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Success Versus Failure With Alfalfa





AM more than ever convinced that



every man whose soil is adapted



to the production of alfalfa, should

at once prepare to grow it. I also be-

lieve that in any case where land can

be made to produce this important

plant without too great expense of

time and money, the required prep-

aration should be made. We can get

much enthusiasm by reading along a

certain line, but experience and ob-

servation go much farther in increas-

ing our interest'and influencing our

practice.



There is going to be a revival of in-

terest in alfalfa this spring, for the

fields in which this great plant is al—

ready growing are looking very prom—

ising. There are many successful

growers of alfalfa in this county now,

and more are sure to follow their ex-

ample each year. A few of these

growers may have succeeded by

chance, but the majority of them have

gone at this work with definite knowl-

edge of the needs of the crop.



In a field sown last summer, by a

neighbor of the writer, is a remark-

able demonstration of





on the average acid soil. At the same

time two or more tons of the ground

limestone should be added, which will

insure plenty of calcium to answer the

needs of the alfalfa for several years.



The price of the ground limestone

seems to be getting less as time pass-

es, though it probably will not go

much lower. It should be shipped in

bulk, as it costs about a dollar per ton

to sack it, and there is no particular

advantage in having it sacked. It is

easily shoveled out of the car into a

wagon box, and there is very little

dust to bother one. If a carload is

not needed by a single individual, sev-

eral persons can club together and

send for the lime, each taking what

he wants when it arrives.



Ground limestone can be easily

spread from a manure spreader. Sup-

pose you wish to apply two tons per

acre. Adjust the spreader so that it

will spread five loads per acre, and

put 800 pounds of the ground lime-

stone into it. If you can set your

spreader to distribute a smaller

amount than five loads, do so, as it





available than the ground limestone

and should be used unless the supply

is too far distant. Marl is usually

from 30 to 60 per cent water, and if

it must be hauled for 10 or 12 miles,

it is a question if one could afford to

do it, when the rock can be purchased

so cheaply.



But lime will not insure a good

stand of alfalfa on every field. The

alfalfa field must be well drained. The

water table must not come too near to

the surface, andthere must not be

rock nor hardpan just a little way

from the top of the ground. Then,

too, if we expect good crops of hay,

the soil must be well supplied with or-

ganic matter, and must. be reasonably

fertile. There have been many fail-

ures in trying to get alfalfa to grow

on land where nothing else seemed to

do well. Reader, if you have a field

that is not yielding good crops, and

you want to make it grow something

that will pay out, don’t sow that land

to alfalfa, at least not until you have

so far increased its producing power

as to enable you to grow a good crop





ground that was not limed. There

the alfalfa failed to do anything. The

circumstance was not remarkable. In

fact, it was similar to the experiences

of many others, but the man at once

concluded that he had made a discov-

ery. He reasoned from this one in-

stance, that all land needed lime, and

that no land needed inoculation. If he

had kept his bad reasoning to himself,

as many people do the good “things

that they might pass along, it would

have done no harm, providing his land

was all alike. But he published it,

and because he did, a number of men

may fail to inoculate and undoubtedly

part of them will lose their stand in

consequence.



The fact is that some soils need

lime and inoculation, some need only

lime, and others need neither. We

can test for lime, but we can not test

for inoculation. It matters little to us,

however, for we can get the pure cul-

ture at our experiment station or from

commercial laboratories.



Thorough preparation of the seed-

bed is a matter of great importance.



If the young plants





 





the value of lime. Two

years ago he made a , _ ‘

light application of “ ’

ground limestone, on- ’

ly a ton to the acre,

over a small part of

the field. He will have

to plow it up and try

again, but if even that

light sowing of lime-

stone had covered the

entire area, he would

have cut a fine lot of

alfalfa this year. The

loss of so much good

hay is quite a price to

pay for this neglect,

but it is simply one of

those “costly experi-

ence lessons” that we

all must take now and

then.



One can see just

where the application

of lime stopped in

that field. It is a

“still small voice” but

it is a telling argu-

ment for lime where

it is needed. Of course, all land does

not need liming for alfalfa. If we test

the soil for acidity and find none, we

may safely conclude that no applica-

tion of lime is necessary, but if the

soil is acid, it will not probably be

worth our while to seed to alfalfa un-

til we have corrected that condition.



The ground lime rock acts slowly,

and it may take a year or more to

sweeten a very sour soil with it alone,

but if we so desire we can make a

light application of hydrated lime and

greatly hasten the neutralizing of the

acid condition. Generally speaking,

hydrated lime is not the most econom-

ical form to buy, but it is much more

readily available than the ground lime

rock, and if quick results are requir-

ed, is very useful. Three hundred





 





‘- pounds per acre is probably sufficient





 





Fourteen Acres of Alfalfa which Yielded 50 Tons of





will save you some time in driving

back to your pile of lime rock. Of

course, the smaller amount spread by

the machine, per acre, the more you

will need to load into it at a time. It

will work better if some coarse litter

is put in the bottom of the spreader

before loading in the lime. This will

be found a very satisfactory way of

spreading the lime, though a machine

for that purpose might do the work

faster. Sometimes it is simply spread

from the wagon, or sleigh with shov-

els, and while it can not be spread as

evenly in this way, still it will answer

if one has neither a spreader nor a

machine for sewing it.



There are hundreds of marl beds in

Michigan, where almost any amount

of lime may be had at a cost that is

only nominal. Marl is more quickly





 





Hay at Three Cuttings for O. L. Crofoot, Oceana Co.





of any ordinary farm product there.

Michigan has a great deal of light land

that we heartily wish might grow

large crops of alfalfa, but it simply

will not do so until the organic mat-

ter is restored, and in some cases this

will take a long time.



Again, much of our otherwise good

alfalfa soil needs inoculation. It seems

to me that we should get this matter

of inoculation definitely settled. Last

winter we saw an article in a local

paper in a neighboring state, written

by a man who thought he had explod-

ed the theory of inoculation. He had

limed a certain field, inoculated a part

of it, and sown it to alfalfa. The al-

falfa grew nicely all over the field

where the lime had been spread, alike

on the inoculated and uninoculated

areas. ‘He also sowed a small piece of





have to struggle with

the weeds all summer

they will hardly make

a successful stand, ev-

en if other conditions

are right. If the soil

is not compact just

below the surface,

much of the seed will

not make a satisfac-

tory growth.



It is not necessary

to sow as much seed

per acre as was once

the practice. If the

soil is very fertile, the

sowing of a large

amount of seed, while

not necessary, does

not result so badly.

but if the soil is rath-

er light, and if mois-

ture and fertility are

lacking. all the plants

are Weakened before

the stand has been

thinned in the natur-

al process of elimina-

tion.



Alfalfa as a feed has no equal so

far as we know. We have all read

much about it, yet to see the results

appeals to us in a different way. It is

really wonderful how much milk can

be produced by feeding alfalfa and

ensilage.



It has been our privilege to note

the results of this practice in a num-

ber of cases this past winter, and we

are convinced that with alfalfa hay

and good ensilage, the grain bill can

be cut down 75 per cent. No dairy-

man can afford to get along without

this valuable crop if he can grow it.



A small field for a trial is the way

to test the matter out. Fit the field

just as well as it can be fitted. Test

it carefully for lime. If it needs lime,

do not hesitate to apply it. Take no



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





The season for road bees

is again at hand. In a

recent proclamation Gov.

ernor Ferris asked the people of the

state to set apart Thursday and Fri-

day, June 10-11, as road bee days. Un-

fortunately, this proclamation was not

received in time to be published in our

last issue, but as all highway officers

undoubtedly received notice, it is prob—

able that the great majority of farm-

ers as well as other citizens have been

asked through the proper channels for

volunteer work upon the roads for

their respective communities.



Last year the first general road bee

day to be observed in Michigan was

designated by the governor early in

June. Unfortunately, the weather was

not favorable over a large section of

the state 011 the designated dates but

other dates were designated by road

associations and other interested citi—

zens and a large amount of work was

done for the betterment of the com-

mon ea1th loads in many sections of

the state.





Unfortunately this season’s farm

work has been delayed by the cold

and backward spring weather and it is

probable that a great many farmers

have found it difficult to contribute on

the designated dates. It has, however,

been proven that when public spirit is

once aroused along any definite line

of public improvement the helpful

habit is generally easily acquired and

public aid will not be limited to a.

single appointed effort. The road bee

days last year were a far greater suc-

cess than most people anticipated, and

the beneficial effects have been notice-

able throughout the year. We have in

mind one typical rural community in

which a main road leading into a little

country town was improved by donat-

ed Iabor last year. Already this spring

a connecting road through the town

has been permanently improved by a

public bee. This is but typical of the

many similar examples which might

be cited in various sections of the

state. The benefit derived from pub-

lic efforts of this kind is manifestly

not confined to the single effort. We

anticipate that the beneficial effects

of road bees will be more pronounced

in Michigan this year than last.





The interest which is being taken

by the farmers of Michigan in road

improvement is surprising. In 1901

the total of highway taxes levied in

Michigan was less than $2,500,000

while in 1914 the total of highway

taxes had increased to nearly $7,000,-

000, not taking into account bond is-

sues and private donations which

would increase this total very mate-

rially. It is estimated that two-thirds

.of this money was raised by direct





Road Bees.





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘





vote of farmers of the state at the 'an-

nual township meetings and was ex-

pended on local highways under town-

ship supervision. The rural sentiment

for improved highways could be bet-

ter illustrated in no other way than by

reference to these significant figures.





The people and the

press of the United

States are to be con-

‘ gratulated for their san-

ity as shown in their attitude regard-

ing our policy toward the nations en-

gaged in the great European war.

They have, almost as one man, upheld

the hands of the administration in the

carrying out of a specific foreign pol-

icy. It is true that organized efforts

aimed at the final establishment of

world peace and other organized ef—

forts whose objective is the promotion

of sentiment for the increase of the

military strength of our nation have

been unusually active during this pe-

riod, but the people, whose sentiment

is the controlling factor in our form

of government, and the press, whose

importance as a moulder of public

sentiment is often underestimated,

have adhered to the safe and sane pol-

icy of supporting the government. One

of the last acts of our Michigan leg-

islature which recently adjourned was

to pass resolutions of confidence and

support and forward same to Presi-

dent Wilson. Their action was un-

doubtedly representative of the senti.

ment of the great mass of Michigan’s

thinking citizens.



This attitude should be calmly con-

tinued during the critical period of

diplomatic differences between our

government and the government of

one of the warring nations. Undoubt-

edly the best interests of this nation

will be conserved by the continued

loyal support of the government, what-

ever foreign policy the exigencies c'

the case may compel the president and

his cabinet to consider or adopt.





The Foreign

Situation.





With the approach

of the fair season

and the State Fair

which will this year

be held September 6—15 inclusive, in-

terest in subjects pertaining to this

event will be more marked. One fea-

ture of the State Fair which has caus—

ed considerable favorable comment

and regarding which fair patrons have

frequently asked information is the

boys’ State Fair school which is un-

der the directorship of Prof. Thomas

M. Sattler, of Jackson Co. This school

was organized in the summer of 1911

with the idea of giving one boy from

each county 3. free trip to the fair and

an opportunity to participate in the

educational advantages of the State

Fair school. This boy was chosen to

represent his county by a committee

consisting of the county commissioner

of schools, the president of the Farm~

ers’ Institute Society, and the master

of the State Grange. The boys remain

at the school for four days each year.

The cost of the entire school, includ-

ing entertainment and instruction, has

been borne by the fair and costs about

$1,600 a year. Interest in this work

has been so pronounced that some

counties have sought the privilege of

sending a second boy at their own ex-

pense, which requests so far as pos-

sible have been granted.



The boys are housed in tents on the

fair grounds, divided into squads for

drill, exercise and work, each squad

being placed in charge of a young man

secured by the superintendent through

the Y. M. C. A. These young men are

in charge of the boys night and day at

their campfire, at their work and at

their play.



Aside from the educational value

of the trip itself, the work in stock

judging, etc., which is conducted on

the grounds, many of the boys are giv-

en prizes by the people or some or-

ganizationof ‘their own county. This

is a. ‘Iworthy educational enterprise

which will have an influence in main





The Boys' State

Fair School.





taining the interest of Michigan’s

boys in agriculture and the farm.





At the annual meet-

ing of the Holstein-

Friesian Association

of America, which

was held last week in Syracuse, N. Y.,

Hon. D. D. Aitken, of Flint, Mich, was

re-elected president of the association.

This in itself is merited recognition

of the progressive breeders of the

state. This recognition is more pro-

nounced, however, in the selection of

Detroit as the meeting place of the

convention in 1916.



The rapid development in our state

of the industry represented by this as-

sociation is a matter for congratula-

tion to the state at large as well as

the progressive farmers who are pa-

trons of this useful breed of cattle. It

is, however, but an illustration of the

value of united effort on the part of

any group of farmers who are apply-

ing progressive intelligence to the de-

velopment of the specialty in which

they are engaged.



May we not hope to see this exam-

ple emulated by other groups of Mich-

igan farmers engaged in other lines of

special production. Organization,

coupled with progressive energy and

intelligence on the part of individual

operators will ever bring the degree

of success which merits general as

well as local recognition.





Merited Recog-

nition.





“Advertising and Truth”





N June 20-24 the affiliated ad-

vertising clubs of the world,

representing some ten thousand

active business men will assemble in

Chicago for a four—day conference for

the study and discussion of the vari-

ous phases of advertising. Few of us

who have never given special consid-

eration to this subject realize the po-

tent influence of advertising on every

activity of man-

kind under pres-

>ent day condi-

tions. No mat-

ter whether the

reader is one of

' the class who

11 e v e r answer

advertisem cuts

or one of the

many who look

over the advertising columns of publi-

cations which they take even more

carefully than the reading columns,

every reader who studies this ques-

tion carefully is bound to acknowledge

the influence of advertising as an ed-

ucational and enlightening force. It

is through the medium of advertise-

ments that we learn of new develop-

ments in the commercial world, or

perhaps the best source from which

to satisfy old needs, and more and

more as years go by are we able to

depend on this information as both

accurate and dependable.





- The age of the fake advertiser is

past; reputable publications do not

open'their advertising columns to clev-

er sharpers with “get—rich-quick"

schemes. Publications having the wel-

fare of their readers at heart will not

accept advertising of a questionable

nature. “Truth in Advertising” has

become their slogan as well as that of

everyone of this advertising fraternity

who will take part in the big conven-

tion at Chicago, at which addresses

will be made by President Wilson,

Secretary Bryan and other prominent

men and educators. The work of the

convention will include comprehensive

discussions of various forms of adver-

tising all tending toward the one

fundamental purpose cf truth as ap-

plied to the advertising business.



The Michigan Farmer has ever

stood for clean and truthful advertis-

ing, and is happly to announce this

great meeting of advertisers who will

placaspecial emphasis on the discus-

sion of this essential feature of good

advertising. business.





 





JUNE 12, 1915.





SUCCESS VERSUS FAILURE WITH

ALFA LFA.





 





(Continued from front page).

chances upon the ground being sup.

plied with the proper bacteria. Inoc-‘

ul'ate, for it will cost but a few cents

and may mean success instead of fail-r

ure. Success with your first venture

may be even more important than you

know. To fail at first, then get dis-

couraged and wait for years before

making a second trial is to lose much

valuable time. But success with the

first trial will give the courage that

will result in the seeding of an area

sufficiently large to furnish hay

enough for the entire herd throughout





the whole of the season when the.





cows must be fed in the stable.

Oceana Co. W. F. TAYLOR.





 





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.





The European War.——The Tutonic-

Allies appear to have enjoyed import-

ant victories in the great European

conflict the past week. These victor-

ies resulted in the recapture of Per-

mysl in Galicia which came into con-

trol of the Russians last March after

a long siege, and permitted the Slavs

to make a drive through the passes of

the Carpathian mountains into Hun-

gary. The Austro-German armies have

recently forced the Russians to evacu-

ate Hungary, give up Permysl and

there is now a probability that Lem-

berg may also fall; although the Rus-

sians seem to be re-organizing their

forces and are opposing the advanc—

ing columns with great stubbornness.

In fact, the center of the line bef01e

Lemberg was firmly help up to Sun-

day. No important changes are re-

ported in the eastern line north of

Warsaw. The severe fighting in the

western front between Arras and the

Belgian coast continues. The Ger-

mans have been using every means of

forcing the Allied troops back at this

point to gain a base on the south bank

of the English Channel but the efforts

thus far have been futile and import-

ant points were lost by the Germans

last week. The French now hold two-

thirds of the “Labyrinth’.’ and have

made gains at either side. Souchez

and a large part of Neuville St. Voost

are also occupied by Frenchforces af-

ter violent fighting. Three miles of

trenches were captured and held by

the land forces of the Allies along the

Dardanelles. During the past week

German submarines sank several small

craft in English waters. German and

Russian battleships were reported to

have clashed near Riga, but details

are not known here.



Nothing definite has resulted from

the note sent to the different leaders

in the Mexican warfare by President

Vl-‘ilson, but a tentative effort is re-

ported to have gotten under way look-

ing toward the opening of negotia-

tions between General Carranza and

the Villa-Zapata faction. Because of

the suffering of the common people in

Mexico the note of the President de-

clares that unless .these leaders can

get together means of establishing a

stable government will be undertaken

by the United States.



A boat load of provisions has been

sent from Galveston, Texas, to Vera

Cruz for the 1elief of starving people

in Mexico City. Ariangements have

been made to insure the safe passage

of the supplies through Carranza’s

lines.



National.





Early this week the United States

government answered German’s reply

to the first note of President Wilson

relating to the Lusitania disaster and

the submarining of American boats.

In this last note the Presidetn refuses

to parley with Germany over details

until a straight answer is made to the

demands of the United States regard-

ing humanitarian questions involved

in the conduct of the submarine war-

fare. The note will probably be trans-

mitted to Germany on Tuesday.



Chicago contractors have agreed to

arbitrate wage differences with the

carpenters of the city and there is





now hope that the strike which has re--





sulted in a large economic loss to the

laborers and contractors will be end-

ed. When the 23, 000 carpenters left

their tools more than a month ago

100, 000 allied workers were thrown

out of employment.

investigation is under way by

the Federal government looking into

the conduct of midshipmen at the An-

napolis naval academy where irregu-

larities in the conduct of examina-

tions are charged

One of the worst electrical storms

in the history of Flint visited that city

Sunday night, crippling street car, tel-

ephone and telegraph service and

flooding many cellars. '





 





 





 





 





 





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JUNE 12, 1915.





THE MICHIGAN ‘FARMER





New Bacteria Discovered





T has been stated on good author-



ity that Prof. W. B. Bottomley, of



King’s College, London, England,

claims to have discovered a “new

bug,” or a formerly unknown speci-

men of bacteria that will help farmers

to grow larger and better crops. He

claims that his new discovery is a.

bacteria that exists in peat and is

very active and efficient in gathering

nitrogen from the air.



Peat is but partially decayed vege-

table substances which accumulate

on low, marshy ground. It is pressed,

dried and used as fuel. It is not very

different from swamp muck.



The professor speaks of his “new

discovery” in glowing terms. He says:

“It is a bug that does it all. Our first

difficulty was to find him and then to

nurture him. There is no telling

where it will all end. It may revolu-

tionize agriculture, who knows? In

recent years evidence has been ac-

cumulating and we now know that the

organic matter of the soil, with its

myriads of bacteria inhabitants, is the

most essential factor in soil fertility.

The decay of organic matter produces

humus. This material furnishes food





» and energy for numerous soil bacte-





ria, and is gradually converted by

them into other substances, and they

also render the mineral food constitu-

ents of the soil available for plants.

Thus a new humus theory of soil fer-

tility is gradually evolving as the re-

sult of modern research.”



The professor relates an instance

when he set tomatoes in what he be-

lieved to be barren sand, watered with

water containing the newly discovered

bacteria and secured a remarkable

growth. To him it seems to be posi-

tive proof of great merits in the “new

bug," as he calls it. This bacteria is

said to be a nitrogen gatherer. It may

be such, but to us who have been

studying the needs of plants, we have

been led to believe that there are ten

essential elements of plant food: Car-

bon, oxygn, hydrogen, nitrogen, calci—

um, potash, phosphoric acid, magne-

sia, sulphur and iron, nine besides

nitrogen.



