nan—L..-g,.._.....¢.. ”+3; 4&%%%V The Only Weekly Agricultural, VQL. CXLlV. No. 22 ' Whole Number 3834 .7' / ; {gym/ex; 71’5’51/2' ., ..;.», , \ . DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1915. RMAM ED 1843 Horticultural, and Live Stock Journal in the State. 50 CENTS A YEAR. 32 FOR 5 YEARS. Lessons from a Typical Farm Survey HE farm management demonstra- 'tion now in progress in Sagi- naw county under the direction of the Saginaw County Farm Bureau, with the assistance of an agent of the Michigan Agricultural College and the United States Department of Agricul- ture is of particular interest to a large number of farmers of the state because the area in which this work is being done is a region where gen- eral farming, with some live stock, is the prevailing type and this is prob- ably the dominant type in Michigan. This area can be inscribed in a cir- cle of four miles radius, with the vil- lage of Chesaning as the center. Run- ning out from the village through this territory are three important roads, one extending east, one west, and the other a short distance south, and sev- eral dirt roads, which puts every man in the area in close touch with a mar- ket. The general appearance of the farms is good. Nearly all are well fenced and large attractive farm build- ings are the rule. The Purpose of Demonstration Work. This demonstration work is done for the purpose of showing each farm- er of the community how the funda- mental principles of farm management apply on his own farm and in his own community. These fundamental prin- ciples are recognized by the success- ful farmers from their own experi- ence and observations, although in most cases they fail to realize that these ordinary, every-day observations of theirs are scientific facts of great- est importance. Each farmer in this area has been visited at his home and a detailed study of his farm business‘for one year has been made. Seventy-six farms Were visited in this way and the ten farms which are most suc— cessfully putting into practice the rec- ognized principles of gOOd farm man- agement were 4 selected as models. Each farmer in the area has been giv- en a written report which not only summarized his own farm business for the year, but showed him how his bus- iness compares in the more important details with theaverage of these ten best managed farms and also the aver- age of the entire number. With these comparisons and the summary chart before him, he can easily see weak spots in his own farm business. This work will probably be continued for a series of years with the idea that those things which Show as the weak- est spot in the organization of the farm business can be strengthened and improved and as these weak plac- es become remedied the next weak spots will be discovered and remedied in their turn. It is indeed an excep- tionally well managed farm where no weak spots can be found in the farm business. . Methods and Results of Work. In-making this detailed study of the farm‘~business a complete list of all farm expenses and farm receipts is made. The expense column includes taxes and all the cash expense of the farm but none of the family or per- sonal expense. It also includes a charge for the estimated extra cost of board and washing for the hired help as well as the estimated charge for any unpaid farm work done by mem- bers of the family, other than the farmer himself. The receipts column includes all the cash sales of the farm and any increase in the value of the farm property. In case the inventory shows a decreased value of farm prop- ery, that decrease is included in the expense column. Subtracting from the total receipts all the farm ex- penses and interest (five per cent) on the total investment, we have the la- bor income of the farmer. This and borhood. Even some of the ten most profitable farms had weak places in the organization of the farm and the owners after studying the comparison were convinced that there is a need of some changes and these when made will probably still further increase their income. The important factors that influence labor incomes of the farmers in Sagi- naw county are size, quality and diver- sity. The following charts illustrate how size of the farm business affects labor income. In preparing these charts the 76 farms were first sorted according to the number of acres of crops per farm, then according to the number of animal units, and then ac- .'&:_ _ :f,‘ , man wait was ifoR l u OWE mum RIVWBERED, ' THEY 51mm OUR ANGER EOEEVErx, j Wilt/l mEY LAUREL mE Gilli“) trauma ll UNDER it 70» AND THE DEV. WAITING TEEJUDo/Ylmi DAY LOVE AND 1mm an TnE bLuE‘ Tum AND LOVE EON/1E GRAY. llI“||IIIHHIHHHIHIIIIHIIIIHIIIHHHHHHIHIIIIIIIIIIIHIHHIIIHIH”I”Hlllfl|||l|Ii|IIll|IHIHHIIHIHHHHIIIIIllI”HI|HIHill”llIllIIUHHUINHIIHHUHHHI|llIlHHIillIHillllllnllwl'llll‘luit! rlliEIIIIHHIINHNHHHIIIH the living which the farm has furnish- ed the family is what the farmer re- ceives for his year’s work. The ten best organized farms in this area made an average labor in- come this year of $1,410, while the average of all farms studied was only $497, and one-third of the farms did not make hired man’s wages for the farmer himself. It can readily be seen that the paying farms are good object lessons for the farmers who are not making interest and good wages. It is not the purpose of this farm man- agement demonstration work to show which farms are paying and which farms are not paying, but rather to show each farmer in the community how his farm compares in each of the important factors that determine farm profits with the standard maintained by the profitable farms of his neigh- cording to the total investment in live stock, tools, feed and supplies of all kinds, but not including the invest- ment in the real estate. (For purposes of comparison of this kind, it is esti- mated that on the average 100 hens or seven sheep or five hogs consume as much feed and make as much manure as a horse or cow, and two growing animals on the average consume as much as one grown animal. An animal unit is thus defined as one mature horse or cow or their equivalent in other kinds of stock). Average Acres of Crops. Labor Income. 15—44 27 farms $260 44—70 28 farms 530 70—154 21 farms 749 No. of Animal Average Units. Labor income. 4—12 28 farms $189 12—17 23 farms 602 17—48 25 farms 745 Farm property not including Average Real Estate. Labor Income. $ 700 500 26 farms $184 1500— 2200 25 farms 481 2200— 6700 25 farms 839 The last chart shows how necessary it is that a farmer have a fairly large investment in live stock, tools and supplies necessary to equip and oper- ate a farm. The average farmer who did not have sufficient equipment of this kind did not make hired man’s wages last year. This suggests that a young man had better not begin gen- eral farming for himself until he can own or secure on credit a reasonably large equipment. The following charts illustrate some of the ways used to measure quality on the farms in this series of demon- strations. Receipts per Average Animal Unit. Labor Income. $21—$54 18 farms $192 55— 62 19 farms 641 63— 79 19 farms 667 80— 125 ' 20 farms 477 Yields as com— pared to aver- Average age on all farms. Labor Income. 3 - 84% 20 farms $237 85— 99% 21 farms 441 100——115% 16 farms 392 116——137% 19 farms 878 Crop acres Average per horse. 7—15 24 farms 16—21 24 farms 344 22—36 28 farms 564 Crop acres Average Labor Income. 23 per man. Labor Income. 15—34 23 farms 16 35—49 28 farms 414 50—88 25 farms 757 Farming in the Saginaw Valley is generally much diversified, and seems to be the most profitable type to fol- low. Evidently specialized farming does not pay under Saginaw condi- tions, as the farmer who had only two or three important sources of income failed to realize satisfactory returns the past year, while those with as high as six to ten important sources of in- come averaged $988 for their labor in- come. A comparison of the labor in- comes of these 76 farms shows that those farmers whose incomes were about half from cash crops and half from animals, had much larger net re- ceipts than did those depending al- most, entirely on either crops or ani- mals. The unusual high price pre- vailing the past winter for cash crops and the low prices for farm animals proved very much to the disadvantage of the live stock farmer. Heavy rains in June damaged the hoed crops on low land and, of course, was felt more keenly by the cash crop farmers than those depending in large part upon stock for their income. The Best Records. The highest labor income in the area studied is $1,914 and was made on a 210 acre farm. Crop acres on this farm were 107, total animal units 30.9, receipts per animal unit $56.00, crop acres per horse 24, crop acres per man 53, crop yield somewhat above the average, and diversity splendid. there being ten important sources of income. The labor income of the best (Continued on page 61!). 614—2 ' y‘fu , :w‘ > s ‘THE MICHIGAN FARMER MAY 29, 1915. The Michigan Farmer ambushed 1m." cmsm ms. The Lawrence Publishing Co; Editors and Proprietors. 39 to 55 Congress St. West. Detroit. Elohim unmet-noun MAIN 4525. 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A small percent- age 01' the hosts of the great Civil conflict are still with us, and as long as any remain, they will have the “right of the line,” to be followed in turn by the soldiers of the Spanish conflict. of a hundred days, and the turbulent period of Philippine occu- patlon. This year sees all of the period of the Great Rebellion pass the half cen- turn mark, the fiftieth anniversary of its every battle and history-making event, has been celebrated. As “Sleep—tired nature’s sweet restorer Gathers up the ravelled sleeve of care,” so time will/h’cal the deepest wounds of the human heart, and this day the Almerican historian can record no more splendid spectacle than the patriotic unity that finds North and South—— the veterans of the blue and the veter- ans of the gray—following the same flag. The thought of our memorial design in this Decoration Day issue is obvi- ous—--the passing of the last vestige of the rancor and hate of the great struggle between the North and the South in the early sixties. Never before in earth’s history has such widespread, deadly enmity been transformed into such genuine friend- ship. It is the American spirit. It is typi- cal of the Great Republic—the Land of Peace. “Peace always rules the day When reason rules the mind.” CURRENT COM M ENT. There is no more Studying Farm profitable line of Management. study for the aver- age farmer than that embraced in the broad problem of farm management. There is no bet- ter available source, of information on this subject, outside of one’s own lim- ited experience and observations, than the farm surveys which are being con. ducted by the Department of Agricul- ture in cooperation with the various agricultural colleges. ' ‘ Of these investigatiOns . those con- ducted in Michigan unquestionably af- ford the best source of information for Michigan farmers who ‘would study farm “management problems lath-e an stmct. ' The leading article in this is- sue deals with the results of a farm survey conducted in Saginaw county in a section which is typical of gen- eral farming as practiced over a large section of our state. The facts set forth and the conclusions arrived at by the investigators cannot but be of interest to every farmer who operates under similar conditions to those de- scribed in this article. Like other farm surveys conducted in our state, this survey emphasizes the fact that our diversified agriculture is a valu- able asset to the farmers of the state, since, other things being equal, the farmer who has a number of sources of income averages making a larger labor income than the farmer who de— pends on one or two special sources of inCome only. In like manner this sur- vey shows in common with those which have preceded it that for satis- factory results so far as labor income is concerned, it, is, essential that the farm be well equipped with live stock and other personal property required in carrying on the business, this being of relatively greater importance than the size of the farm. It is also im- portant that the crop acres per man and per horse be proportionately high in order to secure a satisfactory labor income, granted always that the qual- ity of management is such that the labor is well distributed throughout the season so as to avoid the neglect of any crop. TheSe surveys should be carefully studied by every Michigan Farmer reader to the end that the solution of personal farm management problems may be simplified by the application of some of the general principles re- vealed by these investigations. In another column Farming without of this issue will be Live Stock. found the first of a series of articles on the general subject of stockless farm- ing. In order that the reader may not misunderstand the purpose of these articles, we take this opportunity to explain that in giving prominence to the facts which will be brought out in this discussion it is not intended that the reader shall get the idea that the Michigan Farmer advocates the aban- donment of live stock as a prominent factor in Michigan agriculture. Under normal and average conditions there is no doubt that it will be found both beneficial to the farm and profitable to the owner to maintain some kind of live stock on the farm and to make live stock products of some sort a con. siderable factor in the production of the farm. It is desired, however, to disabuse the minds of many readers of an er- roneous idea that the maintenance of live stock on the farm is necessarily a factor in the conservation of soil fertility. While this is undoubtedly the case under proper management, yet as the ordinary farm is managed there is room for grave doubt on this point, and when this fact is taken into consideration in connection with the important fact that a very considera- ble portion of the live stock maintain- ed upon our farms is not of a quality or kept in a manner which will pay its owner a pro-fit, the importance of a better understanding of this question of the relation of live stock to soil fertility becomes apparent. The first essential step in the dis cussion of this question is to empha- size the fact that sci-1 fertility cannot only be maintained without live stock but as well that to secure the maxi- mum of desirable results on the farm where live stock is maintained the same principles and practices must be observed and followed as in maintain- ing soil fertility without the keeping of live stock on the farm. Given the some quality of management, live stock farming will, become proportion- ately more profitable, hence the im- portance of an impartial discussion of those principles and practices. ‘Gen- eral contributions on this subject will be welcomed, as it is one upon which successful experience is more credit- able than more theory. An inquiry recent- ly conducted by the U. S. Bureau of {Mucaticn revealed the fact that out of some 3,000 teachers covered by the inquiry, 73 live in homes provided by the community. Other information se- cured in this inquiry indicated to the officials of the bureau that teachers having such homes apparently become more permanent community leaders than is possible under other condi- tions. This investigation showed that the average time for which public school teachers remain in any given school is less than two school years of 140 days each. The average age at which teaching is begun is 19 years, and the average number of years in which teachers follow the work is six and one-half. This inquiry substanti- ates the general idea that public schools of the country are largely taught by young unmarried people who have no intention of following the business as a profession. Apparently as a result of the facts developed by the inquiry, Mr. Foght of the bureau, in commenting upon the desirability of permanent homes for rural teachers, favored the compulsory provision of a teacher’s cottage in close proximity to every school plant, believing that thereby the tendency to make teaching a permanent profession would be stimulated. This suggestion. would seem to be entirely impractical under present conditions in our own state, yet it is probable that average school conditions in Michigan are not much, if any, above the standard found to prevail throughout the country. There is unquestibnably room for im« provement in our rural schools, and it needs only the interest and attenion of school patrons and public spirited citizens generally to bring about a de- sirable degree of such improvement. It is not too early to take cognizance of our duty and obligation in this re- gard to the end that when the annual school meeting is held in July steps may be taken to make some degree of improvement in the conditions sur- rounding every rural school in Mich- igan. Country Schools. ALWAYS SIGN YOUR NAME. Frequently we receive inquiries to which the sender has failed to sign his name. W'e cannot give service in reply to inquiries where the name and address of the inquirier is not given. The name will not be published when request to this end is made, but both name and address must be given in order to receive attention when ad- dressing an inquiry to the Michigan Farmer. LESSONS FROM A TYPICAL FARM SURVEY. (Continued from first page). paying 80 acres was $1,469. Although this farm is somewhat lacking in one important essential for a most suc- cessful farm business, viz., crop acres, yet it is so well organized in every other respect that a remarkable labor income was secured. This farm had 57 crop acres, 17.9 animal units, re- ceipts per animal unit $79, crop acres per horse 19, crop acres per man 52, yields much above the average and diversity the best, there being nine important sources of income. This kind of demonstration work is a new feature of agricultural exten- sion work in Michigan which is prov- ing of great benefit to the individual farmer and to the whole community. It is also thought _ that reports like this given .to the press from tune to time as the work progresses in the various counties will be of great value to the thoughtful tanner who Wishes. to organize; his own firm in a m- ner to some the highest emote-c7 of both capital and labor in its mage- ment. which in turn will bring the 181mm: net returns without hoover- isbing the mm A it. J. Bum", Supt. of Extension Work. .... .~-—.