vent to:
their good spirits in a characteristic;
dance, while Bertrand and the Chief
were served with soup from the big
kettle by the squaw and her daughter. {

Bertrand had eyes for the girl only,-
and soon followed her as she strolled.
along the water’s edge. A pretty little
courtship scene was enacted here, in
which Bertrand sang beseechingly of!
his love for the coy little Indian maid. i
One swift glance from her dark eyes,
then she gave him her hand, and they
returned to the camp. The girls, who
had been slyly watching the courting
gathered around the daughter of their
chief expressing their delight, and the
squaw brought in the good priest from
the neighboring Mission. The mar-
riage solemnized, all knelt to receive
the priest’s blessing. Congratulations
and gifts were showered on the cou-
ple; the scene closing with the exit
of the party, led by priest, chief and
bridegroom. They were followed by
the bride, carrying on her shoulder
the great basket containing the gifts,
the whole tribe trooping after in hap-
py procession.

ACT II.

There was no change of scenery for
the second act, which the announcer
indicated to have taken place twenty
years later. Chief Topenebee had call-
ed his braves together for a council.
They entered and formed a big circle
on the ground. One of the three Uni-
ted States Commissioners present read
to them the treaty made at Chicago in
October, 1833, between the United
States of America and the United Na-
tion of Pottawamies, Chippewa, and
Ottowa Indians, whereby these tribes
lzad ceded their lands in this locality
to the United States. For the tract of
land on the banks of the St. Joseph
river from a point north of Niles to
the state line of Indiana, Topenebee’s
tribe received the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars. Also for the section
of land (lying directly across the riv-
er from the scene of the pageant.) for-
merly given by the United States of
America to Madeline, wife of Joseph
Bertrand, the United States proposed
to pay eight hundred dollars. By the
terms of the treaty the Indians were
to have three years in which to vacate
their lands, and free transportation to
those reserved for them in Kansas.
The original treaty (a copy of which
is in the possession of the Northern
Indiana Historical Society) bore the
mark of Topenebee, and was signed
among others, by the name of J. Ber-
trand, Jr. , Interpreter. Topenebee
made his braves a speech, enjoining
them to obey the commands of the
Great White Father, and abide by the
terms of the treaty. The women and
children were called at the close of
the council. In silence the camp was
broken up. The men in all the brav-
ery of paint and feathers, followed
their sorrowing chief. The women,
bearing on uncomplaining shoulders
the impedimenta of the camp, had to
be urged forward by the commission-
ers. They left in a long straggling
line, with faltering step and a long,
last look at the home they would see
no more. The last squaw led a horse
which pulled a drag carrying the
smallest children. And so passed from

    

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the end of Act 2. .
After his marriage with Madeline,

'daughter of Topenebee, Bertrand es-

tablished a trading post where the old
trail, known as the Sauk trail, crosses
the St. Joseph river. The little vil-
lage bearing his name grew into the
gay French town previously mention-
ed, enjoying its greatest prosperity be-
tween 1833 and 1848. For many years
a Catholic Missionflourished here. In
1844 Father Sorin brought from Notre
Dame four Sisters of the Holy Cross,
who established a. primary school and
a young ladies’ academy, later known
as St. Marys.
ACT III.

The first scene of Act 3, represent-
ed the weekly visit of Father Sorin
to the primary school. Being of im-
portance historically, though of little
dramatic value, the scene was used
merely as a transition between two
larger acts. The quiet entrance of twa
devout nuns followed by a company of
little children, the arrival of the priest,
his blessing, and the solemn recession-
al, completed the scene.

In the old days the justice of the
peace in Bertrand made many an ex—
tra dollar “tying the knot” for couples
who came from South Bend to escape
the marriage license laws of Indiana.
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supposed to take place in the year
1845, opened with the entrance of a
landlady of a tavern, who was making
preparations for a. dancing party. Soon
the young people began to arrive. The
black coats and silk hats of the men

Imade a fine background for the gay
.colors worn by the girls.

With sway-
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health of the bride. Then in came the
fiddler. To the inspiring strains of
“Money Musk" and “Old Dan Tucker"
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the mazes of the Virginia Reel. The
bridegroom, losing his bashfulness,
now that the deed was done, became
the life of the party, and even the
gray—haired justice showed an amaz.
ing knowledge of the steps. The last.
set finished, the bride and groom en-
deavored to slip away unseen, but
without success. With shouts of laugh—
ter and showers of rice, they were
followed off the stage, and the scene
came to a close.

GRAND FINALE.

Led by Bertrand and Madeline, Top-
enebee and his tribe of Indians met
Father Sorin and his nuns in the cen—
ter of the stage, the people of the
“Gay Life” filling out the giant semi-
circle. At a signal from the French
announcer each lifted an American
flag and joined in singing “The Star-
spangled Banner.” With the singing
of “America" by audience and chorus,
the pageant came to a close, and “Ber-
trand Lives Again” in the hearts of
the people.

Fireworks in the evening completed
the celebration which began in the
morning with a flag-raising ceremony
by the school children, included a ball
game, band concerts early and late,
and a basket dinner at noon. Only a
small sum of money had been raised
to help pay the musicians, but all ex-
penses were met by the sale of the
souvenir booklets and the receipts
from the refreshment stands. When
all bills were paid the treasurer re-
ported a surplus of fifty dollars.

The Social Center Club accomplish-
ed its purpose by making Bertrand a.
pleasant place in which to spend Inde-
pendence Day. It was a “safe and
sane” celebration, no accidents or dis-
turbance of any kind marring the
pleasure of the day. The event had

MAY 22, 1918.

been well advertised, and It is estimat-
ed that three thousand people witness-
ed the pageant, that crowning event
of a successful day.

(The preceding article is one of a
series on “Rural Recitation," a gens
eral topic included in our list of 52
special articles one of which is to be
used in each issue during the year
ending Nov. 1, 1915.)

 

THE RED MIST.

 

(Continued from page 598.).

single plate, a cup and saucer, a half
loaf of bread, with a slice out, part of
a ham bone, with considerable meat.
remaining untouched, and a small chi-
na teapot. For an instant the unex-
pected sight of these articles fascinat—
ed me, and then my eyes caught a
dull glow in the fireplace at the oppo-
site end of the room—the red gleam
of a live ember.

I could not actually credit the evi-
dence of my own eyes, firmly believ—
ing, for an instant, the glow was but
the reflection of the light held in my
hands. Yet a step forward convinced
rue—the ashes of the fireplace radiat
ed warmth; someone then had been in
that very room within an hour, had
warmed himself there, and partaken
of food. The shock of this discovery
was so sudden as to give me a strange
haunted feeling. The house had seein~
ed so completely deserted, so desolate
wrapped in silence and darkness,that
the very conception that someone else
was hiding there came upon me like
a blow. Who could the person be? A
faithful slave remaining to guard the
property for his master? Some fugi—
tive who, like myself, had sought a
shelter from the storm? 0r Old Ned
Cowan seeking to complete his mys-
terious purpose? A seaNedaiae .
terious purpose? Could this be the
aftermath of the murder? A search
after papers not found upon the body
of the dead man? Somehow my mind
settled to this theory, leaped to this
conclusion—the prowler was Cowan.
or else some emissary he had sent.
\Vell, I would find out. Thus far the
advantage was mine, for I knew of
another presence, while the fellow.
whoever he might prove to be, in all
probability possessed no knowledge of
my entrance. Perhaps he had already
completed his search and departed; if
not, then he must be somewhere on
the second floor, for if below he would
have certainly perceived my light or
been alarmed by the sound of my
movements.

My heart beat fast, but from excite
ment, not fear. With cocked revolver
in one hand, the lamp in the other, I
silently opened door after door, peer-
ing into vacant apartments, half
thinking every shadow to be a skulk~
ing figure. The search revealed noth-
ing; not even further evidence of any
presence in the house. The kitchen
fire was cold, the cooking utensils
clean, and in their proper places. The
back door was bolted from within, the
windows securely closed. I listened
for any sound, but the house was as
silent as a tomb: I could hear the pat-
ter of rain, the scraping of a limb
against the outer wall, but not the
faintest movement within. Satisfied
already that the mysterious Invader
had departed, yet sternly determined
now to eexplore the whole house, and
have done with the business, I mount-
ed the back stairway, a strip of rag
carpet rendering my steps silent, and,
with head above the landing, flashed
my light cautiously along the upper
hall. There were doors on either side,
the most of them open, but the third
to the left was closed. There was no
transom over it, but the door was far
enough away from the radius of my
lamp so as to reveal a faint glow of
light at the floor line. I sat the'lamp
down on the landing, and crept noise-
lessly forward to assure myself: it
was true, a light was burning within
the closed door.

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BY FLOYD w. ROBISON.
In the field of the fertilizer industry
there has been perhaps as general an
acknowledgement of the servics of the
chemist as in any industry. This prob-
ably is because it is directly through
the efforts of the chemist that the op-
portunities for the use of commercial
fertilizers in agriculture have come,
and so intimate has the relationship
of fertilizers to agriculture become
that it may be said that this out-
growth of the energy and skill of
chemist thus lies at the very root of
agriculture. We are just beginning
now to be prepared to, appreciate in
some degree to what extent chemistry
is applied to industry, for agriculture
is undoubtedly the foundation of com-
merce and manufacture and, as we
have stated, the relationship of chem-
istry to agriculture is one of undisput-
ed intimacy.
The Chemist's Relation to the Fertiliz-
er Industry Readily Recognized.

From an administrative standpoint,
speaking for the American chemist,
the fertilizer industry was the very
first industry which secured official
chemical control as an adjunct to eco-
nomic farm operation. This has seem-
ed strange to a great many of our
prominent men who have stated, with
ridicule, that more scientific attention
was being given to the development of
agriculture and to the protection of
live stock than to human beings. This
is not strange at all, but is merely an
outgrowth of the recognition which
was accredited to the chemist in the
fertilizer field for, as we have stated,
in this field he has been pretty gener-
ally guaranteed the freedom of opera-
tion. The knowledge of the processes
governing the nutrition of plants and
animals are the result largely of the
researches of the chemist, the prob-
lem of the application of administra-
tive agents to the soil for the indirect
nourishment of the crops, has been
the direct result of the researches
of the chemist. The development of
the tremendous resources in the ac-
cumulated nature’s storehouses in dif-
ferent sections of the earth of plant
food have been made possible only be-
cause of the chemist and the problem
of the ever increasing population has
called forth the renewed energy of the
chemist to produce bigger crops
through the scientific application of
commercial fertilizers.

The Fertilizer Industry Not an Old
Industry.

And yet, the fertilizer industry is a
modern industry, so to speak. It was
started about 75 years ago, by Liebig,
a very famous chemist who proposed,
by a study of the mineral constituents
of plants through the analysis of the
ash. to decide what classes of chem-
ical constituents should be supplied
the plant. At this time the idea of the
development of what has later been
called a superphosphate was first pro-
posed by dissolving the phosphoric
acid from bones with sulphuric acid,
thus making a soluble phosphate
which became more readily available
to plants. The oldest agricultural ex-
periment farm, at Rothamsted, Eng-
land, is responsible, however, through
the initiative of its chemists, Lawes
and Gilbert, for the first use of the
storehouse of raw phosphate rock
which since that time has been the
main source of the phosphoric’acid in
commercial fertilizers.

The Future Problem.

The next problem of the chemist
which in its laboratory phase has been
at times successfully worked out, is
the production of a phosphoric acid in

an available form which does not pass
through the objectionable stage of the
sulphuric acid manipulation. It has
been attempted by various chemists,
has been operated quite successfully
in the laboratory, but as yet has not
been developed commercially. The im-
mense storehouse of potash has been
drawn upon and supplies in commer-
cial fertilizers that particular ingredi-
ent. The activity of the chemist has
made possible the use of the tremen-
dous storehouse of inert nitrogen of
the air in a form suitable for plant
food.’
The Utilization of Waste.

To the energy of the chemist must
also be accredited the great fertilizer
industry which has been built up in
connection with the large packing
plants of this country, industries
which in themselves are unique enter-
prises of this country and not to be
equaled in any degree abroad. So

that, While many European countries .

produce much greater yields per acre
through their system of intensive ag-
riculture, than is done in this country,
it is mainly because the great popula-
tion of that country necessitates in
the first instance a more intensive ap.
plication to the growing of crops. But
the greatest development of the
science of fertilizers has undoubtedly
come in this country through the re-
searches of the American chemist.

The sphere of the chemist, there-
fore, is at both extremes of the fer-
tilizer industry. In the first instance,
to his skill and ingenuity is directly
due the development of this enormous
and important industry, and in the
second instance, into his hands have
been placed without question, by the
consumer, the regulation and control
of the fertilizer industry.

The achievement in this line has

been the discovery of the necessity,

for the use of fertilizers, through re-
searches into the composition and be-
havior of plants; the origination of
the artificial manures for plant growth
through the production of superphos-
phates; the development of the potash
resources and utilization of the atmos-
pheric nitrogen, and the recovery of
the waste animal products and the
preventing of waste in many other
lines subsidiary to other industrial en-
terprises. In fact, chemists and chem~
istry are at the bottom of the whole
fabric of the fertilizer industry and
while this field is the most generally
recognized and the most universally
accredited to him of any line of en-
terprise, nevertheless, it is typical of
the real influence of the chemist in
various other enterprises in which his
sphere of influence is not at all either
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I’d be wishing that I were a big,
big elephant, so I might fan myself
Now if I could be

IF I were a little, little prairie dog

with my ears.
Providence—”

“You’d better just let it be the way
it is,” said Billy. “You’d go and get
it all mussed up.”——Saturday Evemng

Post. _ .
A universal lament 1s v01ced and

answered in the bit of conversation
recorded above. Never a person lived
who has not often and loudly declar-
ed that if he had the running of things
we’d have a vastly different world, the
implication being, of course, that it
would be a whole lot better. We’ll
grant the first half of the assertion
without argument. The world would
be different, no doubt about it, if we
humans could have a hand in the run-
ning of it. But that it would be so
much better is to be taken with a
large allowance of doubt. Rather, as
the sage, Billy, put it, we’d “get it all
mussed up.”
There are so many things we’d do
differently, if we had the ordering of
affairs. But we ought to know from
just looking back over our own trail
how preposterous some of the things
would be, and how much better it is
that we couldn’t change them. Why,
just go back to the first time you
wished you were boss, away back in
the days when you still lisped. Then
if you were Providence you’d have the
bill of fare composed of candy and
cake and ice cream and maple syrup.
There’d be no plain bread and butter
and eggs and meat and potatoes.
Candy would be ever and ever so
much better for you, and when you
made a world the trees would all grow
candy, and you’d never have to go to
bed and you could have matches and
set bonfires and Whittle furniture and
write your name all over the clean
windows and never have to carry in
wood and never have to put away
your toys and you could stamp
through the house and track it all up
with mud, and—oh, you remember all
the things you could have done had
you been Providence. You were sure
then that those things would be ever
and ever so much better for you than
the stupid things your parents, who
posed as Providence, insisted upon.
The same idea followed you through
school. There wasn’t a bit of sense in
studying grammar or algebra or ge-
ometry or Latin, and when you made
a world you’d leave all that junk out.
It was all nonsense to go to bed early
at night, too, during the school week.
You could just as well go to three or
four parties a week as not. To be
sure you couldn’t study so well the
next day, but what was the use of be-
ing on earth if you couldn’t have any
fun Providence again was mighty fin-
icky, and you could plant things a
whole lot better.