In practical operations on the farm

we have found, by experience and ex-

periment, as well as theory, that

sWamp muck has a considerable value

as far as fertility goes, if it is proper-

ly handled. If thrown out on a dry

sandy knoll, and left on the surface,

no good seems to come from it. But

if muck is composted with warm ma-

nure, like horse or sheep manure,

spread on the surface and worked into

heavy soils, great results can be ob-

tained. I have secured great results

in stimulating green crops in that

manner, and it aids greatly in secur-

ing a catch of clover the following

season. The physical condition of

hard clay knolls has been greatly im-

proved by the use of such a mixture

of manures.



We know that swamp muck is made

up of decaying vegetable matter. I

have always assigned the benefits de-

rived from it to the nitrogen which it

contains. Chemists tell us that swamp

muck contains about four per cent

nitrogen. We have been told that

commercial fertilizer manufacturers

dry the swamp muck and use it as a

filler in their fertilizers and charge up

the nitrogen which it contains, though

the plant food which it contains be-

comes available slowly, used separate-

ly from the barnyard manure. Fer-

tilizers thus filled work better if used

in conjunction with stable manures.



If Prof. Bottomley has captured a

“new bug” that can be transferred

from peaty ground to high lands, and

will do good service on our light,

sandy soils in promoting the growth

of valuable plants, we ought to wel-

come it, and learn how to propagate

and nourish it. Such a “bug” would

be a boon to the millions who may be

dependent on such a soil for a liveli-





hood. We ought to all welcome it, for

it might be an agency through which

we can clothe our desert places with

choice vegetation, and make them

blossom with mOre than Eden glad-

ness, and yield abundantly of the rich

fruits that will meet the needs of our

rapidly increasing population.

Wayne Co. N. A. CLAPP.





HOW TO MAKE A POTATO

SPROUTER.





 





Take an apple barrel down and re-

build it by nailing the staves to the

hoops, leaving a space of about an

inch between the staves, a little more

space is better than less. This forms

a slatted drum with open ends, which

is to be the sprouter. To hang this

drum, make two crosses out of pieces

of board about two and a half inches

in width and long enough to reach

across the drum in the form of four

spokes to a wheel. These are secured

inside the drum about four inches in-

side each end. Then run a shaft, wood

or iron, through the center of the

crosses, or spokes, and secure it to

them so that when the shaft is turned

the drum revolves. A crank on one

end of the shaft is used to turn the

drum when at work. Next make a

frame in which to work the device, as

follows:



The upper end, where the potatoes

are turned, or fed in, should be about

24 inches wide by 28 inches high, with

a box in the center of the top piece to

take the upper end of the shaft. An-

other frame is made 24 inches square

with a box to receive the lower end of

the shaft. These two frames are then

secured in position by a board on

either side and the drum is placed in

between them, with the two ends of

the shaft in the boxes and will rest

in a horizontal position. Boards are

nailed to the frame at the upper end

of the drum and close enough so that

the potatoes cannot fall out, and at

the lower end a board is secured in a

position to close the upper portion of

the drum so the potatoes cannot be

thrown out above as the drum is re-

volved.



Then make a hopper at the upper

end with which to feed in the pota-

toes, put a crank on the shaft and the

machine is dOne.



It will be seen that the drum is in

a horizontal position with one end

about three or four inches lower than

the other end. The potatoes are turn-

ed in at the open' or upper portion of

the drum. By revolving the drum they

are rolled over and over, in which

operation the sprouts are broken off

and fall through the spaces between

the staves and the potatoes, roll out

at the lower or open portion of the

lower end of the drum into a basket.



There are times when it is neces-

sary to put them twice through but

usually, with smaller sprouts once

through does the work nicely and

two men can sprout from 30 to 40

bushels per hour if everything is

handy.



Allegan Co. H. H. HUTCHINS.





NEW USES FOR OLD LEGUMES.





 





I have been carefully watching the

development of sweet clover on deep

muck soil. The seed has followed

cow paths and ditch banks down

from the uplands and is growing pro-

fusely. The color is dark green and

it exhibits none of the characteristics

of alfalfa trying to grow on acid soils.



I would have been more surprised,

but well remember the nuisance sweet

clover was in the western irrigation

ditches where it would grow six or

eight feet high and in density looked

like willow clumps. There were laws

proposed against allowing sweet clo-

ver to go to seed for the trouble it

made in clogging the flow of irrigation

water. So from western experience it





would seem that sweet clover is not

afraid of wet feet and can grow on

drained muck soil in the east.





How far is it acid tolerant and

have we got to change our ideas about

the bacteria of sweet clover and al-

falfa being the same or that one plant

with the same, or practically the same

chemical composition can thrive where

another similar one fails? “One swal-

low does not make a summer,” nor

does one example of swamp growing

sweet clover of necessity determine

that this newly adapted plant will be

the redemption of Michigan’s muck

soils, but it certainly points in that

direction.



As it is not'too late for some time

to sow sweet clover, the writer would

suggest that those who are interested

give sweet clover a tryout on swamp

lands, especially-those swamps which

are reasonably dry and not waterlog-

ged so as to prevent germination.



Every legume added to the soils in

this state is a distinct agricultural

gain from a food standpoint and also

from that of soil fertility. The list of

added legumes, speaking in rather

general terms, in point of time has,

within the last two decades, been

greatly augmented. Alfalfa, sweet clo-

ver, vetch and soy beans are the new-

comers demanding our attention and

challenging our admiration. The fin-

est piece of alfalfa I know of is grow-

ing on a stiff clay soil and is behaving

altogether differently than laid down

in the books. A patch of vetch has

spread for several years and is sap‘

ping the life out of some Canada this-

tles, which are yielding to this le-

gume, which my Russian help call

“Ligens.” These men tell what won-

derful feed it makes for cows and

horses in the land of the Czar.



The soy bean promises to add

largely to the meat-making proposition

when fed to sheep and swine, and

when the fact is known that it is har-

vested by live stock the expense of

handling is practically nothing, it

seems most promising.



There are many farm flocks of

lambs put on the market in the fall of

indifferent flesh and not highly es-

teemed by the packers, which would

be finished to advantage on a few

acres of soy beans. This is also true

of spring pigs whose frames are not

filled out well, where no corn is at

hand. In fact, soy beans seem to be,

not the missing link but the connect-

ing link between the corn crib and the

season’s crop of corn.



Shiawassee Co. J. N. MCBRIDE.





 





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Blue Grass in Alfalfa.





I have a field of alfalfa containing

about ten acres. Blue grass has start-

ed in some places and appears to be

taking the place of the alfalfa. How

can I treat this field to destroy the

blue grass and not destroy the alfalfa?

How and when shall I proceed?



Berrien C0. W. W. N.





Michigan experience is as yet too

limited in the growing of alfalfa to

permit of any positive assertions as to

whether" a successful stand may be

maintained without serious encroach-

ment from blue grass for many years,

as has been done in other states.

Much will depend, in the writer’s op-

inion, upon the hardiness of the alfal-

fa. When strains have been acclimat-

ed or developed which will successful-

ly withstand our climate so that old

seedings do not become constantly

thinner from year to year, we believe

that it can be done.



The first essential is unquestionably

the supplying of soil conditions which

will be favorable for the alfalfa plant.

No less an authority than Joseph E.

Wing, of Ohio, asserts that if the soil

is supplied with plenty of lime and

phosphorus to meet the needs of the

alfalfa plant, June grass will not run

it out. Other authorities advocate the

disking of alfalfa in the spring, or bet-

ter yet, working it with tools especial-

ly adapted to the purpose which will





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discourage the June grass and encour-

age the alfalfa. Experience has dem:

onstrated, however, that where rea-

sonably favorable conditions are sup»

plied, a profitable stand of alfalfa may

be maintained for ten or more years

without any cultivation, and it is ques-

tionable whether under Michigan con.

ditions it will not be more profitable

to break up the old fields, use.them

in the regular cr0p rotation and again

re-seed after the stand has endured

for such a length of time.





This is a local problem which must

be worked out from experience under

our conditions, but from present

knowledge it would seem doubtful

whether any treatment of an old alfal-

fa seeding in which June grass is en-

croaching will be more profitable than

a liberal feeding of the alfalfa by an

application of phosphoric acid and pot-

ash fertilizer.



The writer made an application of

500 pounds per acre of such a fertil-

izer on one field of alfalfa last year

with a notable improvement in the ap-

pearance of the stand, and will make

a similar application on 40 acres more

this season. This fertilizer was sown

with a broadcast distributor after the

cutting of the first crop. The same

method will be used in sowing fertiL

izer on the alfalfa this season, de-

pendence being placed upon later

rains to dissolve the plant food and

carry it into the soil.





Millet.





What kind of soil is best for millet,

light sandy soil or heavy clay, and

would it do well on muck? How much

seed should be sown per acre, and

when ought it to be sown? Also,

when ought it to be cut to make good





hay?

Cass Co. F. J. R.





The best soil for millet-is a rich,

well-drained sandy loam. It does not

thrive on heavy clay or wet lands. It

requires warm weather for its suc-

cessful growth, consequently it should

be sown after weather condition are

suitable, as the very last of May or

first of June. When grown for hay,

about one half bushel of seed of the

common millets is required per acre.

It should be cut for hay between the

time of complete head and late blos—

soni. It should never be allowed to

stand until the seeds begin to ripen,

owing to the possible injurious effect

it may have on animals eating the

hay. This is particularly true with

horses, and it is better not to feed

millet hay to horses in any quantity,

as serious results sometimes follow

its use for this purpose.





Concrete Storage Tank.





I want to pipe water into a barn.

We have from three to four feet of

fall from the windmill to the basement

floor. Which, in your opinion, would

be better, to build a concrete tank at

the mill or to build a storage tank in

the barn? Would a concrete tank

built into the ground to a depth of

four feet and covered with from one

to one and a half feet of ground be

liable to freeze? How large a tank

would you build for 25 to 30 head of





stock? Would you consider a 50-bbl.

tank large enough for say, two or

three days?



Tuscola Co. J. E. S.





The best place to build this tank

will depend altogether upon the mat-

ter of convenience. It would not be

likely to freeze to any extent when

built in the ground and covered with

earth as suggested. Where more fall

is available, we have known very suc-

cessful storage tanks to be built on

well drained soil by simply digging a

large cistern in the ground and plas-

tering same with cement, siphoning

the water from this storage tank to

the barn at a lower level. In this case

there has been no trouble from freez-

ing. A 50—barrel tank should supply

ample water for two or three days for

the amount of stock mentioned."





.“Try-a-bag" of fertilizer. Our brands

are soluble and active, and not only

increase yield, but improve quality

and hasten maturity. Agents wanted.

Address American Agricultural Chemo

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or Baltimore—Adv.
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The Borden people, probably the

largest purchasers of market milk in

the United States, have just adOpted

a principle in the purchase of this

season’s milk which will have a far-

reachiug effect. The new principle is

to pay for milk according to its qual-

ity. This should always be done. It

is the only just way. The consumer

is as much entitled to know the qual-

ity of the milk he purchases as the

quality of any other food products.

Yet, strange to say, the price of a.

quart of milk has always been the

same, regardless of whether it con-

tained three per cent or five per cent

of fat. But lately consumers have

awakened to the fact that they get

more for their money in five per cent

than in three per cent milk. It is not

alone in the butter—fat, but in the

other food solids in milk as well, that

is five per cent milk contains more

casein than three per cent milk. It

has more food value and ought to com;

mand a higher price. One hundred

pounds of five per cent milk will not

only make more butter than 100 lbs.

of three per cent milk, but it will make

more cheese. As the fellow said, “it

contains more to eat.”



The Borden people start with a cer-





pending on the market, and then add

three cents for every 0.1 per cent in-





tain price for three per cent milk, de-_





it does not seem to pay, has a resi-

dual elfect and helps the cow later on.

That is, cows that- are fed grain on

pasture give more milk during the

next period of lactation than they oth-

erwise would. To the ordinary dairy-

man this is perhaps looking ahead too

far but nevertheless it has proved to

be true in .more than one instance.

However, where one knows that he

hasn’t sufficient pasture to last the en‘

tire season, then there is no question

about the policy of feeding grain for

the more the cows are fed in the

stable the less grass they will eat,

and this helps the pasture to last long-

er in the season.





TRAINING THE HEIFER.





 





There is no excuse for having to

“break” a heifer for the dairy. She

should be handled from early calfhood

in such a manner that she will gradu-

ate into milkhood without knowing it.



The calf should be taught to sub-

mit to authority, to know what a halt-

er or a rope means, and should .never

be abused nor frightened. Some cows

seem naturally vicious but the major-

ity of kickers have been spoiled in the

making by improper handling.



Sometimes a fractious or fidgety

cow can be tamed by a steady treat-

ment of poise. Poise, meaning bal-

ance, goes with a calm and well gov-

erned temper. Some men have it by

nature and these are invariably suc-





cessful with live stock. especially

cows and horses. A man of explosive

temperament, one who makes false





motions and fusses over trifles, can-

not hope to succeed with animals un-

til he gets himself well in hand. His

lack of self-control is communicated

to the beasts in his care, while the

man who is slow to anger and big





 





crease in fat. For instance, if three

per cent milk is worth $1.20 per 100

lbs, then 3.1 per cent milk would be

worth $1.23. This makes a difference

of 60 cents per 100 lbs. between three

and five per cent milk.



“’0 opened the gate and let the

cows into the pasture May 13. It had

got a fairly good start and was of un-

usually good quality at this time of

year, because the weather has been

dry and the grain is not so sappy or

watery as it usually is when we have

had more rain in the spring. Usually

spring comes with a warm rain but

this year it came with hot days and

no rain. The grass grew just the

same. It is warmth the grass needs

in early spring, not moisture. There

is plenty of moisture in the ground

early in the spring. A warm rain

warms the ground but so does 94 de-

grees of temperature. The method is

different but the result is the same.



While the cows have been turned

on the pasture we still feed them en-

silage and a light feed of grain morn-

ings before they go out. They also

have hay in the mangers that they

can eat if they choose. They eat very

little hay, however, while the pasture

is fresh, still more than one would

suppose. I think it is an excellent

thing for them to eat some hay so the

change of feed will not be so abrupt.

Perhaps if one had plenty of good pas-

ture it would not be necessary to feed

any grain at all, yet careful experi-

ments show that grain fed even on





 





luxuriant pasture, while at the time





Guernsey Herd Belonging to Henry Rozema, Newaygo County.





enough not to let a. dumb brute pro-

voke him to wrath, will have animals

around him that are placid and prof-

itable.‘



I emphasize this matter, for the hab-

it of poise is a paying asset in the

dairy barn. It is a well-known fact

that cows give more and richer milk

when they are quiet and contented.

Few men realize what it costs in dol-

lars and cents to drive up cows from

the pasture with a whoop and hurrah,

or to‘have them excited at milking

time. Loud and harsh words are al-

most as bad as using a. boot to make

them “so there.”



The writer once bought a grade

Shorthorn cow for his dairy farm. She

arrived at the end of two ropes in

charge of a couple of rough drovers,

her eyes bulging out with fear and

rage, and for several days she was a

holy terror to milk. The hired men

gave her up in disgust but I felt con-

vinced that the right treatment would

sober her, and I took her in hand my-

self. At first I had to milk standing

away as far as I could stretch, with

a tin cup in one hand and milking her

with the other. After a week or more

of firm but gentle treatment she would

let me sit on a stool with a pail be-

tween my knees and milk her like a

Christian. She never became real

friendly, however, .but her stable man-

ners were good and she made one of

my best milkers.



A kicker may be cured 'by patience

and gentleness, but a few devices

sometimes help. Tying the hind legs





 





JUNE 12, 1915.





together prevents accidents duringfi





milking. The same result is attained

by flexing the cow’s fore leg against

her body and fastening it there with

a. rope or strap. She can’t stand on

two legs and do much kicking. A

small rope tied tightly around her

body just in front of the udder and

back of the hip bones is said to be an

effective cure for “steppers.”



It is important to train heifers in

their youth so that when they mature

there will be no necessity to go

through a strenuous process. Any an-

imal, old or young, with a persistently

evil disposition, might better be sent

to the butcher, or sold to whomever





.wants to bother with her.





It is best not to breed a heifer until

she is at least a. year old if of the

smaller breeds, and 16 months for the

larger types. She will make a better

record in the long run.



If a heifer about to drop her calf is

brought into the stable or barnlot and

handled every day for a week or so.

she will very likely adjust herself to

being milked without difficulty after

her calf has been removed, which

should be done after it is a day old.

The young mother becomes quickly

reconciled and transfers her affections

to her caretaker, while the calf is

thus much easier to wean.



Illinois. H. A. BEREMAN.





N EWAYGO COW-TESTING ASSO-

CIATION.





 





One of the most profitable and en-

thusiastic meetings ever held by the

Newaygo Cow-testing Association was

held in the directors’ room of the Fre~

mont State Bank on Saturday, May 8.

Dr. Eben Mumford, of M. A. C., was

present and addressed the members.

He emphasized the importance of pro-

ducing the goods in sufficient quanti-

ties as well as the quality, and in or-

der to do this we must get together

as communities, whether it be in fruit.

growing, potato raising, or breeding

dairy cattle. Dr. Mumford laid par-

ticular stress on advertising what we

raise. We must let other people know

we have the goods if we would create

a market for them. After the reading

of the annual report, Mr. H. P. Davis,

of the Dairy Division, Washington, D.

(3., discussed at some length lessons

that might be made profitable from

the study of the report of the several

herds. He advocated the feeding of

the cow so as to bring her up to the.

highest point of efl‘iciency and profit-

able production. That all cows cannot

be fed alike to prove profitable, but

the true dairyman must study the in-

dividual cow and feed her according

to her capacity and ability to produce.



The association voted to hold a pic-

nic in August and a committee was

appointed by President Robert Kempf

to arrange for a program and exhibits.

Mr. George Crawford very kindly in-

vited the association to hold the picnic

at his place, which was accepted.



In order to create an added stimulus

in the cow-testing work, the matter of

giving a trophy for a prize-winning

herd or cow was discussed and as a

result it was voted to offer a cup, the

regulations governing the same were

to be left. to a committee appointed by

the president. To insure the obtain-

ing of the cup, over $10 were pledged

by those present.



The annual report as read by Tester

Gilbert Kempf, proved very interesting

and is as follows: There were 374

cows started on the test, 214 of them

finished, 60 were sold, two died, 11

were bought, 75 were heifers that

were started after the beginning, and

one herd of 12 cows was tested only

the last seven months, making an av-

erage of 287. From the 214 cows that

completed the year’s work, there were

79 that made over 300 pounds of fat,

of this 79 there were 31 making over

350 pounds, and of the 314, nine pro-

duced over 400 pounds. Two cows

made over 450 pounds.



A total of 1,933,922 pounds of milk

was produced, or an average of 6,729

pounds per cow. The average butter-





\1
JUNE 12, 1915.





fat test was 4.06 per cent. The total

amount of fat produced was 78,513

pounds, an average of 273.2 pounds

per animal. The average price of the

fat was 31. 7 cents, making a total val-

ue of $24, 866. 73, an average income

per cow of $86. 52. The roughage cost

$10,003.54 or each animal consumed

$34.81 Worth. Grain cost totaled

$5,039.40, or per cow, $17.53. The to-

tal cost of feed is $15,042.94, or an

average cost per cow of $52.34, leav-

ing a profit for the association mem-

bers of $9,823.78, or an individual

profit per cow of $34.18. The returns

for $1.00 invested in feed were $1.65.

The feed cost per pound of fat was

19.2 cents and feed cost per hundred

weight of milk was 78 cents.





Association Standing is High.



These records bring the Newaygo

Cow-testing Association to third place

.in the file of testing associations

throughout the country.



The highest producing cow was a

grade Holstein owned by Charles Mil-

ler. This cow gave 11,499 pounds of

milk testing 4.2 per cent butter-fat and

made 473.8 pounds of butter-fat. The

average price for butter-fat was 31.7

cents, making a total of $151.34. This

cow was pastured five months and

with rest of roughage eaten made a

cost for roughage of $37.22. Her grain

ration cost was $26.76, or a total cost

of $63,98, leaving a profit of $87.36.

Returns for one dollar expended were

$2.36. Food cost of one pound of but-

ter—fat, 14 cents, and feed cost of one

hundred pounds of milk, 56 cents. Mr.

Miller’s herd averaged the best for

butter-fat of any in the association

and only two of the eight were mature

cows. A four-year—old, a half sister to

the cow holding the highest record,

gave 9,563 pounds of milk and 382

pounds of fat and a two and a half

year old heifer, daughter of the first

mentioned cow, gave 351 pounds of

butter—fat, all going to prove that milk-

ing qualities are transmitted to off-

spring.