--_.. HAPPENfllGS OF THE WEEK. Foreign. . The'European Wan—Italy has final- ly decrded to cast her fortune with the belligerent nations of Europe and last week declared war against Austria to take effect on Monday. It had been fully expected that the Italian govern- ment would ultimately join with the Allies 1n the big conflict and there seems to be an opinion among bush ness men that the war will be short- ened by reason of her participation. Fighting in the western war zone has been largely confined to the line from Arras in northern France to the Bel- glan coast. While each side seems to have made slight advances at different points the positions are practically as they were a week ago. Over the re- mainder of the line to the border of Switzerland nothing of importance has come to our notice. In the east the Russians seem to have stemmed the advance of the AustmGe-rman army into Galicia and are now hopeful of the success of offensive flank move- ments in southern Poland; large Rus- sian forces have been concentrated at Warsaw to reinforce the drive. Minor successes of the land forces of the Allies along the Dardanelles are re‘ ported and a submarine has sunk two torpedo boats and two transports, one of which was loaded with soldiers. A furious attack on the British forces entrenched at Kaleb Tepe by two di~ visions of Turks was repulsed with heavy losses to the latter, according to news from Paris. The British government has been reorganized to better unite the various parties during the war. Internal fric- tion appeared to be hampering mili- tary activity and to put the country in a position of greater security demand- ed that a coalition government take public .matters in hand till the present cmsrs 13 over. A triple collision which occurred near Carlisle, England, resulted in 158 persons being killed and nearly 200 in- jured. Most of the victims were sol- divers of the Royal Scots regiment. National. The verdict in the libel suit brought by Wm. Barnes, of Albany, New York, against Colonel Roosevelt on a charge of slander during the campaign of 1912, resulted in a verdict for Mr. Roosevelt. ' Just what efiiect the entering of the war by Italy will have upon business in this country is diflficult to state. Generally speaking, concerns whose activities would likely be influenced by the war had discounted the effect beforehand. Wall street appeared to consider the move favorably, as stocks took on a more active tone with prices going upward following the announce- ment of Italy’s cabinet. The belief is that the war will be terminated soon~ er, which is considered an improve‘ ment in our business outlook.‘ Trad- ing continues to improve and the steel market is such as to attract specu- lators to take hold of that market. Our relations with Germany, while not settled, appear to be less of an obsta- cle than they seemed a week ago. Crop conditions in this country have suf- fered a little by reason of damage to wheat in Missouri, Kansas and Okla- homa, where the crop is now declared to-be about 13 points below conditions a month ago. State Superintendent Keller issend- ing to all of the school bounds of the state a circular impressing the need of cleaning and repairing school build- ings and premises during the summer vacation period. ‘ The amount of war munitions ship- ped abroad from the United States is reported by officials at Washington as being comparatively very small. Enough cartridges have been sent out to last 480,000 men one day, and the powder exported would furnish 2,000 guns with that explosive for ten min- utes. Michigan legislators, after being called back to Lansing to correct an error in the highway bill, took advan— tage of their presence at the capitol and passed several measures over the Governor’s veto. Among the measures made law by a two-thirds vote was a bill to make Lapeer county a separate judicial circuit and another which gives/the owner of a. garage a lien on an automobile where he has made re- pairs thereon. ' The trustees of the Michigan Anti- Saloon League will meet in ' June 10 to take up the matter of the submission of petitions for a' constitu- tional amendmnt, to provide for state mdeom , . _ ., ., . ' ‘ V , . - early winter. MAY 29, 1915. . ' ' Stocklcss HERE was a time not long ago when writers were nearly all saying that soil fertility could not be maintained without live stock. But, fortunately, experience has shown that there are other ways, not only to conserve fertility but to in- crease it as well. More than that, the stock sometimes does harm as well as good at other times, so we cannot af- ford to keep stock unless we get more returns in that business than in other lines. My first lesson in this line came as a great surprise to me. I had sown a piece of new ground to clover and timothy and mowed part of it and sold the hay for a number of years without putting a thing back on the land and at the same time I pas- tured the other part. As the clover had been gone out of the land for some time and timothy is considered to be hard on land, I expected that the next crop would be much the best on the pasture land and was much sur— prised to find that the old meadow produced much the best crop. Then I remembered that the stock had eaten the grass so close that there was but little top left and that the THE MICHIGAN FARMER Farming everything back on the farm but it is certain that all cannot do that as there are many things that must be raised that must be sold for use else- where so there is a constant going out from the farm of fertility that must be replaced and I think the legumes with the clovers at their head will do the work if given a fair chance. I have seen hundreds of acres of poor land made productive by the use of common clover and in many cases more than pay all expenses in othei crops while the improvement was be- ing made and I feel sure the improve- ment is not due entirely to the nitro- gen gathered and the better mechan~ ical condition of the soil. The ground is more or less filled with water that is soaking down to lower depths or being brought back by capillary at- traction, and as this water contains mineral substances in solution, the clover in elaborating the plant food from this water keeps the mineral sub- stances in it near the surface, ready for the next crop as soon as the clo- ver decays. Other plants can do the same and all of them help keep the vegetable ~‘Passn§e 8 COvI/s Humane:- Teed Alley ._ Box Stalls reed Alley Inner * 61a”: Tor & Horses ‘MM' IIIIHIIIIIIHlixIIIllliIIIi1IIIIIIIIIIIHIHIHIIIIIIIIHIIHliIIlliIHIIIIIIIIHiliIIIIllIHHHHiiHilIiEiliIllefi‘... roots were very short, too, so there was not near so much to turn under as there was in the meadow. Since then I have seen many fields that were pastured so close the sod got light and did not amount to much to turn under and though nearly everything was put back on the ground that grew there, yet they did not produce as well as other fields that were farmed without any fertilizer only the sod that grew on them. My observations have convinced me that green manure is one of our best sources of fertility and it is a waste of fertility to pasture our grass land too close, especially in the fall or One of the best uses I have found for farmyard manure is to put it on the thin sod to make itgrow thicker and thus-get‘a double benefit from it. Let- those-who rehoose feed my: PM“... .. n13"? e an 5......» z 1.7 Degas—s...- tutti.Imuaumim.iimmullinmmimimil:iimuti:linilmliesmiiiilllIslit:IlHzmuinimitiiillliitlifl mold in the soil, and when the ground is full of vegetable mold the nitrogen fixing bacteria combine and do some work even when the clover is plowed Under and other crops growing, and they will be ready for business as soon as the clover is sown again. In this manner the soil is permanently benefited and I do not believe that most good soils will run out if kept well clovered. Isabella Co. F. G. SMITH. (This is the first article of a series on the subject of Farming Without Live Stock, the thirtieth special topic toEtae discussed in consecutive issues. — s. FIRE PROTECTION ON THE FARM. .Next to the destruction by war comes destruction by fire. The farm- er who lives away from the city fire department has no assistance to fall back upon and when the electrical storms _of the hot weather smite his property he has to see it go, when often some simple thing might have prevented it at the start. Fire protection on the farm is a consideration which I am sorry to say, is overlooked by most farmers, but there are various ways of installing rural fire protection. for example, an overhead water tank may suffice, or a steam or gasoline force pump, one run by gasoline being the better. The first thing to be looked to dur- ing a barn fire is the animals. They should have first right of considera- tion. Man’s imagination can only pic- ture what a fate burning to death would be, by the comparison of small burns on the body. It might be well to remember that lightning is more likely to follow a path identical with a draft of air. For instance, there are two windows, both open opposite each other in such a. way as to form a draught of air. This is why it is not safe to be near an open window during an electrical storm. Opposite windows and doors should at once he closed during an electrical storm. \Vayne Co. M. E. MORET. MANURE ON PASTURES. On most farms there are more or less piles of half—rotted manure lying around the barnyard that are in the way at threshing time but would be Valuable if well scattered over the pastures. Usually in the spring of the year the pastures yield an abundance of feed but require lots of manure to maintain the supply for the long sum- mer time and keep it thriving till the fall period of flush feed. \Vhile the cattle will not take to these top-dress- ed plots for a time after they are cov- ered, the manure-covered places will yield a good supply of food at the very time of the season when pasture is most needed. And again the stock will eat more closely in these places and therefore the grass will go through next winter in much better shape and aiford pasture several days sooner than had it not been top— dressed. \Vhen one hauls manure on a grass field, he has the assurance that, noth- ing is wasted. The manure gets mix- ed with the, soil that is to grow the ' crop the following season, when the vegetable matter is in such a condi- tion that it can begin its work of con- serving moisture without the danger of destroying capillary union at, the bottom of the furrow slice and cutting off subsoil moisture in a dry season, as is often the case when a coating of coarse manure is plowed under. Lap’eer Co. M. A. CRAWFORD. ALFALFA AFTER CLOVER. I have a field of five acres now in rlover. Would, you advise cutting the clover the latter part. of June, then plowing and working the land to pre- pare a good seed bed and seed the field to alfalfa without a nurse crop? Huron Co. J. W. R. While there could be no objection to the plan proposed from the stand- point of getting a seeding of alfalfa, yet from the standpoint of best farm management, this would not in the writer’s opinion, be a good plan. 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I ~ li’ Cleveland Cream Sop-rotors get ‘ all the cream. Theyale gum- longor. Fewest. part: to clean. They cost less because they 8“ all the cream Agents wanted. he {lacked Cm— Sc’rnor Cm. 1017 Power Ave. Cleveland. Ohio .. um. m . ox. duck- WINTEDVWQ‘ “swab“: an- mulled. m of L. nan-oil’s“... Mich. THE MICHIGAN FARMER ROM time immemorial the sheep has been a. companion of, and a. contributor to, the needs and comforts of man. The sheep has been a source from which man has secured palatable, healthful and nutritious food, and has also secured material from which comfortable, durable and beautiful clothing hasbeen made. The wool of the sheep has been a blessing and a, necessity for the infants that were wrapped in swaddling clothes, the people of middle life to protect them from the cold, and the octoge- narian who requires the woolen clothes to assist in maintaining the heat of the body to a comfortable degree. The sheep in ages past have yield‘ ed_a beneficial influence in aiding to develop civilized man to his high de- gree of excellence in character. The mature male sheep has been recog- nized as the embodiment of strength and courage; even worshiped and claimed as a totem and ancestor. The little lamb has been considered the emblem of innocence, and like a help- less child has awakened within the minds of the human kind genuine pity, love and sympathy. It must be admitted by thinking ones that the finer feelings and sensibilities of the human kind have been increased and improved by associating with, and caring for, the lambs of the flock. Sheep in America. From the time our forefathers land- ed on the shores of America, and be- gan the task of clearing away the for- ests, filling the fields and supplying the necessities of their families, sheep have constituted an important part of the live stock kept on the farms. The wool cards, the spinning wheel and the loom once constituted a part of the necessary equipment in the farm home, for it was from the wool of the sheep that the clothing for the people of the northern states was made. The flesh was utilized as food and the fat (fallow) was the material from which the candles were made for lighting the homes at night. As people used their wits to save their hands and increase the possibil- ities of accumulating wealth, machin- ery was invented and factories sprung up and cities were builded. The mak- ing of cloth and clothing was taken from the home to the factories. The workmen and their famliies required the products of the farms on which to live and markets were established, wool being among the things produced and sold to meet the requirements of the trade. For many years the demands of the markets for the wool waxed and wan- ed within short periods of time. For a period of a few years the prices for wool were satisfactory to the farmers, and the numbers of sheep were in- creased to be followed by a decline if there was anything arose that inter- fered with the regular movements of trade. I well remember the rapid de- cline in the values of sheep and wool during the few years that followed the panic of 1857. Sheep were slaughter- ed by the thousands, and only the pelts and tallow saved. The war of the rebellion came on and after a pe- riod of five years of depression the demand for wool for army clothing stimulated and increased prices until in 1864 clothing W001 sold for a dollar a pound. The war closed in 1865, the demand for wool fell off and in 1867 the sheep were slaughtered by the thousands, the pelts saved and the better class of carcasses were sold on the markets of our large cities at 25 cents each. At that time the actual value of mutton as food, was not known or apreciated. Since the Civil War Period. Since the close of the war of the rebellion the sheep industry has had a remarkable growth in several por- tions of the world. . The doubling of Profit from, Sheep the population in the temperate reg- ions of the globe has caused a great demand for textile fabrics to meet the needs of humanity. To meet the de- mand sheep raisers throughout the world have passed through varying conditions, speculative and natural in order to gather a reasonable remuner- ation for the labor and expenses which they were obliged to bestow upbn their flocks. In our own country the ups and downs of the business have come quite regularly in a' see-saw manner, a pe- riod of growth and profit gathering, followed by a period of depression and discouragement. ‘ It has been claimed by a portion of the farmers and political economists that some protection should be thrown around the industry which would ena- ble it to develop without being crush- ed by ruinous competition from coun- tries where cheap labor cares for the sheep, and they are reared on cheap lands. When we have had a good de- gree of protection by a tariff adequate to meet the difference in conditions which exist in our own and other countries, sheep men have prospered Free trade, or a tariff so low that com— petition from Australia and Argentina had to be met in an open market, de- cline in prices, destruction and disas- ter has followed. Notwithstanding discouragements sheep men have clung to their busi- ness of raising cheep, sometimes more for the love of it, than for the profits that could be gathered frpm it. Our great west has been used as a pasture field which has brought severe compe- tition at home. The business of open ranching in Australia and Argentina has developed to great proportions. When the sheep business is at its nor- mal condition throughout the world there is a total of over five hundred millions of sheep of all classes and ages. The sheep of our own country represent about one-tenth of the world’s supply. When we have had to meet the competition from the en- tire world We have struggled at a dis- advantage. These statements refer to the sheep business largely as a wool producing business. It may look a little queer to the younger members of the sheep growing fraternity. The Modern Era in Sheep Raising. Radical changes have taken place since the.war of the rebellion. The old time sheep men were wedded to the old methods, and were compelled, very reluctantly, to change to a plan of lamb raising instead of sheep rais- ing which has revolutionized the in. dustry in this country. During the seventies a few blaclc faced mutton sheep were brought to this country and were tested as a. profit-making sort beside the Merinos. W001 was selling at a fairly good price and American sheep men were slow to take to a kind of sheep that produced a good carcass of mutton the first year, but a light fleece when compared with the heavy, oily fleeces of the American Merinos. A readjust- ing process was necessary with both the producers and the consumers. When there was a wholesale reduc- tion of the tariff rates on wool during the eighties, sheep men were compell- ed to think of something else to sell from their flocks than just the fleeces. Coarse wool rams were used to cross on the Merino ewes, and lamb raising and feeding for market was freely in- dulged in by many who had valuable flocks from a wool growing stand- point. The fleeces of wool were pro- duced the same as before, but the in- come from that source was materially reduced. But few fine wooled lambs were raised. At the time mentioned fat lambs around a year old sold for five and six dollars per hundred. Many farmers acted as though they had reallydis- covered a gold mine when theyear’s MAY 29, 1915. crop of lambs could be. reared and sold at five and six dollars per head. The old flock of ewes were worn out 'by continuous lamb raising. Ewes of the mutton breeds were used to take the place of the Merinos, giving good sat- isfaction as they were very prolific. and excellent mothers. The business of lamb raising has been continued and as people who do- sire a palatable meat that is nutritious and healthy have turned their atten- tion to lamb mutton. A very large per- centage of the mutton sold in our markets is lamb mutton, and the de- mand is increasing. The supply though large during the last year, has not met the demands of the consumers and prices have reached points un- known before. During the second week of May, the present year, a high mark of $11.25 per hundred pounds was reached in the Chicago market. According to government reports the average price to the farmers during the month of April for lambs was $7.90 at home, the best selling some higher than that figure. The Outlook for the Business. ' I do not profess to be a prophet. but when we analyze the conditions, it seems as chough there are better prospects for sheep men to make mon- cy from their sheep than ever before. It is a fact well known that the world's supply of sheep is short, very short. Although speculators may accumulate hold and control the prices to a great extent for wool, it is not so with the supply of mutton. People have culti- vated an appetite for good mutton which they will gratify as long as their means hold out. People of ac- cumulated means will buy what they want if they can secure it, even if the price is high. As long as our manu facturing industries flourish, laboring men will have and will use their money for the best that the market affords. Even with special efforts bent to‘ ward-sheep breeding and lamb raising, it will take several years for the pas. sible increase in the hooks to catch up‘ with the‘demand. There is a great opportunity to make money while the present conditions prevail. It will certainly be worth the while to give more attention to the flocks and bend every effort toward making them produce more lambs, and of a better quality, than ever before. Raise more of the right kinds of feeds on the farms and market them through the lambs, and the profits will bring satisfaction to the owners, and make it possible to greatly increase the comforts of life in the farm homes. Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP. LIVE STOCK NEWS. Limited numbers of spring lambs are being marketed. and prime lots bring fancy prices. The crop of spring lambs is very short, and owners who make their flocks prime are sure to be liberally rewarded. Fed lambs are also selling extremely high, as are sheep and yearlings. An unprecedent- ed demand for breeders and feeders later on is expected, with nowhere near enough to go around. During the recent fifteenth annual bull sale in Alberta, Canada, 332 Here- ford, Shorthorn and Aberdeen—Angus bulls were auctioned off in two days for the sum of $53,135. for $515 and two for $500. The Chicago packers are reported to have purchased beef cattle in Lex- ington, Ky., recently paying just be- fore the recent boom in prices $7.75 per 100 lbs. for ‘steers that averaged a little over 1,400 lbs. One of the pack- ing firms is reported to have contract- ed Canadian distillery-fed cattle for June delivery at $9. Industrial conditions are responsible for much of the recent depression in the cattle and beef trade. Shipments of boot by the Chicago packers to Gary, Indiana, the plant of the steel trust, during the first three months of this year were 57 per cent less than a year ago. ‘ ' Oklahoma has been fortunate enough no getting hold of a good many stock cattle, and Montana, Minnesota and Dakota stockmen are scouring the northwestern Canadian provincesfln search. of young smokers. One bull sold, 4}. ~ MAY 29, 1915. THE MICHIGAN FARMER 5—617 gllilmlHilllllllll||llllllllll||lllllllllllllllllllllllll||lllllll||_|lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUllllllllllllllg E i o E gllllllllllllllIllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIll!|||llllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllIlllllllllllIlllllllllIlllllllllllllllfi CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE. LILLIE FARMSTEAD DAIRY NOTES. We have discontinued milking three times a day. While the cows gave more milk and would make greater records it was an awful inconven- ience. In fact, under our conditions it was not much less than a nuisance. It is very inconvenient for a man to milk at 4:00 a. m., again at 12:00 m., and then at 8:00 p. m. During the middle of the day is the only time it is con- venient.f0r us to let our cows out of the barn, and if a few are kept in while the rest are turned out, then they are very uneasy and do not do well. It, is not convenient to keep them all in the stable until noon and so there you are. We cut the practice out when only nicely started. We found one thing, though, and that is that a cow will give more milk, when milked three times daily, than when milked only twice. Is Frequent Milking Practical? There is another question, however, to consider, and that is this, is a test produced by milking three or four times daily practical? That is, do we want a record made in that way, or do we want to know what our cows will do when handled under ordinary conditions? No dairyman will milk his cows three or four times daily. It is not practical. Most of them think to milk twice daily is drudgery enough, Sundays and all, and when you come to three and sometimes four times a day, it resolves itself into so near a nuisance that it is not to be thought of. This being the case, is a record made under such a. practice practical? Does the average dairyman want to pay larger prices for breeding stock because they have made extra records by being milked more often“ than it is practical for him to do? I think he wants to know what he can expect of his animals under practical conditions. I have made up my mind that I want to know what my cows will do under normal first-class conditions, and am . not particularly interested to know what they will do under abnormal con- ditions. I want dairy cows that will make economical records when milk- ed twice each day and I believe every other practical dairyman wants the same. Pastures. The few hot days the last of April (92 dogs. in the shade), started the pastures, but there is not sufficient moisture to carry them along. The grass today, May 3, is practically at a standstill. Some people have turned their stock, even their cows, to pas- ture already. I am confident they have. made a mistake. To feed their early growths closely now will permanently injure the grass. It is so dry it can not recover readily. One thing, how- ever, is to the advantage of the cattle; this early growth of grass has more substance than the first growth of spring usually has. There is more heart to it; usually the first growth is so watery that it fairly weakens the cows. The man with insufficient ensilage, and high-priced grain, is sorely tempt- ed to open the gate and let the cows and especially the young stock, help themselves. I know what the tempta- tion is. But in my judgment a man might better borrow the money and buy-a little more feed and keep the cows in for a week or ten days. Be- sides,‘the’ weather is now liable to go to the other extreme and ’give us a. cold wet spell, even frost, (though I .hope not), and then the stock actually suffers if they have been turned out to pasture. feed them till you feel the weather is such that you would risk planting corn. The pastures will be enough better later ‘on to pay for the extra feed you use now. have plenty of good silage and can get along without the pasture. Be- fore our present supply of silage is gone we will have a new supply of peavine silage. And besides, we will have new cut alfalfa hay before long. The Alfalfa Stand. The alfalfa stands about ten inches high now and of a rich healthy col- or. Red clover is just nicely started, while alfalfa is eight to ten inches high It seems to be‘ a wonderful plant. But then the red clover did not get 500 pounds of commercial fertil- izer per acre, and also a light top- dressing of stable manure last sum— mer as the alfalfa did. I want to try this on new seeding red clover this summer if possible. Soon after wheat is harvested I will apply 500 pounds of fertilizer and a light top-dressing of manure. I wonder if it will respond as the alfalfa has. If it will then I am sure it will pay. \Ve can only starve on poor crops, while on good ones we can grow fat. \Ve can much more easily decrease the cost of a pound of butter five cents by cheapen- ing the cost of food than to sell the pound of butter for five cents more. In fact we haven’t much control over the selling price, but the cost price is largely within our control. We can lessen the cost price with poor crops and we can not grow good crops un- less we feed them well, no more than our cows will produce well unless we feed them liberally. A RATlON FOR COWS. Kindly make up a ration of the fol- lowing feedstuffs at the prices named: Oil meal $1.95; cottonseed meal $1.75; hominy feed $1.50; corn meal $1.70; bran $1.35. The roughage consists of clover hay, of which I have about a ton, after which it will be mixed hay, and corn silage, the silage having practically no grain as it was planted closely in drills. I am milking five cows, three of which are heifers, weighing from about 750 to 1,000 lbs., giving from 14 to 35 lbs. per day per cow, testing from five to six per cent, excepting one Holstein heifer which tests below four per cent. The lacta- tion period is from November, when the first one freshened, until March 6, when the last one freshened. Newaygo Co. . Hominy feed analyzes 6.8 per cent of digestible protein, 60.5 per cent of carbohydrates and 7.4 per cent fat, while corn meal or corn contains 7.8 per cent digestible protein, 66.8 per cent carbohydrates and 4.3 per cent fat. It will be noted that hominy feed has a much wider nutritive ratio than corn and is a good feed to balance cot- tonseed meal. But in this case the roughage fodder in the ration also has wide nutritive ration and we need concentrates with narrow nutritive ra- tios. I would recommend equal parts of bran and hominy feed and then two pounds of cottonseed meal per day for each cow. Feed what hay and silage the cows will eat without waste and then two pounds of cotton- seed meal sprinkled on the ensilage, and in addition enough hominy and bran to make one pound of grain for every pound of butter-fat produced in a week. That is, if a cow produces 10 pounds of butter—fat in a week, giVe her two pounds of cottonseed meal and eight pounds of bran and hominy per day, or if you do not know the production of fat, then give on epound of grain for every three pounds of milk produced per day, but in either case only use two pounds of cotton- seed meal per day. It is quite a help for the boys to do the milking during the busy farming season, but it is a good plan for father to keep his eyes open and see that the boysdo a good job. This is quite important. : Penn. H. W. - Sworn. Better keep them in and ~ Fortunately we ' times as many reshing Machines are sold as any other make of threshing machine. Remember this. if you are going to buy a. machine. 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It‘s Free. I sell only" trees I grow. I). ANKER. DANSVILI E. LIME Pulyorized lime rock for “sour" soils- Write for ( W PRICES DIRECT TO YOU and we will send sum- plc and full particulars. Write to once nearest you. LAKE SHORE STONE ($0., Bee Keepers’ Supplies and Berry Boxes 11131 11111115, museum-b . cumbers. -don’t pay either the pickers or the 3for making dill pickles. ; to pick. wFAR‘KMER ammunmmmmmmmummmmumm “. Horticulture. llllllllllIlllllllllllllllllfllllllllm MK”? 29, 19151? lllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllllillllli ' s E E E E E E E E E g E E E E E E E E E E E E CUCUMBERS ON A LARGE FARM. How many acres of cucumbers can grown and cared for by three men besides the usual work of mixed farm- ing on a ZOO-acre farm? What price is paid? How often is it necessary to Dick? How about soil and fertilize tion? Do you know of literature any- where i can get? N. C. ’ With only three men to do the work on a ZOO-acre farm I don’t believe that I would go into the cucumber busi- ness. I have had some experience in raising cucumbers and I know that it is very exacting work. It takes a lot of help. Cucumbers must be deliver- ed to the factory every single day, the day they are picked, or else they will wilt and be of no account. As long as you have to take cucumbers to the factory every day you ought to have sufficient acreage so that it would pay to take them down. With just a small patch of cucumbers you would have to go to town practically for nothing, or for a small amount. You ought to raise at least an acre or two anyhow. If you did this the three men could hardly do the picking in a season, let ' alone doing any other work on the 200 acres of land. If you could get extra help to do the picking, perhaps you could handle a small acreage of cu- The first picking or two farmer. There will only be a few, and yet they must be picked off or it will injure the vines for future production. Cucumbers must be picked clean or else the next day you will have large cucumbers that exhaust the vines and bring poor prices. They ought to be picked carefully every day. Careful Picking Necessary. One firm pays $1 a bushel for No. 1, or three-inch cucumbers, and 40 or 50 cents for the other cucumbers suitable With a good year, good soil, properly handled, there is good profit in the pickle business, but the trouble comes when you begin It is hard work for children to pick cucumbers. They won’t stick fto it or do it thorough enough, and 1the next time you will have No. 2 pickles, or they will be so large that they will not be accepted. You can get literature on the growing of pick- les, from any factory that contracts for pickles or cucumbers. The best soil for pickles is a sandy loam containing a good amount of vegetable matter so it will hold the moisture. Any good brand of com- mercial fertilizer is profitable to use on cucumbers. If the land is quite rich apply it in the hill, about a table- , . Bunkers. etc. Ivor chi for Muskegon, M1ch., and Benton Horbor.“1cli. “who. and .11 no.3... n. Quick delivery. loop boss to in- —-Yon should got the highest grade 'ureatrult crop. boroughbmd _ of limestrlilnob manuffaotul’ed.‘ Bvley Italian Boas and Queen. for solo. it pon t a nu o mule. e maililgfimm 11101111515? radho pul- 3°“ ’°’ ““‘°‘ vol-11. Imestono 80 I! If Igan. Let us prove it. Ask for sample and analysis. BERRY BASK 3113‘ :6; CAMPBELL STONE 00.. '5‘!” RM'. Mlch. cram for immediate delivery Pull ”rt-only AX- TRYZJO LIMESTONE LINED PAPER DERBY BAS- - ' within aid fort! 1.09 to towns miles of Lansing Our For general farm use. Finely unharmed. mad. from highest A 813d. “00“ basket 15 “I“ but h is): calcium sione. ick shipments in closed mus Lotus send one made. The waxiined paper simple and price. orthern Lime Co. PMsy.Mich. ¥afiketza$3ém per 1.000 by freight or “91088 bend or en lo WHITE SWEET s 00 M. 11. 111111! a son. sex 525. Lansing. Mich C LOVER ’e' Bu. YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED (30., Owosso. Michigan. SIR WALTER RALEIGH gal-":02“: “In ”911.131. .1.- ‘ Seed Potatoes 5“ business. Ask for free, mug-go Press 1 describing 0.111.. ' 1 annoyance. 1.14.. m1u,ra,u.~ '.._J SAVE YOUR APPLES With 3 Ion-rub Kym-wit. Cider Press 11mm turn your cullsiniogoodselhn‘ cider. You 4: m shod» custom for our neighbors. Our improved pressure madman gets all Pure strain and free from diseue. Prion- reasonable. STUART ACRES FARMS. Marshall. Michllnn. SEED CORN ~Mich. Yellow M home grown fine dried. tested. Golds- Floeoo and Rec. Sundial: Salaam Son 11 for undead circular P. A. Bywater. Maughk. Mich The ACID-Moll” Iiftor Best: our; hand lupin-out flor killing Po- Mo Ido- Bnu. oWorim one Applies .5, Plaster. Limo, etc“ mixed With Paris Green or Arsenate of had Regulates to can: bill for the large ones. aways: E8 SEEDCORN.‘ ”a.“ m. YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED 60. no“. Ikhipn. "EH BUNEII SEED. EE‘Qfifi‘fi}. m, :91. ind-«Mon P ri m and information or little plan's also to apply any quota“!!! of -1 him! of mum-M dry Insecticides you flail wonderful lifioi phi Md. we.“ ruled. in mix-own sveu‘m moron. Box 12.. film 11 or Imus iron snub. [diamond Michigan White Cedar so.» mum-11..." wglgxffi-‘n: .. 15g). [stuns in III-lion Price FENCE POSTS moh- Cm. rum L 003 leHULLEN. owned... Imam.” mun I. mm My. lick. spoonful well worked into the soil. If the land is not in very good shape then a larger amount must be used, and a portion of it at least should be put out broadcast before the cucum- bers are planted. Pickles Profitable. The first time I ever grew cucum- bers or pickles I planted three acres. We had a fairly good crop. When the cucumbers got to bearing good, many days we had two wagon loads of cu- cumbers to take to the factory. Off this three acres I marketed something like $400 worth of cucumbers and at that time we only got 40 cents a bush- el for the small pickles and 20 cents Since then the price has been advancing until they pay $1 for the "small pickles, although the small pickles now are a little “’- smaller than we had to sort them then. Now you can imagine that it takes a lot of work to pick two wagon loads of pickles. Not only this, but everybody’s cucumbers come at the same time and, there is always a. rush ' in the hurrying part of the season to get the pickles to the factory. Some- times my team would stand. waiting _ its .turn to he unloadedat the factory for two or three hours, and many nights the man did not get home until 10:00 or 12:00 o’clock. If one could take care of the picking I don’t know of any crop more fascinating than the growing of cucumbers for pickles. At ‘90 cents or $1 a bushel, with favor- able soil and with a. favorable year, it would be one of the best paying crops that I know of. However, if the season happens to be cold and with no warm nights, the cucumbers will not do well. Instead of growing nice and straight pickles they will be nubs and crooked ones with no value at all. You want a good even distribution of moisture during the summer time and good Warm weather, with warm nights, to have the best yield of cucumbers for pickles. Cocox C. LILLIE. TROUBLE DEPARTM ENT. The Cherry Leaf Spot. I have some cherry trees which were set two years ago last summer; the leaves turned yellow and dropped off about mid-summer. Can you tell me the cause and the remedy; and intend to take the berries out this spring. B. F. W The cause of the cherry leaves turn‘ ing yellow during late June or July, and dropping prematurely, is a dis- ease called the “leaf spot.” This dis- ease is of a fungus nature and there- fore can be readily controlled by spraying. Ordinarily the usual spray- ings of the cherry trees just before the blossoms, after the blossoms and ten days after that, will keep this dis. ease in check, but there are seasons in which varieties such as the Eng- lish Morello, which is quite suscepti- ble to this disease, need another ap plication later in the season. On hear ing trees this is usually done immedi— ately after the crop is harvested. Bor- deaux mixture or lime-sulphur are ef— fective remedies for this disease. The Bordeaux mixture should be used at the rate of four pounds of copper sul- phate and six pounds of lime to fifty gallons of water. The lime-sulphur should be used at the strength of one gallon of the concentrated lime-sul- phur to fifty gallons of water. On young trees which have not come in to bearing an application or two of either of these mixtures after the leaves are fully developed will usually keep the disease in check. THE CULTURE OF CARROTS. A light. warm, deep and rich soil is suitable for carrots. The seed may be sown any time from the middle of April until late in June, sowing for the main crop usually being made in June. One ounce of seed is sufficient for an hundred feet of drill and from three to four pounds for an acre. Where hand culture is given the seed may be planted in drills a foot apart, scattering the seed thinly in the drill. covering and pressing down firmly with the foot. For field culture sow from two and one-half feet to two feet apart in the rows. Hand-weeding is absolutely neces- sary for carrots and great care must be given that the carrots themselves are not pulled up with the weeds. Thin out the plants to stand from three to four inches apart in the rows according to the varietyand cultivate freely, drawing the earth towards the plants. IDA D. BENNETT. “Frye-bag” of fertilizer. Durham '1 are soluble and active. and not only I lacrosse yield, but improve quality and hasten maturity. Agents wanted. Address American Agricultural Choir ieal (30.. Cleveland. Cincinnati. Detroit ', or Bummer—Adv. .’ LITERATURE ‘ poemr HISTORY are INFORMATION ”‘11 M faéiggr PUBLISH \ 77w FARM BOY an? GIRL SCIENTIFIC an? MECHANICAL This Magazine Section forms a part of our paper every week. Uncle Phillip, as he was call« ed in the Pineknot Chapter of Confederate Veterans was, by birth, a South Carolinian. (Pronounce i as e following the table of long measure. You will then be using the pronuncia- tion preferred by the owner of the name and like him you will give the word a distinction that long i could never achieve). The affectionate prefix to the title doesn’t imply that Uncle Phillip was a son of Ham, acting either as valet to any comrade or major-demo to any club. On the contrary our friend traced his lineage back to a devout old Huge- not who landed on the coast of cotton away back in—well, no matter when ~—and dying left to his heirs a rattling good number of Ham’s descendants. But the Rebellion came on and most of the latter-day scions of the house went to war and those who returned came back fleeced of everything save their manners and their tattered coats of gray. Young Phillip was among the number. Southward the star of comfort takes it way and soon after his return he left his own balmy clime for one still more so, and pitching his tent on M R. PHILLIP DEVILLEDIEIT, or 1:!!!i!!!!!ll!!!!