You can see now that your ideas in
childhood and youth were decidedly
warped, and that the rather hard way
you had to travel was after all the
better way. The workings of Provi-
dence during your early years weren’t
so harsh and mysterious after all. You
are willing to concede that you need-
ed the discipline.

But somehow or other, now that you
are grown you aren’t a bit more will-
ing to let Providence have its way
than you were earlier in life. You
think more than ever that you could
plan things a whole lot better. You
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Managing the World .

lessons for you to learn, which Provi-
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and your family. instead of accepting
them as needed discipline.

It was “Ben Hur” who said, “Past
question every experience is valuable
to us.” And he was right. No mat-
ter how painful or disagreeable the
experience, it; can be made to benefit
us if we so desire. We can let the
hard things fret and irritate us, or we

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can prove our superiority by accept-
ing them as just a part of life, a. bless-
ing in disguise, sent by Providence to
teach us poise.

Life was not given us simply to be
gay in, though we were intended to be
happy. It was given us as a time of
growth, of character building, and
character worth while grows on ad—
yersity rather than on pleasure. The
world most of us would plan if we
could be Providence would be one of
roses without thorns, of wine without
dregs. But as Billy remarked, we’d
find when we finished we had only
“mussed things up.” DEBORAH.

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The Renovation of Old Hats

By CHARLOTTE BIRD

If the old hat is white straw, brush
it well to remove the dust. Then heat,
a lemon and squeeze out the juice into
a dish. To this juice add a teaspoon
ful of powdered sulphur.

With a brush go carefully all over
the braid of the hat. Afterward brush
several times with clean, cold water,
enough to rinse off the mixture, wipe
dry with a clean cloth and then dry in
the shade. When dry, the hat will be
almost like a new hat.

An old leghorn but may be cleaned
in the same way, only one must be
very careful not to wet. the braid too
much, or the tiny cord which holds
the braid togclhcr, will become mois-
tened and shrink and thus pull the hat;
out of shape.

An old-fashioned method of bleach-
ing white straw hats, is to wash them
carefully and then smear all over with
corn meal, moistened with water.
Then suspend in a close barrel over a
fire on which sulphur has been thrown
It is the sulphur which does the
bleaching, so its use in the fire must
be continued till the hat is white.

A black straw or braid but may be
beautifully renovated by a. plentiful
and even smearing of just common
bottle shoe polish. The ten cent grade
will do the work as well as any. This
gives the braid :1 certain stiffness of
dressing also, which makes it seem
more like new. A light—colored hat
may be blackened successfully by this
method.

It is said that holding artificial flow-
ers in the steam of a towkettle will
somewhat restore thcm. True it is
that somewhat musscd flowvrs may be
pulled into shupc and the appearance
of the leaves, especially, will be im-
proved by this process. But for the
soiled, very much mussed flowers,
there is'only one thing to do~throw
them away. Their use would only ruin
the appearance of a hat. If the color
only has suffered, a. little touching up
with water color paints will some-
times restore them.

Velvet and velvet ribbons are easily
restored to almost their prestine
freshness. You need only brush over
the nap with a damp cloth and then
run the under surface over a hot flat-
iron. Or, better still, a pcrfcctly clean
stove plate may bc. hcatcd. the velvet
laid on the upper surface and brushed
well with a clean wet brush. The
steam will make the drying nap stand
11p smooth like new. This is a method
well known in the trimming rooms of
good milliners.

If ribbons are good enough when
bought, they may be washed in warm
Water. Potato water is said to be the
best for this purpose. A mild soap
may be used. Rub the soiled places

with the fingers. But care must be
taken not to squeeze the ribbon or
wrinkle it in any other way, because
the wrinkles will stay. Rinse in sev-
eral waters. Last, smooth out on a
long, clean board till not a wrinkle is
to be seen. When the ribbon is dry, it
will be like new. Ribbon should nev-
er be pressed with an iron, no differ-
ence who advises it, because it takes
all the dressing out of the silk. Any
silk may be washed beneficially by
this process.

Ostrich feathers may be washed or
even colored at home. One should re-
member that on the back of their na-
tive ostrich they have been wetted
and wetted again, so water has no
peril for them. Wash in warm water
with a mild soap, rinse well and then
dry out of doors in a gentle breeze, if
one is blowing, but not in a high wind.
If it is desirable to color the feathers,
select some dye, known to be reliable,

. and after the preliminary washing, dip

into the dye one, two or three times,
as is desired, rinse thoroughly and
dry as when merely washed.

The curling of ostrich feathers is
not such a simple process. Often it
may be done by holding the feathers,
while slightly damp, over a hot stove,
or drying completely in a warm place.
But this will curl only slightly, merely
save the fibres from complete straight-
ness.

The feathers may be curled over the
duller edge of a silver knife. But this
is a rather straining process on the
feathers, because one is so apt to
break off the fibres. It must be done
very carefully and never be trusted to
careless sands.

Braids are now so cheap, so pretty
and so attainable that many women
are making their own hats and doing
it, with praiscworthy success. In the
ten-cent stores the frames are only ten
cents. A clever woman can often
make her own, if she does not find ex-
actly what she desires. But a good
selection is offered, and these she can
modify.

Some very pretty and serviceable
braids are sold for five cents a yard at
the ten-cent stores and a bunch holds
12 yards. So a very pretty hat indeed
may be had for 70 cents. The trim-
ming will depend on the wearer’s taste
but need not by any means show the
home-made touch.

There is no other department of
dress where women are so universally
and so successfully “done” as in the
millinery. It is taken so 1301' granted
that the outsider does not know the
worth of the materials used, and so
commonly she does not know. But
this is all passing. .

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use her millinei: needle cleverly, there
is no reason in the whole world why
with only a very small outlay, she may
not have several pretty new hats a
year. She owes it to herself always
to have a fresh hat.

 

ONE-PIECE BABY SHOE.

 

BY n. 5. WHEELER.
Here is a little one-piece baby shoe
that is very easy to make and is very
comfortable. It may be made of any
soft leather or even velvet. The tops
of the old kid gloves answer very
well. It made of mole, white rat or
wild rabbit skin, with the fur inside,
they are excellent for winter.

Make a cloth pattern first to get the
size. Let the edges X-X come. to the
ankles. [Sew the seam, A-A first.
Then the circle B-B-B. To get the
length put the shoe on the foot and
cut the toe end oif at D—X-D. Sew up
the seam, 0—0, and then around the
toe at D-D.

The seams may be put together by
a close over-hand stitch, or better still

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

wrong side of the bed. as the saying
goes. The day begins with a grouch,
a snap and snarl, and unnecessarily
severe punishments are inflicted for
trifling faults.

Knowing that the brain is largely
dependent on the condition of the
stomach we insist that our two chil-
dren rise early that they may have
plenty of time to eat a breakfast of
good wholesome food No one is able
to think clearly on an empty, over-
filled or sour stomach. Neither is a
child in a receptive state of mind if he
bolts his food then races all the way
to school, arriving breathless and in
mortal terror of being tardy. When
the nine o’clock bell finds our little
ones with sparkling eyes and singing
lips we need have no fear but they
are fit to begin the tasks of the day
and reap full benefit.

HOME QUERIES.

 

Household Editorz—Will you please
publish in your next issue a recipe for
making salmon bread?—W. K.

Has any reader the recipe It is im~

 

by firm, neat buttonholing.

shoes are white sew them‘ with light
blue or pink embroidery silk and bind
the tops with a narrow tape of the
If some pretty light col-
ored material is used stitch and bind

same shade.

the shoes with white.

A TIME FOR CORRECTION.

 

BY M. PEI/TON WHITE.

If a child needs correction or pun-
ishment, and what child does not more
or less frequently, do not give it to
him in the morning before sending
him to school. No child is in a recep-
tive frame of mind while nursing a
grievance, or feeling Oppressed over
wrong-doing. To get the best out of
his lessons he must be happy and

~ care—free.

“It takes me a full hour in the
morning to get James in a proper
state of mind to receive instruction,”
complained a teacher. “His parents
seem to have the unfortunate faculty
of stirring him up before sending him
to school."

Investigation showed that the boy’s
father was in the habit of administer-
ing reproof for misdemeanors of the
previous day on the morning after. No
doubt the child needed punishment
but he should- have received it the
night before then he would in all
probability have slept off his resent-
ment and been in a teachable state
the next day.

There is also another point in favor
of making the eventide rather than
morning the better time for correction
of faults. Grown-ups as well as chil-
dren are quite liable to get out of the

 

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possible to answer any questions in
so short a time.

Household Editorz—Will you please
publish a good recipe for making rhu-
barb wine?——Mrs. M. B. H.

Cut four pounds of rhubarb into
pieces in a large earthen vessel and
pour over it one gallon of boiling wa-
ter. Add four pounds of brown sugar,
cover with a thin cloth to exclude the
dust and let stand six weeks. Pour
off the liquid carefully, strain through

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In crocheting an edge around a
handkerchief begin about an inch from
the corner. The point of joining will
be less noticeable—L. M. T.

To separate eggs drop in a funnel.
The white will slip through—Mrs. J.
P. C.

A little turpentine added to the wa-
ter in which prints are washed will
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M. T.

When the pies will not brown set
them on the shelf, lay a paper in the
bottom of the oven and sprinkle it
with sugar.——L. M. ’1‘.

Table oilcloth tacked upon the pan-
try shelves is much neater and easier
cleaned than paper-covered shelves.—
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Window sashes are often cut and
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Standardizing Farm Products

HE present system of

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selling be more carefully prepared before it.
farm products is little better is sold from the farm. Some eifort
than the old “sight unseen” has been made by Michigan potato
method of trading jack-knives. Only growers to get a better hearing from
in this case the one who sells the the buying world by giving attention
goods is in the dark as to the real to grading. The preliminary work
value of what he offers. If he has a done by these progressive men will
superior product he is seldom aware undoubtedly mean much in the future,
of this fact. Potatoes are potatoes as it is certain that. the process of
and apples apples, and that is all standardization will be worked out so
there is to it. thoroughly that the man who gives it
But while this condition exists on no attention will have dillicully in dis-
the farms and at the primary selling posing of his products under the. very
points, there has during the past. few 1’91“ conditions.
years been a great standardization Community PI‘OdUCtiOH-
process going on in the cities. Prac- In considering the matter of stand-
tically every kind of crop grown upon ardizing products, the idea of commu-
the land is being graded. Ina sheet nity production should not be lost
listing the sales of produce on South sight of. “here farmers of a district
\Vater street, Chicago, 84 items are having more or loss uniform climatic
included. Not a single one of these and soil conditions, join in the produc-
is quoted at. a flat price, but under tion of a limited number of products
each item there is a range of values of certain varieties or breeds, the
suitable to the market for the differ- process 01‘ standardizing these pro-
ent grades. This goes to Show that ducts as well as the securing of re-
after farm products get into the hands sponsiblc buyers will be made far eas-
of the middlemen they are graded up- ier than under the present hit—and-
on a basis of merit to suit the do miss scheme. Not only will commu-
mands ot' the retailers and consumers. nity production assist in improving
A Middleman"s Service. the grades of products. but from the
It must be recognized that. the mid- experience ‘Of SUN] communities it
dlemen have done a service in prepar- makes possible superior selling meth-
ing these products for the final con- eds.“For‘instancc. the truck growers
sumer: by properly grading they can of \irgmia and Maryland, the citrus
satisfy the needs 01' the most fastidi- men 0t southern talilornia, the apple

wide premium for superior quality and

growers of Washington and Oregon
and the horticulturalists of northwest-
ern Michigan find it far easier to ar-
range for the marketing of their pro-
ducts through co-operative organiza-
tions by reason of the large produc-
tion of certain crops than do people
living in sections where a wide variety
of products are grown.

The amateur breeder would natural-
ly think that it would be inadvisable
for him to go into a county like Liv-
ingston for the purpose of breeding
and selling Holstein cattle, but the ex-
pcrience of men in that community
shows that the very opposite is true.
The large number of this breed of cat-
tle grown attracts buyers from all ov-
er the country, and these buyers when
once they get. into the community like
to look over all available sale stock,
and where large numbers are bought
by one main—as is frequently the case
in connection with the Holstein indus-

it“); of Livingston county—the breeder

often can sell stock simply because he
happens to be close to where the buy-
ers come.

The organizations that give a por-
tion of their attention to the standard-
izing of the products of their respec-
tive communities, should feel that
ihoy are attempting a real construc-
tive work. Such promotion is certain
to make easier the solution of the
great selling problem. Educating the
masses is an irksome process. It not
only requires a long time, but always
demands an unusual degree of pa-
iicncc. It is well, therefore, that ev—

ery means of teaching and inspiring '

producers of each community should be
used to encourage the production of
better products and their more care-
ful preparation for marketing.