Good Records.



The highest producer of butter-fat

was Bonnie’s Rosebud of Sitka, a reg-

istered Guernsey owned by Mr. George

Crawford, of Holton. This cow gave

10,034 pounds of milk, and 461.9

pounds of butter-fat. This same cow

made 486 pounds in an advanced reg-

istry test. The herd belonging to M.

15. Stevens had the best average for

milk production, 10,314 pounds aver-

age per cow.



Rose, a grade Holstein, owned by

Charles Miller, gave the most milk by

producing 12,514 pounds. The cost of

this milk was 51 cents per hundred

weight. The herd of Harry Rozema

made the most profit. One cow, Queen,

a grade Jersey, had an average test

of 6.4 per cent and with 5,005 pounds

of milk produced 324.4 pounds of fat.



Fourteen cows produced less than

175 pounds of fat each, five of these

were mature, the rest heifers.



At the close of the meeting the as-

sociation showed its appreciation of

Mr. Kempf as tester, by giving him a

rising vote of thanks.



Newaygo Co. K. K. VINING.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN



SHOW.





 





On Wednesday and Thursday, May

26-27, members of the Central Michi-

gan Holstein Breeders’ Association

brought together one of the greatest

Holstein shows ever staged. The city

of Lansing, the Lansing Chamber of

Commerce and the members of the as-

sociation, working together, held a

show on the City Market that was a

revelation to the breeders themselves.





' One hundred and seventy-three ani-





mals were assembled and there was

not an inferior one in the lot.



Mr. Frank R. Crandall, of Living-

ston county, the well-known breeder

and judge of Holsteins, was selected

to place the ribbons and when he

stepped into the ring to begin his

work Mr. ,Crandall found 41 Dutch

matrons in the aged class. Mr. Cran-





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dall spoke briefly to the crowd sur-

rounding the ring, saying that Living-

ston county breeders had assembled

34 head in the aged cow class at their

county fair last fall, that he had seen

30 cows in the aged class at the Na-

tional oDairy Show, but that this was

the greatest show he had ever seen.



So far as is known to the writer,

this is the first local spring show ever

held in this county, and though it is

a well known fact that many famous

animals of the breed have been bred

or developed, or both, in the territory

covered by this association, even the

best informed breeders were astonish-

ed at the number of animals brought

out and the quality shown.



As an indication of the uniform ex-

cellence of the cattle shown it is only

necessary to note that the prizes were

distributed very evenly among the 19

breeders. No one exhibitor received

more than five ribbons outside the

championships.



Show an Annual Event.



It is planned to make this show an

annual event since the first one was

such a signal success and it will un-

doubtedly be a means of raising the

present hig standard of excellence of

the Holsteins of the vicinity as there

was keen interest shown by the breed-

ers in the reasons given by Mr. Cran-

dall for his placing.



Judging of the various classes was

completed Thursday, the list of awards

being as follows:





Full age cows—First, G. H. Gilles-

pie & Son, Mason; 2nd, Edward Stoll;

3rd, M. A. 0.; 4th and 5th, Gillespie.



Young cows (above three years)—

First, G. H. Gillespie; 2nd, Edw. Stoll;

3rd, Espanore Farm; 4th, B. F. Frye;

5th, Edw. Stoll.



Two-year-old calf—First, C. Schaib—

ly; 2nd, A. B. Niles; 3rd, M. A. 0.;





4th, B. F. Frye; 5th, Hull Bros., Dia-

mondale.

Yearlings—First, Wm. Stoll; 2nd, A.





B. Niles; 3rd and 4th, M. A. 0., 5th,

C. L. Hulett & Son.



Senior heifer calf—First, H. D. Box;

2nd, M. A. C.;‘ 3rd, C. W. Wilson; 4th,

C. L. Hulett & Son; 5th, C. W. VVil-

son.



'Junior heifer calf—First, Espanore

Farm; 2nd, . B. Niles; 3rd, Fred

Shubel; 4th, C. L. Hulett & Son; 5th,

M. A.



Aged bull—First, Neller & Wooley;

2nd, M. H. Daniels & Son; 3rd, G. F.

Balduf & Son.



Two-year-old bull——First, C. L. Hu-

lett & Son; 2nd, H. F.‘Box & Son.



Yearling bull—Fred Shubel.



Senior bull calf—First, C. W. Wil-

son; 2nd, Hull Bros; 3rd, F. W. Mc-

Kim & Son; 4th, C. L. Hulett & Son.



Junior bull calf—First, John D. Som-

erville; 2nd, F. W. McKim & Son;

3rd, A. B. Niles; 4th, Edw. Stoll; 5th,

Dr. W. W. Thorburn & Son.



Senior champion female——G. H. Gil-

lespie & Son.



Junior champion female—Wm Stoll



G1and champion female—G. H. Gil-

lespie & Son.



Senior champion male—Neller &

Wooley.



Junior champion male—C. W. Wil-

son.



Grand champion male—C. W. Wil-

son.



Produce cow—First, M. A. C.; 2nd,

Wm. Stoll; 3rd, Gillespie & Son; 4th,

Espanore Farm.



Get of sire—First, Edw. Stoll; 2nd,

Espanore Farm.



Ingham Co. L. M. HATCH.





 





GOOD PRICES AT HOLSTEIN SALE.





 





At the Fourth Annual West Michi-

gan Holstein Breeders’ consignment

sale which was held in Grand Rapids

May 4, 82 animals were sold for

$14,804, which makes an average price

of $180.53. This is a very good aver-

age when the fact that several bull

calves were sold at low prices is tak-

en into consideration.



The prices received at this sale

would indicate that it does not pay a

breeder to consign bull calves unless

they are from high record A. R. O.

dams and from sires of exceptional

good breeding.



The animal bringing the highest

price was the male Johanna McKinley

Segis 3rd, which came from the herd

of John Tobin, of Allegan county, and

was sold to Benjamin J. Hanchett, of

Kent county, for $1,050. Mr. Tobin

consigned nine animals and received

an average price per head of $275.55.

The highest priced female was 'K. S.

P. H. Houwtji Maid, which came from

the herd of Buth Bros, of Kent coun-

ty, and was sold to Elias Bennett, of

Newaygo county.





of Montcalm county, consigned 16





head which was the largest ”number.





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THEMICHIGAN FAR'MER





Liberal Feeding





HE wise farmer works with na-





ture. In one sense‘he improves





on nature and to this extent his

methods are artificial. Nature is sat-

isfied to keep alive a vast number of

animal species. The farmer must do

more than keep his live stock on their

legs—he must make them profitable.

This idea of profit—the economical

aspect of husbandry—«is altogether

man-made, hence artificial; yet even

here the wise farmer works with

nature. In nature the struggle for ex-

istence is fierce and constant. Wild

animals are nearly always hungry and

having to forage for a livelihood

makes them tough and sinewy. Man

protects his domesticated herds from

their enemies and provides them with

food. All they have to do is to eat

and grow. The more they eat, the

more they grow, up to a certain point.

Judging by the prevalence of scrub

and indifferent stock found on Ameri-

can farms, it is evident that most of

our farmers do not feed liberally

enough to force their horses, cattle,

sheep and hogs to large and rapid





growth. This is a serious indictment





of our intelligence and good sense.

What colossal foolishness. to raise an-

imals in the hope of profit, and feed

them with a grudging hand! It is

true that such animals will keep alive

and even continue to grow, but to

make them grow fast they must be

fed With liberality.



In all branches of live stock farm-

ing breed weighs heavily, but feed

counts for fully as much. To raise a.

profitable dairy cow, one that will

give 8,000 pounds of milk a year, it is

necessary to start with a good foun-

dation of ancestry and feed the calf

from infancy up with an almost lavish

hand. The youngster must be kept

growing. It must never know what

hunger means. It should have plenty

of exercise so it will come up to the

rack every day with a good appetite.

A pinching policy at the feed trough

means scrubs later on, no matter how

long a pedig me an animal may pos-

sess. One reason why we still go to

France for our Percheron horses is

that American breeders do not feed

as judiciously as do the shrewd and

skillful peasants of La Perche. '



It is easy to over-feed, but from the

appearance of barnyards throughout

this country it seems easier for the

majority of farmers to give too little

than too much. A well-bred colt of a

draft type will eat an amazing lot of

grain, hay and grass during his first

year. When he can be made to ma-

ture into a $500 or even a $300 animal

it is folly to stint him at meal time.



Making baby beef—meaning a thou~

sand-pound steer at twelve months—is

no more nor less than a stuffing proc-

ess. Starting with good stock the

feeder will get his yearling beef by

keeping that calf eating and growing

from the day of its birth. It must be

fed so plentifully yet judiciously, as

“the eye of the master fattens his cat-

tle’——that it never loses its “calf fat.”



The same principle works with

hogs, sheep and poultry. If they are

fed all they will readily clean up, they

will make more gain for the amount

of feed consumed than if they are

handled with that extreme sense of

economy that is “penny wise and dol—

lar foolish.”



The point is that a large part of an

animal’s food is used for bodily main-

tenance. The surplus over this is used

for growth, or in the case of the dairy

cow, in the production of milk.



Absolute rules for quantities of feed

are worthless. The feeder must un-

derstand principles and make his own

rules as he goes along. He must make

them to fit his particular circum-

stances. The only general rule worth

remembering is that an animal should

be given all it will eat and still keep

in condition. This can only be deter-

mined by experiment. ‘



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JUNE 12, 1915.





EXPERIMENTS IN WINTER LAMB .





PRODUCTION.





 





In tests at the Ohio station, two

lots of 12 Delaine ewes each, with

their October or November lambs

from a Southdown ram, as nearly





alike as possible with regard to age, '





weight, conformation and breeding,





were fed for 62 days, beginning De— ,





cember 1, as follows: Lot 1, corn and

oil meal 4:1, alfalfa and silage; lot 2,

corn, oats, bran and oil meal 5:2:221,

alfalfa, and silage. The nutritive ratio

of the two rations was approximately

the same. The hay and silage were

fed ad libitum and approximately the

same amount of grain was fed, it be-

ing all that they would consume. The

lambs were fed alike, receiving corn

and alfalfa. The ewes of lot 1 made

an“ average daily gain per head of

0.095 lbs.; those of lot 2, 0.129 lbs;

the lambs of lot 1, 0.441 lbs., and of

lot 2, 0.411 lbs. The cost of feed per

pound of gain made by the lambs was

7.1 and 7.5 cents respectively. No ap—

preciable differences in degree of fin-

ish from the two rations were noted.

Both lots produced prime hothouse

lambs.



Two lots of 11 ewes each, with their

lambs, were fed for 95 days, beginning

December 24, the same ration as in

the above experiment, except that dur-

ing the last five weeks clover hay was

substituted for the alfalfa. As these

lambs were not intended for hothouse

lambs they were not forced so rapidly

as those in the first experiment. The

average daily gain per head of the

ewes of lot 1 was 0.013, of lot 2, 0.031

lbs.; for the lambs of lot 1, 0,377 lbs.,

of lot 2, 0.333 lbs. The cost of feed

per pound of gain made by the lambs

was for lot 1, 8.7 cents, and for lot 2,

10.1 cents.





PROTECTING THE PIGS FROM

SCURVY.





 





Quite often when pigs are running

in tall pasture which is frequently wet

with dew or rain, an irritating effect

is produced on the skin and a sore

condition commonly known as scurvy

is the result. This is particularly true

when hogs are pastured in rape which

is more likely to have this effect than

other forage crops in which the pigs

may be pastured.



The remedy is to apply crude oil or

some similar substance which will

heal up the sores and protect the skin

from further irritation. Where this is

not done a. stoppage of growth and

sometimes the loss of the pig is the

result. Often this will be neglected

unless some Special provision is made

Which will permit the hog to treat it-

self. Sometimes burlap sacks are

wrapped around a post in the pasture

and kept saturated with oil. Better

and more economical are some of the

modern automatic devices which will

apply oil in suitable quantities when-

ever the hog rubs as he will do against

any object when his skin is irritated

from any cause.



This will be just as effective in sub-

duing lice which often prey upon hogs

where attention is not given to their

eradication. It is attention to little

details of this kind. which make for

efficiency in farm management and

satisfactory profit from every depart-

ment of farm production.



Oakland Co. A. R. FARMER,





A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR SCOURS

IN CALVES.





 





If any of your readers have calves

that are bothered with scours, if they

will give them one tablespoonful of

kerosene oil for two or three days it

will give immediate relief.



Oakland Co. A. D. SPENCER.





 





Not many Coloradofed lambs remain

to be marketed, and the proportion of

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JUNE 12,1915.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Spraying" for Codling Moth





EGARDING the number of spray-

R ings which should be given for



the codling moth, Dr. A. L. Me-

lander, the, entomologist of the Wash-

ington Experiment Station, suggests

that sprayings be repeated as long as

their cost is exceeded by the increas-

ed returns they assure. To expend a.

dollar in spraying in order to save 50

cents worth of fruit may generally be

considered, economically, as a poor

policy.



It is undoubtedly true that many or-

chardists spray more times than is

necessary, that they get less than a

dollar returns from a dollar’s spray-

ing. It is equally true that more or-

chardists do not spray enough, that

it would pay them to invest more in

their spraying. When the successful

man sprays three times and the unsuc-

cessful man four times, it seems par-

adoxical to state that the former has

sprayed too much and the latter too

little. An analysis of the reason for

the latter’s failure will most likely

disclose two violated factors, the most

important features of codling moth

spraying; an incomplete calxy applica.

tion and incorrect timing of the later

sprayings.



Proper Time Important.



’Spraying for the codling moth

should not be left to any convenient

time, as it is definitely determined by

certain periods in the life history of

this insect. The spray is an arsenical

poison that is effective only when eat-

en by the newly hatched worms. To

give a spraying when worms are not

hatching means a practical waste of

material. Hence the importance of

correctly timing the applications. A

thorough wetting into every flower at

the first spraying persists in its ef-

fects throughout the season and

reaches the majority of the worms. As

no other spraying does this the im—

portance of thoroughness of the first

application can scarcely be over-

stated.



The first spraying for the codling

moth is given as soon as the blossom

petals have fallen. The second spray-

ing follows a few weeks later, at

which time the first orchard worms

are entering the fruit. These tiny

worms are produced by moths which

have practically all passed the winter

in the ground in the shape of last

year’s cocooned worms. As the ground

temperature is approximately the

same year after year, irrespective of

the earliness or lateness of the sea-

son, the date for the second spraying

can almost be stated by calendar. The

second week of June in Southern

Michigan will time the second spray-

ing as well as the usual breeding

cage observations. This date, of

course, would change with other loca-

tions.



The Third Spraying.



The early worms must feed in the

apple, cocoon, emerge as moths and

produce eggs before the appearance of

the second generation of worms

makes a third spraying necessary.

This date can readily be determined

by trapping the first generation of

worms in strips of burlap fastened

around the tree trunks. The cocoon,

moth and egg stages together require

about six weeks, placing the date for

third spraying in Southern Michigan

at about the fourth week in July. Oth-

er localities will vary according to

climate. The effect of this external

application of spray wears off in a

month, at which time a fourth spray-

ing may be given.



These five applications do not all

have the same value. The first spray-

ing can be given so as to be worth

more than all the others combined. If

thorough, wetting into every blossom,

this spraying has time and again pro-

tected the crop. If poorly given, no

amount of later spraying can make

good the neglect.



To test the effectiveness of the first





sprayings some trees should be hand-

ed and a close watch be kept for

wormy fruit when thinning. Obviously

if such tests disclose many worms,

later sprayings should not be omitted,

but it should be equally obvious that

if these sprayings have annihilated

the first brood of codling moth little

danger from a second brood need be

feared.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





The Huckleberry.





I would like information regarding

the culture of the whortleberry, or

fruit commonly known as the huckle—

berry. I am familiar with this fruit

as to flavor and harvesting time, but

would like to obtain some definite in-

formation on how to restore a once

productive patch, whether plants may

be produced from the seed, and if so

where I could obtain them, and what

season of the year would be proper

to plant or set our sprays.



Baraga Co. F. W. I.





The huckleberry is one of the de-

licious fruits which has not been eas-

ily adapted to improvement and culti-

vation. It is a plant which is very

hard to propagate because it can not

be grafted readily and is also hard to

transplant. The growing of plants

from seed entails a lot of care with

little certainty of good results. On ac-

count of this difficulty of propagation,

our propagation specialists, the nurs-

erymen do not care to take a hold of

it and push it as a commercial propo-

sition.



The huckleberry belongs to the

Heath family to which also belong the

Wintergreen and trailing arbutus. They

are all wild plants which delight in

rather low moist soils and do not





adapt themselves to artificial culture.-





The high bush huckleberry is more

easily cultivated than the low bush

one; the natural habitat of the low

bush being the cracks and crevices of

rocks. Those who have made a suc-

cess in a small way of bringing the

high bush berry under cultivation

have taken up the plants which were





found on the higher and dryer soils‘





and transplanted them to open soils

of a mucky and sandy nature. A

mixture of sand and muck seems to

make the best growing soil for them.

They also seem to thrive better in a

cool shady location than in the regu-

lar open field. Most growers who have

been successful have kept the planta-

tion mulched with coarse manure or





straw. The best time for putting in,





the mulching is September, because it

will then become packed down and

moist, like leaf mold, by spring.



One of the chief factors in keeping

a wild patch in productive condition

is the burning over of the patch about

every two or three years. This burn-

ing over rids the patch of weeds

which begin to crowd the huckleber-

ries and gives the bushes a chance to

start anew.





we know of no place where the

seed of the huckleberry can be obtain-

ed. The only way would be to macer-

ate mature berries in water and then

allow the pulp to dry and get the seed

much in the same way as tomato seed

is gotten.



Spring is the best time to trans-

plant the plants, although one grower

makes a success of setting sprays in

September and then transplanting

them to the patch in spring. The fall

setting causes the formation of root-

lets before the winter sets in and

then when transplanted in spring the

plants make a quicker and better

start.



In time the huckleberry will un-

doubtedly be cultivated as the natural

patches are disappearing and the

huckleberry is too good a fruit to be

entirely lost. The great variation in

the size and shape of the bushes and

berries indicate that the huckleberry

would be very susceptible to improve-

ment by selection.





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Here is another just-elected member of thaPrince

Albert ”old-time jimm wipers dub." This 18 John

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old men to 0 has come to this ripe oge iuzth the Joys of

. his friendly jimmy pipe fresh in Ins mmd each morn-

ing. He has always been a liberal smoker.





just makes it possible for every





pipe.





Lose no time getting acquainted





 





 





 





 





Prince Albert tobacco

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PRIME ALBERT





the national joy smoke





to renew his love for his friendly old

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this real and true man—tobacco.





Buy Prince Albert everywhere to-

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tidy red tins. 10c; handsome pound

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Just as soon as you

smoke some Prince Albert

tobacco in a pipe, fast

that soon you’ll under-

stand how different it is i

in flavor, in aroma and

in gennine goodness. No

other tobacco can be like

Prince Albert. The pat-

ented process fixes that

——and removes the bite

and parch!





You come on and get

pipe happy. Know your-

self what it’s like to

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you want, and smoke as

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tongue!





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Reynolds Tobacco 00.





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TH E SUGAR INDUSTRY.





 





 





nv morn w. ROBISON.

(Continued from last week).

Manufacture of Sugar Requires Con-

stant Chemical Control.



The manufacture of sugar is not an

exceedingly simple process. It is a

process of extraction in the first in-

stance from the beet, and in the sec-

ond instance a concentration, and in

the third instance a removal of sub-

stances other than sugar. This purifi-

cation and concentration requires

careful chemical control which is true

not only in sugar beet factories but in

cane sugar factories as well. All fac-

tories for the production of sugar

maintain well equipped laboratories

where the routine tests of raw mate-

rials and the finished product are con-

tinually carried on. The problem of

getting the last traces of crystalizable

sugars from beet juices and from cane

juice requires pretty thorough chem-

ical perfection in the method of man-

ufacture and handling.



In the production of granulated su-

gar from cane and beet sources the

highest type of perfection in the pro-

duct is attendant upon a final bone-

bluck or charcoal treatment, which re-

moves the coloring matter and some

of the undesirable flavoring principles

as well. The beet sugar industry has

arisen over the grave of the sorghum

industry. Beets were not raisedto

any extent at all until it had been

demonstrated that the growing of

sorghum for commercial sugar pur-

poses in the northern and central

states was unprofitable and it is. due

to the unfailing and untii'ing energy

of such chemists as Dr. Wiley and, in

our own state, the late Dr. R. C. Ked-

zie, that the industry owes its devel-

opment.