|!!!!|!ll!!!!l“!!!I”!!!ll|!!!ll!!!!!!||!l!ll!!!!l|!!!!!l!|!l!!!!lll!!!!|!!!!!!|!!!!||!l!!!|Ill!!!||l!!l!!ll!!!|!!!!!!!||l!|!!|!!!!!|||!!!l!!!!!!!!!!!!|!|!!!!!!!!!!|||!!!!!!!!!!!!|!l!!!ll!!|!!|!l!|I|!!!!|!!!!!!!||!!|!!!!!!!||Ill!!!|||!!|!!!|!!!!!|!!!!||!l!!!!l!!!l!|!|!!!|!I!!!|||!l!!!!!||I!!!l!!!!!!|I!!!!|||!i!!i|||!|!!l!ii 1.!!!ll!”!!'ll!!will! ‘HII'11“!!!|!!!!!1!!”‘!!!1H‘”‘ !.’ The Blue and The Gray (Memorial Day Story) By M. B. RANDOLPH the white sands of Florida grew up with the, country. Here he prospered and in the course of time claimed the cattle on a thou- sand hills—r—or rather a big bunch of them on the flatwood ranges, to say nothing of the razor backs whose ears bore his device and whose number was legion. In spite of his prosperity Uncle Phil- lip was both likable and liked. No one ate sour grapes under his vine, nor made disparaging remarks con- cerning his domicile which gloried in 'the possession of two good brick chim- neys, and red windows of real glass, whereas his neighbors had to get a along with fines of mud and sticks and openings in the sides of their cab- ins whose swinging doors let in the light of day. Neither were envious eyes cast, at. the motley array of books that graced his shelves or smiled in red and blue bindings from under his reading lamp. All of this because Uncle Phillip had cast in his lot with a settlement of Crackers, who, it goes without. say- ing, were both poor and illiterate, but who, nevertheless, seemed glad to as- sociate on terms of equality with one of another rank—and Uncle Phillip never condescended. It is with a twinge of self-reproach that the writer uses the term Crack- ers, although the people with native independence frankly spoke of them. selves as such, and even the aspirants for public honors fell into the way of claiming a Cracker origin, whether for political effect or otherwise, this de- ponent saith not. However, though slow and easy go‘ ing, lacking enterprise and push, even lazy, as a Yankee would say, they were by no means an inferior people. Old English and Scotch names were constantly met with among them, and, on the whole, they were a shrewd. kindly lot with exceptionally bright children who promised well for the race. This digression having ended the real interest of this chronicle now be- Every article is writtten especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere gins. As before remarked, southward the star of comfort takes its way, and one frosty fall Aunt Amanda, as she was called away back in Maine—let go of the forty-fifth parallel on which she had. been hanging most of her life, and packing her grip set out for the land of Leon. The alluring headlines, not to say the enticing filling of a shrewdly Worded ad, had passed its wand of en- chantment over her and inside of 48 hours after her adieus she found her- Selt‘ in a dreary expanse of gall-berry and ti~ti- bushes with a few deluded mortals who, like herself, were wan- dering about in quest of the lots they had purchased “site unseen,” or if you like it better, “sight unseen,” (with no regard for orthography as some put. it) for as Aunt Amanda indignantly declared, it was “a sight to behold.” In the graphic language of the south she at. once saw that she had made a. “plumb fool” of herself and hiked back to the small station in the pine woods from which she had emerged, and after due inquiries and instruc— tions hired a conveyance and took her- self off in another direction. Toward nightfall with characteristic “down east" energy and thrift she dis- missed her driver and set out on foot ”l I:l!!!!!ll!!!!l|!!|||!||!!l!!!!!!!||!||||!!||!|!!!!!ll|!|!!!!!!!!|!!!|!!l||!!!|!!!l!!l|!!!!!!!!!!!!|l|l!!|!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!r . ‘ WORLD EVENTS‘IN PICTURES Copyright. by Buck from U. and U.. N. Y. Count Von Bernstorf‘f, German Am- bassador to United States. Photo by M. Wail from U. and U . N Y. . Mrs. Paul, Crampton and Family, Vic- tims of Lusitania Disaster. Deck of u. s. Battleship “New York " with Other Fighters in Background. “"0de Type 0* Mast Psed °" 33“" Copyright by Underwood 5: Underwood. N.Y . ships. 620—8 for her near-by destination. . But alas! for the plans of mice and men—and women, too, sometimes—she missed her way and at the close of the short twilight found herself on the "Trail of the Lonesome Pine." Blundering around, first taking this pathway, then that, all strewn with needles from the trees above and looking for all the world like great brown serpents trail- ing through the woods, she at last sat down on an inviting log, lost, frighten- ed. disheartened, ,and burst into tears. Yes, Aunt Amanda, the intrepid, the invincible, as she was known in her native township, was overcome with the sense of her strange situation, and, bending over like a tired child, with face downward on the unresponsive log, gave vent to audible grief. The tremulous cry of a screech owl gave an uncanny reply, and disheveled hair almost on end, she looked up and saw a pair of gallant coat-tails flying in the breeze as Uncle Phillip alighted from his carriage. With a chivalrous touch of his hat he accosted her: “Madam, what can I do to assist you? You seem to be in deep distress.” A few words explained all and Aunt Amanda soon found herself in the car- riage at her rescuer’s side. There was nothing to be done but to accept the hospitality graciously offered for the night and forthwith they proceeded to Uncle Phillip’s comfortable home where his colored housekeeper had a delicious supper waiting. Here it becomes necessary to re— mark that Uncle Phillip, at the sus- ceptible age of sixty-five, had been left a childdess widower. However, with commendable judgment he had resist- ed the charms of the pretty Cracker girls about him and was still living a lonely single life. As for Aunt Aman- da, she had been a widow since her young husband fell at Cold Harbor, and the situation, if not romantic, was at least interesting and full of platonic possibilities. With the aid of her new friend Aunt Amanda was soon located in a cabin a few hundred yards from his premis- es. That it was a dilapidated old structure it must be admitted, but with the energy and inherent “faculty” of her race both it and its surroundings ere long took on a new aspect, and here, after exploring the woods for cattle and swine, Uncle Phillip might often be seen on warm afternoons chatting and resting in one of her comfortable porch rockers. On one of these occasions he casu- ally mentioned a Confederate re—union that was to take plaCe some thirty miles distant in an adjoining county, adding that as there was a large num. ber of Union veterans living in the locality that they had been invited to join them in their camp fires and oth- er festivities. Noting the deep interest his hostess appeared to take in the matter, and knowing “good and well” what an en- joyable companion she would make, Uncle Phillip graciously offered to take her in as a passenger, remarking that she would undoubtedly enjoy the, scenery along the famous river road that they would take. Delighted with the prospect, Aunt Amanda’s mind stuck at one point: \Vhat should she wear? The long warm ride made black unthinkable. Dust and possible rain made white equally so. At last an old but still wearable blue silk suggested itself. This with a white blouse and a good duster would fill the bill. The long stretches of fragrant pine, the beautiful avenues of moss-hung oaks, now a hammock, then a silent cypress pound, under foot troops of white lilies, overhead the velvety pal- pable blue of the sky, and through all the shining river, and over all the anodyne of Florida’s air, made the ride a never-to-be-forgotten incident— as also did a very pertinent question and answer. ’At its end new pleasures were in THE MICHIGAN FARMER store... Voter-unset hath causes were at, their hospitable best. Camp fires, suppers, speeches, stories and songs were the rule of the day, and when on the last night all in the great tent -were wondering over a new arrange- ment of the Stripes and Bars, Uncle Phillip in his old uniform of gray, and llllHllllllllIl[HHIIHIHHHIHi IIIIHIIHE = =Copyri¢ht A, 0. MoOlnrg Co. Aunt, Amanda in her antiquated blue, stepped out and following the lead of the two chaplains marched down the long aisle to the double strains of Lohengrin, and taking their places un- der 2. great bell of gray moss and blue flowers, pledged themselves to a life- long union of the two famous colors. :111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111u1: THE RED MIS’I‘. By RANDALL PARRISH. E .111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111115 ow into the radius of light. It was CHAPTER VIII. The Mistress of the House. HERE was no keyhole through which I could peer, and the op‘ ening above the floor was the merest crack. I stood with ear press- ed against the panel, fingers gripping the butt of my revolver. Not a move- ment within could be distinguished. \Vhat might be the meaning of all this? What would I encounter when I dashed that door open, and faced the occupant of the room? Who could the fellow possibly be? For what pur- pose should he‘ shut himself up here alone? Two answers to this last query occurred to me—he might be asleep; or, if by any chance this had been the Major’s room, he might be busy riding his desk. But there was no rustle of papers, no movement of any kind. I stood there for what seem- ed to me a long while, listening vain- ly for any sound which would indicate life within, the conviction constantly growing on me that the man slept. An ordinary latch held the door clos- ed, and I pressed this, opening the barrier slightly. The movement made not the slightest noise, and gave mea glimpse within. A narrow bed, unoc- cupied, undisturbed, its coverlet white and unwrinkled, stood against the wall. At the foot 3 small stand held a few books, and above this hung the picture of a gray—haired woman. This was all the View the narrow opening revealed, but served to render me ev- en more cautious. Yet I could not stop then, could not safely retreat. Even if someone sat there, hidden from view, patiently waiting to gain glimpse of me to kill, I must go on and discover the truth. My revolver was at the crack, ready, and my left hand slowly opened the door wider. Now I could see the op- posite wall, and the space between, and I stood there motionless, breath- less, yet feeling my very flesh quiver at the unexpected revealment. In front of a small grate fire, her back toward me, snuggled comfortably down in the depths of an easy chair, sat a woman, reading. I could see lit- tle of her because of the high back of the chair rising between us—only a mass of dark brown hair, a smooth, rounded cheek, and the small white hand resting on the chair arm. I knew vaguely her waist was white, her skirt gray, and I saw the glimmer of a pearl-handled pistol lying on a closed chest at her side. Still she was only a woman, a mere girl apparently, whom I had no cause to fear. The sudden reaction caused me to smile with relief, and to return my revolver silently to the belt. Her eyes remain- ed on the page of the book. I think I would have withdrawn without a word, but, at that instant, a draft from the open door flickered her light, and she glanced about seeking the cause. I caught the startled expres- sion in her eyes as she first perceived my shadow; the book fell to the floor, her hand gripping the pistol, even as she arose hastily to her feet. The light was on her face, and I knew her to he Noreen Harwood. “Who are you? Why are you here?” she asked tersely, a tremor in the voice, but no shrinking in those eyes that looked straight at me. I moved forward from out, the shad- only a step, but the girl recoiled slightly, the pearl-handled pistol ris- ing instantly to a level with my eyes. “Stand where you are!” she order- ed. “What are you doing, creeping about this house in the dark?" “Not in the dark exactly,” I answer- ed, seeking to relieve the strain, and holding my hat in one hand, as I bow- ed gravely, “for my lamp is on the stairs.” I marked the quick change of ex- pression in her eyes as they swept ov- er me. There was no evidence of rec- ognition: scarcely more than a faint acknowledgement that my appearance was not entirely unfavorable. Yet surely that alone was all I could hope for. Except'for that one encounter on the road we had never met since we were children, and she would not likely associate the son of Judge Wy- att with the man now confronting her, attired in the wet and muddy uniform of a Federal Lieutenant. Indeed it was better she should not; and a feel— ing of relief swept over me as I real- ized the past. No memory of my fea- tures found expression in her face, as her eyes fell from mine to the clothes I wore. ‘ “You are Union, an officer of—of cavalry? I-—I can scarcely compre- hend why you should be here.” Her attitude no longer threatening, the gleaming pistol lowered. “There are Federal troops at Lewisburg, but— but I do not recall your face.” “My being here is wholly an acci- dent,” I explained quietly. “I suppos- ed the house deserted, and sought entrance to get away from the storm. There was a broken window-—” “Yes,” she interrupted, her eyes again on mine questioningly. “I found that when I came; someone had brok- en in.” “Robbery, no doubt.” “I am not sure as to that. I have found nothing of any value missing. Indeed we left nothing here to attract vandals." She hesitated, as though doubtful of the propriety of further explanation, to a stranger. “I—I be- long here,” she added simply. “This is my home.” “Yes; I supposed as much; you are Miss Noreen Harwood?” Her blue eyes widened, her hand grasping more tightly the back of the chair. “Yes,” she admitted. my father?” , “Slightly; enough to be aware of the existence of his daughter, and that this was his plantation” “Then you must be connected with the garrison at Charleston?” “No, Miss Harwood; I belong to the Army of the Potomac, and am here only on recruiting service. A word of explanation will make the situation clear, and I trust may serve to win your confidence. I do not have the appearance of a villain, do I?” “No, or I' should not remain parley- ing with you," she responded gravely. “The war has taught even the women of this section the lesson of self-pro- tection. I am not at all afraid, or I should not be here alone.” “It surprises me, however, that Ma- jor Harwood should consent to your remaining—” “He has not consented,” she inter- rupted. “I am supposed to be safely “You knew MAY ‘29, 1915‘. lodged with fiends in" BeWishurg, but rode out here this afternoon to see the condition of our property. Word came to me that the house had been entered. The servants have all gone. and we were obliged to leaVe it unoc- cupied. cover what damage the vandals had done, and then suddenly the storm broke, and I thought it better to re- main until morning.” She laughed, as though amused at her own frankness of speech. “There, I have told you all my story, without even waiting to hear yours. 'Tis a woman’s way, if her impulse be sufficiently strong.” “You mean faith in the other party.” “Of course; one cannot be conven- tional in war-times, and there is no one here to properly introduce us, ev- en if that formality was desired. So I must accept you on trust ” “My uniform alone should be sum cient guarantee. ” She laughed; her eyes sparkling. “Well, hardly. I imagine you fail to comprehend its really disreputable condition. No doubt, sir, it, was at one time a thing of beauty, for I can- not justly criticize the rather fashion- able cut, or the quality of cloth, but, it has evidently passed through both stress and weather. “No,” shaking her head solemnly, yet with frank good humor in her eyes, “the uniform is no recommendation whatever, and but-- well, you—you look like an officer and a gentleman.” “For which compliment I sincerely thank you. That is far better than a dependence on clothes alone, yet nev- er before did I feel that my face was my fortune. However, Miss Harwood. my story can be quickly told. I am a lieutenant, Third United States Caval- ry—see, the numeral is on my hat— attached to Heitzelman’s command, now at Fairfax Court House. I have recently been detailed to the recruit- ing service, and ordered to this sec‘ tion. If necessary to convince you of my identity you may examine the chi cial papers in this packet.” She shook her head, her glance straying from the official buff envelope back to my face. The look in her eyes- was expressive ‘of some slight bewil- derment. “No; that is not n‘ecessary. I be- lieve your word." I found it strangely difficult, front- ing her calm look of insistence. to go on. But there was no way of escape. Beyond doubt the empathy of this girl was with the cause of the North. and if I was to confess myself as Tom Wyatt, and a Confederate spy, all hopeof the success of my mission Would be immediately ended. Besides I lacked the will to forfeit her esteem —to permit her confidence in me to become changed into suspicion. “Then I will go on,” I said more slowly, endeavoring better to arrange my story. “I picked up a guide at Fayette but the officer in charge there could spare no escort. The man who went with me must have been atrait- or, for he guided me south into the Green Briar Mountains. Last night at dusk we rode into a camp of gueril- las.” “Who commanded them? learn?” “A gray-headed, seamed-faced old mountaineer, they called Cowan.” She emitted a quick breath, be- tween closely pressed lips. "You know the man?” I asked. “Yes; old Ned Cowan; he lived over yonder, east of there in the foot-hills. He and—and my father had some trouble before the war. He—he is vindictive and dangerous.” She Stop‘ ped, her glance sweeping about the room. “1—1 have some reason to sus- pect,” she added, as if half doubting whether she ought to speak the word, “that either he, or one of his men, broke in here.” “In search of something?” “A paper, yes—4: deed. Of course I may be mistaken; only it in not to be Did you I was delayed, seeking to dis- . ((1 MAY" 29, r1315. ——bp- fouml. The desk in the library was rifled, and its contents scattered over the floor when I came. I put them back in place, but found nothing of value among those that remained. My father must have removed those of importance." "Possibly he carried them with him?” She leaned her head on her hand, her eyes thoughtful. “I think he once told me they were left in charge of a banker at Charles- ton—an old friend. It would be too dangerous to carry them about with him in the field. You see I do not know very much about his affairs,” she explained. “I was away at school when the war broke out, and we have only met briefly since. My father did not talk freely of. his personal matters even to me. I learned of his feud with (Iowan by accident." “It was a feud then?” “On one side at least. My father was shot at, and several of our out- houses burned. The trouble arose ov- er the title to property. “Cowan,” she explained, “was a squatter on land which has belonged to our family ever since my grandfather first settled here. We had title from Virginia, but the tract granted had never been prop- erly surveyed. My father had it done, and discovered that Ned Cowan and two of his sons occupied a part of our land with no legal right.” Her eyes upturned to my face, and then fell again, one hand opening and closing on the back of the chair. She laughed pleasantly. “I hardly know why I am telling you