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also in... u... mus or those who ae- Co-Operative Ownership of Machinery

sire cheap goods by selling them the
inferior grades. In meeting the needs ANY small farmers cannot at?-
of all customers through this grading ford to own certain costly
process, the middlemen have undoubt- pieces of machinery. for the
edly encouraged a wider use of the reason that the purchase of such helps
products. means an invcslmcnt out of propor-
Notwithstanding the fact, that the tion to the work any individual farm-
farmers have been more or less ignor- er would have for such machinery to
ant of the changes in wholesaling and do. In most cases these machines are
retailing, the position now offers them used a limited time during the year.
an unusual opportunity to secure bet- Thus the individual whose acres are
iter values for their products by doing few cannot profitably own and oper-
‘the grading upon the farm or under ate expensive binders. Such machines
31heir control through co-operative or- are, however, practically a necessity
ganizations. at the present day. Surely no farmer
‘ In order to do this best the farmer can grow wheat without a reaper, no
5must keep in mind the idea of stan- dairyman can fill large silos without
idardizing the product through all the ensilage-cutting apparatus, no fruit
lprocesses of growing and marketing grower can successfully grow fruit
lit. There are many things that can without the power sprayer.
be done in the production of most As has been stated. these machines
'erops that will increase the percent- are often beyond the means of the
lage of better grades and consequently small farmer. He is either obliged to
[decrease the amount of the inferior resort to more primitive methods or
ones. direct his agricultural activities into
As an illustration of the last state- less profitable channels. Thus it is
ment, we might mention the produc— plainly evident that, the small grower
tion and distribution of apples. How cannot compete with the larger one
well it has been demonstrated that by unless some means of cooperative
giving the trees proper care as to work can be devised.
pruning, cultivation, spraying and the I have in mind a community that
thinning of the fruit where the trees solved the apple-growing problem by
are too heavily loaded, it is possible to simple methods of cooperation. In
almost eliminate the lower grades of this case none of the orchards hum—-
fruit and put the bulk of the crop in bered more than 100 trees, and there
the fancy stock. In recent years there were, perhaps. twenty owners, form-
has been much discussion through the ing a sort of apple community. Some-
agricultural press and at farniers' one conceived the idea of purchasing
meetings of the advantages in the use a power sprayer and this initial ven-
of the right kind of seed in producing ture proved so successful that a stor-
a more uniform crop of potatoes. New age plant was added a year or two
since it is necessary to sort and grade later. At the start. an association was
this crop according to established formed by ten of the leading orchard-
standards in order to realize the best ists for the purchase of the sprayer.
prices, this information on how to pro- One of the members was empowered
duce the best type of potato will be to do the spraying. and was paid a
helpful in assisting the producer in regular wage for the service. When
his problem of marketing. The argu- the machine was not in use for the
ment could well be extended to in- members, it could be hired by outsid-
clude praétically every product grown ers, at a stipulated rate and a consid-
upon Michigan farms. erable income realized. At the same
Understanding the situation as it time a rate for members was estab-
exists in our large marketing centers lished, very low, but reckoned at
today, the prudent farmer is going to enough to pay for operator and for

 

 

see to it that the craps he sells will necessary repairs and depreciation in

value. To avoid any question as to
who should have preference in time
of doing the work, a lot-drawing sys-
tem was established. Two men might
desire the machine at the same time
and when the question could not be
settled amicably, lot drawing was re-
sorted to. So far as I know, no ser-
ious disagreement has ever arisen.

The system employed in this case is
equally applicable to the farm tractor,
the reaper and many other machines.
It is also applicable to water power
sites, where electric plants can be es-
tablished for the purpose of affording
energy to carry on farm work or lights
for the buildings. This phase of the
question is fraught with possibilities.
The cost of such plants is compara-
tively little, yet few are availing them-
selves of such conveniences. Through-
out the eastern and central states
there are many small streams capable
of furnishing sufficient electrical ener-
gy to light several buildings, perhaps
furnish heat for warmth and cooking
and at the same time pump water,
thresh grain, cut ensilage and do
many such tasks on the farm and in
the household.

Cooperation applies particularly to
electrical plants, or the owner of wa-
ter-power sites may develop the plants
and sell the energy to his neighbors.
In the latter case it might mean the
employment of more capital than the
average small farmer can command.
Where strict co—operation is employed,
cost and running expenses can be fig-
ured on basis of energy used.

Co-operative selling has been devel-
oped to a considerable degree; in a
lesser degree eo-operative buying is
practieed, but as. yet co—operative own-
ership is not commonly practiced. I
believe this last named scheme is des-
tined to lift many of the smaller farm-
ers out of the rut. .

N. H. CHAS. H. CHESLEY.

The U. S. Department of Agricul—
ture reports that ten per cent of the
apples placed in cold storage last fall
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MAY 22, 1915.

WITH THE MICHIGAN “CO-0P8."
The Litchfield Creamery Associa.
tion reports an increase of $12,000 in
business done over that of the pre-
vious year and officers have been re-
elected as follows:
l-Iutchings; treasurer, L. B. Eggles-
ton; secretar)’., W. E. Sheldon. thcb-
field co-operative shippers handled},-
822,250 pounds of live stock during
the past year, with hogs selling at an
average of 75 cents per cwt. Direc-
tors have been selected as follows:
Hubert LaFleur, J. D. Hawkes, C. J.
Stoddard, L. B. Eggleston and W. E.
Sheldon. _
Jonesvilie has a co-operative ship-
pers' association, with Israel Hicks as
manager, and active operations start-
ed by shipping a double-deck car of
live stock to Buffalo. .
The Hillsdale County Cooperative
Association has affected a permanent
organization and elected the followmg
officers: President, B. S. Lamb; vice-
president, Farley Ball; secretary-tress
urer, Adam Beaver; manager, S. K.
{inne .
I Farrsners in northwestern Jackson
county have formed the Sprmgport
Shippers’ Association, with the follow-
ing officers: President, Dw1ght Pet-
ers; secretary, Wm. Ford; treasurer,
H. Wilbur; directors, the officers, Dav-
id Aultman and Elmer Losey.
Wexford county is maklng a good
start as a Shorthorn cattle breeding
district. Recently an association was
formed at Mesick, similar to the one
at Harriette, and an association Will
also be formed at Hoxeyville. Officers
of the Mesick association are: From-
dent, A. 0. Light; vice-president, Sam-
ucl Toman; secretary-treasurer, ch«
ry Mansfield. .
Michigan Experiment associations
have been formed by farmers of Te—
cumseh township, Lenawee county,
and by Fayette farmers in H1llsdale
county, to co-poerate with the M. A.
C. in seed selection and other work.
Officers chosen are as follows: To-
cumseh, president, W. E. Wilson; VlCe-
president, H. B. Eaton; secretary~
treaurer, D. T. Hall. Fayette, prem-
dent, Henry Packer; vicepresndent,
W. N. Glasgow; secretary—treasurer,
Chas. T. Kimball.
Kent Co.

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Crop and Market Notes.

ALMOND GRIFFEN.

Michigan.

Shiawassee Co., May 14.———Wheat and
rye are looking fine. Oats and hay
are growing slowly, but good weather
will help. Not much fruit. through
here. Farmers busy preparing their
corn ground. Large acreage of sugar
beets planted this year. Some build-
ing going on. Pigs and colts abund-
ant. Wheat $1.44; oats 56c; beans
$2.90; butter-fat 26c; eggs 17c; .wool
290. A large acreage of beans Will be
planted with northern seed.

Calhoun Co., May 10.——Pastures,
wheat, rye and meadows look fine.
Plowing for corn is well along. There
is the usual amount of all kinds of
spring crops being sown. The outlook
for the fruit crop is good, and a good
deal of spraying is being done. There
is about the usual number of spring
pigs and lambs, and a good crop of
wool, which is bringing 28c per pound.
Butter-fat 28c; butter 250; eggs 16c;
fat lambs 8c; hogs 7c.

Sanilac Co., May 11,—Wheat, hay
and meadows have not made much
growth as yet, on account of the dry
weather, but the last few days we
have had some rains. Live stock is
all out to pasture. Barley is coming
up and oats about all up. Plowing for
corn and beans will soon be finished.
Pig crop fair; few sheep raised here.
Eggs 19c; butter-fat 27c; dairy but-
ter 250.

Washtenaw Co., May 10.-—Rains are
rapidly putting pastures and meadows
in first-class condition. Wheat and
rye promise large crops. Indications
are for more than a normal acreage of
corn and oats. Corn ground is most-
ly plowed. The bloom on fruit trees
is immense, and a large amount of
spraying has been done. The pig and
lamb crops are close to 100 per cent.
Some live hogs going to market at
$7.25; fat cattle $6; eggs 180.

Pennsylvania.

Perry Co., May 10.—Wheat and rye
a poor stand. Corn planting progress-
ing slowly on account of the frequent
showers. There will be an increased
acreage of corn. Indications are for a

big fruit crop, and nearly everyone'

spraying their trees. Spring work is
well along. Oats are beginning to
grow nicely. The pig and lamb crops
are about normal, but not many sheep

fed here. Wool is selling at 25c for
unwashed. Wheat $1.45; oats 50c;
corn 75c; potatoes 65c; butter 26c;
eggs 160. .

Ohio.

Carroll Co., May 10,—Most farmers
finished corn planting last week. Oats
and barley look good. Meadows are
coming on nicely. Most wheat looks

good. ‘Wheat $1.45; corn 75¢; oats

President, George

THE MICHIGAN FARMER

550; potatoes 500; timothy seed $4.

Clermont Co., May 10.~—Wheat, rye,
meadows and pastures look fine. The
farmers are busy planting corn, al-
though some corn is already up. Po-
tatoes are up and growing nicely.
There will be the usual acreage of
corn, beans, cabbage, tobacco and po-
tatoes. An unusually large amount of
spraying being done this spring, and
prospects are for a fair fruit crop.
The spring lamb crop was small, but
pigs about as numerous as usual. But-r
ter 24(:; eggs 17c; poultry 150; wool
26c; timothy hay $21; clover hay $19;
corn 800; oats 55c.

Guernsey Co., May 10.——Wheat, rye
and meadows in fine condition and are
above the average. Some corn has
been planted. About usual acreage of
the various crops will be grown. Good
prospects generally for fruit, and most
growers are spraying. The spring pig
and lamb crops are about as usual.
Considerable road improvement work
going on. Wheat $1.40; corn 85c; hay
$20; eggs 200; butter 25c; wool will
start off at about 25@300.

Paulding Co., May 10.—~-Pastures,
meadows, wheat and rye looking good.
Some oats and sugar beets put in. The
cats look fine. A considerable acreage
will be planted to corn. Fruit, pros—
pects are good, and some spraying has
been done. There are a good many
spring pigs and they are doing well,
but the lamb crop is short. The wool
clip will not be large. Corn *1 02 per
cwt; oats 530; hogs $6.75@{; eggs
200: butter-fat 29c.

Wayne Co., May 10.—-Weather cool
with light frosts reported. Oats all
sown and looking fair. Wheat is good
and making a rapid growth. New
seeding is fine. Pastures are good and
live stock is just being turned out.
Corn planting is the order of the day.
There is about the usual acreage of
corn and oats. Fruit trees are full of
bloom and prospects are good. Grow-
ers are spraying liberally. Pig crop
about average. Wheat $1.50; butter
28c: eggs 180.

Madison Co., May o.—The pastures,
wheat and all growing crops are suf-
fering for want of moisture. Spring
work is well advanced and a large
acreage of corn is planted. Fruit pros-
pects good. Young stock, lambs and
pigs doing nicely. Wool is not very
plentiful, price 25@30c.

Indiana.

Allen Co., May 12.—Frosts visited
this vicinity, but no serious effects
are reported. Strawberries are arriv-
ing in large quantities. Wheat $1.43;
corn 80c; eggs 20c; creamery butter
33c; potatoes 65c; chickens, live 170.

Wayne Co., May 10.——Spring work is
well advanced. A large acreage of
corn has been put in. though weather
is cool for its germination. Oats and
young clover are doing nicely. Pas-
tures and meadows rather backward.
Wheat and rye unusually good. Fruit
prospects are fair, but not much
spraying done. A large percentage of
the spring pigs has been saved and
are doing nicely. All live stock has
wintered well, but has not been plac-
ed on pasture. Not much wool clip-
ped yet, and buyers are offering 25c.

Missouri.

Vernon Co., May 10.—~Wheat damag-
ed by chinch bugs, some fields being
totally destroyed. Not a very large
acreage of corn put out. Pastures and
meadows are fine. Live stock doing
Well. The apple crop will be small
where not sprayed. Peach trees are
full of fruit. Strawberries beginning
to ripen, with a good crop. Horses
and mules scarce and high. Milch
cows $50@100 butter 250; eggs 16c;
wheat $1.25; corn 700; oats 45c; hay

$8 per ton.
Nebraska.

Hitchcock Co., May 10.—Weather is
cool with plenty of rain and some
frost. Farmers are planting corn.
Pastures are fine, wheat looks good.
Fruit promises to be good. Spring
litters of pigs are not very large.
Wheat $1.38; hogs $6.75; eggs 150;
butter-fat 280.

Cass Co., May 10.——Meadows, pas-
tures and wheat remarkably good.
Fruit prospects good, but little spray-
ing done. Farmers are busy planting
corn. Spring pig crop short. Wheat
$1.46; oats 500; corn 68c; butter 22c;
butter-fat 28c; hogs $6.80; hay $6: po—
tatoes 90c; apples $1.25; no sheep

here.
South Dakota.

Todd Co., May 10,—Plenty of rain.
and pastures and meadows are in good
shape. Small grains are fair. Most
farmers will plant more corn than us-
ual. Spring pigs doing well. Plenty
of feed for live stock. No lambs and
no market for wool here. Eggs 150;
butter-fat 200; corn 65c per bushel.

North Dakota.

Foster Co., May 11.-—The recent
rains have improved meadows and
pastures, also the new seeding of
spring wheat. There will be an in-
crease in the acreage of corn, but few-
er potatoes will be planted. Large
numbers of stock cattle are being
shipped in for grazing purposes. Cat-
tle $4.50@7: hogs $6@6.50; butter

 

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weather during remainder of week;
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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

May 18, 1915.

Wheat—This market has been un-
der the cloud of international politics
during the past week, for which rea-
son traders appear to hedge on quota-
tions for fear that this country might
become entangled in war with Ger-
many. But now that there is less
likelihood of such an outcome dealers
have become, more optimistic and val-
ues were advanced three cents on
Monday. American exports continue
large, and during the past week over
8,000,000 bushels were sent to Great
Britain While her visible supply is 9,-
000,000 bushels less than at this time
last year. Generally speaking, the
new crop is very promising, however,
in Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas
there are reports of damage done by
the Hessian fly and chinch bug. Pri-
mary receipts on Monday exceeded
one million bushels. One year ago No.
2 red wheat was quoted at 9834c per
bushel. Prices for the past week are:

I\o. 2 N0. 1

Red. \‘hite. July.
\Vednesday .1.56 1.52 131
Thursday ...... 1.55 1.51 1.30
Friday ......... 1.53 1.49 1.27%
Saturday ....... 1.52 1.48 1.27%
Monday ........ 1.55 1.51 1.29
Tuesday .. . ...154 1.50 1.26

Corn.——The splendid weather farm-
ers have had for preparing ground
and planting their new crop has had a
slightly bearish effect upon the trade.
Primary receipts have also been lib-
eral. The recent rains have also in-
sured ample moisture to carry the
crop along for some time. The visible
supply shows a substantial decrease
and domestic demand is about normal.
One year ago No. 2 corn was quoted
at 730 per bushel. Prices for the past

week are:
' No. 3 No. 3
Mixed. Yellow.
Wednesday ......... 77% 78%
Thursday ........... 77% 78%
Friday .............. 7 8
Saturday ........... 76 % 77
Monday ............ 76 % 77
Tuesday ............ 76 76

Oats—This cereal is holding at the
quotations of a week ago. There is a
good local demand and offerings are
only ordinary. The new crop is grow-
ing nicely in all important oat growing
sections. One year ago standard oats
were quoted at 43%0 per bushel. The
prices for the week are: N 3

0.

Standard. White.
Wednesday ......... 56

Thursday ........... 56. 55%
Friday .............. 56 % 56
Saturday ........... 55% 55
Monday ............. 56 55%
Tuesday ............ 55 54%

Rye.-e-This cereal remains steady at
last week’s quotations. No. 2 cash,
$1.18 per bushel. The market is life-
less.