Sugar Has Gone Out of the List of

Luxuries Into Necessities.



Very few consumers realize or ap-

preciate what energy has been spent

in the production-of so pure an article

of food as is our ordinary granulated

sugar at such a reasonable price.

Many who are enjoying, this commod-

ity at the present time can recall

times when granulated sugar was

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in our cities, and he will find that

granulated sugar is an important item

in these accounts. ‘



Utilization of By-products Measures



the Efficiency of the Chemist.



The success of the chemist in the

development of the sugar industry is

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This Furnace Will Heat

Without Pipes





No matter how small your cellar is,

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Mueller Pipeless Furnace -.





A new idea in furnace building. Keeps warm

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- “Citrus Fruitsfi? by J. E.‘ Coit, and

published by the MacMillan 00., gives

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tiful and wonderful things in

the world,” said Tinker Teedle

Tee, the merry little elf to Billy Be By

Bo Bum, as they trudged through the

White Forest after leaving Frisky the

Red Squirrel to gnaw through the pine

cone and get the juicy seeds hidden

inside. “Ever since the world began,

trees have helped men and animals in

one way or another. In fact, I don’t

know how we would get along if it

wasn’t for our friends the trees. It

makes us Little People who live in the

woods feel sorry every time a tree is

cut down, for we know what good

friends they are.”

Just then Billy and his companion





: TREE is one of the most beau-





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Land O’ Nod Stories.





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How the Forest Feeds the Brook





came to the bank of a creek, only

there wasn’t any water in it now,

nothing but big smooth stones and

pebbles, covered with snow, and here

and there a log that had been washed

down by the spring freshets.



“It’s as dry as a bone that has lain

out in the sun all summer,” said Billy.

“But last fall when we had that aw-





fully hard rain, the water was rush-

ing down here two or three feet deep.

Then the next day there were only a

few puddles.”



“And yet when your father was a

boy, there was plenty of water in this

creek all the year round,” replied

Tinker.



“Then why isn’t there any now?”





“Because," replied Tinker, shaking

his finger at Billy and looking very

wise, “because the lumbermen have

cut down all the big trees that used to

cover all the hills for miles about."



“How did cutting down the trees

make the creek dry up?” asked Billy

in surprise.



Before replying Tinker pulled out a,

tiny handkerchief, just about as big as

the end of a lead pencil, and very

carefully brushed the snow from the

top of a log nearby. Then he sat down

and pushing the weeny copper kettle

that served him for a hat onto the

bacg of his head, replied:



“You see, Billy Be By Bo Burn, the

roots of the trees keep the ground





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Count of Turin Commands Italy’s

Cavalry.





 





Arthur J. Balfour, now First Lord of

the British Admiralty.





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Gen. Caneva, Commander-in-Chief of

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Italian Cavalrymen on their way to the Front, Pass Roman Aqueduct Built





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Chilean Delegates at the Recent Pan-American Financial Conference held, ,





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soft and porous, just like a Sponge.

So when it rains, the earth soaks up

the water, which filters down through

the ground, giving the thirsty roots 3.

drink on the way, until at last it

strikes a layer of rock or clay. Of

course, the water can’t soak through

that, so it runs along the vein of stone

until at last it bursts through the side

of the hill. Then it trickles down over

the rocks until it hollows out a shal-

low hole in the ground, and that is a

spring. 'When the spring fills up, the

water bubbles over the t0p and goes

tumbling down the hill until it finds

its way into the creek.



“But,” and here Tinker looked very

solemn indeed, “when all the big trees

are cut down, the earth becomes hard

and as there are no thirsty roots to

suck the water down into the ground,

it just runs right down the sides of

the hills and pours into the streams

all at once. Then for a little while

the brooks are nearly as large as riv-

ers, but when the rain stops, they dry

up, for all the water has run off at

once, and not enough soaks into the

ground to feed the springs and they

too. dry up.”



“But don’t the little trees grow up

when the big trees are cut down?”

asked Billy.



“Sure they do, but it takes many,

many years,” Tinker replied. “Why,

Billy Boy, that little sapling there is

older than you are, although it isn’t

as large as your wrist, and if this big

pine hasn’t lived more than a hundred

years, then I miss my guess.”





1!





THELUCHI





“How long do trees live?”

“Hundreds and hundreds of years





sometimes,” replied Tinker. “Don’t

you remember in the Bible it tells of

the Cedars of Lebanon that King Sol-

omon cut down when he built his won-

derful temple? Well, Solomon’s tem-

ple crumbled into dust more than two

thousand years ago, but some of those

same cedars that were big trees when

he was alive, are still standing on the

sides of Mount Lebanon. Some men

say they must be at least three thou-

sand years old.



“Out in California there are some big

trees too, called the Giant Redwoods.

They are among the largest trees in

the world. They are as large as a

house, and as tall as a church steeple.

Men have cut an archway through the

base of one tree, and the stage coach

can drive right through it. On the

stump of another tree, sawed off

square, dozens of pepole can dance at

one time. So you see how large those

Redwoods must be.” ,



“But I don’t see how you can tell

how old a tree is,” said Billy.



Tinker spread his wings and flew to

the ground. Then he ran around to

the end of the log on which he had

been sitting and brushed the snow off

the butt of the log with his funny lit-

tle handkerchief.



“See all those rings on the end of

the log?” asked Tinker. “Well, each

one of those rings represent a year of

the tree’s life. Every year another

ring is added, so by counting the rings

you can tell how old the tree is.”





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CHAPTER IX.—(Continued).

“On his way east to Hot Springs,

with an escort of soldiers. It was

there he was killed, together with his





servant. A messenger brought the

news.”



“A soldier? One of Captain Fox’s

men?”





A sardonic smile flickered an in-

stant on the preacher’s thin lips.



“No; but equally reliable; one of

Ned Cowan’s mountaineers. Captain

Fox is a prisoner, wounded and his

men mostly dead.”



A moment she rested unknowingly

against my arm, her face covered with

her hands. There was that in the

man’s words and manner which con-

vinced her that he spoke the truth.

Nor could I strengthen her by any de-

nial, comfort her by any expression of

hope. There was not a sob, not a

sound to indicate suffering, but the

face she finally lifted so that the light

again fell upon it was white and

drawn. The girl had changed to a

Woman. She stood erect, alone, one

hand grasping the back of a chair.



“You say my father is dead—killed,”

she said, in steady, clear voice, “and

that Captain Fox is wounded, and a

prisoner. You tell me this on the re-

port of one of Ned Cowan’s men. It

may be true, or it may be a lie, con-

cocted to frighten me. But be that

one way or the other, you never came

here tonight, through this storm, to

bring me such a message alone. Who

sent you, Parson Nichols? What dev-

iltry is on foot?”



“My dear young lady,” he began

smoothly, spreading his hands depre-

catingly. “Be charitable, and just. I

realize that in the first shock of thus

suddenly learning of your father’s de-

mise, you naturally speak harshly.

With me the past is forgotten, blotted

out, covered with the mantle of Chris-

tian charity. I felt it my duty to break

to you this sad news in all possible

tenderness.”



“And you had no other object?”



“Certainly not; what other could I

possibly have had ?” .



The man lied, and I knew it; the





suave, soft tones of his voice irritated

me. That he was a sneaking, canting

hypocrite I realized from the first

glance, and my fingers itched to grip

him by the throat, and wring the real

truth out of him. The girl stood mo-

tionless, silent, her breath coming in

sobs. Then she turned her head

slightly, and her eyes met mine. The

piteous appeal in their depth was all

I needed. With a grim feeling of de-

light, I took a step forward, and the

muzzle of my revolver touched his

breast.



“Now, Mister Preacherman,” I said

shortly, “we’ll have done with this

play-acting. Not a move! I under-

stand firearms. It is a soldier, not a

girl, you are dealing with now.”





 





CHAPTER X.





The Jaws of the Trap.

F eyes alone possessed the power to





kill, his would have done the deed,



but the face with which I confront-

ed him was sufficiently grim to make

him realize the danger of a movement.

He gave back a step, but my revolver

pressed his side.



“Listen to me first,” I continued,

“and be careful how you answer.

may know more of this affair than you

imagine, and I am not tolerant of lies.

You came here tonight expecting to

find Miss Harwood alone in this house.

You were told she was here, and in-

structed to come. There was an ob-

ject in your visit—a special purpose,

in which others were also interested.

You did not expect to have to deal

with anyone but a young, unprotected

girl. You were so certain of this that

you are not even armed. You came in

advance of others, and under orders

but, finding me here, you dared not

openly avow your real object. That is

the truth, is it not?”





He made no reply, his lips tightly

closed, his deep-set eyes scarcely vis-

ib e.



“Don’t try obstinacy with me, Nich-

ols,” I said sternly, “for you are either

going to talk, or die. I’ll give you one

chance, and one only. I despise your

kind, and will kill you with pleasure.

Now answer me—who told you of Ma-

jor Harwood’s death ?”



“I have said already; the message

was brought to Lew‘isburg by one of

Ned Cowan’s men.”



“Yes, so you did; but you never re-

ceived it at Lewisburg. Oh, yes, .I

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you never came here tonight from

Lewisburg, now did you? Do you want

me to tell you where you came from?

Well, it, was the mountains the other

side of the Green Briar—from old Ned

Cowan’s ca p. There is where you

learned of arwood’s death, and of

the attack on Fox. Now are you ready

to talk to me? Oh! you are! Very

well, who sent you—Cowan?”



I ran my gun muzzle hard into his

ribs, and he nodded sullenly, his lips

drawn back in a snarl. All the soft

palaver had vanished, and he had be-

come a cowed brute.



“I thought so: you belong yourself

to the Cowan gang?”



“Not—not in their deeds of blood

and violence,” he protested. “The

calls of my church compel me to min-

ister to my scattered flock—”





“Never mind that kind of palaver,

Nichols. The fact that you were with

that old devil, and that he sent you

here, is all I wanted to learn. Now

what did he send you for?”



I waited, my eyes on his. 'I could

not see the girl, and dare not avert

my gaze for so much as an instant.

The man wet his lips, as if they were

parched, and I could perceive the ner-

vous movement of his throat.





“Well, you are slower in answering

me than is altogether safe. I’ll warn

you this once.

some means, that Miss Harwood was

alone in this house tonight. He order-

ed you to come here for some special

purpose of his own—what was it? Is

he coming later?”



“I—~I don’t know.”



“Don’t know what?—-this is my last

call!”



“I don’t know whether he is coming

or not,” he blurted out reluctantly.

“He was hurt in the fight.”



“And if he cannot come himself he

means to send others. What for? To

loot the house? Come, it must-be

something different from that, or he

would not be so anxious to surprise

the lady here alone. You know, Nich-

ols! and you are going to answer!

What does he want of the girl?”



My hammer clicked, and the man

cringing back, read the stern meaning

of my face. A terrible suspicion surg-

ed over me, and I was ready to kill.

He knew his life hung by a hair.



“To—to marry her,” the words bare-

ly audible. '



“Marry her!” I echoed. “What in

heaven’s name do you mean, man—

old Ned Cowan marry her?”



“No,” he stammered, as though fear-

ful he could not explain fast enough.

"Not old Ned—his son, Arise.”



I heard the startled exclamation of

the girl behind me.



“Anse Cowan!” she cried, her voice

full of undisguised horror. “Marry me

to that low brute. Did he ever imag-

ine I would consent, ever even look at

him?”



I touched her with my hand in re-

straint, the revolver still at the min-

ister’s heart. The whole foul plot lay

exposed in my mind.



“There was no intention of asking

your consent, Miss Harwood,” I said,

satisfied that she should know all, and

face the truth. “There is a reason for

this desperate act which I do not

wholly fathom, but it has to do with

the property here, and the feud be-

tween Cowan and your father. If Ma-

jor Harwood be dead, as this man re-

ports, you are the sole heir, and old

Ned has conceived the idea of marry-

ing you by force to his son. He has

learned you are here alone, and unpro-

tected, and in this creature of his~—

this canting preacher—he has found a

fit tool ready at hand to do his dirty

work. Is that it, Nichols?"



He muttered something inaudible.



“They sent me on ahead to make

sure Miss Harwood was here, and to





I remain until they arrived.”





“How many are going to be in this

happy wedding party?”



The man shook his head sullenly,

and I gripped him by the throat.



“Answer, you black-hearted cur; you

have confessed too much to hide any—

thing now. How many are coming

with Anse Cowan?”



“Maybe a half dozen of the boys. I

don’t know: they were talking about

it when I left, and thought it was go-

ing to be a great lark.”



“Well, it is: you are finding that out

already. When were they to be here?”

I shook him to loosen his lagging

tongue.



“They were to ride out an hour af-

ter I did.”



I threw the wretch back into the

chair before the fire, but held him still

covering before the point of my re-

volver. The dog had told us all he

knew, and there was a snarl to his





thin lips, drawn back and exposing h





his yellow teeth, showing that his only

thought now was revenge. Any mo-

ment that gang of ruffians might ap-

pear, and I was helpless there alone to

contend against them. Indeed there

was no way in which we couldthope to

protect ourselves, unless it was, by

flight through the storm. There might





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JUNE 12, 1915. ' '





yet be time for that effort, although

it was impossible to decide which

might prove the safer road to choose.

I had arrived on foot, yet surely Miss

Harwood must have a riding horse

stabled somewhere close at hand.

These considerations flashed through

my mind, as I stared into Nichol’s

face. The house was silent; the only

sound the noise of wind and rain, the

anxious breathing of the girl pressing

against my shoulder. I dared not

move, dared not avert my gaze from

the preacher; there was hatred and

treachery in the depths of his eyes.



“Is there. a lock on the parlor door

leading into the hall?” I asked.



“A bolt—yes.” .



“Please close and bolt it, and then



come back here.”

' I heard her turn and cross the room

and caught the sound as she shot the

bolt, and her light step again on the

floor.



“Now, something to tie this man

with. We must be quick—the table-

cloth will do! sweep that clutter of

dishes onto the floor. Good! now out

me the cord from that picture.”



I had no thought of glancing about;

I can scarcely conceive even now that

I did, yet my eyes must have wander-

ed an instant, for Nichols had the





wrist of my pistol hand in his grip,





and jerked me half off my feet. Even

as I staggered, I struck out with my

left, landing fairly on his face, and he

went back over the chair, crushing it

beneath him. But as he fell he drag-

ged the revolver from my fingers, and

sent it spinning across the floor. The

next instant we clinched, our bodies

pressed half way into the fireplace.

There was a moment of fierce, breath-

less struggle, during which we rolled

out against the table, our limbs inter-

locked, our hands gripping for advan-

tage. , The girl never screamed or

emitted a sound. Some dim conscious-

ness told me she was held prisoner be-

tween the table and wall, the revolver

on the floor beyond her reach. I had

no tlme to think, to do aught but fight

desperately. He had my throat in a

grip l1ke iron, and my fingers were

twmed in his hair. But my left arm

was free, and I drove my fist again

and again into his face in short jabs

that brought blood. The fellow pos-

sessed no skill, but the wiry strength

of a tiger. I found his eyes with my

fist, and“ dazed, his hands released

their grip, and I broke loose, my

throat livid from his finger marks.

The flap of a gray skirt touched my

face, and a blow fell—the man went

limp under me, his head upheld by'the

angle of the wall. I struggled to my

knees, still staring at him, uncertain

as to what had actually occurred.

struggling for breath. The girl stood

over me, white-faced, her eyes wide

open with horror, the remnant of the

teapot in her hand. Suddenly her

hands covered her eyes, the fragment

of crockery falling noisily to the floor.

“1—1 struck him,” she sobbed, un-

nerved. “1—1 have killed him!”





“No such good luck,” I answered, re-

covering myself, and grasping her

hands, so that I could look into her

eyes. “The man is not dead—only

stunned by the blow. He will be con-

scious in a minute. Do not become

frightened; you did right, and we have

no time to lose. You have a horse

Somewhere?”



aYes, it? tthe stable."



e w a ever you need for a ride

through the storm. Be quick, for those

Villains may be here at any moment.

I’ll tie Nichols, and wait for you at the

foot of the rear stairs.”



She hesitated, her hands still in

mine unconsciously.



“You—you mean I am to ride for

LeWISburg—and—~and you ?"



“Oh, I must do the best I can on

foot. We’ll keep together as long as

possrble; only you must not fall into

the hands of these men—not if this

fellow is a specimen of their class.”





“Himl”. she looked at him with dis-

gustncurhng her lips. “I am not afraid

of him, but—but Anse Cowan,” she

shuddered, staring out into the dark

hall. “I—I would rather be dead than

have that foul beast touch me.”



“Then go, as I say, and hurry. Get

a wrap, and yourrevolver.”



She slipped out of the room, and up

the stairs, her light steps making no

sound on the soft carpet. I bent over

Nichols, and as I touched him he stir-

red and opened his eyes, staring up

Into my face. The heavy pot had cut

a deep gash in the side of his head,

which bled freely, and one of his eyes

was puffed nearly closed where I had

pummeled him. There was not fight

left in the fellow. and he cringed back

at sight of me, flinging up his arm in

defense, all manhood beaten out of





1m.

“Don’t hit me!” he whined. “I’m no

friend of Anse Cowan.”



“So you’ve had enough! Then take

orders from me."



I gathered in the picture cord the

girl had dropped on the floor, deciding

swiftly what it was best to do, If I

left the fellow lying bound there those
JUNE 12, 1915. .





new arrivals would discover him as

soon as they got into the house. His

story would make clear our escape,.

and how we had gone. Every moment

of delay was of the utmost value, and

if I could successfully hide this

preacher where he could not be _so

easily discovered, the search for him

would retard pursuit—his _ friends

would be puzzled by his disappear-

ance, and waste time seeking for him.



“Turn over, Nichols! Oh, yes you

can—all that troubles you is a sore

head. Come, move quick; that’s 1t.

Now put your hands behind your back

—both of them. I mean to have you

safe this time.”



His wrists were big and knotted,

and I drew the cord tight enough to

make the fellow wince, despite his

groans and pretense at severe suffer-

ing. There was no reason why

should spare him, nor could I feel any

inclination to do so. I jerked him to

his feet, using no gentle methods of

persuasion, and turned his face to_the

door, picking up the lamp to give light

for the journey.



“Go up the stairs," I commanded

sternly, “and keep close to the wall.

Oh, you can walk all right, my friend,

and I advise you to do as I say—you

see this gun?" .



The scowl on his face was malig-

nant, and his eyes glowed like coals,

but he moved on ahead of me across

the hall, and up the carpeted steps.

The lamp held high above my head 1n





one hand, sent a stream of light

through the black shadows, and re-

vealed his every movement. Once he





paused and glanced back over his

shoulder, muttering some threat for

which I cared nothing, but the gleam

of my revolver caught his eyes, as I

lifted it to a level. and he went on,

growling to himself. At the head of

the stairs the girl suddenly appeared,

her face showing white in the glow of

the lamp. A brown cape, fastened

closely at the throat, enveloped her

figure, and a cap was drawn down ov-

er her hair.



“What is it?” she questioned swift-

ly. “Have the others come?”



“Not yet, but our friend here reviv-

ed. and I thought it best to put him

where he would be safe. Is there any

room up here windowless, and with a

door that can be locked ‘2”



She glanced about, uncertain.



“VVhy—oh, yes! there is a large

closet off my room Where he might be

locked in. He—he was not badly

hurt?”



“Nothing more serious than a head-

ache. Turn to the right, Nichols; into

that room, where the light is burning.

Oh, yes, you will! Kindly open the

closet door, Miss Harwood! Ah! a

prison cell made to order. Comfort

enough here Mr. Preacher, and ample

room for your length of limb. It will

be a fine place in which to meditate.

Step in, man! Don’t stand growling

there, for it will do no good—we have

ourselves to think about. Get in, I

say!”



He was so slow, that I thrust him

roughly through the opening, and clos-

ed and locked the door. The girl had

placed the lamp on a table, and as I

turned, her eyes met mine.



“Suppose the—they fail to come,”

she questioned. “He might not get

out; he might die in there.”



“Little danger of their not coming.

Anyhow, I prefer risking that fellow’s

life rather than yours. Is he really a

preacher?”



“Yes; he has a church at the Cross-

roads. I heard him preach once at a

camp meeting. He was here before

when Tom’s wife died, and conducted

the funeral.”