all this family history,” she continued almost in apology. “It is as if I talk- ed to an old friend who was naturally interested in our affairs." “1 am interested, although I can scarcely claim the distinction of old friend.” “Really. I supposed your attitude was that of mere politeness. But I may as well go on now, although I am not at all inclined to confide so sud- denly in a stranger. People, I believe, usually find me rather secretive.” “Perhaps the manner of our meet- ing accounts for the change,” I ven- tured. "But truly I am more deeply interested than you imagine. It may prove of mutual advantage for me to know the facts. Did Major Harwood try to force them from his land?" “Oh, no,” hastily, “my father had no such thought. He tried to help them to purchase the property at a very small price, and on long time. His intention was to aid them, but he found himself unable to convince eith- er father or sons of his real purpose. They either could not, or would not, understand. Do you realize the reck- less, lawless nature of these mountain men?” “Yes, to some extent; they trust no one.” “That was the whole trouble. Seem- ingly they possessed but one idea—— that if my father was killed they could remain where they were indefinitely. Their single instinct was to fight it out with rifles They refused to eith- er purchase or leave There was silence, as though she had finished, and I was endeavoring to connect this revelation of affairs, in my own mind, with the known occur- rences of the past few days. She had seated herself on the wide arm of the chair, still facing me, and I could hear the rain beating hard against the side of the house. Suddenly she looked up into my face. “How odd that I should talk to you so freely,” she exclaimed. “Why, I do not even know your name.” “It was written in the papers.” “But I did not look—what is it, ' please ?" “Charles H. Raymond.” I could not be certain that the ex- pression of her eyes changed, her they -suddenly looked away from me, and she stood again upon her feet. TH’EVMICHIG'AN 'FARM'E'R “Raymond, you say!” the slight-est- hardening 'of tone apparent, “on re- cruiting service from the Army of the Potomac?” She drew a quick breath. “I—I think I have heard the name be- fore. Would you mind if I did ask to see your orders?” “Not in the least,” I answered, not wholly surprised that she should have heard of the other, and confident the papers I bore would be properly exe- cuted. “I prefer that you have no doubt as to my identity”. She took them, and I noted a slight trembling of her hands as she held the paper open in her fingers, her eyes glancing swiftly down the written lines. She had doubtless heard of this Raymond, some rumor of his coming “perhaps Fox had mentioned it as he rode through Lewisburg on the way east. It was merely curiosity that caused a desire to peruse the papers, a mere wish to thoroughly satisfy her- self. Her eyes were clear of suspicion as they glanced at me over the paper. “I have become quite a soldier of late," she said, and handed the pack- age back to me. your credentials. meet you, Lieutenant Raymond.” and she held out her hand cordially. “As I have admitted already, I am Noreen Harwood.” “Whom I shall only be delighted to serve in any manner possible,” I re- plied gallantly, relieved that she was so easily convinced. “Oh, I think the service is more likely to be mine. You confessed you broke in here seeking after food and a fire. Down below we may find both, and it will be my pleasure thus to serve a Federal officer. You have a lamp without?” “On the stairs.” She led the way like a mistress in her own home, and I followed. There was a force of character about the girl not to be ignored. She chose to treat me as a guest, uninvited. but none the less welcome. a position I was not reluctant to accept. I held the lamp as we went down the stairs together, the rays of light pressing aside the curtain of darkness. (Continued next week). OUR FLAG. BY Z. I DAVIS. Of all the banners East or West, Our noble country’s flag seems best; Its colors red and white and blue, Stand for the loyal and the true; Its stais their nightly vigils keep ‘W here soldier heroes silent sleep. O’er many honored nameless grayes, Caressed by every breeze it waves For [1 eedom and for weal and truth, it stands lhe hope of age and youth. Wave on wave on. flag of the free, F0 ' glory and for liberty. FOR PAPA’S BIRTH DAY. BY lORA A. MATSON DODSON. I think I know just what. I'll do, At home here, by myself; Theie isn ’t any cake at all Upon our pantry shelf. And as ’tis Papa’s birthday And Mamma gone, I see He’ll have no birthday cake today Unless it's made by me. I’ll make a nice cream sugar cake And bake in Grandma’s tin; The one that when he was a boy His Mamma baked cake in. I have no birthday candles But there’s the golden glow; I’ll put the yellow blossoms All round it in a row. Another, and another, They cover all the top; But Papa is so very old It seemed I’d never stop. It’s all a glow of golden glow: But thirty-five is old! And Papa says the cake and I Are worth our weight in gold! Speak fair—and think what you will. mThe Talmud. I am thankful for small mercies. I compared notes with one of my friends who expects everything to the uni- verse, and is disappointed when any- thing is less than the best, and I found that I begin at the other extreme, ex- pecting nothing, and am alwavs full of thanks for moderate goods. ——Emer.son. 9&6” The Verdict — convincingly and overwhelmingly for Goodrich The B. F. Goodrich 'Company alone through the daily press of January 3Ist gave to the consuming pub- lic the most sweeping reduction ever made in tire prices. This established the only genuine Fair-List in existence on non-skid tires today. Goodrich prices were dated February let, in ordinary course. Other tires were re- duced in prices a few days later and the reduction dated back to February lst. Hundreds of dealers who have been dividi . their busi- ness have notified us that they have decided to Goodrich “F air-Listed” Tires e clusivcly. Tire Standard? have from “And I cannot doubt; I am very glad to1 Every real rice-reduction on tires has fol owed the lead of Goodrich. We knew we were right. We knew that the dealers the first been set by Goodrich Products. Goodrich Safet Tread ey have Tires are today, as always been the Standard by would know it as soon as our which the merits of all Non- plan was put to the test. Skid Tires are measured. Only 5% PL US for the Best Non- Skid Goodrich Safety Trends give more mileage than our own (or any other) smooth trend tires, at only the 5% more cost to you. 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It is an [denim cultivator {orttga-ncgurden.edwmcm ‘thmcgp Man t t Anyhottle ee can 6 remov Light we g t wit greates a re — unmet-teammollenflciromexcm Elly operated. Low price. Send for tree “telecoms. H0 m CO" 3031226. Uticc. N.Y. O. H. Lloyd, rt Mich. mob: Seeder to seed in “modicum a perfect tool (or that sumac. It seeds even and accurate and covets some property. l was a H s M, {r 3% V3 The New Things In Wall Paper HE man who wrote “there is T nothing new under the sun,” was 'certainly not acquainted with American manufacturers, for these versatile individuals manage to dig up something new every spring even though they have to stretch the imag- ination to the breaking point, and the result is- at times more startling than artistic. The wall paper men had to have something new. Oatmeals and Tif- fanys and grass cloths had been done to death and the trade demanded a. change. Some genius hit upon the brilliant idea of photographing the frost on a window pane and reproduc- ing the picture in a wall paper pat- tern, and, like the boys at “Dotheboys Hall,” he “went and did it.” The re- sulting paper is “something different” all right, though whether one would care for it on one’s walls for more than six weeks is a mooted question, even with the men who sell the pa- per. If you can imagine Jack Frost’s delicately traced pictures done with a heavy brush in strong colors you will have a good idea of what this paper looks like. Another genius not to be outdone, by the frost man, photographed some floor mattings and made a matting pa- per. This goes much better, for it simply looks like an extra heavy grass cloth. It comes in the new colors, gray, blue, tan and brown and is very effective for living-rooms and dining- rooms, libraries and halls. With this matting paper are used two borders, a cut out border at the top of Egyptian design, and a narrow border at the bottom. If you wish to secure a par- ticularly pleasing room you panel your walls with the narrow border. Australian grass cloth is another new paper in blended effects, for use in the lower rooms of the house. It resembles the matting papers in gen- eral appearance, but it has a coarser blend. One piece in blended pinks and blues looked like nothing so much 'as an old-fashioned hit-and-miss rag carpet. It comes in blends of brown and tan, gray shot with blue, and oth- er color combinations to suit the room to be decorated. On the same order of these papers, is Saxony fibre, a heavy paper in both plain and blend- ed effects in grays, old rose and green. An unusual parlor paper is carried out in black and white, a color combi- nation which seems good in every- thing this spring. This is a bird of paradise pattern, in large‘bold lines, which must be seen to be appreciated. It is very good in a parlor with white enameled woodwork, but could be used as well in a dining-room or a large hall. Pictorial papers are in demand, as well as the plain and blended pa- pers which have been used so long. Besides the paradise paper there is a Japanese garden scene which is effec- tive for use in large rooms in panel ef- fects. Pictorial friezes are much used, particularly in dining-rooms. These come in 30-inch depths for use above the rail, and show all sorts of land- scapes, feudal castles, forest scenes, English gardens and occasionally geo- metric designs. The Japanese garden papers are usually chosen for dining- rooms. . Aerochrome is the name of another new paper which is notexunlike a heavy oatmeal. It comes in ottled effects, in combinations of the popular colors, and is used with heavy cut out borders made from reproductions taken from photographs of old Egyptian ruins. These Egyptian borders are new, and unusually effective. The color combi- nations are very striking, browns re- lieved by a suggestion of old rose or greens, old blues, brightened by a A Bird of Paradise Design for Parlor Walls. touch of complementary colors, and grays shot with blue or rose. They must be seen to be appreciated, as mere word painting gives no idea of their charm. It is in colorings that the new pa- pers make their claim to beauty. The old colors we have tired of seem to have been pushed into the background and gray, old blue and a glorified tan have taken their places. Blended with the cold grays and blues are warm tints of-yellow, rose, pink and golden brown, blended so skilfully that you are only conscious of a beautiful back-~ ground and must look long and care- fully to analyze the picture. With these papers are used the cut out bor- ders at top and bottom, and, where the walls are large enough to stand the treatment, the narrow bottom bor- der goes up either side in panel ef- fect. For the living-rooms the Egyp- tian and geometric borders are used entirely, floral borders being relegat- ed to sleeping-rooms. For the sleeping rooms there is not much change in papers. Nothing seems to satisfy so well as stripes, and there are stripes of every width and color. There are plain pin-line stripes and come from 25 cents the roll to $1.00 and more. Of course, the cheaper pa- pers do not look so good as the high- er-priced one, any more than a print gown would look as rich as one of silk. But the same effects are carried out, only in cheaper colors. VALUE OF RHUBARB IN PRESERV- ING. BY MRS. E. o. SWOPE. For many years I have combined rhubarb with pineapple for preserving purposes. The result is delicious, as An Attractive stripes of posies, and for every paper the cut out. border of floral or geo- metric design, with the favors all to the floral patterns. If you do not want a stripe and are anxious for a riot. of colors there are some very good cop- ’ ies of English chintzes, with the bright colors faithfully reproduced. One bed- room in English chintz wouldn’t be a bad idea in every house, the bright colors have such a cheering effect. For an invalid or a person afflicted with chronic blues a bedroom in chint-z with window hanging to match, should be most wholesome. The up-to-date wall-paper hous shows draperies as well as wall hang- ings, and for every paper shown the salesman will'show you the correct curtain material. Madras seems the favored material for the lower rooms, and cretonne for the bedrooms. Not a color shown in the paper but has its drapery to match. Cretonne for bedroom hangings, curtains, spread, and dresser covers, seems as good to- day as when it was first introduced. Some prefer chintz, but either is good. If you do not care for any of the papers mentioned, there are still many others from which to choose. Basket weave. looks like the basket weave cloth, so popular for suits a few sea- sons ago. It comes in plain colors or blends, in gray, brown and tan, as does artists’ canvas, which, as its name implies, is a reproduction of the the oatmeal papers, the grass cloth papers, the leather and Tiffany effects which have been used so long, are still good. Leather for the dining- room is always good, as is Tiffany in the parlor. Tapestry papers in grays, blues, tans and browns could be chos- en for dining—room or hall, especially in a room of spacious proportions, and one never tires of the tapestry papers if the colors are well chosen. All of these papers are shown in prices to suit every pocket-book. They Border Design. perhaps a great many housekeepers know. Until last year, however, I had never realized the full value of rhu- barb in preserving and canning. I ex- perimented with many kinds of fruit and found that the addition of rhubarb made a marked improvement in flavor over the old way. Another advantage, of course, is the reduced expense, as the rhubarb is cheaper than almost any of the fruits with which it may be combined. With currants, gooseberries, or any others that are acid, I use half-and- '/half, a little water, and sugar enough to sweeten to taste. With the milder fruits, such as strawberries, raspber- ries, blackberries, sweet cherries, etc., 1 use in about the proportion of one- third rhubarb to two—thirds of berries. Watermelon preserves made with rhu- barb are better and a great deal more delicious than when made with lem— ons alone. Using both rhubarb and lemons make a. decided improvement on watermelon preserves. A delicious marmalade is made of rhubarb and pumpkin as follows: Ov- er six pounds of finely cut pumpkin and two pounds of rhubarb, also finely cut, pour five pounds of granulated .sugar and let stand over night. Next day let the mixture simmer slowly until it becomes of the desired con— sistency. This will require most of the day. It is then ready to seal in jelly tumblers or in small jars, which- ever you may choose. A bit of salt added to any kind of preserves, jams or jellies, is a decided improvement over the older methods. Before laying a carpet after house- cleaning, it is a good plan to wash the floor with a strong solution of salt and water. This will keep away moths. It is also a good idea to sprinkle salt. on the carpet occasionally when sweeping—Mrs. J.,J. O’C. \ I; 5.3.... Mr- "1,.-.er Lil. i r 'V. MY 23, 191‘." Hummusazninwmmnmmwunmwnmm"mug: I“ Grange. "ll lllllllllllllllllllllllll Emlnmmllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllflllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllflflllg Our Mottoz—“The farmer is of more consequence than the farm, and should he first imprmrcd.” A NOVEL IDEA. To Mrs. George S. Ladd, Lecturer of the Massachusetts State‘Grange, and to Chairman R. J. Gregory and Secre- tary Mrs. E. 0. Marshall, of the State Bird Committee, belongs the credit for successfully carrying out one of the most unique plans for aiding the birds ever seen in the United States. On Saturday, April 24, at Grafton, Massachusetts, there was held a Chil. dren’s Bird Field Day and more than 500 children took part in the exercises that followed the marching from the center school to the town commons. Miss Helen Warren, representing the Goddess of Liberty, stood beneath a double arch decorated with hunting and she was saluted by those. children who then pledged their allegiance to their flag and country. Patriotic and bird songs were sung, games were played, bird puzzles were solved and 50 bird houses were given out to as many children as prizes for excellent work done in bird work during the winter and Spring. _ Then the successful ones were tak- en in automobiles to different parts of THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘ William"mmmmmmmummlmmmHunting: , " lllllll S Farmers’ Clubs ElflllllflllllllfllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll CLUB DISCUSSIONS. E Laying Out the Farm.——The Wash- ington Center Farmers’ Club was very pleasantly entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mette, May 13. The meeting was presidede over by Vice-president Mrs. E. L. Cook. Roll call was responded to by naming a noted place in Michigan. A select reading, “Wanted—a Minister’s Wife,” by Mrs. Cudsen‘, was much enjoyed. “Convenient arrangement of fields on the farm," was opened for discussion by Mr. Heinle-n, who favored long fields so that in plowing he would not have to turn so often. Others thought ten-acre lots about right, with a lane through the center of the farm. Mr. Curren has one 40 acres laid out in ten-acre fields, and one in eight-acre fields, and does not think he has too many, which goes to show that there is quite a difference of opinion as to convenience. The next subject taken up, “The value of Good Roads,” was opened by C. N. Curren and thorough» 1y discussed by all voters present. The Farmers’ Club believes in keeping this subject before the people, and it usu- ally has a place on the program once or twice every year. The June meeting of the Club will be held at “Shade- lands,” with Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Camp- bell—Mrs. S. N. French, Cor. Sec. The Wells-Dayton Farmers’ Club met and were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everitt Ross in Caro, May 5. It being a half’day meeting and a long distance for some of the .. _.. . ..........‘.__..1. _..._._-- a.“ .l *w.wl Children’s Bird Field Day Exercises in Massachusetts. the tOWn so that they might put up their houses properly, under direction of the state ornithologist, E. H. For- bush and Chairman R. J. Gregory, of the State Bird Committee. In the afternoon more than 700 peo- ple gathered in the town hall to listen to talks about birds by various well known and representative people. Among the speakers were State Orni- thologist E. H. Forbusb, Winthrop Packard, secretary of the Massachu- setts Audobon Society, T. J. DeCou- dres, Superintendent of the Grafton Schools, three members of the State Bird Committee, Mr. R. J. Gregory, Chairman, Mrs. E. 0. Marshall, Secre— tary, and Mrs. Eleanor Mellon, W. K. Putney, lecturer and writer of nature work, John H. Thompson, Master of Grafton Grange, and Mrs. George S. Ladd, Lecturer of the Massachusetts State Grange, who on account of her activity is often spoken of as the “big— gest little woman in Massachusetts.”