Beans-Demand easy; trade steady.
Detroit quotations are: Cash $3.05;
June $3.10. Chicago trade is ordinary
and quiet. Pea beans, hand-picked,
choice, quoted at. $3.20: common $2.95
613.10: red kidneys 3332563365. At
Greenville farmers are receiving $2.70
per bushel.

FLOUR AND FEEDS.

 

Fiona—Jobbing lots in one-eighth
paper sacks are sellingr on the Detroit
market per 196 lbs, as follows: Best
patent, $7.90; seconds, $7.70; straight
$73 : spring patent $6.10; rye flour
$6.70 per barrel.

Feederln 100—lb. sacks, jobbing lots
are: Bran $26; standard middlings
$30; fine middlings $33; cracked corn
$33: corn and oat chop $30 per ton.

Hay.~Quotations higher. Carlots on
the track at Detroit are: No. 1 tim-
othy $18@18.50: standard $17@17.50;
No. 2, $16@16.50; light mixed $1761
17.50: No. 1 mixed $16@16.50; No. 1
clover $14@14.50.

Chicago—Offerings are moderate
and demand fair. Prices are easy.
Choice timothy $18@19; No. 1, $17@
17.50: No. 2, $15.50@16.

New York—Easy. No. 1, $22.50@
23; No. 2, $21.50@22

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.
Butter.—Market easy and quiet with
large supply and light demand. Prices
are lower. Extra creamery 26c; firsts
860; dairy 210; packing stock 18c.

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

Chicago—Market is easy at prices
lc lower than last week. Demand
light and offerings large. Extra cream-
ery 261/20; extra firsts 25%@260;
firsts 24@25c; seconds 20@23c; pack-
ing stock 190.

Elgin.—Market is easy and quiet.
Prices are 20 lower than last week.
Quotation for the week 25%c.

Poultry. Market is quiet, supply is
light. Hens are higher, other kinds
unchanged. Live—Broilers 1@1% lbs.
32@35c; hens 17@17%c; ducks 15@
16c; geese 10@11c.

Chicago—Larger receipts caused an
easy feeling and a decline of 1c in
prices of fowls. Demand was fair.
Fowls, good weights, 15c; broilers, 1%,-
@1 lb. weights $3@4 per dozen; 1%
601% lb. $4.50@5.25: 1%@2 lb. $6@7;
ducks 13c: geese 8@9c.

 

 

Eggs. Market is active at unchang-
ed prices. Fresh stock sells at 19%c
per dozen.

Chicago—The. market is steady with
little change in prices. Trade is good.
Miscellaneous lots, cases included 17
@18%c; ordinary firsts 16%@17%c;
firsts 181.4@18%c.

Veal.—~Quoted steady at 12%@13c
for fancy, and 10@11c for common.

FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

 

Apples—Market is firm at higher
prices. Supply is light. Demand is
satisfactory. Baldwins $3.75@4 per
bbl: Ben Davis $2@2.50; Steele Red
$4@450.

(‘hicago.~Market steady for sound
fruit. of good color. Prices are high-
er. Baldwins $3.50@4.25: Ben Dayls
$3603.25: Northern Spy $4@6.

Potatoes.——Market firm with moder-
ate demand. Quoted at 35@38c per
bushel in sacks. At Chicago the mar-
ket is firm and active. Good stock in
demand. Michigan white in bulk quot-
ed at 4361747c per bushel; at Green-
ville potatoes are selling at 25@27c
per bushel.

Boston—Reports on wool transac-
tions indicate a general tendency on
the part of dealers to meet prices ask-
ed by growers, thus in the_ western
states growers are now getting prac-
tically what they at first demanded.
and in the. fleece states a movement
toward better prices is apparent. Cen-
erally speaking, Ohio and Michlgan
farmers are getting from 27@30c_ at
their local dealers. Whether prices
will advance is a question; however,
it would appear from the fact that
eastern manufacturers are taking ad-
vantage of every good opportunity to
secure desirable lots at the present
range, that the chances for future ad-
vances are good. Farmers in the cen-
tral states do not appear anxious to
get rid of their fleeces, and this con-

% servatism will probably aid materially

in boosting local quotations later on.
International politics is a factor of
uncertainty that b-oth growers and
dealers must take chances on, for it is
as likely to push quotations way
above what they now are as to cut
them dOWn. Boston prices for Mich-
igan unwashed combing range from
29@34c; do. clothing 24@25c; do. de-
laines 26@27c. Very few shipments

55% from the fleece states have reached

the eastern markets up to date.

GRAND RAPIDS.

The city market is beginning to do
business in a small way, handling the
early green stuff and some hay. Prices
run about as follows: Potatoes 35@
400; pieplant 50c; lettuce 7@8c; spin-
ach 85c; asparagus 900@$1: radishes
and green onions 10c. Loose hay is
bringing $126314. The egg market is
firmer this week, with dealers paying
18c, case count. Grain prices range as
follows: Wheat $1.43: oats 58c; corn
76c; rye $1, beans $2.75.

DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

 

The eastern market was well pat-
ronized by both sellers and buyers
Tuesday morning, and prices were be-
ing well maintained. Potatoes sold at
600 for best quality; asparagus 70@
75c per dozen: lettuce 75c per basket:
spinach 40c; rhubarb 10c per bunch
or 3 for 25c: onions three bunches for
25c: eggs 246225c per dozen: loose
hay was offered sparingly and brings
from $20@23 per ton.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.
- May 17, 1915

(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. -Y.)

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-
tle 135 cars; hogs 115 d d.; sheep and

lambs 45 d. d.; calves 1250 head.
With 135 loads of cattle on our mar-
ket here today and 18,000 reported in
Chicago, with a lower market there,
all cattle sold here from barely steady
with last Monday to 15613200 per cwt.
lower. The market was dull and drag-
gy and at the close of the_market
there are a few loads of plain, com-

 

mon, weighty cattle unsold. However,
we are of the opinion that cattle of
all weights that are of good quality
and well fattened have seen as low a
market today as they will see any
time this summer. However, we would
caution our friends in the country to
be careful about buying plain and
half-fat cattle of any kind, as they are
very hard to dispose of at satisfactory
prices. The best cattle selling here
today, 1200 lbs. and up, $8.50@8.80;
the best light cattle, weighing from
750 to 900 lbs., from $8.40@8.75.

We had a liberal supply of hogs
here today and while the opening
trade was fairly active at shade low-
er prices than Saturday, late market
was extremely dull and all hogs arriv-
ing around noon were left unsold. All
good grades of hogs sold at $82060
8.25; pigs generally $8; roughs $6.75;
stags $4.50@5.50, with an occasional
fancy one up to 60 per lb. About ten
double decks of hogs are going over
unsold and looks like we will have an
easier trade tomorrow.

The market was active today on
lambs and sheep, with prices 15c low-
er than the close of last week: most
of the choice handy lambs selling at
$10.70. Look for steady to strong
prices the last of week with moderate
receipts.

We quote: Lambs $10.65@10.75:
cull to fair $6@10.50: yearlings $865
9.25: bucks $3.50@6: handy ewes$7.75
6D$8; heavy ewes $7.50@7.75: wethers
$8.25@8.50; cull sheep $3605.50; veals,
choice to extra $9.25@9.50: fair to
good $7@9; heavy calves $5@7.

 

Chicago.
May 17, 1915.
Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..18,000 35,000 8,000
Same day 1914..21,200 28.990 18,677
Last week ...... 36,715 97,732 56,318
Same wk 1914..38,299 111,337 84,572

Shipments from here last week
amount to 6,716 cattle, 14,300 hogs
and 7,499 sheep, comparing with 15,-
505 cattle, 18,079 hogs and 21,007
sheep the same week last year.‘ Hogs
received last week averaged 232 lbs.

Cattle of desirable quality went at
steady prices today, but buyers were
disposed to insist on a small decline
for others. Hogs were less active
than usual and averaged 5c lower,
with sales at $7.25@7.92%. Sheep and
lambs were slow, and buyers were
bidding lower for the less attractive
offerings.

Cattle were extremely active last
Week, with a fair eastern shipping de-
mand, although the outward move-
ment was ‘nuch smaller in volume
than a year ago as an inevitable re-
sult of the. quarantine maintained at
the stock yards on part of the offer-
ings. With further moderate supplies,
prices underwent additional advances
of 15611250 all along the line, and sales
Were made at the highest figures seen
in a long time. The sensational tran-
saction of the week was the sale of 24
head of fancy Angus yearling steers
that averaged 1161 lbs. at $9.65, the
lot being really show cattle. No other
sale was made above $9.25, the bulk
of the steers going at $7.75@8.75, with
a very fair showing of steers at $8.80
@9. The commoner lots of steers of
light weight found buyers at $7638,
with scattering small sales at $6.50
and over, while medium grade lots
sold at $8.25@8.45, good heavy steers
at $8.50 and over and choice lots at
$8.75@9. Yearlings of the choicer
class were in strong demand at $8.75
@925, with sales all the way down to
$7.50@8 for the poorer yearlings that
Were marketed too early. Butcher-ing
cows and heifers had an active de~
mand at the highest prices seen in
many weeks, sales being on the basis
of $5.30@9, the best cows bringing $8.
while numerous sales were made of
mixed lots of little yearling steers and
heifers at $8.25@9. Cutters sold brisk-
ly at $4.60@5.25, while canners sold at
$2.75@4.55 and bulls at $5@7.90.
Calves were marketed liberally from
the dairy districts of Wisconsin and
adjoining states, and there was a good
demand at $9.25 for prime light veal-
ers down to $5@7 for heavy lots. Con-
ditions are unusually good for owners
of well-bred young cattle, and it would
be a serious mistake to market them
in a thin condition, thereby sacrificing
liberal profits that would be derived
at a later time by finishing them prop-
erly.

Hogs have continued to show a
rather firm undertone for another
Week, with a good local packing de-
mand, while eastern shippers purchas-
ed much more freely than a few weeks
ago, when quarantine restrictions
were more rigid, although shipments
from here continued much smaller in
volume than a year ago. Receipts
were much smaller than a week ear-
11er,_but. the receipts in all western
packing points for the year to date
have ran far ahead of those for the
correspondingperiod last year. Not a
great many pigs or underweights are
shipped in, and recent Chicago re-
ceipts averaged in weight 234 lbs..' the
same as a year ago and five pounds
less than two years ago. Prime light _

MAY 22, 1915.

shipping hogs are still market top-
pers, with sales of choice heavy
weights at a. discount of about 15c
from top prices. The close of the
Week saw hogs selling at $7.30@7.95,
with pigs bringing $5.50@7.75. A week
earlier hogs brought $6.90@7.67%.

Since January 1 receipts of sheep
and lambs at the six principal western
markets have been approximately one
million head less than for the same
time last year. This explains why re-
cent sales were at the highest prices
on record, offerings here and else-
where running greatly short of actual
trade requirements. The greater part
of the receipts arrive shorn, with fed
lambs making up the great bulk of the
daily offerings and not a great many
spring lambs offered so far. Closing
sales were made of wooled Colorado
lambs at $11@11.65, shorn western
lambs at $8.50@10.15, shorn yearlings
at $875639, shorn native ewes at $5.50
@790 and shorn budks at $6@7.
Spring lambs sold at $8@13 per 100
pounds.

Horses were marketed less freely
last week, country shippers realizing
that the demand had fallen off, but
there were enough to go around, with
no strong demand except for army
horses for shipment to England and
Belgium. Army horses sold once
more on the basis of $135@185, but
otherwise prices were weaker on the
basis of $706595 for inferior horses,
$100@145 for farm workers, $140@170
for farm mares, $175@250 for com-
mercial chunks and $200@230 for wag-
oners. Buyers of the best drafters
seemed unwilling to pay over $250.

 

LIVE STOCK NEWS.

On the first of the month Chicago
cold storage warehouses held 4,565,000
lbs. of butter, comparing with 9,679,-
000 lbs. a. year earlier, being 2,685,300
lbs. less than holdings of a month ear-
lier. Such holding of eggs stood at
1.616000 cases, being 1,385,000 cases
more than a month earlier, and com-
paring with 1,094,000 cases held a year
ago. On every considerable decline
1n prices for eggs or butter there is
sure to be a good demand from specu-
lators for stocks to place in cold stor-
age for future consumption.

Late reports from southern Ohio are
that grass was never better than it is
now, and the farming outlook could
not be brighter, but, unfortunately,
there is a serious shortage of cattle in
pastures. Paul Chinn, of Chicago, who
recently visited that section, says be-
cause of the cattle shortage, he looks
to see prime beeves go to $10 per 100
lbs. later.

The Department of Agriculture, sev-
eral days ago, reported that only four
infected herds of cattle were discover-
ed in the country during the previous
week, and all were promptly slaugh-
tered. These outbreaks were in Penn-
sylvania, Maryland, New York and Ill-
inois. A total of 147,644 animals have
been found infected in the United
States since the outbreak in last Oc-
tober, comprising 2,910 herds. Includ-
ed were 68,910 cattle, 69,531 hogs,
9,107 sheep and 96 goats.

Slowly, but surely, quarantine re-
strictions are modified, and quite re-
cently eastern hog shippers have been
able to extend their operations in the
Chicago market. The Monday receipts
are largely sent from unquarantined
districts, and as these hogs are placed
in the Chicago stock yards “free di-
v1sion,” eastern shippers are in a po-
sition to buy freely, but exactly oppo-
srte conditions are seen on Tuesday.
This will explain Why on a recent
Monday over 8,000 hogs were shipped
out of Chicago by eastern shippers,
while -on the next day nearly all the
buying was left to the Chicago pack-
ers and smaller butchers. Western
packing continues on a much larger
scale than a year ago, and a great
deal of product is being cured and
stored away for future consumption.

Receipts of South American beef in
New York for three consecutive weeks
aggregated 68.408 quarters, the equiv-
alent of 17,102 cattle.

Robert and William Coates, two
well-known young stock feeders of
Neponsett, Ill., were on the Chicago
market recently with a carload of
heavy cattle that sold for $8.10 per
100 pounds. They said less than 10
per cent of the winter-fed cattle and
hogs remained in the country, while
hardly any cattle are going on feed.
They also stated that the crop of
spring pigs is exceptionally good. One
of the brothers had 65 pigs from ten
sows, while the other had 90 pigs
from 14 sows. They said the spring
had been favorable for the pigs.

Frank Dowd, a prominent stock
feeder of Iowa, arrived in the Chicago
market on a recent day with two cavs
of cattle of his own feeding. He said
that big money in cattle feeding will
be made during the approaching sum-
mer and autumn months, but very
few .of the winter feeders will get any
partlcular benefit from a good market,
as. few are replacing cattle that are
being marketed With cattle to go on
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THIS IS THE FIRST EDITION.