“Tom, one of the servants?”



“Yes, my father’s body servant. He

accompanied him to the army.” The

tears rushed to her eyes, dimming

them, and her hand touched my

sleeve. “on, Liebtenant, do you really

suppose he has been killed?”



“We can only hope,” I answered

catching my breath quickly. “Nichols

may have told that for a purpose——a

desire to make you feel helpless and

alone. But we cannot stand here and

talk. You know the way and can guide

us in the dark, can you not? It will

be safer not to leave the lamp burn-



I blew the light out without waiting

for an answer, and took her hand in

mine.



‘tNow you must lead,” I said softly.

“We will go down the back stairs.”



We slipped out into the hall togeth-

er, her clasp on my fingers warm and

confident, and I closed the door of the

room behind us. Nichols had shouted

some threat as the lock clicked, but

was now silent. The soft carpet un-

der foot enabled us to move noiseless-

ly, and there was no sound in the de-

serted house. A flash of lightning en-

abled me to glimpse the window at

the end of the hall, and my compan-

ion’s face. She looked pale under the





peak or her boy’s cap, her eyes large

and opened wide, a strand of loosened

hair shadowing one cheek. Then it





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was pitch darkness again, and all

about us the silence of a tomb. My

hand encountered the baluster rail,

and she had taken a single step down-

ward, when we heard a voice below,

and the crash of what was probably

the stock of a rifle on the outer door.

A second blow fell, followed by the

sound of splintering wood. The voice

came sharper, clearer; I could distin-

guish the words.



“Now, once more, Kelly! There’s

nothing to be afraid of, man. Break

it a foot lower down, so I can reach

the key. Where is Arise, do you know

Jake?"



“He an’ Bill are ’round front,” some

fellow answered hoarsely. “Thar’s a

busted winder thar. Yer saw ther

light up stairs didn’t yer?”



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I reckon he got afeerd, an’ wus wait-

in’ fer us to show up first. Here, you“

Kelly, giv’ me aholt on thet club.”





She shrank back against me, with a

little startled cry, and I held her close.

There was no noise as yet toward the

front of the house, but two of the vil-

lains were there—one of them Anse

Cowan. Beyond doubt they had en-

tered the parlor through the broken

window, and were groping about in the

darknees, seeking for some passage

leading into the hall. We were in the

trap, caught between the closing jaws.





I

(To be continued). l

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MEMORIAL SUNDAY, 1915.





 





BY C‘. N. SINNETT.





On this still Sunday ere the deCOration

Of heroes’ graves on many a plaini

and hill, '

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a nation

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the Right.





 





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ITH a sigh of relief Grace



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puckered her brow. She arose to re-

move it, and then sank back to let the

full enormity of its presence sink

deeper. Admonish wives to please

their husbands indeed! How many

times had she asked John not to leave

harnesses and muddy boots and horse

blankets on the porch! And now when

she was so tired she could scarcely

breathe she must needs come out and

have that thing to take her mind off

the charming vista of fields and lake

and wooded hill.



How could you cure a husband 'of

disorderly habits? Why not write an

article on “How I broke my husband

of littering the side‘porch ?” instead of

on “How I kept my husband’s love?”

It would be far more useful to the av-

erage farm wife, Grace reflected. This

one porch was the bane of her exist-

ence. She could keep the rest of the

house in apple pie order, but this one

spot John would insist on using as a

catch-all for everything he didn’t know

what else to do with. Grace argued

that the barn was the place for har-

ness, whips, blankets, robes, grain

bags, etc. She could even succeed in

getting the debris cleared away for a

day, perhaps, but it always accumulat-

ed again. This morning there hadn’t

been a thing there, and now when she

had been so sure everything was done

that shOuld be done, and that’all she

had'to do was to exist, 'here was a

wretched harness left to spoil every-

thing. ‘



' *What should a woman do in'such a

case if she wished to achieve ultimate

Victory"? 'She might just leave it there

till supper time and- order it carried

hence, but that would perhaps involve

a display of temper and she was really

too tired for so much exertion. She





 





 





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The Domestic Crucible—13.





and Achieves Victory





could get up now and carry it out to

the barn and hang it in its place, but

John would never know she did it un-

less she told him. He had already

forgotten where he left it, and he’d

simply wonder why she put herself to

all the trouble of lugging it across the

yard in the hot sun. He would never

even suspect he was being delicately

taught habits of neatness. She might

just shove it off the porch in a heap

and thus call his attention to it. But

she’d realize all the time it lay there

on the ground even though she could

not see it, and it might as well be on

the porch. It was out of place, that

was the rub.



Well, the best thing would probably

be to put it away, she could at least

rest when it was out of sight, and she

could try to impress on John tonight





 





Design in Crocheted Edging for Petticoats.





how much his thoughtlessness hurt

her. With the air of a martyr she

arose and carried the offending har-

ness across the yard to the barn and

hung it up.”



“I might dump it here in a heap on

the floor'and see how he’d like it,” she

marked to the colt, which Whinnied as

she came in, “but I won’t. I’ll not

make him extra work."



There were still 15 minutes left for

rest when she returned to the house

but her mental upheaval had left her

with nerves aquiver and mind a chaos,

where common sense argued with

ideas of martyrdom, and a vague sense

of being imposed upon. She was even

more tired than when she came out,

when it was time to go in and start

supper.



Promptly at six John burst into the





kitchen with his usual air of being too

big to be confined in such a small

space. He threw his hat in one cor-

ner and stooped to kiss Grace’s flush-

ed cheek. She received his greeting

with a pensive air of having decided

to make the best of things no matter

how bad they got, and then walked ov-

er to pick up the hat and hang it up.

Her very back spoke mute reproach.





“You’ll find your harness hanging

up on its book in the barn when you

want it," she said, as she hung the hat

on its proper peg. “I'found it on the

side porch this afternoon when I went

out to rest, so I put it away for you.

I knew you must have forgotten it."





“Oh,” said John, as she turned to

the washroom, “I didn’t exactly forget

it. I was going to mend it after sup-

per and I just thought it might as well

lie out there till I was ready.”





“The side porch isn’t the place for

harness,” said Grace. “I don’t leave

my mending lying around any place

that happens, until I’m ready to do it.”



The creaking of the cistern pump

cut off further argument and Grace

hurried the supper on the table. She

was so tired when the men sat down

she did not want to eat. The easy

chair on the quiet porch was more a1-

luring than the hot food, so she slip-

ped out to rest. They’d be at least 20

minutes at table, and she’d have 20

minutes of peace. She turned to her

rocker in the far corner, then stopped

short. There in front of it lay the

harness.



The funny side of the situation

struck Grace suddenly. Too tired to

really laugh, she giggled and cried

hysterically. Attracted by the weird

sounds John appeared in the doorway.



“I brought it along as I came from

the barn,” he said, divining the situa-

tion, “but if it’s going to have that

effect on you I can take it back.”



“No, I give up,” said Grace weakly.

“I don’t know whether it’s your bump

of order or my sense of proportion

that is too blame. We don’t seem to

get together on the purpose of a side

porch, but I won’t insist any longer.

Pile anything on it you like, and I’ll

promise not to see it. I can't even see

that harness, now, I’m so enraptured

with the colors in yonder fleecy

cloud.”



“You’d look swell in a dress that

color,” John replied admiringly, pick-

ing up the harness. “I can mend this

thing in the carriage heuse, I guess.

There’s just as much daylight there

as there is on this porch,” and calling

to the hired man to bring the milk

pails, he carried the harness back to

the barn. DEBORAH.





Crochet Petticoat-MaeYFhahafiy





OR a snugly fitting yoke petticoat



one should follow the individual



measurements as nearly as possi-

ble; hence, it is rather difficult to give

definite instructions as to the number

of stitches and increase needed. How-

ever, a worker can readily make such

changes as may be required in their

partiCular case by laying the work on

a good fitting skirt yoke pattern, or

by measuring round the waist and

hips at frequent intervals as the cre-

cheting progresses. A chain of 170

stitches ‘(sts), will usually be found

sufl‘icient to begin with for a medium

sized figure. ' This chain (ch), should

allow suflicient'leeway for consider-

able shrinkage around, as only the

greatest care in laundering will pre—

vent this feature, although in the mat-





ter of length the opposite is usually

the result.



Double crochet (dc), into every ch

st for the lst row. Continue the yoke

in dc, using a ch of 3 to turn, for at

least 30 rows, bringing the yoke well

down over the hips to the distance

necessary for placket opening. If need-

ed, increase in every row by plading

2 do in' one, thus making 6 extra sts

each row. - These should be about an

inCh apart at the three points. For

instance, if 170 sts are used increase

at 3lst and 37th, 82nd and 88th,133rd

and 139th





When the yoke portion is deep





enough proceed for the skirt preper

with what is commonly known as the

Newport st, a series of so and double

treble crochet, (dtc).





In a ' straight
JUNE'12, 1915.





strip these would necessitate breaking

the thread at the end of each row, as

turning is not permissible, but since

the skirt is worked around and around

below the placket we will need only

to slip (sl) st together and proceed

with the next row. The dtc is made

by throwing the thread over hook

twice, draw thread through work,

throw thread over hook again thus

making four loops on book, thread ov-

er hook again and draw through two

of the loops; throw thread over again

and draw through two,of the loops;

throw thread over again and draw

through two more loops; throw thread

over and draw through two remaining

loops.



- For the lst row work 1 so into each

do of previous row.



Second row.—1 so in every st, tak-

ing up back or top of st only.



Third row.——1 so in back of st;1 dtc

in st of next to last row made, that is,

drop down a row; 3 so in back of sts

of last row; 1 dtc into st of next to

last row again, and repeat to end of

row.



Fourth row—2 sc, the first being in

back of st only, the one over previous

dtc into entire st; 1 dtc, dropping

down a row; 2 so in back of sts only,

1 so through entire st. Repeat thus

all the way around. And repeat the

entire row for as many rounds as may

be necessary to complete length re-

quired. There must always be 3 so

between the dtc, thus placing the dtc

in each successive row just in advance

of that in the previous row. The so

above the dtc must be through the en-

tire st, the remaining sc sts through

back of sts only. The stitch is shown

in the body of accompanying sampler.





If desired a band of some other

stitch may be used near the bottom.

A very pretty effect is made by plac-

ing a few rows of so or do, and then

another space of the Newport st, run-

ning five or six rows with the trebles

all in advance, and an equal number

with the trebles gradually receding,

making the work in zigzag effect. An-





other band of so or dc should then very unfavorable another. These trou-





complete the bottom of skirt, except

for the scallops which may be of any

style preferred.





feature. These consist of'a ch of 5

caught into 4th st in advance. Turn,

so 2 over ch, do 2, dtc 1, dc 2, so 2.

Turn. sc 12.

of 3 ch each to complete scallop. Then

sc 4 into skirt edge before starting the

next scallop.



Make a heading at belt line for tape

or ribbon.

2, ch 3, skip 3, dtc 3, ch 3, sk 3, dtc 3,

etc, all the way across.

ing and placket with a shallow scal-

lop made of 1 so in lst st, 2 ch, 1 dc

into same st as so;

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TRADE.





 





If the subject under consideration

had been supplying the demands of

the fancy trade, it would be not only

an easy matter to write a long article

but an interesting one to fancy con-

sumers, as well as home workers who

would like more information on such

an important branch of home-mades.

Perhaps, however, were the fancy

traders not so exacting we would be

satisfied with less perfection in attain-

ing an article of high standard. The





trade demanding the best, we can only of a woman who has a natural apt- ,

feel grateful to them if it is such a ness and fondness for those things

stimulus we need, and many times the There is a field open for such workers.

best is only brought out by this de- There is an opportunity for a home

worker for just the good sauce “moth-



If the demand once met could be er used to make.”

kept by a first supply, the second and as much thought and careful treat-

most important part of the business, ment, but it smacks of a big second

fruit quality, would be the producer’s helping, while the preserves stand for

There is an ever a small portion.





mand.





greatest capital.

constant eflfort to be made.





assumption that the order of the pre- give it back finished with the intelli-

vious year was all that could be desir- gence she has also created—R. de R. [End‘s‘P A"“'°““‘“d ”‘0' 5 L0





In the illustration and overcome and it can only be ac-

solid scallops are shown which will complished by being ever watchful

not catch on shoe buttons, a desirable and interested.





fruit does not mean all varieties are

produced under



Turn and make 7 loops Each variety has

must be met and understood to turn

out the same finished product of ex-

cellence.





Fasten on yarn, Ch 4, dtc errors are to be watched for from as-

sistants who do not realize the great

Finish bead- need of

though they appear to all exceptthe

anxious producer

2 Ch, Skip 2, 1 SC, 51.111191“

back of us, there is created an incen-

___———- tive to produce only the best and soon

HOME CANNlNG FOR THE FANCY a determination is created to be satis-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





ed. It should be our first considera-

tion and interest to make new and

better varieties. The varying tastes,

often we would say capricious whims,

of the appetite keep us from falling

into easy ways.

The style of the package is not the

only feature remaining to make the

article palatable. It is an important

factor, however. An attractive pack-

age with a winning label, will often in-

Vite closer inspection and, with the

product done properly, the selling agent

has everything in his favor. A suc—

cessful selling agent is dependent up-

on the producer for the fancy goods,

and he can not fool the public long

for us.

Unless the producer is ever in a

critical attitude, constantly watchful,

many oversights, small in themselves,

but all—important in the finishing, will

creep in with even the most conscien-

tious workers. Quality and coloring

depend on this vigilance. Perfect fruit

brings perfect results, but it. is not.

always available in a condition for

easiest results, and so much depends

upon this stage of ripeness. Expert

enced persons should oversee the pick-

ing at just the right time. Slightly

under-ripe fruit is to be preferred if

any chances are to be taken in not

getting it at just the right stage, as

the color, flavor, or aroma more acute-

ly speaking and consistency can bet-

te1 be produced if unde1- -1ipe than if

over 11pe ~

The acids in the fruit play a very

important part in our troubles and

successes. They can not be overcome

with sugar. Too much sweet and too

long cooking give a bitter or strong

taste and stringy consistency and de-

stroy the flavor. An intelligent use of

sugar might be mentioned as a key to

the whole situation. While a feeling

of security must be with the producer,

there are many obstacles to be over.

come, such as over color, under color.

too acid, too juicy, too dry, lack of

pectin to bind properly, etc. Condi-

tions favorable one season may be





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be anticipated.





They can not

They must be met





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Even with perfect fruit conditions





thorough details, trifling

and exacting con-

With this exacting market





We are then,

it seems to me, indebted to this exact-

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ability to do things that might other-

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THE MICHIGAfN FA‘R-M'ER





Junniz. 1915.





 





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Weekly weather forecast for the

region of the Great Lakes for Week

beginning Wednesday, June 9. Rain

is probable on the ninth and again

about the twelfth; the temperature

will be somewhat below the season

average.





 





 





GRAINS AND SEEDS.





June 8, 1915.



Wheat.—For the past two weeks

wheat values show a rapid decline.

Both domestic and foreign causes for

the decline are ascribed by the trade.

Recent weather conditions have favor-

ed the development of the home crop

overcoming some of the expected dam-

age by the Hessian fly and other pests

so that the promise is now for the

greatest crop America has ever grown.

Then, too, harvesting will begin earli-

er than was expected, thus requiring

less cash wheat to supply the demand

until new wheat is marketed. The

foreign demand has also slackened

and India reports a yield that exceeds

the normal crop. Shipments from the

latter country to Europe have al-

ready begun. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat was quoted at 951/2c per bushel.

Quotations for the week are as fol-





 





lows:



No.2 No. 1



Red. White. July.

Wednesday . .135 .32 1.17

Thursday . . . . . .1.35 1.32 1.18

Friday . . . . . . . . .1.33 1.30 1.16%

Saturday . . . . . . 1.32 1.29 1.15%

Monday .....

Tuesday ..... 1.28 1.25 1121/;





Chicago—July wheat $1.111/2; Sept.

$1.081/2 per bushel.



Corn—Corn values have declined

with wheat, although there are some

features to this market that give the

trade a slightly stronger tone. For

instance, corn planting has been con-

siderably delayed in many sections by

recent rains and in other places where





planting was done earlier the cool

weather retarded germination and

growth. Receipts have also been





small, statistics showing that at, Chi-

cago they have run lower than for the

past five years. Now that farmers

are through with spring seeding and

planting. it is expected that larger de-

liveries will be made by them. One

year ago No. 2 corn was quoted at 740

per bushel. Prices for the past week





are as follows:





No. 3 N0. 3





Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday 75 76

Thursday ........... 741/2 751/2

Friday OIQJCIIIIIOIOO 74 75

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

Monday .. ..





Tuesday 72 73

Chicago—July corn 70.7c; Sept.,

71.4c per bushel. .

Oats.—Notwithstanding the decline

in the other grains, prices for this

cereal have. held firmly steady through-

out the week, although a decline is

noted since two weeks a o. The new

crop is developing norma ly in most of

the important oat growing states. De-

mand for cash oats is ordinary With

only a fair supply on hand. One year

ago standard oats were quoted at

431/2c per bushels. Quotations are as





follows:

No.3

Standard. \Vhite.

Wednesday . . . . . . . . . 53%, 5521/2

Thursday ........... 531/2 521/2

It‘l‘lday coco-Ol-ootooo 531/2 521/2

Saturday ........... 53%, 521/2

Monday ............ .. ..

Tuesday ............ 52 511/2

Chicago—July oats 47.40; Sept,





44.5c per bushel. .



Rye—This cereal followmg wheat,

No. 2 now being quoted at $1.14 per

bushel. Market is lifeless.



Beans—Trade rules steady. De-

troit quotations are: Cash $3.10: July

$3.15. Chicago trade is quiet and

steady. Pea beans. hand—picked

choice, quoted at $3.18@3.25: common

$3@3.15; red kidneys $3.25@3.65. At

Greenville farmers are getting $2.80

per bushel.





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FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs, as follows: Best

patent $7.60; seconds $7.30; straight

$6.90; spring patent $8.10; rye flour

6 70





$. .



Feed.—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $25; standard middlings

$29; fine middlings $32: cracked corn

$33; corn and oat ch0p $30 per ton.



Hay.——Quotations steady. Carlots on

the track at Detroit are: No. 1 tim-

othy 3518691850: standard $17@17.50;

No. 2, $16@16.50; light mixed $17@





17.50; No. 1 mixed $16@16.50; No. 1

clover $14@14.50.



‘New York—Steady. No. 1, $23.50@

24; N0. 2, $21.50@22.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.



Butter.——Liberal receipts caused a

decline of 10 in creamery. Packing

stock in good demand and advanced

1,60. Extra creamery 27c; firsts 26c;

dairy 210; packing stock 1896c.



Elgin.——Large receipts caused a de-

cline of 1c. Quotation for the week

27c per pound.



Chicago—Market is firm. Strictly

fancy and under grades are selling

well. Little change in prices. Extra

creamery 271/20; extra firsts 2696(1)

27c; firsts 25%@260; seconds 20@

210; packing stock 20@201/20.



Poultry.—-Market is well supplied

and prices on hens and broilers are

lower. Live—Broilers 25@28c; hens

15@151/2c; ducks 17@17’/zc; geese 10

@11c. '



Chicago.——Market easy with trading

fair. Fowls and springs lower. Fowls,

good weights 130: spring chickens, 2

lbs. and up, 24@25c per lb; 1 lb. to

1% lbs. 20@220; small 180; ducks

130; young ducks 1%@2 lbs. 15@18c;

geese 8@90; guinea hens $2.75@3 per

dozen. '



Eggs—Supply is decreasing and de-

mand good but prices are unchanged.

Fresh stock sells at 181/20 per dozen.



Chicago.~The market is ruling firm

at prices slightly lower than last

week. Anything but fine stock is a

little difficult to move. Miscellaneous

lost, cases included, 16@171/¢.c; ordi-

nary firsts 16@161/2c: firsts 17@17%c.



Veal.—Quoted steady at 111/2@120

for fancy, and 10@11c for common.





 





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





Strawberries.—~Market is firm and

prices good. Cases of 24 qts. sell for

$3.50@3.75.



Chicago—Michigan berries arrive

in good condition although some are

soft. Michigan 16-qt. cases are quoted

at $2@2.50, depending on the quality.



Potatoes.—Market firm with prices

higher. Quoted at 43@45c per bushel

in sacks. At Chicago the market is

firm on account of light receipts. De-

mand is good. Michigan white in bulk

are quoted at 45@48c per bushel. At

Greenville potatoes are moving freely

at 30@35c per bushel.