- Mass. W. K. PI’TNEY. AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES. Peach Plains Grange, of Ottawa county, met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. August Rank, of 1142 Fulton avenue, the evening of May I, with a good attendance. After the business ‘ session all enjoyed the literary pro gram as prepared by the lecturer, Mrs. Borck, and which consisted of papers on farm and household topics, songs by the Glee Club, recitations by the younger members, more songs by the Glee Club. Then came the refresh merits, after which the Grange closed. all declaring it to be one of the very best evenings ever spent. COMING EVENTS. Monroe County Pomona Grange No. 51. will meet with Ash Center Gra 6, Tuesday, June 15. . ng members to drive, there were only about 30 visitors and members pres.- ent. A short program by the enter— tainment committee was furnished and a good talk by Mr. Wm. Mud-gs, man- ager of the Thumb Creamery Com- pany, which brought out the testing and different grades of cream, which was appreciated by the Club. Several ' selections were given on the phonoy graph. The question box brought out a lively discussion. Miss Malsbury being chef, Served an excellent supper to which. all did justice. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Walls will entertain the Club- June 2, at East Dayton—Mrs. S. G. Ross, Cor. Sec. Short Cuts to Housekeeping—The May meeting of the Columbia Farm- ers’ Club, which was held at "Oak Grove,” the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ball, was an interesting meet- ing. The newly elected president, Clarence Cook, presided. A paper on “Farm Pests and how to control them, and diseases of crops,” was read by Luther-Cook. Birds and the skunk was mentioned as a means of combat- ing some pests. Treatment of seed for some crops was given, and of the soil for others. Miss Matie Lowry gave two readings and Mrs. E. H. Loomis also gave one on “Keeping One’s Balance." Mrs. Edw. Donald— son gave some short cuts to house— keeping, followed by others from the Club ladies, as follows: Use a bread mixer; drop your cookies instead of cutting them; use hot water instead of cold for pie crust; make your biscuit in the morning, put in cold place, and bake when required; try baked suet pudding, instead of steamed; put fruit in cans, fill with hot syrup, and stand in hot water until it is cold; can pie- plant in cold“ water. Mr. and Mrs. Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Immis, and Mrs. Hayes furnished vocal numbers for the occasion and roll call was re- sponded to with many humorous inci- dents. The pleasant home was heat» trial, with its decorations of lilacs and Wild violets. A large coffee boiler was used for the first time, that was pur- chased by the Club for the use of the out 1 , hostesswuaude some. Reporter. ' Prevent House Flies Those Carriers of Typhoid and Other Dangerous Diseases. While fly swatters, sticky fly paper, fly traps and other devices are on the adult fly, the best against this pest is to prevent from hatching. The United States Department of Agriculture, after amusivc tests, recommends efiective ‘ s -.- safe uard the y eggs III/ill Powdered Borax as the most effective, economical and practical substance for this purpose. (See Bulletin of the United States Department of Agriculture No. 118) . The fly lays its eggs hgarbage, stable more or other refuse. . 20 Mule Team Borax Prevents Fly Eggs from Hatching ‘u Directions Apply through a fine sieve or flour sitter, 2 ounces of 2.0 Mule Team Borax (the same Borax you have always used in your home) to the can of garbage, daily. same way, 10 ounces of 20 Mule Team Borax to 8 bushels of fresh manure, and sprinkle with 2 to 3 gallonsof water. 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MI AGE!“ wanted in each town to ride and “bib“ simple 19:51:1on ”no Wed by us. 1 n cam You How- bow we can do it. You wl ll beastonlsbedandconvlnood. Do not buy a. bicycle. tires or: minutiae ourcatalog and new special otters. Write today. Inn cm: co, Dept. M77, 3 to learn what we 0am and until you. an. ammo, m. ”OUR DAlNTY MArD" The are made from may FLOUR 'INTERES T ' SAFETY 100% 5W0 This Bank issues certificates of do posit bearing 5% interest, issued any day for any length of time, over 950 days desired. Individuals, Churches, or Societies having savings accounts, or who are accumulating building funds, or w be needed until a certain date ho have money that will not earn 5% in the meantime. Remit by money orders or ('11 colts on your (tn-(ll bank. l'ktaturcd (‘e’l'flfl‘t‘llft's payable in New 1 ark exchange. The First National Bank, of Cheraw, S. C. H ouscwives are enthusi— Noi bleached, Insist on the sack with General Sales Agents: 'ymnimsldbim . .‘.\.‘,\3‘\\.\‘.‘-‘.‘:;\\\.\.\\)".~“‘fi.\\‘9 ‘t«“ -- ”lend“ 3 \\\§ .‘b‘n‘ e0 \ . . §§3.:~.\.\‘\\\\\\_\\\\§ . \b‘qfi \\ \M .\\.\.\\\§s\\ "Q . .\‘\ , \‘.\_\“,\\\'\\§.\\\\\\\§>\ ‘t~ ‘.‘.\‘.«\\\‘.\\\\\‘i\\.\l\\ _. \\\\\§\)\§\\\ \ \\ \ .\\.\\\\\x\\\\m\\\ \\\} u" \.\\3\‘ \\\\ With Branches at SAGJNAW (U PLAST ER BOAR D mr—cnw-nwg. '53. APPLY. We aeum _ fl . 3" WP . n. 11. moms}; 00.. 4mm Anya... Moi... m m m an m m. m I- '- menrxmn mm: at». Neat. eke-mon- ument-t. mum injure anything. Wood chemo. scrotum cm 6 sent“ prepaid lot 31.. 624—12 It SAVES the Farmer'slhresh Bill What saves it ? Why? Because it saves enough more of grain and time to pay it. Why does it save more grain? Because it has the only true and correct principle of taking the grain out of the straw. It beats it out just as on would do by hand with a pitchiork, while other threshers de- pend upon the grain falling out. It has the Man Behind the Gun which is in no other thresher. Why does it save the farmer’s time .9 Because. it runs steadily all the time. It runs and does good work when conditions will not permit other kinds to run at all. It Is less liable to breakdowns and other troubles than other machines. BUY OR HIRE A RED RIVER SPECIAL And Save the Farmer's Thresh Bill What advantage is this to the Thresherman ? It is the most popular machine among farmers, and will get the best jobs and the longest run. It threshes when other kinds will not. It threshes faster and threshes more and saves more. Buy a Red River Special and GET THE BIG RUN. Send for new Red River Special Paper, FREE NICHOLS & SHEPARD co.’ ( In continuous business since I848 ) Builders of Red River Special Threshers. Windl Stackers, F eeders. Steam Traction En- gines and Oil-Gas Tractors (10) BATTLE CREEK, MICH. 95 Upward IMEllchl cnrm ’ SEPARATDB A SOLID PROPOSITION to send fully gulrlntsed. a new, well made, easy mnning, perfect skimming separator lor $15. 95. Skims warm or cold milk; making heavy or light cream. The bowl is a slnitsry marvel. easily cleaned ABSOLUTELY 0N APPROVAL Gears thoroughly p r o t e ct e d. Different from this picture, which 'llustrates our large capacity machines Wutem orders tilled from Western points. Whether y o u r dairy is large or small write for our handsome free catalog. Address: AMERICAN SEPARATOR 00. Box 306! Bainbridge. N. Y. Reliance Separators are by far the most economical to buy because they get 1 h e g r e a t e e 1'. amount of cream; , are easily operat- ed; built of the best material and will give longest service. , Enquire of your 1 o c a I dealer or write main office for particulars. Reliance Engineering Co., Lansing, Mich. Hy-Rib Concrete Silos Are low in cost, easily built.and give satlsfactlon everywhere. Built With out forms with only the usual soafl'olding and or- dinary farmlabor. Walls not injured by silage juices. Water- proof fire- proof. ntorm- proof rat- proof. Nothing to rot or wear out. Nee no paint- ' For farm In? or repairs. ., ' bu ldinge of every kind, '1 use Hy-Rib construction. Hy-Rib combines within itself reinforcement, forms lath and studs Sll) Catalog Free Containing usefull Infor- mation, and examples of farm buildings. Write today. Agents Wanted. TRUSSED CONCRETE STEEL co. 688 Trussed Concrete Building, Detroit, Mich. l Governinent Farmers Wanted £353, :32 21 to 50. OZMENT 17 F. st. Louis. THE MICHIGAN FARMER I—- IEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:I S we consider the advantagees of farm marketing by motor trucks as compared to the ad- vantages of city gasoline delivery, it is hard to see why the city man beat The man in town has bgtter streets and Shorter hauls, yet he was first to adopt motor truck delivery. Would we not think that the farmer with long hauls and poor roads would have been the first to invest in these labor and time saving vehicles? But the difference is fast disappear- ing. Rural competition is more keen and ways and means for increasing the speed and decreasing the cost of delivery are becoming as popular among the orchards, fields, gardens, berry patches and poultry farms of the countryside, as they are among the manufacturers, Wholesalers and retailers of the city. But Few Backsliders. No one need be surprised then, to Observe an increase in the number of motor trucks purchased for farm use. As the kind of materials marketed change, the means of marketing nat- urally will differ. The more. farmers become engaged in specialized farm— ‘ing of any sort the more farm owners of motor trucks will there become. The convincing thing about it is that motor truck delivery holds as it grows. More than 90 per cent of all who take up motor truck delivery keep it up and never go back to the ways of their forefathers. The motor truck builds up the very businesses which demand it, and therefore increases and perpetuates the reason for its pur- chase. The man who raises berries and fruit soon comes to wonder how he ever managed to stay in business with his old-fashioned methods of delivery. His motor truck enables him to rise later in the morning and get to mar- ket at the customary time. It enables him to gather his tender fruit, such as berries and peaches, in the cool of the day, and get it to market or ship- his country brother to the method.’ GIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfi Farm Commerce. II|IIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIII|II||III|III|||IIIIII|II|III||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH IIIII|IIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIfl‘ Better Opportunities with Motor Trucks ElIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII ping point before they have broken down. It not only moves him up clos- er to his customary market but puts him within easy striking distance of other and perhaps better markets. For the Truck and Dairy Farmers. These conditions apply with equal force to the producer of truck and garden vegetables. The motor truck makes the raiser of radishes, green peas and roasting ears master of his early morning marketing. It lets him get as much sleep as every man de- serves, and yet enables him to get into market before it is already glutted. It makes him independent of local buy- ers, he goes where he canlget the best prices and conditions. Furthermore, it enables him to get there more eas- ily, quickly and economically. who produces, milk, cream, butter, or cheese to any extent is, or soon will be, the owner of a motor truck. It. gives him the power and speed necessary to make quick deliveries in the cool of the day and to cover, if necessary, long distances. The motor truck as now built will travel over all kinds of roads in all kinds of weather, and will encounter any hill. The motor truck has be- come an all—year institution, and one which will relieve the dairyman of the tortures of slow and tiresome de- livery. The poultry farmer is a natural member of the motor truck club and finds That his business can be handled with alacrity and economy by the aid of gasoline. It enables him to mar- ket daily, when desired, and to an- swer and to fill special orders on short notice. It makes a full fledged busi- ness man out of the otherwise handi- capped poultry farmer. A farmer need not. be an all—fruit, all-vegetable, all-dairy or all-poultry farmer to come In under the classifi- cation of those who need specialized delivery. Being engaged in several lines of specialized farming does not keep a man from being a candidate for specialized delivery. Here is a report Every man IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIiIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII VII-IO GETS THE MONEY ? .TIIE cosr or MANUFAGWRIIIC Allll mmmc I rouun or wrscousm cutest-nu CENTS ‘ mvmrn ”one AMERICAN llMBURCER I'ARMEII PRCJUCTIOII CHEESE MAKER lawn SHIPPINB WESALERS .. 8BROKERS " STORAGE 8 SHRINKACE msmpnon RETAILER mm cosr In) consume] , A careful survey of the cheese in- dustry of the state of Wisconsin has been made. This work extended from the farm where the milk was produc- ed to the final consumer and a detail- ed record of the expenses and charges for each operation was kept. The ac- companying illustration shows how much of the price paid by the consum- er of the different varieties of cheese goes to each of the different persons or concerns in the chain connecting , the man who makes with the man who eats. After completing the sur- I vey the investigators offer the sugges- tion that the farmers’ co-operative cheese factories and other private concerns, develop brands of cheese of superior quality. These men seem con- fident that if this is done many of the links in the chain above referred to can be eliminated and the producer would not only receive' a larger por- tion of the consumer’s money but the consumer would be satisfied to pay more for a better product. The sug- gestion is one that Michigan farmers interested in cheese factories can af- ford to take up with the directors of the local factory.‘ MAY 29,1915. of a typical day’s errands of a farmer owning an auto truck: Delivered milk at station, went on to town and got a half ton of fertilizer, returned and took same to field where it was wanted. Threw on a cultivator needing repairs and carried to blacksmith shop. In afternoon delivered a sheep to a farm- er living seven miles away, called at neighbor’s on way home for eight bushels of seed potatoes. Took some posts and boards to farm a. mile away and repaired fence. In the evening the boys and their neighbor friends went in truck to the river three miles away to fish. G. F. WHITSETT. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR GRAIN ELEVATORS. The marketing specialists of the de— partment of Agriculture have devised a complete accounting system and set of fifteen forms especially adapted to the business of co-operative elevators. This system and the forms for its in- stallation were developed after a thor- ough study of all accounting systems now in use in the grain trade. It also includes suggestions made by a num- ber of elevator managers and grain men throughout the country. Before publication, the system recommended and the forms were submitted to care ful practical tests in representative elevators in seven of the grain states. As a result of this practical business use of the forms, the system has been adopted by the Farmers’ nion of Kan- - sas, the Grain DealeIs ’Association of Illinois, and the National Council of Grain Dealers’ Associations. In devel- oping the system the specialists had in mind two objects, first the devising of a complete system of accounts for grain elevators, and secondly the de- veloping of a system adapted to all elevators which might encourage these enterprises to keep their ac~ counts in a uniform way. The special- ists believe that the adoption of some uniform accounting system, besides standardizing accounting practice will enable employes to become more pro— ficient in accounting, give stockhold- ers confidence, and make possible the exchanging of elevator statistics. The system has been so devised as to ac- commodate itself to all the conditions common in the grain states. Its use as a loose-leaf system, however, ena- bles it to fit the different requirements of various elevators, which in most cases will not need to use all the forms of the system in keeping accu— rate accounts. The system is describ- ed in bulletin 236, entitled “A System of Accounts for Farmers’ Co-operative Elevators.” IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEI|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII Crop and Market N otcs. Michigan. Cheboygan Co., May 15.—-Pastures and meadows are. short on account of dry weather. Wheat and rye are look- ing well. More than the usual amount of oats and corn has been planted this spring, also more beans and less po- tatoes will be put in. Fruit prospects are good and a. number of large com- mercial orchards are being planted. More spraying being done than for- 11191131. Not as many spring pigs as usual. Butter 300; eggs 200; potatoes 18@200. Delta 00., May 17.—Hay and pas- tures in good shape. Spring grain is about all in and a large acreage of oats and peas planted. Not many po— tatoes will be planted owing to low prices. Outlook for fruit crop good. There is the usual amount of pigs and lambs. Wool is selling for 2563260; butter 25c; eggs 20c; potatoes 25c. Gratiot Co., May 18.—At present there is an inch of snow and more is . falling. The temperature is close to the freezing point. Meadows are well advanced and promise a good crop of hay. Rye is heading wheat is promis- ing. Pastures good. Some corn is in, but the greater portion still to be planted. There will be a large acreage of beans. Fruit trees blossomed pro- fusely, but spraying is somewhat neg- lected. There seems to be a large crop of pigs and lambs. Milk $1. 20@ 1.25, butter- fat 250; eggs 17c; pota- toes 250; wool 28@30c Monroe Co., May 17. —-Pastures are poor, due to dry weather. Meadows (Continued on page 626)., .- 1.....- .I .. «mum MAY 29. 1915. WillWWWWWMWMMHMHHME g Poultry mulllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllyllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllrzé A CHIX CROOK. The other day a busineSS errand took me for the first time into the back yard of a certain neighbor. While we talked, I found my hand touching a long narrow strip of wood with a. small wire hook nailed to the end “Oh,” I exclaimed, “you use chix crook, too, do you?” “Yes, indeed," was the hearty response, “I couldn’t have gotten along without it very well this summer, and raised the 400 chick- ens that I did.” This simple little poultry conven- ience which we two women found of common service, would be in every hen house if people knew of its use- fulness. There is no exeuSe for not having one; four to six feet of stiff wire and a pair of pliers are the only necessities for making this device which I choose to call a. “chix crook”. An inexperienced child, or even a. woman, can make one in ten minutes less—~as I have demonstrated. At one end of the wire turn a narrow hook about three inches long with the wire point bent back, and bend the other end of the wire into a handle. '0 ‘ “C With it in hand, after a little practice, there is no need for sw00ping down upon a flock of pet fowls in order to catch one to look at its color; no need to set the dog on one for dinner; no need to wait till the flock goes to roost to pick out the culls—no longer any of these frightening methods in the poultry flock. . JENNIE BUELL. “FAKERS AND VICTIMS.” On.receiving our mail a few days since, an article under the above head- ing attracted my attention, and should be read by every poultry raiser. It ran .as follows: “Word reaches us that a bunch of takers .are going about the country selling a. so-called poultry remedy at $1.50 per quart, spot cash. With each quart is promis- ed a setting of eggs of pure-bred fowls. As this is the day of free gifts, and almost everybody expects a gift or tip of some sort, the sale of the so-called poultry remedy is readily made. The diluted copperas water at $1.50 per quart and a setting of eggs make a very attractive offer and the takers are making good money-especially when the free setting of eggs are nev- er delivered. Evidently there are sev- ral old hens sitting on door knobs, lit- tle gourds and artificial eggs watiing for the free pure-bred eggs promised with the quart of copperas water at $1.50 per quart. Just how these fak- ers are able to find so many victims is past our understanding—but they find them every day. Why purchase stock and poultry remedies from fakers going about ov- er the country? Why not buy from the local dealers and direct from ad- vertisers who use this and other re- liable and trustworthy publications? It is a good plan to make everyone show first-class letters of credit from parties you know to be reliable, if you must buy from them.” J. M. W. NO MORE WHITE DIARRHEA. Dear Sirsz—I have been very suc- cessful this year raising my chicks, since I sent to the Wight Company, P-43, Lamoni, Iowa, for a 50c box of Chictone. For several years I have lost my share of chicks with bowel trouble and have tried various reme- dies without effect. Chictone stopped it after a few doses. I think it isfine --Ra.ttie Allen. llcheon, ILL—Adver- tisement. ' THE MICHIGAN FARMER BREBBERS' DIRECTORY. POULTRY. use some news mast—Esme Shmper 100. M. PIklnsdq duo NIH-81m CLAUDIA BETTS.. Hdldlpdale.ti Michigan. R1110!) E ESMND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS. Males 5 to 12 lbs. aocordin ageSZK 1:085; P. 3 bone weigh!51109%lbs..ms M‘flm RegaSBpsI-llll. Mmmo ti). iron-o 'Ioml Turkeys. wé to 38 lbs. according to m 38 w 325.10 6888 S3. A. ELCrampfon, Vassar, Mich S. C. White Leghoms: 9133.111110]! 