 

The first edition is sent to those who
have not expressed a desire for the
latest markets. The late market edi-
tion will be sent on request at any
time.

DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

 

Thursday’s Market.
May 13, 1915.
Cattle.

Receipts 1652. The market opened
at the local stock yards this week with
receipts as shown above and most ev-
erything handled‘in good shape.

The Live Stock Commission at Lan-
sing have placed three cattle in the
yards that are to have the run of the
place and if they don’t get hoof-and-
mouth disease in three weeks the
yards will be opened for everything
and shipments can once more be ship-
ped back to the country for feeding
purposes and milch cows handled as
usual. If they get the disease the
yards will again be closed, as they
have been thoroughly cleaned and dis-
infected there seems to be little
chance for anything new to develop.

The cattle trade this week was ac-
tive and 15@25c higher than they
Were a week ago; the quality was
good but too many of the one kind
were on sale and the close on this
account was a trifle dull; most every-
thing oifering was finished steers.
common grades of cow stuff was want-
ed, but was scarce.

Best heavy steers $8; best handy
weight butcher steers $7.25@7.75;
mixed steers and heifers $6.50@7.25;
handy light butchers $6@6.50; light
butchers $5.50@6.25; best cows $5.75
@650; butcher cows $5@5.50; com-
mon cows $4.25@4.75; canners $3@4;
best heavy bulls $5.50@6.50; bologna
gigols $4.50@5.25; stock bulls $4.50@

Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Kull 26
steers av 849 at $7.25, 3 butchers av
910 at $6.35, 1 heifer wgh 570 at $6.35;
to Kamman B. Co. 1 bull wgh 1110 at
$6.50; to Bresnahan 2 steers av 1110
at $7.75, 1 COW wgh 1150 at $6, 1 bull
wgh 1580 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 24
steers av 958 at $7.85, 4 cows av 1000
at $6.25, 5 stockers av 950 at $7.60. 1
cow wgh 1140 at $6; to Newton B. Co.
1 bull wgh 900 at $6, 23 stockers av
963 at $7.75, 1 bull wgh 1020 at $5.50;
to Bresnahan 2 bulls av 560 at $5.75,
1 heifer wgh 600 at $7; to Sullivan
P. Go. 4 cows av 1000 at $6.25, 5 do av
950 at $6; to Mich. B. Co. 4 butchers
av 750 at $7, 4 do av 427 at $5.50, 1
cow» wgh 920 at $6; to Bresnahan 1
bull wgh 1120 at $6.50, 1 heifer wgh
770 at $6.25; to Mich. B. Co. 5 stock-
ers av 870 at $7.65.

Lowenstein sold Breitenbeck 22
steers av 1050 at $7.70, 7 do av 810
at $7.75.

Veal Calves.

Receipts 1032. The veal calf trade
opened up strong with the tops selling
at $9 and other grades $7@8.50. The
trade on Thursday was not quite so
active and will close 25c lower.

, $4.25@4.50;.canners $3@4; best heavy

Roe Com. Co. sold Barlage 1 wgh,
130 at $8.50; to Applebaum 8 av 125'

at $8, 3 av 150 at $8.50.

Haley & M. sold Hammond, S. &‘

Co. 6 av 140 at $9; to Thompson Bros.
1 wgh 170 at $9, 2 av 130 at $7, 13 av
150 at $9.

Sheep and Lambs.

Receipts 1565. The supply of sheep
and lambs was very light, as ithas
been for several weeks. The general
market was strong at Thursday’s
prices, especially so on best grades of
lambs. Common thin lambs should be
held in the country, for they cannot
at present be shipped back into the
country and are not wanted by the
butchers. The close was strong. Best
lambs $9.75; fair do. $8.75@9.25; light
to common do. $6@7.25; fair to good
215?!) $6@7; culls and common $4@

Bishop. B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co.
248 lambs av 90 at $9.50, 7 sheep av
116 at $6.25; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 do
av 133 at $6.75, 28 lambs av 68 at
$8.25; to Newton B. Co. 116 do av 65
at $9.25: to Thompson Bros. 97 do av
75. at $9.60, 26 do av 55 at $7: to
Mich. B. Co. 8 sheep av 120 at $6.50;
to Parker, W. & Co. 23 lambs av 65
at $9, 26 do av 65 at $7.75, 36 do av
70 at $8.75, 5 do av 78 at $9.50; to
Fitzpatrick Bros. 121 do av 65 at $9.50,
5 do .av 43 at $8, 22 do av 73 at $7;
to Mich. B. Co. 15 do av 78 at $7.85,
27 do av 75 at $9.25, 5 spg lambs av
40 at $10; to Parker, W. & Co. 57
lambs av 60 at $9.60, 5 do av 65 at $7.

Reason & 8. sold Sullivan P. Co. 22
lambs av 70 at $9.25, 4 sheep av 115
at $6, 14 lambs av 55 at $8: to Mich.
B.SCo.dll4 go 2;; if at $9.25.

an e, ., _. G. sold Hamm n ,
S. & Co. 19 lambs av 65 at $8.50. 0 d

. Hogs. ~
Receipts 9680. The hog market for

the bulk on sale was $7.65. Sullivan
Packing Co. bought a few at $7.70 but

big packers’ price was $7.66.

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THE MICH

Friday's Market.

Cattle.

Receipts this week 1902; last week
1345; market steady. Best heavy
steers $7.90@8; best handy weight
butcher steers $7.40@7.75; mixed
steers and heifers $7.35@7.60; handy
light butchers $6.75@7.25; light butch-
ers $6.50@7; best cows $6.25@6.50;
butcher cows $5@6; common cows,

bulis_$6.25@6.75; bologna bulls $5.50

@620.
Veal Calves.

Receipts this week 1206; last week
1004; market dull at Thursday’s close.
Best $8.50; others $6@8.

Sheep and Lambs.

leceipts this week 1608; last week
1805; market steady. Best lambs
$9.75; fair do. $8.50@9; light to com—

mon lambs $7.50@8; fair to good
sheep $5.75@7; culls and common
$3.50@5.

Hogs.
Receipts this week 11,852; last week
13,910. Yorkers and pigs $7.70; oth-
ers $7.80.

General expectations are that hogs
are going to sell much higher than
they have sold of late, although there
has been a liberal advance already,
based upon the greatly declining re-
ceipts in Chicago and other important
markets. As a general rule, stock
feeders are taking good care of their
growing young hogs, and marketings
of pigs are far from large. The sharp
advance in hog prices has carried up
provisions, as well as fresh pork pro—
ducts.

Stockmen owning maturing hogs
are greatly pleased by the recent
boom in prices. Naturally, few heal-
thy pigs are being marketed.

Heavy steers are catching it these
hot days, and owners who have delay-
ed marketing them are paying the
penalty. Hot summer weather has
been experienced, and heavy cuts of
beef are poor sellers in the retail mar-
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A Summary
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We buy Clothcraft
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Today the means of entertainment
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with propriety be discussed.

For help along these lines read care-
fully the suggestions in the State Lec-
turer’s Bulletin, but do not fail to dis-
cover now and then a topic in which
your Grange is interested, which is
not named in the bulletin. This sug-
gestion is to the worthy lecturers who
may happen to read this article.

Lecturers, read the bulletin careful-
ly and thoroughly. It will do you good.
The best thing it can possibly do for
you will be to help you to be yourself
more completely. That is, to make
you stronger and better able to think
and to act for yourself.

But why and how shall the Grange
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because less and less people are sing-
ing as time goes on. Second, because
the art of singing can be taught more
cheaply and more generally in this
way than in any other, and third, be.-
cause the uplifting influence of the
good singing school is so strong and
so potent for good that we can not
afford to miss it.

Less and less people are singing to-
day, perhaps in part because they can
buy their music cheaper than they can
make it, but chiefly because they do
not have sufficient opportunity to
learn how.

We are teaching some music in the’
schools, a good many young ladies are
taking private instruction, but the
boys are not singing to any great ex-
tent. VVere the singing school reviv-
ed the boys would sing. Whoever
saw a real boy who did not like to go
to singing school? I haVe seen scores
of boys who would never sing much,
but who would drive miles to attend
a singing school. I have lived long
enough to see these boys grow up and
am sure that while they did not great-
ly improve in the art of singing, the
experience was well worth their while.

Some time ago it was my privilege

to visit a high school with the best

.chorus of young men and Women that

I have ever heard in Michigan. This
splendid degree of development came
about through the efforts of a conduc-
tor who had an ideal and workedto-
ward it every day. It was truly an in-
spiration to listen to that chorus.
Those young people did not need to be
warned against the influence of the
wrong kind of music. They had learn-
ed to appreciate the best in the art,
and doubtless it had accomplished
more in their intellectual and moral
development than they will ever
realize.

As I listened to them in some of the
best vocal selections yet written,
while their hearts thrilled with the
same lofty sentiments that once in-
spired the great masters whose songs
they sang, I said to myself, surely this
is a work worth while.

That musical conductor was doing
Work similar to that done by the good
conductor of the singing school a few
years ago.

Mrs. Morgan, at the late Round-up
Institute, found a responsive chord in
the public heart, when she gave her
address upon “The Old Songs that
Live.” As I heard the people on evrey
side speaking in highest priase of this
lecture, the next day, their words of
commendation were proof that art is
not dead, that the human heart is as
true today as ever, and that human
lives are just as susceptible to refin-
ing and ennobling influences as ever
before in the history of man. I

There is little use in spending one’s
breath in inveighing against the “rot-
ten music” of the day. Give theipub-
lic something better, and teach them
how to execute it and they will dis-
card that which is not worth while.

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In a recent issue we published acut
~0f Lone Elm Farm, the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. P. Johnson. Mrs. John-
son was for several years secretary of
the State Association of Farmers’
Clubs. _

Below appears a cut of the build-
ings on Oak Lane Farm, the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown, of Living-
ston county. Mrs. Brown is the pres-
ent secretary of the State Association
of Farmers’ Clubs. This farm was
given its name because of the oak
trees bordering the lane, a glimpse of
which can be seen at the right of the
picture. This is another example of
naming the farm from some prominent
characteristic which is worthy of emu-
lation. '

 

CLUB DISCUSSIONS.

Ladies' Day, at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Orwin Fenton, was one of the
most enjoyable meetings ever held by
the Columbus Farmers’ Club. The pro-
gram was carried out 'with the addi-
tion of a piano duet by Mesdames
Randall and Goodar. Seventy-five
guests partook of an extraordinarily
good dinner, after which the meeting
opened with roll call, the responses
consisting of wit and humor. The

music and readings were carefully
prepared and proved most entertain-
ing. The feature of the afternoon was
f‘Sketches. of Famous Women,” by
Mrs. G. H. Bacheler. The following
well known women were impersonat-
ed _in living pictures, Mrs. Bacheler
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Oak Lane Farm, Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brown, of Livingston County.

But how shall the Grange encourage
the singing school? The chief diffi-
culty is in finding good instructors.
\Ve must simply get along with the
best that can be had in this particular.
Let each Grange that can do so, ar-
range for a singing class in its neigh-
borhood. If any member of the Grange
can act. as instructor, try taking a
half hour at each meeting for instruc-
tion and musical practice. I believe
this plan will work. Of course, if no
one in the Grange can instruct in note
reading, and not any of the member-
ship can lead in the singing, then it
will be up to the Grange to add to its
membership some one who can do this
work, or else provide for it in some
other way.

Here is a splendid work for any
Grange that will take it up in earnest.
Good singing classes in the communi-
ties remote from town, will mean good
country choirs, better music at each
and every gathering in the community
where music is needed, stronger and
more serviceful country churches, the
discarding of much of the stuff which
now passes for music, and in its place
the substitution of that which is a
potent force for good in human life.

It is to be earnestly hoped that the
Granges of Michigan will respond to
this suggestion, and on behalf of the
young, and otherwise, of those who
live in the community, will encourage
the literary and debating society and
the singing school. ‘

W. F. TAYLOR.

one was represented—Martha Wash-
ington, Mrs. Ida Quick; Betsey Ross,
Mrs. Bertha Parker; Harriett Beech-
er Stowe, Mrs. Ella Wheeler; Sojourn-
er Truth, Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt; Poca-
hontas, Mrs. Bertha Houston; Julia
Ward Howe, Mrs. Hughie; Marietta
Holly (Samantha Allen), Mrs. Sara
Norton; Frances E. Willard, Miss An-
na Vogt; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps,
Mrs. Emma Vogt; Jane Adams, Mrs.
Nellie Fenton; Helen Keller, Mrs.
Frances Allington; Louisa M. Alcott,
Mrs. Mildred Weeks; Evangeline
Booth, Mrs. Lulu Goodar; Carrie Na-
tion, Mrs. Ella McCauley. The meet-
ing adjourned to meet May 27 with
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rix. This will
be “Gentlemen’s Day,” when the men
of the Club‘will have charge of the
program, and it is noised about that
elaborate plans are being made to sur-
pass the entertainment given by the
fair sex.

At the April meeting of the Conway
and Handy Club, Mr. Julian Carr said
In regard to why so many farmers left
their buildings unpainted and brush
uncut, that many were not financially
able to paint buildings; some didn’t
care to; others would rather use their
money some other way. As for leav-
ing brush uncut, many won’t cut it
until the law compels them to. Mr.
S..R. Holmes said it paid to keep
buildings up; it improved the appear-
ance .of the farm; leaving brush in
roadsxde and fence corners showed
shiftlessness; energetic farmers won’t
allow .brush to grow. Mr. Adam Mey-
er said he heard, someone say that
taxes would be increased if buildings
were painted. M. T. Wilkinson said
that owners when in strength and
when prosperous kept the farm up in
good shape, but when the farm is left
to another or passed from one to an-
other, the buildings and fences were
first to suffer. Mr. Alton Grant said
if there were dollars at roots of brush
the brush would soon be gone.

 

 

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AN EASILY MADE TRAP-NEST.

I read with interest the article by
E. W. Gage on “Selecting the Breed-
ing Hens,” which appeared in the
Michigan Farmer some time ago. I
take exception to his talk about trap-
nests. He says they are expensive for
the farmer, but all right for the ex-
periment station. Well, if they are
good for the experiment station they
ought to be for the farmer. Now, I
am sending you by parcel post a small
model of a nest that any farmer can
make in 30 minutes. All he needs is
a store box about 14 inches square
and 24 inches long. two pieces of No.
9 galvanized wire and about eight gal-
vanized poultry netting staples, and a
five-cent cupboard catch.

One piece of galvanized wire is used
as a hinge for the trap door and the
other is bent somewhat. into the shape
of a figure 7 and is used to hold the

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Trap-nest Closed.

trap door up when it is open. The
staples are used to fasten these pieces
of wire. The cupboard latch is fast-
ened in front so that it will hold the
trap door shut, thus keeping other
chickens from entering the nest while
it is occupied. It is usually fastened
on the side opposite the little piece of
wood which serves as a bumper for
the door.