 





WOOL.





 





Boston—The market continues very

firm. Local sales consist largely of

foreign wools; even these show strong

price tendencies. American growers

are firm in their price demands and

the trade seems inclined to pay what

is being asked. Experience in the

substitution of foreign wools for do-

mestic grades has not been altogether

satisfactory, which should enable

those holding American wools to sell

at better advantage. Michigan and

Ohio fleeces are high but nevertheless

are selling freely. Farmers are get-

ting fi'om 28@30c per pound. Boston

prices for Michigan unwashed de-

laines 26@27c: do. combing 29@34c;

do. clothing 24@300.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





Dealers are paying 17@17%c for

eggs and 20@21c for dairy butter this

week. Poultry is weak, with fowls

selling at 13@14c. Only a few home-

grown strawberries have arrived and

the price paid is around $2.40 per

crate. Frost and dry weather have

shortened the crop of early berries.

Old potatoes are selling at 40(045c on

the city market. Hay is somewhat

higher, selling at $13@15. Grain prices

at the mills are as follows: Wheat

$1.21; oats 58c; corn 76c; rye $1.





 





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.



Liberal supplies and a good demand

made an excellent market: Tuesday

morning. Potatoes have advanced, with

prices ranging from 60(ri75c, accord-

ing to quality. Head lettuce 60@650:

leaf lettuce 30@35€: onions three

bunches for 25c: radishes 10 bunches

for 25c: beets 15c per bunch; turnips

two bunches for 25c: some greenhouse

tomatoes were offered at $2 per 1-5-

basket; home-grown strawberries 200

qt; asparagus 700 per dozen bunches;

eggs 24@25c; no butter nor hay in





 





sight.

THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Buffalo.

June 7, 1915.





(Special Report of Dunning & Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)

Receipts here today as follows: Cat-

tle 150 cars; hogs 125 d. d.; sheep and



lambs 13 d. d.; calves 2200 head.

With 150 cars of cattle on sale here



today and 18.000 reported in Chicago,



our market was dull and draggy from’





 





start to finish and? irregularly '10wer:





from 10@35c per cwt. The cattle

bought here today, that sold for the

top price, were better than the cattle

that were here last week that sold for

250 more. HoweVer, at the close about

everything was sold and the market

wellvcl-eaned up‘and we think there is

no doubt but this will be the low day

forquite a while to come, in fact, we

expect much lighter receipts and an

advance in prices on all dry—fed cattle

from this time on.



Wehad a liberal supply of hogs here

today, about 125 double decks, demand

was good and all grades sold at steady

Saturday’s prices. Everything out-

side of extreme heavies and rough

grades sold at Sc per lb; heavies quot-

able at $7.75@7.90, as to quality. Our

rough market has not been very good

of late; choice kinds sold here today

at $6.50. Stags $5@5.50, with a fancy

one occasionally a little more. Mar-

ket closed about steady and every-

thing sold that arrived in time to fill.

Our weather extremely hot here and

would advise using caution in loading.



The market was active today on

lambs and sheep, with prices steady

with thy close of last week; most of

the chOice handy yearling lambs sell-

ing at $10.25. Look for steady prices

last of week with moderate receipts.



We quote: Spring lambs $11@12;

cull to fair $6@10.50; yearling lambs

$10@10.50; bucks $3.50@4.50; handy

ewes $5.50@5.75; heavy ewes $4.50@

4.75; wethers $6.50@6.75; cull sheep

$3@4.50; veals, choice to extra $10.25

@1050; fair to good $8@10; heavy

calves $5@7. Our advice to shippers

is to be careful on calves weighing

200 lbs. and over, as they have to be

gold about $1@1.50 per cwt. below the

ODS.





 





Chicago.

June 7, 1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..16,000 35,000 11,000

Same day 1914..18,253 47,081 12,583

Last week ...... 36,751 128,704 43,491

Same wk 1914..37,291 117,725 66,153



Shipments from here last week ag-

gregated 8,711 cattle, 10,985 hogs, and

297 sheep, comparing with 16,257 cat-

tle, 17,323 hogs and 2,861 sheep the

same week last year. Hogs received

last week averaged 229 pounds.



Cattle were steady today while

hogs were steady early and 50 lower

later. Sales ranged at, $7.10@7.70,

with a rumored sale at $7.751/2. Lambs

were in poor demand and were report-

ed as 25@500 lower after trade got

started.



Cattle advanced sharply on Monday

last week, Memorial Day, when only

10,959 head were received. but later

in the week the market followed the

opposite course, with larger offerings

and a restricted general demand. The

bulk of the steers sold during the

week brought $8.25@9.10, with sales

of the best offerings at $9@9.50, 17

fancy 1,411-lb. Angus steers bringing

$9.50, while a sale was made of seven

head of prime steers from the Univer-

sity of Illinois that averaged 1,136 bls.

at $9.40. With two exceptions, no car

lots sold over $9.30, and yearlings sold

much under choice heavy steers, $9.20

paying for the best car lots of year-





lings. A good class of corn-fed steers

brought $8.65@8.95, while medium





grade steers sold at $8.40@8.60 and

common to fair steers of light weight

at $7@8.35, scattering small lots of in-

ferior steers selling down to $6.75.

County shippers continued to send in

altogether too many poorly finished

yearlings, and sales were made down

to $7.25@8.25 for the poor to fair lots

of such cattle, with good lots taken

at $8.50 and upward and choice year-

lings salable at: $8.80 and over. Butch-

ering cows and heifers sold freely 011

the basis of $530609, while cutters

went at $4.65@5.25, canners at $3@

4.60 and bulls at $5.15@7.75. Calves





were plentiful, and the better class of

light-weight vealers were good sellers

at $9.25@10.25 per 100' lbs, sales be-

ing made down to $5@8 for the heav-

ier lots. On the whole, the cattle mar-

ket during most of the week was a

very uneven one, with buyers discrim-

inating severely against undesirable-

offerings of steers, cows, heifers and.

bulls. There were 379 cattle shipped

from Chicago on Tuesday to go to

France to feed the fighting armies.

This was the first shipment of that

kind in about three years, although





there has been considerable talk of





late that the packers were going to

send live cattle abroad. Along with

these cattle purchased on the Chicago

market there were 640 head bought in

the east to be loaded on the same

boat. If boats are available, it is

thought that this business will devel-

op, as beef is getting scarce in Eu-

rope.



Hogs were higher at the opening

last week, but after quite a number

of prime

had brought "$7.90, the market weaken-

ed, and on subsequent days large ad-

ditional declines in prices took place.

The receipts exceeded most expecta-

tions, and the packers were bearish,

th heavy offerings selling to much

poorer advantage than the better class

of light hogs adapted for the eastern

shipping trade. Recent receipts have

averaged 231 lbs., comparing with 237

lbs. a year ago and 242 lbs. two years

ago. Provisions were in large domes-

tic and foreign demand, but stocks are

still excessive. The combined stocks

of provisions in the five leading west-

ern packing centers the first day of

June amounted to 363,088,059 pounds,

comparing with 367,292,718 pounds a





months earlier and 218,132,589 pounds





a year ago. Eastern shippers usually

confined their hog purchases to lots

weighing from 225 pounds downward.

At the week’s close hogs sold at $7.10

((07.70, with rumors of a $7.75 top,

while pigs brought $6.25@7.25. The

best heavy hogs sold 150 below the

top price.



Sheep and lambs continued to be

marketed last week in meager num-

bers, yet that did not prevent a num-

ber of breaks in prices, the depress-

ing argument being the great falling

off in the, consumption of mutton and

lamb due to the advance to practically

prohibitory prices in the retail meat

markets of the country. Most of the-

offerings consisted of fed lambs and

spring lambs, and they attracted most

had sellers. Aside from moderate of-

ferings of ewes, few sheep were seen

in the market. The market was var-

iable, with large advances at times

and bad breaks at others. High prices

prevailed at the week’s close, spring

lambs going at $7.50@11.75 per cwt.,

while clipped flocks sold as follows:

Lambs $6.50@10.75; wethers $6.50@

6.90: ewes $4@5.75; bucks $4.25@5.



'Horses were in the accustomed

large demand for army purposes, and

all suitable offerings sold readily at

firm prices, mounts going at $135@150

and artillery horses at $175@200.

Farm mares brought $140@235, and a

load of farm geldings was got togeth-

er in the stock yards by an eastern

speculator at $75@115. Expressers

brought $185@215. and a few heavy

horses sold up to $300. while a limited

number of pairs sold at $450@5.





 





 





The cattle shortage in this country

may be judged from the fact that the

receipts of cattle in the six leading

western markets for the first half of

the present year ran approximately

500,000 head short of the number re-

ceived in the corresponding period

last year. High prices for fat cattle

are assured for months to come.



The outlook for hogs is regarded as

extremely encouraging by the best au-

thorities, and owners should hold their

pigs until well matured hogs.





 





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the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

160 lore llomesleads are Actually Free to Settlers and





Other Land at From $15 to $20 per Acre





The people of European countries as well asthe American continent must be fed — thus an

even greater demand for Canadian Wheat Will keep up the dprice. Any farmer who can buy





land at $15.00 to $30.00 per acre~— get a dollar for wheat an

to make money—that’s what you can expect in Western





is bound





raise 20 to 45 bushels to the acre

Canada. Wonderful





yields also of Oats. Barley and Flax. Mixed Fanning is fully as profitable an industry

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THls'Is THE FIRST EDITION.





 





The first editionis sent to those who

have not expressed a des1re for the

latest markets. The late market ed1-

tion will be sent on request at any

time.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Th rsda '3 Market.

u y June 3, 1915.





Cattle.





Receipts 1636. Market opened at

the local stock yards with .a nasty

cold rain that lasted all day and made

the stock yards the most disagreeable

place imaginable to do business in.

The Pere Marquette had a train of 34

cars that did not get in until after

four o’clock Wednesday, too late to

sell, but other roads did fairly well

with their receipts.



The quality in the cattle division

was good and the market opened up

about steady, but the trade was a





trifle slow and On everything but light '





dry-fed butchers and prime steers was

10c lower at the close, but everything

was sold. Best heavy steers $8.35@

8.75; best handy weight butcher steers

$7.40@8; mixed steers and heifers

$7.35@7.50; handy light butchers $7

@725; light butchers $6@6.75; best

cows $6.25@6.50; butcher cows $5@6;

common cows $4.25@4.7‘5; canners $3

@4; best heavy bulls $6.25@6.75; bo-

logna bulls $5.50@6.



Reason & S. sold Newton B. Co. 4

cows av 1205 at $6.50; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 14 steers av 907 at $8, 2 do

av 675 at $6; to Kull 4 bulls av 1045

at $6.25; to Resnick 6 cows av 1036

at $4.75; to Parker, W. & Co. 3 steers

av 1390 at $8.50; to Gardner 2 cows

av 985 at $5; to Mich. B. Co. 15 steers

av 1003 at $8.25, 3 cows av 980 at

$6.75, 11 do av 1082 at $6.25, 9 steers

av 881 at $7.85, 1 cow wgh 930 at

$5.50, 1 do wgh 1150 at $6.50; to Ham—

§n02nd, S. & Co. 6 butchers av 1090 at



6. 5. .



Bennett & S. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 8 steers av 949 at $8.25, 1 do wgh

1010 at $7.



Walkinhute sold same 10 steers av

795 at $7.



Robb sold Bresnahan 4 cows and

bulls av 1232 at $6.15, 2 butchers av

965 at $7.75, 1 bull wgh 860 at $5.



Roe Com. Co. sold Newton B. Co.

4 steers av 972 at $7.25, 2 cows av

1100 at $5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 2

bulls av 855 at $5.50, 2 do av 950 at

$6.35.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 871. The veal calf trade

was active and quite a number of the

best grades brought $10 a hundred;

bulk of sales, however, was at from

$9.50@9.75 for good, and common and

mediums $7@9. The close was steady.



Reason & S. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 6 av 165 at $9.25, 3 av 170 at

$9.50; to Newton B. Co. 11 av 151 at

$9.50, 4 av 150 at $9.50, 14‘av 160 at

$9.25, 1 wgh 100 at $6; to Rattkow-

sky 3 av 140 at $10.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 5 av

150 at $10, 8 av 150 at $9.50, 18 av

175 at $9.50, 14 av 140 at $9; to Ratt-

kowsky 7 av 325 at $6; to Newton B.

Co. 3 av 200 at $7; to Rattkowsky 9

av 140 at $8.50; to Mich. B. Co. 5 av

150 at $9.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 1557. The supply of sheep

and lambs was small but plenty large

enough to supply the local demand;

best lambs were 25@4OC lower and

common grassy stuff was hard to dis-

pose of at any price. The market on

sheep was very bad and fully a dollar

lower than they were a week ago.

Good heavy sheep could not be sold at

the close for $5 a hundred and a large

number had to go over unsold on Wed-

nesday. Wholesalers say they are all

filled up and no demand. The retail

price must come down materially be-

fore they can clean up. Best lambs

$9.50@9.60; fair do $8.50@9; light to

common lambs $5.50@6.50; grass

lambs $7@8; fair to good sheep $4.75

@525; culls and common $3@4.



Haley & M. sold Newton B. Co. 15

spg lambs av 60 at $11.50, 3 lambs av

100 at $8.50, 2 yearlings av 105 at

, to Costello 27 lambs av 58 at

$7.50; to Ratner 9 sheep av 120 at

$5.50; to Mich. B. Co. 15 sheep av 110

at $4.50.



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

21 lambs av 70 at $7.50, 21 yearlings

av 85 at $6.



Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co.

10 sheep av 120 at $5.50; to Barlage

15 lambs av 80 at $8.



Reason & S. sold Mich. B. Co. 8

sheep av 125 at $6, 61 lambs av 58

at $6.50.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Barlage 12

lambs av 55 at $7, 22 spg lambs av 50

at $10.75; to Newton B. Co. 23 spring

lambs av 60 at $11.50; to Sullivan P.

Co. 23 sheep av 85 at $5.50.





Hogs.



Receipts 9575. In the hog depart-

ment the quality was good but the

market opened on Wednesday 10@15c

lower than on Tuesday; the bulk of

sales were made at $7.65. On Thurs-‘

day Buflalo was again lower- and‘ the

market here at noon was $7.60. .





THE MICHI





Friday's Market. - .

June 4, 1915.

. Cattle. . ,

Receipts this week 1937; last week

1391. Best dry-fed steady; grassers

15@25c lower than last week. Best

handy weight butcher steers $7.50@

8; mixed steers and heifers $7.25@8;

best grassers $7.25@7.75; light butch-

ers $6.50@7.25; best cows $5.75@6;

butcher cows $5@5.50; common cows

$4@4.50; canners $3@4; best heavy

bulls $6.25@6.50; bologna bulls $5.75

@6; stock bulls $5@5.50.

Veal Calves.

Receipts this week 1222; last week

1093; market dull. Best $9.50; others





$7@9.

Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts this week 1984; last week

2246; market dull. Best lambs $9.50;

fair do. $8@9; light to common do.

$5.50@6.50; grass lambs $7@8; fair to

good sheep $4.75@5; culls and com-

mon $3@4.



Hogs.



Receipts this week 13,883; last week

9,719; market 50 higher; all grades

$7.65.





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Pleuro-pneumonia.—-—Last March my

horse had plenum-pneumonia, has

been treated ever since he took sick,

by our local Vet., but whenever he

turns around he groans and two

weeks ago he grew worse and Vet.

blistered his sides. B. T. G., Chilson,

Mich—l fully believe you had better

follow the advice of your Vet., who is

in close touch with this case and is

no doubt doing all that can be done

for him. As soon as the weather will

permit, turn him out, leaving him out

day and night; but, of course, shelter

him during storms. -



Chronic Cough—I have a five-year"

old mare in apparently good health

but occasionally coughs. I feed her

mixed hay and oats. H. F., Freeland,

Mich—Mix 1 oz. of guaiacol in 15

ozs. of raw linseed oil and give her

1 oz. at a dose three times a day.



Depraved Appetite—I would like to

know what ails my cows; some of

them will chew for hours on stones

and gravel. I also have another cow

that has a bunch close to milk vein on

side of center under abdomen. C. S.,

Deerfield, Mich—Mix together equal

parts bicarbonate soda, ginger, gen-

tian and salt, and give each cow a

tablespoonful or two at a dose in feed

twice a day. Apply one part iodine

and nine parts fresh lard to bunch ev-

ery two days.



Joint Lameness.——Have mare eight

years old that is either lame in fet—

lock or hock joint of left hind leg.

She went wrong about two months ago

and I might add if she stands a few

minutes after a drive, she starts very

lame. M. B., Roscommon, Mich.—-—I

am most inclined to believe the lame-

ness in is hock joint. Give her a rest

and apply one part powdered canthar-

ides and four parts lard every ten

days.



Scurvy—Some of my hogs are trou-

bled with a scurvy and scaling of skin

around ears and neck, but do not ap-

pear to be sick. These pigs are about

four months old and for the past sev-

en weeks, their skin has been scaly.

C. C., Saranac, Mich—Apply one part

oxide of zinc and four parts vaseline

once a day.



Hard Milken—I have a cow that is

a very hard milker and would like to

know what can be done to make milk-

ing easier. L.‘ E. (3., Mt. Pleasant.

Mich—Dilating teat canal with a

smooth, dull-pointed tapering steel

probe will have a good effect; how—

ever, a tough milker is usually al—

ways so.



Growth on Eye—I have a cow with

growth on inside corner of eye, which

I have had cut out only to grow and

come back again. I could burn it out

with nitrate of silver again, but seems

to always grow. M. L D., Colon,

Mich—Either cut out growth with a

knife or have it cut out, then apply

boracic acid.



Heifer Fails to Come in Heat—I

have a two-year-old heifer that fresh-

ened in February but has not been in

heat since. A. R, Oshtemo, Mich.—

Give your heifer 30 grs. of ground nux

vomica, 2 drs. powdered capsicum and

36 oz. of sweet spirits of mtre at a

dose in a quart of water as a drench

or in feed twice a day.





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EIGHTH PUBLIC SALE





110 REGISTERED HOLSTEINS 110





SALE PAVILLION, JUNE 17 1915





HOWELL, MICHIGAN.



Granddaughters of Johanna Rue 3d’s Lad, Pietertje Hen-

gerveld’s .Count De Kol, Colantha Johanna Lad, King of the

Black and Whites, King Segis Pontiac, King of the Pontiacs,

Pontiac Korndyke and Hengerveld De Kol.‘



Cows and heifers in calf to sons of Pontiac Korndyke, the

world’s greatest sire; King Segis Pontiac, sire of the $50,000 bull;

Colantha Johanna Lad, sire of three daughters holding world’s

records; Pontiac Appolo, sire of Pontiac De Nijlander, the thrice

30-11). wonder; Princess Hengerveld De Kol, 33.611)s., the best

daughter of Hengerveld De Kol; Mabel Segis Korndyke, 40.36

lbs., the world’s record Junior four-year-old.





A son of King Segis Champion lVIobel, the only bull whose

dam has a 40-lb., Jr., 4-year-old record. An opportunity to pur-

cease a herd 'sire of world’s record breeding at your own price.





Everything over 6 months of age 'I‘uberculin-tested.





GAN'FARMER





Remember the time and place. Sale starts

at [0:30 Thursday, June 17th, at the new

Sale Pavilllon at Howell, Mich.





PERRY and MACK, Auctioneers. S. T. W001),Salc Manager





THE MICHIGAN BREEDEHS GUNSIENMENT SALE 00.





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HE grape industry of Michigan

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readily on account of its re-



stricted geographical limits—~the whole

belt being located in two, adjacent

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Local Initiative Destroyed.



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erlooking the importance of local and

individual initiative. The associations

were usually formed at a certain cen-

ter including a limited area in which

the growers were well known to each

other. From this point they spread

out, including other stations farther

and farther away, until a large extent

of territory was included in which

many of the growers were entirely un-

known to each other. Now these sta-

tions are all pooled together so that a.

farmer in one station is obliged to

pool his interests with another un—

known farmer whose farm or fruit he

may never have seen. This proceed-

ing kills local pride and initiative.

Prof. Bailey has made this point very

clear and his conclusions have never

been questioned. He maintains that

the vitality of the country must al—

ways depend upon local and individual

initiative and any institution organiza-

tion that overlooks this principal is

fundamentally wrong.

Build up the Local Units.