132’ 332%” 1‘3; 15 postpsid. $4 per 100 not prop-id. Bree ing ban for 83.10 ufl‘elJune 19t.Brucs W. Brown. 1! No. 3. Mayvills. licb. White F. Rocks. Pokin and white runner ducks. White guineafl, eggs and day old ducks and chicks. H. V. HOSTETLER. St. Johns. Michigan. HITTAKER‘ S ROSE CTMB REDS. Eggs and Chicks.“ rite for Mating 1.th and ’1‘ he Whittaker Guarantee. Interlales Farm, Box 39 Lawrence.Mich. GIGS for hatching fnom Mammoth White Holland E Turkeys. White Runner Ducks. B.1’. Rocks. R. C. White Leghorns. 8. 8. Hamburgs. Write for on- cular and. guarantee. River-view Farm Vssonr.Micl\..R. 8. “an” MK eggs for blanking. from full blood stock. 1.50139 1'13. 810 per 100. J. A. BARNUM. Union City. Mich tum. qlLVER Laced (loldcn and \\ bite VVyIIIIdnlte Eggs for batch- k mg 'l‘cn cents clch or 30 5551p”! puroelpnst 2. charges. C.W. BROWNING. “Portland Michigan. STANDARD Bred Rose and Single Comb 3.1 .Reds. Eggs $1. .50 per 15 and S2 50 per 30 delivered. 1* 190 Pearl Guineas 8 Andalusians. Belgain Euros. and Poland China Flu-.1"- “tot-k vorv reasonable. QIIIIl- ity high W. T. FRENCH Ludlngton. Michigan. ARRED ROCKS. Parks 200- Egg strain. A strait: \I 1th Egg rec ordn to 271 eggs 3 year. $1. 50 per 1 Delivered by Panel Post. Fred Astling Consinntim, Mich. 11‘. f h t 1 110111 811111! "E13 A313 T‘flfltllliid fifkifi'né‘. 'I‘. 3.23%. SHERIDAN POULTRY YARDS R.15.SberidIIII Mii h. ' ' ' —After May 15th. stock Pm 11ml Willis Orplllginlls M... .3... ... 0..., h... firice. also pedigreed Belgian Fares. MR8. ILl 18 11.611 Pine Crest Farm. Royal Oak, Michigan. B {I R k 3 out of 4 firsts Chicago, 1914 Eggs lwl. of u 06 S! He. Ihllll $1.50-15 $11-1W1.S 1 Hull‘ 1.02- llnl'n eggs 31-15: . 14.00 Poll of 12 Bufl’ lngllorns $111. 211 Buff Rock Hells. 7.5 cents in $2.5 including (‘llicazo llIId Minne— I'Ipnlis first. pliw winners. 0Bird 1.!“ II Plum, 111er ncc Mic lI. ah' m “'9 shipthousands dillerentVarietiel-I. prices 1 1131113 order now for spring delivery. free booklet. reeport Hatchery. Box 12 Freeport. Mich ' ' A. C. Barred P. Rocks. R. C. Rhoda 1.11110 Finn-'11 Island Reds and S.C.White Leghorn '0 H Eggs for sale. :1 for 15, $1.50 for 24. $2.50 11 1!- for50. Colon C. Lillie. Coopcmlllu. Mich BARRED PLY. ROCKS First prize winners at Chicago, Cincinnati. Indianapolis. etc. Eggs from fine Utility Musings that are bred to lay $.51) per 15.34 per .50. $7 perl 1110 From best 9111 bition aens :10 per 15 $25 Oper 50. Prompt delivery and good gate 11 guarllnteedfl .Earl Hoover, R. 7 Matthewand. . ' Write for circular. 1.1111311131101113 "afflld'chmkS- We guarantee ent in- qu'tion lo Illl our customers. MAPLE CITY POULTRY PLANT. 80: C. Charlotte. Michigan, —Bred for size. shape. vigor- s- a “11118 1331101113 egg production. 13 \ears' cx- perieuce breeding leghorns. Hutchingeggn $4 50 pen-11111 B: I1» (1111 ks $10 per 100. A. 0. Round Tecumseh. Mich. Hens $1. 'Oeach. calm uitb the ki‘xl§l‘il. quzlllty sired c by .l.ll 01m I-I Fairy l‘lmanon. 10 "'111. irolu high przodutiug dams. S'MIIH .1' PA llqKFIK. Howell. Mich JERSEYS-THE llElilSlEll 0F M51111 Klllll. BROOKWATEH FARM. R. No. 7. Ann Arbor. Mich. Jersey Bulls for Sack: 1:23.132“1.559121115325353 semi- official test. .B. Wellner H. 6. Allegan. Mich. M. If you want the most beautiful cow get. the C. ('. FISHERTON FARM JERSEYS“S°'"° “"0 grandsons of Hood Farm l’ogls‘ 91h . from Register of Merit dams. 1‘18ku DUN rWAKM Ponuac. Michigan. BIDWELL SHORTHORNS For "Beef and Mitk" Registered Bulls. Cows and boilers Sc(1l('1l~tOD~ pod ronns. reds and white for sale. at L. 8. I11 M. S. De 01:. also D. ’1‘. & I. fl'y. BIDWELL STOCK FARM llnx B. 'l‘ecullznell. Mick Albion gidmp 21526711 —Y b 11 . . Shnllhorns For Sale 3.1.3535 21.3. 73.51.11.331 13.31331. W. B. McQUlLLAN. Howell or Chilson. Michigan. M.LKIN6 8110111110"! 's—(li'oung bulls sired by .I d M . sale. DAVIDSON a. HALL' rarletII$ie11031113311121? Sllorlhorll Callie 01 both Sex for Sale W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan. —-D h (1 d Shorlllorlls “3.113.912.1883. riihémi‘i‘iiilf‘fi “iv"cc“...‘§.'.' Sacy. Cant. Mich Shorthoru Breeders Assn. McBride Mll'h of best Bates Strains. My Bait, Bled 8110111101118 Pure Duke herd boll is for s..Ile J. B. HUMMEL, Mason, Mich luau. SHEEP. Fm ski—Three young. Reg. Holstein cow‘ am safe In calf. No culls. Price 5175 such. Also 3 heifer calves 51?.” ) each. 2 bull calves. Wench choice breeding. PINE HILL FARM. R. 6. Lahoview. Mich. ull Cult—3 sisters from 30. 081.0 34. 31 lbs Rim 8 “1'85 brother to Pontiac Korndyke. Dam 22.9! lb her dam has 2 30 lb. sisters. M. 1.. Mcl.AI'l.l.\'. Redford. mall. BOLSTEIN BULL CALF .5 mo. old, good individual. well grown fromA. R. 0. dam 're's dam has" 1 day record 30.78 lbs. butter and II large yearly record. W. B. READ“ Howell, Michigan. “Top-Notch" Holsteins. Extra large fine young bull. ”white. born 001: 4.1913. Dam has qfliolsl record of 8.40 lbs. butter in 7 days. 117. 50 lbs in 30 days. Sire' sdun Is a 22.641b. 4 yr.-old daughter of a 30. .591b Mcmmfi FARMS 00.. Howell. Michigan. Rag. HM Bull calves mtg-ragull. Con supply an we White (RV/1110.113!" B. Pal-h an. Brannon. Mich. m:‘lE—Eegjctmd Holstein bull ready for set- vlz-e. mostly white. Ono but! can hon April 24th. mostly b'aek. Price 25. “one 9A.]! records. Char! es I. Cook Box 438, Fowlorvill'e. Mich. 1T PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP OP PARSONS 'E’rfiggmw 2.. . 315312.215“ $123131??? 3.5“.‘12‘5111‘1? Oxfords Shropshire: and Pull lled— amines. wPARSONS. GrandLedge. Mich. EL ‘ Mmered OXford Down Sheen—wfifigfur M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan. [1005. Barnes 8. Victorias‘é‘:§’if.¥§§“2.3‘fill? slug the blood of Superbo Defender. Much Culinarions and others Afew young boars. M. T. STORY. Lowell. Mich. Berkshire Bogs—Jmoioe mitts bred to furrow in March and A ril. Also a number at Boned Plymouth Rock (Hacienda. Chase' 3 Shock Form B No l Harlem. lich. Choice "spring bean and gins. msm moon qpi ck. Farmers mined stock. manner swoon rum. Alma... Kiel: Breeders' litany—tamed in: page on THE MICHIGAN FARMER MAY 29, 1915. 626~l4 gr:IllIIIIIII!|IIllIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlllIlllllIIII||H|lHII||HIIlIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMINNIE g Markets. g El] ‘5 IIIIIIIIIIIIIllllilllllllillllllillllIillllllllllllllIllllllllllilllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllfi WEATH ER FOR ECAST. For week beginning Wednesday, May 26, for the region of the Great Lakes. Thunder showers on Wednes- day will be followed by generally fair weather during succeeding days of the week. Somewhat warmer Wednesday except in the Lake Superior region, but moderate temperature will rule. GRAINS AND SEEDS. May 25, 1915. Wheat—There has been a slightly easier feeling in wheat circles by rea- son of Italy’s war policy. The expect- ed downward trend of prices, however, has failed partially by reason of in- sistent reports of crop damage in the southwestern districts. Injury from the Hessian fly and black rust is quite general there, and the damage is con- sidered of important dimensions. The world’s exports last week were large and our visible supply shows a sub- stantial decrease. There seems to be no reason for expecting large declines without a change in international poli- tics. One year ago No. 2 red wheat was quoted at 971/20 per bu. Prices for the past week are: No. 2 No. 1 Red. White. July. \Vednesday . . . . .152 1.48 1.241/2 Thursday ...... 1.53 1.49 1241/2 Friday ......... 1.54 1.50 127 Saturday ..1.53 1.49 1.26 Monday ........ 1.53 1.49 1.26 Wednesday . . . .1541/2 1.50%; 1.27% (‘hicago.~—May wheat $1.551/2; July $1.281,é; Sept., $1.22 per bushel. Corn.~—I’rimary receipts have been small and stocks at important points are reduced, the visible supply show- ing a decrease of 2,343,000 bushels. Prices are maintained at last week’s iigures. Rains have interfered some- what with planting, but generally speaking, Weather conditions have been favorable. One year ago No. 3 corn was quoted at 730 per bushel. Prices for the week are: No. 3 No. 3 Mixed. Yellow. Wednesday 751/2 75 Thursday ...... . . 76 751/2 Friday ..... 76% 77 Saturday ........... 76 761/2 Monday ............ 76 76 1/2 Wednesday ......... 771,4; 78 Chicago—May corn, 57.10; July 76.6c; Sept., 77.10 per bushel. Oats—The new crop of oats is most promising; the cool weather having been in its favor. Interest in the old grain is normal and the American vis- ible supply has decreased 2,812,000 bushels for the week. Standard oats were quoted a year ago at 441/;c per bushel. Quotations are as follows: No. 3 Standard. White. Wednesday . . . ...... 55 54 1/2 Thursday ........... 55 541/2 Friday .............. 55% 55 Saturday ........... 56 56 Monday ............. 56 551/2 Wednesday ......... 57 lé 56 Rye—This cereal shows a decline of 1c with cash No. 2 now quoted at $1.17 per bu. The market is lifeless. Beans—Demand is small; trade steady. Detroit quotations: Cash $3.05; June $3.10. Chicago trade is ordinary and quiet. Pea. beans, hand-picked, choice, quoted at $3.20; common $2.95 @310: red kidneys $3.25fit365. At Greenville farmers are receiving $2.80 per bushel. DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. Bunch—Demand is good and offer- ings of high quality. Prices are 20 higher. Extra creamery 28c: firsts 27c: daiiy 21c; packingr stock 18c. ElginreMarket firm with demand good and receipts large. Quotation for the week 280. (‘liicag’o.~Market is unsettled and prices 11/2fi/2c higher. Sudden advance checked speculative buying. Supply liberal. Extra creainery 28611281120; extra firsts 27(1‘271/2c; firsts 2F¢it 261/2c: seconds 22@241/2c; packing stock 19@191/2c Poultry.—Market is steady with sup- ply light. Fowls are 11/20 lower, oth- ers unchanged. Live—«Broilers 1@ 1% lbs. 3261350; hens 151/2@16c; ducks 15@16c; geese 10@11c. ChicagomMai-ket steady. Offerings light and demand good. Fowls, good weights 15c: spring chickens. large 28@30c per lb; small 22@25c; ducks 13c; geese 8@9c. Eggs.—Liberal receipts caused a de- cline of lléc. Demand is good but not enough to prevent accumulations. Fresh stock sells at 18c per dozen. Chicago—The market is easy with prices favoring buyers. Supply large. Miscellaneous lots, cases included, 161,é@17%c; ordinary firsts 15%@ 16960; firsts 16%@17%c VeaI.—Quoted steady'at 111/5@12c for fancy, and 10@110 for common. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Apples-Market firm at unchanged prices. Supply is light and demand is satisfactory. Baldwins $3.75@4 per bbl; Ben Davis $2@2.50; Steele Red $4@4.50. Chicago—Market steady for sound fruit of good color. Supply is light. Baldwins $3.50@4.25; Ben Davis $3@ 3.25; Northern Spy $4@6. Potatoes—Market is easy and dull. Prices unchanged. Quoted at 35@38c per bushel in sacks. At Chicago the market is firm with demand fair. Receipts moderate. Michigan white in bulk quoted at 36@45c per bushel; at Greenville potatoes are selling at 25c per bushel with not many coming. WOOL. Boston—Sales in Boston doubled last week and there seems to be a bet- ter general feeling among dealers. They now seem confident that the wool business should yield large prof- its the coming year. In the west the growers are asking good prices, and dealers are paying them. The farm- ers of the central states are also get- ting the prices they demand. notwith- standing the fact that fleeces are'be— ing neglected more or less, due to the great excitement in the territory deal. Farmers in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio report they are getting from 27 @300 for their fleeces. At Boston Michigan unwashed delaines are quot- ed at 26mf27c; do. combing 29@34c; do. clothing 24@30c. GRAND RAPIDS. Offerings are still light on the city market, except on Tuesday mornings, and will continue so until strawberry time. Frosts have hurt the early ber- ries but a good crop of late ones is in prospect. Pieplant is 40c per bu; asparagus 90c. per doz; lettuce 100 per lb: old potatoes 35@40c. Hay is worth $1251)“: live fowls 15 0/160. Dealers are quoting the country trade 171/20 for eggs and 23c for dairy butter. The mills are paying $1.42 for wheat; 76c for corn, 58c for oats and $2.75 for hand-picked white beans. DETROIT EASTERN MARKET. Tuesday morning’s market was large and well supplied with green stuffs. Lettuce 65@75c per basket; spinach 25@735c: potatoes 55c. per bu: onions 3 bunches for 25c: radishes 7 to 9 bunches for 25c; eggs 23@25c per. . doz; chickens 90cm$1 each; no hay ‘ nor butter in sight. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Buffalo. May 24, 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 106 d. d.; sheep and lambs 32 d. d.: calves 2100 head. With 135 cars of cattle on our mar— ket here today and 20,000 reported in Chicago, and the market reported a dime lower there, the good to prime cattle of good weight sold here from 5@10c per cwt. lower than the same quality of cattle brought last Monday. The market on butcher cattle was from barely steady to 150 per cwt lower than last Monday, but at the close about everything was cleaned up at the decline. Again we want to can- tion our shippers about buying in the country, as these advances have been anticipated for the last 60 days and have not come yet: and it looks to us et present writing like it. might be some time yet before we see much ad- vance in the price of cattle. ' \\'e had a fairly liberal supply of I‘ogs today and while the trade was i" irly active. prices were 5@10c lower than Saturday’s best time on all but pigs. the latter kind selling 10@15c higher All good grades of hogs sold at $7.85 generally; pigs and lights at $7.75frr7.85. as to weight and quality. Roughs and stags were rather dull; choice rouglis quotable at $6.50@6.60. end stags $5@5.50. about steady and we do not look for much change balance of week. The, market was active today on lambs and sheep. with prices 15c high— er than the close of last week: most of the choice handy lambs selling at $10.85. Look for steady to strong prices last of week with moderate re- ceipts. We quote: Lambs $10.75@11: cull to fair $6@10.50; yearlings $8609.25: bucks $3.50@6; handy ewes $7-.25@ 7.50; heavy ewes $6.50@7; wethers . $8.25@8.50; cull sheep $3@5.50; veals. choice to extra $9699.25: fair to good $7@9; heavy calves $5@7. Chicago. May 24, 1915. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Receipts today..18,000 47,000 10,00n Same day 1914..20,546 53,189 22,225 Last week ...... 42,724 141,925 51,412 Same wk 1915..41,716 107,953 88,050 Cattle were fairly active today, the better class going at about steady prices, but others were slow and weak. Fat lambs sold a dime higher, with choice clipped at $10.25. No wooled lots arrived. Hogs suffered several sharp declines last week because of much larger re- ceipts, with some rallies. The offer- ings averaged very fairly in quality, with a ra ther small percentage of pigs. Prime ‘light shipping hogs continued to sell the highest, and the best hogs of heavier weight went at a discount of 10@15c. The bulk of the swine marketed sold within a range of 150, and prices ruled higher than in most past years at this time. Late in the week prices rallied, with sales of hogs at $7.20@7.80, being about, 15c lower than a week earlier, while pigs brought $5@7,25. Sheep and lambs were marketed in meager numbers last week. Too much weight was objected to in ewes as well as in lambs. Late sales were made of Colorado wooled lambs at $10 (0711.25. while clipped flocks sold as follows: Lambs $76110 15: yearlings $76179: wethers 1565067790: ewes 66%" 7.25: cull sheep $3.25fl6: bucks $5.25 $67.25. Spring lambs brought $7@ Horses were received last week in the largest numbers seen in a long time. but the general demand was so good that. prices were generallv well maintained. Farm horses. celdings $1»ttt@140: do. mares $1_l5r7r170. Army horses 9170617200: commezwial chunks $19tifii‘940: drafters 5520062285: inferior Siigmals $75@95: expressers $19M? ((‘ontinued from page 624). - making no growth and the hay crop will be very short if we do not, get. rain soon. Wheat. and rye above the average with rye coming in head. The usual acreage of oats sown and grow- in;r fast. Farmers putting in a large acreage of corn. some having finished and some not commenced. 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Market closed , YELtow DENT SEED CORN Of the very highest quality. OUR GERMINATION 98 PER CENT Grown in SHIAWASSE COI‘NTY; adapted to Michigan soils and climate. Care- fully selected and cared for and is not. to be compared withicrib corn or Southern grown stock. ‘ Price $2.50 per bushel. bags included with two bushels or more. Less than two bushels, bags extra at 200 each. Quick shipment guaranteed. YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED COMPANY, Owosso, Michigan. Please mention the Michigan Farmer when you are writing to advertisers and you. will do us a favor. ‘ EWLW.*% ’5 33-- .. i3. . 1 1%,«251. 1:.- MAY 29, 1915. THE MICH'I GAN FARMER 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 20, 1915. le. Receipts 1217. There was another good liberal supply in all departments at local yards this week. Especially mthe hog department, where nearly ten thousand were unloaded. The three cattle placed here by the state to test the hoof-and—mouth disease are still wandering around the yards try- ing to catch it, but as yet nothing has developed and the prospects are that the yards will soon be open for milch cows, smokers and feeders as before the quarantine. This is the only place in Detroit where eastern standard time has not been adopted and it. makes much confusion. Why the time should remain the same here is hard to understand. In the cattle division there was a good trade on all grades at last week’s prices but at the close it was a trifle dull. Quite a bunch of outside buyers were here from Cleveland and othe1 points and a good number of the bet- ter grades were picked up by them., Bresnahan also took hold freely and was a big help. Best heavy steers $8@8. 50; best handy weight butcher steers $7. 40@ 7. 75: mixed steers and heifers $7. 