There is one trouble with the aver-
age man, he sa,s that poultry is a.
woman’s work and that it does not
pay. This is because he does not take
any interest. in it. Will say about this
trap-nest, I first saw it on the Lily
White Leghorn farm in Kent county,
and now the owner is trap—nesting ov-
er 1,000 White Leghorn pullets. He
told me he had tried all kinds and
gave them up for this one, as anyone
can make them, and they do not get
out of order. He said it was a nest
made at the Maine Experiment Sta-
tion and anyone can make them. I
have used them almost two years and
know they are right. F. AS’I‘LING.
A PRACTICAL METHOD OF BEE

MANAGEMENT.

 

The following is the method of man-
agement practiced by Mr. David Run-
ning, a prominent bee-keeper of Hur-
on county:

Bees are taken out of the cellar and
placed on their summer stands, they
are not disturbed again until the time
comes to move them to the out apiary,
which is done about dandelion or
fruit bloom time. .At this time all
queens are clipped and an extra hive
body, with drawn combs placed on
brood chamber. No queen excluder
is used, the queen has the use of the
two brood chambers, and when clover
commences to yield nectar each col-

ony is examined and all queens shak-.

en down into lower brood chamber
and the queen excluder is placed di-
rectly on the lowest or first brood
chamber. In place of returning the
upper or second brood chamber, now
well filled with brood, directly over
the first brood chamber another hive
body with drawn combs is placed on
first hive body and the upper brood
chamber .is placed above the second

hive body, thus at this time the colon-

Poultry and Bees.

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ies are occupying three hive bodies
and the queen is in the lowest one
with an excluder above to prevent her
going up any more. This procedure
gives the queen room to lay at full
capacity and the bees lots of room to
store nectar.

Ten days after this shaking and,
putting on third hive body, all the:
creed chambers, now the lowest hive?
body, are shaken into a hive body con-f

 

and one or two extra hive bodies with
drawn combs, are placed immediately
above the new brood chamber, with
excluder between. Queen cells are al-
so removed from the third hive body
at this time. The old brood chamber
is now placed right on top of the
three or four hive bodies and each
colony now has four or five hive bod-
ies and a capacity for from 100 to 150
pounds of surplus honey, these may
or may not all be needed. In ten days
all queen cells must be removed from
the top hive body. If increase is need-
ed an entrance is given at the back
of this top hive body and the young
queen allowed to hatch and mate and
a new colony-formed.

This method usually holds swarm-
ing down to a minimum and with few
examinations during the summer an
out apiary can be run in connection
with the home apiary.

All the honey is taken off with bee
escapes and the bees are not disturb-
ed and made cross when these are
used. F. E. MILLEN.

LACK OF MOISTURE.

.—

Would like to know what is the
matter with my ggs. The skin un-
der the shell is so tough the little
chicks can not get through the shell.

Mecosta Co. Mrs. H. T.

The fact that the chicks will devel-
op in the shell until hatching time and
then not be able to break through
would indicate that the eggs did not
have enough moisture during the pe-
riod of incubation. The lack of mois
ture causes a toughening of the skin
under the shell and a weak develop-
ment of the chicks. If an incubator
was used, additional moisture should
be furnished by the use of a moisture

 

 

 

 

 

Trap nest Open.

pan, or if the hatching was done by a
hen the nests should be put in a more
moist location. Very often chicks
which have difficulty in breaking
through can be hatched by placing the
eggs in warm water‘for a short time
just before the hatching time.

Another possible cause of the chicks
failing to come through is the lack of
vitality in the eggs. If this is likely
to be the cause one should use means
to increase the general vitality of the
flock.

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POULTRY.

 

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laying strain. Eggs $1.50 per 15. from mated

pens also M. B. Turkey eggs from choice birds. 82.50

per 10. Charges prepaid hr parcel oost.

PLAINVIEW STOCK FARM. Romeo. Mlchlgan.

RosE COMB BROWN LEGIIURN EGGS rrom

’ Mad. Fq. winners. $1.00 nor setting.

$51” per 100. M. l’nkiu ducks SUM) pnr Hitting.
CLAUDIA BETTS. Hillsdale. Michigan.

 

 

RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS.
Mules 5 to 12 lbs. according longe $2 to $5: P. H. hens
weightfito 9”: lbs.. eggs 15 for $1.00: P. R. eggs $5 per 100.
Mammoth Bronze 'l‘om Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according
to age 5% to '5. l0 eggs $3. A. E. Crumpton. Vassar. Mich.

 

Eggs For Hatching. “'hite Roland Turkeys 500 each.
’l'oulouss Goose 25c each. (lolumbian W'yandotte
chickens 13 for $1.

' Bred to Lay. Barron
8' C' Whlte LeghornS: Strain. Eggs 31.2} per
15 postpaid. $4 per 10". not prepaid. Breeding hens for
sale afterJuue 1%. Bruce W. Brown. K.No.3.Muyville.Mich.

Alden Whitcolnb. Byron Center, Mich.

 

 

hite P. Rocks. Pekin and white runner ducks.
White guinea“. eggs and day old ducks and chicks.
H. V. HOSTETLER. St. Johns. Michigan.

 

wflITTAKER'S ROSE COMB REDS. Eggs and
Chicks. “Tile I’or Mal inn; List and The “'hittaker
Guarantee. Intorlakos Farm. Box 39. Lawrence.Mich.

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' -Farm raised. heavy laying
3- c' "MIG Leghams strain. Baby chicks $10 per 100.
eggs 8.4 per 100. Also White Pexin Ducks. eggs and
ducklings. Bunnyhrook Poultry Farm.Hillsdale.Mloh.

 

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llllla Farmstead .1... “:35,“ 336%)” m meson?
PMIII’ Eggs for me, :1 for lb. $1.50 for 24. :2 m

for 50. Colon l7. Lillie. Coopersvillo. lick.

 

' —Brod-To-La_v stock. Eggs
Whlle wyandOH. Eggs £1.50 per 15: $2 50 per 30: $6 per
100. HOWARD RANT. lVlarshalI. Michigan.

BARRED PLY. ROCKS

First prize winners at Chicago, Cincinnati.
Indianapolis. etc.
Eggs from fine Utility Matings that are bred to lay.
#10 POT 1-). $4 per :30. $7 per 100. From host exhibition
pens $le per 15. $25 or :30. Prompt. delivery and good
hatch guaranteed. . Earl Hoover, R.7. Matthewand.

While Leghorn: Day-Old-Ilhlcks. $5‘é'fi.‘;;.§.§;§°.‘;'&::
faction to all our customers. MAPLE CITY
POULTRY PLANT. Box C. Charlotte. Mlchman.

' —Bred for size. shape. vigor.
SI c“ While nghorns egg production. 13 years' ex-
periencobroedlng leghorns. Hatching eggs“ 50per 100
33h)" (‘lllt‘kfl $10 per 100. A. 0. Howard, 'l‘omnnsoh. Mich

WHITE LEGHDRN cfllcxs—We can fill some more

‘ orders for April. May and
June delivery. Order now. April 512 per 100. May
and June 810. Eggs for hatching March and April 86
poi-100. May and June $5. Satisfaction guaranteed
H. B. BRAPKNEY a SON. Clayton. Mlchlgan.

 

 

 

 

 

EGGS for hatching from Mammoth White Holland
Turkeys. White Runner Ducks. B. l’. Rocks. R.
C. White Leghorn-i. 8. S. Hemhnrmi. Write for cir.
cular and guarantee. Biverview Farm, \'assar.Micli..R. 8.

mun nocx .. .0“ m. “.123. as
J. A. BARNUM. Union City. ,Michlxnn.

 

 

ILVIIR Laced Golden and White W undone Bags for hutch-
k. ing. 'l‘en cents l-‘It‘ll or 30 for 2.50. 1 pay nurcal post
charges. C. W. BROWNING. Portland. Michigan.

 

TANDA RD Bred Rose and Single Comb R. I. Reds.
S Eggs 81.50 per 15 and 82.50 per 530 delivered. Also
Pearl Guineas. B. Andalusinns. Belgain Hares. and
Poland China Flu'ina. Rhock vorv reasonable. Qual-
ity high. W. T. FRENCH, Ludlngton. Michigan.

 

ARRED ROCKS. Parks 2004715“; strain. A strait:
with Egg records to 271 eggs in year. 31.50 per 1‘
Delivered by Parcel Post. Fred Astling. Constantine.mich.
ROCK cochnEL (All varieties.) Firm! for hatching.
Baby chicks and Pekin Duck eggs.

SHERIDAN POULTRY YARDS. B.15.Shcridan.Mit-h.

 

 

$3 (X) for 10. or SROO
Mammoth Bronze Turkey Eggs mm “Wang...
Red mum from hizh class birds. “.le per nettingnf 15.
MAPLEWOOD STOCK FARM. Allegan, Michigan

DAY OLD CHICKS From Standard Bred
White and Brown Lez-

horns. £9 per 100. Bred to lay. large white eggs. Safe

arrival miaranteed. Catalogue free-

WOLVERINE HA’I‘OI-IERY. Box 2221. Zeeland. Mich

 

 

Readers who want a sure preventive
for white diarrhea should send to the
Wight Company, M45, Lamoni, Iowa,

price. also pod . .
HOUGH. Plne Crest Farm. Royal Oak. Michigan.

— M 15th. so; .k
Pine Ilml While Orpinglons Almégxit m... hf"
lgroed Belglbn Fares. LIES. WILLIS

 

for a 50c ‘box of Chictone. Mrs. Wm.
Ericksen, of Chanute, Kans., writes
that she has not lost one chick with
white diarrhea or bowel trouble since
she commenced to use Chictone.—Ad-
vertisement.

 

3 out of 4 firsts Chicago, 1914. Eggs hnl. of
Ba“ loCkSO Mason 81.5045: 36-100. 5. C. Buff [eg-

horn eggs "-15; 85—100. Pen of l2 3qu warns £10. 20 Bqu'
Rock Hens. 75 cents to 82.50. including Chicago and Minno-
apolil first prize winners.

Bird Lawn Penn. Lawrence. lick.

chkh. We ship thousands. difleront Varieties. prices
booklet.

right. order now for spring delivery. free
Import Hatchery, Box 12. Import. Mich.

 

 

Hons $1.50 each, 9298 with the kick i
Blrrell "09k them 15 for 31.25. 100 :6, baby chicks nil)
515. W . 0. COFFMAN. R. No. 6. Benton Harbor.Mlch.

 

—Start right with your Barred’s
Barred Rock Eggs with eggs from a pen direct from
Bradley Bros. Yards. A. A. Pattullo, Dcckervilla. Mich

While'anndoila Egngh'°"5'§i-$i°'i2°- 2‘72?”
30. DAVID my. 202 nonfat 212?. Ypsnglitij lldich.or

II c &s 0 Rhode. Island Red ans. 51 1'0 per 15
' - - - poetpald; 36 r100 hyexpross. Year-old
hons $1 each. JENNIE (TELL. Ann Arbor, Mich.

" ADE IN AMERICA" 8. C W. Lonhorns only—

. large. great layers. pure white. Strong dnyold
chicks now $10 per 100. Guaranteed delivery. Hutch
(every week. Everfresh Eng Farm. Box F. Ionia.Mi(-h.

Half Price from Now On

Eggs from some of the bent Barred and White Rocks
In Michlgan. 51.50 per 15. Heavy laying strains.

Riverview Poultry Farm. Box 798. Union City. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

P I’FF 'Leghornu— Great layers from prize-winners.
) Madison 8 . Garden Eggs $1.50 per IS: 36 per ‘00.

Day old chicks. 1'. William A. Smith. Petersburg, lich,

 

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Ilrpmglllns Eggs. Ohix. F‘lne grown stock fol; your:-
M. E. THOMPSON. Redford. Michigan.

IO Beautiful. Hen Hatched, Farm R ‘ d ‘
Barred Rock E gs. settines 81. $2. 3: $0355. fizz)?
circulars. JOH NORTHON. Clare. Michigan

new flock.

 

 

 

DOGS.

 

Tralnodllunmng Fox Hounds”?.°..‘.§.§’,‘ $32.32*?“ ”.3333
stamp. W. E. LECKY. Holmeume. Ohio.

FOX, COON AND RABBIT HOUNDS

Broke to gun and field. Prices right. Fox and
Coon hound pups $5 each. Stamp for reply.
11. C. LYTLE. Frederlekoburg. Ohio.

 

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Belgian llam Pay “is'gfldfigfs'w'wfiie 11. :8:

prices. Stalter's Rabbit”. North Lewisburgh. 0

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

MAY 22, 1915.

 

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symptoms of the case in full; also
name and address of writer. Initials
only will be published. Many quer-
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same ailments. If this column is
watched carefully you will probably
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trouble; mucus comes from both nos-
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phate iron, two parts baking soda and
:three parts ground gentian and give a
,small teaspoonful at a dose in feed
lthree times a day. She should be well
ifed, but given no kitchen slop.

I Weak Heart—I have a five-year-old
rmare that pants when she works. C.
B. A., Galesburg, Mich—Feed her less
bulky food, lighten load, and if she
has been idle for some time her mus-
cles are doubtless weak and flabby.
Put her in condition for heavy pulling
and hard work. Feed oats and tim-
othy, also give her 1 dr. of ground
nux vomica and a dessertspoonful of
tincture of arnica at a dose in feed
three times a day. Wash her with
tepid water morning and evening.

Partial Loss of Power—l have five
last full hogs that all went lame at
the same time; they weigh about 150
pounds each; they are all lame in
hind quarters, when walking legs cross
and pigs stagger, wabble and fall. I
have fed them on corn, milk and some
ensilage. This has been their ration
lull winter. Since they went lame I
‘have given them some soft coal, weak
lye and salt in their milk. M. J., Mul-
llikcn, Mich—You fed your pigs an un-
balanced ration and now they are suf-
’fering from the effects of it. Discon-
.linue feeding corn and cnsilage, feed
ioats, tankage, some oil meal and roots
.or grass. Also apply one part turpen-
tine, one part aqua ammonia and two
parts olive oil to back every day or
two. It is not necessary to give them
drugs.

Rheumatism.——I would like to know
what to do for my hens; first they
show lameness, then in a few days are
unable to walk at all, then finally die.
,W'liatcvcr this ailment is it attacks
lboth hens and pullets. It can’t be
lice, or mites for I spray them with
medicine every week, then go over
the roosts with kerosene. Mrs. R. S.,
Gifford, Mich.——Your poultry are per-
haps kept in too damp a place, or else
they have been exposed to storms, or
are not fed right. Keep them in a
dry, clean, well ventilated place, free
fro-m drafts and avoid letting them out
on wet ground or to run in wet grass,
as the symptoms you give indicate
rheumatism. Give each one a 1/2 gr.
of sodium salicylate, and 1,4, gr. of
quinine at a dose two or three times
a day.