The attempt to unite a large terri-

tory into one organization such as our

present pooling systems indicate,

must have a leveling effect that de-

stroys local pride and interest to the

end that the organizations are looked

upon as a more or less foreign insti-

tution. The remedy lies in strength-

ening the local units.



These rural comnfimities which cor-

respond in grape organizations closely

to loading stations, should each have

their own organization and take care

of all matters that are of a local na-

ture. .The larger interest must neces-

sarily be delegated to a central organ-

iization with which these local units

should be federated.





 





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Grape Men Tussle with Selling Problem

By HALE TENNANT,





Secretary of The American Grape Growers’ League

and a Grape Grower of Berrien County, Mich.





Make Assets of Local Peculiarities.



The fruit in one station may, on ac-

count of soil or elevation, ripen ear-

lier, another station with heavier soil

may not be prime until much later. In

one locality certain varieties may pre-

dominate and in another superior

packing may prevail. These differ-

ences ought to be emphasized by es—

tablishing a local brand or otherwise

made assets by individualizing the 10-

cal product.



Objects to Paying Commissions.



Certain other administrative policies

of some of the organizations are open

to criticism. The practices of paying

salesmen commission and allowing

managers to furnish supplies inde-

pendent of the organization are es-

pecially objectionable.



The organizations are led to adopt

these methods in seeking to avoid

complicated executive problems and

financial responsibility. For instance,

paying a commission instead of a sal-

ary relieves the organization from es-

tablishing a sinking fund or making

other arrangements to pay salaries on

years of low yields. The commission

must be sufficiently high so that in

making up for years of low yields, the

commission amounts to rather large

sums in years of good crops. This

gives the impression that the sales-

men are getting more compensation

than their earning capacity would jus-

tify and usually creates much dissat-

isfaction. The most formidable criti-

cism of the commission plan, is that

it sets up an interest which may very

easily become opposed to the interest

of the grower. While these salesmen

may be honest and conscientious they

are also human and may be expected

to protect what they consider their

own interest.



Better to Organize on Strictly Co-op—

erative Basis.



The handling of supplies independ-

ent of the organizations may be dis-

approved for similar reasons. These

practices are further objectionable as

building up a possible barrier to fu-

ture progress along association lines,

it being very evident that well estab-

lished interests would oppose any in-

novation that might disturb those in-

terests.



Cooperative organizations ought to

be formulated on a broad constructive

basis and all employes or agents

should be directly responsible to the

grower and no interest or activity

should be allowed to interfere with

that responsibility. Attention is here

directed to the better organizations

and absolutely no criticism is aimed

at the personnel of their management.



Federation of Local Societies

Necessary.



In the progress of co-operative or-

ganizations, farmers soon find that a

single independent association, con-

trolling a relatively small output, has

only a limited usefulness. While it

may attack all the problems better

than the individual farmer, it has

neither capital nor resources sufficient

to develop a comprehensive market-

ing system. All the problems affect-

ing the industry in a larger way being

entirely beyond its reach. It finds it-

self practically at the mercy of out-

side buyers who stimulate the cut-

throat competition which normally

arises between local associations and

speculators.



The “Arbiter” System.



The first successful effort in uniting

local organizations took place'in Van

Buren county and consisted of the so'-

called “arbiter” system, the purpose





 





JUNE 12, 19.15.





of which was to overcome undue com-

petition. It was a very modest step

and consisted in reporting sales and

cars on track to an arbiter with an

agreement not to cut prices without

notice to the arbiter, Who in turn noti—

fied the other units. The extension of

this arbiter system to Berrien county

was about the only accomplishment of

last year’s effort in the direction of

federation. The arrangement worked

out very Well last season and although

it was in some respects a gentlemen’s

agreement, there were no cemplaints

about violation of the requirement. It,

no doubt, did considerable good in the

way of stabilizing the market. It was

especially beneficial in showing up the

weakness of the present system in

which each association has its own

independent selling arrangements.

Centralized Control.



Although each association may do

its best to maintain the market, it is

apparent that all are at the mercy,

more or less, of the weakest agency

and when one is forced to lower quo-

tations, the other must follow. Some

opposition to the arrangement may be

expected on account of the consequent

embarrassment to those agencies

which are compelled to lead in price

cutting. Friendly relations and a com-

mon interest, however, are sure to be

of much benefit to the whole belt, es-

pecially in showing clearly the inter-

dependence of the local organizations

and necessity for more centralized

control.



It is the firm conviction of the writ-

er that the great need of the grape

belt is more efficient organization and

that this increased efficiency must

come from two movements, seemingly

in opposite directions. One looking

to the strengthening and building up





of local initiative, the other the fed-.





eration of those local units into onJ

powerful central organization.





LIVE STOCK MARKET NEWS.





 





The cleaning up of the country from

the foot-and-mouth disease will be fol-

lowed by a marked improvement in

the live stock business, and stockmen

will be extremely glad to be able to

carry on business once more without

restrictions.





The main element of strength in the

Chicago hog market recently has been

the desire of the big packers to pre-

vent a bad break in prices for pro-

visions, for they are liberal holders of

lard and cured meats, supplies of

which are unusually heavy in Chicago

and other western packing centers.

Obviously, placing the hog market on

a much lower basis would be quickly

reflected in a corresponding decline in

prices for products. Some time ago

determined efforts were made by the

packers to lower the uncomfortable

accumulations of lard in American

markets by storing a good share of

the lard in European markets, and

now these big supplies are depressing

foreign lard markets. Enormous quan‘

titles of provisions have been export-

ed to Europe, and the French govern-

ment has been a heavy purchaser of

fatbacks.





It is the universal belief that ex-

tremely high prices for fat cattle are

assured for the summer period and

that even a medium grade of cattle

will sell relatively high, but owners

who market thin cattle will act

against their own interests. The ser-

ious shortage of cattle in feeding dis-

tricts is nowhere denied, and it is an

unfortunate fact that most stockmen

who are anxious to restock their pas-

tures are unable to secure young stock

cattle at reasonable prices, while

many owners refuse to sell on any

terms. This has resulted in exohbit-

ant and dangerously high prices, and

within a short time thin yearling

stock steers have brought $8.50@8.75

per 100 lbs. in the Kansas City stock

yards, while at the same time sales

were made of choice beef cattle as

low as $8.25. Usually, a good many

cattle are fed at distilleries and large

numbers are marketed during the

months of June and July, but at the

present time comparatively few are

being fattened. All marketable cattle

are bringing extremely high prices,

and even the weighty class of steers

have moved up, although the extreme-

ly heavy class go at a marked dis-

count, with killers paying a good pre-

mium for prime yearling steers and

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be first improved."





 





STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.





 





Master—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.



Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecum-

seh.



.Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-

Sing.



Secretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.

Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.

Executive Committee—C. S. Bart-

lett, Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit

Ridge; J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W.

14‘. Taylor, Shelby.





 





THE GRANGE IN COMMUNITY

SERVICE.





 





It is not my purpose to write an es-

say upon this subject but simply to

tell the story of two or three Granges

in Delta county in relation to what

they have done for their respective

neighborhoods.



Nine miles southwest of the village

of Garden, is Fayette post office.

Thither went John F. Wilde, of Otta-

wa county, six years ago, to organize

a Grange. No ordinary obstacle could

stop John Wilde when he had gotten

on the trail to a possible future

Grange. He put over 60 of them into

the upper peninsula that year, and

would have been going yet, if Michi-

gan had only been large enough.



Fayette Grange is not. very large,

from the standpoint of numbers, but it

is doing good work. The present sec-

retary, 'Bro. Peterson, is doing splen-

He is keeping the books in

perfect order, insisting upon prompt

payment of dues, and hustling for the

patronage of Grange contracts.

Through his efforts Fayette Grange is

using these contract privileges far

more than the average Grange in this

section, and the use of them will prove

of much benefit to the community. Mr.

Peterson is a pioneer in the commu-

nity and is doing what he can to help

make it a good place in which to live.



A factor in Fayette Grange that

must not be overlooked, is Sister Mc-

Gregor. She has shown in a marvel-

ous way, what one determined woman

can do when she makes up her mind

as to the right way to proceed. Her

Grange activities began with the du-

ties of lecturer of the Delta County

Pomona. In this work she traveled

hundreds of miles, as Fayette is re-





/ mote from the other points where the





Pomona held its meetings. She was

obliged to give up this work, but has

been very active at home.



She plays the organ, helps in the

singing, plans for programs, and is al-

ways on hand to encourage everyone

to work in the best possible way. She

secured Dr. Henderson, of Ann Arbor,

to lecture to the people of Fayette on

one occasion, and is the local manager

of the farmers' institutes in the neigh-

borhood. Through her the Grange has

brought the institute to the commu-

nity, and no speaker has ever visited

one of these meetings while she is at

the front, Without feeling his obliga-

tions to her for the splendid way in

which she has assisted in this good

work.



A few miles to the south is Fairport

Grange. Its members are practically

all fishermen. Each morning finds

them on the lake if the ice is not too

plentiful. They clean their fish in the

afternoon, and in the summer attend

to their little farms and gardens. They

are a clean, sturdy, honest and pro-

gressive community. The Grange is

their social center, and they are loyal

to the organization. Next year they

should be given a ”farmers’ institute,





for they are going to make their





farms pay in the near future.

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Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to

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





 





FARMERS'. CLUBS lN MINNESOTA.





 





From time to time mention has been

made in this department of Farmers’

Club work in other states. Notable

among the states which have forged

ahead in this work is Minnesota,

where the promotion of Club organiza-

tion has been made a part of the ex—

tension work of the agricultural col-

leges. So pronounced has been the

success of Club work in Minnesota

that we believe many farm communi—

ties in Michigan, the pioneer state in

Farmers’ Club work, would be inspir-

ed by reading of the success of the

movement in that state. For this rea—

son we will quote in this and one or

two future issues, from Minnesota’s

extension bulletin No. 36, which is de-

voted to an account of the progress of

the Farmers' Club movement in that

state:





The Farmers’ Club is fully meeting

the expectations and hopes of those

who have been supporting it. No one

knows just where or by whom the

first Clubs were organized, but their

value to the rural communities is so

pronounced and so much appreciated

by the farmers that no one who is

familiar with them can doubt their

value. At present there are over 800

Farmers' Clubs that are active in the

state.





The Farmers’ Club movement has

been well received everywhere and

has made a steady growth. The Club

organization seemed to provide in a

peculiar way just what had long been

lacking. It brought the people to-

gether. They became acquainted and

soon began to realize that their inter-

ests were mutual. This knowledge in-

spired confidence and a desire to work

together. A combination of their ef-

forts in co-operation, naturally follow-

ing, has produced beneficial results in

numerous ways. While the social and

educational advantages have been

great, the financial gains have been

no less pronounced. One Farmers’

Club has adopted this significant met-

to: “Join the Farmers' Club, get ac-

quainted with your neighbor, you

might like him.”





Bulletin No. 1, issued January, 1910,

by the Agricultural Extension Divis-

ion, was devoted entirely to Farmers’

Clubs. At that time about 90 Clubs

were active in the state. The object

of the bulletin was to give information

concerning the organization of these

Clubs, their value, and methods of

Work, as well as to stimulate interest

in them.





In 1913, because of the interest

manifested and because Bulletin No.

1 was out of print, another bulletin,

Agricultural Extension Bulletin No.

46, was issued. Farmers’ Institute

Annual No.26, devoted to co-opera-

tion, contained a reprint of this bulle-

tin that its information might have

wider publicity.



In the fall of 1913, instead of hold—

ing regular farmers institutes the

workers were sent into the country,

in response to requests, to address

Farmers’ Clubs and to work among

the farmers on their farms. This new

departure not only proved popular but

was extremely valuable. So many re-

quests for speakers were received that

it was impossible to supply them.

This year the work has been contin-

ued but without any effort to promote

it. Interest in this method of taking

information directly to the farmers is

unabated, and it is h0ped that arrange-

ments may be made to fully meet the

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hite P. Rocks. Pekin and white runner ducks,

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ARREI) Rock case from Barred Books that are

barred to the skin. also eggs from S. B. Hamburgs.

it. (3. While chlmrns, White Runner Ducks. White Holland

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A'l‘ SEASON PRICES on it. (I and S. C. Rliodc lulnnd Rod

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and S. (I. Whit.) Leghor. s. Leghorn chicks $9 per 100.

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BEE-KEEPING FOR THE GENERAL

FARMER.





 





(Continued from last week).



The main problem is to get the bees

in the right condition for the honey

flows, that is to have the hives very

full of bees. In connection with this

is the fact that when we get colonies

that way they are very liable to de-

feat our object by again dividing

into smaller colonies by swarming.



Swarming is one of the problems

that the bee-keeper has to control.

This can be done much more easily if

we understand why it is that bees

swarm. Usually a colony swarms be-

cause of one of the following condi-

tions: Lack of room, lack of shade

and ventilation, or sometimes when

superseding an old queen.



Various colonies will regard the

rules quite differently according to

strain and other conditions. Where

one colony would swarm for lack of

room, another colony of same size

would consider the same amount of

room sufficient, so one has to judge

the individual colony rather than to

treat all colonies by rule of thumb.

For the man who has not a great deal

of time to spend with the bees, the

following plan should give satisfac-





 





 





tion:‘ In May, fruit bloom is good, or

directly the colonies get strong





 





Queen Cells.





enough to fill the brood chamber nice-

ly with bees, put on top another hive

body, containing frames with full

sheets of foundation in the wired

frames, always use full sheets. When

placing this on the 01d hive body, lift

up two frames containing brood,

young unhatched bees, and put these

in the center of the upper hive, then

put the two frames of foundation

down below into the brood chamber.



This manipulation will help draw

the bees up into the second hive body

and they will commence building the

foundation into full-drawn combs. One

good point about the combs drawn out

in an upper hive body is that they are

almost always drawn out and attach—

ed to the bottom bar of the frame;

this gives you many more cells to the

frame and makes your frames that

much stronger. Combs drawn out in

the lower brood chamber usually have

half an inch or more space all along

the bottom bar.



While the bees are doing this work

their crowded condition is relieved

and the swarming fever held in abey-

ance. If the queen gets crowded be-

low, she will come up and lay in the

second hive body. Keep these strong

colonies double decked until the clo-

ver flow commences, early in June.

Now if you wish to increase the num-

ber of your colonies you can easily do

so. Prepare extra stands and place

ready as many bottom boards as you

have colonies to divide. When you are

examining the brood chambers mark

all colonies that have queen cells

started or completed, a few of these

.will be’ very useful. Be. sure that in

those colonies containing queen cells.





Poultry and Bees.





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JUNE 12, 1915.





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all such frames are placed in one

brood chamber, containing most of the

brood and the queen and some brood

in the other brood chamber or hive

body. Remove this latter hive body

containing the queen, to its new loca-

tion and you have completed the first

step. Next day many of the bees will

leave the hive containing the queen

and return to their old location, so do

not forget that it is this hive, the one

containing queen cells, that will yield

you your largest crop of honey. Have

your supers ready and when you di-

vide the colony give the one on the

old stand one or two supers according

to its Strength and the season.

(Continued next week).





 





THE RED MlTE.





There is no poultry parasite that

our feathered friends are less power-

loss to combat than the common Jed

mite. The body lice can be kept in

check by the hen if she has her lib-

erty, because she will frequently find

a good dusting place and proceed to

cleanse herself and make things very

uncomfortable for the lice. But on

account of her attachment to her

home, no matter how poor it is, she

will go back every night to infested

roosts and allow the mites to crawl

upon her and suck her life blood.

Poor biddy is powerless to protect her~

self and unless friend man steps in

and does something for her she soon

becomes emaciated and dejected, and

egg laying is entirely out of the ques-

tion. The red mite is one of the most

common causes of no eggs when there

ought to be some eggs.



Cleanliness in the coop is an Jim-

portant factor in the control of _the

mite as it will hide under filth, drop-

pings and litter, as well as in cracks

and crevices of the roosts and nests.

Clean coops, however, are not entirely

free from infestation and may even

become seriously infested if not given

treatment. Spraying is a common

means of control, cresol sprays or ker-

osene emulsion being recommended.

On account of being unable to accom-

plish thorough work by spraying it is

necessary to spray frequently in or-

der to keep the mites in check.



Probably the most thorough method

of control is by fumigation. The fumes

will permeate every part of the coop

and kill all the mites, regardless of

whether they are in the litter or on

the roosts. As all of the mites are

killed the treatment will be effective

for a long time as it will be some time

before the coop will become infested

again. The fumigation method is the

easiest one to control the mites, all

that is necessary is to place the prop-

er amount of fumigant in an open ket-

tle, light it and close the doors tight-

ly. When the doors are opened sev-

eral hours later the coop is entirely

bugless. In order to get good results

it is necessary to use a sufficient

amount of a good fumigant. The com-

mercial article is the most convenient

to used and will assure good results if

the direction are followed.





A FINE LOT OF CHICKS.





 





For several years we have tried

every way possible to prevent white

diarrhea and bowel trouble in our lit-

tle chicks, but with very poor success.

This year Chictone was so highly

recommended to us that we sent to

The Wight 00., L43, Lamoni, Iowa,

for a 50-0 box and I must Say that we

now have the finest lot of chicks we

ever had. Not a sign of disease and

they are growing so fast. I have had





to order several boxes since for my





neighbors—Will C. Schultz.

Jct., Wisc.—Advertisement.





Milton
JUNE 12, 1915;





BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY.

CATTLE.





Aberdeen-Angus Bulls.





We are oil'ering 12 extra good bulls, among them

prize-winners at the Michigan State Fair. 1914. Some

0ft thorn by Black Monarch 3rd. Grand Champion

Bull of the State 1914. Others by the Great '81r

Blackbird. sire of prize- winners. ages from 9 to

months old Prices from $100 to 1250 each. Come

and look them over: they will please you. U. L. Clark

Hunters Creek. Mich. Sidney Smith Manager.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD ESTABLISHED IN 19

TROJAN- E11ICAS and BLACKBIRDS ooonly. A

few young bulls and cows for sale. Also breeders of

Percheron.H ackney and Saddle Horses.



WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionla. Mich.





‘YBSHIHEs—One of the foremost dairy breeds The



most economical uki 1lk lprodBcers. galves

for l White Leghorn coc ere I; uroc ersey

awhile: illziichigan School for the Deaf. Flint Michigan.





Four Registered Aht’eltl'cloelllli Angus Bulls, fronalgen

rises [8111801131

m ofeifl‘i’éivini’t a'i go‘N. Ovid. Michigan.





f‘fifA N‘TEID [best Aberdeen Angus Bull that one

hundred dollars will buy. Give age. weight and

send copy of pedigree. Curl Bartl ett. Lawton, Mich





THE VILLAGE FARM,

Grass Lake, Michigan,

GUERNSEY CATTLE.





 





MILO I). CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Combine the blood of the following great producing





sires and dams :—

Masher Seqvel - - - 5'1 A. R. Daughters





Gnlexy' s Sequel 3'1.

Glenwood Boy of Haddon 26 A. R. 2‘

May Rose ng 21A. R.

Dairymuid elf Pinehurst - - 9101bs. fat

Dolly Bloom - - - ‘1 1.

Imp. Itcheu Daisy - - - - 714 u .1

Selma of Pinehurst - - - 762 “

Stanford 3 Princess - 7&1 "





Bulls for sale only.





A Dairy Show Every Day.

CAMPBELL 81. ANGEVINE. Goldwaler, Mich.





arebred (11161 11seys. 2 yenr- -old bull from A. ll. stock. good

P Illllllltlllfll. not 1misteled,l2001lys Beef price. Also regis-

tered females and bied heifers. G. A Wigent. \‘ utervlict Mich.





—ll i teresd GUERNSEY COWS.

For SaleH “mil-ER SAND BULLS of choice

breeding. ..W WIGMAN. Lansing. Mich.





BCISTERED GUERNSEY BULL CALVES for sale cheap at

\Vindurluere Farm. Watervliet. Mich. Muy Rose breeding.

Address. J. K. BLATCH‘PORD, Auditorium Tower. Chicago. Ill.





EGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL 5 years old for

R sale cheap on account of inbreeding. He is sure

and gentle. JOHNE EBELS, R. 10. Holland. Mich.





 





G U E R N 8 BY —REGISTERED





BULL CALVES

Containing blood of world champions.

HICKS’ GUERNSEY FARM. Saginaw. W.S.. Mich.





UEliNSEYS—Write for prices and particulars. 2

bullsl year old Several bull calves. all fromA. R.

cows and cows on test. Geo. N. Crawford. Holton. Mich.