25@ 7 60: handy light butcheis $6. 75@7. 25; light butchers $6.50-@7; best cows $6.25@6.50; butcher cows $5@6; com- mon cows $4.25@4.50; canners $3.50 @4; best heavy bulls $625@6-75; bo-, logna bulls $5.50@6. Roe 00111. CO. sold Mason B. CO. 5 stkrs av 1016 at $7.75, 2 cows av 1060 at, $5.25, 1 do wgh 1110 at $5.25, 1 bull wgh 1780 at $6.75; to Sullivan P. Go. 1 do wgh 1730 at $6.50, 3 steers av 2380 at $7.25, 1 cow wgh 970 at $4, 1 do wgh 950 at $550.12 stkrs av 742 at $7 2 butchers av 555 at $5 Sandel S., B. & G. sold Mason B. Co. 2 heifers av 850 at $7. 50; to Buck I: S. 1 cow wgh 1060 at $6; to Thomp- son Bros. 1 canner wgh 600 at $3.50; to Ohio P. Go. 7 steers av 971 at $7.50, 2 bulls av 1290 at $6, 2 do av 1010 at $6: to Kamman B. Co. 1 do wgh 930 at $6.50, 1 steer wgh 1240 at $7.75; to Newton B. Co. 1 cow wgh 1050 at $5.50, 1 do wgh 980 at $6.25, 1 bull wgh 1180 at $6.25, 22 stkrs av 880 at $7.55, 1 cowr wgh 1110 at $5.75, 1 do wgh 1680 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 1180 at $6.25,‘ 2 do av 1100 at $6, Reason 8: S. sold Kamman B. Co. 1 bull wgh 740 at $6, 8 steers av 991 at $7.80, 4 cows av 1122 at $6.50; to Br esnahan 2 bulls av 1540 at $6. 25: to Kull 6 butchers av 775 at $6.90. 2 cows av 855 at $5.50, 1 stkr wgh 680 at $7. 25. 1 co wwgh 920 at $6.25 2 steers av 1000 at $7.60, 2 cows av 720 at $5.25, 2 do av 980 at $6. Veal Calves. Receipts 950. Wednesday and Thurs- day were Jewish holidays and the ab- sence of the Hastings street butchers made a great dilference in the veal trade and they were dull and draggy from start to finish at last week’ :5 prices. Best $8@8. 50; common and medium $6@7 ..50 Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 2025. The supply of sheep and lambs was small and the quality common; the general market was ac— tive at last week’s close Best lambs $10@1-0. 25, fair do. $8. 506130.;50 light to common do $6@7. 75; fair to good sheep $6. 50@7. 25; culls and common “04 50 Ho Receipts 89709111 the hog depart- ment the trade on Wednesday was dull and fully 10c lower than on Mon- day: a few lights at $750 but bulk of sales at $7-55 and a few choice at $7.60. Thursday’s prices were the some. Friday’s Market. eMay 21, 1915. - Catt! Receipts this week 1492; 2004: market steady. weight steers $8@8. 50; best handy weight butcher steers 67-40097. 75; mixed steers and heifers $7.35@7. handy light butchers $6. 75.@7. 25; 11231 butchers $6@7; best cows 66. 25@6. 50; bate tcher cows $5346; conimon cows 34.25634 .50; comers $3.50@4; best heavbbulls $6. 25@6. 75: bologna bulls $5.50 Veal Calves. Receipts this week 1196: last week 1218: market 2561506 higher. Best $8.50@9 others ”@8. Sheep and Lambs. 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G. or Chester (to Assn. We won, more pri761 than all other breeders ‘1311'. together, at. Ill..aI1d Wis. Stats Fairs.Wr1to r Show record. ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM Cass City, - Michigan. 0 I c-—8p prl hay-I239.“ JOHN BERNER & ”Ewan-d my ichiun. O. I. 0 Registered Pigs 31.133 :33 prices. J. GAIL JE'ETT. Mason. Iliohigan. right. We have some , o I C’s ~86rvtcsble boon. Gila bred for ”June farrow. i yexpresa. G. P. ANDREWS. Dnnsvllle, M Man. 0- I. c ~Serviubh boars of Sept... {arrow 61:.) G a few choice gilts bred for May furrow. ..lllm Danavluo. Michigan. 0. I. c’s —On6 serviceable fall boar and a few bred gilte. 11le and April pigs. pairs not akin. Ba. free and shindCOJ.) ..J W. Howell. Ovid Mich o I C! s—Bpringrigs, pairs and trim. not tom state fair winners. AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Mich. O l C -—25 sows bred for Spring furrow. 75 Full and growthy. Write your wants. GLENWOSD STgoK FARM. Zeeland Michigan. Choice Sept. 9. either sex. Will 00 '0 a. take orders for‘l p‘jlfsrc'h. A 1‘11 and May plan. not shin. ALVIN V. HATT.G . Mich. o I C! —-STRICTLY BIO TYPE. Havoafen I I s Gills left bred for early May tarrow Also a d yearling sow bred earl y May furrow Willsolches. to make room {or my ring pigs sex. good 01165. An boo i111: orders Can furnish in airs or tries not. akin. Sir WOT the largest lists of the breed. NEWMAN‘S bSTOCK FARM R.N .Msrlette.Mich. ——Are you on the On I. C. SW'N market. for a choice bred sow to furrow the last. of Aug. or fore part of Sept. ’ If sou are, write me. I have them. A. .GORDILN, N0. 2, Don, Michigan.- 0 I c! —Tn'o good beam 12 months old. good I I 5 last. fall pigs. either sex, and this spring boars. K mils waste depot. OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. M“" n ! -—Fa.ll and spring pigs, not akin. both 0- 'I c s sexes, satisfaction guaranteed. A. R. GRAHAM. Flint. Michigan. 0. l. 0. Figs, 8 lo 10 Week: Old $10. 5??? ““I T,hompson Rockford. Mich. o. '- Spring Pigs of both sex. Fine stock. .1166 r .Ight. Registered Numhei limited. LEWISP & FREIBERG. Johannedmrg. Mich The home of the big Way mm Slack Farm. .0....) 10 no... an... (oracle. Registered free. J. R. Way. Pompeii. Mich DUROC JERSEYS ‘ “25:." :33‘31.“ ’2 CAREY U. EDIONDS. Hastings. Michigan. ,DUROC JERSEYS. From Prize—Winning Stock. Write. or better still. come. Brookvaler Farm,lnn Arbor,lllcll.,ll.F.ll.l. Capitol Herd Duroc Jersey Swine. Established 1888. J Young boars and bred sows for sale. 1' pay the ..BANGHART Lansing. Mlchlgan. express. J. UROC JERSEYS— A few hrod gills. fall males ready for senior. S. C. “. Leghorn and Huff Rock 91:29 for sale. J. McNICOLL. Station A. R. 4, Bay City, Michigan. EAVY BONED DUIOC JERSEYS FOR SALE. some extra "ice spring pigs ready to .‘Ihin M. A. B1 Y. Memos. luau- (30., Michigan. DuroeJei-seya. Big boned service boars: [fits for June tartan. bred town of Volunteer. Gd. Chump. at 1912 International. T !. Drod‘t. R. No. 1. Monroe. Mich. DUROC Jersey bred giltn. bred for Aug. and Sept. farrow from leading blood lines: also a few good boars. WP": for circular and prices. \l'.C.'l'11yior. Milan. Mich. TRICTLY 3.1‘. funds—Absolutely none larger or better. My herd represents beet. herds I11 U. S. Spring 6 fall (mow pi“ at bargain prices. Satisfac tion guaranteed. F D. Irmr, Havennn. Mich. A few choke boars ready for service nun“: JCTSC’S. from prize winn Clill' Middleton. Idlewlld Form. B. l". D.No mist Clayton. Mich. ~March pigs either sex. sired ”by a son “WM 13'3"“ Champion of 3 1" hi r- and Chicago Showo in 1912. E. H. Morris. Monroe Mich. DUROC JERSEYS—5.113.333 either sex. from choice strains. 8. C. STAFILMAN. CHERRY LAWN FARM, Shepherd, Michigan. . POLAND GllNAS‘flhlmu—t’ ' ”’l’a‘é 3317033???“ Bred Iowa and mg- either sex. “ileum SPRING BROOK FARM. Tin-re Oaks. Michigan Lona nus-s Heavy Boned Poland China. you-ling and fall boon at Bargains 3. P. Rock Eggs 3! per 15. MT "EVE, Pierson, Mldilgnn. [0 TYPE P. C.-'l"mo Manddam‘hfa'm 611.411.7813 Snot]: Jam mm m MEoosieryfliant 2nd. J. E?“ Brnithwaite, Brant. ”Mich. Registered Percherons- Brood Maw. lilies and you“ “lions. Prioelto sell. Incest-Ion invited. CREST In“, Enlaon Rapids, Michigan. f” h Fn—Iet Ms Id Ponies. My III-Io? landfill-debs] III Mfume. or W31“ 11am. Pwmfm‘ —Olosin¢ out at unke- o - mtafnfllnz‘mo farm. Il'eg’a's. i mam. J M. BEDDOW. Birmingham. “RI-'4 PM Giles. either our. all ages. at a low DEB“ Bar-ins in boats rend vice. NI}. 3!. D. 8. Grand Rapids. ”Mich. whom“... .. 1... m we a... tarsal-vice .bflow- bred (unriutm. A. A Woodtfiomflnlins. lick. —l5.ther so 'nnnd trio-1.1161: Wilm , cm JM’M In. “on: for hood .1111. W..J HOME”.- Angn‘n. Mich. Bk” I‘m Poland lean and out. plenty of Claim uniity. I know III-an sonar 1135? 6.11.11. nu. Bastian. 1110:. i l ' busy and order at once. 0.1. (as 50W WEIGI'IED 932 L35. A 23 MONTHS t , I have started non breeders on tho road to sun- _ cons than any man living. I have thalargest and an. out herd [nth 6 U. 8. E so In _ ord.W1-im for myplan, "How to Make Money tro-y Hogs ." O. 8. BENJAMII R-lloJO Forum. .0.. MY OH MY! What an Opportunity. Starting May lot. we are going to give to the farm on and breeders an opportunity to get started right in the breeding industry. We are going to give you admoce to not hold of foundation stock that will 3116 you 11 nucleus for one of the finest ind best herds in your community. We are 0111 tomovvyou us we have others. that you wi l ave greater success with our big t1 p6 LAND CHINAS than with any other breed. We want. to place at hastens pig. or a pair in every community. to other tise our herd. If interested write for our plan and prices. KILLCREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Mid. ' reed ' f. . ' d . 'th Large Strain P. B. Boar: M.) ‘1:".::::,‘2:, ”$33,. fall furrow of the best breeding In he 11nd at bargain price! £01 the-6x1. at» days. must have the mom for 061 H. . SWAR'I Z, Schoolcraft, Mlchlgan. PM chi.a-Am booking orders for male pigs to be obliged at weaning time. G. W. BOLTON. .N.o ll slamswo, Michigan. FALL PIGS AT HALF PRICE Bred from the largest strain of Poland China on earth. none bigger. If um 61 or expmt to own a reg isterod Poland China. this is' your opportunity. Get. I awe and trim) not akin $15 each. .’BUI‘LER. Portland, Mich. Bel Phone 9, 1(1 ’lype hours by Big Smooth Jumbo. Greatest boar in State. 748 lbs at. 17 160.1116“ boar? are long. tall. big hone. sold at farmers rices. pad 11 (lull or write. Win. “Waffle oldwuor. £511, LARGE TYPE P. C. Lar est In Michigan. Bred gilbs allso d A few extra good fall pigs priced tn move them qukk. W. E. LIVINGSTON, Parma, Mich. 50 ymsmus— Allages. Red Polled Cattle. ()xlord Donn Sheep] P. Rocks. I. R. Ducks. E. S. CARR. Homer. Mich. OBKSHIRE SWINE. Boats ready for service. A gilt bred for June fan-on. Wennling plans-10 weeks old. (31150.8. MCMI LLEN.Gu11d Ledge. Mich. MW IIU 3,—Weanilnx pigs. rosin not akin. Bred _ g soFus and gilts or fall Yarrow, two sen/Ice boars. C.F . BA N. Runway. M1611. fllie Farmstead Yorkshires. Boar: ready for service. L Gilto bred for Sept. farm“ Spring pigs. re and Colon C. Lill' I6. Conpersvile ,Miob. Registered Yorkshires The World’s Bacon Breed. Imported Strain. Both Sexes. Prices Reasonable. Hatch llerd, Ypsilanti, Michigan. tries. not akin. B .1 1 YORKSHIRES 1>§i..§'.é§.332§1°§ “limb.“cdommf.” $3103.??ng for Sale Yorkshire Baar Pigsfliifled ‘33:... ”all a wpure bred boar and increase the quality of your hogs. ATERMAN & WATERMAN Ann Arbor. Mich‘nsl. Registered YorkshlreS”l“....€‘“u';.-’§‘S.l£2' moat . Inch. 3 line boars. 108.“. BREWE Bel Firms and Farm lands For Sale Lakeside Farm 107 Acres, $1800, Easy Terms Beautiful home money- maklng farm, borders; Xmile. Ming. boating. H: mile to vill 81.3}: station. high sehool.n1achin6-vrorked 6616 cuts 20 can: 1111;.otl16r coon crops. 60 acres lake and brook wateird pasture. 17 acres \vood. variety fruit;8—1:oom house. fine shade. charming View; big b11111 other buildings. aged owner must retire. rent bargain for some one at 116911.121”, toms: ful ll (£12.11.- tulsnnd travel Lug directions to see this and other farms. manv w it!) liusstook and tools included. page out’o Faun Catalogue 38' '. write today for your free copy. A. STRO‘UT FARM AGENCY. sum-F101. University Block. Syracuse. H. Y. 11th you can buy the best farm land in Michi- gas at £16111:th $20 an 11ch on any terms Write for partaculars. HTAF‘FELD BROTHERS. Owners. 15 Men-IR Bldg , Saginaw. West Side. men. McClure- Stevens land (10., 811016680“ to A. SteIens 11 Co. Established 1883 Farm. Fruit and Stock Lands. We own mun ofchoioe unimproved land in Glndwinl and 01316 auntie-.0116“) payments. Introst‘pmt. Write for inmrmation. Gladwin, Michigan FARM GOOD, CHEAP, ’ PROF [TABLE UNUSUAL OPPUIL’J UNLI ”.8 NOW State Board of Iculture, Dover, Del. 105 A ’1- room house, barn hooncrete floos'ltbblos crux; in basement. hon. hgo and grain house. fruit. Owner retiring, will sell for 51. 3.50; $400 cash balance Inn time. H LL 8 ARM AGENCY. OW'm TI GA 00.. NEW YOB a BALE—n much in Michinn containing about Lung-9110116 in" 111”.» fmm railway “on. J. “PERL & BROTHER. Arum I. 0. no in 1111 run 1111?... “sur- 1mm experienced and inexperienced. who want farm work MW in to encourag- new bomb: r or and. goo. . stand. sobormm. write to wish WWII Society, 7 I W. I” Street, Chicago. inn-.13. MAY“ 29,. 1915.‘ » 628—16 TH'E MICHIGAN"F;A‘RMERv a;mummmImumumuummumuIInummulmlmnmlmm'luunmmmmmummmnmmg , 2 Practical Selence. g The. high quality and low price : 1%mummnmmummnmunmnmmmnummu!umunmmmmlmmimmmmummmnmleré which have made Firestone Tit es ,0 DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORN so Widely popular—are here PRODUCTS INDUSTRY. shown in plain black and white. nr FLOYD w. nonisoN. Proof—the section showing actual The development of the corn pro- ducts industry is directly due to the industry of the chemist. It has been dependent in the first instance entire- ly upon the process of the conversion of starch into sugar. Corn being one of the leading agricultural products of the United States, it may be seen that an industry directly associated with the disposition of corn and its conversion into other valuable pro- ducts must have a very intimate re- lationship to agriculture. The produc- tion of starch from corn has been ac— complished for a great many years but the interposing of a chemical manu- "facturing process changing that starch into a sugar or syrup is in the main a comparatively recent line of endeavor. Of course, the main product chemi- cally developed from the treatment of corn has been the substance most commonly known as glucose. Glucose chemically consists very largely of dextrose or as it is sometimes called, grape sugar. Unfortunately the term , glucose was not a happy name and the industry has been hampered since its beginning by a term which has been distasteful to the public generally It is not strange, therefore, that an attempt should have been made by the Corn Products Company which practically controls the manufacture of glucose in this country to substi- tute a name which would find more general acceptation. The name, corn syrup, or corn sugar, was accordingly substituted on the assumption that the product, being as finally manufactured a syrup or sugar, could very properly take the name of the agricultural pro- duct from which it was manufactured in greatest quantity. We think the name corn syrup, or corn sugar, for a product obtained as glucose is obtain- ed, is not a proper term for the pro- duct, but it has been permitted sale under this term in most of the states and the United States government as well has not succeeded in compelling the use of a different name. “’9 think, therefore, that there is little cause for changing the name at this particular time, inasmuch as so much publicity has been directed to- ward the product that it is now, or should be at least, pretty clearly un- derstood what the source of the pro- duct is. VVe are in sympathy, how- ever, with the efforts of the manufac- turers to find a name. other than glu— cose to identify their product. According to Mr. E. T. Bedford, of the Corn Products Refining (30., there are 50,000,000 bushels of corn per year manufactured into the various corn products. This 50,000,000 bush- els of corn amounts to 800,000,000 pounds of corn syrup, 600,000,000 pounds of starch, 230,000,000 pounds of corn sugar, 625,000,000 pounds of glu- ten feed, 75,000,000 pounds of corn oil, and 90,000,000 pounds of oil cake. Corn syrup, starch, corn sugar, glu- ten feed, corn oil and corn cake, there- fore, constitute the principal products of this industry. Many of these, lend themselves to the production of still other products, but it is sufficient to recall that this immense industry, one of the most important agricultural in— dustries of the country, has been the direct. and immediate outgrowth of the efforts of chemists and is at the pres- ent time kept under a strict chemical control. “How Many Hides Has a Cow?” is the title of a booklet published by the Dupont Fabrikoid 00., Wilmington Del., illustrating and describing Fab- rikoid products for upholstering of au- tomobiles, furniture and for other uses to which a‘ product of this kind is adapted. A copy will be sent free to Michigan Farmer readers upon re- quest. i l J l I cost no more than ordinary tires. it than in any other. \ tion. “extras”) until you know these facts—- condition. pair of Tires” No.25. F IRESTON E Fig. I. 4 plies of fabric in Firestone N3 plies in the ordinary. Fig. 2. fabric layers in Firestone —not in the ordinary. Extra coating of finest rubber between Fig. 3. 1-": inch finest rubber cushion layer in Fire- stone —not in the ordinary. Fig 4. I-l6 inch breaker strip of high-grade fabric and high-grade rubberin Firestone -—same gunntity in others. Fig. 5. L4 inch tread. tough. resilient, in Firestone -—3-16 inch in the ordinary. 1: x3 x 34x x x 37x5 Fig. 6_.|-16 inch side wall of strongest rubber in Firestone ~sume quantity in others. Fig. 7. Bend of extra cohesive strength in the Firestone ——aame Ille bend in others. Yet you pay oniy$9.40 for this 30 x 3 F ire- ’ stone—less than / 5% more than .1 ’ 3 four widely ‘ / advertised / ,. makes. / goods built into the tire, and the price list showing that Firestones The Firestone Hextras” built into every tire are not only the result of experience and "know-how”—they mean plain, straightforward ”good- .1 measure” building. Not only the world’s finest rubber but more 9! Not only the highest-grade fabric but more plies of fabric. Count them—we show the proof in this 3-inch see- And there is the same relative value in all sizes of Firestones. Then note the price! The low figures may puzzle you (considering the Firestones are made in America’s Largest Exclusive Tire Factory. This enormous volume cuts cost of production and reduces the price to you. ' Firestone Tires and Tubes are made by specialists whom This means that they make better tires and make them at a lower cost—another savingflr you. Firestone marketing methods get the tires to you with least handling and expense—another saving for you. Free Firestone Offer To the car-owner sending the name of his dealer and the make of tires. we will send free, a fine waterproof Tube Bag. Just the thing to keep your tubes in prime Ask also for new book on the “Care and Re~ _ Write today. There is a dealer near you who Will supply you. Study the Facts and the Figures—It Won 't Take You Long to Decide on Firectonec. Firestone Net Prices to Car-Owners 28. FIRESTONE TIRE AND RUBBER CO. "America ’1 Largest Exclusive Tire and Rim Maker." Akron. Ohio —-Branchec and Dealers Everywhere 3.90 30.55 4.80 32.15 39.80 .MORE and BETTER WHEAT from the acre at less cost to grow. Jrngqurzs [craft/1231's drilled in at seeding time will promote rapid root-growth, insure early maturity, heavy grain and more of it; reduced bushel cost; a good clover catch and a more profitable grain crop—- IT’S THE YEAR the world needs the grain. Write for ‘ ‘More Money From Wheat. ” ARMOUR FERTILIZER WORKS DopL 116 Chicago. Ill. Baltimore, Md. Nashville. Tenn. Grecmboro. N. C. 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Our Rods are v‘ securely protecting thousands of farm homes and WII protect yours. Write postal for FREE book on lightning protection Tells plainly just the facts on will inter- ested in. Ask for". ‘ ay 7'” ‘- ‘V smit‘iflw Dept. J. Mnny earn $30 to ‘60 every week demon-tratingour 1 916 ModoI Steel Automatic Randi-Tool. Lifting and Pulling Jack. Wire Stretcher, Splioer and lender, Post. and Stump Puller, Tire Tightoner, Cable Maker, Prell. Vise, Hoist, Wrench, etc. Operates auto- mntioall . Hos power or 401mm. Guaranteed for life. Spare 1 me or permanent. work. De-onntntor loaned. Credltglven. Write for factory agency ofler. BENEHEI. co. 295-11: Mim.mfis.m l-' Irma“ ll tumor Ind . ' . . All. DOUBLE VIHIZE New Cable: with B nin Prices and sample to test. Hail to i. Inn Fem I: Who 00. Giorda- .0. ME. DENIM-Fm llama» Michigan Earner-mm willing to uranium