Everted Vagina—For six Weeks pre—
ceding calving my cow has had a
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which shows only when she is dowu,
but after getting up appears to return
to place, but when she calves it is
much larger. W. R., Sheridan, Mich.
—Your cows suffers from eversion of
vagina and perhaps a portion of uter-
us protrudes at time of calving. She
should be kept in a clean place, free
from infection when she calves and
immediately after calving placed in a
stall, with fore feet six inches lower
than hind ones. The protruding parts
should be washed with one part bi-
chloride mercury and 2,500 parts of
clean tepid water. Clean hands should
be used to return it and a stitch or
two taken through upper portion of
Villa and if she strains much apply
surcingle around body at flanks.

Shoulder Lameness.——I have been
blistering a horse that is troubled
with shoulder lameness but have fail-
ed to help him, and I would like to
know what more can be done. C. I.
B., Eaton Rapids, Mich—If blisters
have failed, you might try inserting a
seaton: however, it is doubtful if you
will obtain any better results than
you have from blisters.

Raising Orphan Pigs—I am anxious
to know if it is possible to raise or-
phan pigs on cows’ milk from birth.
The mother of this litter has chills
and refuses to eat and of course her
milk ceased. N. E., Lansing, Mich..—
As you perhaps know, young pigs
should be fed with care. the feeding
utensils kept perfectly clean and you
should also add both sugar and cream
to cows’ milk in order to make if. as

 

 

rich in fat as the sow’s milk is. Very

soon you can add to their milk some
meal; furthermore, you should place
water within their reach. Give the
sow 4 grs. of quinine and 10 grs. of
nitrate of potash three times a day'
and be sure that her bowels act free.
Loss of Power.——I would like to
know what can be done for my brood
sow which is down and unable to
stand on hind legs. She had a litter
of pigs six weeks ago and appears to
be in good health, but is not able to
stand on hind legs. L. J. J., Breeds-
ville, Mich.——You have perhaps fed her
too much corn and not enough oats,
oil meal, tankage and roots. Drugs
are not much benefit in treating this
kind of a case, but changing her diet
will have a good effect. She should
be helped on foot two or three times
a day: this is best done by placing
canvas under her and assisting her on
foot. Apply one part turpentine, one
part aqua ammonia and three parts
camphorated oil to back daily. Also
give her 10 drops of fluid extract of
nux vomica and 5 grs. of potassium
iodide at a dose three times a day.

Crib-hiter.—I have a young horse
that cribs in the barn, but not when in
harness. Could you tell me how to
break him of this habit? E. J. B., Riv-
er Rouge, Mich—Arrange his stall so
that there are no corners of boards
for him to crib on, and set his feed
box on the floor. If he sucks wind,
buckle strap around neck.

Preventing Horns Growing—Could
you tell me how to kill or stunt the
growth of horns on calves? The horn
is now about an eighth of an inch
long. Is it too late to use a caustic
pencil? The calf is six weeks old. F.
P., Kingston, Mich.——Chemical dehorny1
ers or a stick of caustic potash should;
be used before the calf is three days.;
old, and even then it is sometimes,
necessary to use a second application}
You can do it now, but it may be nec-l
cssary to use several applications to‘,
prevent horns growing. 1

Loucorrhea.—-I have a mare that has;
what is commonly called “whites” and?
would like to know if she can be cur-l
0d; furthermore, will she get withl
foal? F. T., Bcldcn, Mich—A mare?
suffering from chronic leucorrhca is‘
generally barren. Dissolve 1 dr. ofl
permanganate of potash in two quarts!
of water and wash out vagina daily.l
Also give her 1 dr. of powdered sul-i
phate iron and a teaspoonful of hypo-i
sulphite of soda at a dose three times;
a day. l

Obscure Lameness.——I have a thir—g
teen-year-old horse that is lame in left!
fore leg; have had him examined byl
four different Vets. and they do not
agree as to location of lameness and
all of them have failed to effect a
cure. One thought it a case of shoul-
der lameness, another in the coffin
joint, another contracted hoofs, anoth-
er sprained fetlock. This lameness is
slight at times, severe at others. A
portion of the time he stands natural,
at others pointing slightly, at others
foot back of opposite. No extra heat
in any portion of leg and the peculiar-
ity is that he can be driven some-
times twenty miles and show very lit-
tle lameness, and occasionally he goes
Very lame after driving him a few
rods. 1. L. G., Shepherd, Mich—His
lameness is perhaps in foot, or it is
possible that he strikes his shin with
opposite foot. Why don’t you turn
him out to pasture and give him a
long rest.

 

 

 

Goitrechart Disease—My seven-p
year-old cow came fresh last monthi
and after two and a half weeks’ sick-l
ness died. A swelling came in throat
which extended down to body and per-
haps affected her heart, as she drop-i
ped dead. Our local Vet. thought she
had been some constipated. F. T. G.,
Newport, Mich—I am inclined to be-{
lieve she had heart trouble which per-.
haps caused her death; however, your?
Vet. could tell if she died of bovhel:
trouble.

Switcher.——I have a colt four years’ )

old which switches when excited or,
bothered by her mate. Whenever
their heads get together she seems to‘
switch and act as if' she was going to
kick. J. V., Holland, Mich.——Why don’t
you bore a hole in each end of a
broom stick and tie one end to her hit
ring, the other end to mate—this will
keep their heads apart and possibly
by working her hard she will discon-
tinue this vice. After a mare of this
kind is spayed, they usually quieten.

Caked Udder—Capped Hock—My
12-year-old mare is due to foal May
26 and her bag has been swelled and
caked hard for the past week; besides
her hind legs are stocked and cap of
one leg is badly swollen. R. B., Lin—
don, Mich.—Apply one part fluid ex-
tract phytolacca and two parts olive
oil to caked udder twice a day, but
when she has her foal, be sure that
all this medicine is washed off bag be-
fore colt is allowed to suck. Give her
2 drs. acetate of potash at a dose once
a day and keep her bowels open. Ap-
ply one part tincture iodine and four
parts spirits of camphor to capped
hock three timse a week.

 

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MOST hog diseases are caused from
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PERCHERONS—Imposant, one of the heaviest
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Brood Mares as good, young stonk for sale.

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prices. also
some. Ayrshire bull calves fit for service. Terms
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Registered Clydesdale Stallions For Sale.

F. A. PETZ. CAPAC. MICHIGAN.

Registered Percherons.

Brood Mares. flilies and young stallions. Priced to
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HILL CREST FARM. Eaton Rapids, Michigan.

Pigeon Pon
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CATTLE.

Aberdeen-Angus Bulls.h

We re ofleri 12 extra good bulls. among t em
prize-.winnersB fihO Michigan State Fair 1914. Some
of them by Black Monarch 3rd d. Grand Champion
Bull of the Stete19 191 Other! by the Great Sir
Blackbird. sire of prise- winners. 3 from 9 to 20
mout tho 0 (1. Prices from more 50 each. Come
and look themover; the ill elem you. U L Clark.
Hunters Creek! ich. idney Smith. Manager

ABERDEEN-ANGUS

HERD FOUNDED IN 1900.
Strains represented consist of Trojan Ericas and
Blackbird: only. Black Quality Itch a bull of rare

individuality end merit. heads theh erd
WOODOOTE STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.

 

‘YnsniflEs—One of the foremost dairy breeds The
most eeonomicalmilk .roduoers. Calves
for sale. White Leg horn cookers Du uroo Jersey
swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint. Michigen.

our Rveogistered Aberdeen Angus Bulls. from ten
meec months old. Prices reasonable.
GEO. HATHAWAY & SON. Ovid. Michigan.

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Grass Lake, Michigan,
GUERNSEY CATTLE.

 

MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANG EVINE

BEACH FARM
GUERNSEYS

Combine the blood of the following great producing

sites and dams :—
Masher Sequel - - - 51 2. 5. Daughters

Galexy' s Sequel 3

GlenwoodBo y of Haddon 26 A. R. “
May Rose King- 21 . R. "
Dairymaid of inehurst - - 910 lbs. f‘a‘t
Dolly Bloom - - - - - L “
Imp. Itchen Daisy - - - - 714 ‘
Selma of Pinohurst - - - 761; “ ‘I
Stanford’s Princess - 720 “ '

Bulls for sale only.

A Dairy Show Every Day.
CAMPBELL 8i. AllGEVlllE, Goldwater. Mich.

IIrehred Guernseys. ‘2—ysnr-nld bull from A. R. stock, good
P individual. not registered. 1200103. Beef price. Also regis-
tered females and bred heifers. G. A. Wigont. n utervlict. Mich.

—B
For Selena
breeding.
REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL CALI/ES for sale cheap at

Winder-mere l'srm. Wutsrvlict. Mich. May Bone breeding.
Address. J. K. BLA‘I'CHPORD. Audilnrium Tower. Chicago. Ill.

 

 

istered GUERNSEY COWS.
WEEKS AND BULLS of choice
HWIUMAN Lnnmng. Mice.

 

)FGISTER Pl) GUElleEY Bl LL. 5 years old. for
1. sale c'nezI > on I|€'-’Olllll’a or iRnbroodmg. He is sure
and gentle. JOHN ERBELS. ..10 Holland Mich.

\ —~RE(‘ISTERED

(J UERNSE Y S BUL}. 0.1m...
ontainiug blood of world cham ions.

HICKS' GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. .S.. Mich.

 

 

‘1 UERNSEYS—Write for prices and particulars. 2'
(I bullsl yearold. Several bull calves, all from A. R.
cows and cows on test. Geo. N.(lrewford. Holton. Mich.

H EREFO RD; §3§°€w‘$“'}e§i“§f’a “4

ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Michigan.

Do You Want A Bull?

Ready For Service.

From a grand daughter of The King of the
Positions. Sirodb y ab lthat is more than a half
brother ton the Champion Holstein Cow of the

whose dam is smlb 65“ fat da hter
of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more lb.
daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.
EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.

HnlshlI-Fricsian Bull Calves Ready For Sonics.

Wfl'mqup B. B. B.EAVEY Akron. Michigan.

ESPANORE FARM.
LANSING. MICHIGAN.

Home of the great Holstei n Bull “PLEDGE SPOF-
1“”!ngi AL AleY lYT for” wggha AdROd hters.

incu nga year-o w a -pon been

from 20 to 32 pounds. u “L are

F01! SALE-4 III Ball sired by his final lull.

CHASE 8.08130“
ADAM E. racemes, i 0WD“-

HOLSTEINS Filll SALE

5 Good Bulls, ready for service.
10 Very Choice Bull Calves.
2 Two-year- old Heifers, bred.
1 Six-year-old grand-daughter of King
,dne In Decembe

L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.

 

 

 

 

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Bigelow’s Holstein Farms
breedsville, Michigan.

Highest Gloss licgiszcrel btock For Sale.

 

Fun ‘uE—Thnee young. Bog. Holstein cows. are safe

In calf. No culls Price 3175 each. Also
3 heifer calves 31% each. 2 bull calves. Wench. choice
breeding. PINE HILL FARM. 11.6, nekeview. MIoh.

 

ull Calf. ~3 sisters from 30 (Bto 34.31 lbs. Sire's sire
brother to Pontiac Korndyke.11am 22.92 lb. her
dnm has 2 30- lb. Sisters. M. I... chAULIN. Redford. lich.

 

BOIJSTEIN BULL CALF 5 mo old. good individu/nl
well grown from A. . dam. Sire' s dam has '1
day record 30.78 lbs butter and a le yearly
record. W. B. READER. Howell, Mic igan.

“Top-Notch" Holsteins.

Extra large fine young ball. 5‘ white. born Oct. 4. 1913.
am has oflclnl record of 3.40 lbs. butter in '1 days.
117 50 lbs in so do] 8110' s dam in la.“ lb. 4 yr. -old

daughter of a ll.-
EROON FAbBHB 00.. Howell. Kim.

Registered Stock Only
Breeder of the highest type of
HEAVY MILKERS
.IGELOW’S "01.8731" PARIS. Breedsvllle. Michigan

 

 

Bull calves and Herd Bull. Can
Reg' "0181:8111 supply all wants in Reg. Chester
White swine. yB. Parham. Bronson. Mich.

5 00 ”ELWEREB— Theron bred Holstein
$2 BULL CA 1". month old. if
white not eligible to registry. but exceptionally fine
by 24m. butter bull. Bongemont Farms. Detroit. Mich

F0" s‘tE—Registered Holstein bull ready for ser‘

Vice. mostly white. One hull oelf. born
April 24th mostly black. Price 825. Dams have A. 11.0
records. Ch cries 1. Cook. Box 438. Fowler-ville. Mich.

REG. HOLSTEIN BULL. 12 mo. old. dark in color.
Dam' a record 21. {>0 lbs. in 7 deyn. private record of
over 17.000 lbs. milki none your. Pri (3.310000.

D EWEY C. P1 ERSON, Hadley. Michigan.

EGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL. 4 months old.
dark markings. mlb three~year-old dam. Nib.
sire}; Rice indivigufal. well ‘mnrkemwfio: Delivered

't . a e arrive gnu-en
EOBnAg'rl‘pmVV. FAY. MASON. MICHIGAN.
Regis

I “Bloom; “cm" 35

Bolstein Bull Cal. tblood and best A. R. 0. back-
ing on both sides. BK White. Perfect and hon
some individual. Bougomont Farms. Detroit. MIch.

My
High Class HOLSTEINS herd
is headed by Smithdsle Alartra Pontiac, whose dam
is the famous Alcertra Polkedot. Have few you bulls
and females for sale at reasonable prices. Wi il buy
a few heifers about 15 months. not bred. Farm )6 mile
from court house. SETH B. RITBERT. Howellxlldich.

‘ —A $301 HOLS'I‘EIN calf

A Great 01’th for 3100. W rite for breed-
me extr: I grade heifers and bull calves.
HgLLCBEST FARM. Kalamazoo. Michigan.

FOR SALE ”Registered Holstein Bulls

ready for and bull calves. also females.
FREEMAN Ji. FISHBECK. Howell. Michigan.

egistered Holstein Bull Cell. whose sire is full
R brother to Lady Tobe Deliol. 3% yr. . 116.59
10 yr. 31. 66. ELMEB E. SMITH. Redford. Michigan.

HDLSTEIII BULL clLVES‘fi?“§%‘lli.i&i‘i‘.駧i$i:w

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

—Th best 1' '-
Holxiein-Friesian Breeds 0:0, “,0 £3.11
represented. D D. AI'I‘KEN. Flint. Michlgan.

IIOHIEIIL HOME ll! llllllllfi 881ml".
PEER. MICHIGAN
Breeder of High Grade Holstein Cattle. Lists and
prices upon application.