H EREFO RD' , 331‘: “fw‘1’1“’}c§il V312 ”‘1





ALLEN BROS. Paw Paw. Michigan.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a grand daughter of The King of the

Pontiac; Sired by a bull that is more than a hnl‘l;

brother to the Champion Hollbsteln Cow of th

World. and wh \se dam is a 301b656 95 fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke who has more 31) lb.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





 





ESPANORE FARM,

LANSING, MICHIGAN.





Home of the great Holstein Bull "PLEDGE SPOF-

FORD CALAMITY PAU I." with 33 A. lt.(). daughters.

including a 5-year~old with a 35-pound record. Others

from Z) to 32 pounds.





FOIl SALE—I Bull Illll sired by this liml Bull.





CHASE s. OSBORN

ADAME. FERGUSON l0mlers.





IIRLSTEIIIS FOR SALE





5 Good Bulls, ready for service.

10 Very Choice Bull Calves.

2 Two- -year- -old Heifers, bred.

1 Six- year-old grand- daughter of King

Segis, due in December.





L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





Rigelow’ s Holstein Farms

Breedsville, Michigan.





Highest Class Registered Stock For Sale.





FOR BALE—2 Registered Holstein heifers and one

bull 6 months old 1'.“ delivered. Bull sired by

Hariog Clothilde Lad. 1013?;an four nearest dams’ rscorda

average over 32 lbs. Pine Hill Farm. 11.6. Lakeview. Mich





 





 





ull Cam—3 sisters from 30 08 to 34.31 lbs. Sire's sire

brother to Pontiac lornd dvke. Dam 22. 92 lb. her

dam has 2 30¢IU. nature. I. L. HCLAULIN. Redford. Mich.





1. Rglgistored Holstelns. some“;





to a utilfled customer. Nothi e to

011111-1111 pro-us. .W. a. assess 113159301th





“Topn Notch" Holsteins.





Extra lambs young heapigo‘lfltehbm Opt. :11. 1913.

ll'hwlbs inldm Bino'sda-issfiwmmfiyrfal





daughter ofaafi lb. em-



115311133um 00.. Howell. Michigan.

31111 calves and.



Re; “Hahn m M Mn Bug...“ 0m



White swine. Ray B. Parham. Bronson. Mich.



Fol SALE—Holster: Bull resdlyf for service. Mostly





white. also bull c dropped June 5th.

dams have





b I25. Ln. 0.

mrllvs; 5135115 1°.er 0003. 80:438. Fowlervllle. Mich.





 





THE MICHI





GAN FARMER





19*: 667





 





300 DUROC JERSEY SPRING PIGS





Bred from Prize Winning Stock of Best Blood Lines.





Save money and Express by Buying 2 to 4

Months Old Pigs NOW!





SPECIAL PRICES ON PAIRS and TRIOS





This is an opportunity to buy from a. herd





Where time, money and intelligent effort





has not been spared to make the





BROOKWATER BRAND OF DUROOS LEAD





Durocs of all ages for sale.





Come or write for particulars.





Swine Department





Breakwater Farm, R. 7, Ann Arbor, Michigan-





 





REG. HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES





gochJl O. breeding. and plenty of 30- lb. blood in

their pedigrees. Dewey C. Pierson, Hadley. Mich.





HOB‘ART W. FAY





Reg is ered Holstein- Friesian Cattle

MASON. MICHIGAN. Ten years a breeder.





$40. 00 DELIVERED





Handsome Holstein 3 months bull. Registered. with





111 1.1 bred 1411111

“Impaifélyc si’rizgini FARMS Detroit. Michigan.





H 19h Glass I'IOLSTEINSM 111.111

is headed by Smithdule Alcurtra Pontiac. whose dam

is the famous Alcurtrn Poliudot. Have few young bulls

and females for sale at reasonable prices. Will buy

a few heifers about 15 months. not bred. Farm at mile

from court house. SETH B. BUBER’I‘. Howell Mich.





‘ — l HOLSTEIN if

A Great Opportumty 5033?“). Write for brggd-





Also some extra grade heifers and bull calves.

HILLCKEST FARM. Kalamazoo. Michigan.





FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





ready for service and bull calves. also females.

FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell, Michigan.





lllllSTElI Bllll IIIIVES‘Rlnfitliléilé‘itilgé’gi35‘1”:

Michigan. Long Beach Farm. Augusta. Kalamazoo Co.,liik:h.

Holstein-Frisian Breeder—$2: “1’3”, $33.;

represented. D. D. AITKEN. Flint. Michigan.





E0. HOLS’I‘EIN BULL. yearling. Dam In A. R 0. cow.

Sire s dam made 30 lbs butter in 7 days. Semi card for

price. etc. E. R. CORNELL, Howell, Michigan.





 





$350 buys two yearling Holstein Heifers % white

and one bull. Rnot akin. all registered. Choice





breeding. B. B. EAVEY. Akron. Michigan.





MllllllGM IIOIIE Ill! Illlllllllfi Sillllllll





LAPEER. MICEIG AN

Breeder of High Grade Holstein Cattle. Lists and

prices upon application.





IOLS'IEIN CATTLE and 0.1. C. SWINE





ELMER E. SMITH. Redford, Michigan.





' -—-One herd bull. two nearest dams

"o'Ste'ns avers... ing 25% pounds. F1 ve

registered yearling Holstem bulls. two cows. bull

calves from sire. whose two nearest dams average 34. 45



undsbutter in seven days. Oldest Holstein heid‘ 1n

ndlunn. W. C. Jackson. 719 Iiex St. South Bend. Indiana





JERSEYS





FOR SALE





One Bull-Two Cows—One Heifer. All registered.

One cow soon to calf. A bargain

at $150 for the bunch.





NlXON FARMS, Brooklyn, Mich.





3919 Lane Register of Merit Jersey Herd. Tuber-

Mcul ulin tested by U. 8. Government. For sale bull

calves and heifer calves from R of M. dams and

grand dams. and Hood Farm Sire

RVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.





THE WILDWOOD JERSEY HERD





Registered Jersey Cattle of Quality. Tuberculin

tested. Majesty s Wonder No 90717 heads the herd.

Biulilt calves for sale. also a two- -year- -old bull that is

rites and description write or come.



ALVIN BALBEN Capnc St. Clair 00.. Michigan

inle- Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.

L of- Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

Colon C. Lill1e. Coopersville. Mich.





erseys. Bulls readyififor service. oextra unlity sired





by Jacoba' s Fairy munon. from hi h

pmdncing dams. SMITH & PAEKEIB. Howell Mi





JERSEYS—THE REGISTER OF IEIIII Illlll.

RROOKWATEH FARM B. No. '1. Ann Arbor. Mich

Jersey Bulls lor Sale 3231382155°d€$$cn1§1133§12§ ‘33

semi- -oificial test. B.Wehner.R .6. Allegan. Mich

M. J.





The 1111.1.th: ills Paco In tho Rain World.

FISHERTON FARM JERSEYS—5.03.203;





11

Hood Farm Pogis' 9th. from Register of Merit dams.

FISBIRHUN FARM. Pontiac. Mich! gun. :





heifers for sale.





 





BIDWELL SHORTHORNS





For "Beef and Milk"

Roadstered Bulls. Oows

an heiter- Scotch- top

roans. reds and

wh te for sale. Farm

at L. 8.1% Defiot.

also I). &TM :1. .





III'ILIS'I‘OCI PAIN

Box B. Tecumseh, Mich_





 





Albion Stamp 352670





Young bulls sired by Bright-

SIIIII'IIIUI'IIS For s‘h— Sol tan. Also cows and heifers.

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





mun Slillllllitlllf“ .111"- .1... 1,





aybOti-bnli for

sale. DAVIDSON‘ BALL. Tecumseh. Itch chinan.





Shorlhorn Callie 01 both Sex “for Sale





..W KNAPP. Bowel.





-—Dairy or beef bred. Breeding.ll stock all

SIIIII'IIIOIIIS ages for sale at farmers prices. I) w1emm.

Secy. Cent. Mich. Slim-thorn Endors' Assn. Iciclds. Niell.





' of bmtBates Str ins. You

W W 5.“. 7 months 31“.... mun

Price $100 each. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason” Mich.





 





 





 





suonrnonNs-i’s .2312 13.122102}:

good breeders and all right. all register

WM. D. McMULLEN. B. No. 9. Adrian. Mich. i





 





 





 





H005.

Downs 81 Victorias‘g‘jgé‘iti’rrina‘1‘ii‘1r

r1ns1ng the blood





of Superba. Defender. Much Col.. Urions and others.

A few young bouls. M. ‘L‘ S’ ‘UHY. Low.eil Mich.





 





Berkshire Hogs—Choice gilts bred to farrow in March

and April. Also :1 number of Barred Plymouth

Rock Uookerels. Chase 9 Stock Form. RN11. l Mariette. Mich.





BMSIIRES C‘hoioieto spring boarsk nnld gllts.

p we move qulc

st.ock ELMHURS'I‘ STOCK FARM. Almont. ahmggs

—No more bred sow F'

“10’3“." and “habits: service boars 1 tos3 51923:

1.1. Young sows 11nd boars born last October Prices

right.D . FVJLENTINE. Supt., Temperance. Mich.





AMPSHIRE Swine—Breeding stock of all age

from most popular strains. Write for breeding

Inspection invited. Floyd Myers. 11.9. Decatur. Ind





 





 





 





Hampshire Swine. the kind that wears the belt.

Sprmg pigs and two serviceable boars Prices

8. C. MURT. Elsie. Mich.





WEST WINDS HAMPSHIRE SWINE. Booking orders

lor sow p1gs immediateshipment. No males to oll'er

E. P.11111111101111.0w11cr. N. A. Wiser. manager. l’ontim. Mich





right. Papers furnished.





 





 





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A 23 MONTHS OLD





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I have started more breeders on the road to suc-

cess than any man living. I have the l argest and 1111- .

est herd in theU S.Every one an early developer.

ready forthe market at six months old. I want to

place one hog in each community to advertise my



Herd 033.erth my plan.‘ ‘How to Make Money from



"a. 3. BENJ‘MINJL No. I 0 Portland, "loll. ‘





MY OH MY!

What an Opportunity.





Starting May 1st. we are going to give to the farm-

ers and breeders an opportunity to get started right

in the breeding industry. We are going to give you

achance to get hold of foundation stock that will

give you a nucleus for one of the finest and best

herds in your community. We are going to show you

as we have others, that you will have greater

success with our big typ





AND CHINAS





than with any other breed. We want to place' at

least one pig. or a pair in every community to adver-

tise our herd If interested. write for our plan and

prices. HILLCRES’I‘ FARM. Kalamazoo. Mich.





 





 





 





0N0 Bodied Heavy Boned Poland China yearling.

L and full boars 111; Bar sins B. P. Rock Eggs

$1 per 15. ROBERT NE E, Pierson, Mich! gun.

l0 TYPE P. C. —Two boars old enough for service.

Hired by Big Smoth Jumbo. Pigs either sex sired



by Hoosier Giant 2nd. J.IL Braithwaite. Brant Mich.





oland Chluas. either sex. all ages. Somethinggood

at a low price Bargains in boars ready for ser~

vice. P. .L NG. R. F .8 Grand Rapids, Mich.

POLAND CHINAS of the his two. Boers

read 1’ for service. Hows bred



for spring farrow. A. A. Wood ell Son. Saline. Mich.

IAIIBE "PE P 0 -—Either sex. pairs and trios. not

- - akin. Am booking orders for



bred gilts. W. J. HAGELSBAW. Augusta. Mich.





 





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Chester Whites ' 1 ’§,.,.f’h’p. “9 1.114 391’“





farrow eith r

F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar, 12111232. sex.





Blg Type, 0.I.6’s and Chester White Swine.





400 fall 13:: either sex. pecial prices for the next

30 days. aIim bred gilts and service males and we are

booking orders for spring pig. all our stock is good

enough that I will ship C. 0 D. and reg. free in the

gag]; Shoaglhestgr Vlilhite Asso. We won, more prizes



1 or res ers ut t th .

Wis State Fairs Write gr 8135: 1::oriit I” and





ROLLING VIEW STOCK FARM

Cass City, - Michigan.

0' ' cI—Spring boars all sold. We have some





fine fall pi s ready to ship.

JOHN BERNERJ‘L SUN.





0. I. 0 Registered Pigs $328 .535





prices. J. CARL JEWE’I‘T. Mason. Michigan.





 





 





rand Ledge. Michigan.





 





 





0 I C! —Sows bred to farrow last of June

S and July. Prices reasonable.

G. P. ANDREWS. Daneville, Michigan.





 





o I. c ~Serv1cable boars of Sept. farrow. also

I H. a few choke gilts bred lor May





farrow. W. MANN. Dansviile. Michigan.





0 I C's—Spring“, igs. pairs and tries. not

0 e akin. rom state fair winners.

AVONDALE STOCK FARM. Wayne. Mich.





0 I C.—2_5u sows bred for Spring farrow. 75 Full

81m .large and growthy. Write your wants

GLENWO D STOCK FARM, Zeeland. Michigan.





0 ' a Choice Sept. pigs. either sex. Will

0 e 0 take orrvlers for March. April 11nd May

pigs not akin. ALVI NV ..EATT Grass Lake. Mich.





0. I. ll. ’s—SIRIOILY lllli TYPE





Gilts bred for Sept farrow and March pigs now ready

to ship. Extra. good ones at prices that will move

t.hen:1 Pairs not akin. I will be pleased to ship them

0.0. D. and record them free in purchaser 9 name.





NEWMAN'S STOCK FARM R. No. l, Marlette.Mich.





o. l. c. swnNe—Armufogghg





choice bred so- to farrow the last of Aug. or fore

part of Sept ‘l If you are. write me. I have them.



A. .GORDEN. No.2 ,Dorr. Michigan.

0. I.





spring boars. M mile west of do pto

OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. flidflgan.

! —Ser1ice boars. gilrts. sows. sprin

o. I. c S pigs—$121118 bette Satisfactiog





guaranteed. A. 3.01! AM. FiInt. Michigan.





0. I. I). Figs, 8 lo 10 Weeks Old 310. 5.33.1“ £1?“





Registered free. C. J. Thompson. Rockford Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





C’s—Two good hours 12 months old good

last full pigs either sex. and this





 





 





Big Boned Polaml Chinas. {#31152225‘6’8‘33016‘1’i37

ROBERT MARTIN. B I". D. No. 7. Hastmgs. Mich.





' randy for service and sows with



Large SiraIn PI 0' Boa” pigs. Am brooding: rows for



fall furrow of the best breeding. in be hurl 111 buignin prices

for the next 30 d iiys. must have the room for “than.



H. O. SWARIZ, Schoolcraft. Michigan.





 





' —Am booking orders for male pigs

Po‘and Chma to lvu shipped at 11011111111: time.

G. W. HOL’I‘ON. B. No.11. Kalamazoo. Michigan.





FALL PIGS AT HALF PRICE





Bred from the largest strain of Poland Chinas on

earth. none bigger. f you ever expe(t to own a reg-

isterod Poland China. this is your opportunity. (wt

busy and order nto ce. Pairs and tries not akin $15

each. J. C. BUTLFIl. Portland Mich. Bell Phone.





 





16 ’l ype loans by Big Smooth Jumbo. Greatest

boar in State . 748 lbs at 17 mo.’1hese hours are

long. tail. big bone sold at farmers rices.

CL n (lull or write Wm. Vl’aifle. lduater1ich





LARGE TYPE P. C.





Largest in Michigan.

Bred gilts all sold A few extra good in“ pigs priced

to move them quick





W E. LIVINGSTON, Parma, Mich

50 Y0RKSHIRES-oignniins 111.333.1111.:





Rocks. I. R.1)ucks. EH Homer. Midi





 





 





 





OIIKSHTRE SWINE. Boars ready for service.

A gilt bred for June farrow. Weanling pigs 6-10

weeks old. CEO. 8. McMULLEN. Grand Ledge. Mich.





.——Vl'oaniing pigs. airs not akin. Bred

MUIBIOOI "ogs- sons and slits or fall farrow, two

service boars. C. F. BACON. Ridgeway. Mich.





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Yorkshires. Bears ready for service.

Gil ts bred for Se 1:. farrow. Spring gpigs. pairs and





tries. not akin. Coon C. Lillie. (Jocpersville. Mich





Registeredlorksliires





The World’s Bacon Breed.

Imported Strain. Both Sexes.

Prices Reasonable.





Hatch lleni, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

YORKS H 1 RE 5





Bred gilte. service boars. September and October in.

Prices reasonable. W. C. COOK. ..42 Ada, Nile h.





 





 





 





 





' ' —Fron1 large euilv



F0! sah Yorkxhlm Boar PIES furrowed littors.(14 L

11 “pure bred boar and int reuse the quality of \(1111 lions

TERMAN & WATERMAN, Ann A,rbor Michigan.





 





W11 Brolhm Slack Farm. 333.53%? {112.331.1113





' forsale. Registered free. J. R. Way.Pompe11 Mich





DUROC JERSEYS-‘eregiewgilftasu fd’zfmefzfleand 12





CAREY U. EDMONDS, Hastings. Michigan.





 





C? asuitol Herd Dnroc Jersey Swine. Established 1518.

oung bears and bred sows for sale I pay the





express. J. 11.3 ANGHART. Lansing, Michigan.





 





UROC Jmm—A few bred gins. fall males ready fwr

service. S. C. W. Leghorn and Buff Bock em for sale.

J. MchCOLL, StationA A. [1.4. Bay City. Michigan.





EAVY BONED DUROC JERSEYS FOR SALE.

Some extra nice spring pigs ready to ship





 





.M. A. BRAY Okemos. Ingham Co.. Michigan.

‘Duroc Jerseys. Big boned service boars: gilts for





June farrow. bred team: of Volunteer. Gd. Champ.

at 1912 International. .J. Dmdt. R. No.1 Monroe. Mich.

DUROC Jersev bred giltn. bred for Aug and Sept.



farrow from leading b.0011 lines: also a. few good

boars Write for circular and prices. W. C Taylor Mibm Mich.



.A few choice boars ready for service.

”m M“ I from prise winning stock. Gill!

Middleton I lewild Firm. RE. I). No 3. Clayton. Mich.





 





k -Hvarlch pigs either sex. sired by a son

«swam-111111 on of38tate Fairs



and Chicago llfow0 in 1912.!) H. Morris. Monroe. Mich.



DUROC JERSEY 2312111?ch





either sex. from choice strains. 8. 0. SAT LMAN.

CHERRY LAWN FARM. Shepherd. Michigan.





POLAND CHINAS‘ —'!‘he type 111111 wins. weighs.

M,“ ““211 pays-lg?“ with quality.



SPPINO BROOK FARM. Thrre Oaks. Michigan

SOLD POLANDS as far south as Miss” north and

west as far as Washington. Every customer satis-





loan satisfy you. Breeding stock for sale at

slitl timed. FRANK KBUGEB, Ravenna. Michigan.





 





Registered Yorkshire s*.‘."....‘.‘.“‘“ .3351? ”it."

3 fine boars. JOS. H. BREWER, Belmont. Mich.





SHEEP.





IT PAYS TO BUY PURE BRED SHEEP 0F

PARSONS ‘“T.,*;°.§§egv'2on



4, \ I sell and ship everywhere and pay express



1 1 Chill-3:153. Wntggirm club 031:? and on list.



' Pansonscmdudge 1111111. 111.





Registered Oxford Down Sheep—W“§°u_ ’0“





M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.





 





 





 





 

 

 





 





 





 





 





 





' —Yearling and rum lambs from Chum

IIIGISIII'S flock 01 Thumb of Mich. .111» select 13?ka

Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont Mich.





HORSES





PERmERONs—Imposnnt. one of the heaviest



horses in state. at headof stud

Pond Mares as good young stock for 11110.}



(IRAS 056000 8: SONS. Mendon. Michigan





FOR SALE—Resistant! Percheron Stallion Mares

and Fillies as res-mu nabie rices.1n-

LKING £80K. Char 0m Mich.





specticn invited.



' —Reg eg. Shetland Ponies. mostly

PIE“. P'qF.'mspotr1-1. I l“thallium and oiung

stock for sale. Dr. W Iron. Pigeon. lhc .





Sholland Ponle:“333:'€§1‘:‘.fvj11°1;fi’31‘§ F351?“ ‘i‘z‘u‘i‘;

temm£.FDDCIW1-mlnlhnm."ich.

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