JERSEYS

FOR SALE

One Bull—Two Cows—One Heifer. All registered.
One cow soon to call. A bargain
at $450 Ior the bunch

NIXON FARMS, Brooklyn, Mich.

aplo Lane Registers! Merit Jersey Herd. Tuber-
oulin tested by U. S. Government. For sale bull
calves and heifer calves from B. of I. dams and
grand dams. and Hood Farm Sire
IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.

 

 

The Wiidwood Jersey Herd. Registered Jersey Cattle
of Quality. Majesty’ s Wonder 91117 one of the best
sons of Royal Majesty heads the Herd We offer for sale
a bull two years old and one ll) months old. boht by
Majesty" s Wonder and from dams that are capable of
Register of Merit requirements. Writs fc description and price

They me right. Come and see Alvin Balden. Capsc, Hich‘

 

Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.
of M. Cows. also helfer calm and several bred

heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie Coopersville, Mich.

 

Jerseys. Bulls ready for serum. oaextr uality sired
by Jacoha' s Fairy Emanon. 107111]. from high
producing dams. SM‘I’I TH ii: PARKER. Howell. Mich.

JERSEYS—411E REGISTER OF HER” Kllll.
BROOKWATER FARM. R. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich.
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let!!! lull: lor Sale {gfing‘fii’f‘ifit‘fii‘fifi'fi
semioificial test. B..8Wehner 8.6. Allegan. Mich.

 

 

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31 Ch. Shenatone
Albino

In Service

REGISTERED BULLS Fol SALE

Scotch t’O’I‘opped Beans and Reds. 12 to 24 months old.
reedyto In mule condition. by big sires end
outefeowsatstoengmil king‘rdu. Bred tor beef
and milk. flood csiflee roe-maids prices. Write or
seethemonfarmatLSitl. S Depotorbminuiea
nit from D. 1'. A I. Depot.

BIDWELL STOCK FAR.

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sale. DAVIDSONA HALL Tecumseh. I‘llchlgitll.

 

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FOB SALE—Shorthorn Bulls. red and mans. by 1'
sonsof Avondnle and Victor Linwood. both Interna-
tional winners. John Schmidt. 8.1 BeedCity. Mich.

' --You bulls mred by Bright-
:hlmns F“ ‘.l. Sunni-:18 Also cows and heifers.
W.B. MoQUILLAN, Howell or Chilean. Michigan.

Shorllwrn Cattle oi both Sex lor Sale

W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.

 

 

 

SllWfi —Deiry or beef bred. Breeding stock all
om: ages for sale at farmers prices. C. W Crum.
Secy Cant. lich. Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. IcBride. chh.

at 1 My
“all, 8M :hMlIOI'IS (PliII-Ze‘ltluggt‘hserd rIiiul‘lfiis for
sale. .I. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Micki!“-

 

 

$50 00 will procure a splendid BULL CAL?

of choice breedin
AddressN. A. COLE. Ypsilanti.li1ioh.

 

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Registered Oxford Down Sheep‘wiiiit’é?"

M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.

' —Yearlin and ram lambs from Champion
[CICCSlBIS flock of T‘lmmb of Mich. Also select Berk-
shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Mich.

 

 

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—Grand bunch of Gilts
Dumas & Victorias «33:33:, 13mg.
of Superbs. Defender. Much 00L. Brione and others.
Afew young boars. .OST O.RY Lowell Mich.

Berkshire Hogs—Choice gilts bred to furrow in March
and April. Also a number of Barred Plymouth
Rock Cookerels. Chase's Stock Farm. 8 No.1. Mariette. Mich.

' ——No more bred sows. Fine
llayallon Bred Burkshlrns mm... .0... 1 .0 3 ye...
old. Young sows and boars born last October. Prices
right.D LVALENTINE Supt.. ’Iemperance Mich.

' —~Bost breeding. best type: choice boars
BerhSlIlrfls readyforservice: prices reasonable: satis-

faction guaranteed. W. H. Every, Manchester. Mich.

 

AMPSHIBE Swine—Breedima stock of all Age
from most popular strains rite for breeding.
Inspection invited. Floyd My.ers B. 9. Decatur. Ind

Hampshire Swine, the kind that wears the bel’.
Spring pigs zmd two serxiceable boars. Prices
Papers furnished. 8. 0. MOST. Elsie. Mich.
T WINDS HAMPSHIRE SWINE. Bookingorders

for sow pigs immediate shipment No males to offer
1!. P. Hammond. owner. N. A. “Riser manager. Pontiac. Mich.

’ —Gilts bred for Aug. and Sept.
CheStar Whltes {arrow March pigs. either sex.
F. W. ALEXANDER, Vassar. Michigan.

Big Type, 0. I. 0’ s and Chester White Swine.u

400 full igs either sex.

30a. II no bred gilts and service males and we are
book ng orders for spring (pig , all our stock is good
enough that 1 will ship(‘ D. and reg. free in the
0.1. C. or Chester White Asso. We won. more prizes
than all other breeders "put together. at Ill... and
Wis. State Fairs. Write or Show record.

ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM
Cass City, - Michigan.

right.

 

 

 

pecial prices for the next

 

o |. c. —Spring boars all sold. We have some
fine fall pigs ready to ship

JOHN BERNEB &.SON Grand Ledge. Michigan.

 

prices. J. CARL JEWE'IT. Mason. Michigan.

0 1.09 —Servionble boars. Gilts bred for
S May and June I'.arrow I pay express.
G. P. ANDREWS. Densville. Michigan.

 

 

o |. c —Servicahle boars of Sept farrow. also
i l a few choice gilts bred for May
farmw. II. .MANN. Densvilie. Michigan.
0 L 6'8 -One serviceable fall bear and a few bred
gilts. a'so March and April pig-I pairs not
akin. Rog.freeand shipped ('. O. D. .l. w. llouell Ovid. Mich.

O I 0’ —Spring pigs. pairs and him. not
0 e S akin. from state fair winners.
AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Mich.
O L C.—25 sows bred for Spring farrow. 75 Full

.large and growthy Write your wants.
GLENWO D STOCK FARM. Zeeland Michigan.

 

 

 

0 l C. Choice Sept. pigs. either sex. ('hoiec Gilt duo lune
e ‘2l priic $25. will take orders for March. April and May
pigs. not akin. ALVIN V. HATT. Grass Lake. Mich.

0 I C! ~—STRICTLY BIO TYPE. Have a few
I a 5 (like left bredf for early May farrow.
Also a d yearling sow bredf or early May furrow
Will sol 01193 to make room for my spring pigs
Sept pigs eit er sex. goodones. Am booking orders
for Spring pigs. Can furnish in airs or tries. not
akin. Siredb vsome of the largest Ioars of the breed.
NEWMAN' S bS'IOCK FARM R. No.1 .Mnrlette.Mich.

o. I. C. SWIN E‘m on the

market for a

choice bred so furrow the last of Aug. or fore

partA of Sept. P If you are. write me.1 have them.
A. J. GORDEN. No.2 ,Dorr. Michigan

 

 

 

o. I. C! ——Two good boars 1? months old good
5 last fall pi s. either sex. and this
spring boars. 56 mile westo depo
OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Michigan.

 

o. I. C’s—Fall and :pgim‘z: pigs. not airtimdboth
sexes. as Is no ion guaran so
A. R. GRAHAM. Flint. Michigan

0. I. ll. Pigs, 8 is 10 Weeks 0M 31.

Registered free. C. J.'I‘h

 

Pairs not
akin 318.
Thompson, Rockford. Mich.

Way Broiler: Slack Farm. 33:. 3?:‘3'8 £533.53
for sale. Registered free. J. R. Way. Pompeii. Mich.

DUROC JERSEYS—AM few.i lfIIJI those?“ and 12

CAREY U. EDIONDSb. III-links. Michltan-

DUROC JERSEYS.

From Prize-Winning Stock.
Write. or better still. come.

Bmivaier FaImJIIII lrior,lllch.,ll.F.B.l.

Ofud Herd Dame Jersey Swine. Hahn-bed 1m
oung hours and bredso ws for Ba a.le I pav the
express. J. H. BANGHART. Lansing. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

0.1.0 Registered Pigs 315152.535 _

 

 

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23 MONTHS 0

I have started more breeders on the road to sue-
oessthan any man living. I have the l argest and flu-

eet on“herd in the 17.8 S.Every one an early developer.
rendl y for its market gt six months‘olialfll I Tint to
one one 03 one community 0 vert so my
n.oI-d “Write for my plan “Howto ake Money from
ES. "MI-II.I.I..| o Poul-d. ”loll.

 

 

 

UROC m’ng-YS—‘A few bred gilta. full male-s rI-mly f r
horn end Buff Rock can for as 9.-

W142
J. McNICOLL Station A. R. 4. Bay City. Michigan.

EAVY BONED DUROC JERSEYS FOR SALE.
Some extra ritospring pigs rot-d) to stun
M. A. BRAY. Okemos. lngham CI) . Michigan.

 

 

Dncherseys. Big boned service boars: gilts for
June ntrow. bred to son of Volunteer. Gd. l‘h: Imn.
at19121nternationul.i‘. l Drndt. it. No. 1. Monroe, Mich

 

UROC Jersey bred giltn. bred for Aug and Pepi.
furrow from leading blood lines: also a few good
boars. ll rite for circular and prices. W C Taylor Milne. Mich

STRICTLY 8.1‘. Polandl— Absolutelv nonolargeror

better. My herd represents best herds In If. 8
Spring it fall farrowlpigs at bargain prices. Satisfac~
tion guaranteed . I). Kruger. Rsvenna. Mich.

 

 

. A few choice boars ready for service.
”lilac JETSUYS- from prize winning stock. Cliff
Middleton. Idlewild Farm. Ii. 1" D No Clayton.Mich.

 

— March pigs either sex. sired by a son
lllll‘oc JET“, of Volunteer Champion of 3 State Fairs
and Chicago Show “11912. E. H. Norris. Monroe. Mich.

 

to farrow in August also small
nuroc 10188! SW: Pigs and Holstein Bulls one
from 24 lb. cow sired by Prince Sogis Korndyke 8th.
I BANK ROBBINS. Monger. R. 1. Mich.

DUROC JERSEYS 35:31:33.2:
either sex. from choice strains. 8. 0. STAR MAN.
CHERRY LAWN FARM. Shepherd. Michigan.

f th
POLAND CHINAS rgady fgr :gvigpeSowngrgd

for spring fin-row. A. A Wood A: Son. Saline. Mich

MY OH MY!
What an Opportunity.

Starting May lst we are going to giIe to the farm-
era and breeders an opportunity to get Still ted right
in the breeding industry. We are going to give you
a chance to get hold of foundation stmk that will
give you a nucleus for one of the finest and best
herds in your commuIIitI. e are going to show you
as we have others that you will have greater
with our big typ

POLAND CHINAS

than sith any other breed. We want to place at
least one pig. or a pair in every communlty. to adver-
the our herd If in terosted write for our plan and
prices. HILLCRBZSTP ARM. Kalamazoo. Mich.

LARGE TYPE P c —Eki_therAsex. pairs and trim. not
- b k
bred gilts. W'. J. HAdlELSBnAWDO Aisguiiirfmlaiéhr

Bi" Type Poland Chins Boers end Oilts Plenty of
size and greatzguality. I know I can p ease you.
OBEHT MARTI I". D. No. 7. Hastings. Mich.

POLAND CHINAS‘T he type that wins. weighs.

and pays—big u lLll quality.
Brod FD\\.‘~ and pigs either sex. Afrmun gorse.
SPPING BROOK FARM. Thrre Oaks, Michigan

OLAN1)(‘HINA BRED GILTS—B Bargains in big.
heavI bone fall boars. Satisfaction guaranteed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G. W. HUL’ION. R. No 11. Kalamazoo. Michigan.
' ‘ ——Choice browdinr. s I
53‘ TYPE Pillalld chmas pigs either sex. {3:197}!ng

Igrpe fummhed .l. J. Helslmu ll‘rlllh. 1 :Ike 0. Mich.

 

LONG Bodied Heavy Boned Poland China. ~\mirling
and fall boars nr Bargains. B. l’. lifII'k Eggs
$1 per 15. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson, Michigan.
[Ci TYPE P. C. ~Two hours old soon '11 for
Hired in Big Smoth Jumbo. Pigs either sgg‘gggl
by HoosiorGiant 2nd J. E. Brcithwaito Hraut Mich.

Poland Chi as, either sex. all ages Somethinggood
at a lo“ riIe Bargains in hours ready for ser-
vi(e. P l) ONG, ll 1", 118. Grand Rapids. Mich.

ready for service and . “vi with
Large Shainl’. B. Boar: p... I. h... .1 n. s... to.
fall fairrm nf the host breeding. in be h; Ill :II luv” you orices
for the next iii days must lune the mm" {In

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H. 0. SWARHIZ Schoolcraft, lMichigan.

FALL PIGS AT HALF PRICE

Bred from the largest strain of Poland Chines on
earth. none bigger. If you ever expect to own a
Istered Poland hina. this is' your opportunity (in;
busy and order at once. Pa Irs and trios not akin $15
each. CBU’I‘LItli. Portland, Mich Bell Phone.

10 '1 ype boars by Big Smooth J mbo.

bosr in State. 748 lbs at 17m Ell‘heee £2833?!
long tall. big bone sold at farmers prices. shipped
(l I} n (1,.” or write. Wm. Waffle. Goldwater Mpirh.

LARGE TYPE P. C.

est in Michl an.
Bred gilts all so (i. A few extra goodgfall pigs priced
to move them quI ck

W. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma, Mich.

liegisteredA Yorkshire boars. cows and April pigs
fromM . stock. at farmer’s III-Ices. The type
that is marketable at any age. No onwine descase
farm for 2) years. Dr. Oribbe A8011. WatervlieLMicl:

50 yonxsmlfis“All egos. Red Polled Cattle.
Rocks. I. R Ducks. £x§or%Al)§IgnH§::legp. Mich.
YORKSHIRE SWINE. Boar- ready for service.

A gilt bred for June farm W 1
weeks old. GEO. S. MCMULLE§,Gm:%an:ngg.fl1§-lllo

.'-—“ i
luleiool Hogs: mfiinin‘iga‘iifi

service boars. 0.1”

cm; riotfnkin. Bred
or a arrow. two
BNACO N. Ridgewny. Mich.
Lillie Farmstead Yorkshires. Bears ready for service.

Gilts brod forSept farrnw Spri ngpipl. airsgpd

trios. not akin. Colon (‘. Lillie. ('oopersvil e. Mich.

Registered Yorkihires

The World’s Bacon Breed.

Imported Strain. Both Sexes.
Prices Reasonable.

Hatch llerd, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
YORKSHIRES

Dredgilts. servieeboers. tember ndO H ‘ .
Prices reasonable. w. '6. 00K. 113.42. AdosieMplg:

Fr lab lawn lur 513333;” 1...... “(iii

a pure bredbo boar and increase the quality of I mm b
WATERMAN 6: WATERMAN, Ann Arbor, Michignegri.

 

 

 


 

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